Dou Itashimashite
Hello there. You've stumbled upon Charmaine's blog.Remember to tag before you leave. :D
Blog
Tagboard
Exits
@blogskins @deviantART @livejournal @youtube
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.
I'm not dead!
Tuesday, October 14, 2008, 2:21 AM
YES I AIN'T DEAD YET!
I AM ACTUALLY UPDATING! :D
I am, at this moment, VERY PLEASED with this skin!
It took me almost 3+ hours to code it today (just look at the entire colour scheme).
The image was even harder to fix. Extraction alone murdered my brain cells. Extraction has got to be the most boring thing in the entire web-design realm. After that, I tried to add a design to the umm.. design. Initially it was completely blueagh. Completely lacking in depth. Then after a few hours, I finally added a few more elements which made the skin passable. But it lacked PUNCH. But as I spent nearly 6 hours on the image alone (inclusive of time spent on extraction) on Sunday, I had gotten a headache from all the computer-screen-is-bright stuff (and mainly the extraction gave me a bad headache even though I played Arashi songs during those torturous hours - I probably wouldn't have survived extraction without Arashi).
Then just around 7 hours ago, when I looked at it on Monday night, PAH! Inspiration hit. PAH! I put in the rainbow! Okay you may find the rainbow girlish, childish, or whatever. But you've got to admit it adds life to the skin. The basic colour scheme for the skin is a sort of pale greyish-bluegreen. What an awfully lively colour. Whee.
Okay, enough irony. (I can't help it, after all, I'm a Lit Elect student.) I know full well I can't do extraction properly, so Arashi fans out there, forgive me for doing a poor extraction of Arashi. Speaking of Arashi, I am so dedicating more future posts to Arashi. More songs, images, information, EVERYTHING :D
I really ought to be asleep. The only reason why I'm burning the midnight oil on a Monday night is because Tuesday (14 Oct) is the only day I
Ah. I forgot how much I really enjoyed all this web-design stuff. Usually during the schooldays it's just trying to complete assignment after assignment, study for test after test, making a conscious effort to have enough sleep to survive the next day, and sufficient rest from the Saturday and Sunday morning sleep-ins is all I ask for. I really forgot, what it means to truly enjoy something. Well, I'll probably forget again once 2009 arrives.
I'll probably get tired of this skin soon. OH ONE MORE THING! ARASHI, O-YASUMINASAI! WE, THE ARASHI FANS, WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU! :D
Tagboard
Exits
Carrol & HuilingChristina
Hazel Lau
Hazel Tan
Hazel Woon
Insomniatic
Iris
Jean
Jia Xuan
Liting
Liwenn
Li Yue
Maryam
Penelope
Prajakta
Priscilla
Qian Yun
Shermin
Shihui
Werner
Xinyuan
Xinyun
Xu Chang
Zoe
Archives
May 2008June 2008
July 2008
October 2008
November 2008
December 2008
January 2009
February 2009
June 2009
July 2009
November 2009
Chou Chou Arigatou
Designer: CharmaineInspiration: Okimiyage
Scan: Dai Dassou
Font: Dafont
Disclaimer: I am not affiliated/related to Arashi/JStorm/Johnny & Associates or any persons/companies/organisations related to them. No copyright infringement intended. This website is non-profit.
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 Premiere Pro CS4
/ Arashi: Attend their awesome concerts on a yearly basis
/ Arashi: Autographs
/ Arashi: All singles, studio albums and concert DVDs (excluding the ones below)
/ Arashi: Hold concert in Singapore
/ Arashi: Shop photos (Official and unofficial)
/ Arashi: Uchiwas
/ Good grades
/ Improve my web-design skills
/ Improve my drawing skills (both digital and traditional)
/ Improve my piano skills
/ Improve my singing
/ 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!
/ Visit Japan in Nov'09