Meme from here

What was the last book you bought?
Terry Pratchett’s Making Money paperback

Name a book you have read MORE than once
Too many to list. I tend to re-read because I have horrible memory and sometimes when I get too caught up in the plot, I speed read and misses a lot of details. I’ll definitely read back a book if I liked it enough.

Has a book ever fundamentally changed the way you see life? If yes, what was it?
Hmmmm … not that I can remember?

How do you choose a book? eg. by cover design and summary, recommendations or reviews
I’ll pick up the book if the cover looks interesting but I will buy it if the summary on the back jacket seems interesting. Also, if there’s a book where I heard a lot about from my friends, I tend to borrow it first before buying ( if I like it enough )

Do you prefer Fiction or Non-Fiction?
Fiction

What’s more important in a novel - beautiful writing or a gripping plot?
Gripping plot. I avoid purple prosey ones and imo good writing are most evident in non-pretentious writings.

Most loved/memorable character (character/book)
Good Omens’ Crowley. Definitely most loved and memorable to me

Which book or books can be found on your nightstand at the moment?
Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere. Tokimeki Memorial GS2 Short Stories Collection 3 <-- haha okay, don't laugh damnit!

What was the last book you’ve read, and when was it?
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman. Earlier in the morning when I was waiting for the bus.

Have you ever given up on a book half way in?
Yes. Dune. I … can’t seem to get past the first chapter no matter how hard and how many times I tried.

Just got back from The China Embassy once more. Why is it EVERY time I went there it’s so filled with people like your regular morning wet marketplace??! And I had to wait and que up for more than an hour again as well ORZ

Results : Applications are being processed but I’m cranky from being hungry and tired.

And just wanna get home and play 薄桜鬼 even though it means I have to wade through the onslaught of kanji because I really do find myself immerse in the story now D: Halp! Hijikata, why are you still eluding me?? And Okita is simply breaking my otome heart now ORZ

Finished ‘Wicked’ by Gregory Maguire a bit earlier will depress me for some time to come, I’m sure >_>;

I mean, since picking this book up for the two books for HKD100 value buy at HMV, I had known the ending of the story already. Like duh who doesn’t know that Dorothy followed the yellow brick roads ended up killing the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz? But reading the story of The Witch as spinned by Gregory made me feel damned sad and sympathetic for her ( and yes, I’d always wondered why the hell the story is called Wizard of Oz since I was a kid since Dorothy was the one that had to do all the awful tasks. The book gave me a whole loads of other reasons to hate the Wizard now)

Which reminds me to question myself why the hell did I start playing FFVII : Crisis Core to begin with as well. For I damned well know how the story ends for SOLDIER First Class Zack Fair. ORZ I’d been stuck on the final chapter of the game since before I leave for HK and is really dilly dallying in finishing up what may be the last hour or two of the game BECAUSE I DO NOT WANT TO BE DEPRESSED.

And then I went on and read Wicked. Brilliant, just brilliant >_<

ANYWAY.

I'm back from Hong Kong since last Tuesday ( duuuuuuhhh ). The trip was fun and my darling L'Arc~en~Ciel was awesome. Pure awesome. Had a super duper long entry about the concert experience posted here if anyone is masochist enough to wade through the barrage of text diarrhea there *coughs*

Will probably post up photos from Hong Kong and Macau later but currently is too LAZY. Ta, people. I’ll probably go dig up some Terry Pratchett’s books after this to cheer myself up. I don’t think I’m in the state of mind to appreciate Tim Burton’s The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy at the moment ( another part of the bargain buy from HK. WHY YES, I BUY BOOKS FROM HK. From HMV nonetheless. Don’t judge me )

OH HAY

This place had been gathering much e-dust for the past month or so O_o And even the much-dropped-out-of-this-world-Kel had decided to update his blog, I figured that I’m really doing some sort of alternate dimension a great injustice if I don’t actually pulled my lazy ass out from the lazy-gutter and waste some internets-space, yanno.

So what had I been up to? Between the last two posts and this one here, there had been much changes of daily routines I was comfortably used to for the past two and a half year. I’d found myself a new job =D Or in a way, a new job found me because it was try some friends’ contacts & workplace. There’s much to be learned at this place and I’m hoping and praying that I’m up for the job ;__; Kel’s post about his job also in many way made me smile because in many ways, I felt like I am living in constant fear of being discovered as a fraud by my higher ups. Eek.

Negativity aside ( and since I’m kinda stumped about what to write about without being a bore ); I’m gonna list down random ups and downs in recent time

I think this needs no word

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Did I ever mentioned how much I adore this man’s writing?

Oh Fragile Thing, when will you be mine ?