Chasing After Rainbows

I'm currently busy with a lot of things right now. Why must my group members always push the project to me only now, which is very close to the deadline, especially when I have a lot of other things to worry about. Between the time the project started (which was many weeks ago) and now, barely anything was done. On top of that I have things coming up in the next few weeks. I'm already lacking the time to find a part-time job to support myself because my parents are getting old, my older sister's art university fees, and my needs easily exceed my allowance that I have to refrain from buying anything or withdraw cash from my bank account that had accumulated since before I entered primary/elementary school, which itself is only enough to buy 2 high-end computers. I need much more for university fees, transport and accommodation. Why am I wasting time typing this? So that you know what is going on. If you excuse me, I should get started on it. 23:52 edit: Okay, I'm done w

Other than the FIFA 2008 world cup (which I have no interest in), and something that happened in Akihabara earlier today ( pictured ), it seems that a lot of things are happening today around me. In fact, I can't seem to get any peace and quiet yesterday and today with loud music from the outside from many, but nearby, sources. Anyways, I have heard of Nico Nico Douga (ニコニコ動画) for quite some time, but not sure what it is exactly. Turns out that it is somewhat like YouTube . As you might already know, YouTube is one of the worse places if you want videos in normal (let alone high) quality videos and audio (in Mono sound). Nico Video may not be the best, but it sure is better than youtube (in terms of video quality), one of the most popular sites visited in Japan (and Taiwan). But content wide, there is room for improvement. You must log in in order to watch videos (except for the embedded ones). Anyone can sign up, but the language of the site is available only in Japanese. Let

An imperfect day for Miss Perfect (from さよなら絶望先生) I heard from somewhere that the reason for the so-called "cancellation" of the Second Season of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱) was because of plans to create it from scratch in an alternate universe. Base on the stuff that has happen from official sources since some time last year, such as the official website (which, during when the first series was aired had regular changes such as the page being messed up to reflect what was aired at that time) to solving puzzle by entering the intitals of the characters' names , a fake news report that appeared on various places dated 7 July 2007 on how mysterious symbols appeared overnight with a related life-like CCTV footage of the event (the novel said that the even happened 3 years before the previous season). The new series is believed to have been set in a different universe (and no, it has nothing to do with Kyonko ), where Haruhi (and Koizumi without ESP powers

Was bored when this was taken. With rising prices of crude oil, which currently stands at more than US$120 per barel. Prices of things such as petrol, diesel, electricity, and plastic-based products are indirectly increased. With this, many countries in Asia has the cost of the fuel deducted. But with prices increasing in recent months, they could not keep with the subsidy that they decided to reduce/abolish the subsidy and (hopefuly) spend money that was saved on improving public transport. My country is one of the few that didn't subsidise fuel prices. Just because it's not a day where you should be cutting down doesn't mean that you don't. Here are some tips on saving the environment and your bill: Turn off the lights and fans if there is no one in the room. Do not leave the computer on the whole night. Try to walk, cycle or take the public transport as much as you can. When shopping, try to avoid using plastic/paper bags given at cashier and instead use your own. Ev

(This is one of the few places where you can get the forms to register for a business.) Apart from stuff that happens only online and negative things, the month of May seem to just fly by as though I just started the new school year in mid-April and suddenly it's already almost the middle of June. Each day, including public holidays (the "golden week" was in that month) and weekends, the days seem to quickly fly by with nothing eventful happening. In fact, nothing that makes me happy has happened. The same old boring day with the sunrise and sunset. In fact, it seems lately that there are more than one sunrise and sunsets in a day, or time is really flying by quickly. I shall not elaborate on the negative things that happen recently here, but luck seems to be turning around somewhat. I found a 10-coin lying on the floor. Other than the return cups of payphones and vending machines, I haven't found a coin lying around in a public place for quite a long time. Could this

(Inside the old school building) If you watch anime with subtitles, you might want to watch this video (total of 5 parts). It's regarding fansubs. I do have to agree with most of the points raised there. It seems apparent that my spoken vocabulary is a lot lesser than my written vocabulary. When I try to talk, the words come out broken or a lot of basic words were used to the point that I'm not sure what I was saying. But when it comes to writing/typing, it comes out alright. The main likely reason for that is the lack of usage in practice. Another reason is that my brain processes things slower than everyone else . So the first thing that comes to my mind during the thinking process is said out, but inconsistent. So, if you ask me about something, it's possible that I may answer an immediate "don't know" or say out the basic things even though I might know a lot about it. I have learn several languages but the following are what I know more of: English, Jap

(It says: "まぢで恋する五秒前") I have officially decided to drop out from the drama club that I was very active in last year and become a librarian this year instead so that I can still earn credits when I graduate from school. Last year was too stressful for me in that club, but with my school work being increasing in difficulty, I could foresee myself going crazy if I were to remain there. I have missed 1 major project that was to take between the end of the previous school year and the beginning of the current school year and 2 major meetings that were marked as "compulsory" on the club's notice board. As for the library, my task today was to take out books that has the latest published date earlier than 1991. I did the electronic engineering section (I didn't know the school has such books, and very old on top of that) that was mostly in English. It wasn't so hard. I could tell by how brown the pages are and the design of the book cover (I saw a book on how