Oh, it's just another fangirl.

I'm Charmaine and I live in sunny Singapore (means that I'm located near the equator, where it's summer, summer, and when I wake up the next day, it's still summer). I don't usually expect presents on 7 April, but if you're feeling unusually happy you can give me one on that day. (:

I'm currently crazy over...
CardCaptor Sakura (2003-2005)
Fay D. Flourite (Jun 2006)
Oguri Shun (Jul-Dec 2007)
Fay D. Flourite (Feb-Apr 2008)
Twilight Series + Edward Cullen (May-Aug 2008)
Arashi + Sakurai Sho (Sep 2008 -Present)

Click here for a full boring list of my obssessions.
Click here for a greedy fangirl's my wishlist.

Hey:D

Here's an excuse for you to watch TV.

For those who want to practice for your Chinese Oral Exam, try this for 5 minutes everyday (5 minutes is enough to give you a headache): Turn on Channel 8 at 10pm and you don't have to watch the news. Just read the subtitles that flash on screen, and read them out loud. After 5 minutes, whilst your mum's in her room or something, you can change to another channel. When she comes out again, you continue practicing for your oral. Killing 2 birds with 1 stone! Ahaha. :) You get to practice and watch TV at the same time! As long as you put in effort when you read the subs, 5 minutes everyday should be enough.

I did that for a week and somehow my oral has improved. The reason's because the subs flash really quickly and if you can actually manage to catch every word accurately, you should be able to handle the stationery piece of paper they ask you to read during the exam. If you can handle flashing words with chim words like stuff about politics, how tough can a passage (which will most likely be about some cliche philosophy story about the principles of life) with stationery words be?

Furthermore, if the examiners ask something about the news for the conversation topic, because you've been paying attention to the news for simply 5 minutes everyday (the first 5 minutes contain the most important news so you only have to watch first bit before the first commercial), you can answer the examiner easily. Because you've been keeping up to date with the news.

Killing 3 birds with 1 stone. You get to practice for the passage reading, find something to talk about for the conversation part of the exam, and get to slack and watch TV at the same time.

This isn't studying smart. It's SLACKING SMART! LOL:D

LOL (:

1. Do you wish to get married?
Yes.

2.What do you want to do now ?
Start on a new photo manipulation! :D

3.What will you be doing at 6pm ?
It's 8pm now. If you're referring to tomorrow, I'll probably be on Photoshop.

4. Do you hate your friends sometimes ?
Nope. Wonderful people are difficult to hate (:

5.Where do you wish to die ?
What's with the depressing question?
Umm... where isn't important.
As long as I've done all that I want to do before I die, then anywhere's fine with me.

6.Will you go for plastic surgery ?
EAURHGH NO WAY.

7.What are the impossible things you wish to do ?
Good question. Flying with pink feathery wings is one of them. There's also turning into a mermaid, kissing EDWARD<3 Cullen/Fay D Flourite, meeting ALL my favourite fictional characters... Good question. There are so many impossible things I wish to do.

8. Your darkest secret ?
Umm. The fact that I want to kiss Edward Cullen?

9. Are you happy with your life now ?
Yeah. Of course, there's always room for improvement.

10.What if your crush ask you out ?
I'D FREAK OUT IN JOY! The problem is, my crush is EDWARD<3 Cullen.

11.What will you do when you feel bored ?
No time to feel bored. There are always so many things to do, and so little time.

12.What 3 words would you use to describe yourself ?
I am Charmaine.

13. Do you cherish every friendship of your's ?
Yes. Every friend is important.

14. Do you believe in miracles?
Yup. There are heaps of evidence to prove that miracles exist. :D

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YAY. Oddly enough I LIKE quizzes. (:
I was feeling a little sad that no one gave me quiz to do.
But YAY Werner gave me the chance to do the quiz.
Long one some more! :D
See I told you I'm a weirdo.
LOL. I bet he didn't know that I like quizzes.

To Werner: Yes correct I like jap music! (: But you missed out another genre - Disney music. And the quiz abit the stupid. Developing feelings for no 8. -.-"

Answer the following questions:

1.The person who last tag you is ...ahhah.
Werner. (I'm assuming that 'tag' in this context means 'make you do the quiz'.)

2.Your relationship with him/her is ...aww.
He's like, the only male friend I have and he's like a younger brother to me. Don't 'aww' for no reason. -.-;

3.Your 5 impressions of him/her ..
1. Young. Duh. He's younger than me.
2. Sportsy. (was in vball team last time)
3. Typical teen. Normal. Not weird like me.
4. Emo (only recently). Recently he sounds sad on MSN. Hope he's not really emo. Werner don't be sad!
5. Really nice! I don't know how he can put up with a weirdo like me.

4.The most memorable thing he/she had done for you...
The fact that he actually agreed to make his Maple IGN 'frozenlite' because I wanted to do up a Maple fansite. LOL. The site died in the end.

5.The most memorable words he/she had said to you...
I don't memorize everything everyone says. -.-"

6.If he/she becomes your lover, you will..
EEEWWWWW. I don't fall for younger guys.

7.If he/she becomes your lover, things he/she has to improve on will be...
If (hypothetically only).. then, he has to grow TALLER :D

8.If he/she becomes your enemy, you will...
Although it will never happen, if (hypothetically only).. then, I'll just treat him like I treat enemies. DUH.

9. If he/she beomes your enemy, the reason will be ...
I'll worry about the reason when it actually happens. Since it will never happen, I won't bother thinking of a reason (:

10.The most desire thing you want to do for him/her now is ...
PLAY! Maybe not maple, I've lost all interest in mapling. RS, or Photoshop, maybe?

11.Your overall impression of him/her is ...
Didn't I answer this question above alr? ANW answer is ... typical teenage boy? I've mentioned before, other than my real brother, he's the only other teenage boy I know. :P

12.How you think people around you will feel about you?
I'm not Edward Cullen. I can't read minds. How'd I know? ;)

13.The character you love of yourself are ...
Correct the question's grammar then I'll answer the question. Mwahaha.

14.On the contrary, the characters you hate of yourself are ...
Okay actually the grammar is so bad I really don't understand the qn.

15.The most ideal person you want to be is ...
Look in my wishlist for details. Haha.

16.For people that care and like you, say something to them ...
ARIGATOU GOZAIMASU! :D Love you too (:

17. (pass this quiz to 10 persons that you wish to know how they feel about you)
Note: I'm only filling in names so I can do the rest of the quiz. If you want/don't want to do the quiz, it's up to you.

1. Kenneth, my younger brother. First person who came to my mind because he's like standing right behind me.
2. YU E! Happy birthday woman! (:
3. Judy! Miss you loads.
4. Jia Xuan! The person who wanted to do homework on her b'day. -.-
5. Carrol! Because you're register no 5.
6. Werner!! Chill, you don't have to do the quiz again. (:
7. Bella Swan/Kirsten Steward
8. EDWARD CULLEN<3 /Robert Pattinson aka Spunk Ransom.
9. Alice Cullen/Ashley Greene
10. Jacob Black/Taylor Lautner (LOL the werewolves need their say)

18.Who is no.6 having relationship with?
[Werner] Heard that he recently divorced his band senior, Cassandra, from his blog.

19.Is no.9 a male or female?
[Alice] Female.

20.If no.7 and 10 are together, will it be a good thing?
[Bella and Jacob] LIKE NO WAY. Bella and EDWARD<3 always!

21.How about no.8 and 5?
[Carrol and EDWARD<3] Nah. Carrol's heart is with Jacob! EDWARD<3 stays with Bella.

22.What is no.2 studying about?
[Yu E] Last time I did homework with her she was complaining about Maths homework.

23.When was the last time you had a chat with no.3?
[Judy] Last friday, on the phone, after her songwriting class.

24.What kind of music band does no.8 like?
[EDWARD<3] Nope, no bands. Edward likes classical music and Debussy. (:

25.Does no.1 has any siblings?
[Kenneth] Duh, you're looking at her. He's my younger bro and I'm his elder sister.

26.Will you woo no.3?
[Judy] EEW GROSS she's FEMALE.

27.How about no.7?
[Bella] SHE IS FEMALE TOO.

28.Is no.4 single?
[Jia Xuan] Why are you selecting all the females? There are like 4 males out of the 10 people I picked!

29. What is the surname of no.5?
[Carrol] Yee.

30.What's the hobby of no.4?
[Jia Xuan] Come to think of it, I never asked her. Singing, I suppose. We busy Singapore teens have no time for ourselves. All time is spent on school, homework, revision, CCA, and more school. Extra time is meant for resting and sleeping, if any extra time exists at all.

31.Do no.5 and 9 get along well?
[Carrol and Alice] They've never met. Good question. I'll ask Carrol about it when I remember.

32.Where is no.2 studying at?
[Yu E] Same place as me.

33.Talk something casually about no.1
[Kenneth] Quote: "Oi when is it my turn to use the computer?"

34.Have you try developing feelings for no.8?
[EDWARD<3] *swoons* I DO HAVE FEELINGS FOR HIM!!:D

35.Where does no.9 live at?
[Jacob] La Push, Washington.

36.What color does no.4 like?
[Jia Xuan] Pink.

37.Are no.5 and 1 best friends?
[Carrol and Kenneth] Nope. Course not.

38.Does no.7 likes no.2?
[Bella and Yu E] Don't know. They've never met. Duh.

39.How do you get to know no.2?
[Yu E] Classmate and choir buddy! (:

40.Does no.1 have any pets?
[Kenneth] Nope. Unless you're referring to pets in Maple. Used to own a cat, I think.

41.Is no.7 the sexiest person in the world?
[Bella] Nope. No. 8, EDWARD CULLEN IS<3

End of quiz.

"That most certainly was illuminating." - Hermione Granger. (these weren't the exact words she used but 'illuminating' is a keyword.)

Labels: quiz

WARNING: HUGE RANT. You'd better not read. Just let me rant so I might feel better.

I. Am. Suffering from low self esteem again. After viewing approximately 2 hours of artwork, designs, photo manipulations, drawings and stuff by people with exceptionally professional design skills, I feel miserable. As usual, all these people are SELF-taught. Like everyone else on the internet. So I have every reason to look down on myself and be jealous of them. I do not compare myself with people who have no experience with photoshop - that's a very despicable way to make myself feel better because it's not a fair comparison.

Oh man. I don't want to do my homework. I want to learn. I want to start learning how to do photo manipulations. To make my own pretty brushes (Note: I know how to make brushes - just that all are terribly hideous), pretty patterns, pretty textures, awfully moving photo manipulations, I want to do that pretty vector thing. I want to use the pen tool to make those awfully classy tentacles, flowers, bursts of colour, shiny starry galaxy backgroundy-things, blend, do proper lighting and shadowing in photo manipulations, awesome colouring effects, SOTD. Yes I want SOTD. But I won't go around asking people to rate me 5 so I can get it. I'll earn it. I won't despicably self-advertise on others' skins. I want to earn it fair and square. But I probably won't ever earn it. Not when O levels are coming, performances, and not when real life gets in the way of my online life. How I wish I have all my revision and homework complete. How I wish I have perfected my choral singing. So I can get a life. So I can get a life online without any worry.

I wonder if getting into poly will help. Doubt it. They'll start teaching all those theory things. How did I get into this mess? I'm starting to wonder which one is me - Is music my life (I thought it was in May)? Or is the computer and the internet my life (I'm starting to think this way in June)? Edward or Jacob? EDWARD<3, DUH! Music or internet? Umm...

On a happier note, Jia Xuan finally created her own blog. Oh finally. (: But I'll link her when her blog is more complete. And I don't approve of the skin (yesterday I approved but this morning I found out something) she's chosen because I just found out that the person who made it RIPPED off http://www.portfelia.com. I'll let her know about it when I get the chance to so she can change it.

I WANT MORE TIME! TIME TIME TIME! Most of my peers all have branded goods on their wishlist in their blog. I have some material wants, yes, but the thing I really yearn for most is TIME. Give me more time. I can't finish my holiday homework.

End of rant. I feel worse than ever.

Labels: designer's block, rant

I finally did something useful. I contacted Yu E and asked if I could go to her house to do homework. She said yes! (: Hopefully, she'll discipline me and make me do my homework. I sound crazy, I know. But it's somewhat a SOLUTION. Even if I don't finish ALL my homework, at least I can show some to the teachers when school reopens.

On Wednesday, when I go over, I shall surprise her with her birthday present! (: You're probably thinking, "If you want to surprise her, aren't you afraid she'll read this blog entry and find out? You're not making sense, woman. -.-"

Actually, although she's like my BEST FRIEND, she doesn't even know my blog URL. Haha. Yeah. (: The COMPUTER is like my LIFE. Yet, my closest female friends are all anti-computer people. I mean, they don't even have blogs. It's so sad. But in a way it's a good thing. That's why they all have better grades than me. :P No distractions while they study.

Labels: rant

There's only 2 more weeks of the June vacation left. I haven't done my homework, revision, or any school stuff. I AM DOOMED. OFFICIALLY. I still have activities for the next two weeks and it adds up to about 7 days. That means I have one week left for my holiday assignments. Which is IMPOSSIBLE. Before the holidays started I did take a small glance at what we had to do. My rough estimation was THREE WEEKS TO COMPLETE, according to my own speed and standards. I AM MORE THAN DOOMED, OFFICIALLY.

CAN SOMEONE SAVE ME, PLEEEASE?
Edward, where are you?
Save me!
Tutor me!
Edward, do something, please!
Make me a vampire so I can skip school for the next century!
I'd have gone to Forks to find you, if I could.

Stop daydreaming and wasting time, Charmaine.
Reality hurts.
DOOMSDAY HAS ARRIVED.

Labels: rant

Yes, I finally managed to get the tutorial section UP. Took me approximately 23.5 hours spread out over the past 3 days. Yeah, 3 days ago was when I got the fever. But it's alright actually. When I do the coding, the only part of me that moves is my brain and my fingers. That's it. It's as effective as reading a book in bed while waiting for the temperature to go down. (:

Anyway, CLICK and visit the tutorial section! (:

Please do not post your HTML queries on the tagboard on your right. Use the tagboard in the tutorial section. Similarly, don't post conversations on the other tagboard. The tagboard here on this page is meant for storing crapful conversations, and the tagboard on the other side for non-crap queries. Thanks for reading this (:

Labels: tutorials

Last night my hands and feet were ice cold under my blanket. And I'd been wrapped under the sheets for over an hour. It didn't hit me that my sore throat led to a fever. Not until I realised that my face was warm and my hands were cold. So I put my hands on my face to make my face cooler and my hands warmer. lol.

And this morning when I woke up. My mum was wondering why I felt so warm. My temperature was taken. Guess what? 38.1 degrees Celsius. Oh well.

With this headache (caused by fever), fever (caused by sore throat), sore throat (caused by "singing" high A flat), it's not advisable for me to go for choir today. And spread the virus whenever I open my mouth to "sing". Hope I don't miss out on a lot today.

Today, I shall attempt to write a good HTML tutorial. And after that, I'll probably go practise the piano.

Oh no.
Thanks to 'Yesterday', I have a sore throat.
The word 'Yesterday' here has double meaning.

1. Yesterday, I had to sing crazy high notes (ranging up to high A flat) for a few hours in choir.
2. Why did I have to reach the high notes? Because the person who arranged the choral version of the song titled 'Yesterday' (by the Beatles) arranged for Soprano 1 to have to sing those high notes.

Yay. What's the best part?
I have to continue my shrieking of the high A flat tomorrow.
Sorry for the sarcasm.
I get really agitated when my voice is in a dangerous condition.

I think I shall go re-read Eclipse now. (:
YAY FOR EDWARD CULLEN! <3

PS. I got my mum hooked onto the Twilight series. Mwahaha. :D

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Music

Obsessions

All listed in no particular order/chronological order (it depends):

Anime

CardCaptor Sakura
Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles
Tsubasa Tokyo Revelations
Fruits Basket
D.N.Angel

Books

Harry Potter Series
The House on Falling Star Hill (by Michael Molloy)
The Divide Trilogy
Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism, Molly Moon Stops The World
The Roman Mysteries (there are 18 books in all - written by Catherine Lawrence)
Avalon: Web of Magic (6 books in all, I've read 4 of them)
The Oran Trilogy (written by Midori Snyder)
The Oracle Betrayed (a trilogy written by Catherine Fisher)
Crystal Doors Trilogy (incomplete trilogy written by Rebecca Moesta and Kevin J. Anderson)
The Circle of Magic Quartet (by Tamora Pierce)
The Circle Opens Quartet (by Tamora Pierce)
The Circle Reforged: Will of the Empress (by Tamora Pierce)
Twilight Series (by Stephenie Meyer)

Colours

Blue
White/Silver

Hobbies

Drawing (both digital and traditional)
Singing
Web-designing
Watching JAPANESE dramas/movies (excluding horror ones)
Playing the piano

JDrama

Liar Game
Hana Yori Dango (I and II)
Hanazakari no Kimitachi e - Ikemen Paradise
Kimi wa Petto
Yamada Taro Monogatari
Atashinchi no Danshi

Movies

The Disney Classics (especially the Princess Classics)
Cardcaptor Sakura Movies 1 and 2
Spirited Away
Howl's Moving Castle
Death Note I and II
Ratatouille
Enchanted
Hana Yori Dango Final
Wall-e

Songs (in general)

Every existing Arashi song
Cardcaptor Sakura OST
Tsubasa Chronicles OST
Hana Yori Dango (season 1, season, movie) OST
Disney Classics' songs

Wishlist

/ Adobe After Effects CS4
/ Adobe Flash CS4
/ Adobe Photoshop CS4
/ Adobe Premiere Pro CS4
/ Anime: Cardcaptor Sakura (Seasons 1, 2, 3, Movie 1, Movie 2), Tsubasa Chronicles (Season 1, Movie), Fruits Basket CDs (entire series)
/ Arashi: Attend their awesome concerts on a yearly basis
/ Arashi: Autographs
/ Arashi: All singles, studio albums and concert DVDs (excluding the ones below)
/ Arashi: Dream"A"live (studio album), One (studio album), One Love (single), Time - Kotoba no Chikara 2007 (concert DVD), Arashi Around Asia 2008 (concert DVD)
/ Arashi: Hold concert in Singapore
/ Arashi: Shop photos (Official and unofficial)
/ Arashi: Uchiwas
/ Book: Breaking Dawn, by Stephenie Meyer
/ Good grades
/ Improve my web-design skills
/ Improve my drawing skills (both digital and traditional)
/ Improve my piano skills
/ Improve my singing
/ Jdrama: Liar Game DVD, Hana Yori Dango Returns (Season 2) DVD, Hanazakari no Kimitachi e - Ikemen Paradise DVD, Yamada Taro Monogatari DVD, Ryusei no Kizuna DVD
/ Jdrama: Kimi Wa Petto (entire series) DVD Set
/ JMovie: Hana Yori Dango Final DVD
/ JMovie: Watch Yatterman (in a CINEMA)
/ Live in Japan for a few years to do something useful (like study or work)
/ Master Japanese (ie. make it to JLPT Level 1)
/ Try seiyuu training someday!
/ SYF Choral Central Judging 2009 - Gold with Honours
/ Standing ovation for the Esplanade Concert 2008 :D
/ Visit Japan in Nov'09