Firstly, apologies for the extremely long hiatus!!! Been very busy studying for various tests, etc. For those of you who aren't clued in, yes, i managed to find a house to live in. I'm currently sharing the house with 3 other female students, 2 of which do pharmacy, and one does photography. They're all extremely nice and friendly, and both the pharmacy girls are Iraqi muslims (although one of them doesn't practice Islam, is 18 years old and has a 33 year old boyfriend!!!! *shock, horror* Okay...moving swiflty along....my room is pretty good, decent-sized, more than what i was expecting (may post some pics of it later ;)). Each bedroom comes with its own little sink (which comes in handy particularly when doing 'wudhu', lol) and it was fully furnished, so i already had a wardrobe, bed, and computer table in place prior to moving in. Convenient, huh? :D We're currently sharing our neighbour's wireless internet connection (he kindly offered it to us) but we are in the process of acquiring our 'own' internet connection after we purchase a phone handset (and split the cost amongst the 4 of us) The rent we have to pay is 350 pounds per month (excluding bills).
I walk 16 minutes everyday to get to the train station to get to uni, although i have recently started taking the bus as well. The way back home, however was, at first, a complete nightmare!!! >____< Have to walk up a 'treacherous' hill to get to my house (there's no way of avoiding it), cos my house is situated on a hilly area. That was SOO hard to get used to, but now i have totally gotten accustomed to it. (no need to do 30 min exercise everyday to keep yourself fit, i fulfil that requirement anyway just by walking up and down the hill, haha! XDDD)
Anyway, enough about my house...i hope everyone is doing fine alhamdolilah and that everyone's in good health :D
Oh yeah, my module for this term is on "Neuroscience"!!!!!!!! Its SOOO amazing!!! Ahhhh... the most interesting modules i have come across so far, very heavy and complicated but oh so interesting!!! I'm totally loving it!!! ^O^ So today in my SSC (student selected component) session, we were debating quite deeply on whether there is a 'God' spot/lobe, or a neuroanatomical variability in the brain thats responsible for 'religion', cos the SSC i chose to do was 'fMRI brain imaging of religious experience'. Then we were talking about how many scientists are still troubled by the 'persistence' of religion for decades, even suggesting that religion may have some kind of 'survival advantage', as people with religion tend to be less prone to mental illnesses...? hmm.....what a strange thought.... Our teacher then deviated completely and started asking us about how we percieve mental illness with 'possession' and the whole 'glossolalia' concept ('speaking in tongues') which is the idea that some people can speak God's words/messages from a divine above, said to be elicited when under an intense prayer or intimate connection to God, almost as if they are being possessed at that moment (not in control of themselves) to say this nonsensical, unknown language. But to us normal people, it would sound as something completely gibberish and incomprehensible. Some say it can be translated, others say it's a language out of this world. But no one really knows what brings about this bizarre phenomenon...there has been research showing certain areas of the brain becoming active during glossolalia, like increased 'temporal lobe activity'. But yeah, our teacher has a habit of deviating and going off-topic a bit, but its hard not to go on a 'philosophical' tangent during these discussions (which is what we normally end up doing..hahha, lol!)
Here's a youtube video, if you're interested in knowing more about 'glossolalia': http://video.google.co.uk/videosearch?hl=e
There are 8 of us, with 4 of us declaring ourselves as 'religious' and the other 4 being 'non-religious' (I obviously was in the religious group) and basically we discuss loads of articles and critically evaluate these research papers (all of which involve some form of brain imaging perfomed a group of participants while they are having a 'religious experience' to see which areas of the brain light up and whether these loci of activation were different from non-religious people. ('religious experience' ofcourse, being a very non-specific and broad term involving any sort of 'union' , meditation, prayer or spirituality with 'God', its hard to define, really.) SO anyway, I'm gonna have my 'fMRI brain scan' done next week, for the purposes of our teacher's research!!!! SOOO looking forward to it!!! ^_______^
Apparently, all we've been told so far, is that during the fMRI, we're going to perform a task which involves looking at a pair of words being displayed on a screen, and pressing a button when you see the pair of words 'rhyme'....yeah...pretty vague description, right? O__O The teacher doesn't want to disclose anything more for fear of it influencing our thinking/actions during the brain scan. And how that relates to having a religious experience beats me!!! but it'll be fun! :DDD
Anyway, i hope everyone's fine and doing well.
Inshallah, i will upload my new bedroom pics sometime this week, so look foward to that! hehehe :)
Until then, take care everyone!!!
Ciao!!! ^___^
BRIEF OVERVIEW:
............OMG! The concert was totally MINDBLOWING!!!!!! O______O Gosh!!! I can't even speak.....after the concert i came out completely DEAF and my voice nearly ran out from all the screaming and squealing I did at the concert! hehehhe LOL! ( I was seriously screaming at the top of my lungs, but thankfully my high pitched screams would die down amongst the crowd, hehe ^___^;
I cant believe I was totally 'rocking' with the music and 'headbanging'! *GASPPP* O___O * SEE! HYDE JUST BRNGS THATS OUT IN YOU! HE HAS SOME MYSTERIOUS POWERS! HE'S EVIL!* XDDDD LOL!
But its weird, I NEVER usually scream in public or go crazy but this time I SO did! I think sometimes you just get sucked up in the crowd and the songs that you lose some of those inhibitions, you forget about petty things and just get immersed in the music and....in HYDE! OH man, HYDE was just.....just....soooo unbelievably 10 TIMES MORE HANDSOME AND PRETTY IN REAL LIFE, FLESH AND BLOOD than in the pictures or videos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! XDDD GAHHH!!!! HE LOOKED AT ME WITH HIS DARK,INTENSE STARE 5 TIMES!!!!!! 5 TIMES!!!! *squeals and then faints* He just totally MELTS YOUR HEART! The songs were ALL AWESOME, and the DRUMS and BASS were especially LOUD, so loud that the ground was shaking! *__*
HAHA, oh man, the bassist, Ju-ken...he was SOOOO energetic!!!! well, they were ALL energetic, but he was especially HYPER and kept the crowd's spirits high the whole time, and motivating the crowd to cheer harder and headbang and all that, he was SOO PUNK and pimping and all, hehehehehe! XDDD He dyed his hair with red highlights which looked pretty cool too and had makeup on, with blue lipstick! He was also wearing one of those 'goaties' thingie like the bassist in the 'system of a down' wears! HAHA! and KAZ was awesome as well!!!! His guitar riffs were simply brilliant, and there was just SOOO much ENERGY in the whole band, you couldn't help but feed off the energy too! (^o^)
Oh yeah! AND i was thrown water at too by the by Hyde!!!!!! *heart melts* (you know, cos it was all hot and sweaty inside) Man! Hyde's English has improved SOOO much!!! I could understand every singly word he said! and when he said "don’t worry, don’t’ worry, I will take 'goooood' care of you" in his seductive and husky voice, with an emphasis on 'good', I just totally squealed then, LOL!!!! XDDD well, not JUST me, everyone else did too! *justifies her actions >__<*
And you know how many fans say that ‘Hyde makes love with the mic’, I totally SAW that in this concert! Its like he’s about to eat and gobble the mic when singing, ROFL!
And then, after the intermission.....the UNSPEAKABLE happens!
HYDE comes back.....SHIRTLESS!!!!! *head explodes into a million pieces* XDDD I can still remember how HARD everyone screamed then, obviously all the girls and me included! (Aren't I such a fangirl at heart? XD) And he said, "Its so HOT! It's so f***ing hot!" "You guys are feeling hot too, right? (or something along those lines, i couldn't hear properly over the fangirls' deafening screams) And then everyone screamed, "YEAH!!" and then he said "Let's get cracking!!!" And I jumped and screamed "WOHOOO!" LOLZ, i must be on crack or something, right? XDDD LOLZ!
Surpising additions to the song list apart from their VAMPs album were the songs, 'Season's call', 'Lucy in the sky with diamonds', 'Hello', 'Jesus christ', 'Dolly', 'Countdown' and 'Midnight garden' from Hyde's solo albums. And they also did a snippet cover of the popular song, 'trouble' by Shampoo.
The intro of 'Season's call 'was soo beautiful, but I was amazed at the chorus of 'Secret in my heart' which totally took my breath away!!!!!!!! The music was soooo... i dont know how to explain it, but coupled with his awesome godly voice totally made me go into a 'trance' cos it brought such a dark, mystical atmosphere. And at the end of the song where he screams, 'oh-oohh', that was SUCH a 'SOULFUL' experience! Man, this guy sounds good LIVE!!! I didn't think 'secret in my heart' was a particularly good song, but he totally made me change my mind! XDD
So yeah basically I jumped SOO much with the music that I got a severely bad 'leg cramp' in the end, LOL! yeah, go overexcited me! >__<
It was SOOO WORTH it though!!! To be able to see Hyde was one of my biggest and wildest dreams imaginable!!! So im just over the moon and thrilled to be able to see him perform so theatrically!
I LOVE YOU HYDEE!!!!! ♥ FOREVER AND ALWAYS!!! <333333 AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR A 'L'ARC EN CIEL' CONCERT, WHICH WOULD BE SOOO MUCH BETTER! I WANT TO SEE TETSU, KEN, AND YUKI WITH YOU NEXT TIME!!!!!! heheheeheeeee! XDDDD please make a small trip to London sometime, ok?!!
Now I regret not buying their CD when I was there, cos it was $20, but i only had $20 with me. I was thinking of purchasing the VAMPS t-shirt in black first, but then there were only LARGE sized t-shirts available so i dropped that idea, and decided to buy 2 VAMPS fans, and one VAMPS bag, which is quite big and was only for $5! hehehe! so i got some nice little goodies. i also thought of buying the $3 wristbands but then my brother kicked me out, saying 'thats enough, and its closing down now, we have to go' so i couldn't. wahh! oh well, at least i brought back a few souvenirs! ^O^
And its not fair that VAMPS are going to be making an appearance today at Otakon for a Q&A, but the tickets are super expensive, $65, and i can't afford that :(
But I will never forget this day! Even though there were no cameras allowed and we couldnt take any pictures, its a very precious memory that will stay with me my whole life :)
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giggly
OMG, I'm going to the VAMPS concert!!!!!! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT??!! IM GONNA SEE HYDE!!!!! ajkhbakhdkbsjhsdjbdsbdkhdjh
*mind explodes* MY DREAM IS FINALLY COMING TRUE!!!! *squeals in a high-pitched tone that will make ears go deaf*
I am utterly excited and ecstatic! AND this is my FIRST ever concert TOO!!!!! :DDDDDD
*I am now entering 'fangirl' mode* XDDDDD I know, im such a dork! LOLZ!
Its ALL thanks to my loving and caring cousin, Maru!!!!!! she willingly and most generously paid for the tickets online with her credit card (cos i dont have an american account or card)! and obviously i will pay her back in cash. But man, she is the BEST COUSIN IN THE WORLD!!!! THANK YOU MARUUU!!!!! I WILL NEVER FORGET THIS HUMUNGOUS FAVOUR YOU DID FOR ME, AND WILL ALWAYS BE INDEBTED TO YOU!!!!! ^_______^.
- Mood: ecstatic
YESSS!!!! Federer won the 2009 wimbledon final!!!!! He beat Pete Sampras's world record of the most grand slam titles!!! heheheheeee *happy with glee* :DDDDDDDDDDDDD
He has reclaimed the title of being "No.1" again!!!! See, I knew he could do it!!! Nadal could never have stayed being no.1 for long, i always believed that Federer would one day steal it from him! ^___^ Well done, Federer, you have made me proud! :D
- Mood: happy
Realised I needed to catch up on the 'Naruto' manga, but oh...god....first, the SHOCKING revelation of Itachi (sasuke's brother) and how he in fact was *gasp* NOT a bad guy!!!! omg, its sooo darn tragic!!!! i don't think ive ever cried so much for someone who I really hated and was decieved to think he was the bad guy the WHOLE time until his death, but then later on knowing that he WASN'T!!!! >__< oh gosh, cannot decribe, you would just need to read it... SASUKE..you're such an IDIOT!!!! >__<
BUT!! thats not even HALF of it! Then Jiraiya-sama!!!!! oh gosh another victim! and THEN.....T-T-THENN....K-K-Kakashi-sensei
i refuse to believe it, cos it was such an anticlimatic and unconventional way to kill off such an IMPORTANT character!!!
I was shocked to the CORE and my lacrimal glands just WON'T STOP secreting tears!!! i've been CRYING 'non-stop' after that chapter, thinking that it can't be possible!!!! but with each chapter, its just slowly becoming clearer and it sorta starting to sink in... but luckily right now im trying to avoid thinking about it by focusing and admiring Naruto's new 'SAGE MODE' and all his fancy NEW ninja techniques!!! it's JUST AMAZING to see how much he's matured!!!!! how brilliantly tactful he's become now.
aughh, it really seems that an 'apocalypse' has erupted now, and that the manga is nearing it's end soon.
damn, this manga is NOT for the faint-hearted!!!!!!!!!
I have an extremely 'fragile' heart, so I don't think I can endure any more deaths, you hear me, Kishimoto-san???!!!!
naruto...please kill 'pain' for me (lol, how ironic) and avenge Kakashi-sensei's death! im counting on you to save me from my grief and sorrow!
- Mood:
sad
Amused by the new 'naruto shippuuden' opening and endings showing Sasuke shirtless a lot. Aren't they fueling the Sasuke fans more with such fanservice, despite the fact that he rarely EVER shows up in the whole season?
Especially in the opening where he steps into the lake naked. hmm, reminds me slightly of kikyou when she does that in the first inuyasha ending, except she's fully clothed, lol.
Opening video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC8pk-QJu
Ending video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_cQGHd-b
They're decent songs, i guess though I prefer the ending song over the opening.
And just when are they going to finish all these fillers, they haven't even reached the 'madara arc' in the manga yet which they should have done 2 months ago.
Watched the first 2 episodes of the 'remake' of 'Full Metal alchemist' anime. I don't quite understand why they had to re-do it from the very beginning , since the first anime adaptation was pretty darn good, but as this version will animate all the manga chapters up to the recently released ones, thats reason enough for me to watch it.
Ah, only one week left until my 3rd term of uni starts, and my holidays end.
oh well, had fun while it lasted. Just wish I didn't have to finish this annoying essay during my holidays. Ugh! the nerve of them giving us homework on our break! >___<
hope everyone else is having a good easter break!
Take care! :DDDDD
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indifferent
I watched the movie, CHE, yesterday with my brother. We had to go all the way to London, specifically to Covent Garden to watch it as it was the only cinema showing the whole movie (as 4 hours) rather than the other cinemas spliiting the movie into 2 parts (which would have to be watched and paid seperately). oh wow, what a movie! not a single moment did I feel bored throughout the entire movie, its soooo engrossing and immersive, and interesting... I felt like I was watching the whole history unfolding right in front of my eyes....ah i just can't express enough my love for this movie, and my weird attraction and love for 'Che's' character... he is just... unbelievable...like a messiah or a saviour (or at least thats how he was portrayed in the movie). Im just so overwhelmed by his charm in the movie, his honesty and morality..*___* such an inspiring figure!!! * entering dream land* The direction and the way it was run...so perfect.. honestly its the first movie i've ever seen that I haven't been able to criticise or reveal a flaw in >__< (except for the fact that they possibly could have shown how the current conditions are like in Cuba in the end, but then that would be prolonging it and would take more than 4 hours, and noone wants that! ) We did have a 15 minute intermission between the 1st and 2nd part of the movie, so that made it quite tolerable, but my interest while watching the movie never died out or diffused....I JUST LOVED THIS MOVIE!!!! i think it will top my list as the best movie of 2008-2009 for now, but i will have to wait for 'Watchmen' and 'Harry Potter and the half blood prince' to verify this for sure (hehhe! XDDDD)
I can't disclose any further about the movie without giving out spoilers, so im just gonna say that I most definitely recommend this movie, especially if you have an interest to know more about Cuban history and how the revolution came about, or even if you're simply curious about how 'Che's' image has become so popular now as a symbolic figure, then do watch cos its reallly educational and has an element of just about everything (with a mix of comedy, comradery/friendship and morality). Ahh...his acting just won me over... its like whenever he was there on the screen, he made a stong presence, a.k.a 'screen presence', my eyes were just fixated on him about 90% of the film...lol.
oh gosh, i better get back to finishing my presentation on 'ascites', im slacking off here >__<
C ya guys!
OK, new (unreleased) movie trailers (featured on Quicktime) that captured my interest are:
1) Tokyo (yes, for obvious reasons, the name was sufficient for me to be drawn to it, hehe LOLL XDD!!! how can i turn down anything japan-related??? but was surprised to find non-japanese directors in it, in fact i believe there is a korean director involved?)
I dont quite understand whats going on in the trailer, seems really disjointed and weird, but i DEFINITELY like the concept of 'whether we shape our cities, or whether cities shape us?''seems really thought provoking
Description: Set in contemporary Tokyo, TOKYO SONATA is a story of an ordinary Japanese family of four..........In the hands of director Kiyoshi Kurosawa, renowned for his suspenseful films, this story probes the dark side of human nature and the social problems that confront contemporary Japan. Kurosawa’s portrayal of the breakdown and redemption of Japan’s “ordinary family” is every bit as gripping as his previous works.
3) Che (this looks awesome! me and my bro are thinking of watching it this sunday, but its a lengthy 4 hours long! O__O)
4) GOOD
Description: GOOD, which is based on the acclaimed play by CP Taylor, stars Viggo Mortensen in an extraordinary change-of-pace role as he plays John Halder, a good, decent individual with family problems. A German literature professor in the 1930s, Halder explores his personal circumstances in a novel advocating compassionate euthanasia. When the book is unexpectedly enlisted by powerful political figures in support of government propaganda, Halder finds his career rising in an optimistic current of nationalism and prosperity. Yet with Halder’s change in fortune, his seemingly inconsequential decisions potentially jeopardize the people in his life with devastating effects. GOOD is directed by Vicente Amorim, and also stars Jason Isaacs, Jodie Whittaker, Mark Strong and Gemma Jones.
I watched the 'Waltz with Bashir' movie today, it was being screened for FREE here in our university campus (the islamic society organised it) ----> IT WAS AMAZING, TRAGIC, HEARTBREAKING BUT SOOO UNFORGETTABLE!!!!
man, i had SOOO much fun dissecting the heart today from our cadaver!!! (who btw, is an old petite lady , we named her 'Maggie' which is short for Margaret, who died of small bowel infarct and atrial fibrillation..yumm) Her heart was MASSIVE! seriously, we had the biggest heart from out of all the other groups, most likely due to hypertrophy , and atrial dilation of the heart, resulting in atrial fibrillation. Thats the reason why her right atrium was HUGEEE!!!!!! *___* it was even bigger than the ventricles, and while I was trying to clean the right atrium, this huge blood CLOT came out!!!! O__O like the size of a fist!!! >__< and was rock solid, almost black in colour....its insane, i tell you. So i think it was because the clot/thrombus in the small bowel must have migrated and travelled up to the heart and occluded the right atrium, resulting in her death. Ahh scalpels and forceps are soo much funsies! i love playing with them around (although i heard that yesterday, one medical student had dissected her thumb because she didn't know how to unload the scalpel blade out, and it sliced through her thumb!!! oucchhh!!! >__________< cos these scalpels are dangerously SHARPPP!!!!!) i seriously think i might want to pursue some form of 'surgery' in the future tho, its just SOO exciting and such a rich experience! :DDDD not that ill ever be as good a surgeon as my dad, but hey...im considering it XDDD. you never know, right? ;) i dunno, i sorta feel this 'buzz' and thrill inside me in dissection sessions, and get really keen on cutting dead bodies up, ok..thats not quite the right way to phrase it, heh ;^^; d..d..don't misunderstand!!!
anyway, it took us a total of 3 HOURS to finish dissecting it,as well as looking at all the coronary vessels, fine structures, and the interior part of the four chambers, but it was SOO worth it! Oh yeah, her fossa ovalis (foramen ovale) wasn't very visible because of all the blood clots obscuring our view, but the concept of it being there is very interesting. I was wishing our cadaver might have a 'patent' fossa ovalis, because its quite rare, but i guess it wasn't meant to be *sighhh*
Ahhh its great when after my dissection lessons, I always somehow feel really hungry, whereas i thought the sight of all the muscular meaty bits in the cadaver would put you off meat, and decrease your apetite, but actually its quite the contary, it makes chicken even more appetising and tasty-looking. hehehee XD or maybe thats just my demented, morbid perspective? yeah, i must be weird in the head XD.
And to end it off, how about a nice juicy looking picture of a random heart?
*WARNING,DON'T LOOK IF YOU'RE SQUEAMISH*
Looks delicious, no? XDD mmmm...... fresh from the oven....
- Mood: excited
im gonna upload some pics of our snow here hopefully if i can find the USB cord to connect my laptop to my mobile :D.
but this is amazing, cos i only ever expect snow days in america, cos it snows soooo darn heavily there, but who would expect something like that here?!! and you know, the funny thing is, its only 8 inches of snow, whereas in america, it'd be 5 times as worse, but everything would still be in functioning order, but because we're not used to this and are soo unprepared (we dont even have trucks here in Brighton to throw salt on the snow to dissolve it! ) that they had to close and shut down all services. even the motorways were blocked yesterday, and it took my parents 5 hours to reach home, they arrived at 2 am in the night! crazy, i tell you!
hmm, who else has a snow day off?!!! :DDDDDD share your experience here!
- Mood:
jubilant
I recieved my Exam results today (which was taken on the last day of Term1, 12th Dec) and I got an A!!!!! OMG, IM IN SERIOUS DISBELIEF. here is what I got for my Knowledge Test exam (broken down into EMQs and SAQs):
Extended Matching Questions/40 Score % Class Average
(Worth 40% of overall KT grade) 37 92.5% 73%
Short Answer Questions/100
(Worth 60% of overall KT grade) 73 73% 63%
Wow, i just can't believe that I got higher than the 'CLass Average' cos ppl here are like crazily intelligent and wayyyy tooo smart >__<
But thank god!!! Im so happy! :DDDDDD
I PASSED THE FIRST TERM OF MEDICINE!!! OF MEDICINE!!!!!!!!! MEDICINE, I TELL YOU!!! *___*
ah, we've already started our 2nd term, today is my 3rd day back from Christmas holidays (which lasted a month, and Rashid mamo and Amir mamo's whole family came over to our house and stayed over for 10 days, it was a BLAST!! XD) Now my grandmother (from my dad's side) is over at our house and she's staying with us until her heart surgery/angioplasty is done, inshallah. She did have an angina attack and was taken via ambulance to the hospital on the 3rd day of her stay at our house, and was hospitalised for 2 nights but she is back now , well and stable, maashallah (thanks to my constant praying). Actually, praying realllly helps, because I prayed right before my results (that inshaallah i would get an A) were about to be released today, and then read bits of the Qur'an, so pehraps Allah lent me a helping hand and gave me the push I needed. In fact, Im almost certain that it was because of my praying (my faith is that strong! :D) because my friend, who is extreeemellly smart (bless her) got a B which is fantastic cos we both passed! hurrah!! BUT maybe i could convince
Its only going to get tougher (as if it hasn't already). In fact our lecturer intimidated us yesterday by commenting "if you thought the 1st term was harder, well the 2nd Term is not twice as harder but in fact 5-6 times HARDER", and that 1 in 5 people fail in this term!!!!! eeepppp!!! that sure as hell scared the bajeesus out of me! >__<
Anyway, I will continue to work harder and maintain my efforts, inshallah. I wish everyone good luck and best wishes in whatever their endeavours or goals may be, ameen. :D
Sorry, don't have much time, gotta do more work!
Bye guys! Love ya!
- Mood: cheerful
Following on from my recently new inspiration for cooking, I made spaghetti today with meatballs, and threw in some other vegetables and sauce just to add more flavour :) Although the first ever proper meal I cooked was on my 2nd week here in uni, and that was ( drumroll.....) "minted lamb koftas with sliced potatoes, green peppers, and onions on the side", ( my own unique, slightly modified dish) and it turned out better than I expected, considering im a total newbie! XD lol. Then the second proper dish I cooked here was one of my favourite chinese dishes, the "sweet and sour chicken". yummmmm, that was sooooo good, almost similar to the restuarant style. I was quite proud of myself. I guess my flatmates sort of encourgaed me to cook, cos i couldn't simply rely on my mom's home-cooked meals, I had to be independent, and start learning it myself. It has to be said though, that I only 'cook' when im absolutely desperate and have no other food remaining OR when I get terribly bored of my mom' s food, hehhe :D
I will put up the pics of the 3 dishes, perhaps tom, at night time after I have taken the trains and arrived home (yes, im going home tom, i always tend to go home in the weekends, just sorta routine now, although its usually my dad who picks me up). so yeah, i will try! im just soooo unbelievably busy! >__< BUSY BUSY BUSY!!!!! roaaaarrr!
- Mood:
busy
Oh did I mention, that this is the perfect day for celebration, cos its bonfire night today!!! soooo many ppl are gonna go the most popular and biggest event in UK, the Lewes fireworks and bonfire night! They have some neat parades and stuff as well. im hoping to go, but only if my flatmates are willing to come as well, hehe. :D
I'm anxious as hell but hopefully I'll be able to settle in this new environment smoothly.
Wish me luck, you guys! :)
- Mood:
nervous
So.....I'm getting ready for the big 'move out' this Saturday. *sigh* Packing my stuff was a lot harder than I originally thought it would be. I expected it to take a maximum of 2 days, unfortunately, I underestimated.....it's taking about 5 days to pack all my belongings, including all the bedding, cutlery, plates, etc. etc. Another major issue is the huge amount of handbags/trollies I have to take with me to fit all this stuff in. So I'm going to write my checklist here on LJ just to remind me of any remaining items that still need to be packed, and for my own convenience:
1) bedding: 2 bed sheets, duvet and duvet cover, pillow and cover. --- DONE
2) towels ( one small one for my hands/face and one big one for the shower) -----DONE
3) crockery: plates, bowls and mugs-----needs to be packed
4) cutlery-----needs to be packed
5) essential toiletries (including shampoos, soaps, toilet rolls,etc.) -----DONE
6) 5 shirts-----DONE
7) 3 trousers/jeans-----DONE
8) 2 coats----needs to be packed (one will be worn on arrival)
9) sandals-----DONE
10) 2 pairs of shoes -----needs to be packed (one will be worn on arrival)
11) "Crunchy Nut" cereal for breakfast-----DONE
12) hair brush, hand cream, other hair accessories-----DONE
13) Milk (only for the first week, then I’ll have to purchase it later from my local on-campus store on a weekly basis) -----needs to be packed securely
14) All the documents (including passport, formal ID, insurance card, exam results, letter confirming my offer)----DONE
15) 4 passport sized photos----still needs to be taken
16) MP3 player, mobile phone, and debit card-----DONE
17) stationary items-----DONE
gahhh, sooo much stuff to do, sooooo little time! *pulls hair out* >__<
am i not the laziest person in the world??!!! i wish my mom or dad had the time to help me pack!!! sadly, they're always busy with their jobs...*sniff*
Anyway, just wanted to say that I might be on a temporary "haitus" because I just know It'll get really busy and hectic for the first few weeks....and *gasp* i still need to buy a lapotp!!! *cries* T__T so for the first week, Im borrowing my dad's old laptop (its a realllly stinky and incredibly slowww laptop, but it will just have to do for the time being -__-) And ofcourse, If I get the chance, I'll definitely be popping back here to drop a few comments on my uni life, how I'm coping there and how's the lifestyle here in Brighton, and maybe describe how my roommates are like, and whether I've made any friends, which I doubt, because im just sooo introverted and shy T__T)
So just as a lil' treat, I'll do an art dump here, just so you guys won't miss me tooo much ^^ im so generous, aren't I? XD lol jk. and sorry but these are all unfinished late-night doodles, haha ;^__^; i'll prolly fix some of them...maybe next year? xD lol, cos i know i wont have any spare time this year tho :( 
sorryyy, i know some of these pics are huuuuge, so im sorry if they're hoggin up all the space on the f-list >_<
i'll try to finish coloring these some day ^^:
And don't worry, depending on how busy i get, I 'should' still be able to come home every weekend, so hopefully I won't be too homesick. *fingers crossed* :DDDD
So goodbye for now! hope to keep in touch! might post some pics of my room once i get there, ok?
bye everyone!!!!!! ♥♥♥ :DDDDDDDDDDDDD
- Mood: busy
So yeah, my brother recently bought the Xbox 360. As a result, I decided to buy Ninja Gaiden 2 with my own money. Yes, there are only a few games that I proudly own, and that's Ninja Gaiden( 1 +2), Dead or Alive 3, Project Gotham 2, Crash Bandicoot warped, and Otogi 2. 
Anyway, Ninja Gaiden 2 is freaking awesome, very eye-catching graphics better than the first, has extremely hard combat and the enemies' AI is super hard (I swear TECMO elevated the difficulty like 10 times more than the previous NG game, and on purpose!) but man I love it. Also, since its a LOT more difficult than the 1st game, I noticed there are a lot more save-points now and the enemies can be more forgiving as they award you with 'blue orbs' after they die, at the most crucial times (just when your health is dwindling), so that you can replenish your health just in time to confront more baddies. Call me a weirdo, but there's just something aesthetically beautiful and satisfying about dismembering enemies and seeing their individual limbs tear off all flashily with the blood gushing out....and..and...ok i'll stop there. The point is...its freaking sick but so grossly satisfying. I have not gone crazy, k? xD and NO...i do not stare at how shiny Ryu's butt is now, LOL XDDD (although to be honest, its really hard to keep your eyes away from it... XDD) err so yeah, you've got some cool new weapons at your disposal now, like the Lunar staff (which i love! and use most of the time) , the Falcon's Talons, which are kinda like Wolverine's claws attached to your hands and feet: 
Also, there's some really cool "obliteration/Finishing" moves you can do now (i love the one where you decapitate the head off, and it falls tumbling down on the ground, thats sweet! XD) I could go on and on about this game, and Im only on the 2nd chapter, LOL. Its definitely not a game to be played while fasting though O__O
Oh yeah, and I also downloaded the Devil May Cry 4 demo on the 360. hells yeah! Although its a verryyy short demo, if you ask me. You play a new character called Nero:
the game is quite captivating, the graphics are astounding, esp. the backgrounds, really lovely lighting effects. but its a veryyyy easyy game (but i only played the demo, so maybe they'll surprise me in the full game?). the moves are simple enough to execute, and the enemies are easy to exterminate, except perhaps for the bosses. the demo basically ends when you kill off the Berial (demon god) boss. seems like a pretty straight-forward game. and the only weapons i got during the demo was a gun, the devil bringer move (when Nero's infected/demonish hand gets bigger and elongates and can grab and slam enemies onto the ground) and a sword. Cos once you've played ninja giaden, heh, you'd find any other hack and slash game dead easy lol :P there's just no comparison. But GOSH, the camera!!! its such a bitch, really frustrating! the camera is so slow and it can't pick up with the speed of your running, its so hard to control >___< Also, why do they need to have a cutscene of EVERY new enemy that we have to fight??!!! wastes my time. would't it be better if they surprised us instead?
BUT LOLLLL, i just love the 'taunt' button( is there even a purpose for it?): when you press it, Nero basically bows down and says ' May I have this dance?' all gentleman-like, lol XDDDD I'm really curious as to when that taunt button might become useful, maybe later in the game, when you wanna pick up some girls? XDDD oi oi, i didn't know Nero was the flirty-type? hehehe anyway, i thought I'd hate Nero cos he just looks like a duplicate clone substitute for Dante (or should I say...a kiddy version of Dante?xD), but his personality ain't so bad as i expected. nothing special though and i can't wait to play Dante when i buy the full version game!!!! >A<
Hey, i wonder if they're related somehow? XD
anyway, gives me something to look forward to, yeah, their fight would be awesome! *_________*
P.S. Did i forget to mention that you can RUN ON WATER now (yes, you heard me!), all ninja-like (like in Naruto) in Ninja Gaiden 2??? its soooo cool!!!!! :D
- Mood: happy
OK. here's my urgent "TO-DO" LIST:
1. DESPERATELY NEED TO BUY A LAPTOP D: (would anyone be kind enough to recommend me some good laptops? plzzzz ;__;)
2. DO SOME PACKING FOR MY LEAVE ON THE 27TH OF SEPT. TO BRIGHTON.
3. ENROL FOR MY COURSE ON THE DAMN "STUDENTCENTRAL" UNIVERSITY WEBSITE, WHICH BTW IS NOT WORKING (how lovely)AND HAS AN 'ERROR' STATING THAT 'THERE ARE NO MASTER RELATED ENTITY (MRE) RECORDS FOUND. PLEASE CONTACT SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR" WTF IS MRE RECORDS ANYWAY??? >__< AND SO I CONTACTED THE ENROLMENT HELPDESK PPL 3 TIMES YET THEY STILL HAVEN'T SOLVED MY PROBLEM, THOSE LAZY BUMS.
*IS FURIOUS*
>_____<
IN SIMPLE TERMS, I'M DOOMED TT___TT
- Mood:
aggravated
So today was the first day of roza (and the longest, if i may add, about 15 hours! D: gahh i nearly passed out) and ofcourse everyone fasted but omg i nearly missed the sehri cos we had to wake up at 3:30 am in the morning >__< and the aftari was at
oh yeah, on saturday we had a party to attend at our friend's house, to celebrate the daughter's admission into 'Imperial University'! many congratulations to her! As some of you may know, Imperial is the 3rd best University in the entire UK, so its quite impressive that she managed to get in. She will be studying Medicine as well, although she has already done 3 years of Biomedical Sciences (she's 21 yrs old right now), so she's a postgraduate. And therefore, the number of years for her to study medicine will be reduced to 4 years instead of the standard 5. Im really happy for her, but also a lil teensy bit jealous, lol XD. can't help that, since I had a tour in Imperial, and its sooo GOOD. *envies* anyway, then on sunday, me and my bro went to London, and i was finally able to grab me a few mangas, mostly xxxholic.
And wow, i heard that you and your family, Asmara, went to visit the Baltimore Zoo!!!!! omg, thats great! you guys must have seen sooo many awesome animals. hahha, saw all the pics too and the one with the sea otter chasing Maarij's cap, LMAO! hehe, loved the last pic, I call it: 'The three lil' penguins', lol XDDD you guys looked really cute!
ok, talk to you guys laterz!
byeeee :3
BEWARE= *SPOILERS for Nabari no ou, Code Geass, and possibly Smallville fans* DXXX long entry again, sorry! but I felt that it needed to be, um... expressed? xD
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