(Updated on 15 December 2018) After thinking about it for some time, I can't stand the fact that I lack a proper introduction. So basically, to put it simply, I'm many things. I'm the kind of guy who's dabbled in many things, experienced a good number of things. I lack focus, but that's been changing for years too. Long story short, I'm a self-published writer part-time. I've been on hiatus in that respect for 6 months now, because I haven't found the kind of success I want, and my 'current' work-in-progress isn't panning out too well. That's when I figured that I should go back to how my writing adventure all started - here. I mean, seriously, take a look at my work on Amazon yourself and you'll see what I mean. As a rule, I try to keep little to no secrets, so here I am: Search '[REDACTED]' on Amazon.

But writing aside, I'm now 29 years old, and I have a career going in real life that's very conducive to creative pursuits like (fanfiction) writing. Basically, I'm a private tutor. Good, flexible hours, very good rates, and I dare say good benefits even if they weren't formalised. I'm proud of being a freelancing tutor - I've helped kids, and I reinforce my own grasp of the English language (as well as other subjects).

I was and still am a conscript in an armed forces, I'm a qualified biomedical technician but chose not to pursue that, and I have a bachelor's degree in English literature. I've worked in the office before as a human resource executive (it sucks), as well as several other offices part-time as I searched for my life career.

4 August 2021

I was able to write 2,400 words in 3 days so far. Not bad. I think it helped that this particular chapter of The Powerpuff Girls: Declassified is very different from the others.

21 June 2021

Just going to do a quick update to explain the situation. This year hadn't been productive, mainly because I've been taking on a lot of responsibilities both professional and personal. More work to do, and my financial future hangs in the balance. I guess I've finally met with something that could actually keep me down creatively. The nail in the coffin was when I've encountered my first coin crash, which puts doubt on my financial future, no matter what the numbers say. It's my first year taking direct charge of my finances, so I have a lot to learn when it comes to mental fortitude. Anyway, I am hoping now that things are changing, and that I can adapt to writing while under all this pressure and stress. Writing should be a comfort to me, not a luxury - I think I've forgotten that for a while. Anyway, I hope I can keep up with my current writing speed. Hopefully, I'll be able to pump out one chapter a week at least. But of course, I shall endeavor to do more.

8 September 2020

It's been a long time since I've last written here, but that's mainly because there's nothing much to be said. Since the lockdown in my country has been lifted, I was thrust back to full-time work, and the change in pace obliterated the writing pace I've built up. I've been trying for the past month-and-half to get used to my current pace of lifestyle again, but it's gonna take time. Basically, I work 7 days a week, with half days on weekdays and full days on weekends. While it is not more time-consuming than regular office hours, it leaves me with not a single day to really focus on domestic stuff, which includes writing.

Hopefully, I'll be able to write faster, because I hope to focus on writing original fiction after The Powerpuff Girls: Declassified. However, this means that I will be taking a break from fanfiction once again, which is an activity considered a break in and on its own, just from original fiction. I go in a cycle, since I was 12 lol.

16 June 2020

Looks like the storm is over... for now. My country will resume most activities on 19 June, which means I'll start working almost at full capacity starting 19 June. I guess you know what it means. I might not be able to keep writing at the same speed. I'll no doubt try my hardest, and I might even succeed in doing so for a while considering how energized I am after 2.5 months of larping as a couch potato XD. However, the same decrease in writing speed is inevitable as time passes. I just hope I'll be able to finish quickly before it degenerates to the point of pushing back the finish date of my current fanfic by weeks or months.

23 May 2020

Oh crap. My country sure loves lockdowns, don't they? Basically, what's going on is that though the lockdown will end on 1 June, most COVID-19 policies will still remain in effect for the entire month of June. That means I'll still mostly remain as a part-time worker due to COVID-19 and the government's now overreaching response. LOL this is unreal! It's as if the world is trying to get me to finish my fanfic...

11 May 2020

It's been a long time since I last posted. Nothing much has changed except the wax and wane of my health... and my confidence. My health, I can deal with - I just got the sniffles and I had a bout of insomnia that seems to be resolved. But as for my confidence. Have I done the right thing by writing a massively long fanfic? I can sense that some people might lose interest in it as it progressed and I honestly don't blame them. Should I have broken it up into smaller fanfics? It's too late for that now. However, I'm thinking of writing smaller chunks in the future - and by that, I mean saner novel lengths like 160k-200k words rather than 450k-550k words long. In reality, it likely wouldn't reduce the number of words I will actually put into the Declassified series, but it will make my work cycle easier to work with. Instead of spending 13-14 months on 450k-550k words, I spend maybe just 3-4 months on a 160k-200k longfic instead. I can't seem to keep my daily productivity up in the long run, so maybe that's better for me.

Anyway, I'll think about it.

22 April 2020

Well, there you have it, folks. Looks like my country's extending lockdown to 1st June. I guess I can forget about pushing the envelope when it comes to my career. But this is good for my fanfic writing, I guess. I wrote 2000 words yesterday, and I hope I can continue to write over 1000 words every day from now on. I won't meet my target of finishing The Powerpuff Girls: Declassified, not by a longshot, but in a way, the COVID-19 accelerated my work on the fanfic by basically taking away everything else that I have. Well, almost everything.

If I were to write 1500 words for the next 41 days, I'll end up with 61.5k words, which should be enough to end Act 3, which is turning out to be the longest act in the fanfic...

18 April 2020

It looks like things are going as I suspect it would. The COVID-19 is spreading rapidly in my country, though confirmed cases are mainly coming from foreign workers who were forced to live in cramped conditions. Damn my countrymen for this. Anyway, when I say 'things are going as expected', I'm also referring to my writing. I've basically restored my writing speed to 2019 levels. I hope it stays that way for the next 2 weeks at least. It's like riding a sports car at top speed. I'm a speed demon when it comes to writing. I'm loving it!

11 April 2020

Looks like things are looking dire now. My career has essentially regressed by 4 years because of COVID-19. I used to work every single day before the plague - half days on weekdays and the entire day on weekends - but now I'm effectively a part-timer. From having 15 students, I now have something like 3? I'm hardly working at all these days and now all my work is done online. Right now, I'm seriously considering finding a temporary job, but the requirements don't really fit me very well. I'm all for going back to basics and doing manual work and heavy lifting, but the time and minimum bond period aren't stellar.

Anyway, whatever happens from now on, at least I have a lot more time on my hands, and it's showing. I have never missed my goal at all ever since the lockdown started. Overachieving has even become the rule when previously, they were exceptions. I guess that's one way I can capitalize on the lockdown.

7 April 2020

Looks like I might be increasing the speed of my writing from now on. Predictably, with COVID-19 infecting more people, the number of clients for my business is dropping. It might not be long before I would have to stop work completely. But I guess that means all that energy has to go somewhere. Some will be spent on diversions, no doubt, as boredom is a big problem in situations where one's confined to a place. Failing that, that energy will just be wasted on worrying at least and despair at most. However, much of my energy will then have to go to my writing, and the rest probably exercises... It's a good chance to bulk up my fitness!

Hopefully, that means I'll be able to finish The Powerpuff Girls: Declassified sooner. I've already written slightly over 1,000 words this afternoon.

6 March 2020

It's been a while since I last updated, mainly because I have little to report. I think my writing speed can't get any lower, at less than 1000 a day. I'm hoping that I can rally and bring it up to at least 1000 a day. I watched Sonic the Hedgehog recently, and it was awesome. I remember playing Sonic 3D Blast as a teenager, and watching my cousins play Sonic back when I was just a kid. The final result was indisputable.

You know, I'm hoping that the Powerpuff Girls will get the Sonic treatment sometime soon, maybe at least a few years later. I can already imagine it now: it'd be live-action, but with the Powerpuff Girls themselves being CGI, but made realistic like in Alita: Battle Angel. I bet that would work. The problem though is that the first movie was a bomb in the box office, and the current series isn't even noteworthy. It would take forever for a live-action Powerpuff Girls movie to be made, if it'll ever be. Maybe in the next decade? At least CGI technology will be even better by then...

Anyway, as it is right now, we're knee-deep in Act 3. I'm doubtful now that I can complete the fanfic by 1st May now though, since I write at 30k words a month - and that's being optimistic. I think it'd be more likely that I'll just conclude Act 3 by 1st May or days shy of that date.

7 January 2020

New Year's been uneventful but refreshing. One of my new year resolutions is to complete The Powerpuff Girls: Declassified by the 1st of May, which would round off the production time of the fanfiction to 1 full year. This is already a regression from my standards in Project Powerpuff: Declassified as it took me about 9-10 months to finish it, I believe.

20 December 2019

A lot has happened in recent days. This round of military was easier to stomach as I was more experienced and the tasks weren't as demanding. I was out by last Thursday, and I've been enjoying myself since, including writing as much as I can. Barring a recovery period where I slept more than usual, I think I've been able to write at the same speed I used to.

I know I haven't updated in 6 days, but I've blundered slightly. I've written 2000 words worth of content that would end up fitting better in the chapter after the next one. In other words, 2 days of progress had been spent on stuff I couldn't post yet. However, I've been able to blaze through the next chapter. I wrote almost 2000 words today. I believe I can get the next chapter out by tomorrow.

1 December 2019

I'm going back to the army first thing tomorrow morning. This is going to suck. I'm already having trouble sleeping. I wrote more than usual though. 1,800 words today to bring me up to over 2000 words in the current chapter I'm writing. I hope I'll be able to write more despite this drastic change in lifestyle. It's going to be 2 weeks of hell. To those who've been reading and supporting me - thank you. They'll count in the next two weeks.

11 October 2019

I hate getting sick. It means I'll have to choose between writing fanfiction and improving my health. Inevitably, I'll choose to write fanfiction at risk of my health.

6 October 2019

Yep, I've officially gone off-peak for my job. That means less work, and more time to rest. Maybe this way, I'll stop falling asleep in the middle of using my computer. I hope this will correct my recent drop in productivity in fanfiction. I've reached a part of the story that's just really thick with plot, so that compounds the issue as I'd need to tread carefully to make it right - I don't have reserve chapters now, so whatever I write has to be right or I'd have to go back to edit.

29 September 2019

Yikes, I can't help but fall asleep when I should be writing or editing. The next chapter should have been out yesterday, but I got too tired and passed out lol. The only good news is that my productivity isn't a consistently low. It's more like 'still high' with occasional spikes of poor productivity.

19 September 2019

Sigh* Getting tired. I think my productivity is going to drop, but I'm hoping it's temporary.

15 September 2019

Real life happened, so I couldn't upload the next chapter yesterday. But it's going up today, and it'll be the first thing I do when I get back home.

9 September 2019

Oh, and I forgot to mention that a new artwork was commissioned a couple of weeks ago and it's now ready, and ahead of schedule again. It'll be embedded in AO3 when the next act comes around.

8 September 2019

I was supposed to post part 4 of No Going Back for The Powerpuff Girls yesterday, but I accidentally fell asleep in bed while editing it haha... Hey, but at least I have more energy today to finalize the edit and post it up :D

Also, I've decided not to upgrade my fanfics to M rating. It feels like too big a detraction from the original series. And believe me, I've already toned down the violence and the sex is basically non-existent 'on-screen'. But of course, here's what I think: Original fiction has never needed rating systems, and neither do M-rated movies get hidden in a cinema, so why should there be a rating system for fanfiction? Sure, we don't put porn here, but that's about the only filter we need. If we want fanfiction to expand and be more relevant, we really need to go with industry standards here - and in this case, the lack of it. People complained about the over-the-top graphic violence in my stories... But what are words compared to moving images of simulated or even actual violence? There's a difference between reading about blood and actually seeing it.

Afraid that children are going to read about blood? No worries, tell them that they'd have to go through a few 100,000 words to see it and watch how far they'd run from the computer. In any case, reading is good - unless it's the lowest of the lowest denominator of stuff - I read all sorts of horror books as a kid and even watched The Thing and many other horror movies back then, and it's done me nothing but favors. They prepared me for the real scare that is to come with real life.

27 August 2019

The last three days have got to be the most unproductive days since the last legs of writing Project Powerpuff: Declassified. I took a rare break on Saturday, so I did no writing at all. And then I went and got sick from food poisoning, so I was only able to manage maybe 500 words while I was commuting. I tried to power through my work that day, but I couldn't last through it - sad thing was, I had only 30 minutes to go... But I guess it's the effort that counts and the things I managed to teach my student. I couldn't write anything more after that, as I was busy having a difficult time even moving, eating and sleeping. Yesterday, which is Monday, I think I did 700-900 words. I guess while I have a powerful immunity system that allows me to recover from food poisoning and fevers within a day, my mental fortitude is another matter. All this ends today though. I've already written 1000 words before I go to work.

14 August 2019

Looks like The Powerpuff Girls: Declassified has gone beyond 200,000 words! Now that's cause for celebration. However, that's not the halfway mark though... :)

18 July 2019

Yikes! Looks to me that I really can't keep up with the 1 chapter/couple o' days schedule anymore. This month will probably mark the end of that. I guess there are multiple factors as to why I can no longer charge headlong into writing. The year is dragging on, which means that my work (as in job) is taking its toll on me, and this is that time of the year when I'm starting to think about vacations. Thankfully, (non-total) break from work is in 4 months time, so no biggie, though I still have army liabilities in early December (shit - I hate being forced to be a leader and trained killer). There's also the story's developing complexity - more things I could get wrong, and thus more time is needed to get it right, at least on average. Well, perhaps time will tell if I can overcome my personal difficulties and restore my writing speed and those amazing bursts of productivity streaks. I really miss those times when I'd write 3000-4000 words a day for a few days and end up with a huge surplus of reserve chapters. I'll see if I can do it again.

16 July 2019

Now that things have calmed down, I gotta say. It's not that I'm averse to the idea of pushing my fanfiction up to M rating status. While it results in a slight straying away from the original source, it presents numerous benefits, such as freeing my creativity even more and allowing content more fitting for M rating to be written into the fanfic. In fact, I was seriously considering moving in there, the fact that some parts of my fanfic are sitting on the thin, intermediate line between T and M notwithstanding.

The problem is, I don't respond well to nagging, intimidation and being forced (with underhanded tactics) to do things. The more someone tries to cow me into doing what they want, the more I will resist. That's how I'm built to survive in the real world. So here's the deal. What I'll do is that I'll experiment with throwing it into M rating maybe once this act is concluded? If it works, it works and I stay there. If it doesn't, I'm coming back to T. Maybe. I just want to write and not bother with bureaucratic things. When it happens, I'll give you guys a heads-up.

4 July 2019

I've mentioned once that all it takes is just one person to make a huge impact. Days ago, I meant it in a negative way. I'd like to say that it can be positive too. Some of you leaped to my defense and I appreciate it. While I don't know why you guys didn't make an account, I appreciate it nonetheless. I just wish I could personally thank you and I would have PM you guys to do it. But I guess I'll do it here.

Anyway, there's a chance I might have to reduce the rate of my posting from 1 chapter every 2 days to 1 chapter every 3 days, owing to slightly slower writing progress and a more complex plot to get through which requires more attention.

30 June 2019

Hmm, I'm going to post the first chapter of Act 2 on the 1st of July to signify a new chapter in my writing of The Powerpuff Girls: Declassified. It should also make up for lost time when I suffer a slight writer's block for the most recent unpublished chapter I've been working on. I guess that means I'll have to delay the unveiling of the artwork as well - but all good things are worth the wait, no?

28 June 2019

I've finally completed Act 1 of Arc 2. It's been an awesome journey! And I can't wait to unveil the artwork for Act 2 of The Powerpuff Girls: Declassified. I hope that it'll spur me on to greater heights and writing speeds too lol. Another great milestone achieved!

26 June 2019

I'm starting to feel less motivated and inspired to write. I think it's because I've reached a part of the plot that I have less confidence in - that I'm unsure of how to write to make incredibly interesting or if I'm making the right move by planning it the way I have, or maybe it's both. I'll do my best to get through this. The good news? After the current 'sub-arc' or 'main plot-line', I'm confident that things will get a lot more interesting. That's not to say that the current main plot-line isn't. I'm just having trouble starting it out.

18 June 2019

You guys know what I'm going to do? I'm going to get myself a good hearty meal in an awesome restaurant, I'm going to do whatever I want for a day - going to the movies with hotdog and soda, watching some Powerpuff Girls Z episodes I've been putting off. Maybe play a computer game or two for hours on end because I haven't done that for... years. Maybe. Yeah, I'm going to do what I want. And you guys know why? Because The Powerpuff Girls: Declassified has officially matured. For one thing, it has reached the 100,000 words mark, which is the projected 20% complete milestone. However, since I've written in advance - far in advance, I might add, as I was on a productivity streak averaging like 2,700 words a day to 4,000 for about a week - the story has actually reached an important point - just that those chapters haven't been uploaded yet. I'll leave you guys to wonder what that important point is. :-)

Well, nose to the grindstone again then, shall I say? While today isn't a super-productive day, I'd say that the 1,500 words I've already written isn't too bad. Hope to make it 2,000 before I sleep.

17 June 2019

Edit note: These things happened on Reddit after spilling from here and now it spilled back here. Yeah. Just in case some of you were wondering. Most importantly, it's over and the day is saved, thanks to the Reddit community and moderators.

So, you read my story and wanna comment on it, maybe give a feedback or two about it? Sure, I welcome it! I'd really welcome it! But here's a list of things to avoid:

- Do not threaten me.

- Do not blackmail me.

- Do not stalk me, follow me to other websites.

- Do not publicly shame me.

- Do not create sockpuppet accounts to do any of the above or below.

- Do not slander me.

- Do not harass me.

- Do not misrepresent me, or otherwise put words into my mouth or twist my words.

- Do not dox me.

- Other than that, don't do anything that's considered socially unacceptable.

Seriously, all it takes - ALL IT TAKES is for one unhinged individual for me to look at the anonymous comments and wonder if I should start regulating it. All it takes is for one nutcase to destroy the headspace I've set for myself to write without unreasonable restrictions - now I have to keep wondering every time I put down a word if I'm going to offend someone hard enough for him to try all of the above. All it takes is for one person to make me miss my productivity quota for the day. And all it sure as hell takes is for one crazy loony for me to consider ending this series on Arc 2.

I've learned a lesson really, really hard - that ONE PERSON can make a huge impact. :-( :-( :-(

16 June 2019

Life goes on. I have nothing much else to say. Sorry to say, but I'm disillusioned. I'll say no more.

13 June 2019

Project Powerpuff: Declassified and The Powerpuff Girls: Declassified has been moved to the M section because of one or two chapters depicting child trafficking (without the sex). This transpired because a guest decided to just report me rather than talk to me - and Fanfiction.net being an aging and neglected site, I don't trust the admin here. There's a very good chance I might just up and leave this site instead - I've got AO3, and something tells me I've been neglecting Wattpad, Quotev and several other platforms as possible avenues for posting my work.

Now that I'm in M though, from now on, I WRITE WHATEVER THE FUCK I WANT, starting with a few key edits to the next chapter. Lastly, since The Powerpuff Girls: Declassified is in M, it is unlikely to gain any kind of audience here either, so to leave this site wouldn't be a huge loss now.

EDIT: Rating reverted. Fuck it.

12 June 2019

It seems that I've been able to restore my chapter reserves again. Where there's something like 3 to 4 chapters left in reserve that I would edit repeatedly before posting, now I have something like 5 or 6. This could only mean increased quality of work as I have more time to edit each individual chapter. Basically, my current posting regime is a chapter every 2 days, 3 if the day was too tiring for me to even stay awake while preparing for posting. So, for every chapter in reserve, I gain 2 days of advance preparations for the latest chapter written, as well as that amount of time to react to mistakes I've spotted or opportunities I've failed to act on before. It can be important, considering that one or two chapters were written out of order when I realized that there was enough material to support it. The chapter that introduced Stanley Talker the talking dog was one example - written after the succeeding chapter when I realized the opportunity to introduce him as a regular character, enriching the story. Subsequent chapters were edited to put him in. This does not mean that he's an extraneous character though - he is vital throughout.

31 May 2019

Yikes, looks like I'm posting updates faster than I can write them! If this keeps up, I might have to slow down the speed of my updates so that I can preserve my current Standard Operating Procedures. Still, I'm surprised that I managed to keep this up for a month though! I'll see if I can continue like this for another month tops.

In other news, I've commissioned a new artwork, which will be visible on this story in Archive of Our Own when the time comes. I'll leave you guys to speculate what it's about, and why I've decided to do it. :)

23 May 2019

Looks like I've made good progress so far. As it stands, my average word count is around 1,500 - 2,000 per day, which is consistent with my writing speed in Project Powerpuff: Declassified. The Powerpuff Girls: Declassified's plot is also making good progress, and we're approaching one of the main string of plots in the story. It'd be some time before you guys see it though, since I'm writing in advance now and you guys are seeing what I've already written like a week ago. However, you know my writing style - at the same time, half a dozen other plot strings will be advancing, though I'd say that there are 3 main events/crises in The Powerpuff Girls: Declassified. Don't take my word for it though hehe. You know how I can be like. Sometimes, additional things will just pop up or I can be outright deceitful too :)

12 May 2019

Never underestimate the power of coffee! I managed to write nearly 4,000 words today, on one of my busiest work days no less! But really, it was because I've reached a part that's incredibly interesting. It'd be a while before you guys see it though, considering that I'm writing multiple chapters ahead of the current chapter in order to increase the amount of time I could spend editing each chapter.

3 May 2019

I'd be lying if I'm not intimidated by the prospect of having to match or top my performance with Project Powerpuff: Declassified. While I believe that Project Powerpuff: Declassified is certainly not the best work I could ever come up with, I've never done something with that level of scope and complexity, let alone try to build off of it something better or at least on par.

Then there's the prospect of writing another 500k words. Do I want to? Hell yes! Can I? I'm not sure... On one hand, I'm much more practiced with writing epics now - more so than even when I'm writing original fiction as my longest work then is only 160k long (can't believe I used the word 'only' here). On the other hand, I'm not sure half a month's break should be considered enough for me to charge for another 500k. We'll have to see.

The way I've planned my fanfic allows for me to take 2 substantial breaks as it has been planned with a 3-act structure. Should I grow tired, I'll just hang the 'Do Not Disturb' sign and rest for maybe a week before coming back to it.

Anyway, Chapter 2 of The Powerpuff Girls: Declassified is coming up tomorrow.

1 May 2019 Update

And here we go...

27 April 2019 Update

A bonus feature with a preview should be up in one or two days' time. On Archive of Our Own, it will be posted with a (very) early draft of The Powerpuff Girls: Declassified art. This will lead off to Arc 2 being posted itself on 1 MAY 2019 (8 hours GMT)

22 April 2019 Update

Looks like I'm getting a lot of work done. Didn't think that half a month of rest would be enough, but there you go. The art for The Powerpuff Girls: Declassified is ready, I already have two chapters available for the sequel, and now I have another bonus feature on the way. The artist is also helping out by advertising my work on his deviantart and other places.

This is what I live for. Not for prime minister and country, not for bread and butter, not for work and life. I live for this... lol. But maybe it's just because I've yet to find more to live for. I'm working on that too. My work as a tutor is a close second. Being there for children who needs help with getting ahead in life... even if they don't want it.

18 April 2019 Update

It's back in the grind I guess. Work has officially begun on The Powerpuff Girls: Declassified. But release of first chapter is still set on May 1. Cover is coming along nicely. With more leeway for myself (but with my peak writing speed restored), I hope that the quality of my work will improve.

15 April 2019 Update

A new bonus feature has been in the works for days. However, owing to my self-imposed resting period, progress is slow but steady. This one's going to go into details I wasn't able to find the time nor space to cover in Project Powerpuff: Declassified, which I also believe I wouldn't be able to cover in The Powerpuff Girls: Declassified. That's not to say I won't try the latter though - and if I'm successful, it would be an expansion of different parts of this bonus feature.

The artist attached to my upcoming fanfic, if all goes well, will be presenting me with a sketch today. I can't wait to see it!

11 April 2019 Update

The artist has been successfully contracted for Arc 2 of Project Powerpuff: Declassified, The Powerpuff Girls: Declassified. He is a clear choice over many other candidates. The choice in fact. I believe his contribution to The Powerpuff Girls: Declassified will be invaluable, pivotal, in fact, considering his unmatched skills and passion.

I believe I can put the release date of the The Powerpuff Girls: Declassified on 1 MAY 2019 as everything has lined up with fewer problems than I thought.

7 April 2019 Update

First draft planning of The Powerpuff Girls: Declassified done. Now it is a matter of refining it and adding in elements that hasn't been included yet. Logistics is another matter, now that I have chosen to increase the budget of the fanfic from $0 to something substantially above it. Tentatively, it's $600/year. Basically, an artist will be contracted for the project to provide artwork that will be featured in the AO3 version of the fanfic. Author's Note will point out when those artwork will be put up in AO3 so that readers can go there to view it.

I've thought of a new bonus content for Project Powerpuff: Declassified. There's at least one chapter that's been deleted from the fic, a chapter some of you might not have read. There's also a discarded unfinished chapter that none of you have read. There's a whole bunch of 'deleted scenes' that were never put into 'production' because they would have disrupted the pacing of the story and lengthened it beyond reason (and it's already so long). They can go together into one bonus feature.

4 April 2019 Update

Planning for Arc 2 of Project Powerpuff: Declassified, The Powerpuff Girls: Declassified, has been going well. I have ideas for 51 chapters now (which will likely result in more than that since I'll likely have to split some of them into multiple chapters if there is more to write than expected). I'm also working on a bonus chapter that will also serve as a credit roll in addition to some world-building.

1 April 2019 Update

Lots of things happening with my life. I've finally become financially debt-free after paying off the last of my college tuition fee debts (it helps that it's cheaper in Singapore). Hell of a way to celebrate that though. While at work, I was severely misunderstood by a parent when I asked one of my students to eat his lunch before tuition from next week onwards (lesson has been pushed back in time to 1pm onwards to allow for lunch) because he kept complaining about hunger and yet would never eat lunch before a lesson- the parent construed it as a demand directed at her when it was a request directed at the son. She just happened to be in the same room as me (and next to me) when I have my 'stern teacher' game face on.

I guess a lot of things were happening at once - I missed writing fanfiction, the above misunderstanding, the difficulties of teaching, the pain of seeing too many young lives compromised by too many family problems (divorces and crazy demands placed on the children), the recent stress of having to cope with a lot of reschedulings and parents' demands (not as bad as it sounds, but it is taxing to have to try to juggle the requests of 15 pairs of parents and bring them all contentment), simple exhaustion from the peak period and everything really, it's only a matter of how many adult fears I was thinking of then. I just straight up broke down in the middle of a restaurant while I was eating. Cried like a baby. That was when something magical happened. Strangers came to my aid. They don't know me and they don't know my problems, but they did. One Indian woman gave me a pack of tissues. A Chinese woman passed me a comforting note in an attempt to boost my spirits. They didn't need to be acknowledged because they know I'm basically incapable of speech at the moment, and they didn't do it for themselves.

Anyway, I've begun planning content for the sequel to Project Powerpuff: Declassified, which is Arc 2, tentatively named The Powerpuff Girls: Declassified (I doubt I can come up with anything better). I basically have ideas for at least 25 chapters now, more if all those ideas require more words than a regular chapter would normally hold (3000-5000). Once I've hit a critical mass (at least ideas for 50-75 chapters), I'll let them incubate so I don't miss anything out. If I feel like it, I'll start writing as early as May, though the allowance is up to the beginning of June. Cheers.

28 March 2019 Update

It is done. It is finally done. Never thought I'd see the day. But then again, it's only the beginning...

11 February 2019 Update

Yesterday, I was finally able to get my daily output to nearly 2,000 words again. It helps that I'm writing about a highly pivotal part of the fanfic where lots of things are happening. I just hope I can maintain this level of productivity until I'm done. I doubt it, but I'll try. I hope to get something out by tomorrow if possible.

16 January 2019 Update

It seems that I've finally hit the wall when it comes to writing. I can't write as fast as I used to anymore. Feeling a little tired, I guess. Drained. But then again, there's hope for recovery yet, as I might just be adjusting back to my regular lifestyle, with some changes with the new year. We'll see. One thing won't change though. I'll be finishing my fanfic.

6 January 2019 Update

Been feeling too exhausted lately, from my trip to Brunei, my return home and the various difficulties in adjusting back and forth between lifestyles. As a result, I'd have to delay the next update by a day or two, but I believe I won't be making such delays again, nor will I have many opportunities to, considering that Arc 1 of Project Powerpuff: Declassified is coming to an end.

1 January 2019 Update

Well, so that's it then. Another year has passed. 2018 was a blast in many ways for me. I hope 2019 would be, too. Here's my new year resolution when it came to my writing:

- Finish Project Powerpuff: Declassified. Should be easy, as the story is already coming to a close.

- Project Powerpuff: Declassified is just the first arc. I'm gonna plan for the second arc. I'll probably get started on it in May or June, such that I can write up to 400k words if need be by the end of the year. I haven't come up with a name for the second arc yet, but I'm thinking of 'The Powerpuff Girls: Declassified'. If any of you thinks this is a good or bad idea, or if you guys have other suggestions, feel free to let me know in PM!

- Probably work on an original fic before I write Arc 2 of Project Powerpuff: Declassified. I'm thinking either a short story collection, or a shorter novel that's maybe 120k words max.

8 November 2018 Update

I can't believe it's been almost 5 months since I started working on my one and only fanfiction. I have to admit though, I've been feeling the effects of writing intensively and long-term. In the beginning, I could easily produce over 2,000 words a day, and now, I struggle to do that, and realistically, can churn out only 2,000 words, but usually less. I find myself hesitating every time I'm due to start a new chapter, or when I'm supposed to continue with a chapter. I think some rest is long overdue - back in the day when I used to write original fiction, I usually rest after a project is done, and those projects tend to be 120k - 160k words long, not counting the editing. Project Powerpuff: Declassified is approaching 300k words long. But I won't be resting until after the project is done. What I'll do is that I'll probably rest after the 1st Arc is done - and that isn't far away.

18 June 2018 Update

5 years have passed since I'd last used this account, and my... How time flies. 5 years is arguably a short space of time, but a lot can happen in 5 years. I've followed through in my interest in being a writer, and I've made a tiny mark on readers. I've gone the self-publishing route with Amazon, and let it be said that it's tough.

Anyway, to cut the long story short, while I've always looked forward and planned for the future, I've also often looked back into my past to see what had inspired me, and it can be quite surprising.

Take the Powerpuff Girls for example. It's pretty insane how I'd crossed paths with it. I was only 9 when it first premiered on Cartoon Network, and I remember watching the second season the same year it aired. I remember how I was derided by my elders for watching it, and in a way, I believe it has helped me bridge the gap between boys and girls LONG before I ever heard about feminism (of the truest kind, the one that actually fights for equality). Even though I've sworn off superhero movies and TV series since my graduation from university, I had gone ahead and watched the Powerpuff Girls Reboot the moment I heard about it (two years late, but then again I had kind of left it in my childhood for a LONG, LONG time)

So now, even though I write to publish, I would like to come back to this place and contribute my bit to the fan fiction community. It's fun and it's awesome. Cheers!

Updated as of 13th March 2013

What can I say about myself? I've always wanted to be a writer and reader specialising in... Almost everything. For now, I have my eyes on horror, thrillers, fantasies, science fiction, psychologicals (not sure if this is a genre on its own, not all of them are thrillers), mysteries, contemporaries, local and foreign fictions, and more...

What do I like? Now that's a good question- there's plenty of stuff I like that could fill a novel. Let's just put it that I love stuff and I love doing stuff that has a deep meaning to me and others. I'll just put it this way for now.

So no really, what do I like? Here are some of the things I like. As you can see, I've arranged them in categories:

Novels: Novels by Stephen King are pretty well done- I've read plenty of them to know. Every book he write had always(sorry, my grammar's low quality right now because my mind's been wrenched by a horror game)a deep meaning attached to it- there's always stuff to think about everytime I finish one of his masterpieces. I'm not gonna recommend anything seeing that enjoyment is a personal thing, and I'd prefer to leave you guys to explore his library of books. Other than Stephen King, I found The Terror by Dan Simmons a good book- very intelligent book that knows how to use words to great effect.

On the classic side, I've read 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, The Time Machine, The Invisible Man(Honestly, this is the least enjoyable of the classics),Edgar Allen Poe's collection of short stories, novellas and poems(I read only half of them though), and many others which I've probably forgotten the title of.

Miscellaneous books I've read are Red Sky In The Morning(This one's good!), Doom 3 novelisations part 1 and 2(It gets a little boring at part 2, probably because of the divergence from the game's plot and how unrealistic the action and horror scenes could get), and probably many others I've probably forgotten the title of(I have a fairly poor memory).

Games:I have about eight odd years of gaming experience. Yep, I'm hooked ever since day one. For the first few years, I enjoyed the Sim games: The simcity series, the sims series, SimAnimals and other Sim titles. Then I started moving towards the strategy and shooting games, from Doom to Quake to their respective series, from Warcraft 2(never actually played the first) to Starcraft. System Shock 2 and the Age of Empires series caught my attention too. As I grew older, so did my gaming tastes. I played RPGs and adventure games too- like the Silent Hill series... There are many other games that still live in my memories, but I can't remember them right now. I'm tired.

Right now, as of this 4th July 2009, I've been playing games like Dead Space, Half-life 2 mods, Europa Universalis III, the Total War series... Someday, I'll catalog the games I've played meaningfully... Yeah... Just not today or anytime soon.

Sports: I am not much of an athlete. I think too much and get far too many headaches to play that many sports. However, in order to keep myself fairly in shape just in case I need to fight off a mob of zombies, I do go for a run on a regular basis, and visits to the gym are semi-regular these days too. The weird thing is, I could rollerblade but I cannot ride a bike even to save my life. Other than all that, I do know how to play basketball, street soccer and I know the hardship and pain that comes with martial arts, specifically Wushu.

Don't expect much from me in terms of sports- If it was last year, I'd be in very good health to take on anything but now... I am too out of shape to take sports seriously.

Writing: Yeah! Writing! This is what I do best and this is what I want to do for the rest of my life. I simply love to express myself and come up with all sorts of proses and poems(actually, I specialise more on proses and this is an understatement). I wrote to enjoy myself, to express myself, to learn and to teach. As for the genre I write in, I've been trying contemporary, Surrealistic(not a genre, but that's the only description I know for some of the stories I write), Psychological horror(though they aren't always horrors even though they do mess with your head), Science Fiction, Fantasy, Romance(actually I've only tried this once for a competition. Not sure if I've caught anyone's eyes though) and probably many others that I've forgotten about.

And now the date is 13th March 2013...

Oh, how so much I've grown over the past 4 years. That's some 4 years. Within this space, I have finished my conscription liability, and I am now in University, growing and learning as anyone should if they are hoping to go anywhere in the world and survive.

Let's just say my time in a university has been fruitful. I am majoring in English Literature and minoring in Creative Writing, so I am getting plenty of exposure where the appropriate departments related to fan fiction is concerned. I'd have plenty of reserves, references and materials to draw from, I suppose.

My specialisation, it seems, would be around modernist and postmodernist literature, films and a few specific interests courses.