UNBOXING THE LOOT BOX

And so! It has arrived!

My sister got me some stuffs from several anime events she's been to in Thailand, and she sent them to the Philippines thru her boyfriend who visited her a few weeks ago. Despite his busy sked, I've been pestering the guy to send me my stuffs already, and finally, it has arrived!!! WUZZAH! ＼(*T▽T*)／

So when I opened the box, everything was packed nicely and snugly into a creepy female plastic bag. I carefully tore the plastic and found three packs inside: a deck of Monopoly Deal (which I borrowed from them), my shirt, and the rest of the stuffs! (/^▽^)/

So my sister got me this Shingeki no Kyojin Scouting Legion shirt from Tomodachi T-Shirt. I've learned about them when they posted that they were participating in a Danny Choo event. And when I realized that they were Thailand-based, I asked my sister to check them out. She contacted them and went to this one event where they were selling. I had sent her a very long list of the shirts that I like. But in the end, I only chose one. LOL But the shirt's nice. It fits me well (good job sister!) and the cloth material is thick and soft. The print is OK, nothing extraordinary. I have no idea how much this costs but this is actually my THIRD new T-shirt of the week. (ノ＞▽＜。)ノ

These were also sold in the Tomodachi T-shirt booth - fan art prints from Thai artists! I thought they were postcards, but they turned out to be big, maybe A5 size? The artworks are printed in good-quality soft board material. Also in the above photo is an SnK notebook, a Galilei Donna 2014 caledar, and some freebies from Tomodachi T-shirt featuring their mascot.

I'm too lazy to take pics of the contents so I'm just gonna grab these images from my sister's files. 

The highlights of this box are actually the random Uta no Prince-sama merchandise she got for me! Since I'm quite the big fan (and my sister knows this) so this is where she focused her shopping powers. Well, she has posted these loots on FB, but it's different when I finally got to hold them in my hands! ＼（^０＾）／

A4 Prints!

I'm gonna use these prints to decorate my UtaPuri Songbook~ (\˳˘ ɜ˘)˳ ♬♪♫

Keychains and Button Pins!

When my mom saw these, she was like, "What are you going to do with so many button pins!?! 

You're way too old for these!" To which I replied, "Just ignore me please!!!" (｡・//ε//・｡)

Indeed I probably won't have much use for these but they are really lovely~ My most favorite are the keychains on the top left! My sister had to go to different booths in different events just to complete the set! I'm gonna use that Masato keychain on the lower left (Cecil's face is on the backside) for my room key at work. And the rest I'll just store in my collection box for now.

UtaPuri Pouches!

And then there's the pouches, featuring Class S (blue) and Class A (pink). These are actually BIG too! Like, you can fit in 3 standard-sized mangas inside and still have a bit more room. It's made of some waterproof material. I still don't know what to do with these. I don't exactly plan on using them all the time, lest they succumb to wear and tear. Sister says they were kinda pricey too.

And last but not the very least, my sister got me some Sanrio phone casings for my Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos phone. I know she bought more casings for me but she didn't send them with this box probably because they were breakable. But these two, featuring My Melody and Cinamoroll, are made of a rubbery smooth material. They're so CUTE~!!! I've already dressed up my phone with My Melody, and now it looks so adorable! (ㅇㅅㅇ❀)

And lastly she sent me a yellow star charm and a passport holder featuring Little Twin Stars. And you know what she wrote on it?

Here's hoping I'll get to process my passport as soon as possible so I can visit Thailand next year and do my own shopping there~!

Many THANKS to my sister who painstakingly went to all those events (love u, mwah!),
and THANKS to her boyfriend too who almost had to bring home a Masato pillow! LOL

WUZZAH!  ☆*･゜ﾟ･*\(^O^)/*･゜ﾟ･*☆

EXCITED MUCH OVER NEW BOOKS!!!

A few days ago, I went to the Booksale branch in SM hoping to find a good book to buy...

...and I chanced upon these!!! “ヽ(´▽｀)ノ”

Max Lucado and Charles Swindoll books at Php150 only!!! o(≧∇≦o)

These books usually cost around Php450 but I got them at a third off the usual price!
The books are brand new and the pages are still crisp~!

After a while, I went to another Booksale branch where I picked up my reserved copy of 

Joel Osteen's Starting Your Best Life Now...

...for the whopping price of Php120 only!!!
It's hardbound and all pages are in full color!

I'm just so excited and happy over these!!!! Ｏ(≧∇≦)Ｏ
I hope I can read them soon~

DISSECTING: STORAGE BOX #07

Recently I removed most books from my shelf cos they were already overflowing and gathering dust. 

For the bottom part of the shelf,  instead of displaying more books, I decided to fit in a storage box so that it's easier to clean up. 

Let's check out what's inside the box! (☞ﾟ∀ﾟ)☞

MEET BROOKE SHIELDS

                                                                                                                                   


I've been hoarding collecting a lot of books lately, most of which were on sale. And as the number of books increased alarmingly in my room, I realized that there was already a need to buy a shelf to hold them in. Fortunately, I found the perfect one last month, but since my room was still such a huge mess then, I didn't buy it immediately. It was only last week when I've finally cleaned up the room a bit, and so the shelf was bought and delivered yesterday.

I know owning a bookshelf would make me happy, but when I saw it standing in my room, I suddenly just had this indescribable joy within me. It was beautiful! Then I remembered that when I was still a kid, and reading was still such a passionate hobby for me, I've always wanted a bookshelf I could call my own. So it was just like fulfilling a childhood dream! I was in absolute bliss! *^__^*

So here are close-up photos of my shelf, whose name by the way is Brooke Shields. Why? Well, it's a little complicated to explain, so I'll just leave it that way for you to wonder... XD

Top layer shows my latest books, which are mostly in sets.

Second layer holds all mangas, most of which are works by Clamp!

Big books at the far end are my Card Captor Sakura and Disgaea artbooks.

Third layer contains more mangas, including those I got from Japan, and my complete set of Slam Dunk.

Bottom layer holds my Dr Seuss collection, classic novels, etc etc etc

Lately I also got to chat with my cousin, and she told me her 10-year old son is an avid reader of fantasy books. It's so amazing how her little boy Shan can understand these kinds of books and how fast he can read them! I am just so proud of this kid.

So after much convo, we decided to exchange books! So I let her borrow some of my stuffs...

Lost by Gregory Maguire; Daniel X books 1-2 by James Patterson; The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke;

Artemis Fowl books 1-3-4-5-6 and The Supernaturalist by Eoin Colfer

... and she also lets me borrow her son's books...

Percy Jackson series (complete set of 5 books) by Rick Riordan;

Fablehaven series (books 1-4) by Brandon Mull;

The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud; The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan

*jumps around in joy* 

Seeing so many books and seeing them in my shelf just makes me so so so so HAPPY!!!! ^_____________^

I wanna just curl up and read all of these!!!

ALL "CLEAR"!!!

I have been victimized again! X____X

Remember my story on how some of my old pirated DVDs suddenly became like clear round plastic materials and lost all data?

Well, it has found another victim in my stash and it's none other than...

MY COPY OF SAIUNKOKU MONOGATARI THAT I HAVEN'T WATCHED YET!

Look at what happened to it...

It's now all clear and you can actually see the cover through the underside!

WHAT A CHEAP FSCK*NG@#%!$^&7$@!# PIECE OF TRASH!!!! T______T
It's not anyone's fault though, and if I were to point my fingers at someone, I'd blame myself. For supporting piracy. For stashing unnecessary materialistic stuffs. For not taking the time to watch my DVDs. And just for being the obsessive-compulsive hoarder that I am. I know these are made of cheap, low-quality materials and don't expect much from them, but of all titles, why Saiunkoku Monogatari!? I haven't watched it yet, don't know where to download it, and don't know anyone who has a copy of it! :(

And so this makes me ponder on what should be the best way to store my video collection. I have started backing up some of my files in external hard disks, but I'm afraid that they might get infected by a virus and crash someday (very much like what happened to my sister's now-useless Ipod Classic) and I'll lose at least 500gb worth of videos. I've also burned most of my animes into DVDs but I also noted that a lot of these somehow have burn errors and can no longer be read by my computer, thereby making me lose at least 4gb worth of files. Collecting DVDs also mean that they will eventually accumulate space in my room, which is exactly what is happening right now, as I've amassed at least two huge boxes full of VHS/CDs/VCDs/DVDs (to my mother's chagrin XD). Well, another option is to burn several copies and give them away to friends as gifts/back-ups, which is what I sometimes do, but that kinda takes up my time and money. Last option is to simply STOP COLLECTING, which I have been contemplating lately. The truth is, I've realized that I have been spending much and piling up a lot of these things which are earthly, costly, and later on, pretty useless. Doesn't the Bible say,
"Don't store up treasures here on earth, where they can be eaten by moths and get rusty, and where thieves break in and steal. Store your treasures in heaven, where they will never become moth-eaten or rusty and where they will be safe from thieves. Wherever your treasure is, there your heart and thoughts will also be." (Matthew 6:19-21, NLT)

Anyhoo, one of my 2011 Goals is to go on a Download Diet, which means I'm trying not to click-and-download pretty much everything that I see online. It's so difficult not to give in to the temptation but with my current state of workload and the difficult internet access in my workplace, I think I can somehow lie low a bit this year. Then hopefully I can focus on more important aspects of my life, like my spiritual growth and deciding the right direction for my career.

But still... WHY SAIUNKOKU MONOGATARI!?!?!? *cries*

MY ANNUAL TEN-PESO PROJECT


I posted this pic in my Facebook wall but I originally planned to put it up here first:

Guess how many Php10 coins are there in this pic!?

Around 2006, I noticed that a friend has been saving her coins and thought that it was a good practice to emulate. So around 2008, after I started working, I also began saving these coins. Why Php10? Simply because I do not like it! Have you tried flipping a Php10 coin? It makes such a fake plastic sound so I decided that I do not like it, so I won't spend it, and save it up instead. Ever since, I almost never spend Php10 coins. I got so used to not spending PhpP10 that everytime I see someone use it, my heart kinda breaks. That's just how weird I really am. XD

So for mid-2008 to end of 2009, I saved up to 500 of these coins (so that's about Php5000) and that went in the bank. And for 2010's collection (which is shown in the pic above), I counted 357 of these coins. But when I went to the bank they refused to accept one of the coins cos it was badly damaged, so I ended up with a total of 356 coins, or Php3560. Not bad huh? I was aiming for at least 500 coins/year, but somehow didn't reach my goal. Hopefully I'll reach that mark this 2011. ^____^

HOW MY DAY WENT FROM RIGHT TO WRONG, THEN FROM WRONG TO RIGHT


Today’s trip home was a deviation from the norm.

I was supposed to leave the hospital early because I planned to drop by a lawyer’s office to get a Special Power of Attorney, and then drop by the Budget Office in Mambajao to get my paycheck before I take the 4pm fast craft home. Sounds like a smooth and easy plan right? Yet everything just went totally wrong!!! 0___o

First the driver was a bit late. Then we waited for the midwife who knew the way to the lawyer’s house, but she didn’t arrive on time so I told the driver we’ll just pick her up from their house. It turned out that she wasn’t prepared yet! When we got to her place at almost 3pm, she was still taking a bath! Since I was in a hurry, I told her that we can do this some other time, but she insisted that we do it already and eventually got into the vehicle with us. The lawyer’s house was a bit far but it was along the way to Mambajao anyway so we still went. However, we learned that the lawyer wasn’t home so we hurriedly proceeded to the Budget Office. It took me only around 10 minutes to get my check, then we were breezing through the highway headed straight towards the Benoni pier. The long drive from Catarman to Mambajao took more time than usual though and so when we got to the port, I was just in time to see the Paras Seacat riding the waves gracefully.

And there goes my ride home. T____T

Because I was still with the driver and the midwife, I tried to appear unaffected and just cheerfully told them that I’ll be fine taking the barge home. I went to buy a ticket, and learned that it’s already for the last trip, which leaves at 6pm! I frowned, remembering the last time I took the last barge trip home. I had to wait for two hours in Balingoan for the bus that time and arrived at CDO past 11pm already! I was so not looking forward to going home so late, especially since I was wrestling with my two heavy luggages. But I didn’t have any choice.

Sitting forlornly in the ferry, seeing that I still got almost 2 hours of waiting time, I fished out the hard copy of Breaking Dawn from my bag and finished the last 100 pages of Bella-nonsense that I’ve been putting off. By the time I closed the book, dusk was already settling in. Twilight, I thought to myself. How fitting. (*rolls eyes*)
I tried to kill time by texting, while crossing my fingers and wishing that by some miracle, I’d get home by 10pm. Fat chance of that happening!

And then... I saw him. And he saw me. Our eyes met, And everything changed. (LMAO!)

It was one of the med reps who covers for Camiguin. The one whom I hadn’t seen for the past week. I think I didn’t even see him last month. (Oh, and that would simply mean I forgot all about his products already XD). He waved and hurried to sit next to me. We chitchatted for a while, and he offered me a ride home in his car to which I immediately agreed to. I absolutely had no desire to wait for two more hours for the bus ride home.

He moved to another seat closer to the TV. When the ticket inspectors came, he waved at me asking if I paid already. I waved my ticket back to him, indicating that I’ve already got one. The ticket officer then approached me, took my ticket, and gave me back my money. She told me that the med rep already paid for both of us. I thought it’s probably best to decline, but then decided otherwise and just pocketed back my money. That’s Php135 saved. Yay-ness!

When we got to the port of Balingoan, he offered to carry my bag because I guess it was the chivalrous thing to do. Then we went to get his car, and off we went whizzing down the highway. I had a very good feeling I was going to get home safer and earlier than expected, and that I won’t appear as haggard-looking as I imagined myself to be. Around halfway down to CDO, he stopped in a resto and ordered dinner for us. I was hoping we’d just go home already, but I guess he must’ve been so hungry by then. Anyway, it was charged to their company so I didn’t really feel guilty about digging in the Bulalo, Inihaw and Kinilaw.

The rest of the ride home took less than an hour, and I didn’t bother pretending to feel embarrassed or anything when he offered to drop me off in front of our gate. I was very glad to have a convenient (and free) ride home and was thankful that he was opportunely there. GOD must really love me so much to provide me this good fortune. THANK YOU LORD!

It was exactly 945pm when I got home. My good friend Lalac then texted me saying that she was on her way to my house. We had made plans earlier to meet and I thought we would just have to cancel the appointment because my trip home was delayed. But since I got home relatively "earlier" (hey, I expected to get home past 11!) so we pushed through with our plans to see each other. I haven’t seen Lalac for quite some time, and it was also her first time to visit our new apartment. It was also her first time to bring along and let me meet her BOYFRIEND. I just took a peek cos I thought it would be rude to stare. LOLz

Lalac took my two guitars home with her. Since I hardly play the guitar anymore (heck, I’m not even good with it! XD), I have decided to sell one of them to her. Lalac is great with musical instruments and I’m sure she’ll take good care of my acoustic guitar. My other guitar (which is a classical type) was damaged, and she volunteered to fix it for me. I’m sad that it was broken and I hope she’ll get it fixed. I also sold her one of my Sony Ericsson cellphones, but I’m not sure if she’ll buy it. She said she’ll check it out tonight and decide tomorrow if she’ll purchase it.

Yes, I know. I’m now so POOR I’m already starting to sell my things! LOLz!

To end this crazy day, I’m now copying Shikakage’s anime files into my computer so that I can return her DVDs tomorrow later. I got the following titles from her:
Azumanga Daioh
Code Geass
Code Geass R2
Gundam Seed Character Theater
Haibane Renmei
Kimikiss Pure Rouge
Magikano
Major Seasons 1-4
SCRYEDI haven’t watched these yet, and will probably not watch these anytime soon. I am just in a hoard mode right now. Hehehe Getting some much needed zzz’s after this!


gOoDnIgHt!!! ^________^

WAVES, WINDS WINGS, AND STORMS IN LIFE

Home again!

Got back yesterday. I was supposed to go home by Saturday, but I had to extend an extra day in Camiguin because of the strong winds and rough seas. And even when the weather calmed down a bit, it was still one helluva ride. Normally, while riding the Paras Seacat, the view is like this...



But during my last trip home, the view was like this...!


And it wasn't even raining!!! 0__o

I swear I could feel my insides being pulled up and down as the small craft rode the waves. I already took a tablet of Bonamine prior to the trip, and I had to take another one cos I really felt the need. After a while, the crew handed out plastic bags = barf bags.
I weakly smiled as I took one, and hurriedly shut my eyes, praying that the loud woosh woosh would just go away. It did not. I took a peek around and saw some passengers transfer to the center aisle seats, and some were lying down on the chairs already. I held on to my seat and hoped that I could fall asleep. I didn't. And eventually I retched into the barf bag. Thankfully, nothing came out. It took maybe an hour before we finally reached calm waters, and I fell into peaceful slumber for the next hour. I was really woozy when I arrived, but THANK GOD, I got back in one piece!

I felt a lot better when I arrived home, and as expected, sat in front of the PC again. But this time, I had a "mission" and that was to complete my collection list. I am quite proud to say that you can now view my "humble" video/manga collection online at
http://wingsofmyheart.blogspot.com.
I sense some sort of pride whenever I look at my list, but maybe to some, it's just a bunch of scraps. And maybe they're right, because I hoard TOO MUCH. Honestly, I've probably seen only about 25% of these. And I don't know if I will ever finish watching all of these in my lifetime, since I still keep on hoarding until now.

GuEsS wHaT's In ThE bOx!?!



TA-DAH! It's my HOARD COLLECTION!!!! XD


They've been (unfiled and) stashed into a box for now because we're going to move this weekend already.

Speaking of the move, we've finally decided to rent the apartment located on the 31st street. It's quite near, it's quite spacious
(4 bedrooms FTW!), and is quite new. The problem is, it's also quite expensive. But I feel safer and more at peace leaving my parents there when I'm off to work. We're tired already of wandering about, asking people, searching for a place to rent. So I think it's better this way. Money is something I can earn back anyway. But my parent's constant worrying is something I do not want to see anymore.



So in relation to this, I went to the bank this morning and opened a checking account, cos the owners want us to pay with post-dated cheques. So my Dad and I then went to see the owner, and I issued eight cheques with my signature on it. It was weird doing it, especially with my Father peering over me to see if I'll make a mistake in writing. The owners seem rather meticulous with their transaction with us, even giving us a contract of lease to sign. I guess that's for their own protection as well.

After lunch, I went to the cable company, the phone company and my ISP to request for transfer of their lines to our new address. The cable company charged 500pHp for the service, the phone company 300pHp, and BayanDSL a whopping 2500pHp!!! I felt my heart sank when the clerk at BayanDSL told me about the fee. I asked her if there's any chance I'd get a discount on it, since I'm relatively a new subscriber and I just recently paid for the installation fee. She said that it's a fixed price and they'll just bill me the fee once everything has been placed in order. I felt helpless sitting there knowing that I can do nothing but agree to their terms. It hasn't been a year yet since I started subscribing to BayanDSL, so I also don't have the option to terminate my subscription.

It was then that I somehow felt so drained and empty. I went to the bookstore to calm myself, and ALMOST bought GRAVITATION the novel. I placed it back after thinking twice, but ended up impulsively buying THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA hardbound novel instead. I also ate Lasagna at Greenwich and thought it was nothing special. Then I bought dinner for my parents and went home.

When I got home, I related to my Mom what happened the entire day, and somehow burst into tears while telling her that I've almost drained out my savings account already. What's left in my bank account right now has already been promised for something else, and the rest is just the maintaining balance. I haven't received my salary in Camiguin yet because of some discrepancies, and I will have to work my ass off in Malaybalay come Friday to make sure that my cheques won't bounce. I actually didn't want to worry my Mother and didn't want them to think that I was being calculating or that I was paying for the rent grudgingly. I was not (although I may sound bitter and all). It's just that the feeling of seeing all my hard-earned money, painstakingly being saved for the past 9 months, gone down the drain in just one day somehow caught me off guard. I didn't want my Mom to feel guilty or worried, and perhaps I made her feel that way when I cried. I didn't want to cry. The tears just came. And she unintentionally fueled the pain by saying, "Your uncle asked when are you planning to go into residency?", to which I replied, "How will I do that when I don't have any money?!"

I am so mean and horrible!!! T___T I am so sorry... I'm so sorry I acted that way. It was such a bad thing to say, and it was bad to cry and mull over something as petty as money.

I can earn it back again anyway. This is just a mountain in my life which I will overcome. GOD will see me through this storm.

JUST A LITTLE SOMETHING...


Yesterday I happened to drop by Divisoria, and thought I'd check out some DVDs.
Check out = meaning I wasn't planning to buy anything.


Or so I thought... XD



Yoshinaga-san'chi no Gargoyle. Kimagure Orange Road. Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro. Persona -Trinity Soul-.



Kyou Kara Maou seasons 2 and 3.



True Blood. Angels and Demons.


Ehehehe... *sweatdrops*
I swear I tried to resist the urges.
But I guess it was a futile struggle. T____T



I'm off to Malaybalay for work today. If I get the chance to go online then I'll try to update.
If not, then see yah on July 18. ^___^

HULING HIRIT

Waaaaaahhhhh!!! It's past three already and I'm still awake (and my bag's half packed... T__T). I'm supposed to be asleep now because I need to wake up before 5am cos I have to travel for work cos I'm on duty today... *cries*

Well, anyway, just really wanted to blog as a sort of closure for now, since it will be several days (or maybe a month XD) since I'll be updating my blog again. This makes me feel so sad. But that's the way my life is for now...

Today, several things also kept me quite busy... I met Gervie and Hime, and burned quite a number of DVDs because I had to return them already. I also made some DVD copies for my friends, Shay and Joey because I promised some stuffs for them. I think I kinda overworked the PC... Ehehehe Joey was telling me yesterday about an Oguri Shun movie called Crows Zero which was quite popular and even spawned a sequel. But she couldn't find it online, so I browsed through some of my favorite (and not so favorite) sites and was able to find them. The first movie was fansubbed, but the second movie was NOT! Myuu... >__< I hope Joey will still enjoy them even though the second movie is raw.

I also went out with my Mom to find some decent outfit for me cause I'm attending a wedding this month. We went to Gaisano Mall, and ended up buying four (unrelated) blouses, which were relatively cheap. (I'm such a cheapskate *winks!*). We found some nice dresses in Gaisano but unfortunately I can't fit into them. XD And the ones that could fit were...

METALLIC ALIEN SPACE SUITS! XD

We then went to SM, and I was starting to feel frustrated. Most of the time, shopping for clothes and shoes is NOT an enjoyable experience for me since it's difficult for me to find clothes and shoes that fit. It's always an exhausting and tedious task to go shopping, and I always end up somehow feeling frustrated and insecure about my physical self. But emo-ness aside, I wasn't able to find anything in SM as well, so I just decided to not care anymore.

We had dinner at Roadhouse Restaurant and perhaps I was not really in a good mood so I ordered A LOT of food! Shanghai Fried Rice. Kare-kare. Lengua Estofado. Crispy Kangkong. Sinigang na Baboy. Pancit Bihon. When the food was served, we realized that it was just too much for my parents and me. In fact we hardly touched the Pancit Bihon and Kare-kare and so we just requested the waiter to wrap everything up. It was actually quite an expensive dinner (which I paid for... huhuhu), but it was satisfying so it's OK... DAIJOUBU! XD

Then we bought some groceries before calling it a night. And somehow I still had to do a lot of unfinished business, and that's why I'm still awake right now.... I really need to sleep already... I can feel the circles around my eyes... u__u


Oh yah, and lastly, because of THIS...




I just had to get THIS...

Blood + (series).



And also got THESE...

(movies) Ip Man. Frozen Flower.
(My parents watched Ip Man and said it's really really good. *thumbs-up!*)



And got THESE as well...

(dramas) Gourmet. Starlit.

A quick look at Kim Rae Won and Jerry Yan blinded me into shelling out some more moolah for the pirates...




I am so hopeless!!! 0__o

S P O I L S!
[ PART TWO ]



I never seem to learn...



Soukou no Strain. Gantz. Last Exile.




Blade of the Immortal. Shaman King. Soul Hunter.




Mahou Sensei Negima. Bokura ga Ita.
(I highly suspect that this Negima DVD I bought is not complete. *crosses fingers*)




(drama) Hot Shot. Love or Bread.
(Contrary to the label, it's not They Kiss Again 3. But it features the same leading cast.)




I must be frustrated or something cos I am THIS compulsive.


The salesgirl even said, "You were here yesterday and you already bought a lot. Now you're here again!?!
How can you watch all of these?!"



I want to know the answer to that question too... XD

S P O I L S !


I went to raid the pirates.
And these are my spoils.

* BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! *




Twelve Kingdoms. Neo Angelique Abyss. Tales of the Abyss.




D.Grayman (2 discs) episodes 1-100. Katekyo Hitman Reborn episodes 80ish to 100ish.




Kimikiss Pure Rouge. Peach Girl. Touka Gettan.
(On closer view, it's spelled as Kihi Kiss XD)




Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS. Tweeny Witches. Aishiteru ze Baby.




(dramas) Bull Fighting. Worlds Within. Cain and Abel.



I am such an impulsive/compulsive blockhead.
But in fairness to me, I didn't buy all these in just one day.



I got these within TWO days. XD



Ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho.
*kitsune ears*

A "CLEAR" DVD COPY

I was doing CD-rearranging (part2), and while sorting through my Asian Movies Collection, I was shocked to discover something...

So this is my copy of the korean war movie Silmido, proudly purchased from the Pirates of the Caribean Divisoria.
I got this almost 5 years ago but still haven't it watched yet...



And when I flipped it...


I noticed that the entire surface has turned completely transparent!!!

Maybe it's not so evident in the photo, but the entire DVD looked like clear plastic. (Or those priority numbers they hand-out in CDR-King...). The gray part you see is actually already the backside of the label of the DVD!

I immediately removed all the DVDs in the case and flipped them over. Most of them were still in good condition, but I noticed four others which were not so fortunate: My Boyfriend is Type B, Marrying The Mafia, Spinkick, and Turn Left Turn Right.
I wanted to cry, especially when I saw that Turn Left Turn Right was also affected. It is one of my most favorite movies. How can I ever find another replacement!?! T___T


See, when I hold it up against the light, I can already see through the cover!! :(

I have no choice but to throw them away. Actually my friend, Gervie, told me of a similar incident about his DVDs turning transparent. I could hardly believe him because it sounded so ridiculous and funny. Now, I don't think it's funny at all... *cries!*

Actually I had to throw out a whole bunch of anime VCDs too because they are no longer playing... I don't know why...


So that's Ai Yori Aoshi (8 discs), Love Hina (9 discs) and Slam Dunk OVAs (4 discs). It's a bit hard to let go because when I bought these six years ago, they cost around 90 per disc! And I had to beg friends during the Christmas Party to give me one or two discs as gift until I was able to complete the series. But I guess the CD used was of poor quality, cos I can't play them anymore!!!

I wonder how many of my other CDs are no longer working properly as well. I haven't even watched so many of my video collection, especially the dramas, so I can't imagine how I would feel if one day when I finally decide to watch them, I find out that they're no longer working! *knocks on wood* Actually, presently, I'm converting or re-downloading some of my stuffs into data files and burning them into DVDs. It's less bulky but it's also time consuming and expensive, so I decided not to be too meticulous and serious about it.

Sometimes, I wonder if I can just give my fandom all up, and not buy/borrow/download/watch any more animes and dramas. I think to myself, what is the purpose of hoarding all these... they are just materialistic, worldly objects occupying my space and taking up too much of my time and my life. But I can't seem to stop hoarding. It has become a disease.

RE-ARRANGING MY COLLECTION

Because of my obsessive compulsive nature and my impulsive drive to download and hoard whatever anime I can get my hands on,
I have somehow amassed a huge number of CDs and DVDs. I've been planning to re-arrange them but never got around to doing it, until now. And goodness, I feel so tired already but I'm not finished yet! *fail* T___T


You see I'm very meticulous when it comes to arranging my things, especially my CD collection. This would always involve taking out ALL the discs and putting them back one by one in some sort of order (usually alphabetical, by genre, chronological, etc). In this case, I had to remove them from the zippered cases, and transfer some of them to spindle cases.


So when I have rearranged them a bit, I noticed that I have more zippered cases now. 6 of them are currently empty! Uh-oh... Does that mean I have to download more so that I can fill them up? Hehehe


I hardly touched my drama collection because they are already quite organized. Besides I haven't really procured a lot of dramas lately because I've been too lazy to watch them... Well, this pic here below is my Korean Drama Collection. The reason why there are so many CD cases is because we used to order them in VCD format from Manila. That was the time when Asian dramas are not so popular yet, and we had to order from Manila in order to get a copy with good quality and feed our obsession and craze. XD Not shown in the picture below are my Japanese Dramas (because they are contained elsewhere) and Taiwanese dramas (because there's really not that many titles, and they are in raw format with chinese subs).


I also got this huge CD Case from my boyfriend<3. It can hold around 100 CDs, so I used it for my Audio Collection. Most of the songs are Jpop and Jrock, and a little bit of Kpop too.



I'm not done yet though... This is just part one of my many struggles with rearranging my collection. Hopefully I can finish most of it by tomorrow or Sunday because I have to leave for work on Monday already. After this, my next project is to rearrange my room. Now THAT is definitely some super hard work I'm not so looking forward to. Hehehe


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Some other random updates...

• My mom is watching the K-drama, East of Eden. The Taiwanese channel, CTV, started airing it three nights ago, and my mom is TOO excited. But because of the bad weather lately, the reception is poor. And since my mom doesn't want to watch from the internet, and I refuse(!) to download 56(!) episodes of the drama, so I bought her a DVD9 copy instead. In fairness, the copy is quite clear with tolerable subs, so my mom is in such a happy-little-puppy mode, and watched straight until episode 8. She just went up to sleep, at 2:45am. XD
  
  
• On a side note, I'm NOT watching East of Eden (EOE) yet, but Song Seung Heon is <3<3<3. I'm not really his fan, but I found him really attractive and appealing in the drama, Summer Scent (which I did NOT like), and in the movie, He Was Cool (with the late Jung Da Bin). In EOE, he has a rugged look which quite suits him. So... ^___^<3<3<3
  
  
• I have just finished downloading the manga-based J-drama, Mei-Chan no Shitsuji (Mei-chan's Butler), which looks like a really interesting and fun series (with so many good looking boys to boot! Woohoo!). I'm currently downloading Cat Street, which is another drama based on the manga of Kamio Yoko (creator of Hana Yori Dango).
  
  
• I've also downloaded a bunch of random manga scanlations and burned them into 3 DVDs (so that's around 12GB!). Some of them are of psychological genre (Monster, 20th Century Boys, etc) but most of them are romantic stories (Bitter Virgin, Koukou Debut, etc). Not reading them anytime soon though.
  
  
• I'm currently loving songs by the duo, ON/OFF, composed of Naoya & Kazuya Sakamoto. They are actually identical twin brothers!<3<3<3 And I think they shot to fame with the song, Futatsu No Kodou To Akai Tsumi, the opening theme to Vampire Knight. Anyway, I love that song but I love all of their other songs too! ^____^
  
  
  
  
• Fortunately, my tonsilitis did not worsen after I started taking some antibiotics. But unfortunately, I have a gnawing toothache that doesn't seem to go away. This really bothers me because I have to leave for work on Monday, and will be out of CDO for 16 days (be back on May 19!). So I hope it doesn't worsen because I don't have time to see a dentist anymore... I really hate toothaches! u__u
  
  
• I will watch X-Men Origins: Wolverine on Sunday! But I don't know if I will still have the chance to watch Slumdog Millionaire (Jai HoOoOoOoOOoooOO!)...
  
  
• I actually went brisk watching with Yume last Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons, and it was really fun because we got to talk a lot and pretend to exercise. Yume and I are surprisingly pretty good friends when in fact we hardly knew each other before and just met during the CDOtaku beach party last year. I went to hoard some more of her DVDs, LOLz! We weren't able to go out walking on Thursday and Friday because of the rain, but we met for a bit on Friday evening because she wanted to tell me something. Then we went to scout some pirated DVDs in Divisoria before going our separate ways.
  
  
• I'll be meeting Joey tomorrow later just to catch up and return some of her stuffs.
  
  
• I need to prepare CDs for my cousin, Achi Beth, and for my friend from GenSan, Jan. I'm currently working on that now, plus Jan's letter too!
  
  
• Oh, and I think Manny Pacquiao will win on Sunday. But that's just my baseless opinion...

Well, I guess I'll end it there for now because I got to get my not-so-beauty sleep or else my Father might get angry at me again for not sleeping early. Plus I have to clean the house again tomorrow, er, later... ^___<