Uh-huh. No water supply during the weekend (back to normal today). Had to take a raven's bath yesterday (either that or no bath at all lol).

It's okay, I guess. Very reminiscent of Phrolova's patch and Cantarella's companion quest combined. Quite fanservicy, in my opinion, but for Chisa fans and surprisingly, anime fans..? It's a bit of a me problem: I just recently recovered from my anime-watching slump so I'm still kind of sensitive to things that could bring me back to the slump (T_T). 

BUT we get some Rover lore in the end so I'm very satisfied! I can't wait to get to the next area (Lahai-Roi)!

Wasn't planning to pull for Chisa but I find her gameplay quite fun so I decided to go for it. Unfortunately, I got another copy of Jianxin (now she's S2)... & I'm fine with this result. Next time! 

*gosh my wishlist just gets longer and longer lol* 

I'm going to keep the guarantee for Phrolova~

My backup-speedrun account got her (guaranteed) but in the same 10-pull, I managed to also lose my 50/50... so I guess it's another guarantee for whatever future banner I will pull. I decided to get her for this account because I wasn't confident that my Fenn account will be able to. I was proven wrong lol because that account won the 50/50 lol... Good thing is I think I can do the 2.8 main stories without finishing Rinascita's...? (haven't tried it yet though) So I should be able to level her up to Level 90.

I tried getting Iuno for my main account but no luck. Fenn account has her but no Augusta XD so I had to arrange the team creatively. At the end of the day, as long as any of my alternate accounts have a resonator that my main account don't, I can count that as I "have" them. So far, I haven't missed anyone. 

Then continued to Galbrena's banner (gosh I really wanted her after I did the main story) but alas... Encore S2 appeared. At 72nd pull. So mean (T_T). *sigh* Then I had to keep the guaranteed 5-star for Qiuyuan. Oh well. Next time, I guess. 

I waited until I got his signature weapon to include it in this post. And I got it at 69th pull... *I'm so tired* It has been three reds back-to-back for the weapons (T_T)

My Ruru account did managed to get Galbrena (with her weapon)... but that account couldn't afford Qiuyuan XD. My speedrun-husbando account of course got Qiuyuan (and his signature weapon). I used one weapon pull in my Fenn account and managed to get his weapon LOL. What luck!... indeed. I guess I'll get him next time in that account :P

I'm officially out of tuners~! Now I don't have to worry much about my echo XPs anymore because that will build up in my backpack. I guess this is the true Tacet field grinding.. oh wait, I might do more of the weekly one (Fantasies of the Thousand Gateways) just because I don't want to fill up my echoes inventory again XD

True story. Doing the whole Rinascita finale gave me Gamer's Elbow LOL. I was so locked in because I needed to know the ending. Fortunately it wasn't as bad as that one time I was too immersed into playing ME3 Multiplayer—that time I had very weak grip and I can feel lingering pain the whole time I had it. It was on my dominant hand/arm too. Started using vertical mouse since then.

Anyway... can't really say that I remember much of it, I feel like I'm still digesting the story XD. Avidius was memorable! Nah, I still don't hate Cristoforo that much. I love the final fight with everyone... that Fenrico (and the past Primuses, I guess) scene was great too. BTW I don't think of it as his redemption (it's more like fulfilling his duty from beyond). Sigh... sometimes I can't help but think that  Rinascita arc is full of tragedies. It's probably partly due to having more Threnodian influence.

But, hey, I do like an ending where everyone in Ragunna can be depressed(?) with me about Imperator. I seriously thought no one will know about Imperator so I love that we see a conclusion(?) to that. 

Damn! It's just a brief scene but I super love it! I guess it's more like Abby's lore...?

The last speech by Fractsidus in the end sounds like another hint to Rover's relation(?) with them. 

I'm not sure if it's reincarnation, regression or alternate world kind of thing but there's the lingering idea of having multiple lives throughout the world of Wuthering Waves. This is why Camellya's companion quest is one of my favourites because it showed that it's possible(?). Maybe, in one of those worlds or lives, Rover helped the creation/development of Fractsidus... as one of the possible solutions to her mission. Oooh I think if they ever make their lore/backstory as part of the main story it would be a major flashback kind of thing. If it's a flashback, they are free to make Rover as evil as needed... that would be exciting to see!

And I also feel like making the civilisation less dependent on Sentinels is a running(?) theme. Because with their presences, we also have their opposite equivalent: Threnodians. They both exist together. If you remove one, you remove the other too. 

It's all nice and great but again, I feel the same as before. 1.x main stories (yes, including 1.0!) are already great for me... so the whole 2.x main stories being good are just "business as usual" for me. It is as I expected them to do. Yes, there are some patches that I might like more than the others but they all pretty much got high scores from me. 

Maybe it's because I'm looking at this in a very eccentric way: The whole thing so far is just Rover's big main story... The big main story is about we getting to know Rover's past... whatever Rover do to help the people is merely side main stories. 

I WANT MORE ROVER

I also love getting to know the world & history so I do hope they'll go into more about Black Shores... and Court of Savantae. 

Honestly? I'm looking forward to a cozy patch! Last year they had Illusive Realm in 1.4 and I actually couldn't finish them for my alternate accounts. End of year is usually a busy time so I'm hoping it won't be too heavy this year. Apparently there are those who complained about lack of combat events and here I am feeling glad because I've filtered out those content creators :P.. If I don't see it, I'll just pretend that it doesn't exist.

Here are some life(?)... updates.

Lol... more like book updates, maybe?

Interestingly, I can categorise them by month:

Yeah... I managed to get on (visit? board?) the Doulos Hope when it's in town. Had to make reservation online. Kind of fortunate that I was able to do that the night before for August 29th's... Amazingly, I only purchased one book which is another hardcover version of Jane Eyre. When will I ever read "Jane Eyre" and "Emma"? It has been 4 years XD.. what's funny is, at the moment I'm typing this post I'm considering reading them on my Kindle (because I can highlight them there and revisit them in one place on Goodreads). Well, it might be possible to do hybrid reading...

Anyway, I remember the date because when we returned to Jesselton Quay (we rode on a bus to go to the port where they docked), we saw a lorry on fire.

Received these books on September 26th... and I remember the date again because it's the day for Wuthering Waves 2.7 preview livestream XD

Anyway, got Ciaccona's signature weapon... but at what cost?

75th. Yeah, I was so surprised that it's the 75th pull, I forgot to screenshot the convene result lol. 

I'll include this shot of the weapon still at Level 1 with Ciaccona instead :P

Lol didn't expect to make a debut for PGR label in this post... though I don't see myself posting about it as much as WuWa in the future because I'm very on-off with the game...

WuWa updates before Iuno arrives...

Saw people complaining about Augusta's shield so I guess it's just for her sonata set/less interruption (like Ciaccona's?) kind of thing? Well, I'm still glad I pulled for her because while I'm still in the process of getting better echoes for her, I can already see her damage potential... I guess she's stuck with Mortefi for now because I'm not sure if I'm able to pull for Iuno seeing how I always go at least 70 pulls (and there's also the 50/50 *sigh*) 

So, to add to the draft above... I guess it's like I'm compensating for my lacklustre convene experience from 2.5 (lol): yes, I got my guaranteed Augusta and her signature weapon, both at 73rd and 72nd pulls, respectively. Though I didn't convene much for her weapon because I was actually near to getting one (because I did most during Lupa's and a few 10-pulls on Phrolova's... with no wins, obviously).

And... this week I just finished getting all her skills to 10 (yay!). As always, I still need to get better echoes for her (*sigh* it's the usual Echo xp problem again) but I'll focus on learning how to play her for now. I did get to 36/36 (yeah we have extra two floors now in the middle tower) the new Tower of Adversity with her team so I think I'm getting the hang of it lol

My wheel has picked Verina as the next resonator to max out her skills. I guess this might make many cringe because she doesn't need that actually because she's a support/healer but I'm going to do it anyway. I like to think of everyone as DPS (I'm aware they are not :P) so I want them to deal damage as best as possible.

So... I did a random 10-pull (just because) few days ago and managed to get another copy of Shorekeeper... Yes, I won the 50/50 lol, and now she's S2! I did want to get her so it's fine (my Shorekeeper team has gotten a bit stronger because her S2 gave 40% ATK buff) but I wasn't expecting it to be early?! (after 8 times getting them around 70 *sigh* I was really not hopeful). 

Probably should've used that luck for Iuno's but oh well~ I'm fine with winning or losing 50/50 for Iuno's banner. If I win, yay for my Augusta I guess but losing means I'll keep the guarantee for Qiuyuan :P... Well, there's also the possibility that it will go near 70 again.. so that means no pulling until Qiuyuan, maybe? (The thing is I also have interest in Galbrena but my priority is male resonators XD. It's unfortunate that Iuno and her [banners] are running back-to-back... good news is I usually have my alternate accounts pull for the ones I can't in my main account so I still get to experience their gameplay) 

2.6 so far

The new area has thriller/horror vibes, I love it! And we get another dinosaur-type echo (which looks like a Carnotaurus IMO) - Corrosaurus~ 

And the lore at the area is so good... there's a few more I haven't done but damn!

This one got me crying:

It's always the TD/echo-related ones that got me. This was a simple quest but the impact was deep enough to hurt my heart... it's that Imperator over Phrolova thing all over again. Don't get me wrong, I [kind of] like Phrolova's gameplay so I'm okay with her (I do think she's a bit chuunibyou so there's that) but the whole sadness "tragedy" is so overrated... I can't even take anyone who thinks it's very deep seriously (especially when they vehemently gets mad with Rover for "forgetting". LOL).

Honestly though... the best thing about 2.5 for me is the echo management feature. It really makes echo-farming easier. Although I can't really do much of it anyway because I'm near the 3000 limit lol. What I need is echo xp...

The new main story was... fine, I guess. I've seen a bit of the discourse(?). Not much really because most that I saw were just complaining about Rover and I, a Rover main, will not waste my time with those XD. One of the things I see is the promise thing? Like, I doubt you remember all your promises like damn (who are you to judge :P)... it looks more like them getting mad at having their Waifu killed. (By the way, I loved that. I loved that they go there. And it doesn't look like a permanent one too, so I don't get all the sadness lol, there's definitely something there where they can bring her back... her being half-human should have been a good clue) 

I do like how they handle being in an antagonist's shoes though. Makes me excited for the other Fractsidus resonators. 

It's kind of funny though because I have a quite different reaction to Phrolova's story. I was also like Rover, I don't really believe her at the start but the situation made it necessary for them to work together despite all that. I guess I'm more on the cold side because I understand Phrolova's motivation but I'm acting like "Okay, next!" XD (Honestly? I've seen enough interesting antagonists through reading books/manga/manhwa and watching stuff my whole life so... she's not that special). I also don't really get the sadness after that (probably because I kind of "spoil" myself immediately after it ended)... I'm more sad about Imperator :( which I guess not many will care to be sad about because Imperator isn't a woman

The main story, at this point, is making me wonder about Rover though. Is it regression? Or reincarnation? Another thing to think about is if she did something related to the antagonists (Fractsidus for now). Can't help thinking she might have tried getting info/knowledge/data from the other side considering the conversation she had with Cartethyia at the end of 2.2's main story quest --- I look forward to seeing such twists in the future. 

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 delivering 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?                       

I'm only here to unload:

• We had no power since 3am. It only returned minutes before 3pm. ALMOST 12 HOURS. Crazy! As expected, my phones' battery levels were under 20% after that long. It was surprisingly very humid around afternoon (it feels like it's going to rain but there's no sign of it) which made everything feel worse because I was "sticky" from sweating... and very much dehydrated by the time the power came back.
• Almost got that headache again but apparently my body chose stomach ache at the end of the day instead lol (probably due to stress-eating/drinking when there's no power) 
• My Youtube adventures have reached a level where I just DNF watching videos depending on my moods lol. The biggest change(?) will be how I became very picky with voices. I can't stand watching videos with voices I don't find pleasant. It's not this bad before but now I just, urgh, go almost bananas when I don't like the voice.
• Reading slump is still up and alive. This has made me skip some reading-related videos (there's also the voice issues *sigh*)... the positive effect is I'm discovering/watching a different kind/genre of videos, which I don't usually do in the past.

I'm mad.

Had to go out to the bank to get a new ATM debit card made because someone* in KL used my debit card for a Grab transaction (no idea what). I guess you would think it isn't much (see title, that's the amount) but the troubles it's giving me is so much more than that. 

[*that I hope will not live peacefully after this because I'll curse them in my head every time I recall this - seriously F**#$&^#@& ]

Gaaaahhhhh I'm so mad right now!!! Currently, I have an ongoing Kino order that used the old debit card that I most probably have to cancel... it was supposed to be a good deal - it was purchased during their 15% discount sale and I also used my RM15 voucher - and that will now mean nothing because that idiot decided to mess with my day (and it's Ohno Satoshi's birthday, of all days! Which means I might remember this every year because it's on his birthday F*ck).

So, so mad!!!! Since it's not time to replace my card yet, I also had to pay RM12... Such unnecessary expense! Just because of that idiot!! F*CK 

The whole thing thing is so troublesome!
I hate troublesome things!

....F*CK!!!

From now on, "To Have and to Hoax" will be remembered as "that book where the main couple had a misunderstanding & didn't communicate effectively for 4 f*cking years"... like WOW. And then it was revealed that it was someone else and the male lead forgave that person easily... that 4 years period is a sad joke at this point *eye-rolls*. What makes it sadder is I'm usually lenient/accepting on this misunderstanding/miscommunication trope but even this was too much (too long) for me. Like... seriously, I'm not a masochist (although I guess it's masochistic of me to finish the book lol... but then I'm a believer in reviewing something only after I finished it so...), I don't enjoy watching fictional people not communicating in the stuff I read. 

To make it more interesting, this book should've a regression plotline added to it. I know that trope is way overdone (in the manga/manhwa world, at least), but I can't accept that 4 years of non-communication unless something tragic happened to them, he regretted, and went back in time to fix his mistakes. And it must be the male lead because he's an A-hole, he needs to suffer more if he want to redeem himself. He will fit in just fine as a regressor because a lot of the male leads in manga/manhwa in that genre also has daddy issues 😒.

I guess the easiest option would be to make it less than 4 years (2 years at most and even that feels too long for me)...

Anyway, I'm pretty much still mad about the book BUT I do still want to read more from the series though because I'm interested in the other couples. And like I said in the previous post, I like the writing style... so I'm not giving up on the author (yet).

Life(?) updates~

I might try finishing it today or tomorrow (hopefully). I guess it's fortunate that it's pretty easy to read so I can still read it to the end. Huh. This is a very strange reading experience. I don't hate how it's written, the story is easy to understand/follow but there's one thing that distracts me from everything else. Maybe this is how it feels when you are stuck reading a book with one of your least favourite tropes...

I never expected this to happen but I guess I'm playing this difficulty regularly now...? I didn't even make any effort to transition to Gold difficulty lol, it just happened naturally and casually(?). I do switch between Silver and Gold sometimes so it's not like I solely play Gold matches. And with that, I am able to make progress to challenges that involve Gold matches (maps and extractions) so that's super nice!

Maybe... I'll be in Platinum matches by the end of this year? :P

Also known as the "Want to Read" shelf on Goodreads. Did some cleaning-up today. I didn't delete much but it feels good to make the list shorter. In the future, I wish it would be a list of books I want to buy AND read (so that means a lot of books could be disqualified :P) but for now I'll just leave it alone. I have a separate bookshelf for books that I own but unread.

We can just skip the small goal, which is basically untouched (unchallenged?) the whole month lol

I managed to complete my reading challenge but... at what cost? XD

Well, the cons include 

---I don't remember much what I've read

---there isn't much time to digest what I've read (which might be best for books that I don't really enjoy, but the opposite for the ones I do enjoy)

---I was anxious(?) all the time 

Pros

---I finally read some of the books I kept putting off reading

---learnt that sometimes pushing myself to just read is the answer. This is usually what makes a procrastinator like me moves.

♦ Not done with the book yet, but I'm pretty sure I can finish it by tomorrow. Hopefully.

♦ I almost made it one of my goals this month: I'm trying to spend less time on reddit... the main source of me doomscrolling in bed :(... 

♦ Finished "Alien" last night (I don't remember watching this before or I didn't finish it so I had a great time worrying about Jonesy the cat) and suddenly hit by the thought that the alien is basically a space cockroach - it's hard to kill them!

♦ Read a bit about someone else's rabbit hole on Reddit(!) and one of the articles I found online mentioned the short story "The Yellow Wallpaper". Was going to read from here but realised I have it on my Kindle so.. yay for free e-books (I mean it's free both ways but it will be more comfortable to read on the Kindle)

♦ Been binge-watching "Answer in Progress" videos recently... It's fun and very rewatchable! Side note: Sabrina sounds like an INTP to me (because I relate to her thinking process a lot).

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

Oh gosh, I'm worried about this one. It's another book from the SF Masterworks series of which the selections have been a hit and miss with me... Here's hoping that it's at least readable (doubtful lol)...

I'm starting the post with this list:

I finally finished "The Sirens of Titan"! What a trip that was. And for that ending??? I mean, the ending is fine but kind of sad IMO... Still not a fan of his writing style though. Will I attempt-read his other books? Probably, since I have a two more of them (unread). I don't have his other popular books though (like "Slaughterhouse-Five" and "Cat's Cradle"). 

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Today marks the day I wear that T-shirt. What am I talking about? There's a T-shirt I got through a club I was in (Form 4). Yes. I was in the Anti-Drug Club in school. That red T-shirt. I don't remember the reason anymore but this shirt was never used (or maybe only briefly used during one of our club activities? I really don't remember). I found it again when I was organising my shelf so now... I'm finally using it as intended(?).  

In the past, I'd also tried Dalgona coffee. That was the first time I got like mild gastric pain from drinking a coffee. Probably shouldn't have done that without food (though I'm usually okay drinking coffee with little to no food)... but I don't like it anyway since it's too sweet.

Anyway.. this post is just me complaining about drinks XD... I guess it can also serve as a reminder for future-me.

Didn't plan to post anything today lol but I recalled there was something I forgot to mention in yesterday's post. Nothing really worthwhile though... just about a new horror movie on Netflix that I watched with my sister yesterday. It was terrible. Halfway through I got mean and repeatedly asked the annoying main character on TV why she isn't dead yet. Like what's special about her that she doesn't need to die like the people around her? She was also disrespectful at that one village they went to for some supposedly ghost-busting activities. So annoying. It reminded me of "Kong: Skull Island". There's an annoying character there that wanted to avenge for his dead teammates because they got killed on that island & I was like "Excuse you sir what do you expect when you enter a place that you don't belong to?" Acting rude and entitled like that... 

........ end of rant. Phew. Didn't mean to make it that long but it has been on my mind since yesterday. 

Anyway. Probably will finish "Conrad's Fate" tomorrow. I'm slowly getting back to reading by focusing on one book for now...

Few weeks ago, my mother was watching the local beauty pageant[-ish?] event (I don't remember which place) on Youtube. There was this one comment in the live chat asking for the heights of the contestants - which was already given before, this person probably missed it - and I gave this nonchalant remark out loud "Why is everyone obsessed with their heights?" It was the same for my mother, she's very interested to see if they are tall. She said it's one of the rules etc.. but to this day I still don't understand why it's important to know their heights.

And... the moment I realised I'm being a pot was when I was checking the profiles of the characters in "Court of Darkness" recently. YES, you probably didn't guess it but this is another one of Voltage's games that I regularly play. Although I refuse to say I'm obsessed, I am a bit interested with how tall these fictional characters are. I like to know how tall certain characters compared to other characters in the game.

So. I'm a pot. But not a black pot. Maybe a dark grey pot. And I don't really care that I'm acting like a pot. I'll still say out loud whatever I can't get an understanding of. 

Also, I'm a short person. I might not like the height subject because I'm self-conscious of mine. Although... I don't think I really care now because there's nothing I can do to change that. I've already accepted that I'm forever short.

Just let me be short and a dark grey pot in peace.

It feels great to finish reading books I purchased recently (last month).

The internet browser I'm using now (at this moment) is Chrome Beta. I don't know why the usual Chrome browser is giving me so much trouble today. Every time I open it, the computer freezes. So far, the beta version is doing okay. It's noticeably faster ❤.

What is different in the normal version? That one is so laggy and... problematic (today). Maybe I should use Chrome Beta more...  

Lazy day~ 

Somewhat not in a reading mood today... 

Still hasn't made much progress on "Witch Week". I actually read this in three days in 2008! I don't have that kind of reading stamina anymore lol.. I can't even finish watching a movie in one sitting nowadays haha. Always have to divide the time because I can't stand sitting there not doing something else while watching. Or maybe... I just have short attention span. I'm not sure anymore these days... sometimes I can do stuff for hours and there are times where I couldn't even last for 5 minutes before getting distracted. 

Haven't done much with my goals this month either lol... So not in the mood to clean my room (I have to clean first so that I have place to put my books while I organise the bookshelf... it's all related *sigh*).

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Random. While looking at things to watch on Netflix, my mother asked who's that "handsome boy"? She was referring to Deng Lun in "Ashes of Love". Should've removed that from my watchlist lol... Anyway since she called Deng Lun that, I feel the need to show her how handsome he was XD so she ended up watching a bit of Episode 1 yesterday.. [Good thing I've finished watching that drama *sigh*]