Babylon

as i'm sure u ppl had waited SO MUCH for these XDDD

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a meme

1. How many fandoms have you been in so far? (And list them if you want. XD)
i'd say quite countless...FMA, tokyo babylon, X1999, darker than black, ace attorney, axis powers hetalia, gundam00, air gear, bleach, rozen maiden, mai-hime, mai-otome (god i love this series XD), macross frontier, FF7A, wolf's rain, and some others which i can't seem to recall on the spot orz

2. Food or sleep, which one is more important to you? (because obviously, you're lacking both)
can't choose orz currently i'd say food, FREE LUXURY FOOD LIKE STEAKHOUSE WOULD BE NICE XD

3. If you can become an inanimate object, what would you be?
ROZEN MAIDEN!! lol actually i don't intend to go JUST yet but most of them came back in the end. though they're technically not inanimate but were supposed to be so...0v0 i must be animated! lol

4. Microwave or toaster oven?
toaster oven bc i can live without microwave but not the oven

5. If I offered to draw you something for Christmas, what would you want?
YOUR LIFE AND THE WORLD AT MY FEEEEEET lol XD no actually i already have something from u already, the shipping fee XD otherwise i'd like...KRISSI lol remember this very hot evil fail? XDD i still think he's awesome though XD

yes lots of ppl on my f-list is doing this so here goes.


You know how sometimes people on your friends list post about stuff going on in their life, and all of a sudden you think "Wait a minute? Since when were they working THERE? Since when were they dating HIM/HER? Since when???" And then you wonder how you could have missed all that seemingly pretty standard information, but somehow you feel too ashamed to ask for clarification because it seems like info you should already know? It happens to all of us sometimes.

Please copy the topics below, erase my answers and put yours in their place, and then post it in your journal! Please elaborate on the questions that would benefit from elaboration. One-Word-Answers seldom help anyone out. (:

First Name
mary. <-- when i first came to canada i didn't speak english and this was the easiest name i know of? OvO no i'm not religious and i'm not sure if this is sacrilege or something orz

Age
22 <-- there's nothing much to say...22 is the year most ppl grad from uni i guess? O_O oh look the two numbers are the same! (is shot)

Location
Frankfurt, Germany. <-- here for a year-long internship with an investment bank. don't even ask me i mean months ago i certainly did not guess this is where i'll be XD don't get me wrong though this place is amazing, the people i work with are the nicest people ever XD plus there's no strict dress code and the free breakfast here is simply wonderful. (our breakfast lady makes something different every day, it's been 2 weeks and more and she did not repeat anything yet XDD we had SALMON last friday!)

Occupation
intern =v= learning how to work bloomberg (though to be honest i mean comparing to the old bloomberg thing, reuters system is so much more user-friendly XD) and helping with presentations for Initial Public Offerings of companies. in my spare time i draw BL and act all random? OvO

Partner
my laptop. oh dear lord how do i survive without it XD it has several gigs of collected doujins as well as all my drawings psd files and movies and aph episodes and gag manga biyori and all the possible drawing software and voice recording software. though the vista part kinda turns me off but everyone has flaws right? XD i still love it.



Kids
Two kids -v- Both boys, though they're not with me at the moment. One is 70 cm and one is ...a head O_O that reminds me i need to get him a body.
I love my BJD sons -v-



Brothers/Sisters
None, thankfully or unfortunately XD though i have many brothers and sisters online? OvO And I love them all very much XD


Pets
A flower in a flower pot. I haven't named him yet it's because he hadn't flowered yet...i'm considering on getting a fish O_O




LIST THE 5 BIGGEST THINGS GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE
- Internship.
- Anime/Manga/Drawing (I'm thinking of doing a full original manga this year...as soon as i can buy tat stupid scanner O_O )
- GERMANY (the have awesome food!)
- Vienna New Year's Concert (Which i definitely will get ticket to -v- )
- APH ( still the largest fandom in my heart by far -v-)


Parents:
My parents are just...kinda open minded but still relatively conventional chinese parents O_O i don't know what to say except they put all the efforts into being what they thought was good parents and...orz let's just keep it this way.

and just to drop some pictures here too







SEX PISTOLS CHAPTER 31!!! THEY'RE FINALLY GOING INTO SHINOBU ONII-SAN'S ARC!! god i love that guy the most >w< can't wait to see his story! he's perrrrrfect TVT

i don't know why i always love the people with a nicest side and a sadist side orz but the combo is so...>W< /////////

for all of u who know me well u also know that sudden unexpected things happen in my life as if it's all routine.

so i'm going to frankfurt for a year. anyone in frankfurt plz contact me.

also my grand-aunt passed away yesterday O_O we saw her a month ago and she was in good spirits, she had cancer (surprisingly enough for the 3rd time, making it through the first 2 times is pretty miraculous) and knows tat she's going to die, but she's in good spirits. guess that's why i 'm not currently sad, it's because she wasn't sad about her own going. she thought she lived a pretty good life and that's what's important.

also since legal injections and euthenasia (ignore spelling plz) is not legalized here i had to watch my grandmother spend years as a vegetable on tubes, so comparing to that this really isn't as bad.

and don't worry about comforting me lol i don't feel too bad. actually i'm just really worried about frankfurt...never even set foot on Europe before. what would Ludwig's nipple be like? i'm desperate to find housing right now, as well as am planning to go see Vash, Lietch and Venetiano.

life has a v strange way of dealing w things O_O

on the other hand, for those who can understand chinese...google also has a strange way of dealing w things O_O



I...

I just want to know how much bread and meat and such cost orz let's please not get philosophical?

i've had to do this so many times i'm completely out of patience so here are the pictures without comments under the cut -_- ( PHOTOS! )

anyway, pillow pictures.

Russia and China:



i'm sure people are NOT surprised tat i put those two together.

plus, new set ^_^



vash's face close-up:


i'm sure the swiss guard will kill me for this orz

but switzerland's not switzerland without his beloved guns -v-

MOVING ONTO DRAWING GERMANY AND PRUSSIA! THEN FRANCE/CANADA AND US/UK! AND EVENTUALLY HRE/ITA-CHAN, and Antonio/Romano -v-

ah, the world is beautiful today -v-

from now on i'm considering friend-locking pictures orz not for any particular reason since i've never ventured too far out but because i'm going to be submitting a lot of pictures to magazines and they require pictures to be unpublished anywhere

so i'm only going to personally show them to friends instead of "publishing" them online (wat) lol

but many of you who ACTUALLY come here are my friends anyway so no big deal -v-

anyway here's the one last thing before i friend lock this or at least attempt to learn how to friendlock this orz

keelain i'm still working on the pic you sent me ^_^



different from my usual stuff? it's because i've finally learnt ("pfft, it's learned, you idiot. why? because i'm HERO!") to use SAI. this is SAI's "笔" tool

to the west, red stands for something they all used to fear, communism, but it's not just communism red. china has used red as its theme color for thousands of years before the idea of communism even existed. it's "China red", and it's beautiul -v-

ARR I WANT TO GO WATCH THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY ARMY PARADE ON OCTOBER 1ST! but i heard tat's not likely because only top officials and special ppl get 2 go and the list is already decided...ach i swear i'm going to cry if i went there and watched the parade. touchy person. orz

but the new uniform is so HOT! (uniform-con)

tat just reminds me of 2 things

1st, how russia and china TOTALLY sang love songs and recited love poems to each other at the party for the 60th anniversary of their official diplomatic relations . it was SO DAMN CORNY BUT SO GOOD AT THE SAME TIME XDDDDD i was getting goosebumps from how much of both it is

2nd...the first was too shining it made me forgot wat i was going to say orz gimme a moment to remember then come back.

BEST THING EVER:
http://www.soompi.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=310519

take note of the cain and abel one...dear god can't you just grant this one thing? XDDD

bleach (THE TV ANIME) had run into an original route again. But this time they ACTUALLY CAME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT TOTALLY BLEW MY MIND (last time it blew my mind too ONLY BECAUSE THEY HAD TOORU OOKAWA AND CHIBA SUSUME AS A PAIRING LOL AND THE WHOLE TIME I WAS GOING LIKE WHOA QUEEN UKE TO QUEEN SEME WAT XDDD)

anyway in the new bleach original bits they have all the shingami's swords show up in their human form and TOTALLY GO AGAINST THE SHINIGAMIS and SOME OF THE CHARACTER DESIGN (aside from it having been designed by the mangaka) IS TOTALLY HOT

I SWEAR LOL BYAKUYA U ALWAYS TRAIN UR DOGS SO WELL AND THEY ALWAYS BITE YOU IN THE END BECAUSE THEY LOVE YOU SO MUCH AND YOU JUST REFUSE TO LET THEM TOUCH YOU XDDDDD whoa remember when renji fought him in the RUKIA arc? WELL NOW SENBONSAKURA IS ONTO HIM (in fact it "ate" him and metaphorically that's KINDA HOT) AND DUDE I SWEAR ALL THE WAY FROM THE BEGINNING BYAKUYA IS LIKE THE BEST QUEEN UKE EVER!

well some say Kyouraku Shunsui is Ukitake's ONLY AND OFFICIAL SEME WELL NOT ANYMORE DUDE HAVE YOU SEEN THE CHARACTER DESIGN FOR UKITAKE'S TWIN SWORDS?! TWIN SHOTAS WHO YOU KNOW ARE TOTALLY underaged SEMES WHO WILL TOTALLY EAT UKITAKE AT ANY GIVEN CHANCE WITHOUT UKITAKE EVEN KNOWING IT BECAUSE UKITAKE'S TOTALLY SO NATURAL XDDDD

anyway here's something i drew




without effect:




anyway TOTALLY PERFECT SEMES FOR UKITAKE! I LOVE THESE BOYS SO MUCH XDDD

and next i'm totally going to draw senbonzakura because he's like even more 面瘫than byakuya (just...don't even bother, use a friggin mask =v= ) AND HIS VOICE IS SO DEEP XDDD TOTALLY BYAKUYA'S SEME (aside from the first trained DOG who attacked Byakuya which is Renji lol)

AND TOUSHIRO AND HIS SWORD IS TOTALLY HOT! HIS SWORD IS A LONG-HAIR man 大叔 which is like totally an UKE but TOUSHIRO IS AN UKE you say but hey tis ok everything is relative eventually he'll grow older and TOTALLY EAT HIS SWORD WAT LOL

ok i'm too high off this thing but this who sword-human-form thing totally gets to me XDDD

so i will disappear for a while bc i'm starting to work at a tv show group -v- probably will be just running errands but i'll be living there anyway =_=

kinda cool though bc it's a old dynasty china series taking place in the tang dynasty thus...lots o pretty girls and guys in tang clothing? XDD

here's the cover TVT



and for all who could read chinese

here's the official site

http://memoranda.blogbus.com/

please help support my first doujin TVT (v nervous)

TVT I always end up really liking the kids who treat others with harsh honesty but treat themselves even more severely. People may hate Tieria for being unsensitive to Ms.Sumeragi but remember what he was like in the cockpit at the time, he must have been so much harsher with himself back then, comparing to what he said to Ms.Sumeragi. He's the type of boy (girl? no gender? XD ) that doesn't like sharing his pains and tears and lives his life stricting himself to the highest standards, living very seriously.

somehow this is just so loveable TVT

Lockon is a nice guy, Setsuna's a bit too emo, and i'm kinda scared o the other guy. In general Tieria is just so much love TVT

so EXPECT A LOT MORE TIERIA FANARTS from now on...god grant me enough persistence to at least finish the aph doujin TVT

GOD WHY TIERIA WHY MUST YOU BE SO DARN CUTE TVT He lives so hard and so seriously, with such strong faith and takes life so much harder and much more face-on TVT

arrrrrrr anyway currently emo-ing about gundam00 orz the story's kinda not too new but the battle scenes were great and the character designs are either loveable or hateable. luckily there's one that fits my liking which drags up the "liking" average.

anyway...TIERIA!!!!

i just finished the 1st season. I kinda knew what I was getting myself into even before I started ORZ even when i first saw tieria back when i only watched the first few episodes months ago, I was like, THIS IS MY FAVORITE CHARACTER IN THE SERIES but the series isn't strong enough for me to keep watching.

then i saw someone's doujin cover. IT. WAS. GORGEOUS.

so just 3 days ago i was convinced...I NEED TO CATCH UP ON GUNDAM00 EVEN THOUGH I KNOW MY FAV CHARA IN THE SERIES IS GOING TO "DIE". (well technically not...but...it's like...orz)

oh and condolences to Lockon orz now i await season 2 and LOCKOFF.

TIERIA!!

-v-




will translate into english if...say...20+ people want this. but seeing this is russia x china, i doubt enough people in the western world supports this XD

the guy w long hair = dynasty yao -v-

the kid = child!Ivan.

he's becoming so darn cute >w

i doubt i can post with the web being like this so this is testing, will update w picture should this post work

ok so this does work O_O

so so so i've seriously gotten started on a doujinshi orz

here's some sample pictures from pages 1-3 (so far that's as far as i've gotten)



-v- yao-centric, mainly ivan x yao, some alfred and maybe arthur, some kaoru.

let me start from the beginning.

uyghur = an ethnic minority in china. though china guarantees them official equal rights, there's always tension between them and majority hans. there's a gap. OF COURSE THERE'S A FUCKING GAP. GODDAMN AMERICAN BEFORE YOU LOOK AT THIS TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR OWN FUCKING COUNTRY. LOOK AT HOW YOU TREAT YOUR OWN NATIVES, THE LAND OFFICIALLY BELONGS TO THEM, YOU CAME WITH BIG GUNS AND DISEASES AND TRICKED AND TOOK THEIR LAND FROM THEM, FORCE THEM TO LIVE ON RESERVES (WHICH WE CHINESE DO NOT DO TO THE UYGHURS) SHOULD THEY WANT TO KEEP THEIR OWN CULTURE AND THERE'S A HORRIBLY BIG GAP BETWEEN THEM AND WHITE PEOPLE. don't like the cap lock? DEAL WITH IT. IF THIS WAS IN REAL LIFE I'D BE SHOUTING. with ALL YOUR ABUSES TO YOUR NATIVE PEOPLE (OR THE NATIVE PEOPLE OF THE LAND) WHO ARE YOU TO CRITICIZE US FOR ANYTHING SIMILAR?!

reading CNN's like reading FUCKING RITA SKEETER's writing.

actual facts:

tension caused a brawl, brawl causes casualties, this and some persuasion by a few separatists led to a large scale sudden violence erupting in uyghur causing more than 160 deaths, a family of mother daughter father and grandmother was just walking down the street, 3 of them was then beaten unconscious by the violent uyghur extremists who then moved on torching cars and burning down buildings, robbing, beating innocent bystanders to a pulp. this then led to the army action to stop the violence (WHICH HAPPENED IN MANY DEMOCRATIC COUNTRIES AS WELL WHEN PEOPLE GETS OUT OF CONTROL ON A LARGE SCALE)

I mean, FUCK, IF LARGE MOBS OF PEOPLE WENT AROUND BEATING INNOCENT PEOPLE, BURNING, ROBBING, THE NORMAL RESPONSE WOULD BE QUICKLY GET A CONTROL OF THE SITUATION AND STOP THOSE ASSES WOULDN'T IT? !

and yet, this is what you get at CNN.

"MASS ARREST FROM ETHNIC UNREST"
"US CRITICIZES ARREST OF CHINESE DISSIDENTS"

the focus of the articles:
chinese crackdown and arrests a lot of people
Uyghurs are unhappy about their situation so they protested
the chinese army came in with tanks and guns

DO YOU EVEN GET THE FULL PICTURE?! IT SOUNDS LIKE CHINA'S THE ASS CRACKING DOWN ON PEOPLE TRYING TO EXPRESS THEIR OPINION. BUT WHAT IS THIS IN ACTUAL FACT?! IT'S TERRORISM! RANDOM ACTS OF VIOLENCE KILLING MORE THAN 150 FOR A POLITICAL GOAL!

AND LOOK AT FUCKING THIS!!

The Chinese authorities should acknowledge that the peaceful protest was sparked by the unlawful mob beating and killing of Uyghur workers at a Guangdong toy factory more than a week ago,"

PEACEFUL PROTEST MY ASS!! EVERYTIME SOMETHING GOES ON IN CHINA IT'S A "PEACEFUL PROTEST" TO YOU?! IN LHASA WHERE THE XIZANG (I REFUSE TO USE THE NAME TIBET) KILLS AND BURNS INNOCENT PEOPLE ON THE STREET AND ROBS THE STORE, THAT'S PEACEFUL?! AND HERE, THERE ARE EVEN RECORDED TELEVISION INTERVIEWS OF THE VICTIMS OF THE VIOLENT MOB, AND YET THIS IS STILL "PEACEFUL" ?! WELL WHERE DO YOU DRAW THE FUCKING LINE?! 

"Some demonstrators were even crushed by armored vehicles near Xinjiang University, according to eyewitnesses"

MY GOD MAN! THIS ISN'T THE 18TH CENTURY!! EVEN IN TIAN AN MEN INCIDENT THERE WAS SHOOTINGS BUT SOMEHOW PEOPLE ASSUMED KIDS WERE RUN OVER BY TANKS JUST BECAUSE THEY SAW A PHOTO OF A KID IN FRONT OF A TANK?! MY MOM WAS FUCKING IN BEIJING DURING THE WHOLE THING (AND WE LIVE QUITE FUCKING CLOSE TO TIAN AN MEN TOO) AND IT WAS FAR FROM THE EXAGGERATION THAT SOME CLAIMED IT TO BE, I WAS EVEN IN BEIJING AT THAT TIME! DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT WOULD BE TO CLEAN IF A PERSON WAS RUN OVER BY A TANK?! GODDAMN IT STOP EXAGGERATING!

orz WHY. why do they ALWAYS have to villianfy china? just because china's not democratic doesn't make it an image of hell orz they only focus on the steps the government take without even mentioning the violence originated from a large group of uyghurs (and this in every definition fits the meaning of TERRORISM) .

US has a horrible record of dealing with their minority. canada has the record of once HUNTING one of their minorities out of existence.

but just because it's china.

just because it's china, so when the army was sent to bring peace to a city hit with acts of terrorism, where the youngest victim was a girl merely 6 or 8 years old crying to the camera in fear...well...just don't look at where the violence's originating from, LOOK AT HOW THE GOVERNMENT'S USING ARMY AND BIG GUNS! JUST BECAUSE IT'S CHINA, IT'S FUCKING OK TO IGNORE THE OBVIOUS TERRORISM AND FOCUS ON THE GOVERNMENT REACTION, EVEN BETTER TO MAKE THE GOVERNMENT INTO THE BAD GUYS.

I. AM JUST SO FUCKING TIRED. OF THE WESTERN MEDIA BIAS.

no wonder some westerners still think of us as commies (communism is a form of goods distribution with the assumption of a central government, however it makes no direct link to the necessity of an authoritarian regime, furthermore, it is an ECONOMIC system, not a political system, and economically speaking, with all the privitization and private firms and industries, china's closer to capitalism than it ever was to communism, it was at most a socialist state).

NO FUCKING WONDER.

and you say OUR media's brainwashing.

well why do so many chinese know of everything that's happening in the outside world while lots of westerners have NO IDEA what the REAL china's like?!

I am in despair, and this is no time to crack a zetsubou sensei joke.

this is just FUCKING WRONG.

when.


WHEN WILL THE EYES OF THE WEST BE OPENED?!

they claim censorship of news in china and yet we know more of what's actually going on in the world. because really, censorship stops no one in the information age.

AND YET, EVEN WITHOUT CENSORSHIP, THE VIEW OF CHINA IS SO FUCKING DISTORTED IN THE WESTERN EYE.

WHY.


the brawl was an unfortunate event, but such events occur in every country where there is ethnic differences. i do believe both sides and all members involved should be dealt with by law. however, with that said, if i was the government in china, i'd still send the army to deal with the subsequent violence which took more than 150 lives.

i support the actions taken by the government.

because it is facing terrorism, and god knows on the planet worse things have been done under the name of terrorism.

want an independent muslim state? this isn't like an independent jewish state which did not exist before and thus can be created. THERE ARE MUSLIM STATES OUT THERE. WE REFUSE TO GIVE UP A PART OF OUR COUNTRY SO YOU CAN CREATE SOMETHING THAT ALREADY EXISTS. IF YOU WANT AN INDEPENDENT MUSLIM STATE, GET THE FUCK OUT OF CHINA AND GO TO ONE.

stupid goddamn drivers lessons goddamn timing stupid parents who complains about driving me and the expenses i mean god it's not like i have a choice and i have to be the damn buffer between u ppl and the coach and both of u blame me for not coordinating well =____=


background picture = vancouver airport OvO


might have posted this before but oh well. WELCOME BACK HONGKONG (this was meant for july 1st)

arrrr macross frontier movie...damn it director if u end up doing Alto going "I LOVE YOU BOTH" i'm going to shoot you =_=

got this from cannedebonbon -v-

Music Meme -- R

1. Reply to this post and I'll assign you a letter. (If you want a letter, just say so)
2. List (and upload) 5-10 songs that begin with that letter.
3. Post them to your journal with these instructions.

so here goes.

1) "Rain of Love" - Dragonaut amazing song, very gentle and sad and full of love. her voice is too cute >w< plus I really liked the series, GIO = win lol

2) "Rise" - Ghost in the Shell  This series is truly a classic, one of the most meaningful and most amazing plot and character design and world setting i've ever seen. rise makes me want to cry a lot of the times...it's such a strong song, and combined with origa's absolutely heavenly voice...sigh...

3)" Lion" - Macross Frontier  (see this is kinda cheating...but because in japanese there's no difference between L and R, technically this song is called "LION" but in japanese it's written such that it's romanji is Ra-I-O-N" lol) (please forgive me i already ran out of R songs )  Queen Sheryl. NEED I SAY MORE?! 

4) "Rolling Star" - BLEACH  a pretty good Yui song, so darn fast =v=

5) "Regret Message" - Rin Kagamine   I technically don't have this in mp3 because i prefer the first 2 songs more but i do have this in music video form i think. part 3 of a tragedy -v- the 2nd song always makes me cry TVT

6) "Raion" - BLOOD+ this song sounds so much like it's in cantonese it's not funny XD but it is funny. anyway, great BLOOD+ opening song.

i don't have these songs in mp3 format on my comp bc it's all in my ipod and my comp was like re-done, but i'll upload the package as soon as i get these songs TVT sorry guyz.


p.s. cannedebonbon princess princess boys = totally platonic <--world's biggest lie lol plus the new round of princesses (the two of them) is so much win XDD (p.p.s i just suddenly remembered, please rar the katamari soundtrack? XDDD)

anyway i was selling a set of APH bookmarks and now have done new ones -v-

 
Scandanavia!! =v=

sweden is so full of win XDDD
 

stole it from keelain's journal...=v=

The steady
  ... APH. you can't really go "unsteady" with this one, since it has no continuous plot but rather is a collection of the weirdest funniest cutest stereotypes crammed into a bunch of semi-gay cute guys whom we see everyday in real life (ON THE NEWS) and all have history with each other. they're gay, they kill, they do horrendous things and yet there's something about them we all love and hate...they ARE us, we may not like what we see representing us but at least it opens a door for us to better represent ourselves by using the characters and making our own stories, or fan works. Seriously, how can you not go steady with something that IS this world? besides, i get to say things that piss off and confuse the hell out of people, like "RUSSIA IS CHINA'S EX-HUSBAND" even though they're both GUYS, and GERMANY = TOTAL FAIL BUT A PART OF HIM IS SO LOVEABLE! (this series is not recommanded for people who's never taken history, since APH shouldn't be taken lightly, there are many implications behind it. for example, axis powers are not axis powers because they're cute, it's because they were once so horrific they deserved a special name, but we can live with the fact that they all have a FULL OF CUTENESS side and learn to promote world peace).

The old flame you don't see very often any more but whom you still really enjoy getting together with for a few drinks and maybe a pleasant nostalgic romp in the sheets
FMA. i was such a rabid FMA fangirl it was my obsession from the beginning of highschool till the end. Of course, now i've fallen into APH, FMA's no longer my first priority, however, it will always rest in my heart as one of the most classic series of all times, and every month when the manga comes out it still demands my full attention. Roy wasn't my first love, however he's still got a very special place in my heart TVT the "an old flame" will always be the "flames alchemist" lol

The one who seduced you and fucked you over and broke your heart in a million pieces and laughed about it
Please don't be angry with me here, but i have to say for this one...orz REBORN. When I first started Reborn, it was because one of my friends whom i really admire is into it and she recommanded it to me, at that time even the first serious arc haven't started yet, it's all funny and light stuff, and besides i was instantly in love with Hibari. then the story got serious. the first arc...ok that was fine, but for some reason it started losing its appeal to me. then the 2nd arc. all SORTS of crazy things started to come up and you can just tell the author is just going all out and making the selling point about the cute guys and their gadgets orz the story COMPLETELY lost me and...arg...REBORN fans, don't be angry, i'm only saying this because i REALLY liked the series and it had gone crazy recently but arg i just keep on reading the new chapters in hopes of the story coming back to normal (this is the point where it keeps breaking my heart and laughing about it) but...TVT

The mysterious dark gothy one whom you used to sit up with talking until 3 a.m. at weird coffee houses and with whom you were quite smitten until you realized he really was fucking crazy
...once again, please do not kill me...but...i have to say, TSUBASA. I absolutely hated clamp after they failed to finish X, but then ppl kept on making excuses for them like they had the ending already but it was the publishing company's fault, so even though on the front i still say i hate them, behind it all i still gave tsubasa a chance. i have to say i absolutely hate CCS and her boyfriend but arg i gotta give clamp another chance...so there i was in dark corners reading tsubasa and thinking maybe there's some hope, then at one point the story went NUTS...i was kinda taken with the story until it just broke free of all laws and made its selling point about old characters and new plots which is just...nothing but "CRAZY"

The one you spent a whole weekend in bed with and who drank up all your liquor, and whom you'd still really like to fuck again although you're relieved he doesn't actually live in town
Count Cain. What a rollercoaster, i absolutely love every part of that series from the story to the art, it took up so much of my time when i was reading it, and broke my heart with its ending. i'd love to read it again but i'd love to never see the ending again so the conclusion is i really want to read it again but i'm glad the book isn't with me. don't get me wrong, it was a great ending, which was why it was so heartbreaking, so sad TVT

The alluring stranger whom you've flirted with at parties but have never gotten really serious with
Huh, Death Note I guess. story-wise it can be said that it's a brilliant series, but...too much words and too much logic for me. it has its appeals, the art, the story itself, etc, so i've kept up with it, but that's about it. i knew i can never get too involved with this one. In the end it proved my instincts right, the ending SUCKED. or, at least it wasn't what i thought it would be or wanted it to be. so much for flirting with an attractive stranger, sigh

The one you hang out with and have vague fantasies about maybe having a thing with but ultimately you're just good buddies 'cause the friendship is there but the chemistry ain't.
Bakuman. There are some part of Bakuman that's so darn appealing but i can't tell what it is...i only know i'll always keep on reading it, but i'll probably never become crazy about it or draw fan arts of it. it's good as a companion but not as a passionate lover lol

The one your friends keep introducing you to and who seems like a hell of a cool guy except it's never really gone anywhere
...Pandora Hearts orz An artist whom i really admire really really likes that series so i had high hopes for it, but for some reason neither the manga nor the anime can get me interested orz

The one who's slept with all your friends, and you keep looking at him and thinking, "Him? How the hell did he land all these cool babes?"
One Piece orz simple reasons. the art style drives me crazy and the story's always Luffy will win because his will is indestructable. the characters are exaggerated as hell and the story some times are just so out there...even when it tries to be touching i'm still here with my eyebrows locked going wth...so...orz how the hel does he land all those cool babes? -_-

The one your friend has fallen for like a ton of bricks and whom she keeps babbling to you about on the phone for hours, and you'd be happy for her except you just know it's going to end badly
I really don't know, thankfully my friends don't babble. when they happen to babble i can count on a quality-guarantee because they're very selective people. there used to be a girl who babbled to me about a certain star or korean drama though, completely put me off those two things forever...

The ones you repeatedly cheat on your steady with
I have to say AIR GEAR. There's something about that crazy series (excluding Obama) that really scares me sometimes lol but there's also something stronger pulling me to it, namely Iki's team, Akito/Agito, the absolutely AMAZING art style, the action, the annoying antagonist, the...um...forgot his name but i swear he's gay for iki...anyway...

p.s. OMG newest chapter of bleach, ukitake is out to SAVE HIS HUSBAND! lol

i passed the written test by 1 point and am one step closer to running amok on the streets -v-

anyway

june 12th had passed but HAPPY BIRTHDAY RUSSIA!

here's something for u -v-



the words are the lyrics to the song "The Sacred War" -v-

for some reason i just find it hard to write things, i'm not really tat communicative. (which is bad, since i want to work in an embassy someday...O_O) but i will now update w some photos.

my trip to Tian An Men...

since Tian An Men is right on the busiest street in beijing, most beijingers take it for granted tat it's there, and think only visitors and tourists from other parts of the country and other countries go there. the truth is it's actually a very holy place, at least this is how i feel. since i don't look too highly upon religion, i thinnk there still need to be something that is spiritually holy to the people, otherwise we're just money-hoarding capitalists. I was born in Bejing however i just realized recently that i've never been on the Tian An Men building, some say it's because all the way until back a few years ago, that place was forbidden to civilians.

anyway, enough said.

The following are the photos i took when i stayed up all night after going to a tea shop and listening to traditional beijing 相声 ( a form of live comedy). I went to watch the flag rise ceremony.


i think this is the...人民大会堂? the scoreboard (wth) was used for countdown to the Olympics, i have no idea what they're using it for now...
 

九龙柱? i'm not sure wat this is in english but this is all over Tian An Men

Sunrise on Chang An Street


these photos are all taken by my cell phone cam, so...yeah, ignore the quality. 

sadly i'm not sure wat the following building is, i think it's some sort of a museum...


the rising of the flag: 






p.s. the new uniform is kinda hot...white broad belt tightens around the waist really well, and the color of the uniform is also very nice. 

the flag: 


the heroes memorial ...thing...orz



inside the Tian An Men gate building: 






now i know some of u who come here are dying to make a comment about what had happened at Tian An Men before...but just let me say...when the americans are celebrating their national day, people don't throw the Iraq war in their face...when the Russians are celebrating their national holiday, people don't throw Bloody Sunday in their face...so for this post just concentrate on pretty photos and such, snide or political comments are NOT WELCOMED. 

new AMV in the making, related pictures: 

music used: Cantarella, sang by Kaito and Miku. for those who haven't heard it, go look it up it's quite magical >w< the subject topic is of course, Opium Wars, and involves SEME! England and girl-dress!Yao. don't see how those two are connected but eventually they will -v-

recent short manga about the new Korean crisis. 




recently there is quite interesting news that the south koreans want to punish china for...um...preventing the reunification of the koreas? first of all china is all for reunification, it seems like the south koreans no longer treat their northern half as brothers...but anyway they threaten a kimchee sanction, during which they no longer export kimchee to china. 

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yeah, that's a killer. -_- pfft (this is actually kinda cute orz)

they also propose to ally with India to stop china from both sides.

unfortunately for them, india had tried this before. Controlling imports/exports wise, India had tried this before, for a  while they banned Chinese toys, which only resulted in the distortion of their toys market, and the ban was eventually lifted. which is kinda surprising, i was assuming india and china had equal potential as low cost production markets, however it seems they have different areas of specialty. if by "stopping china from both sides" they don't mean by imports/exports but by physically blocking sea routes, this will be seen as an act of war.

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not a good idea, picking war with china right now =v=

but war is never a good idea. unless, of course, you're Napoleon, Cesare Borgia, Yekaterina, etc., you get the point -v-

anyway i felt the need to draw kristoph orz

so here he is.


there is the march hare mad, then there's the mad hatter level of mad, then there's kristoph...

well i love him anyway XDD

for some reason i picture my return to pw/aj-dom >w< arrrr must be because of cannedebonbon's AE rant as well as...i don't know, nostalgia?

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT THIS IS GREAT!! CHINA'S GREAT FIREWALL UNBLOCKED LJ!! IT UNBLOCKED LJ!!

but i don't have much to write today, so will update another day. recently damn visa office is giving me hell.