And this is why I haven't been drinking soft drinks for the past couple of years.

These days I talk about nothing but:

. wuxia
Xiao Ao Jiang Hu: Finished the book yesterday, all 1,141 .pdf pages of it. Two more Jin Yong novels await.
Heaven Sword Dragon Saber 2009: Whose idea is it to broadcast two episodes per day and release the DVD simultaneously anyway? The story flow gets better after all the kid actors are gone, fighting choreography is decent, and acting is good.

. NaNo
I'm still using migratory's 2007 calendar to keep track of the ideal daily output. (Nnn, don't ask about yesterday's wordcount. There was a general blackout and I had to use Sai's battery wisely)

. wuxia and NaNo
I've promised myself to use English terms when writing wuxia, which is also a useful choice wordcount-wise, e.g. First Brother instead of dashixiong - that's two words, not one. No, I'm not writing a Xiao Ao Jiang Hu fanfic.

10 tips for getting good sleep. What do you mean no caffeine after 6 p.m.? -_-

So far watching Heaven Sword Dragon Saber 1986 to help me move on with the NaNo 2008 novel has worked. But I'm only a few episodes away from the end. What should I do after the final episode? Options:
+ Watch it again from the start. Okay, maybe not. Look for another wuxia series?
+ Use Write or Die to boost the wordcount, since I never have done so.

I have too much catching up to do in summerwrite2 so maybe I'll just have to forget that one. *hangs head in shame* But maybe the getyourwordsout target is still salvageable.

When besieged by work, my first instinct is to post a fic request meme. I'm not sure what that says about me. Though that might not be a bad idea either, since it might help boost my wordcount. I'm way behind in summerwrite2.

My DW account has more readers than heaven_sword. *tilts head* But I still love this journal, and the name.

My allergy seems to have subsided. Can I have coffee now?

Since Wednesday I've been on a diet where I don't eat rice - one of Indonesia's staple foods - and meat. The purpose is to get rid of an allergy I've been suffering from since 2005. I'm also drinking soya milk. The diet is supposed to last for a week but may continue longer when it proves effective or necessary.

I've finished reading entries for the Asian Women Blog Carnival. They made me think that I may be guilty of fetishizing an Other - I write wuxia, don't I? Tbh, I'm not really in touch with my own cultural heritage. My parents spoke Javanese to each other but never taught the kids to speak it. They never took us to see wayang or other forms of Javanese arts. My father had cassettes of wayang performances, and he never told his kids to listen to them as well. I wouldn't say I'm cultureless - it's more like I choose what culture I'd like to be in, and being Javanese is just something I was born as. If that makes sense. *has an inherent fear that she indulges too much in the stream-of-consciousness type of personal discourse*