Thursday, October 4, 2007

3:15pm

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Introduction Powered by eSnips.com Warning: The player starts with its maximum volume. So please be careful. Open Heart! Welcome back Darke!!! My net’s back to normal. XD Actually, It’s been normal since Monday. ^^’ Just didn’t have the time to post. T.T Anyway, this is why it was slow: my net plan sucks. >.< We’re on the cheap plan (coz dad’s a cheap ***), so we only get 2GB of downloads a month. Once we exceed that amount, the net goes really slow. Well, that’s it actually, we don’t have to pay any extra fees, it just goes slow. :/ So all I had to do was wait until Monday, and I got my fast net back. XD The wedding I went to was great. ^^ No one noticed the needle marks, which was, I have to admit, quite disappointing. I mean, after reading all your comments, it would’ve been fun if people thought I’m a junkie. XD Oh well. ^^’ Nothing really happened at the wedding worth mentioning, except that abi (brother) seemed extremely happy. He was going around the room initiating hugs with everyone. Which was a little creepy, coz he’s a guy who thinks shaking hands is an invasion of his personal space. O.o The words on the icon say “koufuku”. It means “happiness”. ^^ Oh and people at the wedding thought I’m about 15 years old. T.T Do you guys want to see a pic? I was really busy last week and beginning of this week coz of an assignment. I seriously didn’t think I’d get it done, but I did! It was a 300 word medical terminology glossary in both English and Japanese. It had to be of at least 10 medical topics. And it had to include the definition, reference, the term/phrase in Japanese and the reliability code. I’m so happy that’s over and done with! Speaking of uni, I woke up at 5:30am on Tuesday and got to uni at 8:45... Only to find out that there was a black out. O.o It was going to be fixed at about 1pm. So my exam was cancelled. Well, that was a good thing, but I wanted to get it over and done with. And since that was the only class for the day, I came home... So yeah, my whole morning (and about $7 for transport) was wasted. X.x How can there be a blackout? And why does it take so long to fix things? >.< Oh yeah, I nearly forgot. I went to the doctor today to get the results of my blood tests back. As you can see by the icon, I’m fine!!! XD No arthritis! No inflammation! There’s nothing wrong with except my joints. XD Well, there is one thing... I have Thalassemia Minor. It’s an abnormality of the haemoglobin. It doesn’t affect me at all, but if I were to get pregnant, and the father also has Thalassemia Minor, there’s a 25% chance my baby will have Thalassemia Major and die by the age of 40... Ye~y, more things to worry about. -_-“ Well, I have to go and do more assignments. T.T I’ll be really busy, so I don’t know when I’ll be able to post next. But I’ll try my best to comment. ^^ But yeah, I haven’t been getting much sleep. There’s no time for it. T.T Yesterday, I was so tired I was sleeping in my lectures. ^^’ But I could still hear the teacher talking and my hand was continued to take down notes. O.o Too bad it says “Prazime mornel”... I have no idea what that means! XD The Return of the Picture Guessing Game! Game 6 Round 1 For those of you who don’t know what this is, it’s a close up picture of something. You have to try and guess what it is. ^^ If no one guesses right, I’ll post another pic of it. If no one guesses by the third pic, I win. XD To make things fair, just one guess per round, ok? ^^ There was something else I’ve been wanting to say and ask, but this is long enough. ^^’ So Gogyou Inu, it’ll have to wait until next time. ^.~ Credits Shugo Chara! © Peach-Pit Site hosted by myotaku.com Layout edited by Master Hiko Layout's base by 311

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Friday, September 28, 2007

   1:25 am

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Introduction Powered by eSnips.com Warning: The player starts with its maximum volume. So please be careful. Open Heart! I have to apologise to everyone. We've completely used up our available broadband download limit. x.x We still have the net, it's just going really slow. Like "I can't believe it's not Dial-up" slow. >.< So if I don't comment on your sites until the next billing month (which is the 1st of October, thank God!) that's why. T.T It's very frustrating coz I need the net for my assignments! T.T Oh and I was going to do the picture guessing game, but PhotoBucket's even slower than usual. x.x So I can't even get to my kitty icons. T.T I guess I'll have to make due with that red one. *points at the little thing next to the Subject of the post* In other news, I'm being tested for rheumatic disorders. o.o Well, "rheumatic disorder" is a really general term. ^^' It can be anything like the disorder of the heart, bones, joints, kidney, skin and lungs. Could be anything from arthritis to tendinitis... I wonder which one I have. XP Results will be in on Thursday. x.x Oh, they had to take blood samples, and the guy (I think he was a nurse) missed my vein. T.T TWICE! x.x So the doctor had to take blood from the back of my hand. So now I have three needle holes. O.o Bruised too, since that nurse guy was like "I know the vein's here somewhere *moves the needle around*". >.< [sarcasm]It's the perfect time to be bruised.[/sarcasm] It's my abi's (a guy I call brother in Turkish) wedding on Sunday. I'm wearing a sleeveless dress and you can clearly see the needle marks. >.< It's bad enough I have a scar on my wrist (Luna cut me T.T) so some people think I tried to kill myself (which is stpid since it's a curve and only just goes over my major veins). Now I have needle marks on my arms, so it looks like I was doing something MA15+. >.< I normally wouldn't care, I'll even enjoy seeing people's faces thinking all these bad things about me. XD But this is abi's wedding! *sigh* Anyway, it's getting late, so I'm going. ^^' I want to wake up early tomorrow to do my assignment. T.T Credits Shugo Chara! © Peach-Pit Site hosted by myotaku.com Layout edited by Master Hiko Layout's base by 311

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Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Public Speaking Part 2

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Introduction Powered by eSnips.com Warning: The player starts with its maximum volume. So please be careful. Open Heart! A day late... again... Sorry. ^^” First of all, I would like to say: Welcome back Master! And Happy Birthday!!! Hiko, I got the kitty icons from... somewhere... >.< I can’t remember. T.T Anyway, I’ve uploaded some of the ones I have to HERE. So if anyone wants them, you can use them from there. XD I’ll upload more so that you can use them too. ^^ ... Soon... ^^’’’ I’m glad that you guys found the notes on public speaking to be useful. ^^ Usually, I won’t even look at my notes until the before my exam. ^^” So everything here’s been summarised for your benefit. ^^ Magnus, you’re right, every student should be told to practice. I know my high school teachers always told the class to practice in front of family, mirror or pets. Don't ask why my teachers said pets. o.o Anyway, none of them ever told me to practice my breathing. It makes sense though, coz we have to talk for longer and louder than we're used to. ^^' Speed: You can make the best speech in the world, but if you speak so fast that no one understands you, it won’t mean anything. So remember to clearly articulate every word. Interest: You should vary your pitch, inflection, speed, tone and pauses to keep the listeners alert and interested. Fluency: You should speak in a free-flowing and smooth manner. There should not be any jerkiness or hesitation. Non-verbal Behaviour: Maintain eye contact with as many people as possible, for about a second or two each. Don’t forget to avoid fidgeting and other mannerisms. Other Important Points: * Make sure everyone can hear you. * If you have any doubts or you made a mistake, tell people. Coz you’ll lose points for saying that something’s true, when it’s not. That last point (about the doubts and mistakes) is for interpreters, so I don’t know how much of it applies to other forms of public speaking. ^^” I think everyone here’s old enough to make that judgement yourselves. XP I hope that all the information was useful. ^^ If I learn about anything else that I think are useful, I’ll write about it. ^^ And don’t forget to ask me about something if it was unclear, or you want a more detailed information. ^^ And this is for BKstyles: That is all. ^^ Class dismissed! XD Credits Shugo Chara! © Peach-Pit Site hosted by myotaku.com Layout edited by Master Hiko Layout's base by 311

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Saturday, September 22, 2007

Public Speaking

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Introduction Powered by eSnips.com Warning: The player starts with its maximum volume. So please be careful. Open Heart! Yes, I know I’m a day late on this. ^^’ I was busy. Sorry. T.T So like I said in my previous post, I’m going to write about what I learned at uni regarding public speaking. ^^ I know some of you have to do speeches and presentations at school, so do I, so I hope this will help. ^^ Nerves: You need to control your nerves so as to not affect the quality of your voice, organisation of ideas and body language. You can help overcome this by rehearsal, practice and exposure. Voice: You need to speak with a clear, audible and pleasant voice. Your voice should flow easily and not get tired. You need to show confidence and pay attention to the quality of your voice. Relaxing, controlling your breathing and proper posture will help in giving you a good quality voice. Breathing: Good breathing means lack of strain, which will add to confidence and better voice quality. A controlled breathing will allow you to vary your voice for the purpose of your presentation. E.g. raising your voice to convey anger; stressing certain points for emphasis. Larynx: Your larynx is like every other part of your body, you have to train it and keep that training up, so that you can use it properly. If you don’t train it, your speech will sound forced and strained. So here’s something that will help. Breathing Exercise: 1. Stand up, relax (especially your arms, neck and face), your feet slightly apart (a gap about the size of your fist). 2. Diaphragmatic Breathing: this is commonly known as breathing with your stomach. You inhale and your stomach should expand without your chest or shoulders moving. 3. Slowly inhale (about 5 seconds; only your stomach expands) and hold for 5 seconds. Then slowly exhale for about 5 seconds. Do this until you’re comfortable with it. 4. Now inhale slowly and hold it (like in #3). But this time when you exhale, say “haaa”. 5. Shoulder Bounce: do this once you’re comfortable with the “haaa”. Relax your arms, lift your shoulders. Hold this position for about 5 seconds, then drop them back down. Do this repeatedly and rapidly. 6. Once you’re comfortable with the Shoulder Bounce, try combining it with the Diaphragmatic Breathing. Relax your arms, slowly breath in, hold for 5 seconds. Only this time, when you’re exhaling and saying “haaa”, do the Shoulder Bounce the whole time. (The above information on breathing comes from The Total Communicator) Doing all the things mentioned above should help you relax, which will help control your nerves and therefore increase the quality of your voice. ^^ This is long enough, so I’ll continue next time (probably on Monday). Everything I wrote here is a summary of what I learned at uni, so if there’s something you don’t understand, or want to know more of, please tell me. ^^ Credits Shugo Chara! © Peach-Pit Site hosted by myotaku.com Layout edited by Master Hiko Layout's base by 311

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Wednesday, September 19, 2007

8:20pm

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Introduction Powered by eSnips.com Warning: The player starts with its maximum volume. So please be careful. Open Heart! Guess where I am now! I’m at home! XD I was supposed to finish uni today at 9pm, but instead, I finished at 11:30am!!! XD This feels great! Well, my 1:30~3:30pm class and 6~9pm class was cancelled. ^^ And then I just decided against going to my 4~5pm lecture. >.<” Ehe. XP Well, my friend and I didn’t see a point in waiting at uni for 4 and a half hours for a lecture. Especially coz we can get the notes over the net. ^^’ Oh and from tomorrow until the 1st of October, I’m on holiday! XD But yeah, I have a bunch of assignments piled up. T.T Gotta do that. T.T I went to buy that dress yesterday. It’s great. XD Well, the shop assistant there kept on saying that I’m as cute as a doll. O.o And then this insolent little girl asked me when my year 10 formal was! (a formal dance for 10th grade students at school)... In other words, she thought I’m 14 years old. TT_TT I was so shocked that I couldn’t say anything back. X.x *sigh* Comments for my previous post: * Yes, I did mean coconut milk. ^^” It’s just that it was a clear-ish colour. Doesn’t look like milk at all. O.o * I’ve just been called skinny and tiny and other stuff like that my whole life. I’m just tired of it. ^^’ Oh and I think I get upset when people say I’m too skinny coz people usually say something upsetting afterwards. My aunt, mum’s friends, land lady are overweight. They always complain about it and all its health problems. Then they tell me to become like them. O.o They actually say, “You need to have a gut”... Why would people who say they care about me, want me to have health problems like that??? I think it's just rude to tell people to gain or loose weight (unless there's a huge health problem; or it's a joke). * Oh and don’t be envious of a “real life Chad”. ^^’ Coz B-san just reminds me of him. The first things I think of when I see him are: 1. Kya~~~!!! Where should I hide!? 2. Say no if he asks me to help him with something. 3. I wonder how many times Chad will talk in the next Bleach episode... B-san is a rounder and shorter and weaker version of Chad. ^^” Ahahaha. By the way, his nose was bleeding during class on Monday. o.o Then the teacher asked if he was "excited". (if you don't know what I mean by "excited", then you're too young to know. ^.~) * My speech went good. ^^ I had an exam today too, and that was... alright... :P I’m planning on posting on Friday. It’ll probably be about what you can do to prepare yourself for public speaking. I know that people are back in school and have speeches/presentations and such, so it might be good? I learned about it today at uni. ^^ What do you think? Gonna go and enjoy my Wednesday night at home. XD (I gotta go next Wednesday from 6~9pm coz this week's class was cancelled... yeah, class during my break T.T) Credits Shugo Chara! © Peach-Pit Site hosted by myotaku.com Layout edited by Master Hiko Layout's base by 311

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Monday, September 17, 2007

3:45pm

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Introduction Powered by eSnips.com Warning: The player starts with its maximum volume. So please be careful. Open Heart! I have 45 minutes before class, so I decided to post. XD Yesterday was the festival, and it was so much fun! XD One of my friends couldn't come though. T.T Her computer broke and she had to get it fixed. O.o I walked around with my friend. We ate sno cones (shaved ice), pajeja (Spanish/Mexican seafood rice... I hope I spelled that right) and drank a coconut. XD But the coconut wasn't that nice, and I felt a little sick afterwards. So I couldn't eat anything else. T.T Then she went home at 1:30, so I was walking around with my mum and the land lady. Then I got a text message from my dad saying that Blue Velvet's dieing. TT_TT He said that Blue Velvet's got white mould all over his body. T.T So we went to a petshop in a mall and got him medicine. Later, we went home and put in one drop of it into his water. Then mum took me out again to look for a dress to wear at my abi's wedding. (mum's best friend's son whom I call 'brother' in Turkish) We couldn't find any. ^^" Well, there was this one dress, but I don't think it suits a wedding (and it was $300!). All the other dresses I wanted to try on was too big. :P Then the shop keeper said that I'm too skinny... Excuse me? She's skinnier than me! It was all I can do to stop myself from saying "no, your dresses re too fat". XP Yes, I'm mean, but I HATE IT when people say I'm too skinny. >.< Hate it even more when they tell me to gain weight. Why should I change my body? And IF I were to change my weight, I won't be happy, and then do my best to get back to where I am... What a waste of time and energy... Mum found Blue Velvet dead this morning... He was no longer blue. He was black... And white mould all over... T.T RIP little buddy. (I've banned my mum from buying anymore fish) I'm at uni now and... B-san tapped on my shoulder and asked what I'm doing. >.< I was commenting on Magnus' site. I thought I was going to have a heart attack. >.< He's not too tall, but he's built big. And for him to stand over me... *shudders* Oh and these days, he's reminding me of Chad from Bleach. Similar haircut and tanned skin. But there is something funny. Hehehe. He's wearing those camouflage jackets. You know those army ones? That, but not green... It's bright purple and pink! O.O I don't know if I should laugh at him or be scared of him. ^^" *thinks for a minute* I think I'll stick to being scared of him. XP Oh and coz BKstyles (Matt) gets jealous whenever I mention any guy in my posts: MATT MATT MATT MATT MATT MATT MATT MATT MATT MATT MATT MATT MATT MATT MATT MATT MATT MATT MATT MATT MATT MATT MATT MATT MATT MATT MATT MATT MATT MATT MATT MATT MATT MATT MATT MATT MATT MATT MATT MATT MATT MATT MATT MATT MATT MATT MATT MATT MATT MATT MATT MATT MATT MATT MATT I have to do a speech on the expansion of Japanese Child/Family Care Leave System today. So wish me luck. ^^ Credits Shugo Chara! © Peach-Pit Site hosted by myotaku.com Layout edited by Master Hiko Layout's base by 311

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Friday, September 14, 2007

Sorry.

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Introduction Powered by eSnips.com Warning: The player starts with its maximum volume. So please be careful. Open Heart! I really gotta apologise for my last post. I sound so weak and helpless in it! When something like those things mentioned happens, I can usually get really angry then laugh it off... Strange what exhaustion and physical pain can do to a person's mental stability! ^^' By the way, yes, I was the only one effected by the mistake in the invoice. Stupid uni. >.< Today, my mum accidentally killed Tiny Hero. T.T He was a warm water fish, so mum used to warm up water for him. This morning, that water was a bit too warm for him, and he got cooked. T.T (You can laugh if you want to. Coz honestly, I don't know whether I should laugh or cry. ^^") Mum bought another fish today. o.o He's much bigger. His name's Blue Velvet, coz mum said that he's the same colour as her mother's old velvet dress. It's also a song name (one of the ending theme to DBGT). I like that song. ^^ Let's hope this fish lives longer than a week. >.< Resetting my body's gong well. ^^ I honestly though that walking inside the house would be boring. But it isn't. XD That's good, coz I won't do anything that's boring. Ahaha. XD I read Vol 1 of Death Note (finally!). And I love it! XD I really want to read more. ^^ The art... The story... Genius! XD Remember that anime shop closing down sale? Well, I asked the shop keeper more about it (yes, I talked!). Turns out, their lease ended, so they're just relocating. ^^ They don't know to where though. T.T Oh and they put all the DVDs and CDs away... Those money hungry bums. >.< I bought a Pikachu plushie that moves. XD And a mini model of Strike Gundam. It's so adorable! XD But they ddn't have any of Death Scythe. T.T Anyway, I'll get pics up soon. ^^ On Sunday, there's this local festival that I'm going to with my friends. XD Don't let the word "local" fool you. It's pretty big! I'm looking forward to it. ^^ Ok, I'm heading off to bed now. It's a little past 1am. XP I'm going to leave you all with a video of Luna and Blue Velvet. XD (I hope this works ^^") Oh and I'm taking the vid, and those are my mum's arms. Credits Shugo Chara! © Peach-Pit Site hosted by myotaku.com Layout edited by Master Hiko Layout's base by 311

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Thursday, September 13, 2007

Sorry about this post...

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Introduction Powered by eSnips.com Warning: The player starts with its maximum volume. So please be careful. Open Heart! I just really need to rant right now. >.< There are no pics in this post. No fun stuff. Nothing of the sort. Just me ranting. So if you don't care, don't wanna know, no time to read, whatever, I totally understand. ^^ I was fine yesterday. Except that E-learning wasn't working at all. x.x It's a website of my uni where the teachers post things for the students. Every student has their own account. My account suddenly stopped working. T.T So I was trying to get that sorted. Then at 6pm, my back started hurting in class for no reason. I was able to ingore it during my exam. But once that was done, my back pain became incredibly bad. Couldn't stand it. Couldn't concentrate. Couldn't participate in class... When I got home, I found out that Little Hero had died. T.T And there was a letter from the uni saying they discontinued my enrolment. o.o Said that I didn't pay my fee. I did pay my fee! The stress of that. The sadness of losing Little Hero. The physical pain. I couldn't handle it anymore. I laid down on the sofa and started crying. Dad pretended like he didn't see. Then mum came and that's when it happened... I had a panic attack. I couldn't breathe. I started shaking. I tensed up. All that gave me more pain, so my panic increased. Took me about an hour to calm down... I'm still tense and panicky. I called the uni this morning and everything's sorted now. They made a mistake on my invoice. It said that I already paid $244 of the $2496. So I only paid the remaining $2252. So yeah, now I gotta pay $244. x.x (btw, that's all Australian dollars) The uni didn't apologise at all! But yeah, my uni account should be back to normal tomorrow. And I'll get an invoice for that $244 soon. I went to the osteopath today too. I had a head ache, no appetite, felt weak, my knees hurt, ankels and wrists too... Got another treatment. I feel better now, but not great. I still have a slight head ache, and not much of an appetite. But I am hungry... The doctor gave me a few stretches to help with getting better. Not really allowed to do muscle strengthening exercises though. She said that I have to get better before any of that. And I have to stretch and go for walks often. It's apparently to "reset" my body. Supposed to help in the realigning of bones and ease the pain. *shrug* Too soon to tell if things are working. Well, that was a depressing post. Sorry to those of you who took the time to read it. Gonna go and reset my body again... Even though it's 11:30 pm... I guess I'll walk inside the house... How boring. T.T *sigh* Credits Shugo Chara! © Peach-Pit Site hosted by myotaku.com Layout edited by Master Hiko Layout's base by 311

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Monday, September 10, 2007

Doing good.

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Introduction Powered by eSnips.com Warning: The player starts with its maximum volume. So please be careful. Open Heart! It seems like I scared my friends with my previous post. I'm sorry. T.T I'm still quit depressed though. Not sure what I can do about it... But my body's feeling A LOT better. XD My mum wasn't convinsed (*cough*for once*cough*) so she drove me to this bus stop, where I took the bus directly to uni. XD (I usually take the train and bus, which means I walk a bit) A classmate of mine (whom I never talked to) came up to me and we talked. Yes, I talked. XD I wasn't too shy. ^^' We talked mainly about religion. o.o A subject I'm not good at discussing. ^^""" He asked for my number so that we can talk more about it later. O.O Oh man! No guy's ever asked me for my number like that!!! But I guess it's alright, since I'm not interested in him at all. ^^ Besides, you guys have been telling me to make new friends. ^^ Side Note: The last time I've been out with any of my friends was July last year. ^^' That's all really. o.o Nothing more going on in life... I'm going to te city tomorrow. ^^ An anime shop's closing down. T.T But on the bright side, there's a closing down sale. XD Now here are a few pics of Luna and the fish. ^^ The bigger fish's name is Little Hero. The smaller one's Tiny Hero. XD Luna and Little Hero Luna and the vase the fish are in Luna, the fish and me commenting on sbsp's site Little Hero and Tiny Hero Luna vs Lily Sorry they're links, I just couldn't bring myself to making the pics smaller to fit my site. ^^" Credits Shugo Chara! © Peach-Pit Site hosted by myotaku.com Layout edited by Master Hiko Layout's base by 311

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Friday, September 7, 2007

Physically, mentally and emotionally exhausted

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Introduction Powered by eSnips.com Warning: The player starts with its maximum volume. So please be careful. Open Heart! I wasn't going to update for a while, but remembered it's Friday... So yeah, just here to post the answer to the Picture Guessing Game. I don't have the next game ready though. Sorry. Just not feeling like myself. But I haven't felt like "myself" in a long time, so maybe this depressed, stressed, pain-filled person is "myself"? Ah screw it! Too tired to think about those things now. In lighter news, my mum bought my cat, Luna, a fish... as a pet. O.o His name is Little Hero. Sorry, I gotta go coz my whole body (except my left arm) is aching like mad. I couldn't go to the doctor's coz it's a Public Holiday... Damn you APEC! Picture Guessing Game 5 Answer Credits Shugo Chara! © Peach-Pit Site hosted by myotaku.com Layout edited by Master Hiko Layout's base by 311

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