I have an RM50 Popular voucher and wanted to get "Strange Buildings" in the local Popular stores but... I couldn't find it at all. I even went to three branches (Suria, City Mall, Imago). I guess their stock ran out or maybe the books aren't here yet... So I ended up getting the book from their store on Shopee. Of course, I couldn't use the voucher there. *sigh* I'll probably get something else (locally) next time since the voucher expires in May.

Had a monitor crisis(?) that fortunately got solved before the new patch arrives. I'm grateful that the local PC Image store has the one I wanted in store! I don't really want to buy it online because I'm paranoid and the shipping is expensive/takes too long. 

Now I'm still getting used to the new monitor resolution and settings... including getting used to that "fish-eye" effect that apparently is something that can happen after switching from a curved monitor to a flat one. Read on Reddit that it will go away after some time (one said it took them a week, while another one took a month). 

It's such weird thing! I guess the only thing to do is getting used to it by constantly using it (I don't really get headaches or eye strain, at least for now). But it's really a very strange experience! After getting used to it today, it goes back to that fish-eye effect the next day... like my eyes got reset overnight lol

Since I had the astrites to spare after getting Luuk and his signature weapon, I decided to pull for Galbrena... Honestly, wasn't really expecting to win my 50/50 but I'm glad I did :P 

...and I also went for her signature weapon. 75th pull, but can't really be mad with that especially after getting 3 greens before :D

Meanwhile, the Luuk luck(?) continues in my backup-speedrun account:

Had major problems (it was so hard to move around in WuWa) with their latest driver update (the 595.x ones) and had to go back to 591.71. I actually even went far to get the hotfix but that didn't help. This is the first time ever I'm using DDU to remove the installed problematic update so that I can re-install an older version. Fortunately, it all went smoothly without problems.

I love Qiuyuan's segue arc so I was expecting something similar but what I got was a bit different. Still fun to play though. Unfortunately not so Rover-lore heavy as I wished (well, we get something about their friendship though so it's fine) but I'm happy for those Fractsidus lore. I feel like there are a lot of foreshadowing for future patches: The mention of New Federation and Mengzhou... and some new [code] names from the Fractsidus side...?

Also, I love that we get to see what he sees around him:

Anyway... so Court of Savantae and Mengzhou... can I wish for a Xiangli Yao cameo please????? It's so sad to see new players not knowing about him because his story is a limited-time event. I half suspect that they are reluctant to bring back that event because they might be expected to give another free copy of him/or another character. But they really don't have to do that, those who chose to stay got rewarded so I think it's fair... they do have to revive that event though, I don't mind doing it again if given the option... (gah, I love him!) And I guess it doesn't hurt to rerun his banner too if they ever revive/rerun the event again.

So... what to expect in the next patch...? Hmmm.. I think it would be similar to 1.2 where there's an ongoing event (school cultural festival or something? If I remember correctly, I see something similar mentioned around the academy) and we'll get some mini quests like before. Maybe Sigrika's story will be a companion quest that is tied to the event like Zhezhi's...? Or it could just be like Phoebe's where we do the fishing event with her after doing that exploration quest (which also featured her).

I have a favourable first impression for Sigrika but I'm not sure if I'll be pulling for her... the short scenes I saw of her don't really make me want to lol. And I'm out of astrites really. And when is collaboration happening? I need to save for that (I want one copy for the character(s) because they probably won't rerun ever again).  

I WON MY 50/50!!! 😭😭😭

(Luuk is so nice to me today... although I haven't started his part of the story yet lol)

3.1 so far is... WOW.

I was expecting the usual stuff, similar to 3.0 main quests, and get some breadcrumbs of Rover lore. Oh gosh how wrong I was. What I got are big doses of Rover lore...! As a Rover main, this makes me soooo happy~

And they brought back Court of Savantae! I was hoping they'll bring that back! I suspect Xiangli Yao's father is there because didn't he mention stars in Yao's resonator showcase??? I've always wished that we'll get a Xiangli Yao companion quest where we join him looking for traces of his father.

New bosses are quite annoying to fight, but that might be because I'm not used to them yet... Ooooh but they're humanoid and have great lore behind them! 

Anyway, this main quest have a bittersweet ending. Less [just] sad, more bittersweet. I still cried though, not buckets, but they are still tears. I couldn't continue exploring the new area after that. We are reminded by how surely and hopeful Rover is about getting her back so no need to be too depressed for the time being... but the feeling do lingers. So yeah... fun times ahead whenever I re-play them in my alternate accounts and when I see other people's playthrough. I haven't heard the EN voice for FRover's but the MRover was so good. He sounded like he's holding back tears, it's sooo good. 

Also, from what Luuk & Aemeath said: Past Rover might be less expressive than the current Rover. They probably is [emotionally] numb...and/or slightly depressed... maybe??? Interestingly, I thought Rover is a bit like Aemeath in the Black Shores arc. Like what happened in that secret room. Although maybe that's just a side of them the public saw. That might also mean the Rover in Lahai-Roi is post-Black Shores???

Another interesting thing is the introduction of time-travelling. Could that be the cause of Rover losing their memories?

And Rover's homeland... I see most people's reaction to this is something like anger over not letting Rover visit their homeland when they're homesick (basically)... BUT... You know.. usually SciFi stories that involve space travelling to a new place... these kinds of stories usually means it's a one-way journey. And most of the time it's because the "homeland" is not fit for living anymore (or dying, probably Threnodian-related?) so they need to relocate their people. Rover might be that person who do reconnaissance. And the sentinels are for terraforming purposes... My point is, they probably couldn't go back because the "homeland" might already be destroyed.

I can't wait for the next phase!!! Can't help expecting more Rover lore from Luuk~

 

And I ended up getting her weapon! I just did like one 10-pull on the first day and one single pull the day after...!

Did just realised it's the same day for release of Wuthering Waves 3.1 update lol (I guess that at least means I have something to say today)...

Anyway, here we are. 21st anniversary of me as a blogger!

Not much to say lol really. It's just the same-ish stuff every year.

Let's make this like a mini OTD post:

Last year, I included these in the post:

  

So... yesterday I received a BBW parcel in the mail for books— "My Heart is a Chainsaw"... and yet another version of "Dracula". SIGH. I can't explain it. My reasons are it's hardcover and probably has larger text size (this is very important). It also might be pricier elsewhere. That's what I told myself but really... It's just that every time I see it, I'm reminded of how I kind of prefer "Dracula" to "Frankenstein" (not a fan of the writing style & Victor Frankenstein is annoying) and always have to check if it's a version worth buying so that I can reread it. The amount of efforts(?) I'm putting into this is so ridiculous especially considering "Dracula" isn't even a favourite LOL

The last time I blogged about the voice thing is in a July 2025 post. Yeah. It's getting worse this year. I just unsubscribed from a WuWa lore channel because I can't stand their voice. It's actually pretty normal-sounding but it's just the way they read that I find annoying. I don't like it, so I unsubbed. I really don't care anymore. This is a year of cutting out annoying things from my life.

I am "saved" by my flower-picking trips again because the first book I finished this year is from those trips. It's a book I found at Karamunsing in 2024. Unfortunately it's a 1.5 star read (rounded down to 1 on GR). I don't find it okay and I don't particularly hate it so 1.5 is just perfect. It's just a bit too boring. The characters are okay (it's a multiple POVs kind of book) but I hate the bride's POV and I won't deny, that's one of major reasons that ruined the book for me. Another is the multiple POVs format. I don't usually have problems with books that use that but here, it almost makes me want to hate the format. It makes the timeline confusing sometimes, like I still get it, but it's very distracting when you jump around them.

Anyway... it's going to be another year of mood reading. It might be more reading than last year but still moody :P

I've been seeing some discussions about the 3.0 main story quest which I find very interesting. I kinda arrived at the conclusion it's because they are still building the lore and world (and a bit experimenting), like they did in 1.0 and 2.0 but I guess people are comparing it to 2.0...? I just hope it's not a case of overglazing 2.0 because honestly that feeling they have now for 3.0? I think I had that during 2.0. It just got covered up by a big bang ending that is the carnevale. In the latest patch, it made me realised, "Ah.. so they're still building up the lore" like that literally means it's still cooking in the kitchen... it's the first chapter, you don't usually get the ending of the book in the first chapter. 

Oh well.

I'm just here for Rover. For me, the big main story is Rover's past and memories. The most important thing in the main story is Rover. I guess not many see it that way because it actually makes sense that some characters don't appear that much again because IT'S Rover's story. Why would the main focus of the main story moves somewhere else? 

[Wait... Ohhhh, so the segue arcs are for this... an alternate PoV... without involving the main story directly. Just like a peek behind the stage kind of thing.]