F I R S T--T H I N G S--F I R S T
If you're looking for Purpleflames (the Iori shrine) or The Crow's Nook (my personal website), they are no longer available as the webmaster will be in Japan studying for some time and unable to maintain them. Purpleflames.com will only point to this blog.

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T H E--O W N E R
Asakura Hao from Shaman King. My current avatar. Like I, he hates humans with a passion. Like I, he aspires their extermination. Like I, he keeps his intentions locked secret behind a warm smile. Like I, he is a pyromaniac. Like I, he works dilligently towards his goal.Sycia (sai-sha) is a 21 year-old female living in Tokyo, Japan and studies Animation full-time at TDG. She loves to draw, chat, hang out at online forums, shop alone, learn more of the internet, eat, sleep & just laze around whenever she can. Other hobbies include taking proper personality tests, 2D line animation, writing, and playing with animals. Religion means nothing to her; they are all the same basic belief that people should behave themselves among each other. Sycia has no mate, nor does she feel the need for one (or produce more humans to plague the planet). She loves animals & Nature, hates humans to the bone, thinks the world of her mother and wants to be just like Lina Inverse. Currently extremely healthy in the body (haven't got sick in years. No flu, no cold, no cough, nothing), twisted in head (integrated MPD), tormented in the soul & schizophrenic in the heart. Languages understood: English, Japanese, Chinese, Hokkien, Teochew & Malay.

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T A G B O A R D
For short lil notes from those who just happen to drop by. ^_^ To leave longer messages (or if you're a regular), please go to the forum.
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L A Y O U T
(1st March 2003) Well, this is v4.0. Why does it have no images whatsoever? My current situation prevents me owning my own computer let alone a space on the internet to store images. Hence the lack of graphics. Steal this layout, and I will carve your genitals off with a blunt rusty spoon, grind them into a nice delicious paste and feed em to your parent`s Thanksgiving turkeys. Good day.
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The owner of Black Feathers has the right to say what she wants. She has the right to insult, swear, ogle, rant, gossip etc however she wants. You do not have the right to assume you know the author based on what you read here. You have no right to judge her based on her personal opinions. Also, if you don't like what the owner says, that's your problem; this is her online diary and she will write whatever she wants to. Form opinions about her all you want, she does not care. Can't take it? Get out.
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Yeah..? You got a problem with that, H U H ? ? ?
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+ + July 31st, 2004 (Saturday) + +
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Okay, back in 'sunny' Singapore. It's so much cooler than Tokyo, and I'm sleeping in air-conditioned rooms~ wooooohoooooooooo!

Oh, and I haven't had access to the internet because my LIl Sis's computer is screwed up so bad. A minute after Windows ME loads, an error message appears. Click OK, and the computer hangs. Ignore it, the computer hangs after 3 minutes. -____-; Oh and my Lil Bro's new one isn't connected (I don't have the Dial-Up accounts' passwords so I can't set it up...) So anyway, just scroll down several entries to read from the 24th of July~

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A week has passed~

I was supposed to go anime DVD shopping with Joyce this afternoon. BUt for some reason last night I turned to one side and my head started spinning in my dream, sat up after the alarm clock rang and felt the world spinning etc and decided it'd be best I rest the day away after taking 5 minutes to get downstairs stumbling.

I'm still feeling the effects of the dizziness, but since night refreshes me, I can sit upright at the very least now. My little brother's computer got connected and use wireless internet access~

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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 8:40pm (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~


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I had been dreading this day from a week ago. -_- Either way everything's cool (I hope) and I pray to the heavens mistakes aren't repeated once more.

Oh, and Mom 'dropped in' on us. o_O Said Dad had to rush off to Jakarta for some product launch last minute, but we were to have our steamboat dinner anyway since she already prepared the food. ¦D~~~~
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Dragged Mom down to Liang Court~ I was hoping to find some toro there but left with just a pack of sake-sushi and a couple of yakitori sticks~ Carrefour was next and Mom went crazy over the sweet pastries and breadstuff. o_O Had to pull her away from everything so I guess we ended up buying much less than if I didn't.

Dad also came back from Bangkok and we went out for some oyster omelette stuff in the midst of a thunderstorm.
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Finally went back to Temasek Polytechnic to 'haunt' the lecturers. ^_^ But not before having a meal from the canteen there where the stall vendors recognized me and I managed a short conversation in Mandarin... (O.O;). Ran into a... slightly gay lecturer who taught us a little before and traded contacts with him. I know I was screaming and jumping up and down when I saw one of the 2 lecturers we kept in touch with all this while; R.B! He was shocked to see us (because he hadn't replied to my emails on making a proper appointment), and it was a good thing we caught him on the only day of the week he had lessons to carry out. ^____^ He's still as cute and cheerful as ever. Showed him my photographs of Japan, and got obsessed with my phone (his new 'toy'). A.R (the other lecturer) came along after that; still serious but sarcastic~ he treated us to coffee/ tea at Jupitar~ hehe. But it's a little sad that 2 of the other lecturers we really liked left long ago for greener pastures... :|

Anyway, we were down to Bras Pasar in search for a book, then back home after a tiring day trying to recall what buses could take us where we needed to go. o_O
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Godma and Mom had arranged some high tea thing with my 2nd Godmother, so there it was. Cantonese porridge and sugar-cane juice with lemon was for lunch, during which I saw some local actor but couldn't recall his name (Ig Shen? Or something?)

Visited one of Mom's good friends in the morning, and showed muh big biceps off to her. :D What a shock she got lol. Also mentioned I seemed a lot more cheerful now.

Tea party felt more like dinner. Tom yam soup, bee hoon, sambal sandwiches, and vegs~ Snapped somre pictures of Cousin Jane's dotted cat... XD Jane was asking the vet if her cat was obsesed, and he replied, "I'm afraid it's much worse than that, he's extremely obsesed." XD

Either way it was a successful tea party~ ^_^
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MET UP WITH SIS! ^__^ A quick bite down at Mos Burger (finally I can sink my teath into the Yakiniku Rice Burger again!) and we were off to her house to play with Munchy (chinchilla my Godma couldn't take care of anymore and gave her). Had a great time with her, then stuffed myself silly on some thick drink and weird cheese cake at Coffee Bean, then went home for Mom's cooking in the evening~
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Ack, overslept till 11am. There went our breakfast plan... >_<; Oh well. Mom took me out marketting for the party to be held later in the evening on my behalf, during which I was acting like a tourist, going around exclaiming at how cheap everything was, and snapping pictures of the wet market. I was pleasantly surprised at how all the stall holders happily agreed to let me snap their stuff... (unlike Japan where they'd just GRRRR at ya). Had laksa! :D

Mom came back to prepare the dishes (killing the crabs, steaming the rice, marinating stuff etc), I simply lazed about doing nothing (well, playing with a dwarf hamster...

Relatives started arriving at 5pm. The party was nice, the food (Pepper & chilli crab, butter prawns, ginger lemon chicken, herb rice, pumpkin soup, almond jelly, fruitieee cake, etc) even better 'cept that everyone was trying to talk to me so much I couldn't really eat. ^o^; After the party was done with I bugged Mom for a drive down town. ¦ )
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Okay, back in 'sunny' Singapore. It's so much cooler than Tokyo, and I'm sleeping in air-conditioned rooms~ wooooohoooooooooo!

Oh, and I haven't had access to the internet because my LIl Sis's computer is screwed up so bad. A minute after Windows ME loads, an error message appears. Click OK, and the computer hangs. Ignore it, the computer hangs after 3 minutes. -____-; Oh and my Lil Bro's new one isn't connected (I don't have the Dial-Up accounts' passwords so I can't set it up...) So anyway, just scroll down several entries to read from the 24th of July~

Saturday, 24th

Woke up at 8am after just an hour or 2 of sleep. Excitement? Perhaps. Either way I changed and washed up the rest of my clothes, leaving them to hang in my toilet for the next 31 days. Done faster than I expected, I decided to get some more shut-eye on the table. Then left the dorm at 10am, for Shinjuku. Met up with Joyce (having waited half an hour since I came early AGAIN), and sat the 90 minute bus-trip to Narita Airport, picked up the luggage I sent through the Kuroneko delivery service, and checked in at about 4:30pm. Narita Airport was a lot smaller than I thought, and we had to take buses to the planes... (Sorry, too used to Singapore's airport system).

The plane trip was perhaps one of the worst I've ever had. Nevermind the 1 hour delay that was caused by the malfunctioning air-conditioning system, both of us were practically rotting off in our seats. I did, however, get a great view of the sunset above the pinkish-clouds, and see a thunder-storm in the distance. Oh, not to mention Mount Fuji from 10km up in the air (I was practically jumping up and down, kicking up such a fuss like a 5-year old). It was gracefully rising over the other mountain ranges and clouds. ^___^ Pity I could only see the sihluette of it (6:30pm). After that all I could see out the window was lights below, marking developed islands and dotting fishing boats. 5 hours after takeoff my body turned stiff and I began to feel the stress of being confined to a squeezy cabin and even worse seat.

Emerging from the plane back in Singapore, I was marvelling at the spaciousness of Changi Airport, as well as soaking in the wonderful air-conditioning (the bloody systems in Japan are set at an average of 27 degrees C!). I was first greeted by Sis and an unfamiliar face right beside her as I emerged from the arrival hall. Looked at the stranger with a blank front and went, "Who's this?" to Sis, prompting a very very shocked look from the both of them. I decided to focus my attention on other people when my family, Godmother and eldest Cousin's family came screaming in from the sides (o.o;). Hugs and more hugs. ^_^ Then the stranger came up to me again and asked if I recognized her. I said no... and my Mom freaked and claimed her my Lil Sis. O_O; I thought her the new maid at first. ―x―; Well when I left, she was still short, fair, and her hair had been long. Now, she's taller (than me), dark from netball, and had her hair cut. Unlike her, I've not changed one bit. Lil Bro still looks the same as ever~ Mom looks great. ^_^ My old man wasn't there though. Think he's in Vietnam; but it's better that way in any case. His pressence brings about a certain tension that keeps the whole family on its toes.

Either way, we head back home (dropped Godma and Sis home along the way). Tokyo's so gray and congested it took a while for me to get used to NOT get awed by the amount of greenery, and the wideness of our roads.

Got back at approximately 1:15am, and got showed around the house (my family had moved into a new one after I left for Japan. Boy does it look creepy at night, and the expressway is RIGHT behind it. Kinda noisy, but aside from that it's a pretty nice place. Made plans to go have breakfast (half-boiled eggs and kaya toast) at Kleeney Road. Then kept Mom awake till 4am. ¦ ώ
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Okaaaaay~ Lunch was a bash. Met up with Lina for the first time in forever, and all three of us (Joyce too) had a feast at a Thai restaurant. Ordered a lunch set, got the people to make my ramen the spiciest they dared to, then dumped more dried chilli into it. Nice.... but the lunch set was a bit too much~

I hope no big earthquake ruins my computer when I'm away...

Okay I'm quizzy of late. Sorry if it's killing anyone's connection... >_<

You're an Atheist! Congratulations, you are an atheist, and congratulations on your remarkable insight. You are one of those choice non-believers who deals with the world head-on, no middle man required. As an atheist, you neither have, nor want, a spiritual side, in fact I'd chance to say that belief without proof really gets on your nerves. You do not believe in God, and smile at that fact, the same kind of smile worn by the kid who scored highest in a math test. You don't need to be told you're right, a testimony as to just how right you are. Good work! (Picture here)Which Enemy of the Christian Church Are You?

Interesting quiz. It's not the religion that gets to me, it's the followers. Religion's there as a crutch for those who don't have that much faith in themselves and is a sort of 'guildline' on how to behave, so threatening people to join your damn cult is plain stupid. You'd be as evil and scheming as 'Satan'.


Goddess of Fire
What Kind of Goddess Are You?

I never actively guide the answers to these kinda quizzes... which makes it scarier.


Jolly good, wot! Anyone for tennis? That'll be ten ponies, guv. You're the epitome of everything that is english. Yey :) Hoist that Union Jack!

How British are you?
this quiz was made by alanna

What the..?! O.O; And I was answering randomly.
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Mmmkaaaaay, with the amount of Inuyasha fanart that's swamping DeviantArt, had the series been recently brought to America or something? It ain't that great an anime... I mean... new villain appears every few episodes, about ten villages get destroyed because of that villain, but the gang defeats him anyway. Oh, but the big bad villain (Naraku) never diessss. With the amount of damage and destruction going around, one would think Japan might've sunk or been decimated a long time ago.

It's FINALLY cooler. Well, not much. 33 degree C but I'm in heaven (blame the heatwave that made Tokyo soar above 39 degrees). Can finally let my hair down for once. Paid bills and ate... sushi... :D~~ Chuutoro... :D~~ It's probably my last chance to have it before my trip back.

Hmmkay, I was searching online just to see how many people actually took and posted my 2 quizzes, and my page appeared 2nd last on the list of ... hundreds of search results. o_O Mmkaaaaay

Ronin
You are a Ronin. The Ronin is the Samurai without a master. You are wanderer, who wants experience or just to see the life. There is no rules for you in this life. You are creating rules. If you want to be bad. You will be it. If you want to be good. You will be it. Because there is nobody who can forbid it to your free spirit. A lots of things opened to you. Everything that exist in this world waiting for you. You can choose. Anything. Everything.
::What kind of Samurai you are?::
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This quiz has sweet pictures~

Fire
Your element is Fire. Wild and free. Your emotions lead you everywhere. You are a very passionate person, though sometimes forceful and destructive you have a goal in life, even if that goal is just to make it another day. Fire consumes and purifys, it also protects. There is always caution with fire because once it is started on something there is no telling how much it can destroy. Fire people have the same tendency when mad you could be a candle burning but if someone tips you over...

What's your element
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I've not been tipped over in... *counts* .... *loses count* Um.

Kowaru Nagisa
You are Kowaru Nagisa from "Evangelion"! You are BACKSTABBING evil.
ANIME QUIZ - Which Evil Anime Badass Are You?
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Somehow that's just wrong about Kaoru... But this quiz was darn amusing.


You are a Silent Dreamer... Some say your a freak, others say you're very blunt, but the truth is your just misunderstood. You understand a lot more then you let on, but that doesn't stop you from letting them think what they want. Who cares? You're you, that's all thats importaint.
What kind of Dreamer are you?
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Interesting...

Well that's a relief, you're only a Sadistic Bastard
What Type of Lunatic are You?
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LoL!!! Now THIS one is funny.
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Okay, so it wasn't just me yesterday swearing that it was unusually hot... My head was practically fried off.

It hit 39.5 degrees C yesterday, the highest ever recorded in Tokyo's history. Joyce and I were walking around Ginza and Akihabara in that bloody heat, panting and roasting. Okay, so it wasn't just our imagination... o_O I'm glad we've lived in the tropics long enough to withstand such temperatures... unlike those unlucky few down with heatstroke.

Article: English.

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Okay, now I understand why I couldn't sleep. Who the hell can sleep with the nights being ABOVE 30.1 degrees C without an air-conditioner?!?!?! Even that was a record high for the lows in Tokyo meh.

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Thank god rain's coming.

>_< Well done Sycia, you've screwed up the climate so perfectly. If it's only the beginning of summer, then what's the middle of it gonna be? 45? Geez. What's in line-up for next summer I wonder? >_< *smacks self for big boo-boo*
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Went out for a bit with Joyce to get some souvenirs and gifts at Ginza and Akihabara. It was... *beep beep beeeeeeep* hot today. The sun was out in full, the concrete ground itself was emitting so much heat... -_-;

That and I've, more or less, nothing much to say.

Fire
Your element is Fire: Strong, hot tempered, powerful, and passionate. Well now lets see, being fire you are quite strong and powerful, people look up to you greatly and often see your protection. You have the ability to gain many friends and you are always one people can count on to do what you say you will do. You are extremely loyal be it friends or family you'll stick up for them and you are never willing to put them in a position that could hurt them. You know what roll you play in life, leader, and you intend to let people know it. Not everyone is capable of leadership but you certainly have the willpower and flare to do it. You have quite a temper if it shows itself, one that can often lead you into trouble. Once your mind is made up there is no changing it but no one said that was a bad thing.
.:-|What is your true element?|-:. -With Anime Pictures and detailed answers-
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*Phew* It's been hot.

Saturday, Before I left the dorm to meet Joyce at Shinjuku, one of them Japanese volunteers who teachers the language said "hi" and asked if she met me the day before. No? My evil twin musta been walking around again. She was pretty embarrassed at thinking I didn't know any Japanese so um... yeah. After that, cycling towards the train station, heard someone call my name. Detty (Female Indonesian ex-classmate). Chat with her a bit, then went off on my own to park the bike. Finally at Shinjuku station's south exit (arranged meeting area), I stood leaning against a pillar when less than a meter away, an apparently foreign family of 5 stopped 2 Japanese girls and asked for directions to the Airport bus limousine stand, in English. The 2 Japanese girls could understand 'bus-stop' and nothing else, so I stepped in to explain. I was talking to a Hong Kong family (their accents. Think 'Yan can Cook'), who thought I wasn't that familiar with English and spoke retardedly. Eventually told them I knew the language and finally got down to telling them where to go. Wonder if they ever found their way there. o_O Because the last I saw they were heading a direction that wasn't the one I instructed them to go.

After Joyce arrived some 2 minutes later, we head off to get the Harry Potter III movie tickets. I was never crazy about it, never seen the first 2 films either, but my course manager did encourage us to see more movies, and Joyce had been longing to watch it for some time, yeah sure why not. After that settled for a tempura set lunch, snitched bus tickets to the airport (at the same bus-stand the Hong Kong family was looking for), and went for the movie.

My course manager had advised us to pick out our favorite scene in any movie we were to watch, and analyze it. So far I like nothing but the ones with purdy CGed animals in em. I held little interest for the characters, but I do find it perculiar that Harry should be the hero when he's just turning into an angry kid... And I wonder how in the world my little sister can like that whats-his-name wimp-of-a-bully... ·_· How..?

After the movie, we went back to the old dorm to visit the teachers and a Taiwanese friend. Passed the teachers a small gift (cake snacks), and received a free dinner courtesy of them senseis.... *touched to tears* ToT It was so gooooooood. Though it sorta spoilt the Yakiniku (BBQ meat) dinner I was going to treat Joyce to for her Hatchday. ^_^ Nonetheless all 3 of us (even the Taiwanese girl staying at the dorm got treated to that inmromptu mini-dinner from the senseis) were so very grateful for such a wonderfully delicious meal ^_____^.

So after that Joyce and I finally head off to that Yakiniku (BBQ meat). ¦O~~~ Sycia has such a weakness for meats... Singapore's Soeul Garden sucks beyond description though. But Japan's is... ¦ ώ~~~~~~~~~ I didn't get Joyce any present (didn't know what to get) so... ^_^ gave her the dinner.

She crashed over, and we watched Finding Nemo. For my part, sleep was evasive last night. Too hot... >_< Today was just 2 tired people viewing various anime videos... spent a while at StarBucks before seeing her off to the station, and hopping into a Kaiten sushi store I've always wanted to explore. ¦O~~~~~ Toro.... toro.... toro................. *dies*

:D Tomorrow, I can rest~
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Major projects done...

Poster design: We were supposed to go about designing posters of festivals. Japan has a ton of festivals (including a bunch which are held because everyone needs an excuse to glug booze), but us foreign students were told to do our country's... Singapore? WHAT FESTIVAL? The only thing I could think of is Dragon Boat Racing, which isn't much of a festival, just some competition that isn't even of Singapore-origin. Bleah. It comes from China. Well whatever. I painted a dragon boat in extreme perspective, made a mistake with the water splashing, tried covering it up and got a very nice effect of translucency in the water. Wahooo. The text was all written in English (duh it's stupid to put Japanese up in a poster meant for English-speakers), and that made the whole class go "Hooohaaaaa" for a while. Right. Big deal. ¬_¬ These people need to get out of their wells once in a while. Teacher did say it was nice. And I was having a heck of a time trying to transliterate the legend behind the whole thing. >_< ‚ ‚θ‚ͺ‚Ζ‚€ƒ~ƒIŒNI That took about 2 days in all.

Technical Drawing. The concept I already mentioned somewhere so I won't bother typing again. Spent 3 days mapping out the house structure accurately. Spent another 4 days and nights giving them ink and color (color pencils), during which I had to resort to coffee to keep those eyes open somewhat. It seemed like I was getting used to the taste, however the moment that thought surfaced I nearly puked as if my body wanted to prove me wrong so bad. The end result of it all though, I liked. The looks on my teacher's and classmates' faces was absolutely priceless. I had been one of the 2 people who actually completed our work on Wednesday (deadline) while most of the rest only had pencil lines. To everyone who requested a peak at it, I showed the pretty happy exterior first to throw them off before revealing the.... intricate interior that brought out the far-out reactions from them. ^_^ The teacher looked at the bloody interior (looked more like some murder scene), went silent for a long while, then mentioned something about the picture 'crushing' the dreams of kids, then gave me a straight 'A' smilingly. :D :D :D What? It's a cool idea, I was especially happy to work on it, slaved at it hard, and even had the teacher take a photograph of it after marking! ^_____^ It shall go into my online portfolio whenever I get it up... along with a lot other notes to add.... *mumbles something about the roof, inside and out, nearly killing her*. Now, as a challenge, which other fairtale house should I... 'work' on whenever I've got the time.... *grins evil...*

Communication Theory: Bleah boring thing. Hand ached after rushing to write that essay.

Ordered sushi just now. Easy delivery service thing that's pricey, but I need to pamper myself a little. ƒgƒcγƒgƒA’†ƒgƒAƒrƒ“ƒgƒc ¦o~~~~~~~~

Although... I'm wondering how I'm going to get along as a noob animator out in the industry. They are paid peanuts (200 yen a piece), barely enough to pay for rent even, let along live...
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 09:04 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~


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Sheesh... overdue update...

On my final week of school before the summer vacation. Major projects have been eating into my sleeptime.. Only had about 2 hours of sleep in the past 3 days, and I just finished the last of them projects at 4:30am just now, looked at the time and just decided to forget the sleep thing altogether for today. No point sleeping less than a hour then waking up more tired then when you went to bed, and risk your life cycling with half-closed eyes.

Oh yes, I can feel the stress my physical body is taking. When you start seeing whirling colors, many that the English or Japanese vocabulary doesn't have, and when you know you're walking but you can't feel the ground at your feet, woohoo. Hah, I even look so worn out that a security guard commented on my eye rings this morning. At 10 meters away. lol. And now this looming sense of sickliness at my throat...

These projects had better be worth all the effort. -_-
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--Feeling?---|---... it's.... HOT.--
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... be careful with what you wish for.

*Smacks herself silly for not taking her own advice*

Japan has this little rainy season before summer REALLY starts. I didn't like the rain (because it rains light the whole bloody day, or 2 days; dreary and troublesome), and even though I said I wouldn't try to change the weather, being bothered by it I still wished it would rain less. And it hasn't rained much this year, but without the rain it's... HOT, to put it lightly... the humidity I don't need to elaborate on, but the strange weather patterns has been all over the news. Last year I was worried that summer would be too much for me to take, and Japan reported an unusally 'cool summer'. I wonder what I'll be doing to summer next year. Gwaaaaaaaaaaaah~ The HUMIDITY!(*#()*!^$*&!^(*!&^%!)(*&)(!*&%)!!!!!! I can't do my homework, I can't sleep.... AAAAAARGGHGIY*O!(%!)&^)&^@)(&@&*(^!@! Next year shall be low humidity!!! >_< It was 34.8 degrees Celcius yesterday, and 35 today. Haha.... -_-
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--Feeling?---|---Rushed~--
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May it be heard (again); I hate females who attribute mood swings and unreasonable attitude to what everyone thinks is PMS. It's nothing but a lame excuse to cover up for bratty behavior.

It's been.... humid. Even more than yesterday. So humid... A particular classmate (um, forgot her name) came up and talked to me some after class. I'm really wondering if I'm looking friendlier in Japan than in Singapore... o_O
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To hell with summer. I hate the humidity, and the heat bites it even worse.

Couldn't bloody sleep last night because of the damned moisture saturation in this *beep beep* place. Oh YES. I HATE SUMMER. Winter rules. I should have been born at the poles for Christ's sake. Who the hell decided to put me here with such a physical body anyway?!

.... Summer blues... —_— Hitting VERY badly. End of that silly rant.

Well the results of the 2nd round of selection FINALLY came out~ I didn't get pass it, but no biggie. I got past the first, and that alone gives me some sort of satisfaction, though not enough to make me want to go slack. No way... There are plenty of opportunities out there... just waiting for those who seek...

... and now I shall go to bed. x_X
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--Feeling?---|---A little sleepy, but calm overall.--
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Stayed up till 7am this morning finishing some homework... I've got some more, but :| I wanna sleep...

Woot. Finally finished downloading the whole Chrno Crusade series. What an ending... o_o The ending song couldn't have been for any other scene...

Hmmmm it's odd. I'm a relatively optimistic person, but I love sad songs...

Tried FireFox for a while, then got it off my computer the moment I found out it doesn't read CSS quite well.

Mmm... ^_^ Nothing better than walking around on a cool quiet night alone....

Test from Enig-y:

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You are a WEDL--Wacky Emotional Destructive Leader. This makes you an anarchist. You don't give a damn. When push comes to shove, you just forget about it--it's just not worth the heartache. What this means for others is that dealing with you can be aggravating, because they find they can't get you motivated about things they care about. What this means for you is that you are happier, calmer, and saner then they are on their best days.

You are near-immune to criticism, and those who know you well acknowledge and respect that. You may come across as lazy, but the truth is that you find little to get worked up about. Regardless, you have slews of friends, because they are fascinated by your world view, jealous of your lifestyle, and drawn to the fact that you are hilarious to be around.

You are a pillar in a sea of hot-bloodedness. You have a sweet tooth.
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Hmmm.... accurate enough. ^_^ And I'm a leader... oo

HASH(0x8b4c888)
You are Jason Voorhees.
You are an unstoppable killing machine. You are an expert on killing unprepared and on the fly. Calm by Nature you never feel the need to chase down a victim. They need to be punished and sooner or later the long arm of your law will reach them. Your mother knows you are a good little boy. 'Blessed' by your mother, you will never die, so your blood rein sees no end in sight.
Which Horror Movie Maniac are you?
brought to you by Quizilla

o_O *Freaks out at how accurate the description is in a particular sense...* Wooo and I used to have that Jason avatar back at KD... XD
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--Feeling?---|---Hmmmm--
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Hmmm... last night 2 guys came knocking at me door. 11pm and they were going around trying to persuade me to vote some guy president of the student council for the dorm; that he'd arrange lots of activities for the residents etc blah blah. Riiiight. Hardly interested. For some reason they gave me the flyer in Mandarin. o_O I stared at the somewhat familiar, yet deceivingly hard-to-read words and requested for the Japanese version instead. They requested that I vote today. Smile, nod, but didn't promise.

Log onto WinMX for less than 2 minutes and I get 30+ people in queue. o_o Currently downloading anime like a phreak. Or rather, trading. ^^ Trading is beautiful. Well with a connection like this, I'd be a fool not to. o.o Currently downloading from someone at 110+kbps, and having 2 people upload anime off me at 80+kbps at the same time. Wooooot!
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--Feeling?---|---Relaxed, at long last~--
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Damn, T-Rex you sound so cool when throwing out those 3 retards from the store. ^_^

Results still aren't out yet ―.― And it's not a competition; there's nothing to win, merely an exhibition~

Major projects to do. One includes drawing a room/ house of any famous story. I chose the house made of candy from Hanzel and Gretel (? on spelling). }:D The outside looks fun and all happy, but the inside... muahahahahahahaha, what a huge difference.... I shocked the teacher with my dark creativity. Saying it definately wouldn't be in a children's story would be an understatement. XD Blood, human bones, over-sized butcher tools, candle-lit dinning table with fine cultery, all set for a human meat. XD Now this is making school fun for yourself... *lets imagination run wild once more*
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*Eks, currently down*
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Pictures taken of Japan
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Occasionally linked to for surveys, articles, or whatever long chunks of text.
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B L O G G E R S
----Arekusu*
----Batsu_Power
----Chronoaxis
----Elphaba
----Ebil_Shingo
----FatCatLim
----Kaeshi
----Kyowa*
----Leareth
----Lizardcatcher
----Margoyle
----Neo Reticent
----Penguin
----Rob
----Sassin ...*
----SoLiTarY ... *
----Whipbogard
----Zyzyfer
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L I K E S . . .
** Alex Low (?)
** Alucard
** Asakura Hao
** Jack Sparrow
** Hatake Kakashi
** Kujin
** Lina Inverse
** Nagisa Kaworu
** Mibu Kyoshiro
** Oni-me no Kyo
** Orochimaru
** Souma Hatsuharu
** Vicious
** Xellos
** Yagami Iori
** Yue
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M A N G A--( R E A D S )
+ Chrno Crusade
+ Devil Devil
+ Gamerz Heaven
+ Samurai Deeper Kyo
+ Slayers
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A N I M E--( W A N T )
[x] - Chrno Crusade
[x] - Full Metal Alchemist
[x] - Last Exile
[x] - Naruto
[x] - Nightwalker
[x] - One Piece
[x] - PEACEMAKER
[x] - Ranma 1/2 (TV)
[x] - Shaman King
[x] - Wolf's Rain
[x] - ‹β—ƒ‚ΜŠοpŽt
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L I N K S--O U T
----All the Web
----DeviantArt
----Dmoz
----Fortean Times
----Japan Times
----My Domain
----Pitas
----Pixture Studio
----Online Quizzes
----RPGworld
----Seiyuu Database
----Seiyuu Database (TCP)
----Sketchbook
----Strike9
----Yahoo!
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----Shounen Sunday

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