Tried using the "Same Day Delivery" shipping option on Shopee some time ago... and I should've guessed it, but it's actually just ShopeeFood rider getting your stuff and delivery them to you. Which is a fine alternative really but the problem is I never used ShopeeFood before so apparently the address they see(?) is different from the shipping address I always use? You have to pin and point on a map and adjust as needed. "Okay, fine, I'll just do this one time" was what I thought at that time but today I realised editing that somehow(?!) affected my shipping address...??? Why the heck would that happen??? It's a miracle that my stuff actually arrived! Usually, the delivery people always complain the address doesn't exist at the postcode region they went to. I edited the shipping address again but I have a feeling if I use the same day option again the same thing will happen again😑 

Unfortunately, it's just like my post in May. I always find myself waking up with sweaty shirt. There were rainy and windy days, sure, but very few.

I guess this one complaint is the only one that ends happily (for now?). Early to mid July (ooh there's a post), there were days we either get low pressure water or no water at all. And then last week, the water suddenly have higher pressure than the usual. We don't even have to use the water tank during the day. Then I saw from Reddit (lol) that it's most probably because we're finally getting more water... which explains the whole disruptions we've been having this month. We are actually lucky though. Some places have it worse, their water is muddy...

Barely started the new main story quest so I'm trying to avoid seeing spoilers on Reddit & Youtube. I was trying to get into the story last night but our cat decided to climb on the roof (second floor level, not the top) and couldn't get down. He was coaxed down several times from below/top of ladder but he still refused to go down.  Like, seriously... had to go through the mess in my room to get him in through my room windows. I very much dislike this method because my room windows I basically off-limits for years... I haven't open them much because they are hard to open and I don't want cats in my room because I get the itches. Which was what I exactly get from last night. Oooof... so obviously, I'm still annoyed even after waking up today. Doesn't help that today is hot and hazy... Cat is currently not allowed to go outside anymore because what's the point if you're just going to get "locked out" at awkward heights?                       

Finally done with completing everything with stress level 37 for my main account...! 

Fleurdelys and Lorelei took the most time (including retries) to beat. Fleurdelys was okay and kind of fun really (for some reason I was dodging so well against her lol)... just needed more patience because she's shielded. Lorelei though... very, very annoying! I spent the last moments almost keyboard/mouse-smashing because her bubbles made everything hard to see. I hate getting stun-locked by them. It really made me hate fighting her more now. Though this gave me an idea: I guess I can try this Brant-Jinhsi-Shorekeeper team for the hologram version later?

It was recommended to use the Aero Erosion team for Lorelei but my team is so new their echoes are not at their best... and I'm not used to their gameplay yet. I did use Cartethyia & Ciaccona for the Fallacy fight (which went fine) so yeah, in the end it goes back to "Lorelei is annoying to fight" :P

Of course, Brant is the MVP again for the event. His shields were very helpful. And he heals and deals big damage. I really need to get more copies of him in the future! 

Damn!  I kept forgetting to publish this post... I guess I was waiting for my Fenn account to get Lupa's signature weapon... and that only happened yesterday.

And since that update is from a week ago, yes.. I finished maxing out all Ciaccona's skills. Currently need two more weeks to max out Lupa's. I tried pulling for her weapon in my main account but no luck so far. I think she'll be stuck with borrowing between Calcharo, Jiyan & Jinhsi's weapon for now. By the way, I pulled another Static Mist for Ciaccona. It's so hard sharing weapons in Whimpering Wastes (WhiWa) because you need two teams... yeah I could've borrowed Carlotta's but sometimes what I need is a weapon with crit rate and ER *sigh*...  

WhiWa suddenly became hard again that I had to bring out my Brant-Changli-Lupa team to get triple-S. Kind of amazed with how Lupa (even though she's a bit unbuilt at that time) buffs the team. Fortunately she's been fun to play with so far, so it doesn't matter if I like her or not.

Whoa it's pretty much Phrolova's patch, huh XD.. And we'll be getting rerun banners for Roccia, Brant & Cantarella... which means I'm screwed lol. So, maybe I'm skipping the convenes after all XD...?

I do want another copy of Brant but at the same time I also want to pull for Phrolova & Roccia...? I probably won't be as lucky as current patch so I'll have to wait and see. Some of my accounts can finally pull for Brant's signature weapons again (after failing to get it lol)

And the QoL updates seem pretty good next patch! I can't wait to use the echo management thing.

Anyway~ Received these books yesterday:

Not much to say really... Went to the Muji store which honestly I didn't know existed until this week (there's also a branch at Imago). I'm just four months late XD. Although it's more like me checking out their little stationery corner and the organizer boxes section. 

Went to my usual go-to places including Popular Bookstore. Was pleasantly surprised to find Uketsu's "Strange Pictures" in stock (there were three copies on the shelf). I wanted to get the one with the UK version cover but unfortunately it's out-of-stock at Kino... and on Shopee it's basically selling like hot cakes. It's so funny to see the books went out of stock the next day on Shopee (two shops had a few the day before). I guess checking physical stores is an option too next time (duh! XD).

Yup, very much still kind of in a reading slump... which I've embraced fully(?) as mood reading. Like, it's not I stopped reading completely... I still read just not much as before. It's almost like a dormant period of some sort lol - everything is happening in slow motion XD

Unfortunately (and humorously, I must add), the reading situation makes my journey of reading books at the place I pick flowers more noticeable. It probably didn't help that the first book I finished this year is "The Giant Bathroom Reader" lol (mentioned in a post from October 2023). Honestly, that's a book that really lives up to its title. It's full of short and brief paragraphs... and most of the time with gory and gross details, definitely not something you want to read while eating a meal. 

Reading ≠ Buying Books
It's kind of hard to describe but nowadays I'm very sceptic and pessimistic of books with nice covers and synopses. But at the same time, if it's something I do have interest in, I just want to get it so that I have it ready when I want to read it. Definitely not a healthy way to do it but I do more side-eyeing these days so it balances out in the end...?

Honestly, I've been skipping more and more reading videos recently due to my reading slump/mood. If I don't skip, then they'll be videos I put on the background (and it remains uncertain if I'm able to listen to it properly or not). Most of the time I became sceptic and think "Was it really good though?". Sometimes books hauls are just another yapfest - I wish some of them just skip the synopses (or do a more brief synopsis)... Also, I still have problems with voices (just like back in February) so I usually DNF those videos as soon as I feel irritated. 

It should be obvious at this point that the future is dim XD. I probably will focus more on series that I do love and a few of the ones I'm interested in (yeah, reading is slumping but curiosity stays on, totally unrelated). Reading will be slow and sporadic.

I barely managed to get Roccia's signature weapon last patch *big, long sigh*. Now she doesn't have to borrow Xiangli Yao's weapon anymore. I lost 50/50 for Zhezhi's during the Anniversary banner so I will use the guaranteed pull for Lupa since this account has both Brant and Changli (with their signature weapons). Hopefully I could get Lupa's weapon too.

Wasn't able to get Brant's signature weapon again lol but this account manage to get Jiyan haha... I've started building Mortefi since there are so many resonators that use mainly heavy attacks in the account.

Tried getting Cartethyia (because why not) but lost the 50/50 to Verina, off all people lol. Though it's kind of a win for this account because it was Verina-less before. The account has Shorekeeper though so it's fine.. just a bit hard to do Tower of Adversity.

Well, I guess that's a bit of progress since the last time I posted about it. Had a couple of near wins (like 1mm HP bar left, seriously!) for Lorelei but no dice. I'll be back for Hecate after I get used to using the Carlotta-Zhezhi-Shorekeeper team. Hopefully at that time I could use them for the dragon too. Kelpie can wait for like much later lol
2025-06-19 edit: Lol forgot to include the images

The place is based on Sparta (I think? ...seeing that the leader is called Ephor) but I saw some mention of Rome too (Septimont is called Seven Hills in the JP version, plus the gladiator thing) so I guess it's inspired by both Greek & Roman civilizations? Septimont has a different culture compared to Ragunna. I've been doing some exploring around and there are some disturbing and sad lore... It's not fun getting to know about those :( 

BUT I must say: like usual, I enjoy doing the exploration quests! Especially the Scourgewing one... the lore is delicious~! It's sad to think that some people probably just skip the exploration quest's story because it's not voiced. Well, at least now I know if someone said there's no lore in WuWa, they most probably is a skipper. [There's nothing wrong with skipping but I usually only do that after I read the whole thing because I'm kind of a perfectionist(?), I need to know everything... I still read/fast-read the whole thing in my third playthrough/account] 

Oh yeah one more thing, the TDs here are more horrifying-looking. There's the Kerasaur that looks like Komodo dragon... then there are couple more human-shaped ones (which obviously aren't friends XD) that look like they came from horror movies. I do like that Septimont has more variants for drakes here though.

The in-game game Peak of Prestige is surprisingly fun lol.. I didn't expect to enjoy it as much as I do now. I'm not very good at it though (I keep going back to my Feilian deck set lol) but I won enough rewards to get by. 

Also it's funny that I got called out by the NPC you meet to start this event XD

Yeah... so... I'm fortunate(?) enough to not want them XD. I will consider it though if it's for male resonators or my Rover. Yep, and just to make it clear, you have a husbando-lover/wanter here that also happens to be a Rover main. Which might sound like a weird combination but Rover (my lovely, adorable Rover) is one of the main reasons I'm still playing the game :D. It's kind of an awkward point of view and I'm grateful that they care enough for the main character (I think Rover is one of the reasons echo presets exist this early), but honestly? Rover mains are probably the ones having constant fun in every patch XD

And with that said, I am obsessed with getting stuff that my Rover can "wear" so echo aspects is the way for me~