Keeping this as a perma post at the top of my LJ so everyone can keep an eye on it.

I have a special scanlations filter on for stuff that I scanlate on a whim, and sometimes, they tend to be the RAWs of stuff that's particularly difficult to get and I don't want them being passed around without me noticing. So, the filter's up to stop....multi-sharing? Whatever you'd want to call it.

Also because I tend to scanlate licensed stuff and that shouldn't be passed around either~

However, if you're here looking for Suikoden V anthology scanlations, head over to Ramsus-kun's- that's where all the stuff is at. I'm merely an editor/typesetter there.

So...if you want in, leave a comment. Simple as that. :)

First off, yes, I am still alive (but not much on LJ, though I do read my flist daily, I just don't post much...or at all any more). Secondly:

Originally posted by kangawu at post

Right! Since I have no idea if there'll be a telecommunications blackout tomorrow like what the rumours are suggesting, this goes up today. Yes, Malaysians from all walks of life are probably sick to hell of hearing about this, but I believe that as tiring it gets to keep explaining, people should know about these things. Not interested? Please scroll.

On the 9th of July (aka tomorrow), there is a call for Malaysians from all walks of life to assemble at Stadium Merdeka under the banner of Bersih 2.0. Bersih is a coalition of civil society organisations unaffiliated to any political party that's rallying for FAIR AND CLEAN ELECTIONS. In 2007, there was a rally for the same purpose; the objective behind the march has not changed.

What has changed, however, is how the government has reacted. Let's have a ( timeline.Collapse )

So as you can see, it's been a long two weeks. Frankly, I've left out quite a bit-- of how there were originally another two rallies supposed to run concurrently against Bersih, of threatening SMSes to Ambiga. I'm aware of how many of these links lead to the same websites, and how this may be considered some sort of bias. I'd however like to remind everyone that the mass media in this country is controlled by the government. Alternative news sites are how we can get our information-- and Malaysiakini is being DDoSed as I type this.

For extra information, you may want to read these (possibly triggery) and browse the main Bersih website and the Bersih wiki.

I realise that it may seem hypocritical for me to write out about this when I'm not joining in the rally. That's okay, I don't mind being called that. I only ask that all of you out there keep the people who are marching tomorrow in your thoughts, that no one will be hurt. They do not march for political reasons-- they march for fair elections. There will be other rallies in other cities around the world for this as well, and I hope you keep them in your thoughts as well.

And well, ahaha, our capital's like it's under siege this Saturday. All this for a rally that'll only last for 2 hours.

Thank you so much for reading this!

Hello my dear darling LJ, I have not posted since um. April. Yes. It's not because I've forgotten about you! More like it's because I don't think I have anything really worth writing about.

Uni has been...uneventful? A huge bunch of my batchmates are graduating this semester (though I'm not due to being held back by a year- I have Ping Yeen for company, yes, but she's only staying on for an extra sem...I think) and as much as I think Monash Sunway's better for me studies-wise, the irritation of having to rely on public transport (or close to public transport) to get me to uni irks me a little. I'm at uni from 8-5 every day even if my class finished at 12 but I suppose that's where all those extra study hours come in. I miss being able to nose my way into chem eng club functions (since there isn't one here) and the weekly career talks (and pizza, can't forget the pizza). The fun lecturers who go out of their way to make tutorials fun (like Karen who basically made the first hour of Control tutorials some kind of amazing gameshow thing, I loved that and I'm glad she was voted best lecturer in the faculty that year) and well-- basically, Melbourne's atmosphere. Back here it's all really studystudystudy and I'm quite obviously not contributing to helping out that statistic by being a faceless MUST STUDY GET DEGREE student. But, like I said, it's better studies-wise.

I hope, at least! I'm really really nervous for Transport Phenomena this sem and if I fail one more subject, ahaha. End of the road. Time to look for a job?

But either way, who knows? I might be going back there for a short holiday this year since one of my cousins have recently gotten engaged and I uh, still have money in the bank. Oops.

For now, it's mostly just FOCUS ON GETTING PAST THOSE EXAMS, getting that degree- oh, and that orchestra performance I'm watching this Friday. Is anyone going for the Philharmonic one that day? Yes? No? There's also news of VGL coming to Malaysia again but that's in....October, I think, so that's far away. Yeah.

So, what's up in your life, flist?

Here's to hoping that next week will be better.

You too, Week 8 and your two-labs-and-two-tests-plus-sup-surprise-comsol-how-do-you-like-that-hmm attitude. Can everything just stop aaaa.

No, seriously, I'm just horror-facing at everything at the moment and I'm just taking three units this semester. I can only imagine how my coursemates who were taking four were coping last year when they did Sustainable/Nanotech on top of well, Transport. And Bradley's weekly assignments. And Ravi's biweekly tests.

...engineering students have lives? \o

Somehow, I miss being able to give Sook Yan a call and say "I DON'T WANT TO STUDY ANY MORE, COME OUT TO MCDS WITH ME D:". Granted, I can probably do that while I'm on campus (in which that's where I spend 75% of my waking hours these days, what is life) but why oh why does no one live within walking distance here, boo. Or actually, why don't I live within walking distance? Hnngh.

herrjustice is amazing because she puts up with all my whinyness about my coursework in general. :(

But, yes! Calling pre-emptive unofficial hiatus from RP for next week because slowatus is probably the wrong word to describe my tagging attitude (seriously. If I average at one tag a day, a slowatus would mean one tag in two days? Or...? Too many variables, please reduce degrees of freedom) at the moment. I reckon that even if I have the energy to tag, I'll be severely picking and choosing which threads to work on and well, yes, that's probably not fair, but that's why this is a heads' up. Since most people I thread with are on my flist.

.....this is a very bad welcome to the people who've just friended me from luceti, I realise, sob. Welcome to my LJ, guys! I'm usually less whiny than this...I promise. Probably. Maybe.

Pandora Hearts + Shitsurakuen icon post! My character bias is obvious.

Uni's been pretty...okay so far! I'm not sure if it's because I already know what to expect for 2 out of the 3 units I'm taking so I can devote my attention to the third (that is arguably the most difficult of them all, or so the rumours go) or if it's because it's too early in the semester to tell. But if I'm a third into the semester and thinking that stuff is okay, that's a good sign, right? Either way, I'm happy that I'm at a zen place for studies, even with the ones that require me to sit down and derive....lots of equations, ew. On the bright side, differential equations are no longer my enemy! ...yay?!

Assignments being due every other week really isn't my favourite thing, but really, I don't think it's anyone's. Ah well.

...and then Pandora Hearts chapter 59 comes out and my heart is broken. So broken, you have no idea.

brb writing tons of happy normal fic. Why can't Elliot have a normal life, he just wants to be normal and grump around aaaaa

You were all my pleasure/ My hope and my song/ I will be here dreaming in the past/ Until you come/ Until we close our eyes

...right? There isn't a lot of Leo to icon from this chapter though Vincent's expressions are pretty amazing this round.

So yes, a normal update will come tomorrow...maybe...when I'm less heartbroken in general from this chapter.

...and this is basically my face at what's happening next week and the week after.

Except that I look nowhere close to Nanako and obviously this was in class and not over the phone (because I think I'd go D: if a lecturer told me that over the phone). Shitty typesetting, go! Art by hiimdaisy of course.

I can deal with the MATLAB test and the two tests on week four. It's the one next Tuesday on vectors and tensors that's frightening me because Raavi has the tendency to set merciless questions and have them masquerade as innocent "open-book tests". I learnt that last year during thermodynamics when you taught THAT, sir. brb googling what we've learnt so far because this textbook doesn't believe in examples.

On the bright side, thermodynamics isn't as...panic-inducing as last year (yet) and I'm actually enjoying the lecturer for this subject! She's new and yet somehow she kinda...explains things in a more interesting way than Raavi even did, even though her English isn't perfect (but let's face it, neither was his all the time) so my interest is sustained all through talk of EOSes and manipulating ideal equations and all that stuff. Personally, I think her largest challenge will be when we start playing around with modified Raoult's Law since that's mostly qualitative and the driest part of the whole unit. She's pretty dedicated and somehow...knows the names of some of us in the class despite being brand-spanking new. I'm not sure about the rest, but I have no idea how she knows my name and to look at me when I've never actually approached her with questions before, but whatever it is, there's some dedication behind it. Man.

I wish I could say the same about 3167 and 3165, but I think nothing can top Bradley's 3165 lectures (even though I am sad to see that he's switched to Powerpoint slides this semester...he did such awesome lectures with just overheads and layering them- they were a joy to watch) while 3167 just. Makes me depressed in general because other than the MATLAB component, there is so much mathematical notation and calculus in there that it looks like I'm attempting to read Greek. I could very well be.

On the RP side, apped PH!Leo at Luceti and am so excited for everything it's kinda ridiculous. I have new icons and a spot at my home game aaaaaa I love everything. Let's just see how well I can balance two characters now, sob.

PH raws out next week! ♥

...otherwise, it is entirely normal to feel tired the whole day long and that is so very not cool when the uni semester starts in a week. Monash, why are you giving me 8 am lectures, goddamn.

But yes, my extended holiday is over and it's almost time to go back to school- and that's slightly depressing and slightly frightening as well, I suppose. Most people I know will be graduating in about a semester's time and well- I'm held back by a year or so due to my time off plus my failed units. Play time's over, there's no more room for failing any more, nor making excuses of "I'm no good at this" when I've had half a year to understand exactly what material I'll be studying this semester. Here's to hoping that it pays off.

On a less depressing note, chapter 58 of Pandora Hearts was better than I even expected! I think I've fallen in love with the series all over again with just this chapter alone. So much writing (and app writing) in the past few days aaaaa I love this series. ♥ And yes, if I'm RPing with you and you've noticed how absolutely slow I've been lately, well. This is why. I've also started on another Leo icon set, but colouring is...taking a while so chances are that 59 might be out before I can icon the entirety of this chapter. On the bright side, there will be like. 12+ colourings in one icon post on teaegg, at least.