Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Rant!!

i wish you'd understand.
if i could have changed the way things had turned out, i would.
i wish you didn't try my patience.
why must you try their patience? why can't you just comply?
s this your way of getting attention?
i've considered all the possibilities.
but i can't think of many that can relate to why you're doing this.
tell me, and i'll listen.
what's troubling you? can't you trust me?
we're on the same side.
don't ignore your ally. tell me, and maybe we can work something out.
don't you understand?
it's very simple. no drinking, staying out late or past 11:30, things like that.
it's easy. just play y the rules, and you'll win the game.
isn't it simple enough?
clearly not to you.

Rant!!

well, it's all over.
the tizzle at home, friends, everything.
now that everything's aside, i think i might finally ontemplate serious suicide.
sigh.
why must my life constantly try me over and over again. i'm pushing my limits here.
when will the tormenting stop.
even after the problem has been forgotten and the aftermah is being dealt with, my focus still lies on the problem.
the chaos it has caused, and the trouble i go through.
why.
just answer the question, and i will tolerate this immense pain in silence.
just answer.
answer me.

Sunday, July 27, 2008

Rant!!

i understand what i'm here for.
everyone needs the happy agent in their life.
for the past 14 years of my life, i have been hiding my unhappiness to bring happiness to all of you people out there.
someone needs the unpleasant job. i guess i got it.
the other day, i had a conversation with someone who said i should take myself into consideration. but i replied that sometimes, you, yourself, and your being needs to come last.
the only obligation i have left to stay here is to help brighten up as many people's lives as possible.
the person i was speaking to then commented that he had no idea how to help me. since he rarely did anything out of the 'goodness of his heart'.
i sighed and said i regarded what i did as lying to the world, which just made me feel worse.
clearly feeling worse doesn't bode well for me, since i began getting very, very high on sugar.
either way.
yes. i hate the very reason of my existence here.
i bet that didn't make sense.
but whatever. hey it's necessary sometimes.
which is why i'm doing it...
it's just necessary, it has to be.
it has to be me.

Friday, July 25, 2008

Rant!!

is it so hard to accept me for who i am?
i am a girl.
i am 14.
i have alot of issues, and was, therefore, self mutilating.
i am not very pretty, i am reasonably tall, and i am thin.
i am a moody person.
i am deeper than you think.
i have a split personality.
i want a rainbow in my pocket.
i am in need of friends. i only have... 1...2...3...
... 3. 3 that i can trust. come on. that's not nearly the best social net i have there.
i miss speaking with no takebacks.
i want someone to like me.
i want someone to love me. is it that goddamned hard to get someone to love me? god, stupid question.
............................................................................
i think i'll become quieter from now on. if no one knows about what i'm thinking, they won't be able to rebuke it.
becoming quieter...
there's a solution hard to resist.

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Rant!!

yes. i am back.
it's been a long time.
not really, a relatively short time.
and i've experience loss, heartbreak, loneliness, betrayal and manipulation during this time of absense.
but that's ok, because all these feelings are nothing if i am experiencing them for the people whom are important to me.
...
nothing.

Ps; wan, please don't do anything foolish. talk it out. i'm sure you'll be ok. you know what's going on in my life, and how much crap that is. i hope you're not going through the same, but either way, just please stay sane and look at things in a logical way.

Saturday, June 28, 2008

Rant!!

I hate it when you do it.
you know it's wrong, but you do it anyway.
you know it's going to aggrivate those around you, but you do it anyway.
you know it's going to cause friction, but you do it anway.
you know it's going to hurt others... but you do it anyway.

i hate it.

Friday, June 13, 2008

Rant!!

i've just came back from malaysia.
it was a great trip, i spent alot of time with my family, especially Sarah. which is a good thing.
first day.
we packed up all our stuff and got into the car. i decided not to bring my cell or any form of music players. i mostly slept or talked to my parents on the way there. which was just how i intended the trip to be. good. quality time part one, check.
when we reached Jusco, which is Malaysia's version of Tampines, we went up to where all the restaurants were and tried eating their Secret Recipe. i recall ordering the lagsane and a bottle of Appletiser, sparkling juice. it was very good, and the lagsane was good as well. while waiting for my food, i worked on my story boarding.
next, we walked around for a bit. we went to sox world, where i bought arm socks, black with red hearts. i wish they were stars.
then we went to check into the place. there was a mix up at the reception because my dad had bought a top up card at Jusco, and he had to leave his IC with them before collection. and he had needed it to check in so they could tell he wasn't lying about his particulars. so we went up to the room while my poor faher had to go all the way back to Jusco to get his IC.
later on, i went to take a bath. i was the first one to use the jacuzzi. LOL, SPOILT. anyways, it was so fun. the jacuzzi wasn't that big, but hey, it was fun anyways.
for dinner, we went back to Jusco to eat this japanese thing... Ichiban. yeah. and i ordered a fried rice to share with Sarah and some sides. soft shell crabs, check.
when we went back to the hotel, i ate he strawberries my dad bought and we picked a movie to watch. it turned out to be Iwo Jima. Letter from iwo Jima. about japanese men enlisted to work at an island called Iwo Jima, which the americans intended to use to land and use as a base for their attack on Japan. in the end the Japanese lost, but it was a good fight they put up. they held the fort for much longer than they would have thought.
ALOT of killing.
second day.
next day, my cousins, fr some absurd reason, decided to show up. with my aunt, obviously, they can't drive. one's P6 and one's P4.
that day, we woke up for the beakfast in the morning. it was absolutely TERRIBLE. the variety was little, and the food that was ACTUALLY there, was bad as well.
oh well. whatever. just thank god for the food, i guess. whatever.
we went to book the bowling alleys in advance for that afternoon, an hour from 3-4.
after that, we went back upstairs and fell asleep again till my aunt called and told us to meet her at Jusco 0.o
so we all shook the heck of sleep out of each other and got dressed, washed our face, brushed our teeth, not in that order. then we all had to wait for Sarah as usual, and ten we all went off =D
when we got to Jusco, we found out that they were at Delifrance, so in the end, we had our lunch there, too. i think i ordered a carbonara pasta. i missed the pasta, and tried to change it to fuscilli. damn, i can be soooo spaced out in the morning. given, it wasn't the morning, but hey. whatever.
after lunch was done, my aunt, ever the practical one, insisted on buying SOME snacks to bring back to the resort. we told her we already had snacks, but she still bought SOME snacks bck to the resort. those SOME snacks she bought couldn't even fit in the fridge. oh well. her fault. she had to bring back some to Singapore =D but it was nice of her to think of us. My aunt is a very nice person. after reaching the resort, we unpacked the snacks and rested a bit before going downstairs to bowl.
we waited for about 1/2 an hour for the staff to come down. when i got pissed and wanted to go scream at the reception to freaking send someone, he said, 'it's the way they operate here. we'll be luck if they come down at 5. just relax.' so i just sat down and sulked. in the end, when they came, the guy was politely apologetic, so i just let it go.
i bowled a good first game. i was in the lead all the way, but my sister, like she always did, overtook me in the end. damn. then i sucked at my second game because i spent all my effort on the first game. ah, wasted.
later on, we went up after a game of pool and table soccer, foozball. you know, the kids wanted to swim and that. ah, whatever.
so i went up to change into my costume, which was sadly a pink two piece, i made a mental note to burn that when i got home. and get a black or black and red swimming costume in malaysia. then we went downstairs and settled the swimming towels and everything.
the swimming pool had a HUGE slide. in the beginning, we were sort of stupid and just slid down like that. but later on, when we discovered they provided floats for us to sit or lie down on to slide down, it was a WHOLE lot more fun.
we spent pretty much the whole time either playing tag or sliding. the pool was sadly too shallow to turn rounds in. i might just hit my head in the floor. ok, i wouldn't, i saw someone my size turning rounds, but hey, i've always been the paranoid one here. especially about these things.
afterward, i let the other 2 bathe first then i went to take a bath. yeah, i'm better with kids this way. i'm pretty kiddy if i'm honest, at times. anyways, after we were done, went to the best CRAYFISH AND CRAB PLACE IN MALAYSIA.
the food there rocks, we've always been going there, it was so much fun =D when my cousins were there, too. anyways, we ordered ALOT. i think a crayfish, and crab, one plate of the chilli vegetable thing, the fish, err....... i can't remember. but i know we had coconuts to drink from too. and sugar cane, i just took a green tea, though. good thing i did.
went back to the resort after the best dinner in our entire trip. worked on my story in the room with Sarah on her computer and did not notice till very much later th she had gone out. when i went to join the group outside, they were just starting the beginning of the movie, To Kill A Mockingbird. that movie was waaaaay too good. you should all watch it, or at least read the book.
SCOUT WAS SO CUTE!!!!! tomboy, just like me =D XDXD
anyways, when we went back into the room, me and Sarah still couldn't go to sleep, so we talked about alot of crap. very sad and depressing crap.
i had a nightmare.
but shh, don't tell.
Third day.
today was our day to Melaka! first we set off at around 11:45, and reached at around 2... i think. anyways, then we went for lunch at this insanely deserted place. we got the willies, and dad announced that he had a summon, and i think it was some kind of fine. then the funny thing was that the place he was summoned to was just aross the road XDXDXD LOL.
so on the way to this place my mum recommended, we talked about Hilary clinton and Obama. when we reached, we all got out of the car and went up, gratified to find the place was civilised. how did we know? easy. there was a Starbucks and a Coffee bean on each side of the entrance =D
we decided to all split up and then get back to the entrance at a specific time. i decided to go with Sarah, it would be aot more fun going alone, in which time i would just do random stuff and probably not buy a thing. when we saw this lighter shop, i asked which one Sarah liked. i wanted to buy one for her. she sighed and told me i should use my money on myself. i rolled my eyes and we went onward to this cool shop, alot of the stuff in there was black and red =D
...
ok fine, Sarah, fine, the guy was cute, ok??! stop going on about it, for god's sake, are you going to start a cult for malaysian-chinese people??! jeez.
i bought a set of badges for Stacy there =D one of them had this cute little boy holding a guitar on it, so i bought it for her. and also, the main colours were red and black.
went into the shop next door, Ruffry or something. can't remember. that's where Sarah saw this pair of really short shorts. i tried to convince her not to buy it, but whatever. in the end she did anyways -_-lll
we walked around aimlessly, so i'm going to skip to my next purchase. oh, that would be when Sarah saw her canvas flats shoes, which i felt was aimless.
she didn't have enough cash because she had spent all of her money. so i gave her enought to fill in the blanks.
after buying the shoes, we walked around in FOS, where she saw a few tank tops, and a jacket with yellow words on a black fabric. i bought a brownish oversized jacket. it's so comfy!!! XD
i think it was the only thing i bought for myself that day 0.o
later on we went to a CD shop, where i bought a Deep purple album for my dad and a CD by smeone i didn't know for my mum. it had her fave song in it, oh well, whatever, i guess.
later on when we went to meet them, they already had the CD i bought for mum and Dad wanted to exchange the CD i got for him, so oh well. after a disappointing dinner at Seoul garden due to limited, very very limited selection, we went to change the CDs to the best of George Michael for dad, and the lastest Michael Buble album for mum. then we went home. tiring day, but i managed to watch Indiana Jones while waiting for the bath when i got back home to the resort =D the socond one, Temple of doom or something. i think the series is epic ^^ it's a good story.
not sleepy. talked with Sarah.
i hate him.
last day.
we went to city square and ate at the sizziling Stone grill =D
the food was amazing, i ordered chicken kebab XDXDXD anyways, after lunch, we split up and walked our seperate ways, agreeing to meet up outside pradini at around 4=-4:30.
shopped shopped shopped.
i bought my final item for Ellyn, a blue handbag and hairband set. and some stuff for myself, ('finnally!!' >>sarah) an FF blue pendant necklace which is happily hanging on a black string now, and a lok and key necklace. i also bought a jack tie ^^
that about rounds up my trip to malaysia.
thank you, thank you.

Friday, June 6, 2008

Rant!!

hello people. today i'm going to recap my second outing with the Yuan Ching group... ok.
alright. spent the first bit of the day studying and rearranging plans with Wan over... and over and over... and over... again.
in the end, we decided to eat lunch at home, and meet up across the school to make our way to Suntec together. since i was pretty dumb at directions. not as dumb as ONE OF THE YUAN CHING GROUP, as you will later find out.
anyways...
we got there and she decided to go to secret recipe, where she ordered a lasagna and i ordered a spaghetti bolognaise. while waiting, i read the third book in the Magician's Guild series, the High Lord, and she played her PSP. when the food came, we put down our stuff and began to eat. approximately 45 minutes later, we were done, but we didn't feel like moving. so in the end, i ordered a drink and we stayed there a couple more hours. and then Faye called, and said she was coming, so me and Wan made our way over to the station.
the probem was, due to a lost bet, i was wearing the most UNCOMFORTABLE, USELESS, DISGUSTING AND UTTERLY HUMILIATING outfit, EVER. a dress, with fugly shoes to match. fugly shoes that are wierd because they are tight, but can slip off when i'm walking. What shoes are TIGHT, but SLIP OFF??! i'll never get shoes, they get so temperamental!!!
we went to get her, the Theon sms'ed me. 2 messages, i needed to get in the habit of checking my sms's more often.
'is the station city hall'
i looked at it in utter disbelief. i was ASTOUNDED. i looked at the second one, almost scared.
'lucky thing i picked the right train'
we laughed like crazy over HMV. thank god it was noisy enough to cover the high pitched laughter from Wan. we made our way back again, to the station. THAT LONG WAY BACK TO THE STATION.
Theon was spaced out, walking right past up till Faye pulled him back by the shirt. LOL.
so then we met up with Ryan, whom i was angry with because of a tussel with the seating arrangements. we went for a small snack at Gelare, and then when we were done, we rushed to get to our seats in the cinema. with the whole seating thing 'handled', there was still an odd ticket. like, 4 tickets in a row, and 1 in another. so since Faye, Theon and ryan already knew each other, and i thought Wan would have wanted to sit with someone farmiliar, it was her first day meeting them, and i bought her all the way there, it would have been kind of stupid, don't you think, to stick her in another row all alone? so i went for the odd ticket.
i sat up at the back, alone. it was kind of wierd. i had never sat alone for the whole movie before.
after the movie was over, we found eah other, and the girls went to the loo while the guys stayed outside talking about Valhalla Knights and stuff. then we walked to the station and Theon went ahead, saying he needed to meet his ride at Guardian. then we alllll went home.
an exquisitely tiring day.

Monday, June 2, 2008

Rant!! (and pictures.)

Ok, i haven't posted for a bit. i'm going to start with the wedding i didn't tell anyone of you guys about, it's the shortest.
well, last Sunday, about a week ago, i had to attend a wedding, my mother's cousin, apparently. so we went for the actual wedding thing in the afternoon, sadly stacy didn't attend so i couldn't get any pictures of that. if not it would have been snap snap snap, click click click.
we went home, had about 2-3 hours to rest up nice and ready for the wedding dinner. here's the thing people, i was supposed to get a dress. like, a black dress, to wear to this dinner thingy. but in the end, me and my sisters decided to go guys because my dad was in China, so one of the others suggested we had to represent him. i more than happily accepted the chance to get out of wearing the dress. i remember glaring triumphantly at the dress hanging behind my bedroom door.
'so there. i'm burning you as soon as i'm home alone.' i thought.
i wore a grey work shirt and a black tux, and work pants. boots, too. and trust me when i say, i looked alot like a guy. my mum was nagging because my sister felt like taking a shower about 15 minutes before my uncle was due to pick us up, and we speeded up a bit. then we went downstairs to our uncle's car which was about 15 minutes late, and yup...
off to the wedding.
i went off for a bit, just to check the seating, because it was kind of wierd, but all of our family was sitting apart on the register. when i came back, this woman was in my seat. my mother KINDLY asked her to move, and informed her i was sitting there. i waited.
the lady stated she was sitting there, and demanded she was at table 6. RUDELY.
i got pissed. my sisters got pissed. my mother got slightly uncomfortable. we got even more miffed at that, at least take a stand, lady. so i went outside to sort this out.
in the end, we all sat together snugly at table 8, thank you very much. although i was still angry at the lady and i kept bringing it back up, whoops.

we're all in this together!! LOL. us sitting happily at table 8, me still miffed about the ridiculous lady.

This is the menu. there were a whole lot of dishes in weird words describing simple things, so i didn't really bother much about it.
oooh, Hyatt chocolates. sinful, but very very tasty. i enjoyed every bit of my box, unlike my SOMEONE, who enjoyed everyone's. she stole them, lol. that desperate for chocolates? wow. this one's got issues. somehow i think i managed to keep up the guy thing, not only with my sitting position but also with my terrible posture. it's something i've been asked to watch over and over again.

that SOMEONE'S collection... thief!! FIEND!!!

the centerpieces at the wedding were lovely, the roses really complimented the atmosphere somehow. every time i go to a wedding, it's usually roses, but i never get tired of it. i wonder why. maybe it's just that they're so peaceful looking. *fidgets*

the first dish that was served out was this bunch of stuff on a huge plate. the sushi looking thing and the cereal prawns were pretty good, but i thought the abalone tasted rather queer... maybe it was the sauce that came with it. after everyone was done, i blew out the candle in the middle.
...
don't tell, they didn't notice. *laughs maniacally* ahem =]

at least 4 sharks were killed to make this one bowl of sup. almost 50 tables at the dinner.
...
we should be ashamed of ourselves. sincerely speaking, the sharks deserve to live. they are becoming endangered. i'm no tree hugger or whatever, but this is just sad.
father, i pray that you spare the sharks and that the evil fishermen who go out to hunt them get their heads severed and bitten off before the sharks devour them whole.
...
amen. *smiles*
this was funny. my cousin actually caught the champagne thing =D lol. our table suddenly burst into laughter, but no one could tell why. she refused to let anyone touch it, because she was scared they wouldn't give it back. she obviously thought it was really important, the fuss everyone was making. we practically had to promise her an IOU to let us take the picture in the first place.

the last dish. green tea pudding, ahh, the fruits sure hit the spot. the pudding... not so sure. *grimace*

ahh yes. obviously we couldn't have only pictures of things. we just HAD to have pictures of people. that's me at the top, stacy at the right, and sarah on the left.
Sarah Tan Xin Yi:
18 years old currently, wicked fashion sense, sings, shops (alot), leans to the girlish side, can be smart but most of the time does stupid things without thinking. then she does the smart thing. alot of detours in her life, but hey. she's the coolest older sister you could ever have.
...
let's just leave it there. she has potential.
Stacy Tan Bei Yi:
16 years old currently, plays the guitar, gets good grades, plays the guitar and is very good at it, leans to the tomboyish side, LOVES paramore... very smart, has potential in the future. i would say she's the best role model i can have. she's my tuition teacher. DUH. she's got to be smart for that.
Sheri Tan Shu Yi:
14 years old currently...
...
do your own assessment.
This... this is me. i didn't even know my sister took this picture, i was thinking about that ridiculous senseless lady from table 6. or maybe i was reading... i can't really remember people, it was a week ago!! come on, work with me here!!!
*throws up hands*

Sunday, May 25, 2008

Poem.

The sun is shining,
But the future is bleak,
The black is blinding,
And my will is weak,
The birds are singing,
But my fingers grow cold,
The skies are adrkening,
And my worries unfold,
The panic is dawning,
But i refuse to give in,
The tears are rolling,
But the devil won't win,
The storm is passing,
And in its place,
A beautiful awakening,
A determined face,
We have prevailed,
We are victorious,
We have won,
The fight was glorious.

Friday, May 23, 2008

Dimension 987 Chapter 9

'Wha? where am i?'
there was no response.
Theon got up and looked around. there seemed to be no end to the space he was in. suddenly, a key fell, several meters away from him. there was a small tinkling sound when it fell to the floor.
'what's that?'
Theon went over to the key and picked it up. suddenly, this time behind him, something big and heavy seemed to materialise. it fell with a thud onto the floor. he turned around to face it.
there, in front of him, stood an old wooden chest, bound with chains by the dozen, and it was still jerking. rather strongly. it was held with one lone gilded lock.
'there is something very powerful in that chest.'
Theon stared at the lock and then at the key in his hand. he slid the key neatly into the lock and turned.
'amazing, it fits.'
all at once, a red spirit thrashed its way out of the chest, and circled in the air. Theon's immediate reaction was to find the best place possible to try and watch the spirit without being in any danger by it. he hid behind the huge wooden chest. but it didn't seem to hide him from the red spirit.
Theon was frightened. it was a natural reaction.
'what should i do. is this where i die? no. it would be too melodramatic for my life to end this way.'
the red spirit swirled around in the air, and all at once, Theon focused in on its amazing detail. it zoomed past his face, and he saw the billions and billions of digits woven neatly into its body. he followed the spirit with his eyes, and hardly seemed to notice it wrapping around him in a dome. in one fluid movement, his space was sealed.
'wow.'
the spirit suddenly dove inward, too fast for Theon to follow. and he fell to the ground, motionless, as the spirit filled his body.
***
"Theon?!"
"hey, Theon, are you ok?"
by the time the light stopped, Theon seemed to have collapsed. Ryan supported him and he stood up, and Hisagi came forward to the door. he watched as the metallic doors weighing exactly a tonne each slide apart loudly.
"this is our time. let's go in without wasting time." he said, and everyone looked at him in surprise. "wow, you just talked!" Jean said, and Wan looked amazed. "i speak when needed, now let's not waste time." he said, and everyone stepped forward to the door.
when questioned, Theon answered, "i don't know. i just figured out the whole system and all the codes. i have no idea what happened."
"less talk, more walk!" Hisagi whispered, and without knowing, he became point.
when the group had entered through the silver doors, they stopped. "oh... my.... god." Sheri whispered.
in every corner of the room, lasers were pointed at an angle. it seemed they were programmed to move at random. Wan slapped her head as Faye and Jean said at the same time, "... whao." Ryan moved forward and said, "we have got to get past this."
"I'm not going to stop. look at what's beyond the red beams." Hisagi said, pointing, but quickly withdrawing his almost severed finger.
they looked beyond the lasers. they gasped.
in front of them, was over 200 computer stations in the next room. on the second floor, the railings were fitted with glass, and further in on the higher level, and they saw through the glass to the hugest mega computer they had ever seen in their life. it had over 400 cables streaming up into the ceiling, all branching into different directions. the screen, although was dark and supposedly to sleep, was huge and was about 3 by 4 meters.
"that... that is just plain impressive." Sheri commented, and everyone nodded. "look, let's just focus, one step at a time, finding some way to get past the lasers is more important." Jean reminded, and everyone nodded. "could we deflect them with mirrors?" Ryan asked, and Faye nodded. "there were many mirrored walls on our way in, all we would need to do if that worked would be to crack a few shards off the walls." she added, and Theon held up a hand. "look at the walls. the lasers are everywhere, we wouldn't be able to deflect all of them."
the group looked at the walls. Theon was right, little spots were staining the silver walls. the fact that it as a small room only served to harden their quest to reach the other side. "we need someone to go. it's a challenge, I'd say about 25 beams are in there? make it 30." Ryan said, and he shrank back into his position behind Faye.
"..."
it seemed everyone would be afraid to be annihilated.
"I'll try." Sheri said suddenly, and Wan looked at her. everyone did, and they were surprised. Sheri was daring, but no one thought this daring. in fact, this should be where everyone starts playing rock paper scissors to decide who goes. "are you sure? you could get shocked. we still don't know the potential of the lasers." Theon said, and he frowned at the red lights switching course randomly.
"someone has to do it, and i love challenges. although this is potentially dangerous, i guess it would be a totally awesome challenge to brag about for... just about ever." Sheri replied, and she walked back a couple of meters to a mirrored wall. she slipped off her loosened shin high boot and hit the heel against the wall, causing a few small shards to fly out. she picked a larger one, and pulled it off the wall. the hit seemed to loosen the hold of the mirror onto the wall, and it came off easier than expected. she laced up her boots tighter than before.
"be careful Sheri." Wan said, and Sheri laughed slightly shakily. "yeah, split all my crap among yourselves if i don't come back, got it?" she stepped in front of everyone else and abruptly, the doors opened, and slid shut behind her.
'let's get this down.' Sheri thought, and she began inching forward. just as she was about to deflect a laser, another one came at her. she immediately felt the instinct to block that one. then another. and another.
A red light flashed from within Sheri.
"what's going on?! this is like what happened with Theon!!" Faye said, and Ryan pressed his palms on the doors. "it happens now." Wan said softly, and Jean leaped to the buttons, trying to do anything she could to open the doors. it didn't work.
"stop."
everyone did. the all looked to the speaker: Hisagi.
"you have to let her run the full course of the ritual. i will speak to all of you about it later. for now, trust. trust that Sheri will make it, and that like Theon in his ritual, she will help us through this stage." he said, and they looked reluctantly at the scene.
it looked like Sheri had been lost in a sea of light.

Rant!! (and pictures.)

The sound team appeared very shortly in the second test of the Chuunin exam, the Death Forest.

Dosu Kinuta:
Dosu Kinuta is the unofficial leader of the three Genin (Kin Tsuchi, Zaku Abumi, and himself) from Otogakure who entered the Chunin exam in order to get close to and assassinate Sasuke Uchiha under Orochimaru's orders. Orochimaru secretly only uses the trio to test Sasuke's ability, and ends up using Dosu's teamates for sacrifices during the Invasion of Konoha.
In the Chunin exam arc he passes the written test by interpreting the sound of other's pencil markings. In the forest of death he and his team fight Sakura, Rock Lee, and Team Asuma. The battle is eventually intruded on by Lee's teamates and then by an awakened Sasuke Uchiha. Due to the latter, Dosu surrenders his scroll and flees, carrying his incapacitated team. He easily defeats Choji Akimichi in the last match of the exam preliminaries, but is killed by Gaara in the month between the preliminaries and the finals.

Zaku Abumi:
Zaku Abumi (ザク・アブミ, Abumi Zaku) was a Genin-level ninja from Otogakure. He was part of the team that took the Chunin exam in order to assassinate Sasuke Uchiha. Like many Sound ninja, he has been physically altered with unnatural enhancements that enhance his abilities; in his case, he was fitted with hollow air tubes that extend through his arms and open through his hands, allowing him to propel a combination of air pressure and sound in various ratios, controlled by his chakra. Unlike his partners, a glance into his past and how Orochimaru recruited him was given, making him a far more dramatic character. The anime shows that he was an orphan living on the streets who hustled by stealing for a living, and was almost always beaten for it. Orochimaru had told him he had potential and liked the strength in his eyes. He refuses to give up, even at the cost of his own life.

Kin Tsuchi:
Kin Tsuchi is a Genin-level ninja from the Hidden Sound Village. She takes part in the Chunin exam under orders from Orochimaru to kill Sasuke Uchiha. She is the only one of her team to not have a physical alteration. She uses a combination of bells, strings, and needles to confuse her enemies. In the anime, the bells caused genjutsu through sound waves, further confusing and disorientating her opponent.
She is also the least explored of her team, neither she nor Dosu were given a back story. Unlike Dosu, however, she never expressed her feelings for Orochimaru, and was only seen dead after the Chunin exam preliminaries.
Arguably her most memorable moment is when she grabs Sakura by the hair, insulting her apparent "looks-over-training" attitude, driving Sakura to sever her long hair free of Kin's grip and into the style she keeps for the rest of the series.

Team Asuma from Konoha appeared often with team & throughout the entire series.

Nara Shikamaru:
Shikamaru Nara is the sort of unenthusiastic person who would rather take a nap than get excited over something, and likes the thinking games that older men are usually into, such as Shogi and Go. A testament to that is the fact that Shikamaru even decides to sleep during the attack on Konoha by the Sand and Sound villages, as he thought it would be too troublesome to get up and fight. Another example occurs before his fight with Temari. Shikamaru contemplates forfeiting, but is forced to compete when pushed into the arena by Naruto. When thrust into action-laden situations, uncomfortable situations, or indeed, any situation at all that would require him to exert himself, he tends to remark "How troublesome" (the English dub uses a similar phrase, "What a drag"). However, when duty calls, Shikamaru has a strong moral compass and sense of commitment to his comrades.
Despite his near sexist attitude he has expressed a notably mature interest in marriage and raising a family. Just before he is about to be killed during the Destruction of Konoha arc, he thinks about how he wanted his life to go: "Marry someone who is not too ugly and not too pretty. Have two children, first a girl, then a boy. Retire after my daughter is married and my son becomes a successful ninja, and spend the rest of my life playing Shogi or Go. Then die before my wife."
His favorite dish is mackerel and kelp; his least is boiled eggs. His hobbies are napping, Shogi, and cloud watching. He has also recently taken up smoking, using a cigarette, as something he picked up from Asuma, even using his sensei's lighter (which is similar to a zippo), but he does stop after he avenges Asuma's death. His favorite phrase is "Live each day quietly."

Yamanaka Ino:
Ino has known Sakura since the two were very young, and was a considerably more popular and self-confident girl at the time they met. She convinced Sakura that hiding the size of her forehead was pointless, and gave her a ribbon to draw attention elsewhere, suggesting that Sakura had great potential, but had yet to reach it. When Sakura became attracted to Sasuke, she found out that Ino was attracted to him as well, she ended their friendship so they could properly compete for his affection. She later made friends with Sakura again during the Chunin exam, but they are still considered rivals by many, including Asuma. Ino is somewhat superficial, constantly thinking about boys and hoping to diet to lose weight in order to be more attractive to them. She sometimes suggests that Choji should lose weight, but in the filler arcs, suggests that his fat is essential for his techniques. She is attracted to Sasuke, but her reasons for that attraction, apart from Sasuke being a popular student and the best in his class, are unknown.
In her team, Ino tends to boss the others around. Shikamaru, despite thinking of most girls as "troublesome," typically offers no resistance, being unwilling to deal with how she reacts if she is unable to have her way. Asuma recognizes the control she has over the others, and while dying, tells her to look after Choji and Shikamaru and ensure that they do not get into trouble.

Akimichi Choji:
Choji Akimichi is a loyal and kind-hearted member of Asuma Sarutobi's Team 10, consisting of himself, Shikamaru Nara, and Ino Yamanaka who proves himself throughout the series to be a good friend and genuinely nice person. Choji, Shikamaru and Ino call themselves the "Ino-Shika-Cho Trio," just like their fathers before them.
As an Akimichi, Choji knows various secret jutsu that allow him to expand body parts to several times their normal size, the most common of which is the Multi-Size Technique. He uses this to perform his Human Bullet Tank attack, where he turns himself into a giant ball and attacks opponents by running them over, shouting "roll" repeatedly as he does. In the anime, Choji has mentioned that he trains on his own.
Choji is easily motivated by the prospect of food and becomes highly agitated when somebody calls him fat (he refers to himself as "big boned," "chubby," or "pleasingly plump"). However, he does not hide his love for food, wearing the kanji for "eat" on his shirt. His nigh-constant hunger is also a constant annoyance for his teammates, as sating himself often comes before other necessities such as stealth and teamwork. Choji's favorite foods are Korean barbeque, snacks and sweets, though he enjoys anything that is edible just as well. His favorite hobby is buying snacks and his favorite phrase is "Meat." "Chōji" means "butterfly (Chō-)" and "the second son (-ji)" added together. Butterflies are insects known to eat sweets. Chōji also manifests butterfly wings made of chakra after eating the third red pill during his fight against Jirobo. The names "Ino", "Shika" and "Cho" are also a pun on the "Ino-Shika-Cho" winning combination in Hanafuda.

Team Kurenai has appeared on several combined missions with Naruto from team 7.

Aburame Shino:
Shino Aburame is a Chunin from Naruto's graduating year (originally from Kurenai Yuhi's Genin Team 8 along with Hinata Hyuga and Kiba Inuzuka). As a part of Aburame clan tradition, Shino was infused at birth with a special breed of insects that feed on chakra. In return, the insects attack and do other tasks as he commands. Shino Aburame is a cool, collected, and solitary Chunin who is quite mysterious. He is portrayed as being somewhere between being merely stoic and matter-of-fact, rarely ever smiling or showing emotion at all; rather than thank his teammates for congratulating him on his victory in the preliminaries, he tells them that he expects them to do the same (both Kiba and Hinata lose their matches). He also has a tendency of holding grudges and being rather intimidating, such as seen when Naruto fails to recognize him in Part II, but easily recognizes Kiba and Hinata, despite him wearing clothing that covers much of his body.
Behind his reserved demeanor, though, Shino places a lot of value on his friends and teamwork. While he can often be stern with Kiba over his impulsiveness, Kiba holds his abilities in high regard. Shino gets along well with Hinata, appearing extremely concerned as she goes into cardiac arrest after her match, and believing that she has the potential to become strong.
Shino is extremely intelligent and consistently makes shrewd judgments and pinpoint reasoning which confirm his excellent analytical and observational skills. Like Shikamaru Nara, Shino prevails in battles by systematically staying steps ahead of the enemy. He cares very much for bugs, and can control them in exchange for his "chakra"
Shino's favorite food is vegetable salad, and his least favorites are tofu balls and strong-smelling foods.

Inuzuka Kiba:
Kiba is often short-tempered and impulsive, in stark contrast to his teammates Shino and Hinata, and can be prone to making mistakes when he is agitated in battle. He deeply cares for Akamaru, and is willing to do whatever is necessary to protect him.
Kiba often argues with Shino over what course of action the group should take, particularly when Shino advises caution. Kiba often sees himself as the group leader, and becomes offended at any of Shino's actions that he perceives as challenging his leadership. It seems as if there was a contest for the leadership of Team 8 during the Chunin Exams because Kiba says Hinata voted for him. Despite his disagreements with Shino, he considers Shino a friend, and respects his fighting capabilities. Kiba gets along well with Hinata, but tends to worry about her, urging her to be strong before the second phase of the exam, and forfeit rather than face a dangerous opponent.
Kiba apparently loves to tease Hinata about her affections for Naruto. These teasing usually manifest themselves in tricking her that Naruto is near or just mentioning her reactions to him to other people much to her embrassment.
Kiba commonly works with Naruto and Hinata in the filler arcs, often when Shino is absent. At one point, due to failing the Bikochu and Bounty Hunter missions, they are given a mission to test their teamwork, and told they will return to the academy if they fail. In the course of the mission, Kiba realizes that he and Naruto argue too much, and they put aside their differences to stop some ninja who have taken on their identities. Naruto, Kiba and Hinata succeed in their next mission together in the Cursed Haunted Castle arc.
Kiba's relationship with Akamaru is highlighted in the Kiba's Long Day arc. After Akamaru is infected with a biological weapon that causes him to go berserk, Kiba believes that Naruto is trying to find and kill Akamaru, and attempts to take Akamaru out of Konoha. Kiba eventually stops resisting when he learns Naruto and Hana's true intentions, but is paralyzed by the prospect that their plan may still require them to kill Akamaru. He eventually regains his senses and appeals to Akamaru, causing Akamaru to regain enough of his true self to avoid killing Kiba, and allow him to administer the antidote.

Hyuuga Hinata:
Hinata is generally soft-spoken and polite, applying appropriate name suffixes to most people. She is notably kind, being unwilling to watch people get hurt in front of her, a trait that Neji considers a flaw. Hinata is able to understand people easily, and is one of the few people who understands how painful Naruto's childhood was. She generally thinks carefully before acting, allowing her to easily survive dangerous situations.
Hinata has a long standing admiration for Naruto, and is the only rookie girl without a crush on Sasuke. Despite this, Naruto has always been oblivious to her attention, and due to her timidness, he finds it hard to be with her at times, but still claims that he likes Hinata. Hinata gets along well with her teammates. Kiba's actions toward her are often motivated by concern for her, as seen when he urges her to forfeit if she is matched against Neji. Shino often indicates that he believes in Hinata, and makes a point of telling it to others when they doubt or worry about her. Hinata is also the closest to Team 8's sensei, Kurenai Yuhi, who is especially invested in Hinata's growth as a ninja and as a person. Kurenai noted that Hinata had changed in her battle with Neji. After Hinata was knocked down for the last time, Kurenai, despite appearing sad over how much Hinata suffered, silently congratulated her student for changing herself. After this and for the rest of Part I, she begins strengthening herself as a ninja and as a person, and impresses Naruto at the very same time, speaking her mind more and training much harder than usual. In Part II, she evolves to the rank of Chunnin, indicating how hard she has been training. She also stutters less when she speaks, showing how much more confidence she has gained in herself. Despite this, her feelings for Naruto have blossomed over the timeskip, as she is unable to bring herself to greet him when he returns, and passes out after nine seconds when he goes to greet her. Despite this, her confidence and strength have caused Naruto to view the true side of her, and he now views her in a higher regard.

The sand team has appeared more often in the fight to bring Sasugay... Sasuke back to Konoha.

Sabakuno Gaara:

Gaara is the son of the Fourth Kazekage and the younger brother of Temari and Kankuro. Because of Sunagakure's decreases in funds, Gaara's father ordered Chiyo to seal the One-Tailed Shukaku within Gaara during his birth in the hopes that he would become the ultimate weapon for the village. Because a sacrifice was needed, Gaara's mother, Karura, was used. Before she died, Karura cursed Sunagakure, hoping Gaara would avenge her death.
Gaara was trained by his father, but raised mainly by his uncle, Yashamaru. Because of the power of Shukaku, the villagers of Sunagakure hated and feared Gaara, seeing him only for the monster sealed within him. For a time, Yashamaru seemed to be the only person who cared about Gaara. When Gaara would mistakenly harm others due to the subconscious abilities granted to him by Shukaku, Yashamaru would be the only one who understood that Gaara hadn't intended to harm anyone. Gaara's father, however, did not see Gaara in the same light, and viewed Gaara's frequent attacks upon villagers as a result of a failed experiment that was a threat to the village. Because of the danger Gaara imposed, his father began sending assassins to kill him, though when all attempts met with failure, the Kazekage asked Yashamaru to kill Gaara. As a result, Yashamaru tried to assassinate Gaara, though Gaara's abilities defeated Yashamaru with ease, saddening Gaara. Although Gaara tried to dismiss Yashamaru's attack as an order of the Kazekage, Yashamaru corrected him by saying that he had willingly accepted the mission. Having never truly loved Gaara, Yashamaru hoped that killing Gaara would avenge the death of his sister, who had named Gaara after the phrase "a self-loving carnage" (我を愛する修羅, Ware wo ai suru shura), a sign of her hate for Gaara. In a last ditch effort to kill Gaara, Yashamaru detonated a number of explosive tags covering his body, asking Gaara to, "Please die." Gaara survives the blast and loses the only person he thought had cared for him.

Sabakuno Kankurou:

In comparison to his siblings, Kankuro sees the least amount of development, typically only making appearances to take part in battles. In Part I, one noticeable personality trait he displays is an apparent dislike for children, first seen when he attempts to beat up Konohamaru for running into him. This carries over to many of his interactions with other characters as he is noticeably irritated when in the presence of someone younger than him. This is most evident when he is seen with Gaara, who Kankuro is forced to put up with due to the fear his younger brother imposes on him.
Despite their apparent differences, Gaara and Kankuro become very close over the timeskip as Gaara begins to confide in Kankuro, and shares his dreams of wanting to risk his life to protect Sunagakure. As such, Kankuro has become very protective of Gaara, willing to challenge anyone who puts Gaara down in his presence. When Gaara is captured by Akatsuki, Kankuro rushes to his brother's aid in an attempt to save him. He is quickly defeated and bedridden as a result, though joins Temari in looking for Gaara as soon as he is able to walk. Once Gaara is found and saved, Kankuro joins Temari in thanking Team 7 for saving their brother.
For some reason, Kankuro changes the design of his face paint with each of his appearances to correspond with the design of his puppets.
In the original Japanese, Kankuro speaks with a distinctive Yokohama accent. He can often be heard ending his sentences with "jaan." This makes him sound tough, as this accent is often used for biker gang members or punk kids (called yankii in Japanese, Yokohama supposedly has many) in manga. It is possible that he was given this accent to make him sound different from the Konoha characters' standard Tokyo Japanese.

Sabakuno Temari:

Temari is generally overbearing, if not crude, toward those around her, often not being afraid to speak her mind. Temari does have a caring side, and is not above showing concern for others. Temari also seems to value peace, as she questioned the reasoning of starting a war with Konoha. Three years after Sasuke's defection of Konoha, Temari became a Jonin along with Kankuro, and acts as a liaison between Sunagakure and Konoha, working with the village in preparations for the next Chunin Exams. Like Kankuro, her relations with Gaara have greatly improved, though she isn't as close as the two brothers. When Gaara was captured by the Akatsuki, Temari hurried back to the village to save her brother, and when Kankuro was poisoned, she watched over him until he was ready to move himself.
Many of Temari's appearances are associated with Shikamaru Nara. They first face off in the Chunin Exams. Shikamaru proves a superior strategist and is in a position to win, but forfeits the match when he runs low on chakra, much to the shock of Temari. When the Sand Siblings are sent to aid Konoha in the Retrieval of Sasuke, she comes to Shikamaru's defense in his battle with Tayuya. When Naruto returns to Konoha and sees the two of them together, he asked them if they were on a date, which both of them denied it. Inscribed on her fan are three purple circles spaced equally across its length, which she calls "stars" ("moons" in the English dub). As she opens the fan to reveal each star in sequence, the fan's power increases greatly.
Once all three stars are revealed, Temari can use her Cutting Whirlwind Technique or the more powerful Great Cutting Whirlwind Technique to create slicing whirlwinds. Because she can guide these forces with her chakra, she can easily use them to attack her opponents from great distances. Temari's fan is also capable of creating tornadoes, and with her Wind Release: Severing Pressure she can trap opponents and cut them in the process. In addition, her fan can be used to catch opponents off guard, and with Dust Wind Technique (塵の風の術, Fūsajin no Jutsu; English TV "Sand Storm Jutsu") she can create a wind current to blanket the area in dust, making it difficult for an opponent to stand once it has settled.
Temari can also summon Kamatari, a one-eyed weasel summoned with her fan. Kamatari serves to aid her in battle, particularly by creating strong gusts of wind to attack her opponents.

Uzumaki Naruto:

Naruto Uzumaki (うずまきナルト, Uzumaki Naruto) is the main character in the anime and manga series Naruto.
Naruto can mean "maelstrom," and is also the name for a sliced stick of Kamaboko with a pink whirlpool design in the middle that is used as a topping for Ramen which is also Naruto's favorite food. The surname "Uzumaki" is a pun on "spiral" (渦巻), while "Uzumaki" refers to a three-dimensional spiral, like a whirlpool or vortex. A more accurate translation for spiral would be "Rasen." The Konoha leaf symbol is drawn with an arrow attached to a spiral, part of the seal on his abdomen is a spiral, the symbol on the back of his jacket and shoulders is a spiral, and one of his attacks is Rasengan, which means "Spiraling Sphere." "Uzumaki" can also mean "whirlpool," in reference to the Naruto whirlpool (鳴門の渦潮), named after the city of Naruto.
October 10, Naruto's birthday, was Health and Sports Day ("Taiiku no hi") in Japan when his character was conceived. The holiday, however, was moved to the second Monday of October in 1999. Naruto was born on October 10th to Minato Namikaze the Fourth Hokage, and Kushina Uzumaki a ninja from the former Whirlpool Country, and was named after the lead character in Jiraiya's book. As a newborn infant, the nine-tailed demon fox, which had attacked the village of Konoha, was sealed within Naruto's body by his father.
Despite the Fourth Hokage's wish that Naruto be seen as a hero who contained the demon, the villagers of Konoha harbored a fierce hatred for the young child, since he bore the spirit of the demon who decimated their once peaceful village. Naruto wasn't even aware of the presence of the demonic entity inside him until he was twelve years old, leaving him confused for most of his childhood about why the villagers of Konoha hated him so much.
Fortunately, Naruto was befriended by his compassionate ninja instructor, a Chunin named Iruka Umino. Though Iruka's own parents perished at the hands of the demon fox, Iruka didn't blame Naruto for their deaths. Instead, Iruka accepted Naruto and empathized with the boy's desire to be accepted, since he too once had the same desire. He may have been the first person to believe in Naruto, and has made a lasting impact on Naruto himself. It is through Iruka's presence as Naruto's only family figure that Naruto learns to overcome his sadness. Before graduating from the Academy, Naruto had a craving for acknowledgment. He would play pranks all around the village in an attempt to be recognized by its inhabitants. This included, but was not limited to, painting graffiti on the monument depicting the first four Hokages, and transforming himself into a naked female version of himself to annoy his instructors. He would also tell everyone who doubted him on a near-constant basis that he would one day become Hokage. As he tells Iruka, he wishes to achieve this rank in order to be recognized by those around him, and to have the responsibility of defending them. Even after graduating, Naruto is still determined to be recognized, and becomes the "Number One Loudest, Unpredictable, Hyperactive Knuckleheaded Ninja" of Konoha, as described by Kakashi Hatake.
Naruto's exuberant personality and fiery desire for self-improvement strongly impacts the lives of those around him. At the beginning of the series, Naruto befriends Konohamaru, the grandson of the Third Hokage, and it is through his brief tutelage that Konohamaru learns that the path to success is through plenty of hard work. Despite his brash, headstrong, and even slightly dumb nature, Naruto is a clever prankster who overcomes his opponents through a combination of willpower, clever diversions, and more-often-than-not dumb luck (though as Kakashi states, luck is very important).
Naruto has a great sense of humor, albeit somewhat perverted in some cases, and usually smiles and laughs all round (though at times, he smiles to hide whatever is bothering him so no one worries about him; those who are closest to him see right through it). Outside his world, he's just an ordinary, loud, hotheaded kid with a fierce will and a knack for getting into trouble.
One of Naruto's hobbies is gardening, even though Naruto was beaten in episode 20 for not knowing the difference between weeds and herbs. He is the one who gives Kakashi Mr. Ukki, the plant seen on Kakashi's windowsill (Kishimoto once described how he had the same plant for a while until he fed it undiluted plant food).

Sasugay... Uchiha Sasuke:

Sasuke's given name comes from the legendary ninja Sarutobi Sasuke. His surname, Uchiha, is another way of pronouncing "uchiwa", or a paper fan, which is actually the Uchiha clan symbol. Uchiwa cannot be folded. In contrast, Ōgi, which Temari uses as her weapon, can be folded. Although both uchiwa and ōgi produce wind by fanning, the former is used in more practical/everyday situation such as cooking or commoners cooling themselves down during a hot summer day. The latter is considered to be more formal. Uchiwa can be used to fan flames, making the flame hotter — referring to the fact that the Uchiha is a clan of fire-jutsu users. A Genin-rank ninja, Sasuke is the natural genius offspring of the once powerful Uchiha clan. One of the more outstanding clans in Konohagakure, the Uchiha clan was known for its kekkei genkai, the Sharingan, as well as their use of fire element jutsu after their country's namesake. Like most of the Uchiha clan members, Sasuke's chakra has an affinity for fire based jutsu. The clan also formed much of Konohagakure's village police force. Sasuke is one of three known remaining survivors.During Part I, Sasuke was considered the best Genin of the Rookie Nine, and could have been the strongest. To this end, Sasuke's only desire as a shinobi was to get stronger, and he saw everything from his teammates, to the other villagers as simply being in the way. In fact, during their first bell test with Kakashi, Sasuke's reason for not working with Naruto and Sakura was because he thought they were respectively weak and annoying, and they would get in his way. However when he was proven wrong by Sakura's knowledge, and Naruto's desire to also become stronger he began to value his teammates and even began to risk his life to save them if he needed to, valuing their lives more than his desire to kill Itachi. In Part II, Sasuke showed he had stayed true to his original personality.

Haruno Sakura:

Sakura Haruno (春野サクラ, Haruno Sakura) is a main character in the anime and manga series Naruto.
The name "Haruno" means "spring field" and "Sakura" means "cherry blossom", which is cherished in Japan due to its beauty and almost tragically short life span (sakura blossoms have historically been associated with samurai). In Japanese "Haru no Sakura" means "cherry blossom of spring" which may be an origin of the name. Sakura Haruno is a member of Kakashi Hatake's Team 7, originally consisting of herself, Naruto Uzumaki, and Sasuke Uchiha. Contrary to her teammates, Sakura did not experience any kind of tragedy during her childhood. Because of this, she takes for granted things Naruto and Sasuke wish they had, most particularly a loving parent. Sakura's favorite foods are syrup-coated anko dumplings and umeboshi, with her least favorite being anything spicy. Her favorite phrases are "courage" (勇気, Yūki) and "a lifetime full of love" (一線愛の人生よ!, Issen ai no jinsei yo!).
At the start of the series, Sakura's only defining characteristic is her intelligence, largely due to her interest in memorizing things and the taking of quizzes while in the Academy. Because of this, Sakura is unable to contribute largely in battles, her stamina and overall talent being below average. Soon after the start of her first mission, however, Sakura discovers that she has an excellent control over her chakra, and as such she can use jutsu to their maximum efficiency. While this particular ability is never put to great use in Part I, it becomes a focal point of Sakura's fighting style in Part II.
Within Sakura resides an "Inner Sakura", a manifestation of her inner emotions that, aside from comic relief, serves as a representation of Sakura's actual opinion on things when she outwardly displays something opposite. Inner Sakura's appearances are typically marked by an exclamation of "Shannaro" (しゃーんなろー). The phrase has no literal meaning, but is usually translated as "hell yeah", "hell no", or "damn it" depending on the situation ("Cha!" in the English anime). Inner Sakura's appearances are fairly infrequent, her last appearance being Sakura's fight during the Chunin Exams. Inner Sakura briefly resurfaces later on during one of the anime's filler arcs, and again at the start of Part II. This large gap between appearances is likely due to Sakura becoming more comfortable with herself, and no longer having what she says contrast how she actually feels.

This information was taken from Wikipedia. Thank you.

Rant!!

went for my PTA today.
Mr Lee was cruel for a guy who cross dressed during Camp Corri.
my results weren't too good, but hey, i was better than alot of the cohort.
oh well.
life isn't fair.
Chapter 9!!!

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Nice Pictures.

Ok, i went to IKEA yesterday, but i couldn't upload the pictures till today, it's sad, but yeah. my sis needed to use the computer, so i let her use it first, i guess. so anyways, here are the pictures i took.
NOTE, RYAN, DO NOT SE ANY PICTURES, NO MATTER HOW NICE YOU FIND THEM.
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ahem, thank you.
an example of the wide range of goods at IKEA, i love just coming here for no eason, trust me, i always walk out with something ^^ it's just so fun to walk around here ^^ plus the stuff they produce is good and cheap.
lights section, my favourite, i wanted to buy the white one alot, it had a clear pattern of detailed sakura petals. it would look very nice in my room at night ^^
try heaven and hell ^^

i LOVE curtain lights.
like you know, those at christmas draping on the orchard street lamps? it's so awesome to go out and see them. curtain lights are really cool ^^

lost the other picture, but there was a matching one for this, i promise i'll post it when i have the time another day, and this would be from the paintings section.

2 very nice bed settings. although i like the urbaness of the first set up, i do believe i prefer the white setting because of the nice and unique lights. plus white is contrasting to many of my qualities.
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nevermind, you wouldn't understand, i hardly can.


RYAN, THIS IS THE PICTURE I WAS TALKING ABOUT. IF YOU SAVE AND POST IT ON VISUAL RANDOMNESS, I WILL MAKE SURE YOU WAKE UP WITH THAT BEDROOM SETTING UP YOUR NOSE, GOT IT? *narrows eyes* ... by the way, my cousin took this picture ^^

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Dimension 987 Chapter 8

"seems like there are mega computers only in major companies like Singtel and Creative. all the main outlets are found over at Tuas." Sheri confirmed, and Wan nodded. "could we manage to actually break in to use it, is the problem." Theon asked. Wan and Sheri looked at him in amazement as Hisagi took a loud sip of what he believed was 'koke'.
"..." Sheri looked at Hisagi with the 'dude, wtf?' face. Wan laughed and then turned serious. "look, this whole search engine thing could be arranged only if we know how to reprogram the whole system to become a search engine. doing so would probably get rid off all the information inside the computer."
"we save it first. wouldn't it be solved that way?" Sheri said simply. Wan shook her head.
"Wan is right." Theon said, turning away from the screen for a moment to look at all of the others. "such a large risk might damage the hard disk of the mega com. it has always been a storage space for numbers and codes. to reformat it into a search engine might be the most dangerous thing to the data in the server."
"could we transfer the data?" Wan tried. 'that could work...' she considered.
"no, that would take up the same amount of storage space, we would need another mega com to store the information in. or at least a storage space of its size." Sheri connected, and Wan nodded. "Maybe we really could reformat it... without transferring." Theon turned to the internet icon.
"how... i see." Sheri looked at him opening tabs on Wikipedia, Yahoo and Google. "you want to transfer the data onto the WWW, even if just for a minute. smart."
"the problem is whether it would work. transferring this this much data could cause corruption in some of the numbers and facts and figures. data could be lost." Theon frowned and Sheri joined him. "it's worth a shot." Wan said, looking over to the silent jumper.
"i do believe this could work, but first we would have to find out how much data can be stored in each website, and then how much data is left after the transfer. the amount of space left after transferring the data must be enough to support the reformatting of the storage space to an efficient search engine." Sheri said, and she turned to the screen. she took the point space and started typing as soon as the doorbell rang.
Theon went to open the door in case it was a Walls salesman or something. he didn't need the rest to know of his consumption of paddle pop. 'they'd never let me live it down.' he thought, shivering.
"Th...Theon..." Ryan said, and he nearly fell through the door. Theon wanted to catch him, but missed. Ryan fell face flat on the floor. everyone sweatdropped.
"what's going on here?" Wan said, joining them at the doorway. "oh, Ryan's complaining because we made him walk some." Jean rolled her eyes, holding up 2 bags. "and this was all we got." Faye said, gesturing to the bags. "yes..." Ryan said, getting up slowly, "and you spent billions of years walking around the mall deciding to get it."
"it was an hour." Faye protested, and Ryan nodded. "an hour of torture."
"Enough, we need to discuss strategies of break in." Theon said. seeing the look of curiosity on their faces, he smiled.
"you will not believe what has been discussed here while you were shopping."
***
"are you certain it would work?" Ryan asked for about the ga' billionth time. Sheri nodded irritably. "yes Ryan, it would work." she looked at Wan and Jean. they seemed slightly out of it, walking into pillars halfway to class. "i don't want any second thoughts about this, it's going down tonight."
"i'm up for it. the whole chalet thing because of Sheri's birthday happens to be running perfectly." Faye said, slightly excited. Sheri was sure Faye really meant to go. so did Theon, even if it wasn't his principle. "if it needs to be done, I'm doing it. what other choice do i have?" he had said, and several of them nodded slightly. Sheri stuffed the 2nd book in the Magician's Guild series into her bag, The Novice.
"Hisagi hasn't said a word since we last spoke to him in a group, since we met him." Ryan said, and his eyes widened. "do you think i offended him?" Faye rolled her eyes. "no, Ryan, i don't think you did."
"yeah, just give him more coke and he'll be happy." Wan added, and Jean smiled. "this is where we split," Sheri pointed at their class. "... later."
***
"ugh.. of all times to not pick up." Jean said, flipping her cell shut.
"what's wrong?" Wan asked. when Jean told her, she shut her eyes. 'the most important bits, and that guy just... oh god...' she shook her head, and Faye tsked. "we wait for another 4 minutes, and times up. we can't wait too long." Theon said impatiently.
"tonight's the only night, and he should have met us here 9 minutes ago. he knows that." Sheri said, and Faye nodded. "tonight might be our only chance, with the function going on including all Singtel personnel." she said, and Theon nodded.
"jeez, that boy is seriously messed up. he just couldn't..."
"...charge his phone at the right time."
Ryan got out of a cab behind them, and smiled. the cab drove away into the distance. "did you give the driver the right excuse?" Faye asked immediately. Ryan nodded. "a church camp." he answered, and Wan nodded.
'if we all give different excuses, the taxi firm will have no proof of us coming here for this.' Jean thought, looking at Faye. 'that was some smooth thinking, Faye.'
"let's figure out how to get in." Theon said, bringing them all back to the problem. Sheri sighed. 'here comes the difficult bit.' she thought. they, including Hisagi, walked up to the entrance of the building. "that, is going to be hard to get by." Ryan said, ticking his finger in the direction of a small metal box located on the left of 2 large metal doors. it had a few buttons with gold greek numbers imprinted on them. Faye leaned up close to examine the box.
"hey..." she said. 'these aren't in order.' she leaned in closer. "these aren't greek numbers... they... they are hieroglyphics!" she backed away. Sheri took her place. "no way. this is how far they'd go to prevent a break-in? jeez... this is going to be difficult. we had a list of codes ready to try, the president's and vice's birthdays and stuff, weddings... but these aren't numbers." she observed. "how you know they aren't numbers?" Wan inquired.
"i went to Egypt last year." Sheri replied, and Theon came forward.
"maybe there's something underneath." he looked at the box from downward and used a torch. nothing. he observed the box at a distance, then looked at it up close again. he touched the box.
Red light began to flow from behind the buttons, like it was an activated cell phone. the rest grew alarmed, and began to back away. But not Theon. he walked up to the box and squinted at the light like it wasn't blinding at all.
"... The blue circuit has an engraving which would be this button, and then the red circuit has this..." he punched in the buttons. "Red is technically closer to the start of the
pantone colour chart, and thus... no, it should be this one, then the insignia on the blue circuit. next would be the engraving on the purple..."
Sheri walked up to his side with Wan and the other 3 on the other side. Hisagi stood on the pathway, a couple of metres to their left. he was smiling. 'Finally.' he thought. 'at last.'
Theon's eyes were clouded over and slightly with a pale red hue.
Sheri backed away in large steps.
'What's going on?!'

Monday, May 19, 2008

Rant!!

Ugh.
I'm sick.
was texting TL yesterday, advice was to sleep it off and drink more water.
i did, and now the fever is almost gone, but i still have the puking thing going strong.
i may have food poisoning.
last year, in Egypt, i had Acute Tonsilitis. hurt like WOAH.
then just like, a few days back, i had a really bad cough. also hurt like WOAH, my throat, i mean. that cough was mean, it went on for like, over 2 weeks. trust me, i am NOT kidding.
UGGHHH................

Nice Pictures.

Deathnote lovers, this one is for you ^^
L... love you <3 lol, kidding. i don't obsess. i think 0.o
zomg, this picture is really cute ^^ L in Chibi!!! XDXD

another Matt picture ^^
i think Matt and L are the hottest guys in Deathnote ^^

... so this is what happens when Near is bored =,=

Near, Matt and Mello ^^ it would be so cute if it didn't look like 3 way yaoi, yeah? ^^

no idea why L is covered in cake... i hope its cake...
... erm...
let's just say, i don't wanna know.
obviously, this picture is overated. i mean, Misa isn't that pretty or cute. No offense to Misa lovers.

i just love this picture. it's so cute and cartoonish ^^

Haha!! A classic mistake ^^ Go L!!!