It has been months....
It has been months o_O;;
I wonder what I have been up to lately too, had been busy but when I look back it was full of... unnecessary things?
Anyway, am still doing good, still job hunting, trying to put more time into portfolio (Though at the same time I had been drawing.... when I shouldn't be really...) yeah, that's about life. A wee bit of depression in the past month, but most certainly ok =)
Though just feel busy, I need to get my priorities and schedules right.
Since I think I'll rant lots and lots, let's LJ-cut!
Random Things
- Lately I haven't visited here nor facebook, not only I don't really like FB's layout, it's kind of like I don't really have much to say (Even if I do I either push them at the back of my head and don't bother letting it out at all) Don't seem to be able to rant much here and there, AND I haven't been keeping in contact with anyone. Why, I wonder as well. I wanted to get back into it since before XMAs of last year but somehow couldn't. Let me try and mend that again now if I can.
- Will be away at the last week of March - going to HK with mother. More like she asked me to go with her, and she was hoping my brother could go too. Turns out in the end I'm happy I get to stay 6 nights (Because honestly speaking if I stay any longer away from home I think I'd go crazy) and living with her under one roof isn't exactly ideal anymore throughout these years. Well, the most important bit is because I don't want to meet any of my relations over there. More like if circumstances allow THEY don't want to meet me and mom either, mom just likes to meet them because she kept thinking after all these years they're still friends (Well, she prefers 'allies than enemies', but not everyone sees it that way)
I don't have anything I want to buy that badly either, and everytime in the past I buy something she always nag (Well it's mainly about books), now I don't buy them unless they are artbooks that I really want or novels which are harder to obtain than manga. But, I still won't buy much now. She seems surprised the last time I didn't buy much.
Brother won't be going since he thinks 1 week is short.
I personally am sick of travelling, always, always there's something that bounds to happen. Speaking of which, I managed to convince coming back home on my own this time since mom is staying for 2 weeks, myself 6 nights. Travelling alone on a rather long flight is something I have yet to experience, how bad can it be? Airplane crashes on water - Superb! (Not)
- Joined some kind of concert to sponsor something for our Church. More like, the people tested our singing to see what level we can sing, I kind of look forward to it, only that the concert is held sometime in June they say. I wonder if I am still here by then (Well, since I'm still job-hunting it's highly possible...)
It was an optional choice, I like doing choir singing so why not? Though I have to say I was quite nervous on the test at first so I may have sung badly at the start. AND I didn't know how the other songs sounded like (It was only later I realised they had Amazing Grace) but anyhoo, I just sang the one the three people before me sang (Since they all picked the same one)
- Nii-san has been trying to find a new job in London, I really have to work hard on my portfolio too T_T
- Had been doing a bit of drawing, had some traditional ones finished but can't show it on the net BECAUSE MY SCANNER SUCKS!!! It scans the neon pink colour as calm baby pink colour WTF!? Until I get a new scanner or see if my camera cna take it better than the stupid scanner, I'll have to leave them in my display book....
Some I drew a lot with SAI. Really love SAI, especially its brush, if only it could work like that on Photoshop....
And speaking of photoshop, I'm glad I have fireworks so I can have it read animed gifs. I could always try GIMP, but couldn't be bothered.
Speaking of drawing, I'm convincing myself to draw more reaslitic stuff (They are fun to draw if you're in the mood for them) I need to learn more on observation and lighting, they are important keys to drawing realistic stuff after all. One of my classmates told me drawing people's portraits help. I can't seem to see it step by step, everything looks like a whole bunch of lines crashed together my brain lost it.
- The boiler in our house sucks, at least it can still somewhat give us hot water - but only if it's in the mood for it D:
My brother's place is always a mess, so I have to clean it (Cause I can't stand it and we need room for the person to fix the boiler to be able to step into the house). It never ends! And the dust is a nightmare. Annoying human skins =_=;;
But I still like the house anyway.
- I really need to change my LJ layout soon I really do think I'm beginning to see one this time. It's another reason that it put me off from here - I suck!
What did I get myself into?
-Don't worry it's nothing big, I just sometimes wonder why I don't say no.
I have been at a place called Baidu (All Chinese people from China know of this website) I got friended by someone asking to communicate with me.
Problem is, while I did try emailing him, it takes me HOURS to reply one paragraph in chinese (I use cantoneseinout.com to reply) and I haven't contacted him for a while now, I wonder if I should at all. I did sort of promise to help him get better with English but I really can't afford to spend like 3 hrs on a damn paragraph. Ugh, I dunno. I've been putting him off, I'll see anyway.
And then there's a guy asking me about how to apply to the Bournemouth University I had been in last year (Seriously, you'd think he would at least go to the website and read the specifications himself?) so ok, I pointed to him the applications page and I gave him tips on what they expect on his portfolio. That was weeks ago. THEN later he came back asking me about what I think of his portfolio today - honestly speaking I can see why the recruiter (Not the actual ones, just the ones in charge of passing on the applications) told him to make his portfolio look better.
People don't mind amateur work, but it depends on a certain level. It feels like either beginner's work or someone trying to do stuff that he normally didn't do to impress people, I can't help this kind of guy because the work is all up to him, not me. It's not that I don't want to help but I am helpless, it's your work, not mine, I can't help you, except to advise you. (And I want to cry at this point because I still don;t have job and I'm already advising people 8D; (God please don't abandon me!)
I just hope if he doesn't get in he won't kill me for it o_O;
And then there are translation stuff. I really do think I like translating (from chn to eng), in fact I've been trying to learn jpn too, in a snail pace. Though I keep asking myself do I want to go back and help this certain group in which I had clearly worked for at least 1 year or so, they're being really nice to me, I don't want to let them down. (They did negotiate with me, I'm considering it as long as the work isn't too heavy (ie, the text bubbles aren't too much or too full of text)
Yaoi manga ones normally have around 30 pages or so, that's a lot. That's why I turn to doujinshi, but they're quite unstable too.
This is why I need to reschedule myself, my main priority is cleaning the house and working on my portfolio so I can apply for jobs. Plus draw a lot otherwise there are no improvements Just let me think over for another day and see. I know the obvious choice is to not do it at all (Which my nii-san told me so) I just get depressed thinking about this.
Don't worry, I'll get myself straight on this, I need a GOOD schedule, and my mom HAS to stop phoning me all the time.
I need to be that superhuman I was during my placement year and work my ass off... ALL of these.
Katekyo Hitman Reborn!
Manga continues to be awesome, I'm still waiting for the explanation of how Reborn turned arcobaleno and how that ghostly parallel-like Byakuran appeared over Yamamoto in the previous chapters. Now I feel sorry for Adelheid (finally). Watermelon Daemon Spade is an interesting villain - poor Chrome! Poor Tsuna! (And for once, I actually thought Gokudera was quite reliable, preparing candies for Lambo is win!)
When it comes to KHR BL (Sorry, yaoi, so uh, you can start running to the next section now)
The western fandom fics really don't have much 6927, it makes me SO sad. There's plenty of 1827, I don't mind the pairing either but the amount is getting boring. Rather, the increase of G27 and R27 were quite surprising hahaha.
G27 reminds me of Niijuu Raisen. (Very messed up incest BL novel turned into Drama CDs I mentioned in the past?)
Anyway, I know for sure I don't want to see uke18 and uke69, my personal preference.
Central uke27 is my meal, (well most main characters are central ukes to me unless I hate them) I wanna see something like Byakuran stealing Tsuna away from Mukuro kufufu.... and now 0027 fics seems to start to look.... yummy 8D
Enigma
Enigma (Enigme) manga is awesome! It's a very new manga that has been out for a few months - basically about this main character having the special ability of being able to predict the future by sleeping and writing on a diary, he can also prevent the bas stuff from happening. Right now, he is stuck in school in some kind of 'Enigma's exam' with 7 other people that also had some kind of special powers. They have to get out of the school together and the main character's special power is the most useful. I hope it doesn't disappoint in the future.
I better stop here, not only do I not know what I have been babbling about but it's like nearly 2am! This is what I meant by what have I been doing?
Had been having a bad stomach ache recently, I hate being sick!
I wonder what I have been up to lately too, had been busy but when I look back it was full of... unnecessary things?
Anyway, am still doing good, still job hunting, trying to put more time into portfolio (Though at the same time I had been drawing.... when I shouldn't be really...) yeah, that's about life. A wee bit of depression in the past month, but most certainly ok =)
Though just feel busy, I need to get my priorities and schedules right.
Since I think I'll rant lots and lots, let's LJ-cut!
Random Things
- Lately I haven't visited here nor facebook, not only I don't really like FB's layout, it's kind of like I don't really have much to say (Even if I do I either push them at the back of my head and don't bother letting it out at all) Don't seem to be able to rant much here and there, AND I haven't been keeping in contact with anyone. Why, I wonder as well. I wanted to get back into it since before XMAs of last year but somehow couldn't. Let me try and mend that again now if I can.
- Will be away at the last week of March - going to HK with mother. More like she asked me to go with her, and she was hoping my brother could go too. Turns out in the end I'm happy I get to stay 6 nights (Because honestly speaking if I stay any longer away from home I think I'd go crazy) and living with her under one roof isn't exactly ideal anymore throughout these years. Well, the most important bit is because I don't want to meet any of my relations over there. More like if circumstances allow THEY don't want to meet me and mom either, mom just likes to meet them because she kept thinking after all these years they're still friends (Well, she prefers 'allies than enemies', but not everyone sees it that way)
I don't have anything I want to buy that badly either, and everytime in the past I buy something she always nag (Well it's mainly about books), now I don't buy them unless they are artbooks that I really want or novels which are harder to obtain than manga. But, I still won't buy much now. She seems surprised the last time I didn't buy much.
Brother won't be going since he thinks 1 week is short.
I personally am sick of travelling, always, always there's something that bounds to happen. Speaking of which, I managed to convince coming back home on my own this time since mom is staying for 2 weeks, myself 6 nights. Travelling alone on a rather long flight is something I have yet to experience, how bad can it be? Airplane crashes on water - Superb! (Not)
- Joined some kind of concert to sponsor something for our Church. More like, the people tested our singing to see what level we can sing, I kind of look forward to it, only that the concert is held sometime in June they say. I wonder if I am still here by then (Well, since I'm still job-hunting it's highly possible...)
It was an optional choice, I like doing choir singing so why not? Though I have to say I was quite nervous on the test at first so I may have sung badly at the start. AND I didn't know how the other songs sounded like (It was only later I realised they had Amazing Grace) but anyhoo, I just sang the one the three people before me sang (Since they all picked the same one)
- Nii-san has been trying to find a new job in London, I really have to work hard on my portfolio too T_T
- Had been doing a bit of drawing, had some traditional ones finished but can't show it on the net BECAUSE MY SCANNER SUCKS!!! It scans the neon pink colour as calm baby pink colour WTF!? Until I get a new scanner or see if my camera cna take it better than the stupid scanner, I'll have to leave them in my display book....
Some I drew a lot with SAI. Really love SAI, especially its brush, if only it could work like that on Photoshop....
And speaking of photoshop, I'm glad I have fireworks so I can have it read animed gifs. I could always try GIMP, but couldn't be bothered.
Speaking of drawing, I'm convincing myself to draw more reaslitic stuff (They are fun to draw if you're in the mood for them) I need to learn more on observation and lighting, they are important keys to drawing realistic stuff after all. One of my classmates told me drawing people's portraits help. I can't seem to see it step by step, everything looks like a whole bunch of lines crashed together my brain lost it.
- The boiler in our house sucks, at least it can still somewhat give us hot water - but only if it's in the mood for it D:
My brother's place is always a mess, so I have to clean it (Cause I can't stand it and we need room for the person to fix the boiler to be able to step into the house). It never ends! And the dust is a nightmare. Annoying human skins =_=;;
But I still like the house anyway.
- I really need to change my LJ layout soon I really do think I'm beginning to see one this time. It's another reason that it put me off from here - I suck!
What did I get myself into?
-Don't worry it's nothing big, I just sometimes wonder why I don't say no.
I have been at a place called Baidu (All Chinese people from China know of this website) I got friended by someone asking to communicate with me.
Problem is, while I did try emailing him, it takes me HOURS to reply one paragraph in chinese (I use cantoneseinout.com to reply) and I haven't contacted him for a while now, I wonder if I should at all. I did sort of promise to help him get better with English but I really can't afford to spend like 3 hrs on a damn paragraph. Ugh, I dunno. I've been putting him off, I'll see anyway.
And then there's a guy asking me about how to apply to the Bournemouth University I had been in last year (Seriously, you'd think he would at least go to the website and read the specifications himself?) so ok, I pointed to him the applications page and I gave him tips on what they expect on his portfolio. That was weeks ago. THEN later he came back asking me about what I think of his portfolio today - honestly speaking I can see why the recruiter (Not the actual ones, just the ones in charge of passing on the applications) told him to make his portfolio look better.
People don't mind amateur work, but it depends on a certain level. It feels like either beginner's work or someone trying to do stuff that he normally didn't do to impress people, I can't help this kind of guy because the work is all up to him, not me. It's not that I don't want to help but I am helpless, it's your work, not mine, I can't help you, except to advise you. (And I want to cry at this point because I still don;t have job and I'm already advising people 8D; (God please don't abandon me!)
I just hope if he doesn't get in he won't kill me for it o_O;
And then there are translation stuff. I really do think I like translating (from chn to eng), in fact I've been trying to learn jpn too, in a snail pace. Though I keep asking myself do I want to go back and help this certain group in which I had clearly worked for at least 1 year or so, they're being really nice to me, I don't want to let them down. (They did negotiate with me, I'm considering it as long as the work isn't too heavy (ie, the text bubbles aren't too much or too full of text)
Yaoi manga ones normally have around 30 pages or so, that's a lot. That's why I turn to doujinshi, but they're quite unstable too.
This is why I need to reschedule myself, my main priority is cleaning the house and working on my portfolio so I can apply for jobs. Plus draw a lot otherwise there are no improvements Just let me think over for another day and see. I know the obvious choice is to not do it at all (Which my nii-san told me so) I just get depressed thinking about this.
Don't worry, I'll get myself straight on this, I need a GOOD schedule, and my mom HAS to stop phoning me all the time.
I need to be that superhuman I was during my placement year and work my ass off... ALL of these.
Katekyo Hitman Reborn!
Manga continues to be awesome, I'm still waiting for the explanation of how Reborn turned arcobaleno and how that ghostly parallel-like Byakuran appeared over Yamamoto in the previous chapters. Now I feel sorry for Adelheid (finally). Watermelon Daemon Spade is an interesting villain - poor Chrome! Poor Tsuna! (And for once, I actually thought Gokudera was quite reliable, preparing candies for Lambo is win!)
When it comes to KHR BL (Sorry, yaoi, so uh, you can start running to the next section now)
The western fandom fics really don't have much 6927, it makes me SO sad. There's plenty of 1827, I don't mind the pairing either but the amount is getting boring. Rather, the increase of G27 and R27 were quite surprising hahaha.
G27 reminds me of Niijuu Raisen. (Very messed up incest BL novel turned into Drama CDs I mentioned in the past?)
Anyway, I know for sure I don't want to see uke18 and uke69, my personal preference.
Central uke27 is my meal, (well most main characters are central ukes to me unless I hate them) I wanna see something like Byakuran stealing Tsuna away from Mukuro kufufu.... and now 0027 fics seems to start to look.... yummy 8D
Enigma
Enigma (Enigme) manga is awesome! It's a very new manga that has been out for a few months - basically about this main character having the special ability of being able to predict the future by sleeping and writing on a diary, he can also prevent the bas stuff from happening. Right now, he is stuck in school in some kind of 'Enigma's exam' with 7 other people that also had some kind of special powers. They have to get out of the school together and the main character's special power is the most useful. I hope it doesn't disappoint in the future.
I better stop here, not only do I not know what I have been babbling about but it's like nearly 2am! This is what I meant by what have I been doing?
Had been having a bad stomach ache recently, I hate being sick!