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.

It went smoothly(?), I guess...?

I had just enough astrites and radiant tides... (damn, should've used the 7 forging tides I can exchange for the weapon instead of my astrites).

50th pull... but within the first ten-pull of the day XD

Got his weapon early~~~

So glad that I'm done getting all the boss materials for ascension for all my resonators because while I don't exactly have all of it (the forgery & weekly boss materials can wait), it's kinda comfortable to prepare for Brant's materials. I'm never this prepared lol - I even got all the weekly boss materials for him (yes, all 26 of them!) and his echo set (because I was already doing one for Encore) ready lol




My Fenn account was super lucky! Lost 50/50 to Encore then got Brant straightaway in the same ten-pull. I want that luck in my main account!!! 😭 *sigh*. Also got his signature weapon early (around 40ish pull). This account totally didn't prepare for him lol. Just thought I should try pulling a bit since I can put him in a team with Changli. 

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.

But today I'm glad that I could still make a good(?) decision, even when I'm in zombie mode... like purchasing a book before it got sold out in the afternoon! Well, I guess I should've expected that because it had two copies left before I checked out the order. 

Damn, was I the reason (the trigger? lol) that the last copy was gone after me??? Sometimes I do receive e-mails from BookXcess about the books I put in the cart ("Oops, the items in your cart are going fast!") Lol I even got one for the book today - I guess it got triggered as soon as I added it to the cart - so maybe someone also decided to get it fast before they lose their chance today. Or maybe they were also like me who suddenly decided recently, "Hey, I wanna read some H. P. Lovecraft stories. I never read one before, even though I've watched many game playthroughs that were inspired by his stories..."

I didn't really have many choices. A similarly-priced book on Shopee has less stories.. I did find the same book for a cheaper price there but I missed out on buying it 😓. They're either not in stock or too expensive on Kino. Oh well. 

To be honest, I do have some of his works on my Kindle but I kind of prefer having a physical book if we're dealing with short stories here. Short story collections seem to intimidate me more when they're in digital form 😭... it feels never-ending and takes longer than it should to finish them. The downside is I'm stuck with a large, fancy-looking book of short stories collection... I sure hope that I'm compatible with the writing style!... Yes, yes I know, I can check them online but I want it to be a surprise(?), and it's kind of a '0 or 100' thing - a 'don't read at all or read a lot of them' situation - so that's why we're at this point today~ 

Will this year be the year I'm finally reading more books from the horror genre???

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I've been not holding back at getting coffee at night recently and it's putting me in a good mood...? Surprisingly, it hasn't been affecting my sleep(?) but I notice that I'm generally in a better mood most days. Even when I'm in moments that I normally would not be. But... when I'm annoyed, I am very annoyed... so I'm not really sure what that's about. Oh well. I also have shorter attention span recently... although I'm not sure if that's related to the amount of coffee I'm consuming at night. Hmm.

Today's highlights:

---Ah, yes. It feels great losing sleep over a book.

(What is sleep anyway?)

---DHL parcel. When the books are in stock, Kino really delivers... 

---Journey to the West. Kind of got down that memory lane today lol. So~ random. 

At first, I was watching a video about the adaptations of the book...
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Saw a comment about an upcoming Sun Wukong game
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Got reminded of the theme songs Dicky Cheung sang for JTTW1
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Realised Benny Chan's song from JTTW2 aren't available on Spotify, so had to search around Youtube lol
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Randomly found the JTTW2 ending theme song covered by Kwong Wa (who played Tang Sanzang on both drama series) 

---Bonus Dicky Cheung song:

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Found a short web novel today. It had a rough beginning (toxic stepmother and bad stepsister) but I think I laughed most of it because the male lead (a duke this time, for a change) made a contract (that involved a spirit) wanting nothing to do with the wife he's marrying. If she tries to seduce him into bed (=breaks the contract), she'll be cursed. MC is fine with that. The duke isn't. The contract thing was not done according to his wishes (it was his aides' doings, they thought MC is bad), and MC happens to be his long-lost childhood love... so you see... he'll want to break that contract XD -- yeah I was laughing my meanest laugh, waiting for him to realise that muahaha... Fortunately, he's not the one who came up with the contract idea because the contract sounds so terrible... Even if MC was okay with it and even praised how "good" it was/it didn't have any loopholes.

*siiiiiiigggghhh*

So... since my mind is very active after midnight until morning, I'm going to list out what I can do during that time period:

-- Read [preferably physical] books

-- Play games (bad idea)

-- Eat (very bad idea)

-- Watch something (can be both good and bad, mostly bad)

-- Listen to music (or anything like an audiobook or podcast)

--......

For today, I most probably will attempt to finish the two books from the jar. One of them. The other day, I was reading "The Trouble with Mr Darcy" and had some awkward moment with unexpected smut content (though it's not very explicit).. yeah I'm sorry, I laughed out loud XD. Awkward moments make me laugh, speaking as an S. Honestly, I didn't expect to find it in the beginning chapters but I guess... it's still part of the introduction... Unfortunately I don't really enjoy the book so far. If this is fanfic online, it is one that I will DNF or abandon reading because I find it too wordy. Also, I can't stand the smell of the paper used... it's the dusty kind that I don't like :(

 

Anyway, speaking of yesterday's post... yeah, I do like Chikage. He became less relatable near the end of the manga (because of the love developments, duh! ...which I don't have haha). I had to laugh (bitterly, of course) when I saw one comment said he's a flight risk person if he's real (I assume they meant him to be unpredictable and unreliable)... I can see why. Sadly, I might just be that kind of person. I don't know what that means for future-me but most probably it would be hard for me to find someone who can stand being with me...

It feels like it has been raining daily here in KK. The weather is cool so usually it is cold and pleasant at night... unfortunately, that doesn't always mean I get to sleep at night :/

Well, it's as expected I guess XD. I noticed that my attention span has become shorter when I read physical books (compared to reading on phone). I kept wanting to look elsewhere (for some reason). I don't think it's a matter of getting distracted.. more like being fidgety...? 

There's also that probability of having a brain in prolonged Zombie mode - my fault *sigh* - making it hard to focus on reading. Another thing that kind of makes me think it's lack of sleep is how irritable I was these past few days. Oh well, I'll try to get some proper sleep today... 

Didn't touch "Heaven's Shadow" at all today. Might try to marathon-read it tomorrow. For some reason, I'm motivated...? XD

I guess it is time to slow down my Web Novel adventures... which I think have slowed down before I even say this - sorry, I can't remember well nowadays - .... yeah, that.

Hah.

Anyway, went out to get some groceries today. Actually it's more like a thing I got dragged into XD.. The day was still hot, I got sweaty (oof!)... or and it's the first time I use my ATM debit card to pay for stuff at the counter... Erm, I don't feel safe. I guess it's a given since it's newish to me. It is convenient though, I'll give you that. 

Currently I'm reading first volume of "The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent" light novel and I'm happy to report(?) that Albert being smooth(?) at courting Sei is just as what is seen on the anime version. GAAAAH I LOVE IT SO MUCH 

Anyway, the usual zombie mode in progress. It's really hard to recall things today. I don't feel patient too which is kind of discomforting, like I can't sit still for stuff I usually can. 

Here's hoping I'll survive the day~ 

That's me today, with web novels.

I know I won't stop... it's just... that's how today feels like. Like I'm drunk on too many web novels. *sigh* I just hope I would stop starting new ones before completing (or at least reach the latest chapter) the ones I've started...

A couple of Unifi technicians had to come down here to check some stuff. Cable problems again. Gah. But the technicians were quite nice and amiable so the whole experience (where strangers appear at home) was great. They actually came within 24 hours after I made a report online (via here) yesterday - honestly, that's fast (compared to making a report by calling 100). Oh yeah.. they even installed a new router few hours later (they returned for the second time) and upon request, the problematic cable was replaced with a new one (it didn't need to but to be on the safe side...). 

Lol that escalated so quickly. Other family members were actually surprised I could talk to them normally - kinda funny because this was the second time I got such reaction. Unfortunately, I developed this side of me (persona?) from work - I guess it's something like a positive kind of occupational hazard - where I can just converse with anyone out of nowhere lol (of course, only if I want to though). I'm kind of sorry that I've become "broken" like this but... nothing can be done to reverse it, it's now a part of the package(=me) XD. Although I must confess, it sure have a bit of "Who am I and what have I done to the real Ruth???" moments in both times when my family reacted that way. No worries, it's just my haraguro side [that was developed from work] at work :P~

I'm glad that's done with. I ended up using at least half of my monthly mobile data in just a few days. It was so unstable too, I kept getting disconnected (not good when you play online matches).