Musings in Ironyland

TDA '09 spoils

2009-12-20T15:51:09Z

We risked our necks and bought a Waloli dress for Yuuhi with a short bobbed wig to go with it at TDA. Unfortunately, there are no pics of the real event itself as we (or rather, Wan) forgot to bring the camera (Sorry, Rene!). Mum was a little rattled that we'd spent half a month's worth of pocket money in a single day, and promptly laid down a new decree forbidding us to buy new dollie wares for the next two years, which I feel will be shortened after time after Mum unrattles herself. Anyway, we are just about content with Yuuhi's wardrobe (for now).

Wan reckons we should get specs for Yuuhi (makes her look cuter; quoth Wan). Someone tell her she's mad. Pics are under the cut, with a surprise at the end. 8D

Yuuhi's new bob wig.

Side view.

A voice peals in this end of night

A phrase of notes resembling stars,
Single and spiritual notes of light.

What call they at my window bars?

Alone in deep reflection.

Full view.

"Would you like a flower for your pretty hair?"

"It comes from the very depths of my heart."

The silhouette under the moonlight... Who's there?

First she strikes a note, ringing through the deep silence of the night.

Her skilled fingers work up a melody...

Which rings off the porcelain ware.

Shining orbs of pure sound fill the air in quick succession.

Yet her face betrays no hint of the coming tune.

In the night she plucks away...

There as long as the night lingers, but gone with the breaking of dawn.

OMAKE:

The bigger picture!

We caught Ichigo spying on us! 8D

Christmas Wishes~ 8D

2009-12-20T05:50:40Z

Dear Santa...

Dear Santa,

This year I've been busy!

In January I put money in bunnisteffi 's expired parking meter (14 points). In February I saved a busload of nuns in Angola (326 points). In July I gave raining_on a kidney (1000 points). In June I stole xoxorainyday 's purse (-30 points). In May I helped raittobeam see the light (8 points).

Overall, I've been nice (1318 points). For Christmas I deserve a new dolly!

Sincerely,
chuo-ri

Celebratory Post: Happy Birthday Yuuhi!

2009-12-17T06:30:29Z

I'm back! Photos of our amazing trip will be posted later, of course. And not to forget... Today is a really special day: It's Yuuhi-sama's birthday!

お誕生日おめでとうございます、ルシア様！

Just a teaser pic. All will be revealed at TDA. :D

Birthday girl! It's been a year since we first pressed the "Add to Cart" button on the LUTS website and ordered this pretty girl back home. Yuuhi's very proud to celebrate her very first birthday with us.

Kaito: >D
Yuuhi: -__-+
Kaito: 8DDD
Yuuhi: @_@;
Kaito: >8DDD
Yuuhi: -__-+++
Kaito: 何だ、そのかっこ？ちょっと．．．
Yuuhi: うるさいは。
Kaito: お誕生日おめでとう〜
Yuuhi: あ、ありがとう。（//º ∇ º//)

Also, a happy belated birthday to Sanakou! :D Hugs and Kisses from Yuuhi-chan! <333

Dogwalking + Farewell

2009-12-08T15:07:32Z

Took Ichigo for his daily walk today to the reservoir and back and he poo-ed twice. -__-+ I had to pick up the dog dung and dump it in a dustbin. It wasn't the best job in the world. But then again, walking Ichigo is one of the best ways to relax and exercise at the same time. (Actually, exercise IS relaxing because you release endorphin when you work out.)

The reservoir has nice scenery, particularly at sunset when the clouds and sky change colours and blend into a wonderful pallete, which we got to witness today. I bet it's lovely during the sunrise as well but I'm too much of a Sloth to wake up so early to look at it. The rocks on the bank of the reservoir and the water itself have soothing effects too (although Ichigo was more interesting in sniffing the ground).

Sometimes there're people flying kites and walking their dogs there but today we practically had the whole place to ourselves because it was rather hot in the afternoon (too hot for a walk, I suppose). I reckon it's a nice place to have a picnic. :D (Ichigo reckons too, that greedy-guts.)

We've intensified his exercise regime and cut his tidbit indulgence because he happens to be 3 kg overweight. (We never expected him to be, because he was always thin no matter what he ate in the past, but I guess his growth spurt has stopped.) Ideally, he should lose 7 kg.

So, he has to walk all the way to the reservoir instead of simply grazing around in the field near my house. And eat less treats too. We've indulged Ichigo too much. (Practically the whole family gives him a "daily treat" every day. Ichigo knows how to endear himself to us and more importantly, is very polished in the art of looking starved.)

The vet also mentioned that Ichigo has got to be more socialized and see more of the world, so the reservoir is ideal because the people there are doing a variety of interesting things like kite-flying, fishing, etc. And since my niece just got a dog (name's Sheila) I expect Ichigo would have to expect their company more often. I don't think he minds children because they don't look threatening. 欺软怕硬, he is.

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Setting off for Taiwan at 10.10 am precisely tomorrow. I wish I could bring along Yuuhi (if only she weren't so breakable) because I've located the Dollheart store in Gao Xiong and will most definitely be going doll-clothes-shopping. :D So excited!

Quoth Mum: "... As long as it's under 30 dollars, it's fine to buy".

Nice one, Mum. We hope you're joking.

Piccys from the Zoo.

2009-12-02T17:36:23Z

Finally, here are the pictures taken during my visit (with Steffi and Wan) to the Zoo. Well, I'm not going to say much (the pictures will do the talking!) but let's just say that there are quite a lot of pictures here, so I put them under a cut. They might take a while to load with laggy connections.

The Zoo entrance!

Ben & Jerry's at the Zoo. We had ice cream after looking at all the animals.

One of the Zoo's three White tigers. All the animals seem to be really sleepy...

An elephant doing a 360 degree turn on a narrow log. The large cracks on the bottom of the elephant's foot allow it to have a good grip on the surface it is standing on, so it won't slip easily, even on a narrow log.

Here's your hat, sir. :D

Look Ma, no hands! :D

Monkeys of a species unknown to me. xD Forgot to look at the information signboards.

A male goat. Refused to turn and pose for a photo. D<

Something like a beaver, and yet not a beaver.

Statues placed on the graves of the dead in Africa.

A young baboon chewing on the seemingly never-ending supply of leaves.

Nitpicking.

Extreme nitpicking.

This baboon was intent on bullying one particular young baboon by holding its tail and refusing to let go, swinging it around (by the tail), etc.

A bob-tailed lizard.

Kangaroos at the Australian Outback.

An emu, also found at the Australian Outback.

Unfortunately, it seems to have one eye swollen shut. D:

A cassowary. Its toenails are said to be able to kill a human and the hard growth on its head functions as a protective helmet.

What's with the blue head craze in Australian birds? xD

Monkey with a swollen rear end. When the females are fertile, their behinds swell as a signal to the males that it is time to mate.

A lion-tailed macaque.

Orang Utan! :D

Ah Meng memorial (she died 8 February, 2008).

Fancy a swim with a croc?

A crocodile's jaws can snap down with great force, but the muscles controlling it are actually very weak, so tying its jaws with a mere rubber band would suffice to stop it from opening its mouth.

The croc thinks only the part of its head above the water can be seen, I suppose, otherwise it won't bother playing ninja.

A leopard cat. I think it's more of a nocturnal animal, hence the inactivity.

Manatees, or sea cows.

Carlos the sea lion. Looks like Ichigo without ears. It's laughing secretly. :D

A sea lion has very strong front flippers.

The best shot ever, according to Wan. Would've been really good if not for our old point-and-shoot's really slow shutter speed. :D

Sea lion attack, hide!

A Falabella with lots of hair (and attitude).

Lone baby goat.

Greedy creatures.

The supposedly "giant" rabbit. Looks a bit like Toppy.

The Mandrill, a primate with an interestingly-coloured face...

... And an even more interesting rear end.

One of the Zoo's many proboscis monkeys.

A well-camouflaged horned frog.

A bullfrog, the kind you find in your porridge if you happen to like frog congee.

A black lacewing butterfly.

I don't know what kind of bird this is, but it's really interesting. :D

Close-up of a nymph butterfly.

Another close-up.

A flying fox, more commonly known as a bat.

Another butterfly pic. (Sick of them yet?)

Last pic - A ring tailed lemur. :D

Hope you all enjoyed the pics!

Zinnia Liliput~

2009-11-29T07:39:10Z

Just planted some lovely Zinnia Liliput seeds in a pot. :D The flowers look like dahlias so we bought it today. It'll take 7 days to germinate but 10-12 weeks to flower, so I expect we won't be seeing any flowers soon, but once they bloom I'm going to post up pictures. It's going to look something like this:

The individual flowers are rather tiny, hence the name Liliput. One blossom is around 3-5 cm in diameter. I heard that they attract many butterflies too. :DDD Wheee.

Ichigo was rather curious when we were plantin' the seeds. First time a plant got more attention than him? xDDD Anyway, I hope he's not going to disturb the seeds or try to eat the soil. (We placated him with a chicken-flavoured orange bone today. Brand-new and meant for cleaning his teeth and occupying him. 8D)

My grandma showed me her cucumbers today. Pictures will be posted, I suppose. :DDD

Think you've seen a ghost?

2009-11-27T16:49:11Z

DOOOOOOORYAAAAAARRRRGHHHHHH BACK FROM THE DEAD!!

...

Ahem. I proceed to crawl out of hiatus-dom (although I'm not exactly on hiatus) to update this place. It's been really dull around here, eh? Well, I've been occupied these few days (mainly I'm trying to occupy myself, since there's nothing occupying me) either playing Neopets (yeah, I don't want to abandon my account, do I?), drawing stuff or golfing.

Nothing much interesting has happened since my Mum made pudding, yes. Ho hum. Except that I've picked up golf.

I'm still rather green around the horns (figuratively, of course! :O) but after a few more weeks I'll take my PC test and handicap test and pass, hopefully. Golf is really fun because it doesn't involve 1) much running, 2) violence (only to the li'l white ball, and the grass), and 3) endurance. A sport that's mostly shipshape and Bristol fashion, I say. Can't wait to get on the course, so that I can use my full set of (PINK!) clubs.

The hard thing about golf is that it requires one to use every part of the body, which, of course, is too much for my little brain to manage. xD Remember one thing, and forget another. (I need a little black book to jot down all the stuff I need to note.)

As for what kind of art I'm working on now, I'm not going to post it up, because it's going to be sent to Neopets so that it can hopefully be chosen to be published on their Art Gallery. (They'll give you 10, 000 NP if it's good enough to be published.) Neopets has mentioned that they will not accept any art pieces taken from the net, so I'm not taking any risks.

The only thing I can say about it is that it depicts a Water Faerie watering a giant lotus somewhere at the bottom of Neopia's ocean, surrounded by small pixie-like glowing figures. I drew the faerie and Wan drew the watering can. xDDD It's a collab. I just need to finish the lotus (the damn flower is giving me lots of pain, you know?!) and hand it over to Wan for editing and colouring.

I asked Mum for critique today and she criticized my lotus. Said it looked too wide. Well, I guess copying off pictures of deities standing on lotuses isn't going to work (the deities stand on lotuses that look more like tables than real lotuses, to suit their function). (I was at my hairdresser's house looking at her deity pictures hanging on her wall before I got down to drawing it, you see.)

I actually have lotuses in my pond, but I rarely bother to look at them. Happens that the plant doesn't want to bloom at this crucial period where I need to refer to a real lotus, so I looked for guides and pictures online. Worked quite well, though I have to say drawing lotuses still are a pain in the butt. DDD<

Oh yeah, forgot to mention: I'm starting on an exercise regime so that I can pass my PFT next year. Giant leap for a worm/coral branch like me. Hooray. (In case I chicken out, as is my habit, Mum is there to chain me to the treadmill. Muahahaha.) I walk/run 2.4 km every day now, increasing my speed as the days go by and hoping to eventually go fast enough so that I can pass.

Progress: Snail (5.6 km/h). One up from Slug (5.2 km/h). Gotta go slow for now, and slowly build up so that I can attain Human speed (9.6 km/h). Hey, it's not bad for a coral branch. :D

Pudding.

2009-11-18T17:10:16Z

Never underestimate the power of pudding.

Just had Mum's steamed egg pudding yesterday, after I was wise enough to broadcast my pudding craving, which was brought on by watching a drama with a pudding-loving protagonist (My Boss My Hero). Don't we all just love pudding? :D (Okay, maybe I'm the only one.)

Actually, apart from eating the pudding itself, I'm often wondering how people make pudding and about the difference between pudding, jelly and curd. Admittedly, all I know about making pudding is that it involves some eggs and a little milk. xD The texture of pudding is really something to think about. It's solid but really soft and extremely breakable. Brittle, one could say, in terms of Chemistry, but one wouldn't think of a pudding as brittle.

Oh well. I guess I'm really bored now that it's the holidays, huh? One could say, "The time has come (the Walrus said) to talk of many things: Of shoes - and ships - and sealing wax - of cabbages - of kings - and why the sea is boiling hot - and whether pigs have wings." Without schoolwork to occupy my mind I've been thinking about a lot of random ideas.

The old knight in Through the looking-glass once said he'd invented a new type of pudding during the main course, although it was never ever served for dessert. I wonder how one goes about making plum pudding or any type of new pudding. I'm really quite unschooled in cooking.

Just a random thought: Turns out there is a real-life alternative to the Water Walker dragon in Dragon Cave (it's a dragon that can stand on calm waters). It's called the Basilisk and it's a lizard (basilisks aren't snakes, contrary to popular belief) and it can actually walk on water (run, actually) for a few seconds because of its special feet (webbed, with huge surface area) and other adaptations.

Came across this information on Wikipedia and then coincidentally saw footage of this lizard on Animal Planet. Been watching a lot of animal programs lately, particularly those involving animal attacks on humans (it's just a coincidence, I don't have a taste for violence). More often than most, animals attack humans who invade their personal space. Which gets me thinking about Ichigo, who would probably be in tatters right now if I were a grizzly. (He invades my personal space every time he does a "drug inspection"/welcome sniff.)

I really need to occupy my brain a bit before it rots away and becomes mush. Or pudding. Wouldn't want to be a pudding-brain. (If I am what I eat, I'd really become a pudding-brain one day. Which means - I should eat brains. Eew.)

/pudding for thought. ~~and for brains.~~

P.S. The coloured sentences tie up in a really weird way indeed. xD (Ichigo is the real-life alternative to a water-walking dragon?!)

New Ochredrake egg!

2009-11-14T14:22:04Z

Clicks? 8D

WISHING.gifting

2009-11-14T08:07:58Z

I just realized I haven't been updating my journal in a loooong while. It's been 4 days since I last posted. I blame the EOY actually, because it actually kicked me out of my journal-writing habit. DDD8 Anyway, I thought it'd be a good idea to post up a wishlist of dragons I want to get here, since I've always wanted to do so. I don't want to set up a word doc just for this, so here goes.

Dragon Wishlist

~~1. Ochredrake~~ Just snagged one from the Cave. Refer to the post after this. :D
2. Cheese
3. Paper
4. Gold
5. Vampire
6. Alt black
7. Alt vine
8. Neglected
9. Zombie (?)

Dino Wishlist

1. Yellow
2. Blue
3. Purple

If I had every one of these dragons/dinos, my scroll will be complete, i.e. I would have every type of dragon on Dragon Cave, not counting those that are festive dragons. :DDD Of course, there'll always be new releases of eggs.

Actually, I was thinking that it would be a good idea to allocate different days for different types of eggs to appear on the egg drops, instead of having egg drops with certain egg ratios. With all the influx of new eggs, old/rare eggs hardly have a chance to be "dropped" at the Cave. Even red eggs seem uncommon now. Gold eggs are virtually extinct already.

For example, we could have red, earth, horse, and striped eggs dropped on Monday, then pond, storm, black and silver on Tuesday, so on so forth...

I wonder if the Valentine dragons would suddenly have the ability to influence dragons to mate on Valentine's day... just like how the Vampire dragons can bite only on Halloween. 8D

Ahem. After wishing for so much things, I reckon it's a good time to be generous as well. So, I think I'm going to put up a list of eggs I'm able to gift. Take it as a Christmas giveaway thing. :)))) I'm so nice. Of course, this is for friends only. I don't want to be flooded with requests. My dragons aren't breeding machines.

Gift-able Eggs

1. Silver
2. Seasonal
3. Striped
4. Geode
5. New Pink
6. Pygmy

I'm only giftin' these few types because they're more in-demand nowadays. The rest of the common eggs can be easily snagged at the Cave. Keep in mind that breeding attempts may not be successful. Also, exchange attempts can be unsuccessful.

I'm not expecting any returns for gifting these eggs, but if you have an egg that's on my wishlist and you don't want it, I'll be glad to trade. :D Better still if it's Caveborn and doesn't have any lineage. I'm willing to trade with people that aren't my LJ friends too.

/musings.

Big Bang Theory

2009-11-10T15:45:01Z

Yay! No exams until next year. :3 I just chose my subject combination and it's going to be Bio, Chem, Math and CSC. Whee. Anyway, it's time to listen to some Big Bang songs, namely Haru Haru and My Heaven. :D I never knew I would be into Kpop, but here we go. Enjoy!

Credits to the artistes and the makers of these two PVs, as well as the website which hosted these videos and the uploaders of the videos. I am not profiting from this and nor do I wish to.

Chorus
Doraboji malgo tteonagara
Tto nareul chatji malgo saragara
Neoreul saranghaetgie huhoe eopgie
Johatdeon gieongman gajyeogara
Geureokjeoreok chama bolman hae
Geureokjeoreok gyeondyeo naelman hae
Neon geureolsurok haengbokhaeya dwae
Haruharu mudyeojyeo gane

Chorus
Aitakute aitakaute
Ano umi de matte iru yo
Kimi e no omoi
Asa mo hiru mo yoru mo
Aitakute you are my heaven (think of you 24/7)

新しいたまご

2009-11-08T04:03:06Z

Here's a new blue striped egg->

Clicks? 8D

Kaichou wa Maid-sama!

2009-11-05T15:18:32Z

Since Steffi said this manga wasn't just some "otaku" manga she thought it was, and that the main characters reminded her of Rukia and Ichigo, I decided to try Kaichou wa Maid-sama! out. :D

I haven't been reading much new shoujo manga lately too, in fact I haven't been reading any at all, so I thought it would be a good idea to pick up a light and fluffy shoujo manga for a good, relaxed read. And so, here it is:

What should I say? It's rather mushy and has all the lovey-dovey elements of a shoujo manga, of course, and it's quite funny to read, in my opinion. On the whole I like it because it's fluffy and fun and is great for light-hearted reading. It helps that the art is good (:DDD), the characters are cute, and coloured spreads are aplenty.

I've already added it to my official manga tracking list. xDDD Currently staving off the temptation to read up to the latest chapter.

Nice spread. :D

http://media.onemanga.com/mangas/00000346/000126132/01.jpg

Usui is really cool here. *_*

The maid cafe does a different theme every once in a while. xD The Shrine Maiden Day, the Imouto Day, the Glasses Day, so on. I quite like the concept. (Actually if there was ever a maid cafe like that I'd want to go and see how it's like, even if I'm not a guy.)

I like the part when Usui gives the puppy-dog eyes. <333 Squee! Dogs are so cute! You can see it below:

http://media.onemanga.com/mangas/00000346/000171702/04.jpg

PUPPY-DOG EYES FOR THE WIN. *。*

I really hope the anime will come out soon! This series deserves a good anime adaptation. :) I keep wondering how Usui's voice will sound like, because I can't fathom how he can not sound gay when he says stuff like "Misaki-chan...". And I really wonder how they'd assign a voice actor to a bishie that behaves like a perverted おっさん sometimes. (Perverted Outer Space Alien xDDD) Although he's really cute, yeah... <3

I like mangas with strong female characters. :D Misaki-chan is no softie, which makes it even more interesting because she's so tsundere. More tsun than dere, although I foresee more and more mushy and fluffy moments! KYAAA!

P.S. And Usui and Misaki really do remind me a bit of Ichigo and Rukia, though in appearance only. -.- Usui is extremely unlike Ichigo, although Misaki and Rukia really are quite alike in many ways.

Ooh, and another doggy bit: http://media.onemanga.com/mangas/00000346/000155602/31.jpg

So cute. <3

NESSIE <333

2009-11-04T14:27:29Z

New eggie! This will be the male counterpart to my female Waterhorse dragon, since there's a different sprite from the male and female versions of this dragon. I've used the male pink dragon's new Gender-Influencing ability on it, so I really hope it will turn out to be a male dragon. The pink dragons' new abilities increase the chance of a unhatched egg to gender male/female (depends on the gender of the pink dragon used) to 75%. :D

However, if this one's just destined to be female, it might just gender wrongly. xD I love the unpredictability of Dragon Cave. It's hilarious.

I may have mentioned this before, but Earth dragons now have the ability to induce Earthquakes to let eggs hatch prematurely - or die as a result! It depends on luck whether your eggs die or not. Red dragons are also now able to "incubate" eggs so they hatch one day earlier.

I'm really happy with this Halloween's catch - this was the first time we ever got a festive egg despite the overwhelming odds (the competition is over the top on Dragon Cave). We missed this year's Valentine dragons, but we managed to get a Christmas Yulebuck egg last year because they were cropping up in the Abandoned Page.

I heard that this year some Vampire dragons cropped up in the AP, so next year I'm going to check out the AP as well as the Cave.

There's still the Neglected and Zombie dragons to consider, but I'm really at a loss on how to go about experimenting for these, because I don't want to cause harm to my dragons. I liked Dragon Cave partly because it was a friendly, non-violent, no-kill game, you see.

Oh well. :D

Chemistry songs~

2009-11-04T10:14:35Z

Whee! Nice video to share here. It's a good video for all those who hate chemistry as well as those who love it. Which means to say, it's for everyone to hear. As the title suggests, it's about the atom.

Credits to the singer, guitar player(s) and the makers of the video, as well as the website which hosted this video and the uploaders of this video. I am not profiting from this and nor do I wish to. I am perfectly willing to take this video down from this site if required to do so.

Well then, enjoy! 8DDD

Here's the chorus for you to sing along, because it's easy to sing and really great fun... 8D

Chorus:
Dalton, Thomson, Rutherford, and Bohr,
Schrödinger and Heisenberg and many many more,
Used their brains to venture in the realm of inner space
And found the world of the atom was a weird and wondrous place.

The rest of the lyrics can probably be found on Youtube, if you bother to trawl through the comments of the video. It's great fun singing along, although you'll drive yourself mad if the song makes itself into a ohrwurm and goes on continuously in your head for weeks on end... which it probably will. :D

On a side note, the element song is really good too.

Credits to the singer, piano player and the makers of the video, as well as the website which hosted this video and the uploaders of this video. I am not profiting from this and nor do I wish to. I am perfectly willing to take this video down from this site if required to do so.

No chorus for this one, because the lyrics are already there and there's no discernible chorus actually.

The atom is a fuzzy blob of pure uncertainty... xD

Back to dragon farming.

2009-11-01T07:09:35Z

Snagged another two eggs! A pygmy (female vibes please!) and a water walker.

Rene: THANK YOU SO MUCH for helping us get the new autumn egg! I suppose that's the Halloween special, although it's got nothing to do with anything spooky. :DDDD

Maybe I'll hang around the abandoned section to get some of last year's vampire and zombie eggs, though I'm not counting on it. xD

chuo_ri @ 2009-10-31T18:45:00

2009-10-31T10:46:14Z

Yep - the new egg! Will be trying for another one later. Clicks are much appreciated!

Missed.

2009-10-27T14:16:01Z

I just realized that I've missed Mole Day. DDDD< I SO FORGOT TO CELEBRATE.

I swore I wouldn't miss it again this year, but... Argh. I must note it down on a calendar somewhere in preparation for next year. I was actually planning to wake up at 6.02 am in the morning on the 23rd of October to celebrate and watch the Mole Day video. In case you guys don't remember, the Mole Day video is on my LJ:

Mole Day Video

And I just realized I've missed World Twin's Day as well. Sigh... Of all the days I had to miss. It's on the 3rd of July, which is really a weird time, and that's probably why I forgot.

Well, at least this year I'm definitely going to take note of Halloween and Christmas, because of the special dragon eggs released on those dates. xDDD

Off to see my dragon brood now... :D

P.S. Was reading my old entries today, and found out that what I swore to achieve in this post has actually come true. Cheers for my Kuroshitsuji Ray Gun and my pwnsome powers. 8DDD

Albino & Pygmy Egg!

2009-10-22T14:56:13Z

Yay new littlies! I swore to get a pgymy and got one. :D (It's the teeny tiny one.) The first one's an albino egg, and we're supposed to be able to see the tiny hatchling inside, but unfortunately it's depicted as just some squiggly white lines. Please give the albino some female vibes. :D

Also, just a reminder: Don't refresh my LJ page too many times or refresh my scroll page too many times as my dragons already have excessive views and might die due to the soft shell disease. In fact, don't refresh any page with my hatchlings/eggs on it if you can help it.

Dad says there's computers on the cruise so I guess I'd be able to get our Halloween eggs by ourselves. :) I don't want to miss out. So, I'll be sailing in the middle of some ocean for next weekend, and will probably be uncontactable. Hohoho.

DRAGONSSSSSSS.

2009-10-21T15:38:19Z

Been busy taking care of my dragon brood and planning for future dragons these few days! The little ones are giving me much trouble as they keep getting diseases. They probably have too much views, so I'm hiding my scroll for now. Please help by trying not to refresh my journal page so often or visiting my scroll so that they can recover. (One of them has about 7000+ views, I'm honesty quite bewildered.)

Some meddlesome person has probably been aiding my hatchies and eggies by posting them everywhere, but it's actually harming them. I wonder if I have an egg killer (someone who tries to kill someone else's dragons by trying to give it excessive views) on my hands. DDD<

Anyway, I've fogged them for now, so please give them a daily clicking if you can, but don't keep clicking.

I'll be away for Halloween. DDD: On a cruise. I probably won't get access to Dragon Cave during those few days, so I wonder if anyone is willing to help me collect the Halloween eggs? (Halloween is on Oct 31.) I need four so that I can have a male and a female. :D

If my dragons don't grow up by then, I also need someone to be my hatchling-sitter. :D

On a side note, pygmy dragons are soooooo cute. SOOO CUTE! I want one but I have my hands full with my current little ones. I think pygmy ranks first in my cute dragons ranking but silver still tops the list for beautiful dragons. I'll probably spoil my pygmy to death if I ever snag one. My silvers are doing well. xD

I'm seriously considering persuading my mum to play the game, because I know she'll like it. I think she'd like a collectors game like this one, plus Dragon Cave requires a bit of brain to figure out stuff because you're not allowed to give away info about breeding to other players. Just a bit of brain though, that's why it's fun but still relaxing.

It doesn't require much gaming skills or whatsoever that Mum lacks. Probably just fast reflexes (wait, Mum doesn't have that one) to click on rare eggs.

Anyway, Mum seemed pretty concerned about my eggs so I take it that she's interested. She once commented the game would be more interesting if it was orchids instead of dragons (flower nerd!) though. My dragons are far cuter than orchids IMO. xDDD

New eggie~

2009-10-19T08:50:32Z

Yay! Snagged a new egg from the abandoned section! Please give it lots of love and a little click everyday. Also, if you have the time, please help out its siblings too. My scroll is linked under "Links" on the left of the page. Dragon Cave has so many new releases, I can't wait to get them all!

Please give it healthy vibes so it won't get soft shell too, because recently all my hatchlings and eggs have been down with the disease on and off. :DDD

EDIT: Snagged a green striped egg from the abandoned page (see above)! I was planning to breed one, but this saves me all the hassle. :D Well, I'm not one to be greedy but let's hope there's a blue striped the next time I go there.

Hokkaido pics!

2009-10-18T07:31:46Z

I promised long time ago that I'd post these pictures, but haven't got round to doing them, so I figured that today'll be a good time to look at some lovely scenes from Hokkaido! This time I'm posting lots of mountain pictures. Next time it'll be the flowers!

We went during June, but the ideal time to go to Hokkaido is actually July, when the flowers bloom. xD The pictures below are of the hot springs at Noboribetsu, where we stayed for one night in a ryokan (I remember having such a friggin' big headache on that night that I couldn't drag myself to the springs) and of Showa Shinzan, a dormant volcano, if I'm not wrong.

Natural hot springs at Noboribetsu!

A tiny shrine. The Japanese worship almost everything, even hot springs.

Water with iron in it. This spring boils and cools at random.

Even the toilets are decorated with the Red and Blue demons. Red for females, blue for males.

Dinner at the ryokan. :D

Showa Shinzan, unless I'm greatly mistaken.

あの時はまだ桜が咲く季節です。

Lots of pine plants there.

It was really cold on the mountain. D: We thought it was going to be just fine so we didn't wear a lot of clothes, but luckily we brought some big coats.

I'll post the pictures of the flowers and stuff we saw at Tomita Farm tomorrow, I think. :D

Oh, and I forgot to say: Please help me click my dragons! I posted them up yesterday, and just one click a day will help them greatly. They had soft shell disease yesterday so I'm afraid they haven't got enough clicks. Thanks a lot! :D

New babies!

2009-10-17T02:24:52Z

Clickies? :D

Dragon Cave has released a whole new batch of interesting eggs! I can't wait to collect them all, but right now I've got the maximum number of eggs on my hands already. We still don't know what these dragons are, but I've seen their adult versions and they're really remarkable.

These eggs were all collected by Wan, who is the co-owner of my scroll. :D Collecting dragons is fun, no? I like to collect pretty stuff (magpie syndrome!). Now, I should get started on thinking up names for these dragons...

EDIT: I linked my Dragcave scroll to my livejournal! You can see the link if you look to the left. :D

もうすぐ雨が降る...

2009-10-16T13:11:46Z

We received shocking news the first thing in the morning. Our principal is leaving us! DDD: He said he wanted us to know it from him in person, so he's telling us right now. He'll only stay for another 2 months or so.

T^T I really can't imagine our school without our principal... He's not just any kind of principal. I would say he's the nicest principal I've ever seen. He randomly says hi to students! There was one time when he randomly said hi to me and Wan and we were sort of shell-shocked. We wouldn't be surprised if one of our teachers did that, but for a principal...

I wonder how our school will change from now onwards. D: You know, I was hoping he'd stay for long... It's been a really quick four years.

After he made his announcement the sky turned black. -.- Some kind of omen, huh?

The new principal is an ex-student, apparently. :D Is there hope for a nice principal? Hmmm.

Today I went to eat at the Soup Kitchen and also stopped for coffee and ice cream. I feel like a pig, really. (I'm living the lifestyle of a pig! HELP!!) It's dinnertime but I still feel full from the grub I had from lunch. :D

Cookie Catastrophe

2009-10-15T13:37:15Z

We tried to make cookies today! xDD Using Steffi's wonderful Hazelnutte-Pavlova cookie recipe, using walnuts instead of hazelnuts. Let's say it didn't go too well. Our first try ended up with our cookie batter looking like a brown soup. (I didn't want to drink a milkshake of that, so I dumped it in the fridge.) Our second try was looking good until we added the sugar while it was still being whisked, and the batter liquefied into a thick liquid. We decided to salvage the batter by spooning it into cupcake molds to bake.

The end results: extremely sticky, slightly hard sweet masses glued to the cupcake molds. Well, they're sweet and delicious, but they're not light and crispy like they're supposed to be, and just a tad too cloying and sweet. There's also a distinct flavour of uncooked egg white about them. -.-

We'll try harder next time... T^T

My parents ate them and said they were nice... Well, you could say that they're nice in a eggy, sweet kinda way. xD I was going to make creme anglaise with the yolks, but we didn't have light cream so we couldn't. In the end my grandma just fried them into omelettes. Sigh...