anyway, the layout for may is simple. as in, very very simple. it's black, white and gray. i don't know what's gotten into me but i prefer the "quietness" for the may layout. speaking of may, there have been some news that it'll be rainy in may. my officemate even said that PAG-ASA is predicting the start of the la nina phenomenon this may. geez.. they give us this extremely hot weather in april then make up for it by bringing in the rains this may. *sigh*

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kai said that the header's off by a few inches in Firefox, so i need help. i actually previewed this layout using FF, so i really don't know what's wrong. i guess it has something to do with the screen resolution? i'm using 1024x768, and it looks fine, look:

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i began reading fics again. well, it's not that i actually stopped, what i meant was i began reading some other fics that's not on my "reading list"*see list on the left*. it started out of boredom, really. i was bored out of my wits at work, then i started lurking soompi forums. went to the fix section then started browsing around.

first, i read to a beautiful wolf. been seeing that title in the recommendations thread so i read it. and it was so good. *sniff* i was teary-eyed by the time i was on the last chapter. it was a nice read. i especially liked the male protagonist's vocabulary... lol, "you've been upgraded" was it? what i liked most about it was the fact that there's always a sense of mystery involved... from the placement of the graves to who really killed the guy's (i forgot the name, i'm bad with names T_T) father. i like it. and now i wonder why i always have a soft spot for tragic endings. -___-

then i read everyone's recommended fic: My PingPongBoy. and let me tell you... i love it. there's really something about bad boys that appeal to me. no wonder that everybody keeps telling me to read it. the story is so nice. it's like mr.sassy boy meets ms.sassy girl. ok. bad analogy. but the story is so soooo good. it was so good that it was published already. and i absolutely adore Jung Sang. can all the guys be like him? ok, maybe not exactly like him but enough to remind us of Jung Sang's character in the fic. and before you get the idea that this Jung Sang character is a perfect gentleman, he's actually not. in fact he's the complete opposite of a gentleman. so what's his appeal then? it's the fact that a very gentle person is inside a very rough persona. love it. it's a must read for everyone. love it so much that i finished it in one day... L-O-V-E... ^^

right now i'm trying to finish Just Maybe. it's something that Kai sent and recommended. the story is interesting. but i'm really having a hard time with the sentence construction. plus the fact that there are no quotation marks when you read it using the iPod. you see, i read it when i have nothing to do so i keep it on my iPod so all i have to do is switch it on and then find the page i was last on then read. anyway, back to the fic... it's interesting. still haven't finished it yet so i can't really post a review or reaction about it.

after Just Maybe, i'll be reading Linked To You, another recommended fic from Kai. have it on my iPod already so, yeah. then i want to re-read Joie de Vivre. heck, i love the story so much that i also put it on my pod. guess i'll have to put My PingPongBoy on my pod too. i still have to print it out though. i'm compiling all of my favorite fics and i intend to have it bookbind.

i know... i'm an addict ^_^

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i was watching Jiwhaza part2 on youtube earlier... and my god... yunho's memory is so d@mn accurate. i can't believe that anyone is capable of that. i'm beginning to love the show, lol... the games are so interesting and fun, plus the participants too. the MC was hilarious. he kept on teasing those with zero points. the TVXQ! boys were awesome in the show. if you guys want to watch it with subs, ginaya uploaded it on youtube. just search Jiwhaza ginaya and then it'll show up on the results page. unless of course, the vid is restricted to ginaya's friends. i really hope GOESS will release a softsub of this episode. i downloaded the 700Mb file from wackeycashew and i am itching to watch it with full subtitles. and having a copy is not bad too. ^_^

another thing, i began watcing Liar Game, a new Japanese dorama starring Toda Erika and Matsuda Shota. At first i wasn't expecting much, i only downloaded it because of Shota. but i was really surprised. the story is great. it's about this game called Liar Game (duh, that's why it's the title) where the players would "rob" each other of their money. and they would have to do all the means necessary... or else, they'll have a debt of one million yen... or was it one hundred million yen? anyway, it's such an intriguing story that i highly recommend it to anyone who loves mystery. and some screencaps (of course, of shota. lol. he's the main reason why i am watching this in the first place):