12/31/09

Backgrounds~!

I never seem to be satisfied by the layouts I get online... While searching for sites like Stripe Generator.com I found the following websites:


tartan maker.com, If you're into plaid backgrounds like these:




http://bgmaker.ventdaval.com/ If you like cute pixel art BG's like:


<-- errr too small but you can tile it

Here's my all time fave: http://bgpatterns.com/ for paisly-ish designs



 

Finally, this is the best I've seen so far: Design-A-Pattern I just love the designs in this site!



 

 


 When I'm a little more up and about, I'll fix my blog layout.

12/29/09

Layouts~!

I got tired of my Default blogger layout so I searched for nice backgrounds for my blog and I came across the following blogs.

simply chic blogs
simply blog it backgrounds

I love their backgrounds! I wish I was still as creative like them... here are samples of their back grounds

Simply Blog It:


Simply Chic:




I changed my background to this:


A background from simply chic.. but I copied the background to my photobucket account since I noticed the loading was a bit slow.

How's my new background?

12/26/09

Goodbye Lineage 2

Warning, This will be a lengthy post...

A few days before Christmas, my fellow gamers and I received bad news:

To ALL IAM GAMERS:

iAM-interactive Due to the termination of our contract with NCsoft, IAM INTERACTIVE is shutting down its game services within thirty days. Thus, all Lineage II and Exteel players are advised to use ALL their remaining iCOINs immediately.
We thank you for your unwavering support. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. You may direct all your concerns to our Customer Support and we will try our best to address them. Thank you.
IAM INTERACTIVE MANAGEMENT

It was depressing, I have been playing the game since August 2007, during the open beta test days. I've met a lot of people. Good people and Nasty people... and I met my boyfriend at an event for Lineage 2. I've been through a lot in the game.

The game is for hardcore gamers and is very difficult, especially for the type of character I picked

enma

My character is called a "Shillien Saint" a healer/buffer.

Buff is a term used in many MMORPGs to describe an effect (usually cast as a spell) that temporarily enhances a player. (Increase Speed, Increase Attack or Magic Attack).

Although I'm a healer and a buffer, my character dies easily and I'm also the first target during wars or sieges between other players. The game is made revolving around "balance" so no one has an advantage over another. However, since my character is rare in game and people think I have the highest level among other shillien saints, they say my character is "IMBA" or imbalanced. Hahaha! They probably say that I'm "Imba" because of my weapon and my level. My boyfriend's character is also "Imba" hahaha, I'd probably say that he's one of the top players in the game. His weapon is one of a kind. The game has three servers, Aria, Blackbird and Cadmus. We play in Blackbird. I think he is the only player who has that kind of weapon in all three servers.

He's also a hero. A hero is a champion for the a type of character in the whole server, one player per type of character can be a hero by playing in a monthly tournament. I also became a hero for a couple of months but my boyfriend has always been the hero for his class.


Schiffer

I will miss my characters more than the game. Enma (in game name), became some sort of alter ego for me. My second self. I'm not sure if it's the same for other gamers, since Lineage 2 is the first MMORPG I've played and will probably be the last.

I had so much fun. I will miss all my characters (Tweet, Satomi, Yuzuki, Enma).


Tweety (TweetumsPaRin)

Hell Bound Party


Familiy Picture.

12/23/09

Geek wedding

Got this from what code would you have on your wedding cake




I couldn't imagine any of my friends putting a java code on their wedding cake, but it made me laugh. Read the whole post and look at some of the codes. The comments are so funny!

I'd probably put:

commit;

hahaha~!

12/18/09

Mozzarella Disaster

I should have practiced at home... My attempt at cooking the Fried Mozzarella Cheese sticks was a major failure! Don't know what went wrong but I intend to practice...

However, my friends loved it. Even though I served them some horrendous web of cheese...

Why does it look so easy to cook on TV?!?! It's so unfair..

No looks of the day at the moment... was not able to pass by my people watching spot since I slept at my friend's house.

Will think of something interesting later... need coffee...

12/17/09

Cooking time!

I was able to find the ingredients for my Fried Mozzarella Cheese Sticks... it's so expensive!!!!

1 Bar Mozzarella Cheese (226g) P194
1 Can Itallian Bread crumbs (425g) P112

Huhuhu... and I have to cook for 12 guys and 2 girls. So I bought 3 bars of Mozzarella Cheese T_T P582 plus P112...P694 in total!

It's not worth it!!!! ARGH! T_T I can't show my boyfriend the receipt... /sob

I hate the price tags in the supermarkets... they're never updated...

12/16/09

2010 Planner hunt!

I got this list from 10 Power Planners for 2010:

  1. Starbucks Planner (17 starbucks stickers)
  2. Moleskin Planner (P1,300)
  3. Belle de Jour Planner (P 598)
  4. Cosmopolitan Date Book (P250)
  5. This Journal will actually change someone's life!!! (P720)
  6. Got Heart Planner (P500)
  7. Powerbooks readers journal (P598)
  8. Yummy 2010 planner (P250)
  9. Luxe Monologue planner (P499)
  10. Van Gogh Planner (P399)
I like cute planners but the Belle de Jour Planner didn't appeal to me. I bought "This Journal will actually change someone's life" because of the love list and hate list for every quarter. Hahaha

There are more cute planners at Girls Obsessions' Live journal but pre-order time's over. Hahaha there's even a Twilight Planner. I love how the Koreans draw in their journals.

Oh! the "Follow your bliss" planner looks so pretty!!! Can still order until Dec 22 at Jennibick.com

~__~ I want the Twilight Planner...

12/15/09

Looking for a blog template

I never thought Blogger would be addicting... I was looking for a not-so-perfect template for my blog but I've decided to create the background and color scheme on my own. Since I used to be creative at one point in my life. hihi.

Since I've gotten rusty at these things... I'm using pre-made color schemes from ColorCombos.com and using the color schemes to create stripes in this website: Stripe Generator

Here's the first Stripe:


I like this stripe but I got it from the PYZAM website for Blogger templates:

I created this one for my plurk page:


Hmmm.. I dont know what to use.. huhuhu

Fried Mozzarella Cheese Sticks~

Last Friday, my friends and I ate at the National Sports Grill at Greenbelt 3. The whole group loved the Sluggers (fried Mozzarella cheese sticks). I looked for some easy recipes over the net and found a couple of easy recipes to follow.

First was from this http://allrecipes.com:

Ingredients
2 eggs, beaten
1/4 cup water
1 1/2 cups Italian seasoned bread crumbs
1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
2/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup cornstarch 1 quart oil for deep frying
1 (16 ounce) package mozzarella cheese sticks

Directions:
In a small bowl, mix the eggs and water. Mix the bread crumbs and garlic salt in a medium bowl. In a medium bowl, blend the flour and cornstarch. In a large heavy saucepan, heat the oil to 365 degrees F (185 degrees C). One at a time, coat each mozzarella stick in the flour mixture, then the egg mixture, then in the bread crumbs and finally into the oil. Fry until golden brown, about 30 seconds. Remove from heat and drain on paper towels.

Second Recipe was from CDKitchen.com

Same ingredients as the first..

Directions:

Dip the cheese sticks in egg, roll in flour, and dip in egg again. Then dip into bread crumbs.
Place on waxed paper and chill 1 hour. In a large saucepan or dutch oven, heat oil to 375F.
Fry chilled cheese sticks in hot oil; drain on paper towels. Serve with heated pasta/spaghetti sauce on the side.

Dip in egg, Roll in flour, dip in egg, dip in bread crumbs, chill, FRY~! I think I'll try this at home... If I can find the ingredients ^__^

Need to practice cooking this before this coming friday..

Hello World!

System.out.println("Hello World!");

Hello new blog~! I've decided to create a new blog since my other blog was blocked here in my new office. Thankfully this site wasn't blocked, I need an outlet other than Twitter, which isn't blocked as well.

I've yet to decide on what to blog here. Maybe little discoveries I find over the net while I'm bored at work. We'll see.. Will have 2 posts for today maybe.. hihihi