.:MONOLOGS:.

Dedicating the self to real life, and so...

2008-07-16T06:46:53Z

...will be right back to LJ after the messes are cleared out and the broken wing heals. Maybe...

nekk_ @ 2008-07-09T14:13:00

2008-07-09T07:13:06Z

Dear my lovely bunny o_O firelle
and I say Happy Birthday~~~~
*chuuuuuuu-s*
♥♥♥♥♥

Sankyuuuuu~

2008-07-07T05:03:46Z

♥♥ ♥♥ ♥♥
Two red-♥ each for queen_yokozuna, white_poem, aleksandrajabla. Didn't expect anyone to realize it but what did I know nyahahaaa~

Oh, two more for maharan1 who barged in into 'me' just a few minutes after midnight ♥♥

It was a book-harvest day so to speak *nods nods*

Kyuu-wee, I almost safe the files you're going to delete but my connection failed on me the other night o_O
Yuu-chan, the package should has been arrived but my friend is in Kalimantan for that damn PON-blah event coverage ~_~
Aleks! Stay alive, 'kay!? >_<;;;
Az, I know you won't see this post ^O^

lilithiasonata - July 1, 2008

2008-07-03T02:36:25Z

Dear the soaring star in the sky lilithiasonata,
belated Happy Birthday!!!
It's been a hard year for you,
but, Steph, just keep going & don't let anything stops the star to soar~
♥♥♥♥♥

nekk_ @ 2008-06-27T23:49:00

2008-06-27T16:53:49Z

Dear kenshin77777,
Happy Birthday to you~~~~
♥♥♥♥♥

So tired...

2008-06-21T23:03:39Z

nekk_ @ 2008-06-15T23:24:00

2008-06-15T16:30:29Z

Yoohoo synleezz, happy birthday to you!!!
I hope you had a great day today~
♥♥♥♥♥

Head-desking Part 2 of 2

2008-06-15T16:25:29Z

Dear nekochan23, *sobs* kindly forgive me since I've missed your birthday on June the 11th. My excuse is..., erm, no, I don't have any excuses at all. I just forgot >_<;;;
Hope you did have a great day on your birthday though~

Head-desking Part 1 of 2

2008-06-15T16:21:14Z

Dear maharan1, terrible sowwwwwwyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy, for I missed your birthday on June the 9th ;_;
I have an excuse that I was out of town--well, I came back on the exact date; but, yeah, damn it, I simply FORGOT *is head-desking till a hole is created in the desk*

nekk_ @ 2008-06-01T00:44:00

2008-05-31T18:00:08Z

Happy birthday, ladyames~~~
Have a great moment in this special day of yours!!!
♥♥♥♥♥

It's still May the 31st in your place, right? Right? Right? *face-palms*

nekk_ @ 2008-05-28T02:36:00

2008-05-27T19:43:55Z

Happy birthday, scratchbook~
May this day be the greatest day for you through out the year!!!
♥♥♥♥♥

nekk_ @ 2008-05-23T21:39:00

2008-05-23T14:56:19Z

My bear-blah-whatever collection, yay~

The pedestal is still cramping my manga shelves. It's really at the wrong place as it made me to push aside some books. But today two more walls in my hut were set up with shelves therefore I hope they would get the better place soon enough. Hopefully...

nekk_ @ 2008-05-21T12:40:00

2008-05-21T05:44:48Z

Something has been bugging me at the back of my mind since the morning. I don't know what so it bothers me a lot more. Gah...

Starviiiiiiiiiiiiiing~

2008-05-18T04:25:46Z

I'm starving but thanks god it's ~~Friday~~ Sunday. Sundays are gohan-blah-tempura & ocha days now. Usually I would save it for dinner time, but today I'm way too starving to wait for longer so I'll make it as brunch. Or maybe lunch, I'm so in the mood to upload pics at my flickr account. The last time I ate proper food was Friday morning. For yesterday, at night I managed to glob down a banana, two packages of energizer cereal and a bar of a Japanese..., let's say survival food in the reference to the old times when I still do any wild life activities. Got to take some carbon absorbents before my tummy starts to bloat gas and causes the nasty headache. I'm just too excited on something, so eating became something that out of my interest. Stoopedd but that's how I am.

I think today I'm not going to that Japanese thingies event at my old university. I was about to go last night, to stay overnight at some place etre_de_viestre had booked me a room at. Thought that I could go easily to the event if I stay nearby. Unfortunately, Etre's mom got sick. I was on my way when I heard the news and turned back home right away. Don't think she would be there today. My intention to go was to have a nice time with her. Since I've lost the purpose, why bother going.

I just jumped into conclusion that she won't be there. Cannot phone her up because my cell's simcard acted up. After sabotaged my text-messaging and timing my phone calls for weeks, this morning it asked for the PIN # but the correct one was rejected. Blargh... My emergency number is a pre-charge, unfortunately I let the daughter of my friend-da-boss to use it up so can't use it now unless for a few of text-messages. Sent one to Etre actually, asked her to contact me in there if she needed. I thought that because she keeps this emergency number of mine too, she could contact me in there. Haha..., what a silly thought since my text-message would give out the number to her anyway. Oh well, but at least I saved my thumb a big time for not having to explain whose number is that ^0^.

So I need to recharge this number. Now I remember that I should let my friend-da-boss who is out of town at some shooting location know that my main number is out of order. This thought will surely speed up my going, I think, and may makes me to have brunch instead of lunch. Unless I stop by first at Kinokuniya store. That what probably would happen. Last week I only take 2 out of 5 books I was interested with--craft books, mind you--so I can't wait to get it. Plus, that's how the standard procession when I go to this mall. It situated at the different building of the eating place of desire and any other shops I may pop in. Am too lazy to go back and fro.

Shoot, why didn't I asked Kino main store to send the two craft books I reserved to this branch. Argh!!! My fault. Yesterday there was an event at the main store. I don't have any idea of what the event was all about, nor I really care. It's just that if I come with the invitation I could get the one-day only 5% discount. I have to admit that the chance of me going was small *lol* I would spend too much for the cabs anyway. BTW, there's another discount-possibility at another branch store.20% store-wide, for several days, but I think I would spend a lot more for transportation. It's too far away and my mobility is lousy, I am too spoiled with the cabs' conveniences. I feel that's the only mean of transportation that would let me feel I'm still a human--you'll get the idea only if you know what a $h1t the mass transportation in my country is.

As an addition, the location of the 20%-discount store is a super-mall(?) I decided of not visiting. Other malls/shopping center buildings have caused traffic jams for they were established without thinking about this possibility. While this particular premises took a whole street to disappear. Someone accused me of being supportive to unemployment, what a pity for this person missed the ~~subtext~~ core of my point of view. Not my fault *shrugs*

Talk talk talk taaaaaaaaalk, now I'm done with the flicker-doing. Time to go~ GOKANA, HERE I COOOOOOOOOOME

Japanese Nerds Enjoy Kinky Drag Maid Cafes

2008-05-13T01:05:36Z

This post's subject line said it all, hence no further explanation~~~~

nekk_ @ 2008-05-01T23:32:00

2008-05-01T16:39:19Z

Dear novemberbeetle,
wish you a great birthday~
♥♥♥♥♥

nekk_ @ 2008-04-30T07:43:00

2008-04-30T02:08:26Z

Where the heck could I get a pair of good pinking scissors for fabric *grumbles grumbles*. I've been looking for it high and low for two months! Should I buy it from amazondotcom instead, huh? Huh? Huh? I learned that the s/h cost will be about 30% of the price. It's not a book, so I won't end up paying for a double or even a triple for the whole thing like what would happened if I dare to buy one from there. So it would be a good deal.

OK, I may have to widen my searching area. Meaning I got to go to the entire city of Jakarta. That would be ridiculous even, for it would cost me, the transportation and all that jazz, much more than amazondotcom's shipping. Not to mention the time and the energy spent. Therefore, I think I will only broaden my search on the net. There must be places with cheaper prices. I found this online craft supplies shop that has the same brand and model and the price is US$5 cheaper. Pity they don't ship to my country. At eBay a seller is selling the same thing for US$2.99 but the shipping is US$6.00 *lol*. Erm, but they don't ship to outside USA *cries*.

A friend in Australia informed me that she saw this kind of scissors at a craft supplies shop she visited a few days ago. That visit was by my request, too, for I asked her to find me rovings of wool fiber and because she's a nice person so she did--she doesn't have an LJ account so she wouldn't know that I praise her BOHAHAHAHAAAA... Unless someone told her to *glances at a certain someone*. . She didn't find any rovings for me, but she remember she saw pinking shears. The price is over $30 (Aussie dollar), however she needs to check if that is really what I need. There is other kind of the similar scissors, but it's for paper. I got this kind already, in several shears' variations, but they won't do for fabric (of course, they're paper's).

While waiting, and looking, I lay my fabric-cutting life into my rotary cutter I think. Have bought the zigzag refill blade yesterday, but haven't tried it yet. I need to get the blade no matter what, so the buying wasn't for replacing the scissors in question merely. Because, each tool has its own utilize, say I. Eheheheeee...

nekk_ @ 2008-04-25T22:26:00

2008-04-25T16:51:17Z

Happy birthday, kaini~
Wish you all the happiness you are deserved.

Where have you been? How are you? Hope you are in the safest place at the moment.I miss you a lot *sniffles*
Love you always, sonnie...
♥♥♥♥♥

A contradictory post of mine~

2008-04-21T07:36:47Z

For those who are interested, new licensing news . Wonder if it's the same with what people were talking about a few weeks back *shrugs*

nekk_ @ 2008-04-21T03:14:00

2008-04-20T20:40:09Z

In theory, I’m stopping in buying English (BL) manga. In reality, I’m moving to another shelves seemingly *head-desks*. If not that, why did I bring home 4* 6 books of needle-works and 2 books of the art of kitsuke instead? While the purpose of the visit was to pick up my manga batch--and a hope to find a kumihimo book for beginner, hehehe...

Reasons #1 - there is a 50% discount for selected crafts & fashion books. Rare chance. Something not to be missed *nods nods* Yeah, sure…

Reason #2 - why didn’t I take any manga home. First, suddenly I remember that I wanted to use Citibank’s free vouchers. It's not the first time that I thought about it, but usually I would just dismiss the belated thought. Thinking that there will be another time (I keep forgetting to call them up to get the vouchers). This may be my last chance, no? Erm…, heh… what ever lah... Hope that I would remember to call them up and claim my rights this Monday morning. And, here is the second reason of Reason #2 *rolls eyes*, there are still three books more on the way from the main store.

Oh-kay, I'm a hopeless case. I’m just justifying my own action but what's new. The more I am telling my self, the more awkward I become. Oh well… *scratched head*, yeah, I admit it, I just moved into another shelves. When will I leave that ‘new’ shelves I wonder. Listen to what the cashier lady said, “You bought quite a few of craft books lately. We sure won’t miss you even after you stop buying English manga”. Oh, how I feel loved *roflmao*

Unless if I move into another city, but there's always the chance to shop-on-phone. o_O I'm really getting no where, and who am I trying to convince ~_~

Ooya..., I'm sleepy.

~ETA~
I forgot that I did get one manga. Picked up whatever on the top of the stack. Just checked the plastic bag out, yeah, it's Nitta Yuuka's Prime Mister somethingblah (don't mind me, is sleepy) book laid inside. Along with white_poem 's Ai no Kusabi novel (sowwy, Yuu-chan hehehe...)

*2nd ETA: the needle works books are 6 instead of 4 x_X

Oooooh..., I've said it!!! -- ver.2

2008-04-20T08:45:38Z

So I called up Kino's PS. Saying that I wanted to stop ordering English manga. The though is not coming out of the blue. I've been thinking about it since the end of January but heck if I really wanted to stop. It's more of cutting off myself for whatever that attached me to this place where I am at the moment, and this city where I live. The second reason, if I really leave this place, means I won't have any work. No work, no muhnee, no buy nothing. I wouldn't want to work for others anymore. I'll prefer to make my own. All the details of this plan are at "Oooooh..., I've said it!!! -- ver.1" hidden only for me, hehe...

However! I asked Kino to stop ordering books under my name. They could call me up when the next batch has arrive but that is it. Errrrrrrrmmm..., not really. Because I also said that I still want to consider about long series titles. Argh, I'm so indecisive, yes I am. But, I already took the milestone by talking with them about it *nods to herself*. Whatever, this is my problem...

To white_poem, I have talked about your book/s with them. Let's discuss it at our fundoshi sometime this evening.

Then this is the second major change I made this month. Blahblahbalh are hidden at "Oooooh..., I've said it!!! -- ver.1" too. Hehehehe...~

Crafting~

2008-04-20T07:07:28Z

The deal is, this is my latest passion. A passion that has been neglected by me for maybe half of my age. Neewayz, after almost 3 months of contemplating, experimenting, this and that, that and this; I "only" accomplished this far but my hearts feels a bit contented. To talk about my own crafts, I'm not easy to satisfied *sighs*..

The first bunch, other than the eyes-killing bright circling blahblah at the bellow left, is of kanzashi-inspired. I just happened to make that bright circling thingie. Erm, no, it is not a just-happened; to be frankly actually that is the result of my frustration in finding locally any lump of 100% wool fiber. I reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaally need that d@mn material for dry felting *grumbles*.

The second batch! Named it Ropie Gurlz. Why? Go figure. It's my own creation, with the references of many little dolls I've seen in my life. Yes yes, I am a doll fan yay~
Whoops, the needle pin used to attach the blue blouse gurl is sticking up XP

Blame my re-awakened crafty side if I neglecting manga and BL. Heh, it's not not-possible, nyahaaaa~

It's a surprise o/'''''''''''' throws loads of confetti

2008-04-19T06:22:09Z

Once again, sankyu maharan1. It's a surprise♥ for crying out loud, since these books weren't mentioned in the list of her books she offered me to adopt for free~

Received them just today, therefore the sankyu goes to Nyaoo too for he mailed it out to my place right away. It's only last night when he told me that he just picked up his latest batch from Japan, so I didn't expect that I would get it this soon. Double surprise!!! *throws more loads of confetti* o/''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''

From left to right: Junjou Romantica vol 10, Binetsu no Karte vol 2, Binetsu no Karte vol 1

JR 10 came in a special wrapping paper, lookie~

nekk_ @ 2008-04-17T04:14:00

2008-04-16T21:19:38Z

Happy birthday to access_identity~
Hope you'll have a great day and a lot of fun today (despite today is a working day, heeee...)

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

Japanese Literature Books

2008-04-13T02:28:21Z

In the past 6 years my interest in books had been narrowed into manga only. Be it for BL & yaoi, or any other genre. For the same span of time, guilty as charge, I neglected any other kind of books I already have. My excuse is, which actually is not a mere excuse, heh, almost every book that I have kept at the places other than where I live at the moment. In the rolling of time I became too busy to read text books so it just made things worst. Gotten too often to leave a book in the middle of reading it and then too scarce to get the chance to continue, makes the reading very much not enjoyable. Going back and fro the pages to get the forgotten details back and all that jazz are tiring like hell. I’m not that bright, unfortunately, therefore I could lost any details of an unsolved matter so easily.

A few months back, after certain situations, I was forced to get to handle those neglected books. The previous latest database has gone into the ditch hence I have no choice than to start it all over again. Made one in an exel spreadsheet, then put it up into my online catalogue as well. But, I wanted to arrange it in a list based Japanese Literature Books on whatever I feel like it to post in my blog/s too. Aaaahhh..., doing things for my books is something that I love the most--yes, I'm being hyperbolic.

I decided to start with my collection of Japanese literature. It's a long time affection that came before manga and stopped abruptly when my interest to the later went sky-rocketed.These are the books I bought up to six years ago, added with a few new titles given by etre_de_viestre♥ March this year. I marked it with a double asterix [**].

I think I still missed some titles though. I have to go to the warehouse where I put my things from the time before I live in this hut, to make sure if I still have the now missing books or have not I. Before making any decisions on buying it again of course. I did lend my books to some people to whom I trusted my book with but after some years it proofed that it’s a false hope *sighs*

So, here's the list of the gems hidden in the dusty corner of my neglected shelves. Each title linked to the book-info of my online catalog. But please be aware that I am prone to mis-link.

I may update the list, if the missing books are found and/or when I bought new titles; maybe link it too with with book reviews. But, plans are never work for me...

The list is in the authors' names alphabetical order

AKUTAGAWA Ryunosuke

Kappa

Rashomon and Other Stories

ATODA Takashi

Square Persimmon and Other Stories, The

DAZAI Osamu

Crackling Mountain and Other Stories

No Longer Human

Setting Sun, The

ENDOU Shusaku

Sea and Poison, The **

Scandal

Stained Glass Elegies **

Volcano

When I Whistle

IHARA Saikaku

Life of an Amorous Man, The

IKKU Jippensha

Shank's Mare

INOUE Yasushi

Counterfeiter and Other Stories, The

Hunting Gun, The

ISHIKAWA Takuboku

Romaji Diary and Sad Toys [2 copies in the library]

KAWABATA Yasunari

Old Capital, The

Sound of the Mountain, The

Thousand Cranes

KOBO Abé

Box Man, The

Face of Another

Secret Rendezvous [2 copies in the library]

MISHIMA Yukio

After the Banquet

Confessions of a Mask

Death in Midsummer and Other Stories

Decay of the Angel, The - Sea of Fertility #4 **

Forbidden Colors

Runaway Horses - Sea of Fertility #2

Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea, The

Sound of Waves, The

Spring Snow - Sea of Fertility #1

Temple of Dawn, The - Sea of Fertility #3

Temple of the Golden Pavilion, The

Thirst for Love

MIURA Ayako

Shiokari Pass

MORI Ogai

Vita Sexualis

NAGAI Kafu

Strange Tale from East of the River and Other Stories, A

NIWA Fumio

Buddha Tree, The

OOKA Shohei

Fires on the Plain

SAWAMURA Sadako

My Asakusa : Coming of Age in Pre-War Tokyo

SHIGA Naoya

Paper Door and Other Stories, The

SOSEKI Natsume

210th Day, The **

And Then

Grass on The Wayside

I am a Cat III [3 copies in the library]

Mon

My Individualism and The Philosophical Foundations of Literature **

Spring Miscellany and London Essays

Ten Nights Of Dream, Hearing Things, and The Heredity of Taste **

Three-cornered World, The

Wayfarer, The

TAKEYAMA Michio

Harp of Burma

TANIZAKI Jun'ichirou

Cat, A Man and Two Women; A

Naomi

Seven Japanese Tales

Some Prefer Nettles [2 copies in the library]

TATEMATSU Wahei

Distant Thunder