I created a blog over at blogspot about a week ago. And back then, I thought of that blog as just another side-blog, like my LiveJournal, but now, I’m thinking of making it my ‘official’ blog. Not really sure why though. Probably another one of my whimsical decisions. But I guess the ability to freely change and customise the template to whatever I want may have had something to do with it.

Yes, I know I posted about how I like WordPress better than blogspot about a year ago. And yeah, I know that makes me a hypocrite. So sue me. I detest myself. Whatever.

So I guess I won’t be using this blog anymore…?
Hmm~ Maybe I’ll still post my latest photoshop-related stuff……??

Although somewhere along my life I may suddenly use this blog again. I’ll never know.

Anyway, I still plan on using LiveJournal though. Because miscellaneous, trivial, random stuffs (or spam if you wanna call it that) need to go somewhere.

So yeah.

Fractured-Time ~Pieces of My Life~

My very first vector.

Gokudera Hayato from Katekyo Hitman Reborn!

Link to the lineart is on DeviantArt.

I did a vector instead of colouring like I usually do because vectors are quite simple and easier to do. I’m lacking the inspiration/motivation to do a soft-shade anyway.

God this looks so AWESOME!

I just found out it was just recently released and will be available in stores in Singapore soon.

New features include a customizable Touch Ring. This makes photoshop work much more convenient as it can be used to change brush size, zoom, opacity, canvas rotation and stuff like that. The Touch Strip of Intuos3 can be customized to only change one thing but since Intuos4 has a toggle button, it can used to change multiple stuffs. Cool.

Intuos4 also has OLED Displays next to their ExpressKey. That way, we won’t forget what we set the ExpressKeys as.

Compared to Intuos3, Intuos 4 also has twice the Pen Pressure Levels and a better Tip Sensor. Also, opening our favorite web browser and email client, or accessing our most often used commands can all be done quickly and simply with the Intuos4 Radial Menus.

Of course, there’s a bunch of other features as well, but I’m not gonna bother posting it all here because I didn’t really read through all of it.

I just bought my Intuos3 last November so chances of me actually buying an Intuos4 are zero. Sad, but true. Money isn’t the only issue. Well, actually, it is. Because if I’m loaded with cash, I would so buy this without a second thought.

But if I think about it, the features of the intuos4 isn’t really that much different from intuos3. I mean, I don’t really care about the pressure sensitivity all that much because I’m fine with the sensitivity of my intuos3. The Touch Ring of i4 would be nice, but the Touch Strip of i3 does it job too and the Radial Menu of i4 isn’t really important to me. The OLED display of i4 is cool but that too isn’t necessary.

I think the reason that really compels me to buy the intuos4 is the design. Seriously.
It looks so damn cool! Stylish! Professional! God it really looks so awesome!

Meh~ Whatever. I guess it’s not really that important. (But God I so want it…) I don’t use the tablet that often anyway. Only if I have the inspiration to do so. And that comes and goes. If I’m a frequent user, then maybe I would think of buying the new intuos. But I’m not. So yeah. Besides, I’m not a professional anyway. I just do it as a ‘for fun’ thing, like a hobby. So it’s not worth buying a new tablet.

I think I’ve mentioned this before but I’ll say it again anyway, for boredom’s sake. After the “O” Levels ended a few months ago, I kinda ’stopped’ watching anime for some reason. It was around that time that I started watching Lost and I then gradually picked up other TV Shows.

All those time, the only anime series that I was up-to-date with were Gundam 00 S2, To Aru Majutsu no Index, Soul Eater and Naruto Shippuuden.

To Aru Majutsu no Index ended last week. Gundam 00 S2 ended on Monday. (Technically, it ended on Sunday, but I watched the finale on Monday. So yeah.) And I just finished watching the last episode of Soul Eater just now.

All I’m left with now is Naruto Shippuuden. Which will not end for a very long time.

So what’s next? I don’t think only watching Naruto will be enough for my entertainment. TV Shows are entertaining, but they’re ‘realistic’, as in, no jumping across unbelievably long distances, no standing up after losing a lot of blood, no lasers, no explosions, no interesting fight scences, well you get the point. With the exception of Heroes of course. That’s why I like the show so much. Sure the plot may not be as great as it was before, but just the concept of people with abilities is interesting enough for me to keep watching it. Anyway, that’s why I still watch some anime. I need the fantasy. Because it’s not boring.

So yeah.

To Aru Kagaku no Railgun, the side-story to To Aru Majutsu no Index, has been green-lit for production, but I don’t know when it’ll be out. So I guess I’m just gonna have to wait for that one. In the meantime, I guess I’ll be watching the second Fullmetal Alchemist anime that’ll be replacing Gundam 00’s timeslot.

I was also thinking of re-watching the first season of Gundam 00 or maybe Kuroshitsuji. We’ll see how it goes. So then, I guess that makes it 4 anime series again, excluding To Aru Kagaku no Railgun.

Just got this letter from Singapore Polytechnic saying that my GCE “O” Level Results and CCA Achievement (lolwhut?) qualifies me for the SP Scholars Programme.

Sounds pretty prestigious. And yes, I’m considering to apply for this programme. And yes, at the same time, I’m kind of hesistant to do so. So yeah, I am, once again, in a dilemma.

Anyway, this programme is all about developing and maximising intellectual and leadership potential. SP Scholars undergo special training in leadership, communication & interview skills, current affairs, and undertake overseas community service projects.

I’m thinking of applying for this for several reasons. One of which is because I think I should be more active and try to do things I don’t usually do and make the most of my time instead of just, you know, sitting in front of the computer.  It may also be a good opportunity for me to change. The more practical reason for applying is of course because it will make me look good when I want to apply for University.

On the other hand, I’m also reluctant. I don’t know if I want to change. I mean, I kinda like being an introvert and my indifferent and apathetic personality. And I don’t know if I would fit in with the rest of the people. Surely, these people are the kind who enjoys being with other people. Or is that just an assumption? And there’s also that laziness of mine. Always a problem.

I’ve never considered myself of having good leadership qualities. I just couldn’t care less about those kind of things. That’s part of the reason why I’m hesitant. The programme might not be suited for me. But it could also be an opportunity to groom my leadership qualities. That’s part of the reason why I want to apply. I mean, if I want to be somebody, I need to stand out right? And just being good academically isn’t enough.

When I decided to go to Poly instead of JC, I decided that I would perhaps be more active in my CCA or something. Pragmatically because it’ll make me look good when I apply for University. Is this programme the ‘answer’ or something?

Anyway, I need to decide by 31st of March.

*Sigh* Well, at least I know what would be my topic of internal discussion to make me go to sleep tonight.

First things first, the scan I used for this is not from a manga. It’s actually from a game. One that I’ve never heard of, let alone play. The title is as it is for consistency’s sake.

I randomly saw this scan while I was browsing through Minitokyo. I thought the guy looked cool, so I decided to colour the scan on a whim. So yeah. There’s a bunch of other bishounen scans there but I just chose to colour this one. Maybe if I’m still in the mood, I’ll colour the others.

Saito Hajime from Hakuouki Shinsengumi Kitan.

Pretty happy with how this turned out. Especially the hair.

My legs and feet are tired and sore. I just got back home from Expo and Jurong Point.

There was a Popular Sale going on at the Expo and my youngest sis wants to go. Since its been quite a long time since I last went out and I have nothing better to do than sit in front of my computer watching Shows, I thought I might as well go out too. The journey there was pretty uneventful. Went out of the house around 9.30 am and reached Jurong East MRT Station around 10.  Waited for about 10 minutes for the MRT and then another hour before finally reaching Expo. God, was it a long ride. And I had to stand for 90% of the trip there.

Anyway, when we arrived at the entrance, we were surprised that there was an insanely long queue stretching all the way from the entrance to somewhere we weren’t able to discern from where we were. As we walked on, we still couldn’t see what the hell these people were lining up for. My sis offhandedly commented that they were lining up for the toilet and coincidentally, we really saw the toilet at that moment. But of course that wasn’t what they were queuing for. Anyway, we passed by several exhibition halls and the queue still showed no sign of ending. Turns out, there was an Adidas Sale and all those people were lining up for that. The patience and devotion they have to line up for hours just to go to an Adidas sale, I will never understand.

When I eventually stepped into the hall of the Popular sale, I of course went straight to the Harris section. Harris has a much better selection and variety of books. And boy was there a lot of books. I’m not certain how long I spent walking around the tables of books but I’m sure it was long. There were so many books (cheap ones at that), I didn’t know which I should buy. I’m pretty sure most of them are old books though. If they weren’t, they wouldn’t be so cheap. In the end, I only bought one book. My youngest sis bought a couple of stuffs so it wasn’t a total waste of time.

Moving on, we went to Robinson’s sale but there was nothing of interest, so we left after about 10 minutes. Subsequently, we went to Halal foods or something. There was also nothing of interest there.

Then it was another long trip on the MRT. Only this time, it was slightly longer since we were going to Jurong Point. So yeah, another hour standing in the MRT and this time, I was carrying stuff. My shoulder hurts. Oh, and yeah, it was way more crowded this time. God, I hate crowds.

Anyway. Arrived at Jurong Point. Had lunch at Burger King. Went to This Fashion. Bought Nothing. Went to The Wallet Shop. Surveyed the Laptop sleeves. Too squarish and the case is somewhat thin and not soft. So decided against buying it. Went to Popular. Bought a laptop sleeve/case. End of Story.

Now with regards to anime/manga.

I actually started watching Ga-Rei Zero several months ago but after the “O”s I kinda stopped watching anime (with the exception of a few series; namely four). Then suddenly, I resumed watching Ga-Rei Zero again on Wednesday. I watched the entire last half of the series in one shot. I didn’t know what got into me but whatever. I think I kinda missed watching anime.

But I don’t think I’ll be picking up any new series anytime soon though. At least not until I finish watching Season 2 of House and Numb3rs and Season 5 of Monk. But I am thinking of rewatching a series or two. Maybe Gundam Seed/Destiny, KIBA or Blood+.

On a related note, I bought 4 volumes of manga yesterday. It’s been a really long time since I last bought a volume of manga and since I’m kinda in the mood right now, I thought I might as well buy a couple of volumes. Anyway, I was horrified when I found out that the latest volume of Pokemon Adventures was printed on a different type of paper. Well, technically, it is the type of paper manga’s are usually printed on but ChuangYi’s english manga are always printed on environmentally friendly wood-free paper (or at least that’s what they call it). And I like that paper. Why did they change it?? I hope it’s only a temporary thing and that they’re not going to publish all the mangas from now on on that low-quality-ish paper.

Oh yeah, I also bought a toilet sign to put on the door of my room. It was my sister’s idea, really.

After months of taking a break from reading Soul Eater, I finally caught up with the latest chapter. Mostly because I want to reduce the time I’m spending to watch TV Shows on the computer using earphones. Partly also because the anime has strayed from the manga.

I knew the anime was already starting to take a life of its own around episode 35-40 (Can’t really remember), but I only recently started to resume reading the manga because the anime is ending and I can’t say I’m happy with how things are going. I mean, not to say that it’s really bad, but the manga’s plot is much more interesting and exciting. But I guess that’s to be expected, since the manga is the original and since the anime was catching up with it, there was no other choice but to create an ‘alternate’ ending just like in Fullmetal Alchemist.

Well, aside from that, I’ve also been reading Heroes Graphic Novels on HeroesWiki. Just because I had nothing better to do. Besides, I would be able to better understand the connections between the characters and stuff in Heroes. I just caught up with the latest issue yesterday.

Now that I’ve caught up with Soul Eater and the Graphic Novels, I don’t know what I should be reading or doing next.

I considered watching anime again, but my current TV Show downloads are not yet finished. Maybe I’ll re-watch an anime series or something.

So Enrolment Day was last Friday. I wanted to post an update on that day itself, but I didn’t have the mood to do it. Besides, I was too busy getting angry at my laptop’s internet connection problem. Well, as far as I can tell, there was nothing interesting about Enrolment. I missed the time alotted to me but all things considered, it went pretty quickly.

Anyway, when I got home and looked through the Freshmen Orientation leaflet, I was pretty happy that Orientation Week wasn’t like a camp. Thank God. But then I noticed “Singapore Polytechnic Flag Day”. Flag Day. Oh Hell…. I really hope it’s not what I think it is….

Well, moving on to Laptop matters. It feels great to finally get my own laptop, but I don’t where to keep it. I mean, my “study table” is always full of stuff and whenever I clean it up, it’ll be messy with stack of papers and books all over again in not time. That’s what happens when three people shares a room. Thankfully, I’ve kept a corner of  the table free of mess for my laptop since weeks ago. It’s good to plan early. But I still have no room for my laptop carrier. It has to lie on my bed. And when it’s time to sleep, I just add it to the pile of mess on the table. Sad, ain’t it?

The laptop itself is ‘fatter’ than I thought it would be. It’s small, yes. But it’s also thick. I would’ve preferred if it was thinner, but, oh well. At least it’s still somewhat light. So my laptop is about 12 inches wide. That’s about half of my computer’s size. But even though it’s smaller than my computer, it costs more. I just find that kinda weird. But then again, the laptop’s specs are better. What with 4GB RAM and 500GB HDD.

It’s good that McAfee AntiVirus software is provided. But it would be much better if it was latest version. I keep getting those pop-up bubbles that says my computer security is insecure or something along the lines of that. I’m still looking into that particular problem. I haven’t had the time to update it yet. But if it continues to be a problem, I may opt to install another AntiVirus Software altogether. I’m thinking avast! AntiVirus, since that’s the one I’m using for my computer right now and it seems to work pretty well.

Anywho, the internet connection problem I mentioned earlier has been solved by yours truly just yesterday. Thank God I was smart enough to guess where to look. Otherwise, I would’ve spent the entire of yesterday ransacking and rummaging through endless piles of rubbish in my dad’s shelves and drawers trying to find a piece of paper with the key/passphrase for the wireless internet connection.

So I was thinking of buying several things. A mouse pad, since I’ll be using a mouse and not the laptop pad because I’m just not used to it. A USB mouse because wireless mouse tend to cause problems. I would know because I own one. A laptop case or whatever it’s called, to protect the laptop and I didn’t like the one SP issued to us as a freebie. Besides, my father took it for his own laptop. Okay, so I let him take it because I want a new one, but whatever. I was also thinking of buying either a sling bag or a backpack. I’m not sure which I should be using for Poly. Probably a backpack, but we’ll see. Either way, I’ll still be buying a bag. I mean, after using the same bag for 6 years (From Primary 5 all the way to Secondary 4), I deserve at least that much.

It’s been a really long while since I last posted something on this blog (excluding Photoshop-related stuff), so I thought I should just ramble a bit.

So I was bored last night. Just like I am on every other night. I didn’t have anything better to do so I thought I should just take a few quizzes before I watch my nightly TV Shows. It was then that I stumbled upon TestQ.

“What Should You Be When You Grow Up?” sounded interesting enough, so I took the test.

The Result; “You Should Work With Money”. They say I’m suited to work in the financial and business world because I’m logical, driven and usually optimistic. Well, they’re not wrong. Even I think I’m suited to work with money. I even considered choosing business or accountancy as my first choices when I was deciding which course I was going to study in Polytechnic. If I was a year or two younger, I probably would have chosen accountancy or business.

But I ended up choosing Biomedical Science instead. Why? Because business doesn’t sound interesting. Sure, I may be more suited working with numbers and stuff, but it just seem boring to me. It’s just like Maths. Yes, I like Maths because it’s easy and solving problems are “fun”, but it’s boring. Science, on the other hand, is much more amusing to me. At least Biology and Chemistry are. Physics, while some topics can be interesting, is for the most part boring. Though it’s a pity I won’t have a chance to learn Quantum Physics. I find that particular topic pretty intriguing.

Anyway, I digress from the Money career.

The next test I took was “What’s your Knowledge Career?”. Result; “You Should Be Finding Knowledge”.

‘I like to discover new worlds of information and data, making things concrete where there was only a mystery before’ so they say. Huh. That sounds just about right. So I took it further and took the “What’s Your Knowledge Finding Career?” test.

Result; “You Should Be A Scientist”. Well, isn’t that spiffy. Looks like my decision to not go into business wasn’t so bad after all.

(If for some reason you wanna know the detailed results, click here.)