Name: Karen

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[Friday, July 26, 2002 | 03:14 p.m.]
[Theme muzak: Lifehouse - Everything]

Watched the Smallville DVD yesterday w/ Martha, who rented it from Blockbuster. The Blockbusters here are v. paranoid. You have to put down your credit card number or a HK$100 deposit on each rental just in case you lose/abscond with it. And HK also puts detectors and turnstiles at the doors of their public libraries just in case you feel like stealing some books. Which does happen, as I have been told.

Fireworks. Because I didn't get to celebrate Canada Day by satisfying my inner pyromaniac by lighting matches to wicks or whatever those things attached to fireworks are. ^^

[Thursday, July 25, 2002 | 02:42 p.m.]
[Theme muzak: Quarashi - Stick 'Em Up]

Staying up til 2 am in HK for IniD is well worth the trouble. Doesn't sound like much, but when I actually have to get up at 8 am, it's torture. Initial D is enormously amusing in Chinese and Japanese. I watched the episode with the whole Iketani/Mako/Ryousuke debacle, laughing my ass off at the cheesy Chinese dialogue and utterly confused by the Japanese.

Finished One Piece! 24. I love One Piece now! So much fun to read! ^_^ I adore Ruffy, Sanji, Zoro, Nami, Bibi, and the reindeer bear dude. Especially the reindeer bear dude. And especially Sanji. Sanji is cool. And Zoro. Can't forget him w/ the v. cool three sword slash thing. ^_^

I have less than two weeks left in Hong Kong. *sigh* But I get to see my friends in less than two weeks, which is good. But it's still sad I have to leave. I feel like I just got here in HK.

Well...shouldn't think about it. I'll go cheer myself up by buying more manga and anime and playing TCII, DDM, Bishi-Bashi and House of the Dead. Nothing like pounding buttons furiously and blowing up zombies and bullet-vested bad guys to cheer me up! ^_^

[Wednesday, July 24, 2002 | 04:09 p.m.]
[Theme muzak: Rubyhorse - Sparkle]

*still shocked* I did ParaPara last night. Was utterly humiliating, yet kinda fun in a twisted FOB way, but I actually did ParaPara. I was awkward, not co-ordinated, but actually still managed to clear the stages.

And yes, I can hear Yoshi laughing his ass off in Toronto. Get your camera ready, Yoshi.

And langey-chan, remember our promise? I do ParaPara, you do DDR? ^_^ See you in the arcade...

Found Full Moon wo Sagashite and Yorozuya Toukaido Honpo 9 (the last volume)! ^_^ *jumps around in joy* Also got the rest of Hikaru no Go, strangely addictive and I am liking One Piece! way too much for my own good. And Love Mode 10 is mine! *hugs it wildly* More yaoi goodness! ^_^V The ukes are drawn differently. Izumi definitely looks much younger and actually more uke-ish, if that's possible.

Did Time Crisis II again yesterday. Am addicted to it, love the gun. Relieved a lot of stress for me, especially after the embarassment of ParaPara.

Shoot It! Perfect. Just Perfect. ^_^

Must go now. Using up grandfather's office electricity way too much. ^^

[Tuesday, July 23, 2002 | 02:27 p.m.]
[Theme muzak: Jimmy Eat World - The Middle]

You are Kusakabe Marron | Kaito Jeanne

You are generous and talented, though often widthdrawn. You tend to have just a few close friends, rather than many. You appear very cheerful and enthusiastic, but struggle to keep up with what others expect of you. In the end, your perseverance and sacrifices help you pull through.

Take the "What Magic Girl are you?" Quiz

Days like these, I curse my shoujo manga addiction. I'm still hunting for Full Moon wo Sagashite vol. 1, but to no avail. All Japanese copies of the first volume have been snatched up already at my local Mitsukoshi and Sogo. Grrr...

[Spoilers up to Shaman King manga vol. 19] Finished reading Shaman King 19. ;_; Ren died. But Horo and Chocolove going ballistic was priceless. Next to Yoh and Anna, Ren was my favourite character. And the fact that we saw his v. nice ass in the earlier volumes of the manga didn't do any harm. ^_~ Yoh is extremely cool and me like v. much. I have the greatest respect for Yoh and Anna. I really like Anna b/c she isn't one of those whiny, wimpy female love interests who cry and need to be rescued. That job's nicely filled by Manta, the mini rich boy.

Now I wonder why I actually read shoujo manga when so many shoujo manga have a crying heroine and piss me off in some way, shape or form.

Going onto reading Hikaru no Go, Hunter x Hunter, then One Piece! A long arduous road of attempting to read Japanese and convincing other people that yes, manga is educational because I'm teaching myself how to read Japanese and no, I'm not really reverting back to being immature eight year old kid who'll kick your shins viciously when you insult my anime/manga addiction. ^_^

I watched Y Tu Mama Tambien yesterday with Martha and Rebecca. It was interesting. Seemed like a PWP for the first 80 minutes until the thing between the woman and the two guys at the end. Er...cross that out, the whole thing (including the threesome thing) was utterly plotless, but still made an impact.

Did a two-day arcade binge. My hands and arms hurt a lot. I played Typing of the Dead, Time Crisis II (actually didn't suck for once), Bishi-Bashi, virtual ping pong, some sort of ParaPara-ish but not quite Para Para game involving hands and Eurobeat music, some tambourine music game, BioHazard (Resident Evil for the NAs over there) and whatever else I could get my hands on (which is quite a lot). Fun, but terribly tiring and it empties the wallet extremely fast.

Disorder	Rating
Paranoid:	Moderate
Schizoid:	Low
Schizotypal:	Moderate
Antisocial:	Low
Borderline:	Low
Histrionic:	High
Narcissistic:	High
Avoidant:	High
Dependent:	High
Obsessive-Compulsive:	Moderate
-- Click Here To Take The Test --

...Hm.

Intuition. Insight. Emotions. Feelings.
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[Tuesday, July 23, 2002 | 10:52 a.m.]
[Theme muzak: Initial D muzak]

*cue evil villain laugh* I now possess vol. 1-19 of Shaman King, vol. 1-5 of Hikaru no Go, vol. 1-11 of Hunter x Hunter, vol. 1-11 of Naruto, and vol. 1-19 of One Piece! Me happy. HoroRen and SasuNaru. ^_^v

[Saturday, July 20, 2002 | 10:13 a.m.]
[Theme muzak: The Calling - Unstoppable]

Just Click. Enormously funny. Kinda like DDR combined with Para Para in a purely artistic free-movement dance thingywhatever with Spiderman.

FatMouse. o_O Very, very disturbing...

Asparagus vs. Broccoli. Round 1, fight!

Elgoog.

what's your cowboy bebop theme song?

Mrowr?

You are not very reliable but people like you anyway because you are so easygoing and fun to be with. And cute, too. Which Blogging Tool Are You?

I am never ever ever drinking cold iced coffee with condensed milk on an empty stomach first thing in the morning ever again. I'm actually trembling and really jittery. On second thought, it's kind of cool. I've never gotten so jumpy because of caffeine overdose. ^_^

Last night at midnight Initial D was on ATV. ^_^ The Chinese dub scarred me mentally, but they had it in Japanese too. TVs in HK have the convient option of the audio switching from one language to another at the press of a button. If TVs over in the US and Canada had that, we wouldn't need to be subjected to the blasphemous horror that is English anime dubs.

[Friday, July 19, 2002 | 03:19 p.m.]
[Theme muzak: Maaya Sakamoto - Hemisphere]

What Type of Villain are You?
mutedfaith.com / <º>

What Goth Are You?

*hides underneath the table, whimpering* Am not goth, am not goth, am not goth, am not goth...

AntCity. Addictive, hilarious and fun. ^_^ Play it again, and again and again and again and again! Perfect for evil villain types. ^_^

I died. -_-

Earring Magic Ken. *rofl* This is priceless! Bet Smithers would like one of these.

What If Harry Potter Was Directed By.... Scroll down to July 16. Priceless-ness brought to a whole new level. Cassie Claire r0xx0r5! ^_^

An excerpt from the above: "Baz Lurhmann: Ewan MacGregor plays Harry as a sunny and poetic soul who falls tragically in love with Draco Malfoy, a can-can-dancing prostitute afflicted with Tragic Fanfiction Wasting Disease, in which he gets better and better looking until he finally dies of being so very attractive. Ron spends the film sulking inside an elephant until he is finally shot to death by Leonardo diCaprio, bitter over being turned down for the role of Ginny Weasley.

M. Night Shyamalan: Harry (played by Bruce Willis) finds out at the end of the movie that actually Hogwarts and the wizarding world are entirely imaginary; in fact, the Dursleys have been slipping hallucinogenic mushrooms into his digestive biscuits all this time in an attempt to drive him insane so that the authorities will take him away. In retaliation, Harry locks Dudley in a closet with Haley Joel Osment."

[Wednesday, July 17, 2002 | 02:36 p.m.]
[Theme muzak: Greenwheel - Shelter]

Binging on Agatha Christie mysteries. Have finished six of them within the space of two days. I'm starting on "Assassin's Aprentice" by Robin Hobb. Thank god HK has English bookstores or I'd go mad. There's only so much shopping one person can do in a few months before boredom sets in.

Am missing friends in Toronto deeply. *hugs* And PS2. And GTA3. Will definitely stay up for the whole entire night and day the moment I get back on the computer, on MSN, on the PS2, and anything else I can do to keep myself awake.

Found out some wicked tricks to use in GTA3, leaping cars, full health/weapons, etc. I know it's old news, but for a newbie gamer like me, it's going to sweet to test them out. Can't wait. ^_^

001.name: Karen
002.d.o.b.: <-------------left side of page
003.location: body - Hong Kong, mind - far far away
004.religion: is a joke
005.occupation: slacker/student

APPEARANCE
001.hair: Black, dark brown in the sunlight
002.eyes: Dark brown
003.height: 5'1"/5'2"

STYLE
001. clothing: casual in dark tones
002.music: practically anything and everything, excluding pop sung in English
003.make up: sometimes
004.bodyart: none except bruises and fading mosquito bites

RIGHT NOW
001.wearing: blue "Paul Frank is your macho man" t-shirt, black knee-length skirt, blue and white star-patterned sneakers
002.listening to: people gossiping
003.thinking of: Ludwig II manga

LAST THING YOU...
001.bought: one red and one blue t-shirt
002.ate & drank: some puff-pastry wrapped sausage and Ovaltine
003.read: "Moving Finger" by Agatha Christie
004.watched on tv: cheap Chinese historical soap opera

EITHER / OR
001.club or houseparty: none. rave.
002.tea or coffee: coffee
003.achiever or slacker: strangely enough, I am both.
004.beer or cider: b33r
005.drinks or shots: drinks
006.cats or dogs: cats. mrowr.
007.single or taken: single
008.pen or pencil: pencils of the mechanical sort.
009.gloves or mittens: gloves
010.food or candy: don't make me choose...
011.cassette or cd: CDs
012.coke or pepsi: Coke (Take that, Britney-supported spawn of Satan!)
013.hard or mild alcohol: does it really matter which?
014.matches or a lighter: matches
015.sunset beach or the bold and the beautiful: Sunset Beach because I was young and foolish back then when I actually watched it. -_-;;;
016.Rickie lake or oprah winfrey: hate them both.

WHO DO YOU WANT TO...
001.kill: himitsu. ^_^
002.hear from: all my friends
003.get really wasted with: myself. Or all my friends so I can get suitable blackmail material. *eg*
004.look like: er...
005.be like: myself.
006.avoid: the media, President Bush, school, the government, etc. you get the idea.

LAST PERSON YOU
001.touched: my grandma
002.talked to: Frances
003.hugged: my grandfather
004.instant messaged: Greg
005.kissed: himitsu
006.who broke your heart: I have a heart?

WHERE DO YOU
001.eat: my room, kitchen, dining room, restaurants, etc.
002.dance: where I feel like
003.cry: by myself
004.wish you were: in Toronto, Tokyo, London, and Hong Kong all at the same time.

HAVE YOU EVER...
001.Dated one of your best friends? no.
002.Loved somebody so much it makes you cry? no.
003.Drank alcohol? yes.
005.Broken the law? will that be held against me?
006.Ran away from home? only once.
007.Broken a bone? nope
008.Cheated on a test? yes...
009.Skinny dipped? no.
010.Played Truth Or Dare? yes
011.Flashed someone? no
012.Mooned Someone? no
013.Kissed someone you didn't know? no
014.Been on a talk show/game show? no
015.Been in a fight? yes
016.Ridden in a fire truck? Does GTA3 count?
017.Been on a plane? yes
018.Come close to dying? Yes.
019.Cheated on your Boy/Girlfriend? no
020.Gave someone a piggy back/shoulder ride? yes
021.Eaten a worm/mud pie? no
022.Swam in the ocean? yes.
023.Had a nightmare/dream that made you wake up? yupyup

WHAT IS...
001.The most embarrassing CD in your collection? A threeway tie between the Spice Girls, Backstreet Boys and *Nsync (They're all coasters now.)
002.Your bedroom like? blue and white, kinda messy with anime, j-rock, and other posters, bookshelves, and two desks.
003.Your favorite thing for breakfast? everything
004.Your favorite thing for lunch? er...anything
005.Your favorite thing for dinner? anything.
006.Your favorite Restaurant? None
001.A Vegetarian?: Are you crazy?
002.A Good Student?: Kinda, I think.
003.Good At Sports?: What is this "sports" you mention?
004.wakeboarding/snowboarding: want to do the latter.
005.A Good Singer?: cats yowling are better than me. let's leave it at that, shall we?
006.A good Actor/Actress? nope.
007.A deep sleeper?: very.
008.A Good Dancer?: *lol*
009.Shy?: yes...
010.Outgoing?: when I feel like it
011.A good storyteller?: nope.
012.Last words?: the world is fucked up.

[Tuesday, July 16, 2002 | 11:22 a.m.]
[Theme muzak: Quarashi - Stick 'Em Up]

Am sick. Feel like utter shit. Correction: like roadkill akin to Stitch run over by multiple trucks. Headache, runny yet stuffed up nose, sore throat, and sore all over. Ugh...

Good side to life: Have gotten all 3 Backgammons, the artbooks by Minekura Kazuya and bought Gorgeous Carat. More Higuri You deliciousness. Still have not found Ludwig II. -_- Finding Ludwig II is my ultimate manga-hunting goal and I have been searching for two years now and still nothing. *sigh* I think I can order it at Sogo. They only take three weeks versus Mitsukoshi's 4 and the latter isn't always sure they can find it.

Had to buy a HK$ 7 800 bag for my sister. Louis Vuitton. -_-;;; Is going to take some lying to cover this up from my grandfather. Am terrible at lying. And I'm practically choking from the amount of money spent on just one bloody bag.

[Saturday, July 13, 2002 | 03:15 p.m.]
[Theme muzak: Jamiroquai - Love Foolosophy]

Didn't blog for a few days b/c my grandparents had eye surgery and had to go w/ them to the surgery place. Semi-nervous and irritated by turns. I am not a patient person and add that the surgery was supposed to take only twenty minutes for each grandparent and my grandma was in for 45 minutes really made me nervous and jumpy. It's ok now though. It went through all right, so I'm breathing many sighs of relief. And it has also made my grammar atrocious.

Reading Hunter x Hunter, One Piece!, Yatteraneze!, and other stuff which I don't remember right now. And yaoi. Lots and lots of yaoi. (Rental places in HK rock! They have so much manga!) ^_^ (Yes, I know that squicks you, Greg.)

DMC2!!! GET DONE FASTER, DAMNIT! *whimper* Need Dante...and...cool guns...

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