modus operandi

Work has been overwhelming(ly tiring), and it doesn't help that I've started having Japanese classes twice a week after work so I've been getting back at around 11pm almost every other day, especially if I meet up with friends for dinner and such. Not that I'm complaining; I'm of the belief that I should do whatever I can without exhausting myself entirely when I have time. Live life fully, yeah? Although it does mean having less time for myself, like catching up with TV shows, reading, manga, blogging... Although I don't have anything interesting happening in my life all the time so there's no point blogging frequently, anyway.

I'm trying to make time for reading by getting ebooks to read on the way to work and back (which was how I finally finished re-reading Harry Potter! In time for the final movie! OMG it's the last movie already...), and I've just changed my mobile phone to a HTC Desire S so I'll be able to watch .avi format shows and read manga from there.

I guess all these are inevitable, this whole growing up, shifting priorities, limited number of hours a day to work with... Of course I can let all those go so I have time to rest, but I don't want to. It's part of me, how I am, all these interests in shows and manga, even know people would probably think I should be growing out of those. There's no way I'll let go of the things that made me the way I am now, which is why I'm finding ways to hold on to them.

What I miss the most, though, is writing. It's so difficult to find the time to write, and for that spare time to coincide with the muse, although the right way to do it is to force myself to write and sooner or later the "groove" will come back.

I miss creating stories, letting words spill from my mind through my fingers, creating people - characters, creating something meaningful from the arrangement of words.

Of all the things I've had to put aside during weekdays and most of the weekends that are spent either with various groups of friends or Y... I JUST REALLY MISS WRITING, OKAY :'(

Right, enough with the angst. Life update! Life-long dream #2 (well, not life-long, but pretty important, anyway) achieved! Well, not "achieved", but in planning stage.

I'M GOING TO JAPAN TO WATCH w-inds.'s 10TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT!!!

I'll be going with Jane, someone I've met in the fan community on LJ (like what, couple of years ago?), to Osaka and Kyoto HOLY SHIZZLES KYOTO!!! :DDD

Anyway, we're beginning to plan our itinerary, but the plane tickets and accommodation were already booked. OMG THE EXCITEMENT. I swear, it's overflowing to the point where every time we talk/text/meet each other and talk about it we spend 25% of the time squeeing. FOR REAL.

OH DEAR LORDS I think it hasn't really sunk in that I'll be seeing the w-inds. boys IN REAL LIFE. I hope I don't cry or faint at the sight of them when we get there!

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以上、Chii です。

My first work day at The Polliwogs (yes, the place has a name, which also means tadpoles, which refers to the children)!

I woke up two hours earlier than I had first intended because K.Ying wanted to go East Coast Park to take photos and I had (stupidly) volunteered to be the "model". Also? I didn't even sleep as early as I wanted to last night. But 1 a.m. is an improvement from 3 a.m., no? Let's see how fast I can get this entry out and go to bed earlier than 3 a.m. again tonight.

Anyway, we were at the beach to take photos, and I was a very uncooperative model. My fringe isn't long enough to tuck behind my ears and the wind kept blowing it into my face. Plus, the sun was so bright, I was squinting my eyes for more than half of all the shots. Which was why I turned out looking constipated in most of them. But there seemed to be enough photos to justify us waking up crazy early, so. Heh.

( Then we went for work! )

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以上、Chii です。

I missed TWO buses today because of that.

( Explanation behind the cut )

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About that fanfiction idea I'm taking up as a self-challenge? Three down, two to go. Yay!

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以上、Chii です。

Irony rules my life. Truly, it does.

( Exhibit A )

Murphy's Law! I would so renounce you, if only your tyrannic rule would give me a minuscule chance to! Damn you!

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以上、Chii です。