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  <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jun 2006 11:23:49 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Always change your dressing...</title>
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  <description>... on the second day after you&apos;ve injured yourself, or you&apos;ll risk being like me if you delay it till the 4th day... T_T Having 7 hours spent on getting the gauze out will cause anyone to become testy. No doubt, I&apos;m banned from biking now and any future stunts like that too... *sobs*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;p.s. does anyone has any experience in taking good care of wounds? im currently in need of advice. thank you in advance.</description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 16 Apr 2006 12:49:22 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>58:Hah, we&apos;ve got canon love, you don&apos;t!</title>
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  <description>Even though I&apos;m a little late for this... *squeals* EdWin should be canon now, shouldn&apos;t it? And the implications of the conversation. XD&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Protect her. &lt;br /&gt;You love Winry, don&apos;t you?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another reason to be added into my list of &quot;Why I love Riza Hawkeye&quot;. Arakawa should be put onto a pedestal to be worshipped for her details and fantastic storyline, unlike the chibi OVA with its WTF plot...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;College life&apos;s a bitch. The humongous pile of work on my desk makes me think hard on why did I choose to come here instead of a polytechnic in the first place. T_T [I hate project work.] ...though there would be a nice break for this week since we&apos;re going for a camp on Wednesday till Friday. I&apos;ll be flying off to Hong Kong immediately after that, to attend my grandma&apos;s funeral. The number of times I saw her, what I remembered, could be counted on the fingers on one hand. And during those times when I saw her, she was already in a coma. Hmm... wonder how am I going to keep myself awake on Monday. *laughs*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S I sorry for ignoring everybody on my flist but my computer just refuses to cooperate and when I ask Microsoft what to do when I couldn&apos;t install my new Windows XP edition, they just told me to approach my computer dealer for help. So in the meantime, my computer loves to hang on me once every 10 minutes or so. Grrr...</description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2006 04:27:57 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>anyone received a letter from moe?</title>
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  <description>For those who just finished their O&apos;Levels last November, did anyone received a letter from MOE asking you if you want to become a teacher back at your own school? o_O</description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2005 05:09:57 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>The last journal entry for a long long time =)</title>
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  <description>&lt;a name=&quot;cutid1&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since I need to get to the airport in an hour, I&apos;ll make this real short... Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of you! ^0^ Take care and may 2006 see you in good health. =D&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y71/drizzling_blue/Panda.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Image hosted by Photobucket.com&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;cutid2&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2005 15:55:34 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Memes</title>
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  <description>Finally, I can take a break from ragnarok. XD Sitting in front of the computer for near 12 hours each day and eating while doing that makes my butt ache, not to mention my back... By the way, anyone burnt their books? I wanted to do that but my dad insists on giving them anway so I can only shred the stacks of worksheets into pieces now. I know of someone who chucked her Biology textbook into the school rubbish bin once the test was over. &amp;gt;D With loads of free time now, I&apos;ll do the memes which futari is forcing me to.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;cutid1&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Top 10 favourite characters [from any fandom. XD] Futari, since you didn&apos;t specify that I need to rank them, I shall not. XD&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Roy Mustang [Fullmetal Alchemist]&lt;br /&gt;Riza Hawkeye [Fullmetal Alchemist]&lt;br /&gt;Black Hayate [Fullmetal Alchemist] {You didn&apos;t say it must be human, bwhahaha.}&lt;br /&gt;Tres [Trinity Blood]&lt;br /&gt;Echizen Ryoma [POT]&lt;br /&gt;Zephiris [Scrapped Princess]&lt;br /&gt;Shannon Cassul [Scrapped Princess]&lt;br /&gt;Eriol Hiiragizawa [Carcaptor Sakura]&lt;br /&gt;Tomoyo Daidouji [Cardcaptor Sakura]&lt;br /&gt;Hatori Sohma [Fruits Basket]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Only 10?! I haven&apos;t finished the list in my brain yet!!! *cries*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Top 10 favourite songs [any language]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Colours of the Wind [Pocahontas]&lt;br /&gt;Breakaway [Kelly Clarkson]&lt;br /&gt;Angels [Robbie Williams]&lt;br /&gt;Ame no Hi wa No Thank You [Duet of Ohkawa Toru and Neya Michiko]&lt;br /&gt;Claudine [Maksim the piano player, I know I’m cheating here. XD]&lt;br /&gt;Honey [Cardcaptor Sakura]&lt;br /&gt;Beauty and the Beast [Celine Dion]&lt;br /&gt;Unchained Melody [Righteous Brothers, I dug up my mum’s old CDs]&lt;br /&gt;Streets of London [Roger Whittaker, another of those oldies.]&lt;br /&gt;Only You [The Platters]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I haven&apos;t added in the POT songs... &amp;gt;.&amp;gt; As you can see, I’m one for the classics. xP&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2005 15:51:40 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Memes ans stuff</title>
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  <description>*laughs* I just came back (to the internet) and the first thing I&apos;m going to do are memes. XD &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;cutid1&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://images.quizilla.com/B/BlackWolf13/1091541078_nquilityII.JPG&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;fox&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Fox:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Fox is the symbol for the Hidden. You have a&lt;br&gt;desolate hidden creature inside of you, which&lt;br&gt;makes you laid back, hidden, and quiet. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Strengths: Just as sly as a fox, you can get out&lt;br&gt;of terrible situations with ease, and maybe be&lt;br&gt;the master of pulling of lies. But one of the&lt;br&gt;things you do best is just blend in with&lt;br&gt;everyone else so no one draws attention to you,&lt;br&gt;not like you crave the attention anyway. The&lt;br&gt;Fox is also very protective of those he/she&lt;br&gt;loves, and will stop at nothing to defend in a&lt;br&gt;verbal or even physical battle.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Flip Side: Being the Fox, you can be very&lt;br&gt;judgemental on people and many other things&lt;br&gt;because you&apos;re not afraid to speak your mind.&lt;br&gt;With this in hand, some people may shrug you&lt;br&gt;off as being cold when really, you were only&lt;br&gt;telling it as it is.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Congratulations! You have a Fox inside!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt; pic (c) Christy Grandjean aka GoldenWolfen&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://quizilla.com/users/BlackWolf13/quizzes/What&amp;#39;s%20Your%20Inner%20Beast%3F%20%5Bpics%5D/&quot;&gt; What&apos;s Your Inner Beast? [pics]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;font size=&quot;-2&quot;&gt;brought to you by &lt;a href=&quot;http://quizilla.com&quot;&gt;Quizilla&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I didn&apos;t cheat. ^^ Hmm...sly? Me? &amp;gt;D&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SEVEN THINGS THAT SCARE ME:&lt;br /&gt;01. Air flights. I bring a compass with a whistle installed in it with me whenever I go on a trip.&lt;br /&gt;02. Changes. Whether it is people or surroundings, I seem to harbour a fear that things would change for the worse.&lt;br /&gt;03. My mother. You don&apos;t want to know what she came up with. Again. XD&lt;br /&gt;04. Being broke.&lt;br /&gt;05. Death of my loved ones.&lt;br /&gt;06. Getting horrid results.&lt;br /&gt;07. ROY AND HAWKEYE BEING SEPERATED!!! No wait, they aren&apos;t. &amp;gt;D&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SEVEN THINGS THAT I LIKE THE MOST&lt;br /&gt;01. FMA / Arakawa Hiromu. This is self-explanatory.&lt;br /&gt;02. Anime / Manga / Doujinshis.&lt;br /&gt;03. Sleeping. Being sleep deprived makes me a grumpy person. ^^&lt;br /&gt;04. Junk food. Did I mention that I can eat a packet of potato chips in under 5 minutes?&lt;br /&gt;05. My friends. They&apos;re the best in the world. =D&lt;br /&gt;06. Scrapped Princess. I just fell in love with this series.&lt;br /&gt;07. FANTASIZING ABOUT ROYAI &lt;strike&gt;PRON&lt;/strike&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SEVEN IMPORTANT THINGS IN MY ROOM&lt;br /&gt;01. My computer. In it, there are episodes of FMA, Scrapped Princess, manga chapters, my beloved Photoshop... etc.&lt;br /&gt;02. My FMA manga. *kisses them*&lt;br /&gt;03. MP3 player. It&apos;s the only thing which can keep me sane while I mug through my stacks of books strewn across my room.&lt;br /&gt;04. My manga collection ( though it’s not a lot XD ).&lt;br /&gt;05. My penguin! Uh, what I mean is my stuffed toy sleeping with me every night. ^^&lt;br /&gt;06. My microscope. It was my Christmas present when I was 10 years old. =)&lt;br /&gt;07. The stress-ball my juniors gave me. It’s EXTREMELY useful for some days. xP&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SEVEN RANDOM FACTS ABOUT ME&lt;br /&gt;01. I totally screwed up my prelims. I know since I was the one who did the papers.&lt;br /&gt;02. Anastasia was the movie which converted me back to het. &amp;gt;D&lt;br /&gt;03. I enjoy seeing anime couples which involve a 20++ man/woman and an exceptionally old non-human. My latest love involves a 23(I think) year old man and a machine(dragon) which is more than 5000 years old. Yes I know, I need medical help.&lt;br /&gt;04. The reason I read romance novels is not for the incredible amount of fluff, but because of the relationship which seems so perfect, though you know it’s almost impossible to find on planet Earth. &lt;br /&gt;05. I’m allergic to fur, seafood… and dust. No, I’m not kidding. I had to do the test in a hospital for 3 hours and that was the result. Go me!&lt;br /&gt;06. I used to cry in my sleep when I was young, and imagined that there were big fat monsters right beside my bed. So I faced the wall on the other side and seems like the habit stuck till now. ^^&lt;br /&gt;07. I’m crazy enough to bear a grudge for 4 years, and I’m counting how long it can last…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SEVEN THINGS THAT I PLAN TO DO BEFORE I DIE&lt;br /&gt;01. Pass my Additional Mathematics. I’ve never heard of someone who can get A1 for their Mathematics but F9 for their A.M. I’m the only one, it seem.&lt;br /&gt;02. Be a chemist! That’s my ambition since I was 10 and it’s not going to change any time soon.&lt;br /&gt;03. Draw more, preferably RoyAi. My muse is stuck in my head for 4 months now.&lt;br /&gt;04. Last long enough to see Roy and Hawkeye kiss in the manga. Or a confession will also do. A date or a hospital scene would of course make me a happy-cum-dying fangirl.&lt;br /&gt;05. Earning more money. It’ll be needed for me to buy even more manga. =D&lt;br /&gt;06. Go on a trip to Europe or Japan.&lt;br /&gt;07. Get a dog. I’ve always wanted a German Shepherd or a Golden Retriever, though I know I shouldn’t…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SEVEN THINGS THAT I CAN DO&lt;br /&gt;01. Draw. ^^&lt;br /&gt;02. Remember loads of things with numbers as substitutes.&lt;br /&gt;03. Spending money.&lt;br /&gt;04. Sleep. I’m sleep deprived almost everyday for the entire month… -_-&lt;br /&gt;05. Burn my books after my exams are finished.&lt;br /&gt;06. SUPPORT ROYAI ALL THE WAY!!! I just needed to write that. XD&lt;br /&gt;07. Eat. I live to eat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SEVEN THINGS THAT I CAN&apos;T DO&lt;br /&gt;01. Pass my Additional Mathematics. ;_;&lt;br /&gt;02. Be nasty. Somehow, I’ll feel guilty after that.&lt;br /&gt;03. Watching intense fluff in real life. Words I can handle, but count me out if it’s real people.&lt;br /&gt;04. Tear up my exam paper in the examination hall. Oh, how I wish I could do just that. &amp;gt;P&lt;br /&gt;05. Write a good story. I can do boring essays but not interesting, funny stories to save my own life.&lt;br /&gt;06. Get all 8 A1s. I doubt my own abilities.&lt;br /&gt;07. Tidy my own room. It’s currently STILL in a mess.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SEVEN THINGS I SAY THE MOST&lt;br /&gt;01. Are you serious?&lt;br /&gt;02. No kidding.&lt;br /&gt;03. Huh?&lt;br /&gt;04. Eh…&lt;br /&gt;05. Dear.&lt;br /&gt;06. Are you mad?&lt;br /&gt;07. Heh&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&apos;m not going to tag anyone. Just do it if you&apos;re interested. =)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S. I&apos;m hooked onto Scrapped Princess. By BONES. I&apos;m hoping that they didn&apos;t screw up the ending...</description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2005 10:23:01 GMT</pubDate>
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  <description>Whee, I broke my own probation... but at least I lasted for 2 whole weeks, so shoot me. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;cutid1&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Things are going lovely, if you don&apos;t count the exams and the bright sunny weather. Getting a L1R5 of 14 must well be... near impossible, especially since the oral was horrid. There wasn&apos;t much of a choice, except to panic, when I found the examiner scrutinising my face without blinking and adjusting her shawl with her legs crossed, when I read the passage and the picture. Not to mention that the room was big enough to hear your own voice echo back while you are applying your vocal chords. If worse come to worst, I&apos;ll just go to a polytechnic instead of college. *shrugs* &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I wrote an emotionally dramatic story for prelims. XD Just add one more bit of angst in there and it&apos;s going to flood the whole room. It was supposed to be on an occasion in which you, the writer, put someone else&apos;s interest in front of you own. So, I happily wrote an essay which will make any sue-story covers it&apos;s face in shame. Wait, I refuse to admit that I created 2 monsters. *grins*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BLUE!!!!! *hyperventilate* OMG, it leaves me wanting more. Arakawa has got to be a genius with an IQ of 149 and above. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;cutid2&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once again, she managed to weave a plot which is so believable without overdoing it or changing their personalities but at the same time, their feelings threatening to spill over and take over our hearts, or maybe it already did, forming a deeper understanding between the readers and the characters. These emotions, though simple as they look, are what bond the plot and characters so ever tightly together. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It all boils down to things which we always take for granted in real life, like trust and love - not only between Roy and Riza XD but also Havoc, Breda, Fuery and Falman. Their faces and that sentence had spoke volumes, of what they felt and were willing to do for their colonel. There is no doubt that anyone of them there will risk their own life to protect Roy&apos;s and vise versa. And all these in just a short 10 pages. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Arakawa&apos;s definitely the best storyteller or mangaka of our time. Maybe someone should do a banner like &quot; I&apos;ll buy anything with her name on it. &quot; or something like that. xP I&apos;ll probably write again only on the 12th so meanwhile I&apos;ll just go and entertain myself with books. T_T&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S You guys should be thankful that you don&apos;t have mothers who are overly superstitious and determined to see their girls in front of the altar before they turn 30 by using every possible means, even guilt.</description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 13 Aug 2005 12:46:14 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>What a bright and sunny day~</title>
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  <description>*rubs eyes and stare again* I see chapter 50. With a translation. And the I-shall-never-leave-you-till-the-end-of-time scene. OH MY GAWD. Not to mention the confrontation which came earlier than I expected. Ling being in Gluttony&apos;s stomach and no sight of him in this chapter is worrisome too. But have no fear people! Hawkeye shall save the day... somehow or Roy has to think fast on his feet like he always do. XD We will discover that Ling is only slightly knocked out and he, together with Ed, would defeat Gluttony. [ I sound horribe. xP ]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That aside... the world needs some cheering up, won&apos;t you agree? Especially for one after reading about that horrid incident and those backstabbing which we see, swarming our flists. Okay, maybe only for me. Hence, I&apos;ve decided to do some self-entertaining here. =D&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Interesting fact:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strike&gt;omg, I bought myself another skirt. The end of the world is coming!&lt;/strike&gt; &lt;strike&gt;Shakespeare was not happy with his own marriage&lt;/strike&gt; &lt;strike&gt;The first yaoi might have started as early as when Shakespeare wrote his plays, or maybe even earlier. XD&lt;/strike&gt; Now here&apos;s a shocker: My teacher went to Europe and rented a bed at an inn. She took the lower deck of a bed while some other people took the upper one. Imagine her... eh, unpleasant surprise when the bed started shaking and moaning in the middle of the night. &amp;gt;D</description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2005 02:57:09 GMT</pubDate>
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  <description>Stolen from ratiosu!! ^^&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;One little compliment can make you feel amazing. So give me a compliment, anything in the entire world, even that my shoelaces are pretty. Put this in your journal. And once you get some comments, put that entry in a memory or tag and when you are feeling down, just go to that entry and this will remind how great you are.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Happy 40th birthday Singapore! =D I love National day. [ Since it gives me 2 and half days of holiday. Plus, one of those days happen to fall on the 10th. XD ]</description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2005 12:44:01 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Apples</title>
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  <description>My own braincells are murdered, by me. I can&apos;t believe that I didn&apos;t think of this when I saw that scene.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Apple - Some say that this forbidden fruit started men and women down the path of sinful pleasure.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Those who know me would know what I&apos;m thinking of. No kidding. And at this point of time, I should not harbour these thoughts since I should concentrating on my studies. ( To those who do not know, someone in my cohort wrote that the characters in Twelfth Night, mainly Sir Toby and Sir Andrew, made some gutterish remarks in the play. Don&apos;t you wonder how she studied?)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*laughs* And now to those who like Roy, weep for his eye, want to see Arakawa sensei mock the movie and missed the posts, you might want to look at these illustrations. XD&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y71/drizzling_blue/eyepatch.jpg&quot;&gt;http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y71/drizzling_blue/eyepatch.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y71/drizzling_blue/cowhasitforhim.gif&quot;&gt;http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y71/drizzling_blue/cowhasitforhim.gif&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Translation for the 2nd picture,(by &lt;span class=&apos;ljuser ljuser-name_sycia&apos; lj:user=&apos;sycia&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://sycia.livejournal.com/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif&apos; alt=&apos;[info]&apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://sycia.livejournal.com/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;sycia&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;Havoc: Corporal, buy me some cigerattes~&lt;br /&gt;Berda: Corporal, clean the toilers~~~&lt;br /&gt;Hawkeye: Corporal, do your work...&lt;br /&gt;Fury: Corporal, treat me to a meal~&lt;br /&gt;Falman: Corporal, massage my shoulders~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Black Hayate: *barking sounds*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Roy: HAVE TO GET EVERYTHING BACK! &amp;lt;-- (pun of what Ed and Al swore)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Arakawa-sensei: Ah... Hawkeye is as she always is...</description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2005 12:28:08 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Some more movie rant</title>
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  <description>Now that the whole thing has sunk into my brain after a good night&apos;s sleep, I&apos;m more than pissed. I. Want. To. Strangle. Someone. Now, should I find a target in school tomorrow? Yes, I should.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It&apos;s infuriating that they just brushed aside the entire miltary just like that. Even that Roze who is just a minor character in the anime has her own ending and that wtf!Dragon!Envy has a longer screentime than both Roy and Riza. It&apos;s just NOT FAIR!!! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And I really can&apos;t understand this because according to someone, Roy and Riza has a strong fanbase in Japan and their merchandise are always sold out. So why on earth do this 2 important people in the series only 5 seconds of interaction time?!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Darn it, I&apos;m only asking for a 3 minute RoyAi animation scene! Is it that hard to satisfy? Apparently to BONES, it is. That&apos;s it for today. I don&apos;t trust myself to speak more since if I do, it would be profanities coming out of my mouth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S. Of course, if BONES decide to do an OVA with Roy and Riza (I know it&apos;s impossibe, but one can hope right?), all would be forgiven.</description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2005 10:20:29 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Movie rant</title>
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  <description>Okay, my brain just went back on track and I&apos;m getting more coherent by the minute.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*spoilers like whoa*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;cutid1&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is like one big, fat joke to me, and I&apos;m sure to all the RoyAi fans as well. They teased, they dangled the hints of RoyAi being official in front of us. They put up the relationship chart, Roy and Riza together on the poster and magazines and the producers saying that we would &quot;find out how Roy and Riza&apos;s relationship progressed during the two years&quot;. They did all these and then when the movie comes, we find out that the relationship turned out to be nonexistent. It&apos;s just like putting out some candies in front of a kid and at the very last minute, taking them back.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At the end of episode 51, we saw Riza caing for Roy and how the both of them were buying apples, hell even before that, we have already detected signs of RoyAi being canon like how Riza had wiped off Roy&apos;s face after he came out of the meeting and so, we assumed along with the reports of the magazines, that the movie would be where BONES would solidify both of their relationship and make them a couple.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But no. Not only we do not see the RoyAi scene which we have all anticipated, we don&apos;t even know how Roy and Riza were in the end. Wait, there was not even a scene hinting towards RoyAi interaction at sight according to 2 people who have already watched the movie. So why BONES, why do you have to keep our hopes high by saying that Riza &quot;was still waiting for Roy to come back&quot;, phrasing it in the way that RoyAi fans would take it as Riza pining for Roy to come back to her, like those heroines whom we read of in novels. Or maybe, the movie would be a continuation of what happened after Roy had recovered.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes, we had thought of it, subconsciously, that both of them would might not be together and that we shouldn&apos;t get our hopes all high. But the affirmation we&apos;ve got from the producers in the magazine was all we needed to put our mind at ease, that RoyAi would put up its performance in the movie. But the reports which we&apos;re seeing are all pointing towards the fact that the relationship was pretty much stagnant during these 2 years, or perhaps I should say, there wasn&apos;t a relationship to begin with anyway. Surely BONES wasn&apos;t talking about this when they speak of their relationship. Even if they broke up, shouldn&apos;t they give us the reason or a flashback to wrap things up?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It&apos;s like feeling cheated of something which you hold close to your heart. Roy&apos;s like the 2nd, if not 3rd, most important person in this series. And then all of a sudden, he doesn&apos;t have much of a screen time and the whole military is just there to defeat the armours and nothing else.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know the movie time is short and trying to squeeze everything into 1 and half hours might be extremely difficult due to the huge plot. But it doesn&apos;t come to me that BONES had even done a RoyAi scene BEFORE they cut the movie. We see nothing of our beloved military and I&apos;ll bet you that so many people died because BONES did not want to do an ending for them too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maybe I&apos;m too impatient in my judgement of this movie and perhaps if I watched it, I would be able to make out some sort of RoyAi hints in it. But until then, the FMA series would still feel a little hollow and empty to me, since it&apos;s practically not an ending at all but instead leaves quite a lot out for our own imagination. Which leads to the question: why do the movie in the first place if it wasn&apos;t to tie up the loose strings in the anime?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know it&apos;s long but I just needed to say all these.</description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2005 08:48:59 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Some things should die along with characters&apos; death</title>
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  <description>Darn it, if you can&apos;t do a good ending, then you shouldn&apos;t start on the movie in the first place.&lt;br /&gt;Bones. You suck. The end.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S If someone wants to torch Bones down, inform me. I&apos;ll volunteer myself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Edit: I just remembered. &lt;span class=&apos;ljuser ljuser-name_zauberer_sirin&apos; lj:user=&apos;zauberer_sirin&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://zauberer-sirin.livejournal.com/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif&apos; alt=&apos;[info]&apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://zauberer-sirin.livejournal.com/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;zauberer_sirin&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span class=&apos;ljuser ljuser-name_hamsterfactor&apos; lj:user=&apos;hamsterfactor&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://hamsterfactor.livejournal.com/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif&apos; alt=&apos;[info]&apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://hamsterfactor.livejournal.com/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;hamsterfactor&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; won&apos;t be happy since they went to Japan just to watch the movie which they thought would contain RoyAi scenes...</description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 16 Jul 2005 13:44:56 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>schoolwork maimed me...</title>
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  <description>I think I&apos;m going to die from the chlorine-poisoning, I swear I am. Nonetheless, that&apos;s not the reason I&apos;m posting here. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*hopes I&apos;m not too late* Have a good time in Japan, &lt;span class=&apos;ljuser ljuser-name_zauberer_sirin&apos; lj:user=&apos;zauberer_sirin&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://zauberer-sirin.livejournal.com/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif&apos; alt=&apos;[info]&apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://zauberer-sirin.livejournal.com/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;zauberer_sirin&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span class=&apos;ljuser ljuser-name_hamsterfactor&apos; lj:user=&apos;hamsterfactor&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://hamsterfactor.livejournal.com/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif&apos; alt=&apos;[info]&apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://hamsterfactor.livejournal.com/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;hamsterfactor&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;! ^^ The food there is delicious (A little warning here, the food is expensive. Not as bad as England, but it&apos;s still bad. The same goes for taxi fares so be prepared.), the mountains are a must-see(I heard that they can re-energise you, though I didn&apos;t feel the same. ^^;) and of course, how can we forget Disneyland. XD &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are the hot-springs too and we mustn&apos;t forget the manga shops which are postively rampant on the streets. (Hey it&apos;s a good thing!) &amp;gt;D You&apos;ll probably find yourself coop up in one of those browsing through the various titles they have. And do remember the doujinshis too! Loads of cosplayers would be on the streets(if you&apos;re lucky ^_~) and both of you will get the chance to stalk Arawaka-sensei. XD &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&apos;ll post some pictures of mine but decided that some exploring on your part won&apos;t hurt. =D Japanese are generally... friendly so you won&apos;t get &lt;i&gt;too&lt;/i&gt; lost. Enjoy the movie, eat a lot, try not to torch down Studio Bones, built a shrine for Arawaka-sensei and &lt;b&gt;do not forget about your weight limit&lt;/b&gt;. &amp;gt;D Yes I know both of you will go wild with the merchandise and you need to pay a amount of money if you do go over the limit(which I doubt you will, but with all your clothings and stuff, who knows?) So there, have fun and we&apos;ll be here to listen to what you have to say after you trip. =)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S. Oh and if you ever see those little stores with fishes along the road, do try. *grins* It involves you using a piece of thin tissue paper to net up the tiny fish and if you are able to, you get to keep the fish. Cool eh? Though sad to say, I&apos;ve never succeeded... -_- *goes to a corner and cry*</description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2005 09:46:42 GMT</pubDate>
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  <description>I seem to be laughing a lot these days, at non-amusing things such as this:&lt;br /&gt;Quote: &lt;i&gt;ROYI&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I took 10 seconds before I could figure out what it was... You&apos;ve got to admit people have great creativity nowadays. &amp;lt;/sarcasm&amp;gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2005 06:17:25 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>The monthly supply of sanity is here at last</title>
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  <description>OMG, it came early AGAIN. It&apos;s here, it&apos;s here, it&apos;s here!!! *stops screaming for a while to breathe in oxygen* *dances around* ActionHawkeye, DummyRoy, ContemplativeEd (zomg, his face when he thought about Winry holding onto the gun.), Al and Xiao Mei!!! XD What I need to know is the translation of what Ling was saying and the meaning of this word: 若 in japanese... does it mean &quot;no&quot;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;cutid1&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. *eyes glint* This is interesting... so Bradley&apos;s softening by the other&apos;s standards eh? There *might* be a chance of him joining Roy and the others to fight his own kind. After all, 60 years of being with humans is a long time. *wait fervently for the next chapter*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Are they going to play hide-and-seek? Bradley and Wrath now know that Hawkeye is definitely connected to the capture of Gluttony and Roy might be too. A little worrying of course, and Ran Fan still injured. Cannot. Be. Pessimistic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;My mum&apos;s determined to see me in front of the altar one day. *facepalm*&amp;lt;/ot&amp;gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2005 10:20:23 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>An absolutely useless post... because I&apos;m useless.</title>
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  <description>Bwhahahahaha, this has got to be a classic. I really, really shouldn&apos;t be laughing about someone&apos;s misfortune but not surprisingly, I am. XD My cousin, twice removed, met this girl 2 years ago while he was studying for his doctorate. They coughfellinlovecough and the girl threatened to break up with him if he continued with his studies, because studying = all time is used for work and no quality time left. (Such a feisty girl eh?) So, he listened to her, dropped out of the university and got a job. And just around 4 months ago, they got into an argument about holding a church wedding, or not... then they broke up as they couldn&apos;t get along on that matter. The end. Now I&apos;m going to laugh my heart out. xP&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes, of course my aunt wasn&apos;t very happy when he quitted the university but she told us that what he does is his own business so she didn&apos;t say anything about it. But oh well, at least he got himself a nice research job. Just that it&apos;s a little sad for me to see a good brain &quot;gone to waste&quot;. XD</description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2005 12:02:58 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Darn you, terrorists.</title>
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  <description>My heart goes out to those in London. To all who are seriosly hurt or loved ones still being critically injured, have faith. My condolences to all who had lost their family members in the blast. May you find renewed strength in yourself to continue on with life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Beacuse they&apos;re in Heaven now...&lt;/i&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2005 12:24:51 GMT</pubDate>
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  <description>My feet is killing me, I am suffering from a headache because of the lack of blood circulation. Most importantly, I know my whole body is going to ache tomorrow and most probably, the rest of this week. Definitely not a good way to start school...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh, happy birthday to you &lt;span class=&apos;ljuser ljuser-name_zauberer_sirin&apos; lj:user=&apos;zauberer_sirin&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://zauberer-sirin.livejournal.com/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif&apos; alt=&apos;[info]&apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://zauberer-sirin.livejournal.com/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;zauberer_sirin&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;! ^^ And congratulations. ^_~</description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2005 12:58:20 GMT</pubDate>
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  <description>People, you can&apos;t blame me for killing your braincells if I show you this. It is on Yahoo! News.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Infamous Nevada Brothel Back in Business &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;RENO, Nev. - The Mustang Ranch, the best-known little whorehouse in the West, is back in business at a new location. The gaudy pink stucco buildings and the working girls are there. The only thing missing is the name. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That&apos;s not the entire news article of course but I didn&apos;t want to take up your entire flist.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S. It seems that I have a knack for finding weird articles. I saw one which featured a 293 kg gaint catfish in Thailand just a few days ago. o_O</description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2005 15:02:27 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>The 1st Weekly Post</title>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;I didn&apos;t know we were &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt; deprived, or desperate...&lt;br&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;cutid1&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Interestingly, I&apos;ve never known that we were that desperate to get male company, or at least for the primary 4 students. There was this new male teacher who was new so he was introduced during assembly time. When he announced the class he was going to teach(Pri 4), that class squealed... you know those fangirl screams we do when we see the fandom which we like? Eg, me seeing RoyAi. Yes, &lt;em&gt;those&lt;/em&gt; screams. And he doesn&apos;t even look hot enough to make me want to stalk him. =D &lt;font size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;Fine, he looks cute.&lt;/font&gt; XD So, instinct would have all of us look up at them and what we saw was this scene of primary kids standing up, peering over each other&apos;s heads, trying to catch a glimpse of him. Many others were openly staring. It was... embarassing.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I&apos;ve got a really nice teacher. ^^&lt;br&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;cutid2&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;*phew* Thankfully, my new English language teacher knows what she is doing. And she&apos;s good at it too! We were talking about essay writing in first person POV and she gave us a really funny example. xP Here&apos;s the &quot;Cliche Romance Novel Formula(TM)&quot; which she shared with us:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;1) Introduction&lt;br&gt;(i) Setting : Maybe a room?&lt;br&gt;(ii) Characters : If the story is written in your point of view, the other character would be of the opposite gender.&lt;br&gt;(iii) Situation : ( Let&apos;s pretend the &quot;you&quot; is a female.) You have always loved him since you were eleven but you dared not tell him your feelings because you did not know what he felt. The male here has also been in love with you but did not say it out loud since he did not want to hurt you. So we have here the usual girl loves boy, boy loves girl, girl does not dare to tell him her feeling, the boy also does not dare to tell you his feelings.&lt;br&gt;(iv) Hook : My heart pounds against my chest whenever he makes his entrance.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;2) Complication&lt;br&gt;Enters The Girl(TM). She&apos;s pretty, thin, tall and just came back from overseas. In short, she is everything which you are not. XD Your crush looked at her and immediately you knew all was lost. His eyes were only on her and after an introduction to each other, they went out on a date that led to several others. Now, you swear to make your crush notice you and decided on a complete makeover.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;3) Rising Tension&lt;br&gt;Remebering that there was a party at the end of the month, you began to diet, exercise and eat healthy. In the meantime, you often see the both of them together. This has only strengthened your resolve to look good and make him see you. [Elaborate]&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;4) Climax&lt;br&gt;Finally, the Big Day was here. You arrived fashionably late. (According to this new teacher, you have to do this in order to attract the most attention. XD) The male had turned his head when you walked into the room. He took in you beautiful figure and your new look. At once, he left The Girl at the side and walked to you, leaving The Girl alone, scratching her pimples. (died here XD) [Insert some terribly romantic phrases and dialogue on your own please. I have no desire to make all of you spit out your drink onto the computer screen. ^^] You agreed and both of you lived Happily Ever After(TM).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;*grins* I&apos;ll assure you that the steps above are 100% authentic for many romance novels which you see on the bookshelves today. Hence the difficulty of finding a nice one in the library...&amp;nbsp;At least she&apos;s got humour which can last us for the entire period of lesson&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;M.I.L.K Run on Sunday. Starts at 4.30pm but for some crazy reason, we have to report at 1.30pm. Ends at 5.30pm. &lt;em&gt;Lovely&lt;/em&gt;, we actually get to parade around the whole of Singapore River in our House T-shirts, under the hot sun. The teachers seemed to have forgotten how thick those apparel are. Maybe it&apos;s too make us sweat like a pig and force us to burn some carbohydrate? &amp;gt;D&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2005 07:35:57 GMT</pubDate>
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  <description>A young girl&apos;s need is simple enough, and that is... CHAPTER 49!!! -_- *frails* It&apos;s not a want but a need. *hopes that the manga chapter will come earlier next month too*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;For some people, realizing their love for someone is like a lightening striking them, sudden and strong.&lt;br /&gt;For others, it’s a gradual thing that deepens with time. &lt;br /&gt;For me, I think it’s inconsistent because even now, some days I question what I truly feel for him, while others, I reflect that it must have been love, after all.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My craze-filled brain insisted on me putting this up and saying that it was probably what Winry had thought after that scene in chapter 48, refusing to let me go until I&apos;ve done so. There, I did it. Now leave me in peace! *goes back to essay*</description>
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  <title>Wasting my day away</title>
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  <description>Why do I have the feeling of doom impending upon me? Something so far but yet seem so near. As if all I can do now is to close my eyes and hope for the best. Wishing for dawn to come faster just when the darkness of night envelop the land. Yearning for the right star to appear, to guide me along.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Side note: But on a happier note, I don&apos;t have school on the 1st of July. Yay for me! ( No, it&apos;s not that I can foresee myself being sick on that day. It&apos;s a school holiday for us, and us only.) XD Though... *twitch* why do I have to run 5km on the 3rd?! During noon too, when Mr. Sun is BURNING brightly right above our heads. Why can&apos;t they spare us all on a Sunday... *cries*</description>
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  <description>I&apos;m dead, I&apos;m dead, I&apos;m dead!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Needless to say, I would have failed both tests.</description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2005 13:55:53 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Blame it on my tests</title>
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  <description>... why am I still here instead of studying? Oh yes, *cracks up* I&apos;m so gonna die if I write this out, but no one shall dissuade me from my goal!&lt;br /&gt;Now before we proceed, please hand over all dangerous or sharp objects so that you can&apos;t hurt &lt;strike&gt;me. XD&lt;/strike&gt; yourself. =D&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;#1. The Wank! I missed the wank! *wails* I can&apos;t believe I didn&apos;t see it until 1 hour ago. And it was dated all the way back to 12th. T_T It&apos;s just the same theory behind Roy procrastinating. What makes people think that when he sees nobody around, he doesn&apos;t pick up his pen, put down what he was previously idling with and start working. It&apos;s just a front he puts up. Darn it, I thought that much was clear. And girls, you both are the grande dames of the RoyAi fandom. XD&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;#2. Roy&apos;s eyes are blue?! Another wank I missed?! What have I been doing at that time? *sniff* Those people who say that Roy&apos;s eyes are blue are either&lt;br /&gt;(a) having too much time and thus wanted to attract attention&lt;br /&gt;or&lt;br /&gt;(b) colourblind&lt;br /&gt;I&apos;ll say it&apos;s (b) though.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;#3. Oh gosh, this is the one which made me crack up even when I was in my washroom. *crackles* &amp;gt;D I&apos;m certain you have a stalker now. Yup, 60% certain. It&apos;s the same as an admirer sending his/her idol flowers. What else would explain the bizarre act of her sending you &lt;i&gt;that&lt;/i&gt; ( the person I&apos;m talking about here should know it&apos;s her now. xP) I&apos;m going to die laughing and stop coming up with crack theories, at least not before my test. [ You&apos;re not angry are you? o_O I was just suggesting that maybe she admires you that&apos;s all. Don&apos;t bite, hard, if you don&apos;t find it funny. ]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S. I hate that 0_p user... LJ abuse team should have done something about it, but sadly they haven&apos;t. I mean, yaoi fans=pedophiles?! Is it just me or is her brain screwed up?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT 1: Oops, almost forgot about this. I hope there are CCS fans here. *coughs* So here&apos;s the question, what is the colour of Eriol&apos;s hair? Both my friend and I went into a wank about it... &amp;gt;_&amp;gt; Yes, as trival as that and no, we&apos;re still very good friends. We just like to disagree with each other that&apos;s all. XD</description>
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