Self-Improvement

Okay, the emo-phase of my life just passed me by. Time for a fix.

Also, I realized some things a few days ago:

1. I'm spending more than I earn.
2. The vocals in a song matter more than the music.
3. Somehow, console games just don't attract me anymore.

For number one; I find myself getting broke more often now. I don't think I know the meaning of spending wisely or saving up for something I want. Instead, I use up whatever money comes to hand instantly. And thus, I need to stop spending so much. I've been thinking up a list of activities that don't require money doing.

Then, recently I started listening to some chinese songs again. I haven't been listening to them in a long time, and suddenly the chinese-pop genre feels appealing to me again. It's like hopeful emo sentimentals. And I realized that whoever the singer is does make the song sound completely different, even with the same background music. In other words, the singer infuses his/her feelings into the song and interprets the music another way. Now I know what I need to work on.

I tried playing Final Fantasy 12 on Andy's PS2 the other day. Sad to say, as they progress in the series, Final Fantasy just doesn't feel the way I used to know it when I played the classic FF7/FF8. The battle system's changed into real real-time battles, you can run around and get hit just like that; the characters speak English instead of not speaking at all, and for the latter it used to be up to you to determine what kind of imaginary voice they would have. Speaking of which, I used to like them not saying anything at all. It gave the game a more mysterious feel. Like the Final Fantasy games used to start with just a big font 'Final Fantasy' with the 'Start New Game' and 'Load Game'. In contrast, FF12's start screen comes with all the characters and every possible spoiler that you don't want to know (If I remember correctly).

I also feel like my typing skills are deteriorating. That goes for my writing skills as well. I find myself having to stop at every sentence just to ponder the next. Oh well. Time to get back to fruitylooping and more assignments.