The Bloody Dog Got My Socks

There is a bloody dog living in my house. His name is Pudding. My sister brought him home one day when I was at work. My immediate reaction when I first encountered him was, "What's that thing?!"

He was only a mere 2-month-old puppy. But I swear he had multiplied in size since then.

This is what he looks like now.

Cute right?

That is what YOU think.

I was working at a bookstore and had to wear sneakers (with socks) to work. Every time I perched on the couch to put my socks on, he'd come sniffing around my feet, hopping up and down, hoping to sink his sharp, little crooked teeth into my socks. See that hole? I bet it was his doing. Every time I come home from work, I would take my socks off to put in the wash. And there Pudding is again, hoping, hoping, hoping to get at my socks. Might I just suggest we buy him a nice pair of socks to play with? But bah, he might choke on the fluff, or the wool.

Every time he sits on the doorstep, refusing to come inside, we would lure him in with a doggie treat. Brother dear sometimes uses my socks.

I don't get it, dogs and socks.

"Put It In Writing"

Brother dear and I were talking about my plans for the future. I told him I have always been interested in writing. But I can't really seem to find anything interesting to write about. Probably it is because I confine myself to my room.

And then he suggested that I should write a piece a day, never mind the length, knowing full well I don't have that much time on my hands. He said, "You can write about anything, even about "the bloody dog got my socks".

*Laughs* Well he does have a point. Let's see how this goes. No prize for guessing what my first piece will be.

More Perfect World Shots

By Al's request - Pyro Edge Tempest

Only at level one though, haha.

FB fest ahead!

Me using Elfie~. Elf's using my mage (Everea) and his werefox (Faenya). He sets my mage on combo, that's a blizzard casting by the way.

Using my very own elf priest. I'm doing the healing (as usual) on Rein. Geez, I didn't know whisht heart has such nice graphics.



Chromatic healing beam heals all party members within a certain radius.


HH RUNS WITH GEN AND AVARIEL

HH RUNS WITH AL

HH RUNS WITH FAE AND QUAK

And then (Part One)

Totally ironic. A few semesters ago I was doing short stories with Dr. Rashidi and we were reading this one by Katherine Mansfield, "A Dill Pickle" (I kinda like her writing, by the way), about a relationship gone sour and the man and the lady ran into each other having tea (or something like that, hey, it was set in Britain) after six years of not being in touch with each other. And on with the reminiscing of the "good old days" and then with a realization on the lady's part, why their relationship could never be.

Well, I thought it would never happen to me back then. Both parts. Both from being in a relationship to being broken up, and also the sudden dawn upon me why things between him and I would never work out. Right. The dramatic irony. The short story started with "And then" and I thought it would be so damn ironic to imitate it, to an extend.

I came back from 7th month ancestral prayers this morning to an MSN message from Danh. When I replied to him, he thought I'd just woken up from my beauty sleep. Mmhmm, as if I sleep til 11am anyday. So I told him I was at prayers and he went, like, "Are you even Christian?" and I replied "It's the 7th month" (well I thought since he is Vietnamese, he should understand) and he just went, "7th month since the break up?" and I responded to him, "I've lost count".

And I honestly have lost count. Up until now. Let's see, almost 9 months now.

If you don't count the little outburst on my part, I think I haven't spoken to him in about 7 months. If you're doing the math, haha.

If you're to ask why I haven't been in contact with him, well, let me just cite a few real life scenarios to get my point across.

Meph has been broken up with his (ex) girlfriend for months now. Actually she left him for another guy, a guy who only wanted her for you-know-what. And she knows this. Mmhmm. Yet she demands that Meph calls her every night. Whatever for, I've been asking him to stop. He said, if he only could.

And then Qing, she really misses her ex. He told her he hated her. But she cannot help but still miss him.

Belle and Ivan is another different thing totally. They have been together for so long. They've been through months of no contact and yet somehow he manages to find her number while he was in New Zealand and called her up on her birthday. And now she's with another guy and I have no idea what Ivan is up to at the moment. (I like Ivan, but Belle comes first, and I thought it would be kinda awkward to be contacting Ivan now).

Belle once said to me, "I can never do what you're doing, I cannot just cut someone out of my life"

I did it, not out of spite, but out of choice.

I had to do what is best for me, this is what I needed for myself to heal. I needed to do this. I needed to heal.

And by healing it meant taking all the venom out of my life. And he is it.

I personally think he is underestimating my intelligence. Just because I act dumb doesn't mean I AM actually DUMB, good grief.

I've always had this suspicion ever since he started working at that Levi's store.

And that girl? I knew/know (whichever suits your fancy, I can't quite decide which at the moment) that she is somewhere there before I'm even out of the picture.

He asked to remain friends. Whatever for? I have enough friends as it is. And besides, because of the above suspicion, I no longer respect him, he was simply not man enough to be honest with me (and not to mention all the mind eff-ing bullshit he put me through for two bloody months). Above all that, I simply cannot find it within myself to be "friends" with someone who doesn't want to be with me (c'mon be logical, I'm not good enough to be your girlfriend so now you want to relegate me to "friend" status and expect me to play by your one-sided rules? Oh, no. No. I don't think so, thank you very much).

And oh yeah, no one wants to be friends with someone who is constantly trying to hurt them? Like whatever the eff-ing benefits are those pictures for? To rub in my face reminding me what I've lost? No, wait, I don't think I have lost anything. It's him who lost me.

So you see the simple sense. He cannot accept me for who I am and for what I am. AND I SUPPOSE THAT EXTENDS TO THE FRIENDSHIP TOO. Enough said. Ah, so lovely to get it out of my system!

Now, if only I can influence the rest of the broken up world to NOT BE FRIENDS WITH YOUR EX, unless it's a friendship you really want (and need) and of course if they haven't been utter morons, jerks, bastards, faggots.... (insert appropriate or desired noun[s] here) to you.

Cheers.

***End of Part One***

Latest Perfect World Screenies

So I've been playing my magician lately (and pretty much left my priest to rot), and I haven't updated much lately so I thought I'd just upload some screen shots.



My favourite MG skill by far, the Cryonite Dragon. Just love the graphics, haha.



Whacking foxies with Cryonite




Whacking cultivation boss, Oggo, with Cryonite.






Here's a shot of Elfie~ and I on a polar bear ride.




Spread your wings and fly Elfie~ (soaring through the evening air)




"In the arms of an angel, fly away from here, from this cold dark hotel room, and the endlessness that you fear."




Some Holy Hall (HH) mobster behaving weirdly, suspended in mid-air.




Flew into a fireworks display in Ancient Dragon City.








So long for this post, more later. Cheerio.

A Big Thank You... and a Hug

Well people. It's been a bloody hellish four months since the break up and the series of unfortunate events which followed. Two months of unbelievable pain and hurt before I realized that I've had more than enough. And two months plus of no contact because it's ridiculous for me to subject myself to such disrespect. I just thought that I'd express my most heartfelt thanks to all of you who have helped me so much this past few months.

To my girls:

My sister, as always - I know I've talked your ears off. But you're my best friend and my main source of comfort. Hugs. Thanks for all the "empowering" lectures. Didn't expect that from a younger sibling *faints*.

To Belle, friend and neighbour - words fail to express how very much I appreciate all that you've done from me, from picking me up at 1.30 in the morning to I could cry on your shoulder to giving me a knock on the head when I needed it the most. Hugs to you too.

To Ying Juin - thanks for calling me all the way from Australia. Thanks for your advice and your ceaseless support. And no, there is no need to punch him. Why bother.

To Julia - for all your words of wisdom, a big thank you! And for all your concern and support, a big hug. Thanks for allowing me to see the relationship for what it's worth

To Shobee, Chinese trapped in an Indian body - thanks for sticking with me through this crappy semester. Hugs darling.

To Aun Ny - thanks for being such a good listener and for justifying what I'm doing as right. Huggies.

To Felicia - oh my, you're really emphatic! Just want to express that all your views, I really appreciate, and that it has really opened up my eyes to the nature of relationships. A special kind of thanks goes out to you.

To Carmen, cousin foremost, godsis next - you're so right. It's really not worth it. Cheers~

To Ruru - thanks for listening, and to give so much rational thoughts into staying or not staying in contact.

To Ling - I find that your being so strong in your break up helps me in mine. Thanks for the courage.

To my boys:

First and foremost, my very own blood, baby bro - Thanks for being supportive in your own weird way. I really appreciate that you did what you did when you did. No hugs for you though. LoL

Darling godbro Daryll - for always being there whenever I need you all this years. From the moment my grannies passed away to the moment my relationship died, to the time my computer gave way. Thanks for telling me to ignore him. Hugs.

To Elfie (or whatever you wanna be called - please state here) - I really appreciate all that you've done to see me through this. I would still be where I was after the break up without you. A big thanks! And sorry for waking you up at 4am *pai seh*.

To Shiroi - I really appreciate the calls, and the courage to "throw it into the rubbish bin". Also, the very male perspective of things.

To Taka and Kian - hugs for that knock on the head.

To Yong Sheng (Truth zai) - it was great meeting you and thank you for all the pep talk! It isn't worth all this pain.

To Nicholas@Hatori - geez... I really appreciate those words of wisdom, and thank you so much for trying to make me feel better. Hope the PW is going well. LOL

To Danh - thanks for the strength to go NC. And for taking the time to sit and repeatedly telling me he's a ***************************

To Andy - thanks for the courage, and for letting me realize that someone better will come along in time.

To Gil - thanks for opening up my eyes to what my relationship is and was. And for keeping me entertained.

To Eric - thanks for all the concern and support. I really appreciate it.

To my Ph3onix guildmates, Alice and Ron especially, thanks for the urgings to move forward. Hugs to the both of you. Hope to see you all in April.

Finally, to Dr. Rashidi - thanks for all the concern and the moral support. Thanks for letting me know that it took a lot of courage to do what I'm doing.

Once again, a very big thanks to everyone. And for those I didn't mention or forgot to mention, my apologies - hugs to you too.

PW - Locating NPC and Setting Targets

Press Q, and then *Search Mission* to locate available quests. Another window with the name of the NPC and the coordinates will pop up. As shown in the above example, Conrad (556 672). Memorize the coordinates, or write it down somewhere and close the box by checking "OK". Duh?


Locate the green sphere top right of your screen. Click on it and such a box will appear.


Key in the coordinates you memorized just a little while ago, and then check the green arrow to the right of the box.


And another box will appear. Type in the NPC name if you like, but I label mine as A,B,C, D, 1, 2, 3, that kind of thing. I haven't got all day. LOL. Then check "CONFIRM".


Once you checked "CONFIRM" a blue arrow will appear. You can set up to 5 waypoints, or targets, and the arrows will appear in 5 different colours to help you differentiate the NPCs. To delete a waypoint, just click on the NPC name, and it will be instantly highlighted. Choose the "close the selected waypoint" button to delete it. Choose the button to the right of this one to delete ALL THE WAYPOINTS that you have set up.

To selected an NPC from the list, banker, for example, just double click on it, and a coloured arrow will appear.

The NPCs listed in the list usually comprises the standard NPCs found in this game, especially bankers and teleporters. If you cannot find an NPC on the list, it means that such an NPC does not exist. For example, if you cannot locate "Banker" from the list on the left of the box, it means that there is no "Banker" in City South.

Happy Gaming.