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| Lately... there's been nothing but bad news in the family. I don't know how to cope with all the illness cropping up... and the death. I've never been afraid of dying. But losing the people I love is a completely different matter. Last year, my grandmother's sister's husband (who I've been really closed to since I came to Japan 8 years ago) passed away due to heart problems. Months later, came the most shocking news that my dad is diagnosed with stage 2 lung cancer... (The chemotherapy so far seems to be going well, so that's at least a relief.) Then, at the end of December... my grandmother's best friend (who was like a great aunt to me) passed away due to again, cancer... (she had colon cancer when she was in her 50s... but she lived to be 94, before the doctors discovered that the cancer cells had been slowly moving towards her brain in the years after her initial treatment.) With everything going on in my family, and because I was away in a different prefecture for my studies, I wasn't told of her passing until early this February. Now, we again received another bad news. My mother's brother... (my uncle who I remember playing with me and my siblings a lot when we were younger in the Philippines) has just passed away a few days ago due to colon cancer. Since he and his family live in the province... and have been suffering from financial problems, he refused to go to the hospital for treatment and just waited his time. We weren't even told he was suffering from cancer... I really hate all the dark and gloom and sadness and grieving and death we've had in the family in the last couple of years... I've never cared that much about my own mortality... but when you're faced with death, not your own but someone else you deem more important than yourself (my family), when you have to be the one letting go... and never seeing those loved ones again, but still having to deal with the aftermath, the pain of losing them... it's just... really, really... sad and painful and frightening and hopeless... I don't know what to do. What hurts the most is that I wasn't even able to say my last goodbye to both my great aunt and my uncle... the time and the distance separates us. I hate being informed too late. I hate not being able to see them one last time. Before the end, I wish I could have talked to them one more time, laughed and joked and simply been there beside them. (Long rambling over... I'm relieved to get some of this off of my chest.) |
Less than 4 hours to go before "NHWAU Revival Fundraiser" CLOSES!!  Get those bids in while you can! A lot of fabulous packages on the "Stolen Gems" (dropnote)!! Raffle tickets still for sale, too! MBs still to be given away to... Person who purchases the most tickets, the most to gift tickets, & the LAST ticket buyer!!  MERRY CHRISTMAS!! "NHWAU Revival Fundraiser" |
I haven't been able to drop by for more than 10-15 minutes lately. But classes will be over on Tuesday! I'll finally be able to get some (long overdue) reviews done!  (To those I've kept waiting... I'm so terribly sorry!  ) Now, I'd like to move on to some bit of advertising (before my last class for the day starts)! 
We have a week left before the fundraiser closes! So, it's time to get some nominees in! Drop by the forum! Title Post: UPGRADE NOMINEE And then, list up to 5 people you'd like to nominate for a 3-month upgrade on the body of your post. At least 1 person can win an upgrade. (Winner to ve decided via Virtual Dice!) If the Treasure Chest have more GPs, there could be more winners! |
I haven't been around WDC as much as I would have liked around the last weeks of November... My dad was diagnosed with stage 2 lung cancer, and it's been tough for our family (especially my mom)! The first radiotherapy session my dad has undergone had been successful, so we're a little relieved. Unfortunately, this year will be the first Christmas (and New Year) without him at home, as he needs to stay until mid-January at the hospital.  I'm still running a fundraiser until Christmas Eve, so I've been dropping by for a couple of minutes at least twice a week to check on the activity and to post any updates.  FUNDRAISER UPDATE!!
There are still some packages (Click on the "Stolen Gems" dropnote!) without any bids: #4, #5, #6, #7, #9 and #10! Also, sunnystarr has donated packages (#13 & #14) which includes two of her Exclusive (Commissioned) MBs for "Days Of Sunshine" and "Monthly Calendar Contest" ! The usual cost for that is 100K. But the starting bid for both has been lowered to 15K! I'm expecting some bid wars for both! The raffle also needs more attention, I think! Tickets are up for purchase for 1,000 GPs each. Some of the MBs have already been given away. But there are still more to be distributed!  (Check out the "Recovered Gold" dropnote to see the other MB prizes!) |
Need Help With An Upgrade Revival Fundraiser is NOW OPEN!  19 Awesome packages have been donated and is up for Bidding! (STOLEN GEMS!!) Raffle tickets cost 1,000 GPs each. For anonymous gifts, please email me.
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| 5:30am here. Dead on my feet. No sleep. Party started yesterday noon at our newly wed friends' house. LOL Played a couple of Japanese card and board games to pass the time. Cooking, eating and drinking. Singing karaoke. Doting on two friends' adorable 5-month-old son. Good thing I don't have school on Monday. Need to finish some homework. But it's been a while since I last saw them all...  I'll probably cram again and be a zombie for the next couple of days... But totally worth it!  On the train now... going back to my apartment on a completely different prefecture. 1 and a half hour train ride. |
Check out the new themed signatures at my shop! Halloween and Autumn images!
Good night! Signing off,  -mARi- |
| I'm back at the dungeon, again. This time it's kind of a relief... too stressed at school and at home. My parents do not agree with my choice to become a fully licensed nightmare!! Can you believe it?! Nothing wrong with being a nightmare, surely! Instead, they want me to continue taking lessons from Cupid, and start my own matchmaking business... It's not even Valentine's yet!!  So, I'm chilling here in my corner of the dungeon for a while... to cool off my head. Check these out! 
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PACKAGE DONATIONS NEEDED!! Pretty please? |
| ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** "No doubt, I'll see you in Cupid's Lucky Arrows then in February, up in 'Cloud Nine Prison' with the rest of the 'Airheads. Bonesy's a good friend of mine. |
Good morning! Good afternoon! Good evening! (depends on where you are and what time it is there when you're reading this. ) I have just finished setting up a huge fundraiser I've been planning since September... and with approval from ~WhoMe???~  to help NHWAU become active again!
It is a themed fundraiser because I thought it would be fun. Pirates (Auction) VERSUS Marines (Raffle) At the end of the fundraiser, whichever of the two activities earn more GPs wins!! If the Pirates win, 50% of the Treasure Chest will be split among the package and GP donors! If the Marines win, that 50% will instead be split among 10 lucky participants (5 ticket holders, 5 bidders) drawn via Virtual Dice! I hope to officially open by November 1st. But first, I would like to ask some help to make this successful to help NHWAU and also 2 other upgrade-giving groups.  The fundraiser is in need of Package Donations for the Auction... and MB donations as consolation prizes for the Raffle. Please check it out! Any little bit of assistance would be very much appreciated. |
| Check out the auction ~WhoMe???~ is running! Awesome packages up for grabs! Some are real items that will be shipped to you when you win them!
It's open only until October 12th, so get those bids in! I'm throwing in a "bone" ("LUCKY BONES GAME 2022" ) to the first person to bid on the package I donated! |
Need to be bailed out! I'm innocent! How could I be accused of bone stacking... when I only love cats!  Definitely nothing wrong with cute, fluffy kittens, surely??!!  |
| Yey! Finally, all the packages and images on "WDC 15th Birthday Sig. Auction - CLOSED" are PAID for. I've sent all the images to the winners, some as is and some with the texts requested. Thank you so much for participating. I'm thinking of opening a big fundraiser for upgrade giving groups sometime in November. I hope you'll support that, too. Everything's still on the planning stage right now... Signing off, -mARi- |
| Before I go to sleep, I just want to... 1st, thank everyone who participated and supported my Signature Auction, again! ...already sent the mass email earlier, so no more reminders. Juat read that email and you'll know what to do! 2nd, I just wanted to share an anime-Halloween-themed Signature I made for myself. I think it turned out pretty good!!  Good night, everyone! |
The auction is closing soon. Just a little more than two hours to go. There were a couple of new bids on the packages and images! Check to see if you've been outbid. -mARi- |
It's pretty late here where I am. Before I head to bed, just a quick reminder (advertisement)! My Signature Auction will be closing later today (11:59 pm, WDC Time). If you have time please check it out. There are 4 packages and 30 images. The GPs will be split between my future upgrade funds, RAOK, WDC Angel Army, Showering Acts of Joy and WDC Power Reviewers.
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I was able to say goodbye to my dad, but not my sister. I know what that feels like.
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I'm not sure if it's really a good thing, but I'm fortunate enough to have the Teacher Recruitment Exams to study for until July and August (exams are divided into two parts) to keep me busy, and give me no time to wallow in my sadness and be depressed. Although, I must admit... that I'm barely hanging on. I may be distracted from depression, but the grief is still there and also the fear of losing more loved ones... Add to that the stress from studying for the exams that will determine my future career. I hate how frightening I now find my future could be - I could lose someone else (again
I really wish my schedule would clear up soon. I want to read something nice and light and somewhat happy here to hopefully lift my spirit up.