Been so damn busy with work, racing against time and deadline. I feel a bit stressed out, and was looking for a way to temporarily escape relax, and thought I could upload some screenshots from my first week in “sea.”

The first creature to greet me once I was set free from an epic cutscene was Ul’hpemde, or the friendly “Goldfish.” I personally would call it a Pink Dolphin, LOL! But well, yeah it has soft, waving tail and fins that look more like a goldfish.

The monsters in Hpemde family are non-aggressive. You could even cast spells like Flash on it, and it won’t attack you, as long as you do no damage to its HP. So it is said to be a great target to skill up your non-damage spells.

I think the reason why adventurers gave nicknames to creatures in “sea” was because the Zilartian names are so hard to read, pronounce, remember, or even spell. So, yeah, it’s easier and faster to refer to them as some simpler names.

The next one was Ul’yovra, or the famous “UFO.” Monsters in Yovra family are aggressive, and they fly high over your head, and will be not target-able until it aggro someone and come down. Corn said they’re slow and easy to kite to lose aggro, especially if you have Gravity. So he made one pop and showed me….  Heh, yeah look safe and easy, but I was still scared. He told me to go near it while he was kiting (but but …. me scared!) Oh well, he said it’s ok and it will depop (go up) soon, so I got close and took this screenshot.

It went back after a few seconds after this screenshot was taken.

Then they pulled a pair of Ul’xzomit or the “Squid.” They came in pair, called mother squid and baby squid. They do not aggro, and of course, they look very similar to squid. This was making me hungry, nummm!!!

Then, I saw a “Shark” or Ul’phuabo. The sharks are fast and aggressive. They are usually the cause of death for adventurers because they swim very fast. For me they look more like sting ray than shark, but I guess the deadly nature of Phuabo made us name them shark instead. They’re blue and have long, beautiful tail. I did not take any screenshot because I was too scared to go near them. I think I’ll have some screenshots later, after I learn and get used to the safe distance of aggro range.

Then I just ran around. First I followed Corn and Ark to the palace. But the gate was locked and I could not access without completing the mission 8-1, Garden of Antiquity.

Oh…..and after a while, I just realized that I forgot to turn on the weather effect ; ; So yeah…. I was a bit mad at myself because I’ve taken a lot of screenshot without the clouds ><;; Guhhhh!

The view with weather effect was much, much more fantastic-looking.

I was there taking screenshots and meanwhile feeling scared and unsafe, because a shark could creep up behind or below me any time. LOL!

This screenshot above is the same angle as the previous one, but a bit further back.

This is the bridge of the Grand Palace, whose name is so hard to spell or remember.

The monster in this pic was one of the Aern family, non-aggressive. It has shape similar to human with wings.

Then I ran around alone looking for all 20 NPCs to talk to. This is the mini-quest to obtain map. I’m a map freak. I don’t feel safe without a map. So I usually try to get the keyitem map for every map I visit. This is one of the lucky places where I can obtain map solo since the first day of arrival.

I stayed because I like the scenery, and I wanted the map really badly. It was the combination of curiosity, fear, and excitement. Was my first day in sea after all, so I wanted to spend long time in the place.

The last NPC I found was far north, in the west corner of the crystalline field’s barrier.

That day I got my Al’Taieu map, and went to bed happily Hehehe.

Thank you, all the battle comrades that strained your sleep schedule to help me in my missions.

Tonight I was bored and thought maybe I should level up my Fishing Skill a bit after have been neglecting it for several months.

Fishing Session Date : 25 August 2009
Starting time : 22.20 (10.20 P.M., at GMT+7)
Setting : Hume Fishing Rod & Insect Balls
Targets : Moat Carp for Lu Shang’s and Sandfish for skill
Ending time : 01.40 (01.40 A.M., day becoming 26th Aug.)
Time span : 3 hours 20 minutes

Actually, I wasn’t fishing all the time. I got up and walked away several times. So the actual time spent on fishing could be like 2 and a half hours.

Results : From 11 stacks of bait.
Skill points : 0.3 (0.1 x 3 times)
Moat Carps : 8 stacks and 8 individuals (104 in total)
Sandfish : 2 stacks and 2 individuals (26 in total)
Junks : none
Screenshots : 36 pics (Oh yes, I was bored….)

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Some of the screenshots I’ve taken during fishing session.
The sky in FFXI looks nice when it changes hue and appearance.
I just couldn’t resist!

That’s about it.

P.S. I ran into this person named Keebs who was working on getting Ebisu Rod. He/she has a Lu Shang’s and gave a few useful advide to me.

When I woke up at noon, I was surprised to see Cornelious in the game still. He said he wasn’t sleepy yet, so we tried to think of some adventures to do. Bleh….it was hard to be creative in that department because I usually hang out by myself or just tag along with a group of friends. Thinking of something to do as a duo party has always been difficult for me even since I was playing with my boyfriend.

Anyway, I asked him if he’d like to go to Altepa Gate. He said yes, and we headed there. Long story short; we went in and found Lusheeta in there, sitting near the NMs platform. Since I didn’t want to be rude, and I recognized she’s one of Maxpeter’s best friends, I asked if she was hunting the NM. She said NM & EXP Ring (through auto-translation.) Therefore, we decided to leave and bid her a farewell. Once outside I was once again overheating my brain to think up a place to go. It was still difficult, damn!

So….while I was feeling frustrated with myself’s lack of creativity, Corny said he would pick a random letter from English alphabet and then go anywhere that starts with that letter. So I closed my eyes and poked a button on my keyboard, then tried to hit enter button, so we got “m.” in the chat log.

I couldn’t think of any place at the moment so Cornelious named a few, one of them was Merophatuad Mountains. So, we Teleport-Mea. Then when I thought about Meriph. the place Castle Oztroja popped up. So, I brought him there. We killed some Yags in NM room until each of them popped. No drop though. Then we left, and Corny said he wasn’t going to bed yet and that he would stay for a short time.

Therefore, off we go, to the Parradamo Tor, my favourite place to go and contemplate upon my lonesome self. Here are selected pics from the picnic. And Corny, if you want any of the pics in original size, just let me know, k? The original screenshots are 1600 pixels in my computer. These are resized (clickable.)

On the way to it, at nighttime Parradamo Tor looked like an enormous pile of cake in the distance. I love this deep blue colour of sky, it has slightly lighter shade near the horizon.

Waiting for the emission to die down so we can pass, I took an opportunity to take a screenshot.

When we arrived up top, it was almost dawn and the moon was setting on one side.

We sat down to wait for the sunrise. This was also the place I brought my fellow adventuring buddy to sit and take some pics.

I’ve always thought that the colour of sky in FFXI is wonderful. Nice graphic. And the colours could change so much it’s amazing. Look how it’s changing from night to day. That pinkish colour was pretty.

The deep blue sky lightened up. In the clouds, the reflection of golden ray from the rising sun shone. I couldn’t resist the urge to dance!

The light-coloured sun showed up. I danced a lively jig. Good morning Vana’diel!

Cornelious joined in, so there were 2 crackheads oops! sickos oops, no! weirdos dancing in the morning sun, atop the mountain. Hahahaha! Oh, and before we left Bastok, I told him we must bring screenshot gears, so he brought those…. At first I only wore my puzzle-face maker, Trainee Axe, but then I ran back into my Mog House to get the twin clubs from Valentione’s event.

After a few attempts, we managed to screenshot this.

Then I grabbed his bum and he got freaked and ran away it was also nearing dawn on Cornelious’ timezone, so he had to leave, heading to bed.

Good night, Corny! Sorry I kept you up, hope it wasn’t too much a torture. 

After that, I tele-ed out myself. Now see, the sky has no cloud, and it’s clear blue! Woot!

However, I like it more when the sky has various cloud formations. It looks more interesting that way.

I think I have a ton of screenshots from Parradamo Tor. I’ll upload them later.

Some screenshot from FFXI. I usually take a lot of screenshot when I see nice view or go to a new place. I love the scenery of Vana’diel. Nice sky, green field, beautiful clouds…. etc. Some of the pics have me or other people in there too, but most pics are just view in 1st person angle.

This set of screenshots were taken after my brother has configured my computer for better resolution when playing FFXI. So the pics were high quality and I liked it. On the first day I took like 100 pics of myself in Attohwa Chasm, LOL!!

On my way to Parradamo }:3~

The moon!

Gustaberg in the past.

On the way in Tahrongi.

Outpost in Altep.

Altep with more sky then sand.

Altep with more sand than sky.

Somewhere near Al Zahbi.

Shops in Port Windy.

Saruta at sunrise.

Noon sky in Giddeus.

Giddeus.

The city of Aht Urhgan.

Stone pillars outside.

Aht Urhgan Whitegate.

Ru’Aun Gardens, A.K.A. Sky.

Flowers on the floating island.

I also have uploaded some pics from Wings of the Goddess area when I visit for the first time. But those will have to be in a separate entry.

Well, some more pics taken from the same trip in previous entry. But these are miscellanous screenshots that don’t quite related to the mission itself. Some are just taken because I was crazy, too. XD

I must say that my obsession about screenshot never wears off ever since I started playing online games. With FFXI, it’s been 5 years already, and I still go crazy with my screenshot buttons every now and then.

This, while we were waiting for the Raise III, I noticed that I dies in a bad position and my head disappeared into the wall. =_= OMG! Headless corpse! /cry!!!

When Jibberish arrived and Tractor’ed us, he then jumped up and down with glee on the top of my back. And at one point Stefy /slap him, hahaha! Well, I think he was taking a revenge to my excessive frequence of groping his NIN, LOL!

And yeah, more pics to show my obsession with Aldo! I really, really like him, with unknown (or unsure) reason. Anyway, when I mentioned this in the LS, Darkscorpion said something like “Yeah Aldo has more character than other NPCs in the game.” Hmmm This could be the reason!

Whee~

Oh, speaking of Aldo, when I was uploading pics and writing my blog entry, I mentioned to friends in an IRC room, then one of them – namely Leonidus t(=_=) – said something like “Well, he’s the same model as the popular hume male face that kinda everybody is using.” (=o=;;) Then other person (Troisans from Titan) said like “OMG when you say that, Aldo becomes just another hume male who dresses raggedly.”

orz….. You guys, could you please not crush an innocent girl’s dream and imagination? lol!

Well, I must admit I didn’t like every part of his sense of fashion. I also agree that he’s wearing too many pieces of clothing, but somehow I like how he looks. Could be that he’s different.

More Aldo.

Wait, yes I said ALDO!

Don’t look at Lion!

LOL Hell, I didn’t mean it, I swear!

Lion I’m sorry! *scream*

Aldo & Zeid. I still think that Zeid does look suspicious in several moments. Though the missions and quests in the past didn’t make me hate him, somehow I can’t really trust him. I don’t know why, I just feel it.

Aldo looks upset. I kinda like it when he’s angry. I personally think that’s cute XD lol!

Well, no more Aldo, I think. Let’s see the beauty of the scenery!

This is the aurora that has awed me. It’s different from the aurora in Zarcabard, though. This one could be more eerie. Jibb said to me “Look at the sky!” when we first set our feet in this zone. I think it has an otherworldly beauty.

Here…

The bright, blue sky.

It’s kina hard to get a pic with nice view with both of us in it because Jibb wouldn’t stand still for long. lol!

This place if full of unknown device :O Not a place for the real me, because I suck at using gadgets hehehe!

Pink flowers!!!!

I want more pink flowers. I just figured that s pic of pink scenery from FFXI could go well with my new cell phone.

The purple ones also look cool too.

Well, after showing me around the area, Jibb took a break and stopped near the edge of the floating island, here….

So, we took a few minutes to spit and throw junks down to Qufim Islands, hoping it would crash onto someone’s head rest, relax, and enjoy the nice view up top.

Then, on our way out, we played in the rooms with interactive floor.

I love the floor here, it’s fun. And Jibb said the same.

Hopefully I’ll enjoy sky on my actual run like when I was taking a sightseeing tour.

Total duration: 8 hrs.
Total screenshots taken: 177 pics.
Total size of files: 146 MB (jpg)

ต่อจากตามเก็บ Fragments ได้ครบ 8 จนตาแหก ขาลากไปตาม ๆ กันแล้ว….

เสร็จแล้วยัง ไม่หนำใจฮ่ะ Jibb ชวนไปตบ NM ต่อ เพราะที่ Quicksand Caves มีสู้ BCNM กับมด 3 ตัว อืม ก็ ไม่มีอะไรจะเสียนี่ ตายก็ไม่เสีย EXP ครั้นจะต้องวิ่งกลับมาใหม่ทีหลังก็ไม่ยั่นอยู่แล้ว ก็เลยตกลงว่า ไป! สองคนโหรงเหรง แต่ใจสู้นะยะ! ไอ้เสือบุก!!!!

After collecting the Fragments from Cermet Headstones in so many places that I could lose 3 kilos of my weight….

Then, as if it wasn’t enough, Jibb offered to help me with the 3 NMs in Quicksand Caves. Um…well, there’s nothing to lose! Not even EXP! And I wouldn’t mind if we died and had to run back here again later. So, off we go! With 2 people we were a bit lonely, but we’re still full of fighting spirits! Charge!!!!!!

สู้ตามแผนคับ Elemental Seal Sleepga ให้มดเบื๊อกพวกนั้นหลับซะ แล้วเราก็กระทืบมันเรียงตัวไป เริ่มจาก BLM เพราะกลัว -aga spells จะบอกว่าแค่กระทืบ BLM ให้ตายเนี่ย ก็แดกเวลา Hundred Fists เราไปจนเกลี้ยงแล้ว ต้องต่อยเปล่า ๆ อยู่นานเหมือนกัน =_= เสร็จแล้วก็กระทืบ PLD ต่อ แต่มันดื้อโคตร แม่งมี Cure ด้วยอ้ะ…. แต่ก็ชนะ เมื่อ Jibb MP เกลี้ยงถัง เขาเลย Repose มด RNG เอาไว้ก่อน เราก็ยืนตั้งท่ารอ…. พอ MP มีประมาณ 400 มันก็ตื่นมายิงกบาล Jibb พอดี เลยต้องสู้ต่อ ก็เนี่ย ยืนแลกหมัดกับมันอยู่นานนนนน มันเลวมาก เดี๋ยว ๆ หยิบมีดออกมาแทง แล้วเอาธนูออกมายิง แสรด เงากูหายหมด ร่าย Utsusemi I กับ II สลับกันยังไม่พอยาไส้เลย

Max’s plan is to ELemental Seal & Sleepga, so we could kick their asses one by one. Starting from BLM in fear of -aga spells, I used Hundred Fists. Boy, they’re tough, my 2hr wore off before I could finish BLM. Had to fight him more until he finally died. Then we killed PLD, which had Cure spells and refused to die =_= And Jibb was out of MP, so we had to Repose the RNG while he rested. When he got like 400 MP, it woke up and started shooting at him, so I had to resume the fight. It was a pain in the ass because this RNG shoots a lot and also used knife to stab at me very often. I couldn’t keep my shadows up =_= Luskily Jibb is very professional and he kept me alive through the end.

ชนะได้เนี่ย เพราะบารมี Jibb นะขอบอก…. ชั่วโมงบินมันต่างกันจริง ๆ เขาทำทุกอย่างได้ดีหมด ทั้งหน้าที่ Cure การ Enfee การ Sleep ศัตรู การช่วยเหลือในยามคับขัน (เช่น ใช้ Flash ยิงตามันให้บอดเพื่อให้เราร่ายคาถาแยกร่างได้ทัน) คือถ้าเปลี่ยนกันให้ตูเล่นเมจ อาจจะมีการตายเกิดขึ้น =_=;;

พอชนะแล้วได้เข้าไปในห้องที่มีอุปกรณ์ล้ำสมัยอันใหญ่โตมโหฬาร ก็ไปคลิก ๆ ดู จับเศษคริสตัล 8 อันที่สะสมมาไปใส่ในเครื่อง แต่นแตนแต๊น~

Yeah without Jibb, this can’t be done. He kinda did everything, Cure, Enfee, emergency assisting like Flash for me to recast Utsusemi, etc. He’s so experienced and has good judgement in making decision during oh-shit situation. If it was me who played the mage, there MUST be some casualties!

After winning against those Ants beastmen, I got to go into a hightech-looking room with a large device. Putting the crystal fragments into each of the slots resulted in…. Tadaa!!!

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GROPING ALERT!

Please do not read on if you don’t like to see Hume Males getting harassed – one by one – by a Mithra!

LOL!

งืม…. จบมิชชั่นแล้วก็ได้รางวัล 3 ชิ้น (ไม่นับอีลิกเซอร์)

เรียงตามลำดับไหล่ก็นี่เลย

The ACP missions gave a few rewards at the end, and I got 3 of them (not including the elixir ;_;)

Hi-Elixir (-_-;;)
Spinel Earring (Lightning+10, Water+10) & [MND+1, Accuracy+1]
Angel’s Ring (CHR+4, Light+9) & [Accuracy+6, DEF-4, Enmity-2]
Mirke wardecors [Selected Augments : Attack+10, Critical Hit Rate+3]

ชุดก็ พอ Mithra ใส่แล้วไม่หล่อเท่า Hume Male ใส่ว่ะ คือแบบตอนเห็นครั้งแรกอ่ะ มันเป็นชุดของ Maxpeter ไง แล้วแน่นอนว่าหุ่นตัวละครชายเผ่ามนุษย์มันดูดีอยู่แล้ว อกผาย ไหล่ผึ่ง บ่ากว้าง แขนมีกล้าม พอใช้เป็นหุ่นลองเสื้อรัดรูปก็เลยดูฟิต ๆ น่าลูบ เอ๊ย น่าใส่ ดูหล่อเนี้ยบดี เห็นแล้วโคตรอยากได้~~~ (อยากหล่อมั่ง อิอิ) แต่พอ Mithra ใส่เองแล้วมันก็เป็นหุ่นผู้หญิง ไหล่แคบ แขนลีบ เอวคอด ก้นใหญ่ แถมเสื้อยาวคลุมสะโพก แทบจะเป็น miniskirt อยู่แล้ว =_=;; ยิ่งกางเกงไม่เข้าชุดเลยออกมาดูเป็นคุณป้าจ่ายตลาดเลยอ่ะ >o<~

Mithra wearing the Mirke doesn’t look as handsome as I had imagined ;_; Well, the first time I ever noticed the cool new armor “Mirke” was when Maxpeter was wearing it and I thought Oh wow! That’s so nice, I’m definitely gonna get that! But it turned out that Mirke has a few differences in design on males and females. So, on my Mithra it became too faminine and I didn’t like it. The bottom rim of the shirt was too long so it looked almost like wearing a iniskirt T.T and the ass, oops, I mean hips, looks so big! Worse yet, when I wear it with Cobra Subligar (which apparently doesn’t go well together) I think I look like an aunty in a fresh market.

แต่เอาเถอะ…. stat ดีก็พอใจละ เวลาอยากเน้นแฟชั่นก็ใช้ Osode ที่ยึดจากน้องใส่เดินไปก่อน

อ้อ ตอนลองเสื้อใหม่ ๆ เราเห็นแล้วผิดหวังที่มันไม่ผึ่งผายสวยล่ำแบบ Hume Male ก็เลยโวย ๆ ๆ ใน LS chat ว่า “It doesn look handsome on me like when it’s on Max >o<” แล้วทุกคนก็มาขอดูใหญ่เลย ทั้ง Elfi, Lusi ส่วน Max ตอบมาว่า “lol I think it looks gay >.>” กร๊ากกกกกกก ก็ นะ…. มันรัดรูปแนบเนื้ออ่ะดิ ผู้ชายคงรู้สึกไม่ค่อยถูกรสนิยมล่ะมั้ง ฮ่า ๆ แต่มันเป็นอาหารตาสำหรับสาว ๆ ไง!

แล้วเราก็บ่น ๆ ว่ามันดูเหมือน aunty outfit บ้างหละ ชอบเวลา Max ใส่มากกว่าบ้างหละ Elfi ก็หนับหนุนว่าเพราะ “big ass” (=_=;;) เออ จริงของมัน แสด!

และแล้ว Max ก็ถามขึ้นมาว่า “lol where are you?” แต่เราไม่ทันได้ตอบเพราะมัวแต่บ่น (กร๊ากกกกกกก) แต่เค้าก็หาพวกเราเจอจนได้ แล้ว Max ก็มายืนอยู่หน้าบ้านม็อกที่จูโน่ เทียบชุดกัน…

Ah well, but at least it has nice stats bonus. If I want to keep the fashionable look I’ll just wear my brother’s hijacked Osode when trot around in the city.

Oh and when I was complaining about how I was disappointed with MY Mirke, “It doesn look handsome on me like when it’s on Max >o<” everyone (Lusi, Elfi) wanted to see it, including Max himself.  Max answered to me “lol I think it looks gay >.>” lol! I had to agree…. It’s just natural that guys don’t like the look of Mirke because it was kinda tight, you know, looks fit and cling onto the skin. But I like that! I could look at such attire on good-looking men all day long! W00t!

And yeah when I said it looks like aunty’s outfit on me, Elfi added in “ya because big ass too” (=_=;;) Hell, so true.

A few moment later Max asked “lol where are you?” but I didn’t reply because I was busy bitching about the look ><;; But he found us and we all stood in front of the Mog House!

Max : It looks the same >.>
Alec : It’s more handsome on broader shoulders ;_;
Elfi : Ya big ass too =_=
Alec : Look, I look like  aunty at shopping mall.
Max : lol
Alec : Hm or maybe my pants don’t match.
*Alec checks Max up and down*
Alec : Gimme your Byakko!
Max : >.>

Alec : Hey, will Stefy mind if I grope on you lol!!?
Max : lol
Alec : Wheeeee~~~
Max : >.>

กร๊ากกกกกกกกกก ตูนี่มือบอนจริง ๆ

เออคือเป็นโรคเห็นตัวละครหล่อ ๆ เท่ ๆ ไม่ได้อ่ะ ต้องโฮก ต้องกรี๊ด แล้วก็ต้องแต๊ะอั๋ง (ฮ่าาาาาา) ทีนี้พอมันมาอยู่ใกล้ ๆ ก็เลยอดไม่ได้ ต้องมือบอนหน่อย เอิ๊ก ๆ ๆ ๆ แบบนี้เข้าข่ายโรคจิตป่าววะ >.>

แล้วยังใจง่ายอีกนะตู แต๊ะอั๋งไปทั่ว กร๊ากกกก แผล่บ ๆ 8)~ แหมก็มันอดใจไม่ไหวนี่นา ใส่ชุดรัดรูปมายั่วกันซะขนาดนี้ เอิ๊ก ๆ ๆ

I couldn’t help it…. My hands had their own mind.

Handsome characters were made to be harassed by girls lmao!!! (Especial girls like me!) Well, they’re simply too cute or too attractive to resist. Or maybe I have some kind of a perverted fetish >.>

Heh, they looks delicious, don’t you agree? Expecially in tights!

มือซนขนาดนี้ โลกคงดีใจที่ไม่ได้สร้างให้ตูเกิดเป็นผู้ชาย ไม่งั้นสงสัยไปลวนลามผู้หญิงไปทั่วแหงม ๆ ฮ่า ๆ ๆ ทำไมตูทะลึ่งแบบเน้~~~~~~~~~~~~

อ๊ะ…. สุดท้าย ขาดไม่ได้ คุณพี่ Aldo ไงจ๊ะ~~~ เอ่อ บอกไว้ก่อนว่าเราไม่ได้เจตนานะเฟ้ย เดินตาม Lusi อยู่ดี ๆ มันพามาโผล่ห้องคุณพี่ Aldo เฉยเลยอ่ะ ไหน ๆ ก็ไหน ๆ แล้วเราก็เลยต้องแวะทักทายซะหน่อย จุ๊ฟ ๆ (^3^)/~~~~~<3

I think maybe the world is glad I wasn’t born a guy, because I have a naughty hands syndrome. Oi! LOL!

Ah, and finally, I went to see Aldo! Heck, I didn’t mean it! I swear it wasn’t my fault. I was just following Lusian around and I found myself ending up in Aldo’s room. Well, so why don’t take the opportunity anyway? Aldo! *chuuuuuu~~~~* (^3^)/~~~~~<3

ฮี่ ๆ ๆ อะคุ ๆ ๆ ๆ หึ ๆ ๆ

Tee hee hee hee, heh heh heh!