A wasted day.
This has been one of those days that if you died after it, you'd regret it deeply because you'd feel you haven't accomplished anything.
Work was okay. Aada wasn't there last week since her brother and her father were sick so she hanged at home with them. Today she made an appearance and.. well, she was the little devil she is, so nothing new. However, I had missed her -and darn, had she grown taller! God kids grow up fast. She was wearing a new shirt, she looked very pretty. During the holidays, she has started to fumble for words more, which is delighting. I don't understand much of what she tries to express, however, her gibberish is starting to sound like speech if you get what I mean -the right tones are there already, and instead of this continous "Aada talk" which consists of words and noises close to her own name, she's actually using recognizable syllabes and short new words like "snow". I hope very optimistically that before my contract ends, I will hear her talk somewhat properly.
After work I went to the bank. AGAIN. This time CDJapan approached me because of some interruption in the card authorization process. BLERGH. Last Thursday-Friday I exchanged several emails on the subject with the store -the customer support guy Takahisa was super friendly and lovely- and the corresponder said this happens all the time and it's because of the card issuer suddenly blocks a certain country or are for money transactions. He told me to go talk it through with the bank who could contact VISA, if the problem was at their end.
Ladidaa, of course it wasn't that easy. I spent a good hour or so talking with an officer, who was making calls here and there. Surprise surprise no one here knows to handle situations like this. But, the woman behind the counter, Leila, was so amazing ♥ Very different from the people I talked to last time when this happened with YesAsia (at that time I solved this by using dad's VISA). She listened to me carefully and never once implied this was all because of me being young and reckless and not having enough money on my account. She's very lively and warm woman at her fifties. She acted like it was the most normal thing in this world to shop stuff from Japan -last time you should've seen how high the previous officer's eyebrow flew after she heard my issue. This is a small town, filled with grandmas and grandpas who don't even know what "Internet" is, so I wasn't their everyday customer *lol*
Anyhoo, she called everywhere, waited patiently on hold, went through account registers.. she really tried everything she could come up with. Plus, she kept laughing and small talking with me the whole time. A real wonderwoman. She was able to dig out the error code and other little details but the actual reason for the error code stayed quite ambiguous. We talked a little nonsense before I left and I actually apologized for being that much trouble. I never do that since usually I think that that's their work to solve stuff like this for people at positions like that. This time around, however, I felt I needed to express how thankful I really was. It was great service :)
What I try now is to cancel the item and re-order it. Somehow the card was holding on to some old information according to what my card isn't valid because of the lack of money (I encountered a situation like that during Christmas holidays). This should solve the case, if it's okay with CDJapan. I'm currently waiting for their response.
Yey, what delighted me was that this didn't affect my other orders -Core is on it's way and I will get it soon ♥ ♥ ♥ I just can't wait ♥
Mmm. When I was done with the bank, I went to a supermarket -tea to take to work with me tomorrow, chocolate, milk, juice, a little bread- and wandered home. I read my email and took care of some BCL stuff.. and fuck it, fell asleep and woke up three hours later ò.ó I just hate when it happens. I missed an entire day. I was expected to go home to watch Desperate Housewives and have a cup of tea with my family like I always do on Mondays, and it pisses me I missed it, since that's one of my favourite things in the world. Instead, I watched it at my place alone and ate rice cakes. Now I'm writing this. So, not a very productive day, ne? *sighs*
When I was reading email, it was fun to see there were new subscribers to my FVs over at YouTube ^.^ Maybe I should vid something again. I have an idea for a Nobuta&Akira vid but I feel lazy~ Also, I'd love to vid Tokyo Friends but it's so slooooow to upload the episodes to the movie maker. Hmmmmmm. Maybe I should try and find a proper film editing programme. Though I know my laptop wouldn't support two big programmes -PSP is already quite a kill at times.
Speaking of YouTube, I found a Kagrra, FV that I've been enjoying enormously:
Wonderful World
I love that song by Tetsu69~<3 The overall spirit of the FV is so warm-hearted and sweet, matching perfectly with the song. I could watch Isshi laugh for hours and hours and hours ^___^
(WHY isn't ANYONE fansubbing Kagrra, no su?? ;_;)
Oh, and while I'm at sharing links:
Gackt: RETURNER ~Yami no Shuuen~
I've been going through my hard drive and various data discs in search of PVs to be listed at BCL's screencaps entry. I watched RETURNER late last night and wow, I didn't remember it was that great. I love PVs with plotlines. Also, a sword fight is always a pleasure to watch. The gloomy atmosphere gives me goosebumps. Also, it's always nice to see Gackt doing some proper acting. This PV has cost strawberries but ajgajahhaags, it's definitely worth every yen. The whole vid from ~02.30 till the very end.. *smitten*
I've been feeling this distance between me and many of my first jrock obsessions (Gackt, Mr Children, Gazette [!], SID) but watching this pv assured me that no matter when I return to Gackt, he'll always prove me why I fell for him in the first place.
And did I say I really really really love swords?
Like, really really really really? :O~~
Okay. I watch one ep of Tokkyu Tanaka San Go (Tsukamoto Takashi ♥) and then I'll go properly sleeping.
Work was okay. Aada wasn't there last week since her brother and her father were sick so she hanged at home with them. Today she made an appearance and.. well, she was the little devil she is, so nothing new. However, I had missed her -and darn, had she grown taller! God kids grow up fast. She was wearing a new shirt, she looked very pretty. During the holidays, she has started to fumble for words more, which is delighting. I don't understand much of what she tries to express, however, her gibberish is starting to sound like speech if you get what I mean -the right tones are there already, and instead of this continous "Aada talk" which consists of words and noises close to her own name, she's actually using recognizable syllabes and short new words like "snow". I hope very optimistically that before my contract ends, I will hear her talk somewhat properly.
After work I went to the bank. AGAIN. This time CDJapan approached me because of some interruption in the card authorization process. BLERGH. Last Thursday-Friday I exchanged several emails on the subject with the store -the customer support guy Takahisa was super friendly and lovely- and the corresponder said this happens all the time and it's because of the card issuer suddenly blocks a certain country or are for money transactions. He told me to go talk it through with the bank who could contact VISA, if the problem was at their end.
Ladidaa, of course it wasn't that easy. I spent a good hour or so talking with an officer, who was making calls here and there. Surprise surprise no one here knows to handle situations like this. But, the woman behind the counter, Leila, was so amazing ♥ Very different from the people I talked to last time when this happened with YesAsia (at that time I solved this by using dad's VISA). She listened to me carefully and never once implied this was all because of me being young and reckless and not having enough money on my account. She's very lively and warm woman at her fifties. She acted like it was the most normal thing in this world to shop stuff from Japan -last time you should've seen how high the previous officer's eyebrow flew after she heard my issue. This is a small town, filled with grandmas and grandpas who don't even know what "Internet" is, so I wasn't their everyday customer *lol*
Anyhoo, she called everywhere, waited patiently on hold, went through account registers.. she really tried everything she could come up with. Plus, she kept laughing and small talking with me the whole time. A real wonderwoman. She was able to dig out the error code and other little details but the actual reason for the error code stayed quite ambiguous. We talked a little nonsense before I left and I actually apologized for being that much trouble. I never do that since usually I think that that's their work to solve stuff like this for people at positions like that. This time around, however, I felt I needed to express how thankful I really was. It was great service :)
What I try now is to cancel the item and re-order it. Somehow the card was holding on to some old information according to what my card isn't valid because of the lack of money (I encountered a situation like that during Christmas holidays). This should solve the case, if it's okay with CDJapan. I'm currently waiting for their response.
Yey, what delighted me was that this didn't affect my other orders -Core is on it's way and I will get it soon ♥ ♥ ♥ I just can't wait ♥
Mmm. When I was done with the bank, I went to a supermarket -tea to take to work with me tomorrow, chocolate, milk, juice, a little bread- and wandered home. I read my email and took care of some BCL stuff.. and fuck it, fell asleep and woke up three hours later ò.ó I just hate when it happens. I missed an entire day. I was expected to go home to watch Desperate Housewives and have a cup of tea with my family like I always do on Mondays, and it pisses me I missed it, since that's one of my favourite things in the world. Instead, I watched it at my place alone and ate rice cakes. Now I'm writing this. So, not a very productive day, ne? *sighs*
When I was reading email, it was fun to see there were new subscribers to my FVs over at YouTube ^.^ Maybe I should vid something again. I have an idea for a Nobuta&Akira vid but I feel lazy~ Also, I'd love to vid Tokyo Friends but it's so slooooow to upload the episodes to the movie maker. Hmmmmmm. Maybe I should try and find a proper film editing programme. Though I know my laptop wouldn't support two big programmes -PSP is already quite a kill at times.
Speaking of YouTube, I found a Kagrra, FV that I've been enjoying enormously:
Wonderful World
I love that song by Tetsu69~<3 The overall spirit of the FV is so warm-hearted and sweet, matching perfectly with the song. I could watch Isshi laugh for hours and hours and hours ^___^
(WHY isn't ANYONE fansubbing Kagrra, no su?? ;_;)
Oh, and while I'm at sharing links:
Gackt: RETURNER ~Yami no Shuuen~
I've been going through my hard drive and various data discs in search of PVs to be listed at BCL's screencaps entry. I watched RETURNER late last night and wow, I didn't remember it was that great. I love PVs with plotlines. Also, a sword fight is always a pleasure to watch. The gloomy atmosphere gives me goosebumps. Also, it's always nice to see Gackt doing some proper acting. This PV has cost strawberries but ajgajahhaags, it's definitely worth every yen. The whole vid from ~02.30 till the very end.. *smitten*
I've been feeling this distance between me and many of my first jrock obsessions (Gackt, Mr Children, Gazette [!], SID) but watching this pv assured me that no matter when I return to Gackt, he'll always prove me why I fell for him in the first place.
And did I say I really really really love swords?
Like, really really really really? :O~~
Okay. I watch one ep of Tokkyu Tanaka San Go (Tsukamoto Takashi ♥) and then I'll go properly sleeping.