This update's gonna be a tad long as with every new layout, I tend to give a thesis on it. Don't worry, the layout's not the only thing that's different. Read the "thesis" or skip to the later part, your pick.

PINK BABBLE// Okay, fellas, repeat after me: "Pink does not equal Ari. Pink SO DOES NOT EQUAL ARI..." - I give; but yes - pink's not my fave color. Still, I went outta my way to fuse the-color-which-I-once-liked, but-now-don't-fancy with clean-cut presentation, albeit with hints of the "scrapbook effect" that I've been DYING to do for ages.

I'm actually quite proud of this creation; the last (and the first) pink layout I made was version 3 of the late Winter Skies. Differences? That one was of IchiRuki (also from Bleach), relied on tables instead of pure CSS, and had too many images blended in the banner. Oh, and it was "ethereal-IC" instead of clean-cut. And yes, I'm purposely hitting at what the infamous Lucy of AB said about my "bad" English waaaaaaay back then.

Okay, so this one's no different - the top-left part looks "cluttered". *cowers* But tch, disregard that and read about of the "behind-the-scenes". I was browsing through my brother's image collection and saw lotsa Kon pictures, and said teddy bear (actually a MALE Mod Soul) is known for being "dolled up" as a "cute" + feminine plush by Ichigo's sister...I wouldn't be lying if I said that he hates it. Still, when I saw Kon in his girly dresses, I thought: "PINK!" Ironically, there's no dolled-up Kon in the layout header.

I originally wanted to name the layout as "Someone has Gender Issues"; but then decided against it. It was too long, so I settled for "Volatile"; another trait of his. Kon's temper flares up easily (like woah!), so there. Is it any wonder psychotic bears = loveable? *chortle*

Onto the technical AND color-ific aspects...coding the CSS wasn't so much of an issue, even though I've changed my style of presenting my headers and the navigation too. However, color-coordination was. I was worried that there wouldn't be enough contrast - the main image, text, header tags, navigation etc are all pink or maroon! I didn't want something too plain, but neither did I want to hurt your eyes.

Moral of the story? When in doubt, get a friend's opinion. It'll help - thanks again, Riku!

PROOFREADING FRENZY// I've tried to fix and update as much as I can on Surrealle's other pages. Notable fixes are in Linkage (that's the MAJOR change), JAA (the FAQ), Terms of Use and Yours Truly. Previously, there weren't any links on "Linkage" when I first started - but I decided to plug the sites which I think deserve a mention - yes, the new and the not-so-new included. I realise I DO need to browse around the community more; been eons since I've kept up! Shutting down Winter Skies last year did pull me away from a lot of happenings, no? Go check them out for yourself.

FREQUENT FLYER// As I head back to school in UK on the 3rd of November (flying solo AGAIN from Malaysia), here's a "to-do" list which is for my own website work (though you can suggest to add some more goals.) Oh, and the next "major update" will have to wait till December - that's not so far-off now:

- Learn to code fluid layouts - might use those sometime
- Find + archive school yearbook pages under "Portfelia: School Projects"
- Scrounge for old Winter Skies + Yoakemae layouts to archive under "Portfelia: Personal"
- Archive "Music Hopscotch" board game design under yet-to-be-named page (suggestions?)
- Re-learn some aspects of PHP + MySQL to make the "Sort By Series" page for the icons
- Put up some of Surrealle's icons on Crystalis Icons - should help Rachey out more...
- Do some Christmas shopping. Right, I kid.
- Get Yoakemae.net: session 5 up and running

And because I'm shameless: There are still spots for those who want to be listed under "Loved" or "Linkage", so drop me a line! Remember that for both, I WILL reply regardless of my answer; no reply means that I didn't get your email. Ta!

EDIT// Talked myself silly and decided to get a review slash barrage of opinions from The Critics - just to see where Surrealle's headed. They seem quite decent for a new review site, so go ahead, make their day!