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Gaaah~

Posted in: 2023 posts | My Salty Side | Reading | Web Novels

I've been reading the web novel this manga is based on... The usual misunderstood (maybe mistaken fits more for this one) main character ending up with older brother of ex-fiancé (another idiot prince). The main couple has been cute so far (like they actually act like a couple before they are even official)... No, I'm not going to talk about them. I just want to complain about the evil sister... she's an idiot. The type that doesn't want to work hard after stealing her sister's fiancé. Which makes the whole twins switching identity with each other not so convincing to me. How the heck does that cockroach manage to control her family for a decade??? Like.. someone WILL notice that she's not as talented as she's described! What the heck was she thinking?? It might be easier to accept if they are not blood sisters. I think she's just lucky that she's surrounded by enablers. (Also, that evil sister is crazy! She hurt her own maid because her sister won't do what she demanded... at the age of six! WTF)
Edit 2023-08-24: Reading further, the sister didn't really hurt the maid. She paid her to deceive the other sister... but the WTF feeling remains (I mean, the maid herself even said, "This isn't something a 6-year-old girl could think of..." and thought she's like a devil), she paid and threatened the maid so that she can manipulate her sister's guilt for 10 years. Seriously, WTF! 

Argggh I can't wait for this arc to end! At least we get to see her punished... I hope. 
If she gets away then she's living up to the cockroach b*tch label I gave her. ...That would be so annoying to read later *sigh*  

Time: 2023-08-07T21:40:00+08:00
Posted by RuYanda
Labels: 2023 posts , My Salty Side , Reading , Web Novels


The Worst

Posted in: 2023 posts | My Do-S Side | My Salty Side | Reading

(T__T)

I am stuck again with yet another web novel after reading its manga raw chapters on Pixiv. This one featured a main character (MC) with sh*tty family, sh*tty sister and idiot fiancé again... I was about to continue reading the web novel after the manga when I saw there are five chapters of ex-fiance's POV in the middle. So glad I decided to read those first because they told what happened after MC left. It sounded almost like tragic comedy I actually laughed. 

Spoilers: MC was about to be married when she discovered her fiancé doing the deed with her stepsister (the place they were at looks like the place they're supposed to get married so super oof on second thought, I think it's more like a room where the bride gets dressed but that's still oof). Stepsister said she's pregnant with his child. I haven't read that far yet but MC will leave the place (understandable, after the way she was treated). The ex's POV revealed that the child isn't ex-fiance's, but someone else. The best plot twist is... stepsister is not even pregnant. (I laughed out loud when I read this part because I expected it) But ex-fiance is still the jerk who cheated on MC so I think he's beyond redemption at this point. Another thing, before the reveal, both families kind of got side-eyed by the whole town because they are on MC's side. His friends don't want to associate with him. The families had to close their shops. The servants at MC's house resigned en masse. It was glorious, I tell you. 

I'm really, really glad I read those chapters first! Now to MC's side of story... 

Time: 2023-07-29T21:50:00+08:00
Posted by RuYanda
Labels: 2023 posts , My Do-S Side , My Salty Side , Reading


200 pages too long

Posted in: 2023 posts | My Salty Side | Reading

I spoke too soon. 

I... finished reading "Heaven's Shadow" last night/early morning. Wanted to give it one star but ended up taking away a half because I can't stand the writing style. What a waste of tree lives. ...I don't really have anything good to say about it. Too many characters, too many things about them I don't care about... There's a sequel.. (sequels? since apparently it's a trilogy). How dare you.



With this, my small goal for this month is now complete. Honestly, I don't feel any sense of accomplishment or even relief... what's ahead is a gloomy future of reading slump... yeah, I guess I'm doing that after all - I've decided to not read any new physical books (with some exceptions). So I'm not picking new books from the jar starting next month. I'm going to wallow in my physical reading slump until whenever it ends(?).

Time: 2023-07-26T17:32:00+08:00
Posted by RuYanda
Labels: 2023 posts , My Salty Side , Reading


Slightly Annoyed

Posted in: 2023 posts | Anime | My Salty Side | Reading | Youtube

Another day of getting annoyed with the MAE app... it's me - my problem - I don't know where things are (yet). Oh but it's annoying that the app shuts down every time I share a receipt [in my case, on GDrive]... the old(?) M2U app didn't do that.

Anyway... My Watch Later playlist is finally under 30 videos~ Could've been lower if only I watch all those anime ones... not ready yet~ !

Made a tiny progress with currently-reading books (mostly books from the jar) today... I don't feel optimistic about it though, it's probably going to be only reading progress made for this week.  

Time: 2023-07-25T22:16:00+08:00
Posted by RuYanda
Labels: 2023 posts , Anime , My Salty Side , Reading , Youtube


The Slump Continues...

Posted in: 2023 posts | My Salty Side | No Mood | Reading | Web Novels

Having a new app to replace an older app is nothing new but... I'm kinda annoyed with it today. Haaaah... on top of having another proof that my Vivo phone from 2019 is becoming more & more obselete(?)... I have to get used to using the MAE app from now on *sigh*. I will admit that it has a better interface...

Not much progress made on physical book reading... which means I have to take a more active role if I want to make any progress at all. I have to make more effort to finish it... but I don't wanna~~~ *haaaaah* Why would I when there are more interesting stuff among the hundreds (exaggerated, probably) web novels & manga I'm currently reading??? 

...*sigh* I know I'll try again later because I'm bad at giving up... I wish I'm more cruel at DNFing books...

Time: 2023-07-24T22:55:00+08:00
Posted by RuYanda
Labels: 2023 posts , My Salty Side , No Mood , Reading , Web Novels


That kind of day

Posted in: 2023 posts | Manga | My Salty Side | Reading

Oh wronged and misunderstood villainesses, please be happy~~~


Yes. It is that kind of day again. 

I haven't seen one yet but I really hope there's an evil heroine-chan that really is up to standard (like wtf.. if you steal the prince from the villainess, you should at least be a decent replacement and do the princess/queen studies properly... it's disgusting to see they call the villainess back to do the work even though she's not engaged to the prince anymore. Eww, just eww.)... because they usually turn out to be the classic, sometimes delusional, cockroach b*tch. 

*continues drinking my third large mug of coffee of the day* (or is it the fourth?) 



Time: 2023-07-21T21:25:00+08:00
Posted by RuYanda
Labels: 2023 posts , Manga , My Salty Side , Reading


No Way!

Posted in: 2023 posts | Currently Reading: Books | My Salty Side | No Mood | Reading | The Weather Looks...

Another sunny day... although I clearly heard rain falling down around 3am which might be why it felt very humid today. I don't like that. My mind feels more mean today.

Continued reading "Heaven's Shadow" last night and urgggh I'm still so mad bored with it. I kept cursing internally while I read it. I want to try finishing it today/tomorrow because I just can't wait for it to be over. DNF? No way! I'll get to the end so that I can rate it on GR!

Time: 2023-07-18T23:10:00+08:00
Posted by RuYanda
Labels: 2023 posts , Currently Reading: Books , My Salty Side , No Mood , Reading , The Weather Looks...


Surprises

Posted in: 2023 posts | Anime | Currently Reading: Books | My Salty Side | Reading


#1 More Annoyed Than Expected
Started watching some of the new anime for this season... they are fine so far. Also included, SAFT... oof I'm still annoyed by the main character. Like grrrrh. Am I going to make it until the end? Hearing her talk with 2x speed on Youtube is even more annoying. How do you follow a story that you're kind of curious about but don't want to see any of the main character's scenes??? I guess there is that option to read but why would I do something that takes even more effort?

#2 It's... Interesting?
I find "Midnight in Austenland" interesting. It feels like it's written differently from "Austenland". Maybe it's because of the main character's personality...? Hmm 

Time: 2023-07-11T23:12:00+08:00
Posted by RuYanda
Labels: 2023 posts , Anime , Currently Reading: Books , My Salty Side , Reading


It's Not Thursday

Posted in: 2023 posts | 5 Flavours | Food | My Do-S Side | My Salty Side | Online Shopping | Youtube

Omg I almost made a Thursday 13 post thinking it was Thursday today lol

Sweet・The chocolate I'm eating while I do this post...

Orangey・Shopee XD (lol).. been window-shopping for large mugs on Shopee today. They have some beautiful and simple ones there...

Minty・Tried using Stevia today because we're out of sugar (it's those cups of hot milk tea *sigh*...). Read online that some people say it tastes like menthol (so minty?) but I'm not getting that taste when I tried it? (I'll try again with Stevia only later)

Salty・My crappy memory nowadays... I know I need to sleep properly but I haven't been able to do that yet *sigh*

Peachy・PockySweet's livestreaming the game "Only Up" while I make this post. He's been playing the game for a couple weeks already (he livestreams every Wednesday) and it's such a pleasure to watch him fall for an S like me :P... It's definitely a game that's more fun when you watch other people play it.




Time: 2023-06-28T22:29:00+08:00
Posted by RuYanda
Labels: 2023 posts , 5 Flavours , Food , My Do-S Side , My Salty Side , Online Shopping , Youtube


Salve for the soul

Posted in: 2023 posts | My Salty Side | No Mood | Our Water Woes

I am calm. 

It hasn't been a great day for early morning laundry routine because the water pressure went south around 5am (probably earlier). 

I am calm and collected.

Practically binge-watched "By the Grace of the Gods" today. Wholesome anime. A salve for my soul. Very pro-slime, apparently XD, but I have no problem with that. The main character loves them and it's very interesting to see how he handles them. I almost wish that his laundry store exists in real life because he doesn't need water to clean them (someone commented in one of the episodes that one should form a contract with their washing machine first, and that comment made me laugh out loud XD). Or have my own cleaner slime.... because water is so overrated /s  (¬ε¬)フーン

I am calm, collected and in control of my happiness.

The day has been a big f*cking MEH so far and I choose to be happy. True happiness. Fake happiness. All kinds of happiness are welcome today.

Who needs clean laundry anyway? Laundry be damned!

Time: 2023-03-21T15:34:00+08:00
Posted by RuYanda
Labels: 2023 posts , My Salty Side , No Mood , Our Water Woes


SAFT Rant

Posted in: 2023 posts | Anime | My Salty Side

Saw the latest episode (#9) of "Sugar Apple Fairy Tale"... and I still think the main character is so annoying. I don't even understand it. Maybe it's the naivety...? Somehow got reminded of the MC in "Brother Conflict" who irritates me because I don't get why everyone is in love with her. Is this the reverse harem effect??? I don't hate it (the genre or trope) in particular especially those with obvious "the one" love interest but sometimes the female MC is just not... complete. Unfinished. You can see clearly that they focus more on giving a detailed characterization for the love interests while the MC is just an afterthought. I mean I get why it's that way in otome games but it's just annoying to see them in anime. Although... I guess in Anne's case, it's more like mixing all the good traits and see what sticks...? (Spaghetti on the wall kind of thing) Honestly, sometimes she feels fake and I can't trust her.

Hmm.

Anyway can't really DNF the show (as of now) because I'm interested in the other characters so I guess I'll have to suffer for a few more episodes... *sigh* 

Time: 2023-03-04T22:33:00+08:00
Posted by RuYanda
Labels: 2023 posts , Anime , My Salty Side


No-go

Posted in: 2023 posts | Forty Winks and More | My Salty Side | No Mood | Our Water Woes

Laundry at night is a no-go. Recently... Instead of 11-12pm, the water pressure only comes back after 1am. 


*long sigh*

I don't know what to do anymore. *sigh* 

...Need to try new strategy again...



Time: 2023-03-02T16:34:00+08:00
Posted by RuYanda
Labels: 2023 posts , Forty Winks and More , My Salty Side , No Mood , Our Water Woes


Trickle

Posted in: 2023 posts | I Need to be Distracted | My Salty Side | Need to Get This Out of My Chest | No Mood | Our Water Woes

Another thing I find troublesome (or in this case, extra troublesome) doing when the water supply is so unstable is... cooking. While it is still possible to cook something decent, the dishes etc afterwards though... Look. I hate doing the dishes so my method to overcome that is either wash whenever you can or make it a game (wash three items every time I go to the kitchen). The water condition after last 19 February has became more worse than before - I don't know, maybe they lower the pressure more or something... because the water (kitchen part) that comes out the faucet is a trickle of water. That much water from roughly 6-9am to around midnight??? Is this a joke?

I know I should be grateful that at least we have water but this is... uggghh... beyond frustrating...!

Time: 2023-02-22T17:23:00+08:00
Posted by RuYanda
Labels: 2023 posts , I Need to be Distracted , My Salty Side , Need to Get This Out of My Chest , No Mood , Our Water Woes


Hmmph

Posted in: 2023 posts | My Salty Side | No Mood | Our Water Woes | The Weather Looks...

....urgggh. I forgot to set my alarm this morning so I woke up at 5am-ish. Thought it's not enough time to do laundry so didn't do any. Heard later in the noon that the water pressure actually changed(?) quite late so it should've been okay to do laundry at 5am... it was a very sunny Sunday too... (-.-')



Time: 2023-02-12T23:29:00+08:00
Posted by RuYanda
Labels: 2023 posts , My Salty Side , No Mood , Our Water Woes , The Weather Looks...


4C

Posted in: 2023 posts | In Zombie Mode | My Salty Side | Our Water Woes

Apparently, I still can wake up very early. Good to know.

Had to do two batches of laundry. The second one got stopped in the middle of rinse stage (the low water pressure error code 4C appeared). This happened after 6am and before 8am. They lower the water pressure so early in the morning and bring the water back to normal pressure very late after midnight.

...*sigh*

Time: 2023-02-10T21:44:00+08:00
Posted by RuYanda
Labels: 2023 posts , In Zombie Mode , My Salty Side , Our Water Woes


Sorry, not sorry

Posted in: 2023 posts | blog images | Books | Dorama | Interest: TV | My Salty Side | Online Shopping Bag

"Thanks, I hate it." -me today after finishing "His Dark Materials"

Amazingly, I finished watching the third season of "His Dark Materials" today. Lyra is extra annoying in this season. I was rolling my eyes so hard in the last episode. Could've ended it in the previous episode where I was still crying at the end but no... it has to show what happened to the main character and the other main character (fortunately I get to see more of his daemon). The last episode was so cringe-worthy, it almost feel like a joke. 

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"The Silent Dead" by Tetsuya Honda
It feels weird to make a change of tone here but here it is XD: 
This arrived today~~~!

Borrowed this online. I just decided to start reading it one day last month and find it interesting. I've watched the jdorama (but not the movie with Osawa Takao) that was based on this series before, so I kind of know what I'm in for. 

I'm still in the middle of reading it so I'm switching from e-book to this physical version starting today. So far, there are only two (I think) that got translated to English. It was not easy looking for the books. Both are not available on Book Depository. I think this was the last one at Kinokuniya... 

Time: 2023-02-06T23:23:00+08:00
Posted by RuYanda
Labels: 2023 posts , blog images , Books , Dorama , Interest: TV , My Salty Side , Online Shopping Bag


Mystery Solved?

Posted in: 2022 posts | Forty Winks and More | Goodreads | Life: Anecdotes | My Salty Side | The Weather Looks...

Raining on and off throughout the day.

I feel like I've done enough "catch-ups" today. I've been writing down quotes or excerpts from books I read these past few months (I took photos/screenshots). Not that much but still painful to write all of them by hand. Also added (liked?) some of the quotes on Goodreads.

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I was searching the place we are living in the news (I was looking for a different news article) and stumbled upon recent news. Apparently our water problems got a "mention" in a local newspaper. Feeling validated somehow. The article mentioned about some pipe damages somewhere and problems with new water meters installed months ago...  I guess it's not a mystery anymore?? (-.- )

No water rationing is mentioned though. I'll just assume that we have magicked water that changes pressure around 8am and returns around 11pm.

(Fiiiinee... I guess it can just mean more people are using the water around that time and lesser near midnight. The whole situation is still sh*tty though. Imagine waking up almost everyday at 3-4am just to do laundry. Yes, I can see this waking [super] early from a positive angle but I really don't want to have a sh*tty sleeping routine anymore... and zombie mode is no fun!)

Time: 2022-12-22T22:51:00+08:00
Posted by RuYanda
Labels: 2022 posts , Forty Winks and More , Goodreads , Life: Anecdotes , My Salty Side , The Weather Looks...


Messed Up

Posted in: 2022 posts | Life: Anecdotes | My Salty Side | No Mood

Got so angry in the morning. I thought the water supply was fine for doing laundry (since it's before 8am) and it wasn't! 

I know there's some water rationing thing going on - *screams* AAAARGGGH - I just wish they would tell the time and/or post some notice on their website... so annoying! 

Ended up doing some purging in the kitchen because I need to burn this anger off. It definitely was a day full of curse words (which were mostly just "stupid" and "pig"). At least the kitchen looks cleaner. 

Oh yeah, also started watching "The Lost City" on TV. Had to stop when the TV started flickering again *sigh*. Got interested with the movie after seeing the trailer in one of those Youtube ads playing within videos. Enjoying it so far. Probably the only time I laughed today. 

Time: 2022-11-30T23:28:00+08:00
Posted by RuYanda
Labels: 2022 posts , Life: Anecdotes , My Salty Side , No Mood


Voices

Posted in: 2022 posts | Life: Anecdotes | My Salty Side | No Mood | Youtube

Yesterday, someone (TV technicians, I think?) went to take a look at the TV. It seems like the TV knew they were coming and didn't start flickering until the very last minute XD... Anyway, they said the problem is the screen(?). We still need to wait at least a week for the replacement part... 

...and we're having water problems again... It's probably low pressure again because we have water upstairs but in the kitchen, there's almost none. Unfortunately, this makes it hard to do laundry :( Seeing the piles of unwashed laundry stresses me out...

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Saw this TwoSet Violin video last night. Had to dig some reddit posts (where I found this newspaper article) to read about the drama. I'm like a month late to this lol... but saw some replies to their tweet on Twitter... which just made it easier for someone@me to block them on Twitter (also the QRTs! Someone said it's the perfect blocklist and I agree!). 

Anyway, the video made me recall a Switchfoot music video (featuring Lindsey Stirling) - the title of this post is the song title - which also shows real hate/horrible comments they received. Other than being a reminder that people like that exist in this world, I love how they turned those comments into something non-negative in the video. 

Time: 2022-11-26T18:36:00+08:00
Posted by RuYanda
Labels: 2022 posts , Life: Anecdotes , My Salty Side , No Mood , Youtube


Xie Meimei

Posted in: 2022 posts | Dorama | My Salty Side | Pick-A-New-Book Jar

...just because I have one post titled for Zhou Fei. This one is for Xie Yun XD (it's his nickname)

Done!

Ahhh.. Finally finished watching "Legend of Fei"~~~ Now I'm freed from this drama! I kind of love that one of the themes is "Knowledge should be shared". That usually would be followed by "...except bad ones" but I guess they only get/focus on the good ones there *oh well*.. Ah. But that skill Ah Fei learnt at Great Apothecary Valley .. hmm.. they never really get back to that. (Whatever happen to one of the character's little brother??? I thought he died but it seems he's safe somehow and never mentioned again lol). Loved seeing Xie Yun and Zhou Fei but the other things... not really? The villains were super annoying that when they die it feels like when you see a cockroach perish. So annoying. Shen Tianshu could've been a better villain but he turned out to be quite basic after he lost his allies.

*long sigh*

Also finished with "The Early Stories of Truman Capote". I don't really have much to say about this one though. Just... I also want to do my best to write my own stories XD

Anyway... five titles left in the jar. 

*shake shake* 

*picks one*

I got "The Sirens of Titan" by Kurt Vonnegut.

...oooh now I'm worried. Didn't really like "Hocus Pocus".. I'll be more worried if it's written the same way with "Hocus Pocus".


OH WELL

Time: 2022-10-16T17:44:00+08:00
Posted by RuYanda
Labels: 2022 posts , Dorama , My Salty Side , Pick-A-New-Book Jar


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