I know I've abandoned this account but I just felt like rewriting this profile.

Looking back at what's previously written here, I smile to myself and think how childish my writing style was. Right now, it's still plain, simple and straightforward but I hope I improved, even if only by a bit. I know for certain, though, that my English has certainly become better as I've been living in an English-speaking country for two years now.

I still won't be posting stories because no plots come to my head. Although recently, I've read a book about creating your own comics (not that I'm planning to make one myself; I've drawn a comic strip for a project in class and I hated doing it) and it had tips on how to come up with a story. I found it very useful and informative but I'm currently just not in the mood to write. I think something's wrong with the creative part of my brain.

Life...what can I say about it? Life is currently dull for me. I would like to go outdoors more often and seek adventure; apparently I have problems getting my lazy butt off the computer chair. Overall, however, I think life is nice. I actually enjoy hardships...well, the good feeling I have after overcoming them anyway. I think I'm a bit masochistic though. People keep telling me "why do you have to do this/do that?", "hey, don't stress yourself too much" and "take it easy". I guess I just take life way too seriously.

I come to fanfiction mainly to read SasuHina stories. Yes, I'm well aware it's a crack pairing and that it most probably not gonna happen in the manga/anime because those two barely talk. But hey, here's where imagination and creativity enters the picture. I like Landon-and-Jamie (from A Walk To Remember)-type romance stories where the guy is all misled and kind of evil and the girl enters his life and that makes a big impact on him. Cheesy, I know, but I like how everything is not rushed -- it's not like a love-at-first-sight kind of romance -- it takes time and patience to see who a person really is. Slowly, subtly, both the girl and the boy complete each other. I also like the arranged marriage stories for SasuHina, and I know it's typical for that pairing. I like how they don't really know or even like each other in the beginning but they learn to adjust to one another and they eventually fall in love. Usually, Sasuke is forced to be patient and Hinata is forced to be braver so ta da! There you go, completing and complimenting one another!

I should probably stop with my SasuHina rant but allow me to say a little more about it. People can write more about the pairing than I can and I like reading their opinions because they can express better what I also think about it. Two of the best SasuHina stories I've read are "Torn" by Renoa Heartilly and "Ikigai" by Lanse (it is currently in progress but the two weeks of waiting for each chapter update is worth it). Both authors keep the characters behaving like themselves -- they are not out of character -- and the love between Sasuke and Hinata can be seen developing slowly and subtly as time passes them by.

Okay, I'll definitely stop now. I am not too fond of reading books; instead, I like reading manga and watching anime. I don't read or watch a lot but my current obsession is Prince of Tennis. I like that the anime (I only watch the anime, I don't read the manga) has a lot of funny moments in between the serious tennis matches. Even though the series (not including the OVAs) has 178 episodes, I don't really mind watching all of them. The funny episodes and the chibi episodes keep me hooked on the show.

La Corda d'Oro is another favourite of mine. It's such a pity the first season of the anime only has 26 episodes and the second season only has two. I would like to watch more but I also like that it's a short anime because prolonged manga/anime, in my opinion, often lose the essence of the story. La Corda is a music-themed manga/anime and it just reminded me how much I enjoyed classical music when I was little. I also studied the violin for two years (but I quit. I don't know exactly why but I think I just didn't appreciate the opportunity to play an instrument back then, being the stupid child I was, haha) that's why I liked the main character, Kahoko Hino, and her determination to play the violin despite many people looking down on her. I just wish she would end up with fellow violin player Len Tsukimori.

Speaking of music-themed manga/anime, there is another one that I like. It's called Nodame Cantabile but I've stopped reading/watching the series (and I haven't even tried watching the drama) because it's so long and I'm completely lost. I forgot where I've left off. I still support Nodame and Chiaki though.

I guess I should make this quick now. Other pairings I support from different manga/anime are Roy and Riza from Fullmetal Alchemist, Daisuke and Riku from DNAngel, Ren and Kyoko from Skip Beat, Tamaki and Haruhi from Ouran High School Host Club, and Chiharu and Kyo from Girl Got Game.

Hmmm, for a person who has abandoned an account, I'm surprised I wrote so much.

-whitesandbeaches-