WordPlay

19Dec09

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JCS
JZ
EL
CL
TXC
SQ
MB
C
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All those letters mean something or other to me — names of characters, names of places, etc.
I’ve passed the halfway-mark of Book03.
Pic below kinda shows the scene I’m working on right now — that’s what one of the characters is wearing, heh.
Will try to finish this scene tonight + do a little “research” for the next chapter.

–> Pic by Dave Austria

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Drone

12Dec09

When I say “drone” to myself, it’s in the tone of the voice that says “Droid” in the Droid ads (the Google + Verizon + Motorola Android 2.0 phone).

I’m going to try and continue working on Book03 before the Spring 2010 semester begins (hence the note above, about being a “drone”). I have about 2k words before my estimated “halfway point” of the book…I think I’m just going to steamroll through the remaining chapters so that I have the first completed draft out. It’ll be mangled, but sometimes it’s better to just get on with it :P

The 4:Play blog tour is more or less complete — the interview @ Amanda Young’s blog has quite a few “details”, lol!

P.S. I have all 7 of Michael Jackson’s albums. I’m enjoying the HIStory album lots (I don’t recall much hype about it when it was released back in 1995?). I’ve got “Off The Wall” and “Invincible” left to check out.

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One Month of Training

05Dec09

I spent about one month learning the dance routine for “Rainism” [a song by Korean pop artiste Rain (the Ninja Assassin guy!)] — always liked watching people dance. Decided to give it a shot since life is short.

–> It’s harder than it looks coz it’s FAST

That’s what I get up to when I’m not reading/writing/studying. The one thing I loathe about anything writing-related, is the amount of time one can spend sitting one one’s arse…I like to move. I like physical activity (random dance + swimming + yoga = top choices). I hate it when my joints feel stiff and/or inflexible. I hate staring at a screen for hours. I don’t think there are very many activities that are more unhealthy than the latter, lol.

By the way, I never realized how cool an album “Blood on the Dance Floor” [BotDF MJ / Michael Jackson] was/is too. I passed it so many times in Singapore when I used to amble around CD shops…finally got a copy here for $5 on a whim the other day. Man, I think the album is more bad than “Bad”! I currently own 4 MJ albums and will be getting the remaining 3 soon ["Off The Wall", "History" and "Invincible"]…R.I.P Mr. Michael Jackson.

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Tags: bi rain, dance, michael jackson, rain, rainism

(Busy) Notice

22Sep09

I’ve started work on my English/Business degree, and am actually *gasp!* enjoying the assignments so far. I’ve 3-4 papers to hand in over this/next week, so I guess I’ll be very busy on that front for the time being.

+ I believe in the Bates method. I have Relearning to See, by Thomas R. Quackenbush — the main points I retained were to

1) reduce stress,
2) not stare/strain (especially when using the computer),
3) move the eyes/blink through the day.

People who have 6/6 perfect eyesight, please be thankful for your perfect vision. I started off at about -6.75D for both eyes. I’ve managed to get it down to about -5D (outdoors, bright sun) over a year. Am trying to hit -4D by March next year. When I do hit -4D, I am 100%-confident I can go all the way down to 6/6 vision.

+ Teresa Teng (你怎么说 / ni zhe me shuo) — WOW.

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Author Interview Exchange

08Sep09

Two in a day:

1) I interviewed the lovely Wicked Redhead here, who very kindly took the time to do a Q&A with me too (Ms. Kirchoff writes science fiction & erotica).

2) Discussion with Cynthia Vespia @ Authors by Authors (Ms. Vespia enjoy martial arts and being an active fitness competitor, yow!).

+ The name of one of the characters in Book04 = D – - – - t  Y – - – - – - – u  I – a (fill in the blanks / Japanese name)…I might blog something about characters’ names in another post soon.

+ Am approaching the halfway mark of draft01 of Book03.

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