tracklist:
01. Velonica
02. 奏であい (kanadeai)
03. 薫 (kaori)
04. Velonica -Instrumental-

yes! i've been waiting for aqua timez to go rock again after all their ballady stuff like natsu no kakera. this single has been bobbing up on the oricon charts quite often for the past few weeks. (:

velonica got stuck in my head very quickly. because it's super catchy. the chorus is the best. and the verses are very cool. there's a sprinkling of electronica throughout, which blends in quite nicely.
and it's got rock vibes spilling out everywhere. :D it manages to sound quite emo!
the intro is interesting and i like the drums. they're simple enough to be followable but very nice. the melody is aqua timez's signature ramble-off-a-long-string-of-monosyllables-of-the-same-note, and it works here with the drums, nicely. it also contrasts with the bridge which consists of long notes, which was quite interesting to hear at first.
the bass line for the first few verses are interesting too!
the chorus is genius composing! brilliant. (a bit like galileo.) i still can't follow the verses but the chorus is the best part that keeps replaying in my brain!
and the chord progression is totally <3.
i think it's one of the few minor key songs they did. and they should do it more.
this is the kind of song that i get hooked onto like crazy at once and keep listening to. but after a while, it fades off. should have spread it out a bit more. /:
minor gripe: the bridge is quite boring after you listen to it about 3 times a day.

奏であい sounds like one of the band's typical b-sides at first, but the rhythm is a bit bounce-y and swingy. it takes a while to grow onto, but after you can sing it it's a decent song. i went around the house singing this for a while, too. i like the guitar parts at the front and the back with the vibraphone!

薫 is a weird little song that mainly alternates between 2 chords (IVminor and I). the melody didn't catch on for me so it's not a very memorable track, imo. plus, it's short. and repetitive.

the bleach OP drawing style looks like sayonara zetsubou sensei's! :D
and it's cool that hitohira no hanabira is the ED!

all in all, not a bad single but don't rush it or you'll get bored faster. (for me, at least.)

these words are supposed to be what we're looking for:

unsaturated
ethanoic acid
oxidation
carbon dioxide
ester
weak (acids)
covalent
polymer

actually chem wasn't boring, just that everyone finished the whole worksheet before the teacher started.

so we started looking for these. some of them are very, er, 勉强, haha.

god (the answer to all your questions on the wordsearch)
no (which, when put in close proximity with "god", spells "no god")
grim (the cursed dog thing which everyone thought sirius was :D)
nox (spell to put out your wand light)
hur (as in hurhur)
erm
kila (which translates to kira in jap)
t-san (because we can't find t-chan)
bla (blah)
aye
goo (gundam 00)
edo (can mean a lot of things)
jingo (the terry pratchett book)
kidd (death the kid with a double d because of the small "tsu")
ngs (the ajikan song without the punctuation)
non
kya (says all)
bl (er, don't ask)
acs (the school)
gn00 (dunno what, but has something to do with gundam)
aeu (AEU!)
hamu (because we were despo! can you see!)
tieria (because we were despo!)
bah (humbug)
tbh (for tanboonhian XD)
fes (the chaos;head band's lead singer)
seb (for sebastian)
afa (anime festival asia)
sims (the game)
kami
red
abe (shinzo??)
tj (the jc)
ju (who else)
cg (can stand for a lot of things)
dug (i think ... i didn't circle that)
alios (which translates to arios in romanji)
yuck
arm

i think that's all.

watched ponyo today!
liked it!

i think this is my first miyazaki film i watched in a cinema.
バンザイー。

i like ponyo's dad! :D (he's not really bad, is he!)
he's blur and eccentric.
did i mention he has very nice hair? :D

ponyo in fish form is weird.
ponyo in half-fish, half-human form looks like a bird.
ponyo in human form is ... wild. and unpredictable.

lisa screams at her husband but is perfectly calm when fish-turned human ponyo turns up at her doorstep and starts magicking all her appliances into action. O.o
and she drives recklessly and doesn't behave like a typical お母さん.
i like. :D
"B-A-K-A A A A A A!" (they subbed it as J-E-R-K haha.)

sousuke is the cutest. <3 so 懂事. and he ends a lot of things with "ーかなあ".

my favorite part was when sousuke and ponyo took the tiny boat out in the flood.
because it was one of my childhood dreams to ride on a boat in a flood. (don't ask me why)
so i was really happy! :D
and the underwater scenery was perfect. (where the fish swam among the trees and the signs stick out of the water.) more than i ever imagined.

the ending was O.o and the plot's not exactly exciting, but who cares!

and of course, the graphics are really pretty and well-done.

it looks so innocent and everything.
and obviously targeted at children.
but it's nice watching the kids run around because they're so cute. :D
and the movie managed to be a bit unpredictable.

(and it's 爽 to understand almost everything! :D)

so altogether, it's very fun to watch!

pictures say the lot. ^^


we parked near the singapore flyer, which explains all these close-ups. and you can actually see it move! (as compared to viewing it from kilometres away)




insisted on climbing all the way up the audience seats at the floating platform, where the view is very nice. :D but my photography sucks, so.





the actual exhibits were on the floating platform. it's cool! it has rubber floors! and there were a lot of people, of course.




yes this is super cool! just like harry potter had giant chess, 春到河畔 had giant chess too! :D and they let you walk through the portion that is supposed to be 楚河汉界.



luck for monkeys this year: you will irritate the hell out of your teachers this year. XD


overall, wasn't too bad. :D

today was really really crazy.
partly because i have cousins who are 7 and 10 and 13 and do the craziest things. (and not in a good way, too)
spent half my day babysitting restraining the one aged 7.
they're my favourite cousins. *shrugs*

we went to my aunt's place to celebrate.
my uncle who cooks like a 5-star hotel chef cooked. and it's the first time i'm eating it. um, long story behind it all.
so the food was really good. *o*
we walked round the long dinner table picking stuff we like to eat. XD

all my elder cousins brought their girlfriends, haha.

we did crazy and unethical and only-tolerable-if-kids-do-it things like play with the lifts.
the lifts are super cool, by the way.
because all the buttons are touch-sensitive, my cousin swiped his hand over the panel and selected all the floors.
so what happened was we had to clear them one by one, i.e. stop at every floor.
i always feel that my reasoning and logical thinking degrade a few years back when i'm with them.
i think we pissed off a few neighbours.

and like every year, the place becomes a gambling den in the afternoon.
we played daidi! and mahjong!


my nephew. <3
i didn't type that wrongly.


you can see super-big and super-rich acs barker from the lift!


view from the balcony at my aunt's house. you can see 1/4 of the singapore flyer right at the back.


my 7 year old cousin. she is not what she looks, okay. (and yes, in a nonya outfit.) also, my nephew is her nephew, but they play together like they're in kindergarten together.
she kept wrenching my necklace from my neck and hitting my sister's spectacles.
i think she terrorizes all her teachers and friends at school. :D
okay, i'm not supposed to smile at that.


says all.


it's 2 of my relatives' birthday today!

this year's not so bad, really. :D

yesterday there was 团圆饭 steamboat plus 捞鱼生 at my ahma's house.
er, at least my cousins and i are on speaking terms. (i remember some years back where we dao-ed each other)
so it was quite fun la.
hci's not as well known as nanyang. and yes, i'm in jc already ... (if i'm not wrong i'm the first one in my generation for my dad's side to go to jc. so everyone keeps thinking i'm in poly.)
last night i was in my room sewing. because when chinese new year starts we cannot use needles and etc.

today was quite sian.
because we started 拜-ing 年 very early.
usually for my dad's side, all my uncles will meet at my ahma's house first.
then we will go to my aunt's/ahma's sister's/uncle's house together to 拜年. (pardon the bad english)
this year, my dad decided not to wait for all the other people because they were late. so at all the houses it was just our family.
it's not a bad thing, because when a lot of people are around you get compared to people a lot.
but it was ... quiet. and there's not much 气氛 this year.
reached home super early because my parents wanted to sleep. =.=
and i wore my thigh-high socks and everyone thought they were leggings! :D

looking forward to tomorrow! because i like my mum's side's cousins!

well, despite the pathetic turnout, it was quite crazy because we went to this place called settlers cafe to play boardgames (similar to mindcafe).
it's fun!
we ran through games like nobody's business, and there were a lot of cool games i have never seen before in my life.
like this game which consists of throwing rubber eggs that can bounce around.
and this bean game which was quite fun.
other than the price, it's a nice friendly place. (and it's not that ex) and you're perfectly entitled to make a hell lot of noise there. at the most, you'll just piss off the other customers. but the staff don't say anything. and they'll teach you how to play!

how's the prospect of hama chalet sound? :D

1. the pronoun for innovator amoebas is now "hit". as in, "ribbons and hit's gay green hair." originated from a mix of his, her and it. gecko's wonderful idea.
2. gecko's brain is officially screwed. and it's contagious.
3. ship anew and halleujah because god says so!
4. causeway ≠ cosplay, boys and girls.
5. mister bushido's ahead - 's = mister bushido ahead (do want)
and many more.

it was pretty much rushed through.
it's been so long since i read the other books that i've forgotton all the details about what happened.
i think the earlier books were nicer (i can't remember anything about evil star).
this book reminded me of raven's gate, it's the same writing style and approach, like how matt found himself trapped in this never-ending-hell thing and then after that unleashed his powers full force, that sort of thing.
scarlett ... isn't very interesting. just normal.
and they kept mentioning singapore, haha. (we're not famous enough, like hong kong. only famous enough to be a stopover. XD)
the typhoon part reminded me of the last part from the final warning (max ride), it's like 80% similar!

NOOOOOOOOO WTF BRING DIEDDDD?!?!?!!!

how could they how could they!
he didn't even have the chance to do anything cool! and he just 行っちゃう like that!

D:

don't put your face so close to setsuna's, marina!

setsuna dreams of lockon, sign of something ... ?

and THIS.



tchan is degrading into a mummy.
what! what!
and he also declared to the entire ptolemy crew his faith in setsuna.
=.=
nooooo i want the old tchan back! T.T

LOUISE HAS VEDA EYES WHAT HAS HAPPENED! maybe veda grew her arm back and messed with her brain for payment.

alle and tchan got bzzzzz-ed into multicoloured outlines by one of the innovators.

graham's new suit looks like a mutant robot bunny. (it's quite cute)
the best part:
Trans-GrahAm!!!
hahahaha.

and nobody cares about the coup d'etat.

not bad, didn't suffer too much ear damage. XD
冗談。^^
(actually ju can sing in tune if nobody shifts the pitch. but it usually lasts for a while only.)

the ming arcade lift is WORKING again! and the rooms are big and nice! we went to hammer at their staircase door like we were demanding ransom for nothing!

more importantly, it's more updated!
like how they have the whole world world world album! <3 (night diving is super fun to sing, especially in 2 parts, always nobody sing with me T.T)and the ponyo song!and a lot of new stuff like stuff from various season 2s.of course, ju and limlayting spammed dbsk, but that's okay.left at 3. T.T and was totally late for cca. so what time did you guys stay till in the end?

it didn't rain after all! (:

the chalet is in this super ulu place (my dad got lost trying to get there), but it's very very big! and it has 3 huge bedrooms with 6 beds, and like 3 toilets. and the kitchen is as big as mine. it's big enough to hold 50 people. (and 9 stayed over, what!)

the fire was very good! nice and hot. thanks to kaiyun's supreme fire starting skills.
and ju-tachi blasted dbsk from inside the chalet. =x=

AND WE MADE THE BEST MARSHMALLOWS EVER. brown fungal outgrowth included. and you can suck the melted insides out and the whole marshmallow will deflate. that kind of marshmallows.

and the cats! cats are another thing i'm a sucker for. fat greedy buta-nekos.

after which we went inside to play mahjong and i only managed to play one-and-a-half rounds before going. T.T

it was fun fun fun fun fun! :D

just some things that i had to say. :D

natsume:
GEN AND NATSUME. XD
i thought he sounded a bit familiar.
anyway they sounded different so it wasn't too weird.
and there's a lot of pretty youkai this season! :D

soul eater:
NEW ED NEW ED by ABINGDON!
but most importantly we will now get to see him without his bandages every week! and i realized his hair has eyes. O.O
chibi medusa is cool!
stein! don't go! T.T
brew works like a rubik's cube. XD

kuroshitsuji was boring 'cos it wasn't an official episode.
still. feeling a bit cheated.

YES I KNEW IT!
finally seravee morphs into the nadleeh of season 2 - seraphim!
(though nadleeh sounds a lot nicer, and was a lot prettier too.)
but it's still lean and pretty and in trans-am mode! :D and it works like transformers. O: saves celestial being a lot of material on purgable parts.

seravee has hands everywhere, i swear.

tieria declares he is a human being! (and not a genderless amoeba, i assume.) but like we'll believe you. XD

anyway, the point is that bandai will come out with the gunpla soon and I WILL BUY IT WHEN I GO TO JAPAN.
:D

i like bring! because he's different from ribbons! but he cut his hair ... ? (which is GOOD because his old hair was loser hair /:)

yes and now setsuna owes his whole life to ribbons. i wouldn't want to see ribbons in 00 gundam though ... feels wrong.
however i have a feeling he's going to pilot it ...

what's with the song that projects through space and penetrates mobile suits and kataron flight vessels hah. hello, sound waves don't travel through a vacumn? (yeah right and people don't suddenly feel each other's consciousness while doing battle in space. =.=)

my preview got cut off again! D:

List twelve characters without looking at the questions. Then answer the questions by replacing the corresponding number with the character.

1. lavi (d.gray-man)
2. hitsugaya (bleach)
3. thomas raith (from the dresden files, this is a temporary bias, haha)
4. the kishin (soul eater)
5. shinku (code geass)
6. nyanko-sensei (natsume yuujin chou)
7. the doll guy (kuroshitsuji)
8. tieria (gundam 00)
9. brera (macross frontier)
10. iorek byrnison (his dark materials)
11. nishijou takumi (chaos;head)
12. LULU (code geass, because he geassed me into doing this, right.)

12 people is A LOT.
possible spoilers for the series above!

1. Who would make a better college professor, 6 or 11?
definitely nyanko because he is already a sensei. i think takku would just freak out/ stone at his students in the lecture hall before hallucinating and running off. maybe only when he's in di-sword mode? but nyanko will throw tantrums at his students from time to time and call them idiots and demand for better treatment.

2. Do you think 4 is hot? How hot?
very very absolutely. :D but he looks disgusting with his bandages on. when he shows his face and his hair and his scarf-like skin/ bandages are flying around he's VERY HOT.

3. 12 sends 8 on a mission. What is it, and does it succeed?
HAHA lulu will probably send tieria on a take-over-the-world/ kill-everyone-in-my-way/ kick-those-irritating-royalty-siblings-of-mine's-asses mission! and it 100% succeeds because VEDA DOES NOT ALLOW MISTAKES. seravee is enough to take down a whole britannian army, plus tchan is always geassulated behind layers and layers of screens and suits and helmets and such.

4. What is or would be 9's favorite book?
brera's favourite book is "harmonica for dummies". or "how to beat the crap out of the guy who is two-timing your sister". or maybe "vogue". because his clothes are O.o. or the macross score book for harmonica!

5. Would it make more sense for 2 to swear fealty to 6, or the other way around?
nyanko will swear fealty to hitsu when he's nyanko. but if he's madara then maybe it will be the other way round. (madara and hyourinmaru look alike! O:)

6. For some reason, 5 is looking for a roommate. Should s/he share a studio apartment with 9 or with 10?
ooo brera and iorek are both hard to live with. hmm. shinku chooses brera because iorek, being a polar armoured bear, is bigger than the studio apartment. no space no space!

7. 2, 7 and 12 have dinner together. Where do they go, and what do they discuss?
hitsu, the doll guy and lulu go to pizza hut! (because hitsu is technically dead and the doll guy doesn't need food.) lulu will try to rope in the other two into his brilliant plans, and hitsu will be irritated and scowl at him (and threaten him with hyourinmaru), while the doll guy daos both of them and sings "london bridge is falling down". then lulu will give up and geass both of them while he eats his pizza.

8. 3 challenges 10 to a duel. What happens?
oh my! interesting. thomas vs iorek = brute force vs agility. but i think iorek will win because he's not stupid and bullets/ knives/ most things don't penetrate his armour, and thomas will get pwned because his vampire powers don't work on bears. unless he runs away fast enough. but thomas seems to have experience in dealing with big bad ferocious stuff so maybe it'll be a draw.

9. If 1 stole 8's most precious possession, how would s/he (<-- haha) get it back?
lavi would be in DEEEEEEEEEP trouble if he stole tieria's stuff. serious. because tchan will throw a hissy fit and come demanding after his stolen possesions and use his veda powers to find him and blow him up with seravee's trans-am cannonball! thing. and poor lavi only has his hammer. oh unless lavi steals seravee! (it's a precious possesion :D) but lavi probably stole his glasses or his pink cardigan.

10. Suggest a title for a story in which 6 and 12 both attain what they most desire.
huh. O.o nyanko wants the yuujinchou while lulu wants ... world peace. XD so it'll be called ... "the adventures of lulu and nyanko"! i'm so sorry, i'm very bad at this kind of thing.

11. What kind of plot device would you use if you wanted 4 and 1 to work together?
what's a plot device? lavi and kishin ... only way for them to work together is if the kishin possesses lavi/ controls him and takes over his mind, because the kishin is omnipotent and lavi - well, he only has his hammer. and lavi'd probably be too freaked out in the first place.

12. If 7 visited you for the weekend, how would you get along?
ooooo. the doll guy would probably enter uninvited and attempt to add me to his doll collection. then i'll slash him in the chest (important: not head!) and take a picture with him and then run away.

13. If you could command 3 to perform any one task or service for you, what would it be?
wow. wash my hair offer me protection from the citizens of nevernever?

14. What would 11 bring to a deserted island, if s/he could only bring one thing?
HIS COMPUTER, though sadly it's probably changed to rimi. he can gigolomaniac-hallucinate anything else he wants there, anyway.

15. If 2 had to choose sides between 4 and 5, which would it be?
hitsu will choose shinku over the kishin. because they have similar personalities and everything. and they're nice people, really. :D only the witches will side with kishin. oh, but that means they'll totally lose because the kishin is unfairly strong.

16. What might 10 shout while charging into battle?
i forgot iorek's battle lines. probably he'd roar (a bear's roar). off with iofur's head!

17. If you chose a song to represent 8, which song would you choose?
tchan hahaha! "elephant"? because it has such a spastic name. and an elephant's purplish, like tchan's hair. (okay lah i haven't heard it)

18. 1, 4 and 6 are having dim sum at a Chinese restaurant. There is only one scallion pancake left, and they all reach for it at the same time. Who gets to eat it?
i'm chinese and i don't know what's a scallion pancake. but lavi gets it all the same, because nyanko would lose when lavi pokes him with the end of his hammer. and the kishin probably doesn't think of the scallion pancake as food. (he prefers people)

19. What might be a good pick-up line for 2 to use on 10?
... this relationship will never work out. besides, iorek wouldn't understand any pick-up lines of hitsu's because they speak different languages anyway. >< WEIIIIRD.20. What would 3 most likely be arrested for?
thomas ... many many things. arrested on multiple charges. basically, most things he does is outside the human law. and some things outside the supernatural law. but he'll never get caught! :D because he's thomas!

21. What is 6's secret?
nyanko likes fish and yummy stuff and getting patted more than he would admit.

22. If 11 and 9 were racing to a destination, who would get there first?
brera will win takku! because brera can space-warp and everything. and he has a spaceship. takku only can run around, even if he has his di-sword. (hey they would probably race to save their sisters! :D)

23. 3 and 7 tell conflicting versions of events. Which is more reliable?
thomas and the doll guy ... thomas barh. if i'm harry, it would be thomas. if i'm me, i would trust myself. wouldn't believe the doll guy for a million dollars, he's too suspicious. hell, i don't even know his name!

24. "1 and 9 reluctantly team up to save the world from the threat posed by 4’s sinister secret organization. 11 volunteers to help them, but it is later discovered that 11 is actually a spy for 4. Meanwhile, 4 has kidnapped 12, in an attempt to force their surrender. Following the wise advice of 5, they seek out 3, who gives them what they need to complete their quest." What title would you give this fic?
*head spins*
let's substitute.
"lavi and brera reluctantly team up to save the world from the threat posed by the kishin’s sinister secret organization. (oh yeah!) takku volunteers to help them, but it is later discovered that takku is actually a spy for the kishin. (i can imagine what the kishin did) meanwhile, the kishin has kidnapped lulu (O:), in an attempt to force their surrender. (awww geass doesn't work!) following the wise advice of shinku, they seek out thomas, who gives them what they need to complete their quest! (of course!)"
wow not bad! good cast!
but given my complete inability to make up creative good titles, it shall be titled "LAVI AND BRERA: The Curse of the Omnipotent Kishin".
too bad. XD

25. If you had to walk home through a bad neighbourhood late at night, would you feel safer in the company of 7 or 12?
lulu over the doll guy. the doll guy belongs to these bad neighbourhoods. his shop is in the same kind of place. if he walked me home he'd abduct me in the middle of the street. at least lulu can geass away the bad guys, though suzaku would be 10 times more efficient. ;D

yay it's good to see everyone again!

we went to choa chu kang library to settle the card.
i suddenly feel old.
like when you see ny people in uniform walking around the place.
"hey, ny people!"
then you realise:
"hey i'm not in ny anymore!"
of course, walking around in home clothes and slippers while everyone else is walking around in school uniform and heavy bags is 爽 enough.
now i can walk around my block meeting all those secondary school people and think "yay i'm older than all of you!"
and me and my sister are both older than the sec ones this year. that's what makes me feel really old. like we're in a different generation altogether.

junning's mom rocks.
she makes super good food. :D
and kaiyun ended up starting the fire on her own.
junning's cake is nice!

i think i didn't eat alot.
because i woke up hungry.
plus i went home early yesterday.

mostly we hung around the fitness corner (it's a nice place to hang around!) and talked about school. (why do we always end up doing that.)

leona watched code geass! :D
and likes suzaku!
likes suzaku + knows insane = danger!
hahahahaha.
nevermind leona jiayou!

i hope ju got her phone back.

this is mostly what went through my head while watching. in order.

1. ... who are these people???
2. *o* the standees!
3. *o* the gunplaaaaaaaa on the tables!
4. ikemen meisters! ... じゃない。
5. did they just say "newtype"?
6. 故国燃ゆ～！hahaha.
7. the narrator's voice is weird I WANT RIBBON'S SEIYUU BACK!
8. the girls wailing at lockon's exploding scene T.T
9. why are you telling us these things now? ... i mean, the only people who will watch this are the people who have been watching gundam?...
10. the guy in grey is funny while the guy in red gets dao-ed.
11. DAWWWWWWWW LOCKON! go away, lyle.
12. they had to flashback that t-chan scene they had to! where is nadleeh youuuuuu!
13. hahaha hamu has a segment to himself thanks to the power of his fans! XD and the famous serifu! and i agree that his character is wasted in the 2nd season, sigh.
14. innovators are taking over everything this season. ;D OMG THE NOTEBOOK.
15. LOCKOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNN!!!!!
16. new OP next week by STEREOPONY! i like! :D (hitohira no hanabira grew on me)
17. omg the guy in red looks like cheriel from certain angles. O:
18. gundam looks set for major wreckage/ explosions next week! :D i don't care as long as nothing happens to the important people. but that's not gonna happen, is it.
19. they didn't do anything with the gunpla! D: virtue/ seravee keeps wobbling on the table.
20. i still don't know who these people are.

「君の圧倒的な性能に私は心を奪われた」「この気持ちまさしく愛だ！」

whew.
omg i ate bread for lunch and nothing for dinner. (unless you count 3 scoops of haagen dazs ice cream and one crepe shared among 3 people as dinner.)

and a lot of people changed! especially meeting for the first time in 4 years.
most of the guys are now twice as tall as they were ...
one guy looked like he works for newurbanmale ... O.o
one of the girls is as tall as the guys.
another dyed her hair brown.
some look like they're 21 already.
everyone said i grew! :D

basically we wandered around vivo looking for a place big enough to fit 25 people. and ended up at haagen dazs.
then we went to the rooftop and sat in a circle and talked about the old times, haha.

watched yes man. :D

before going home at 9 and promptly getting scolded. ><>

<333333333333!THE FIRST TIME I HAVE SEEN A FREAKING AJIKAN CD IN SINGAPORE.(i think we didn't search properly the first time/ it was sold out.)
AND PANIC FANCY IS SELLING AT $19.90 WHYYYYY DOES THIS NOT HAPPEN TO AJIKAN CDS! D:
tried very hard not to freak out in the store. :D

there's this very cute shop at the basement of raffles city that sells cute jap stationery! like super cute notepads! バナ夫, anyone knows?

i hope this doesn't affect the cbox and any other stuff ... ... because i'll cry if it does. T.T

anyway if there's any problems viewing please tell me okay?