Fighting For Life

The Waiting Post

2026-03-19T09:35:00.009+08:00

Hey, it's the semi-obligatory waiting-for-maintenance-to-end post lol

Books

I have an RM50 Popular voucher and wanted to get "Strange Buildings" in the local Popular stores but... I couldn't find it at all. I even went to three branches (Suria, City Mall, Imago). I guess their stock ran out or maybe the books aren't here yet... So I ended up getting the book from their store on Shopee. Of course, I couldn't use the voucher there. *sigh* I'll probably get something else (locally) next time since the voucher expires in May.

Received it two days ago

PC Monitor

Had a monitor crisis(?) that fortunately got solved before the new patch arrives. I'm grateful that the local PC Image store has the one I wanted in stock! I don't really want to buy it online because I'm paranoid and the shipping is expensive/takes too long.

Had to take this photo using phone because it's really a monitor issue. It will not show up if I just take a screenshot locally. It probably could mess up with my sight (or head?) if I use it longer than the few days I went through...

Now I'm still getting used to the new monitor resolution and settings... including getting used to that "fish-eye" effect that apparently is something that can happen after switching from a curved monitor to a flat one. Read on Reddit that it will go away after some time (one said it took them a week, while another one took a month).

It's such a weird thing! I guess the only thing to do is getting used to it by constantly using it (I don't really get headaches or eye strain, at least for now). But it's really a very strange experience! After getting used to it today, it goes back to that fish-eye effect the next day... like my eyes got reset overnight lol

Mini WuWa Talk - 3.2 Preview Livestream

Yeah... still the same "Eh, not feeling it" about Sigrika. The feelings will change, surely(?), after I finish her related story. Don't get me wrong, I'll totally do some convenes. I know it's not good to aim for 4-star BUT hear me out, did you see? Buling is there! I need to get some copies of her!

Anyways. I do feel like the next patch is for me... those puzzles and mini(?) games lol.. ME. Oh, and rhythm game? Excuse me? It doesn't look as complex as the ones I'm used to (which is just UtaPri stuff, for a recent example) but I'll take it! I don't play many of them but I love rhythm games!

WuWa Talk: Luuk Luck

2026-03-13T17:00:00.005+08:00

Posting this before the 3.2 preview livestream tonight~!

Convene

Since I had the astrites to spare after getting Luuk and his signature weapon, I decided to pull for Galbrena... Honestly, wasn't really expecting to win my 50/50 but I'm glad I did :P

...and I also went for her signature weapon. 75th pull, but can't really be mad with that especially after getting 3 greens before :D

*sigh* It balanced out...

Meanwhile, the Luuk luck(?) continues in my backup-speedrun account:

Well, Luuk was a guaranteed 5-star but getting two copies of his signature weapon was a complete surprise XD

NVIDIA

Had major problems (it was so hard to move around in WuWa) with their latest driver update (the 595.x ones) and had to go back to 591.71. I actually even went far to get the hotfix but that didn't help. This is the first time ever I'm using DDU to remove the installed problematic update so that I can re-install an older version. Fortunately, it all went smoothly without problems.

Luuk

I love Qiuyuan's segue arc so I was expecting something similar but what I got was a bit different. Still fun to play though. Unfortunately not so Rover-lore heavy as I wished (well, we get something about their friendship though so it's fine) but I'm happy for those Fractsidus lore. I feel like there are a lot of foreshadowing for future patches: The mention of New Federation and Mengzhou... and some new [code] names from the Fractsidus side...?

"Hydra"
I wonder if the red colour means that person is a fusion resonator?
"Siren"
Spectro?
"Zashiki-warashi"
Aero???
Eris (might be an NPC for future plot?)
Christoforo's codename is Arachnos... so spider-related? (Or other arachnids like scorpion?)

Also, I love that we get to see what he sees around him:

Anyway... so Court of Savantae and Mengzhou... can I wish for a Xiangli Yao cameo please????? It's so sad to see new players not knowing about him because his story is a limited-time event. I half suspect that they are reluctant to bring back that event because they might be expected to give another free copy of him/or another character. But they really don't have to do that, those who chose to stay got rewarded so I think it's fair... they do have to revive that event though, I don't mind doing it again if given the option... (gah, I love him!) And I guess it doesn't hurt to rerun his banner too if they ever revive/rerun the event again.

So... what to expect in the next patch...? Hmmm.. I think it would be similar to 1.2 where there's an ongoing event (school cultural festival or something? If I remember correctly, I see something similar mentioned around the academy) and we'll get some mini quests like before. Maybe Sigrika's story will be a companion quest that is tied to the event like Zhezhi's...? Or it could just be like Phoebe's where we do the fishing event with her after doing that exploration quest (which also featured her).

I have a favourable first impression for Sigrika but I'm not sure if I'll be pulling for her... the short scenes I saw of her don't really make me want to lol. And I'm out of astrites really. And when is collaboration happening? I need to save for that (I want one copy for the character(s) because they probably won't rerun ever again).

Luuk is nice today

2026-02-26T21:39:00.003+08:00

Convene results today:

I WON MY 50/50!!! 😭😭😭

(Luuk is so nice to me today... ~~although I haven't started his part of the story yet lol~~)

Also got one copy of Buling!

Skipping Mornye paid off!

I also got his signature weapon early—1st pull! 😭😭😭

Honestly though, I was ready to get the new standard weapon for Luuk because I didn't expect my luck with the featured weapon banner to continue. Happy to be wrong today!

(Added this image on March 2nd... I feel like I need to so that I have something to look back on lol)

Other accounts:

Managed to get Aemeath in my RuRu account lol.. It was a last minute attempt and also won the 50/50. No signature weapon though because too late. I guess that account is getting Lynae next time~

As planned, speedrun-husbando account got a guaranteed Luuk... and his signature weapon~

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I'm just going to casually squeeze this here lol

Received these books yesterday:

Camp Austen: My Life as an Accidental Jane Austen Superfan
The Setting Sun
Eruption

Of GR and a Book

2026-02-23T15:54:00.013+08:00

Here we are again~!

I don't have much to update really about Goodreads except these:

Official DNF shelf

Actually already saw this news on Reddit. Wasn't expecting to get my own e-mail about it. I thought I didn't have a DNF shelf but actually I do LOL.. I totally forgot that I have one book on that shelf. I rarely DNF books so my reaction to this is neutral but I'm happy for those who wanted them.
(Now... if only they'll give us half-star rating...)

And, as we are still on the shelf topic, I would like to introduce you to my new GR shelves:

Yes, this is totally a reference to Ninomiya Kazunari's stinginess XD. Just thought I make those for books that have left me frustrated after reading. This is me being "you shouldn't pay full price for this" petty. They all might actually meant the same thing at the end of the day but I still think it's important to have that differences.

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Received this in the mail today.

"Butter"

I had an expiring RM10 coupon and they had a limited time 15% discount sale on Kino's online store so... I chose this. Well... I noticed we have more translated Japanese books to choose from nowadays and while there are those I have mixed feelings on, the mystery/thriller ones are usually okay...? At least, for those genres, I'm brave enough to try to read them.

WuWa Talk: Aemeath is not here...

2026-02-09T16:16:00.000+08:00

3.1 so far is... WOW.

I was expecting the usual stuff, similar to 3.0 main quests, and get some breadcrumbs of Rover lore. Oh gosh how wrong I was. What I got are big doses of Rover lore...! As a Rover main, this makes me soooo happy~

And they brought back Court of Savantae! I was hoping they'll bring that back! I suspect Xiangli Yao's father is there because didn't he mention stars in Yao's resonator showcase??? I've always wished that we'll get a Xiangli Yao companion quest where we join him looking for traces of his father.

New bosses are quite annoying to fight, but that might be because I'm not used to them yet... Ooooh but they're humanoid and have great lore behind them!

Anyway, this main quest have a bittersweet ending. Less [just] sad, more bittersweet. I still cried though, not buckets, but they are still tears. I couldn't continue exploring the new area after that. We are reminded by how surely and hopeful Rover is about getting her back so no need to be too depressed for the time being... but the feeling do lingers. So yeah... fun times ahead whenever I re-play them in my alternate accounts and when I see other people's playthrough. I haven't heard the EN voice for FRover's but the MRover was so good. He sounded like he's holding back tears, it's sooo good.

Foreshadowing?

Also, from what Luuk & Aemeath said: Past Rover might be less expressive than the current Rover. They probably is [emotionally] numb...and/or slightly depressed... maybe??? Interestingly, I thought Rover is a bit like Aemeath in the Black Shores arc. Like what happened in that secret room. Although maybe that's just a side of them the public saw. That might also mean the Rover in Lahai-Roi is post-Black Shores???

Another interesting thing is the introduction of time-travelling. Could that be the cause of Rover losing their memories?

And Rover's homeland... I see most people's reaction to this is something like anger over not letting Rover visit their homeland when they're homesick (basically)... BUT... You know.. usually SciFi stories that involve space travelling to a new place... these kinds of stories usually means it's a one-way journey. And most of the time it's because the "homeland" is not fit for living anymore (or dying, probably Threnodian-related?) so they need to relocate their people. Rover might be that person who do reconnaissance. And the sentinels are for terraforming purposes... My point is, they probably couldn't go back because the "homeland" might already be destroyed.

I can't wait for the next phase!!! Can't help expecting more Rover lore from Luuk~

Convene

I need to make a correction.

It wasn't 60ish, I got Aemeath at 73rd pull (T___T)

*sigh*

And I ended up getting her weapon! I just did like one 10-pull on the first day and one single pull the day after...!

!!!!!

This does look like I might be skipping Luuk's signature weapon because I don't think I can get it if I lose my 50/50 again... Well, he can borrow Xiangli Yao's, I guess lol

Aemeath is here...

2026-02-05T22:20:00.004+08:00

I remember the date~~~!

Did just realised it's the same day for release of Wuthering Waves 3.1 update lol (I guess that at least means I have something to say today)...

Anyway, here we are. 21st anniversary of me as a blogger!

Not much to say lol really. It's just the same-ish stuff every year.

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Let's make this like a mini OTD post:

Last year, I included these in the post:

Spotify
Just realised NEWS stuff is available on Spotify yesterday! Didn't think that would be possible...! Now I wish I could listen to V6 (geo-blocked, I think) and KAT-TUN older stuff...
Good news, V6 is now available! (Not KAT-TUN's older stuff though...)
Wuthering Waves
Tiny WuWa Update: Well, not much to update since I regularly do that lol anyways~ Ah... I can talk about today's...? Unfortunately, I lost my 50/50 to Jianxin (damn she's S3 now lol)... and since I had enough (kinda), I continued until I got Aemeath.
I haven't checked but it was definitely near 60ish pulls... Her signature weapon will have to wait next rerun (T_T)

First Day's Rants

2026-02-01T22:42:00.010+08:00

February's first post!

I do love adding posts to that "1st post" label :D

Books

So... yesterday I received a BBW parcel in the mail for books— "My Heart is a Chainsaw"... and yet another version of "Dracula". SIGH. I can't explain it. My reasons are it's hardcover and probably has larger text size (this is very important). It also might be pricier elsewhere. That's what I told myself but really... It's just that every time I see it, I'm reminded of how I kind of prefer "Dracula" to "Frankenstein" (not a fan of the writing style & Victor Frankenstein is annoying) and always have to check if it's a version worth buying so that I can reread it. The amount of efforts(?) I'm putting into this is so ridiculous especially considering "Dracula" isn't even a favourite LOL

Youtube

The last time I blogged about the voice thing is in a July 2025 post. Yeah. It's getting worse this year. I just unsubscribed from a WuWa lore channel because I can't stand their voice. It's actually pretty normal-sounding but it's just the way they read that I find annoying. I don't like it, so I unsubbed. I really don't care anymore. This is a year of cutting out annoying things from my life.

Reading

I am "saved" by my flower-picking trips again because the first book I finished this year is from those trips. It's a book I found at Karamunsing in 2024. Unfortunately it's a 1.5 star read (rounded down to 1 on GR). I don't find it okay and I don't particularly hate it so 1.5 is just perfect. It's just a bit too boring. The characters are okay (it's a multiple POVs kind of book) but I hate the bride's POV and I won't deny, that's one of major reasons that ruined the book for me. Another is the multiple POVs format. I don't usually have problems with books that use that but here, it almost makes me want to hate the format. It makes the timeline confusing sometimes, like I still get it, but it's very distracting when you jump around them.

Anyway... it's going to be another year of mood reading. It might be more reading than last year but still moody :P

Mini WuWa Talk

I've been seeing some discussions about the 3.0 main story quest which I find very interesting. I kinda arrived at the conclusion it's because they are still building the lore and world (and a bit experimenting), like they did in 1.0 and 2.0 but I guess people are comparing it to 2.0...? I just hope it's not a case of overglazing 2.0 because honestly that feeling they have now for 3.0? I think I had that during 2.0. It just got covered up by a big bang ending that is the carnevale. In the latest patch, it made me realised, "Ah.. so they're still building up the lore" like that literally means it's still cooking in the kitchen... it's the first chapter, you don't usually get the ending of the book in the first chapter.

Oh well.

I'm just here for Rover. For me, the big main story is Rover's past and memories. The most important thing in the main story is Rover. I guess not many see it that way because it actually makes sense that some characters don't appear that much again because IT'S Rover's story. Why would the main focus of the main story moves somewhere else?

[Wait... Ohhhh, so the segue arcs are for this... an alternate PoV... without involving the main story directly. Just like a peek behind the stage kind of thing.]

WuWa Talk: Mornye

2026-01-25T13:06:00.029+08:00

Updates, updates~

Once again *sigh*... draft from early January:

Pink Nanami

Looks like it's Pink Nanami (Aemeath) & Luuk are next!

LOL there goes my wish to get Iuno, I guess... Fortunately I got Lynae & her signature weapon early. I'm a fan of Nanami from PGR so when Aemeath appeared in one of their videos, I was already feeling familiar. I just realised it when other people mentioned Pink Nanami XD. I just wish to get one copy of her, I'll skip her weapon and get it next time.

Random

I'm currently watching a Japanese streamer that just started playing Wuthering Waves recently. She just arrived on Ragunna... The part where Rover was barred from entering (for safety reasons lol, they were the real danger all along) made me realised how much I hate the Order of the Deep. What a joke. I especially hate their "Pilgrim's Sail"... Roccia was sent on that at a young age! Like WTF. This is why it's hard to see Phoebe. I will always remember she's related to them. I know not everyone is bad but... I wish they'll change their name/uniform or something. And please never ever give them as much power/money as before. Never let them forget what they did in the past. They usually have the tendency to bury or remove out of record whatever that makes them look bad.

...and back to present day!

3.1 Preview Livestream

Seems like there are lot to look forward to in the next patch! Although there is that one event that is surely making people talk (Moonlit Path event)... which I'm glad that I don't have to see much in my youtube feed. I think that's more geared to those who just started or returned to the game so that they can catch up while they spend (with some extra for the usual players of course)... I'm tired of seeing people complaining because they are comparing WuWa with other similar games for that.. nowadays I don't even bother read those posts and comments anymore unless they mention PGR 🙄😐

Anyway... yup, more rerun banners I have to skip 😭 because I'm aiming for both Aemeath and Luuk...

Mornye

Hahh... so second half story is lore-heavy main story. Rover is again known as the arbiter here so that means we get Rover lore too~ At this point, I suspect that it's a bit like DWJ's "Deep Secret" (if we ever go that way, that's my recommendation for "If you like this game, read this" prompt).

Mornye is... okay. I do think she's a bit reckless and selfish (you can see that in her resonator showcase, and later in the ending of second half), but not really in a bad way... more like in a "For Science!" kind of way. It makes her character more human and honestly, I don't hate it.

This exchange amused me XD. I think I'm at 100% for every region at this point, and I've completed the one where you find Soliskins lol (honestly, that's a lot of eye-kisses :P)

Another character with a tragic fate...
I wish he'll get to venture out of that place in the future.

Convene

Oh, the temptation is so bad... I'm surprisingly fine with getting Mornye next time (no rush!) but Iuno... I want Iuno for my Augusta. She might even work with a Lynae & Xiangli Yao team, damn it! The temptation is so real! I actually did a 10-pull in the beginning but no gold in sight. Then yesterday, I was tempted again (for both Mornye & Iuno) and fortunately, after a few 10-pulls, I get nothing. Now I just hope my astrites survive for the next patch lol

So that's my convene "update" for my main account.

My Fenn account lost 50/50 but I've gathered enough to get a guaranteed Mornye. Funnily, that account got her weapon early haha (no screenshot for weapon because as usual, I was too surprised to take one lol)

Used the guarantee for Mornye in my RuRu account. Was planning to let her use Discord but changed my mind later. Basically went all in on her weapon XD

Exploration

Really had fun with this one, especially when done on the motorbike. Few memorable ones are the one involving the robots:

One quest had you help make a franken-mechascout...

...and the other was to complete its bucket list (T_T). This one is a tearjerker.

I think Robbie here is a reference to Asimov's short story "Robbie"...?

Another Asimov reference regarding the Three Laws of Robotic...

And the urban legend quests! I totally expected that ending lol but it's still so good when I see it confirmed.

The stickers quest too

Jurassic Park reference!

Well, it's said by a Grant (Dr Grant in JP?) here instead of Dr Malcolm.

Also found some Luuk lore in the wild lol

BTW, we have a confirmation on Tachibana-san~ Yep, it's him alright XD

18th

2026-01-06T23:37:00.004+08:00

Here we go again~ 18th anniversary of my blog url!

Also, HAPPY NEW YEAR!

[Almost post a WuWa draft post but I held back :P... well I might still make a mention]

It's not even a week into 2026 yet and I feel like so many things have happened.

*loooooooooooong sigh*

Here are some updates, I guess...

Random anecdote of the day: I was in my room when something flew around... I thought it was a cockroach. Had a screaming session, as one can predict. Then it flew out after I open the door. Back to my room... and something flew around again. So... there were two of them! Screamed again. Grabbed my glasses cautiously and realised... it's a moth. 😅 And it's only that one moth. I thought I saw one flew out but it probably never did. The thing I thought is cockroach outside was just a shadow 😑🤣
Received a book via mail yesterday:

If the Villainess and Villain Met and Fell in Love LN #4
Tiny WuWa Update: I... finally... did... the last few 1.0 main story quests for my backup speedrun account! No speedrunning this time because I want it recorded. Now my Rover there can be levelled to 90. I was stuck at Level 70 for so long because I can't find a good time/space to record (mostly because I'm out of space LOL). I say record, but it's just gameplay without my voice XD. I just want to look back at it whenever I want.

Bonus: I also recorded Jiyan's companion quest~ It's best played freshly from finishing the 1.0 main story quest while you're still feeling the impact of war with the Threnodian.
I've been writing in my diary recently... The need to use [up] my pens (beginner-friendly fountain pens, gel pens etc) helps with that a bit. Use your stationery!

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Last but not least... *sigh*
I'll never get used to this but here we go haaah...

One of my uncles in Tawau passed away early this year. Why does that sound awkward? It was just last week! It's practically still New Year so it's a very surprising news when his daughter informed in the family Whatsapp group. I did first hear it from my parents because I rarely check my Whatsapp anymore. Doesn't lessen the effects of reading those messages.

He was.. is.. one of my favourite uncles. It's not like we're close or anything but he's easy to talk to. Friendly and always full of smiles.

Rest in Peace, Uncle Yohanis.

WuWa Talk: Lynae

2025-12-31T11:38:00.006+08:00

What better way to end the year with another Wuthering Waves post?

Convene

I WON MY 50/50!!!

It's another red number but at least it's a win! As usual, I'll try getting her weapon but I have no high hopes.* [updates ⇊] I do have an extra Static Mist (it was Ciaccona's) so she's practically ready... I still need to build her though. Haven't prepared much because her materials are the new type ones. The most I can prepare is Dreamless' (her weekly boss materials) and even that is limited to three times per-week. Practically had to halt Buling's skill-maxing progress to give way to Lynae.

My backup-speedrun has all the luck apparently... I think I never updated about it before but yeah that account was lucky enough to have Cartethyia and her signature weapon from months before. And in the newest patch, I pulled for Ciaccona (guaranteed, I think) and got her signature weapon early. And it also has Chisa, so I actually have a team ready. Unbuilt, though. I haven't done any 2.x main stories which means they'll stay forever Level 40 as of now LOL. Well, I can max out their weapons at least.

*Chose to leave that in. Yeah... I did a 10-pull after drafting this post and I got her signature weapon early!!!

Finally a green number after so many reds...
WAIT... just realised this. Why is Zhezhi's signature weapon suddenly recorded at 1st pull??? It should've been 16th pull (proof here & here)... Lynae's is the earliest ever I've gotten in the featured weapon banner. Huh. I guess that's because the in-game records only store like the last 6 months... so since the ones before that aren't available anymore, it counted that as 1st pull lol... that's so weird.

Fantasies of the Thousand Gateways update

The latest update has removed the echo boxes (but we can claim twice of tacet field equivalent of the usual stuff)... which, honestly, is fine with me...? Seems like people are really mad on Reddit. I'm just here thinking "How did they know"? It has been a bit tiring and boring to farm those from there so I'm kind of glad they did it.

Nowadays I've been doing the fields more because I've surprisingly ran out of echoes from 1.x areas (and I need tuners!). I've gotten stricter with my echoes so I've 'recycled' many that had sub stats I'm not fond of. I just wish the fields give more Cost-1 but I guess it's easier to get them in the overworld. And that brings back to why I do fields more now because I just kill the common TD on the way to the tacet fields.

Also, let's face it, the echo boxes stopped being relevant since the introduction of echo nests. Of course, it's the best way to prevent from getting over 3000 echoes in my backpack but at the end of the day... no use hoarding them if the sub stats going to be bad anyway. Definitely not easy to find the best one but one can start from just levelling up to 10/15 and recycle if there's no crit rate/damage stat. Don't even bother going to full Level 25.

Anyway, it seems like they also buffed Scar in the extra last boss stage...? He now has three stages (if I'm not mistaken)—two normal Scar stages + one Goat Scar stage. It's not easy to defeat him now so you can enjoy longer fight with your overpowered team :P
[2026-02-22 edit: Still can't confirm the three stages thing (leaning towards 'maybe not the case'?; I did notice you get extra score compared to before, like 9k instead of the 7k+) but he definitely got tankier!]

3.0 so far...

Oooh I like it just right. Sci-Fi vibes ♥

I had qualms about the school environment but that part is like, practically, lore. It's not like I have to go to classes XD (apparently you can enter the classes but I'm usually outside exploring lol; maybe there'll be quests later but since I haven't finish them I don't know for now). And I get it why the main story quests are kinda mixed with companion quests. Some people don't like it but I do. You won't get that much character lore if you're in a companion quest. They can show more in a main story quest and there's probably no limit (if needed). I do think it's possible to make a separate companion quest too which will focus on the more minor lore kind of thing. It does feel a bit weird that people is reacting like it's a recent thing. I think they've always have been "integrating" such stories in a main story quest since 1.x. I notice that it's usually, again, when the character lore is largely related to the main story. It just happen that there are a lot of them at the end of 2.x.

And again I repeat it here: To me, the big main story, has always been Rover getting to know about herself. That's the biggest mystery! The others are just side quests. It will always be Rover, Rover, Rover for me.

Anyway... what else... Oh yeah. I find Lynae's wish to stay in the academy a pure and endearing wish (considering her background). She just wanted to stay in school to learn and socialize with friends 😭—she loved being a student there, so I'm glad with that ending. The voidworm fight was super cool... it brought me back to those little moments of fighting Thresher Maw but only this time with a cooler-looking giant worm.

Motorbike

This is so fun! Didn't think much of it in the beginning but it's really a fun way to do exploration in Lahai-Roi. And the radio station feature is so good too. It gives you reason to just ride the bike so that you can listen to the music XD

Luuk's JP voice

My seiyuu-guessing game is kinda rusty but I think that's... Tachibana Shinnosuke??? The JP account hasn't posted anything about it and nothing from the seiyuu's side but people also think it's him on Reddit. It would be great if it's confirmed soon.

Revisiting

2025-12-29T14:34:00.003+08:00

This topic has came up again recently—diary.

Well, it will be more of a minor update...

My 2018-Now Diary is Still a Thing

I mentioned this particular diary in a 2021 post and fortunately/unfortunately it's still usable. There are so many blank pages left. I seem to have added a few more entries in 2021–2023 (after that post; mostly near the end of year XD)... the most funny and sad one was in 2024. I probably was supposed to be extra excited about doing it for 2024 since I even made a "2024 cover". It's more like a two-page spread of just stickers and the number 2024 on it... but no entries at all after that. So sad-looking :P. Then I returned to it this year, and [always] in December... and kind of decided I'll write something again. Why is it always in December?

Anyway... there are a couple of things I would continue to do in the future regarding the diary. I really like using the date stamp (with red ink) so maybe I'll try looking for ones with its stamp pad ready on Shopee later. And stickers! The diary is the perfect place to use stickers! It's nice to see them when I'm rereading old entries.

Though I can't say for sure that I'll write in it more frequently next year but I will want to try.

#SpotifyWrapped

2025-12-24T02:02:00.005+08:00

Posted this quite late this year lol

Unfortunately, I don't have Youtube Recap... Maybe it will be out much later or maybe not... Nothing interesting for my LibraryThing's "Year in Review". I definitely purchased more books than read them lol.

Spotify Wrapped

Honestly? Just the usual stuff really.

Also, isn't it amazing how every year I tell myself I'll listen more and I ended up doing the opposite...?

Not exactly my age but pretty close, I guess XD. Don't really get what's popular nowadays so I prefer to stick to the ones I'm familiar with.

So we finally get the exact place this year XD

Ohno made it to the Top 5 this year XD... I do have an Ohno-centric playlist (which of course included his solo/unit songs) which I indulge in from time to time.

Ooh the only new song here is "Against the Tides". First heard it on the video "Dawn Arrives" (which is a WuWa story cinematics that I consider have completely overshadowed Cartethyia's resonator showcase :P). Very haunting song.

It's a bit surprising to see an Ura Ura Best album on the top but it's a very me move I guess XD

Mini WuWa Talk

OMG I barely made it...

...and I forgot to screenshot the convene result again so here's Phrolova with her signature weapon at Level 1 (LOL)

That's too close (like 1+ days left) to the 3.0 update day on Dec 25th... (T_T)

WuWa Talk: The List

2025-12-15T03:32:00.013+08:00

We'll start this post with something random I want to list out...

Reasons I convene:

Male resonators :P
They buff resonators (usually male) I like including [my dear] Rover ♥
Healers and/or shield providers
Havoc - Honestly? This is somewhat related to Rover's attributes... so there are a bit of Spectro and Aero biases too lol
I like their gameplay
I like the resonator after playing stories that feature them
Weirdly, I have a soft spot for resonators that use swords or guns... most probably because I mainly used them in Skyrim (erm... bows). Well... it's guns galore in Mass Effect (personal favourite is the Black Widow, yes, I'm the sniper type) :P
Not exactly a must, but I usually want to get resonators of sentinels
Not always, but sometimes because of the seiyuu or voice actors/actresses

Of course, I'm a perfectionist so I wish I could get everyone for my main account but that's not plausible XD. I have alternate accounts that will pull for those I can't get in my main account so I kind of get that covered (I guess)...

Convene

I finally got Phrolova (well, guaranteed)... for my Heavy ATK resonators XD~

Got her to Level 90 and all skills maxed out on Day 1—I was so prepared I even had her echoes all ready to go. Used her in the current ToA's middle tower straight away and finally got full 36/36 crests for the latest ToA. I was hoping she would help in the last two floors and I wasn't left disappointed. I do wish to get her signature weapon but with my recent red numbers record, I probably shouldn't expect much. She's stuck with Augment (at least it's R5) for now. I do have Stringmaster but I'm not really a fan of sharing weapons so I guess that can be an emergency option later on (Yes, I still use Yinlin sometimes)... Augment seems to work just fine for her.

Phrolova joins the red number club XD...
Oh yeah, losing 50/50 doesn't hurt that much when it happens early (T_T)

Fortunately, along the way, I managed to get Buling (only one copy though)... I only got her boss ascension materials ready so for now I can only get her to Level 90... Honestly, I was half-half on whether I could get her because for some reason, whenever you're aiming for 4-stars, it will be very hard to get. I did some pulls in my alternate accounts but none have gotten Buling yet.

I also pulled for Phrolova on my speedrun-husbando account because why not? I have Qiuyuan S1 there. Got pretty lucky in getting her signature weapon early... so it's back to hoarding astrites for Luuk XD

3.0 Preview Livestream

I'm low-key excited for the new area! It's very sci-fi themed and it makes the Mass Effect fan in me happy. One of the quest (exploration, I think?) also sounds like it's inspired by Death Stranding (haven't played it yet but I've seen other people's playthroughs).

Hmmm... It's worrying that Iuno is one of the rerun banners but I'm going to pull for Lynae first. Then her signature weapon, if possible. Lynae's JP seiyuu is Inoue Marina (she voiced Kyoko in Skip Beat! anime) so that made me more motivated XD. I always forget that she's in PGR (Vera) too lol. Gosh... dare I hope that they'll get Konishi Katsuyuki too in the future?

I do have interest in Mornye but I've decided that I'll try getting her next time. Might have to skip Iuno if Luuk is coming in 3.1...

A No-Sleep Post in November

2025-11-24T09:14:00.004+08:00

Here I am again.

Uh-huh. No water supply during the weekend (back to normal today). Had to take a raven's bath yesterday (either that or no bath at all lol).

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Received a book in the mail last Nov 13th. Hanna Alkaf's "The Hysterical Girls of St. Bernadette's". It is kind of... a compulsive purchase so I'll try to read it as soon as possible :P

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Mini WuWa Talk

2.8 Main Story

It's okay, I guess. Very reminiscent of Phrolova's patch and Cantarella's companion quest combined. Quite fanservicy, in my opinion, but for Chisa fans and surprisingly, anime fans..? It's a bit of a me problem: I just recently recovered from my anime-watching slump so I'm still kind of sensitive to things that could bring me back to the slump (T_T).

BUT we get some Rover lore in the end so I'm very satisfied! I can't wait to get to the next area (Lahai-Roi)!

Convene

Wasn't planning to pull for Chisa but I find her gameplay quite fun so I decided to go for it. Unfortunately, I got another copy of Jianxin (now she's S2)... & I'm fine with this result. Next time!

*gosh my wishlist just gets longer and longer lol*

I'm going to keep the guarantee for Phrolova~

My backup-speedrun account got her (guaranteed) but in the same 10-pull, I managed to also lose my 50/50... so I guess it's another guarantee for whatever future banner I will pull. I decided to get her for this account because I wasn't confident that my Fenn account will be able to. I was proven wrong lol because that account won the 50/50 lol... Good thing is I think I can do the 2.8 main stories without finishing Rinascita's...? (haven't tried it yet though) So I should be able to level her up to Level 90.

WuWa Talk: A Pre-2.8 Post

2025-11-20T15:24:00.005+08:00

Gahh... forgot to post this before 2.8 is out (today)!

I had this draft from early October so I'll just leave this here XD

Super random stuff: So... I found on Reddit that there's a bird named Phoebe, so that prompted me to look for others.

There is Charlotte's bulbul (which is Bulbul de Carlota in Spanish—I think that is close enough to Carlotta's name)
Didn't find any Roccia though but Google suggested me Roc, a legendary bird of prey in Middle Eastern mythology. There's also a bird genus called Rukia..
There's Brant Goose...
... and Eastern Phoebe
No Zani but there's the Zanni mask that's bird-like (it's like the plague doctor mask)... so bird-related again.
One of the subspecies of Eurasian Skylark is cantarella

I know it's far-fetched, but I'm amused that the names of the featured resonators in the beginning of 2.x (until 2.2) seem to be related to birds... very interesting.

Back to present...

Convene

I tried getting Iuno for my main account but no luck. Fenn account has her but no Augusta XD so I had to arrange the team creatively. At the end of the day, as long as any of my alternate accounts have a resonator that my main account don't, I can count that as I "have" them. So far, I haven't missed anyone.

Then continued to Galbrena's banner (gosh I really wanted her after I did the main story) but alas... Encore S2 appeared. At 72nd pull. So mean (T_T). *sigh* Then I had to keep the guaranteed 5-star for Qiuyuan. Oh well. Next time, I guess.

BTW, 56th for Qiuyuan? Progress. I think.

I waited until I got his signature weapon to include it in this post. And I got it at 69th pull... *I'm so tired* It has been three reds back-to-back for the weapons (T_T)

My Ruru account did managed to get Galbrena (with her weapon)... but that account couldn't afford Qiuyuan XD. My speedrun-husbando account of course got Qiuyuan (and his signature weapon). I used one weapon pull in my Fenn account and managed to get his weapon LOL. What luck!... indeed. I guess I'll get him next time in that account :P

Team Not-Enough-Tuners

I'm officially out of tuners~! Now I don't have to worry much about my echo XPs anymore because that will build up in my backpack. I guess this is the true Tacet field grinding.. oh wait, I might do more of the weekly one (Fantasies of the Thousand Gateways) just because I don't want to fill up my echoes inventory again XD

2.7 Main Story

True story. Doing the whole Rinascita finale gave me Gamer's Elbow LOL. I was so locked in because I needed to know the ending. Fortunately it wasn't as bad as that one time I was too immersed into playing ME3 Multiplayer—that time I had very weak grip and I can feel lingering pain the whole time I had it. It was on my dominant hand/arm too. Started using vertical mouse since then.

Anyway... can't really say that I remember much of it, I feel like I'm still digesting the story XD. Avidius was memorable! Nah, I still don't hate Cristoforo that much. I love the final fight with everyone... that Fenrico (and the past Primuses, I guess) scene was great too. BTW I don't think of it as his redemption (it's more like fulfilling his duty from beyond). Sigh... sometimes I can't help but think that Rinascita arc is full of tragedies. It's probably partly due to having more Threnodian influence.

But, hey, I do like an ending where everyone in Ragunna can be depressed(?) with me about Imperator. I seriously thought no one will know about Imperator so I love that we see a conclusion(?) to that.

Rover Lore Drop

Damn! It's just a brief scene but I super love it! I guess it's more like Abby's lore...?

The last speech by Fractsidus in the end sounds like another hint to Rover's relation(?) with them.

I'm not sure if it's reincarnation, regression or alternate world kind of thing but there's the lingering idea of having multiple lives throughout the world of Wuthering Waves. This is why Camellya's companion quest is one of my favourites because it showed that it's possible(?). Maybe, in one of those worlds or lives, Rover helped the creation/development of Fractsidus... as one of the possible solutions to her mission. Oooh I think if they ever make their lore/backstory as part of the main story it would be a major flashback kind of thing. If it's a flashback, they are free to make Rover as evil as needed... that would be exciting to see!

And I also feel like making the civilisation less dependent on Sentinels is a running(?) theme. Because with their presences, we also have their opposite equivalent: Threnodians. They both exist together. If you remove one, you remove the other too.

The But Part

It's all nice and great but again, I feel the same as before. 1.x main stories (yes, including 1.0!) are already great for me... so the whole 2.x main stories being good are just "business as usual" for me. It is as I expected them to do. Yes, there are some patches that I might like more than the others but they all pretty much got high scores from me.

Maybe it's because I'm looking at this in a very eccentric way: The whole thing so far is just Rover's big main story... The big main story is about we getting to know Rover's past... whatever Rover do to help the people is merely side main stories.

I WANT MORE ROVER

I also love getting to know the world & history so I do hope they'll go into more about Black Shores... and Court of Savantae.

2.8 Preview Livestream

Honestly? I'm looking forward to a cozy patch! Last year they had Illusive Realm in 1.4 and I actually couldn't finish them for my alternate accounts. End of year is usually a busy time so I'm hoping it won't be too heavy this year. Apparently there are those who complained about lack of combat events and here I am feeling glad because I've filtered out those content creators :P.. If I don't see it, I'll just pretend that it doesn't exist.

I'm Still Here!

2025-11-10T21:33:00.003+08:00

I'm here with some updates!

Reading

I've been reading... but most of the books I read this year are surely from flower-picking trips and the library. Damn. Didn't think I would be doing that much audiobook-listening in my life but here we are. I'm in my audiobook era, apparently. It's a very irresistible method when you dread opening a physical (& digital!) books but still want to do some reading. I still won't touch those heavy ones but the ones that's easy to follow and maybe a book I've read before are very much welcome. I usually listen to one while playing a game that doesn't demand my full attention or when doing the dishes. I got peer-pressured (something like this XD) into reading two audiobooks but it's okay, I would just return early if I don't plan to spend time reading them. A couple of audiobooks are just to accompany my slow physical reading journey...

Oh yeah, one of the audiobooks I finished was "Real Ghost Stories of Borneo 1". I never heard about this series before but it looks like the Borneo's version of TSGS so I thought that was cool! One of the stories talked about their experience in KK and described the hotel they went to as a white castle.. Jeez, I wonder which hotel is that? :P
But seriously though, I consider that place to be old (I went there when I was little) so I wouldn't be surprised if some stuff happened there.

Books

I had a brief silly moment few weeks ago where I almost buy a second copy of "The Labyrinth House Murders"... totally saved by my LibraryThing (which is where I mainly catalogue books I own). I think it was partially me misremembering that what I meant to get is the one I got here. Highly recommend the site to anyone who has similar problems (or wants to avoid this) to use LT. I just started using it again back in 2020 when I realised I have a lifetime account (it used to have a limit on number of books you can add, if I'm not mistaken)... but then couple months later in the same year, they became free (no fees, no limits).

When was the last time I took a photo of books like this? XD

BBW books haul from October which arrived home on Nov 1st

Kino's, arrived today

The Clock House Murders
Yet another copy of "Howl's Moving Castle" :P

Anime

Great news~ I'm kind of out of the watching slump? I guess that's thanks to Tondemo Skill S2! I've re-watched the whole S1 and still enjoyed it (most of the time with food). But I'm so rusty with my I-know-that-seiyuu game XD. It was a pleasant surprise to know that Elrand is voiced by Namikawa Daisuke, it's so fitting! I wish we can meet Gonji soon but I guess that would be in the next season. Even in the WN, if I remember correctly, there's a big time gap between Dora and Gonji. At least Dora is here! I really need to catch up with the WN... I might need to start from the beginning again...

Books & Games

2025-10-01T22:42:00.004+08:00

Here are some life(?)... updates.

Lol... more like book updates, maybe?

Interestingly, I can categorise them by month:

BOOK_AUG

Yeah... I managed to get on (visit? board?) the Doulos Hope when it's in town. Had to make reservation online. Kind of fortunate that I was able to do that the night before for August 29th's... Amazingly, I only purchased one book which is another hardcover version of Jane Eyre. When will I ever read "Jane Eyre" and "Emma"? It has been 4 years XD.. what's funny is, at the moment I'm typing this post I'm considering reading them on my Kindle (because I can highlight them there and revisit them in one place on Goodreads). Well, it might be possible to do hybrid reading...

Anyway, I remember the date because when we returned to Jesselton Quay (we rode on a bus to go to the port where they docked), we saw a lorry on fire.

BOOKS_SEPT

Received these books on September 26th... and I remember the date again because it's the day for Wuthering Waves 2.7 preview livestream XD

2/3 of the books are non-fiction ---this coming from me, who generally isn't a fan of non-fiction books? Except when it's about stuff I'm interested in, of course :D

A Brief History of Poisons - Lol it's so funny that you can only see "Poisons" from the spine :P
The Jane Austen Writers' Club - Because... Jane Austen is in the title.
The Andromeda Evolution - It's a sequel to "The Andromeda Strain" that is written by another author... which I might need to reread if I want to read this.

BOOKS_OCT

~~It's on its way. Will update later.~~ Updated on Oct 4th!

The Tokyo Zodiac Murders - Time for a reread?
Last Boss Queen LN #9 - Lol just realised that I didn't add the LBQ label to two posts that mentioned it XD

Mini WuWa Talk

Anyway, got Ciaccona's signature weapon... but at what cost?

75th. Yeah, I was so surprised that it's the 75th pull, I forgot to screenshot the convene result lol.

I'll include this shot of the weapon still at Level 1 with Ciaccona instead :P

Very red number

She was actually fine with Static Mist (for Cartethyia team) but I just feel like I'm not using her full potential or something. Well, part of that is probably because of her echoes (as usual *sigh*)... but, oh well. Anyway... I'm so going to make a team with Jiyan or Aalto... Especially Aalto. I haven't made any progress with my Aalto DPS built...

Let me kind of throw this here: I've been playing Punishing: Gray Raven (PGR) on the side (an earlier game made by Kuro Games, who also made WuWa) and I suspect my WuWa luck probably went there (lol) because I got Bianca Crepuscule's exclusive weapon and CUB so early recently. ~~Where was this luck during the DMC colab patch lol~~

Now I'm kind of scared for the future (saw 2.7 Preview Livestream and... I really want Qiuyuan!)

Anyway, PGR has been an overwhelming experience so I'm just taking it in slowly. Like, very slowly. I don't even care that I'm bad at the combat (I'm a true button-smasher here XD), I decided to focus on doing the story more... and just build anyone as I like. The mini games has been fun :P... that's where I shine the most haha

Lol didn't expect to make a debut for PGR label in this post... though I don't see myself posting about it as much as WuWa in the future because I'm very on-off with the game...

WuWa Talk: Done!

2025-09-21T23:41:00.001+08:00

Another Wuthering Waves post~!

A short one actually.

Tactical Hologram Progress

I've beaten Difficulty 6 for all the Phantom Pain ones - yes, even the new one!

The last time I updated about this, I had one boss (dragon) left. As you can see, I finally beat the dragon with Augusta (plus a recently upgraded to S2 Shorekeeper lol). I actually used the same team for Lady of the Sea but had to return for another day to beat Difficulty 6. I included Brant this time for more healing and shielding. I just used food buff to replace the Heavy Attack DMG buff that Mortefi provides. It's actually quite hard to use Brant with this boss because of the way she moves. Lady is almost as annoying as Lorelei although she's more like an Aero version of Mourning Aix with some Tempest Mephis and Jue-like attacks... I still hate Lorelei the most though because of what happened in the last Virtual Crisis.

I guess I can try doing solo fights using my Rover next time? Or any other resonator really.

Anyway, I am done... for now.

WuWa Talk: Augusta

2025-09-16T23:38:00.004+08:00

WuWa updates before Iuno arrives...

Sept 3rd draft:

Saw people complaining about Augusta's shield so I guess it's just for her sonata set/less interruption (like Ciaccona's?) kind of thing? Well, I'm still glad I pulled for her because while I'm still in the process of getting better echoes for her, I can already see her damage potential... I guess she's stuck with Mortefi for now because I'm not sure if I'm able to pull for Iuno seeing how I always go at least 70 pulls (and there's also the 50/50 *sigh*)

Today:

Convene

So, to add to the draft above... I guess it's like I'm compensating for my lacklustre convene experience from 2.5 (lol): yes, I got my guaranteed Augusta and her signature weapon, both at 73rd and 72nd pulls, respectively. Though I didn't convene much for her weapon because I was actually near to getting one (because I did most during Lupa's and a few 10-pulls on Phrolova's... with no wins, obviously).

And... this week I just finished getting all her skills to 10 (yay!). As always, I still need to get better echoes for her (*sigh* it's the usual Echo xp problem again) but I'll focus on learning how to play her for now. I did get to 36/36 (yeah we have extra two floors now in the middle tower) the new Tower of Adversity with her team so I think I'm getting the hang of it lol

My wheel has picked Verina as the next resonator to max out her skills. I guess this might make many cringe because she doesn't need that actually because she's a support/healer but I'm going to do it anyway. I like to think of everyone as DPS (I'm aware they are not :P) so I want them to deal damage as best as possible.

Extra... Convene

So... I did a random 10-pull (just because) few days ago and managed to get another copy of Shorekeeper... Yes, I won the 50/50 lol, and now she's S2! I did want to get her so it's fine (my Shorekeeper team has gotten a bit stronger because her S2 gave 40% ATK buff) but I wasn't expecting it to be early?! (after 8 times getting them around 70 *sigh* I was really not hopeful).

Probably should've used that luck for Iuno's but oh well~ I'm fine with winning or losing 50/50 for Iuno's banner. If I win, yay for my Augusta I guess but losing means I'll keep the guarantee for Qiuyuan :P... Well, there's also the possibility that it will go near 70 again.. so that means no pulling until Qiuyuan, maybe? (The thing is I also have interest in Galbrena but my priority is male resonators XD. It's unfortunate that Iuno and her [banners] are running back-to-back... good news is I usually have my alternate accounts pull for the ones I can't in my main account so I still get to experience their gameplay)

2.6 so far

The new area has thriller/horror vibes, I love it! And we get another dinosaur-type echo (which looks like a Carnotaurus IMO) - Corrosaurus~

And the lore at the area is so good... there's a few more I haven't done but damn!

This one got me crying:

It's always the TD/echo-related ones that got me. This was a simple quest but the impact was deep enough to hurt my heart... it's that Imperator over Phrolova thing all over again. Don't get me wrong, I [kind of] like Phrolova's gameplay so I'm okay with her (I do think she's a bit chuunibyou so there's that) but the whole sadness "tragedy" is so overrated... I can't even take anyone who thinks it's very deep seriously (especially when they vehemently gets mad with Rover for "forgetting". LOL).

Birthday Eve's Mistake

2025-09-01T23:47:00.005+08:00

Almost didn't want to post anything today (procrastinating mode XD) but since I actually did post annually since 2021, it would be a waste to not post something today...

I'll keep this short. It's very much as low-key as last year's... so again, not much really to speak about today.

Although, I guess I can share my, ermmm, failure recently XD. Don't worry, it's still birthday-related. Had a birthday eve lunch outside at City Malls' Sushi King... honestly I've been missing eating kaiten sushi so finally had the courage(?) to do so this year. Yeah it's just the usual eating lunch stuff but... I made a mistake not double-checking our order (you do it from a tab/pad on the table) and we ended up with three bento boxes instead of only one XD. Damn, no wonder it (they?) arrived so late! Fortunately, packing them is an option... it would be more hassle for them but that's the only best option. I ended up eating them for yesterday's dinner and today's lunch. Nothing's wasted :)

Updates~

2025-08-28T00:50:00.004+08:00

I'm here to provide life updates XD

Not much happening really... though I did get sick like one-two-ish weeks ago. It felt like a weird flu (didn't check if it's Covid though). Surprisingly wasn't very "mucousy" but still had a very bad case of blocked nose (I guess it's still there). It started with a sore throat. Had very mild fever throughout the couple of weeks I was sick, like it wasn't that bad but the fever was persistent for some reason. Honestly, I did give myself a scare by wondering if it's pneumonia although I didn't really have difficulty breathing (except those few times the blocked nose made it hard to sleep). Didn't experience loss of smell.
I finally finished my second book which is a manga (or manhwa, seeing that the author name's sounds like a Korean)... although it's more like a collection of horror short stories in the form of both comic and written short stories... It was obviously for teenagers but I quite enjoyed reading it (especially when it doesn't shy away from killing its characters). I couldn't find an entry of the book on GR so I guess it won't count as one of the books I finished this year in GR. Oh well.

The washing machine at home finally broke down after a few years of being in a half-functioning state. The reason I mentioned this is because I finished reading the book while waiting for the laundry to complete at a self-service laundromat XD

I suppose I had the opportunity to dive into books when I was sick but I don't feel like "tainting" my books with germ so... or maybe that's just my reading slump speaking.

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Mini WuWa Talk
Some updates before the next patch is up~

Didn't manage to get another copy of Brant so now it solidified the fact(?) that I seem to have "skipped" this patch lol. Seriously... since I don't have anyone new to built I ended up maxing out Calcharo's skills XD (I still need to get better echoes for him). Yeah, just call me stubborn, I still intend to max out every resonators I have and I don't care if you think it's wasteful~! Not like I have everybody anyway... I just want everyone to be at max level (including their skills) then I'll be sure if they aren't hitting damage enough it's because of my skill issues XD. It's now at a point where I'm using a wheel online to pick who's next to built lol. I just need another boss fight to complete my all my Encore's skills.

Did a last minute 10-convene in my backup-speedrun account and manage to get a guaranteed Brant early lol... So all my accounts now have Brant. I barely got his signature weapon for my RuRu & speedrun accounts... now I have to wait for another rerun for this one account XD

There's kind of an advantage (I guess) to maxing everybody to Level 90... they are kinda ready to be used in Dreaming Deep event :P... I know, I know.. most don't care about this event (understandable) but I do like it a bit because of the lore(?) stuff. They're probably not canon but I think it's close enough that I find some of them interesting and fascinating, like looking for lore beyond the symbolisms or something... I want to believe that some Rover lore exists there in the ~~Black Shores~~ Pysche Pass stage.
Anyway I've been filtering - I guess you can call it that - the WuWa contents I watch on Youtube recently. While I do see some of those drama stuff, it's really more fun to see someone playing the game [for fun]... I've been introduced to taking photos during fights (it's part of a WuWa competition in China - Jinzhou Cup) which looks fun :P
Most probably will use my guarantee on Augusta because apparently she has shields...?! I need another shielder to fight the dragon (can't really use Brant who has the same attribute). I never even thought of getting her (except her weapon) until I hear about the shield lol

WuWa Talk: I'm a Rover Main

2025-08-12T22:41:00.004+08:00

Posting this before I forget...!

Lost

*sigh*

So many red numbers

My Ruru account did managed to get her (guaranteed) and her weapon so that account is back to astrite-hoarding for Brant's weapon (yup, took the risk). Meanwhile, my speedrun-husbando-centric account got Roccia ('cos I love her!) and her weapon. Also still needs Brant's weapon though so back to work lol

Considering how far I need to go every time, I don't think my main account is getting Phrolova any time soon... Kind of wish I can get her weapon at least so that I won't have to worry about that next time... but yeah, it really looks more and more like I'm skipping the patch XD

Tactical Hologram Progress

Made some big progress since last time: Completed Difficulty 6 for all... except Dragon of Dirge (lol).

The Brant-Jinhsi-Shorekeeper team worked for Lorelei & Hecate! Honestly, I don't know how I survived Hecate's second phase... but I did it~!

Had to use a triple-healer team for Kelpie lol

2.5 so far

Honestly though... the best thing about 2.5 for me is the echo management feature. It really makes echo-farming easier. Although I can't really do much of it anyway because I'm near the 3000 limit lol. What I need is echo xp...

The new main story was... fine, I guess. I've seen a bit of the discourse(?). Not much really because most that I saw were just complaining about Rover and I, a Rover main, will not waste my time with those XD. One of the things I see is the promise thing? Like, I doubt you remember all your promises like damn (who are you to judge :P)... ~~it looks more like them getting mad at having their Waifu killed~~. (By the way, I loved that. I loved that they go there. And it doesn't look like a permanent one too, so I don't get all the sadness lol, there's definitely something there where they can bring her back... her being half-human should have been a good clue)

I do like how they handle being in an antagonist's shoes though. Makes me excited for the other Fractsidus resonators.

It's kind of funny though because I have a quite different reaction to Phrolova's story. I was also like Rover, I don't really believe her at the start but the situation made it necessary for them to work together despite all that. I guess I'm more on the cold side because I understand Phrolova's motivation but I'm acting like "Okay, next!" XD (Honestly? I've seen enough interesting antagonists through reading books/manga/manhwa and watching stuff my whole life so... she's not that special). I also don't really get the sadness after that (probably because I kind of "spoil" myself immediately after it ended)... I'm more sad about Imperator :( ~~which I guess not many will care to be sad about because Imperator isn't a woman~~

The main story, at this point, is making me wonder about Rover though. Is it regression? Or reincarnation? Another thing to think about is if she did something related to the antagonists (Fractsidus for now). Can't help thinking she might have tried getting info/knowledge/data from the other side considering the conversation she had with Cartethyia at the end of 2.2's main story quest --- I look forward to seeing such twists in the future.

July's Hiccups

2025-07-25T13:05:00.004+08:00

I'm here again to complain~

Shopee

Tried using the "Same Day Delivery" shipping option on Shopee some time ago... and I should've guessed it, but it's actually just ShopeeFood rider getting your stuff and delivering them to you. Which is a fine alternative really but the problem is I never used ShopeeFood before so apparently the address they see(?) is different from the shipping address I always use? You have to pin and point on a map and adjust as needed. "Okay, fine, I'll just do this one time" was what I thought at that time but today I realised editing that somehow(?!) affected my shipping address...??? Why the heck would that happen??? It's a miracle that my stuff actually arrived! Usually, the delivery people always complain the address doesn't exist at the postcode region they went to. I edited the shipping address again but I have a feeling if I use the same day option again the same thing will happen again😑

Weather

Unfortunately, it's just like my post in May. I always find myself waking up with sweaty shirt. There were rainy and windy days, sure, but very few.

Water

I guess this one complaint is the only one that ends happily (for now?). Early to mid July (ooh there's a post), there were days we either get low pressure water or no water at all. And then last week, the water suddenly have higher pressure than the usual. We don't even have to use the water tank during the day. Then I saw from Reddit (lol) that it's most probably because we're finally getting more water... which explains the whole disruptions we've been having this month. We are actually lucky though. Some places have it worse, their water is muddy...

Bonus: WuWa Spoilers and Cat Stuff

Barely started the new main story quest so I'm trying to avoid seeing spoilers on Reddit & Youtube. I was trying to get into the story last night but our cat decided to climb on the roof (second floor level, not the top) and couldn't get down. He was coaxed down several times from below/top of ladder but he still refused to go down. Like, seriously... had to go through the mess in my room to get him in through my room windows. I very much dislike this method because my room windows I basically off-limits for years... I haven't open them much because they are hard to open and I don't want cats in my room because I get the itches. Which was what I exactly get from last night. Oooof... so obviously, I'm still annoyed even after waking up today. Doesn't help that today is hot and hazy... Cat is currently not allowed to go outside anymore because what's the point if you're just going to get "locked out" at awkward heights?

WuWa Talk: Virtual Crisis

2025-07-18T23:21:00.016+08:00

A week ago...

Virtual Crisis

I didn't screenshot the first Virtual Crisis but I also finished that one with max stress level for all

Finally done with completing everything with stress level 37 for my main account...!

Fleurdelys and Lorelei took the most time (including retries) to beat. Fleurdelys was okay and kind of fun really (for some reason I was dodging so well against her lol)... just needed more patience because she's shielded. Lorelei though... very, very annoying! I spent the last moments almost keyboard/mouse-smashing because her bubbles made everything hard to see. I hate getting stun-locked by them. It really made me hate fighting her more now. Though this gave me an idea: I guess I can try this Brant-Jinhsi-Shorekeeper team for the hologram version later?

It was recommended to use the Aero Erosion team for Lorelei but my team is so new their echoes are not at their best... and I'm not used to their gameplay yet. I did use Cartethyia & Ciaccona for the Fallacy fight (which went fine) so yeah, in the end it goes back to "Lorelei is annoying to fight" :P

Of course, Brant is the MVP again for the event. His shields were very helpful. And he heals and deals big damage. I really need to get more copies of him in the future!

Opponents: 1-Lorelei, 2-Feilian Beringal, 3-Fleurdelys, 4-Fallacy

I think my favourite is the fight against Fallacy of No Return. It's kind of hilarious that it summons other bosses into the fight XD. I could get away with not defeating them at 34 (they just got obliterated from the attacks I did on Fallacy at the same time) but at 37, you really have to deal with them first. Fleurdelys is a second favourite I guess... it's kind of fun dodging by instinct (because honestly, I totally don't remember much of her attack patterns).

Lupa

Honestly though, wasn't expecting to win 50/50 with Lupa when it go over 70 pulls (74th!)...

Probably the furthest number I've been so far...

That means I'm probably going to have it bad in the next patch *sigh*. Should I just skip the next patch or something? I mean Phrolova is kind of interesting (might need to see her gameplay first) and I do have a soft spot for Havoc resonators... but I've already missed out on two of them in the past so adding another one means nothing at this point lol

I enjoyed the second half of the main story quest for 2.4 but yeah... I guess it's going to fluctuate between neutral to -0.5 for me regarding Lupa. The story really improved the impression I have of her but the best you'll get from me is neutral. I can't like her. She probably reminded me too much of an old classmate that acted too familiar and doesn't care about your personal space. It's endearing(?) but uncomfortable at the same time. And because of that, I don't really get the hype. I do kind of like her gameplay though so there's light (flame? :P) on that. I can't wait to play as the Brant-Changli-Lupa team. She'll be sharing weapon with our dear Calcharo XD.

Yeah, currently I'm near the end of maxing out Ciaccona's skills... so Lupa's next. And that means facing Hecate again *sigh*

Random

From Backup-Speedrun account (yes, this is different from the Husbando-centric account): This is for the standard weapon banner but lol.. I can only wish I have this luck in my main account! Two ten-pulls bringing gold, damn!

Back to today...

Damn! I kept forgetting to publish this post... I guess I was waiting for my Fenn account to get Lupa's signature weapon... and that only happened yesterday.

And since that update is from a week ago, yes.. I finished maxing out all Ciaccona's skills. Currently need two more weeks to max out Lupa's. I tried pulling for her weapon in my main account but no luck so far. I think she'll be stuck with borrowing between Calcharo, Jiyan & Jinhsi's weapon for now. By the way, I pulled another Static Mist for Ciaccona. It's so hard sharing weapons in Whimpering Wastes (WhiWa) because you need two teams... yeah I could've borrowed Carlotta's but sometimes what I need is a weapon with crit rate and ER *sigh*...

WhiWa suddenly became hard again that I had to bring out my Brant-Changli-Lupa team to get triple-S. Kind of amazed with how Lupa (even though she's a bit unbuilt at that time) buffs the team. Fortunately she's been fun to play with so far, so it doesn't matter if I like her or not.

2.5 Preview Livestream

Whoa it's pretty much Phrolova's patch, huh XD.. And we'll be getting rerun banners for Roccia, Brant & Cantarella... which means I'm screwed lol. So, maybe I'm skipping the convenes after all XD...?

I do want another copy of Brant but at the same time I also want to pull for Phrolova & Roccia...? I probably won't be as lucky as current patch so I'll have to wait and see. Some of my accounts can finally pull for Brant's signature weapons again (after failing to get it lol)

And the QoL updates seem pretty good next patch! I can't wait to use the echo management thing.

Yellow Books

2025-07-18T22:20:00.002+08:00

Yellow-themed(?) books received in mail today~

Beautiful coincidence that one not-Asimov book matches the colours for the other three haha

The Seventh Miss Hatfield - Random pick. It does sound interesting from the synopsis at the back but it has a 2.76 rating on GR (mostly 2 and 3 stars ratings)... so I'll keep my expectations low.
Forward the Foundation - This has been in my Kino wishlist since 2023 lol.. I think it's the one book not yet published in this cover design at that time? Finally got it this year.
Ring Around the Sun: And Other Stories & Nightfall: And Other Stories - didn't realise these exist... so apparently there are also his short story collections in that design (there are like 6 others lol).. I guess collecting them is not over~~~

As a self-reminder, the 6 others are: