Firestorm V5.0.1 Release

Firestorm V5.0.1 is out now with new features! See th details:
http://www.firestormviewer.org/firestorm-update-5-0-1-52150-with-bento/

Download it today:
http://www.firestormviewer.org/downloads/

Upgrade Web Cashier requires Firestorm 4.7.7

Beginning from Jun 15, you will no longer be able to make purchase using Firestorm Viewer lower than 4.7.7 because LL has upgrade the encryption to TLS v1.2 to make transaction more secure as it traffic through the Internet.

The full story is available here :
https://community.secondlife.com/t5/Featured-News/Update-Your-Web-Browser-to-Ensure-Secure-Payments/ba-p/3027363

Please take note to upgrade if you have not done so.

Downloads for Firestorm is available via:
http://www.firestormviewer.org/downloads/

Domain Change

Rather than being held ransom by the Domain company, Kitty has decided she would just move on and so...

http://www.elottebridger.com

has been changed to:

http://www.elottebridger.xyz

So, please update your bookmark and Yes, Kitty is still posting. She hasn't got kidnapped by Aliens.

Happy Lunar New Year 2016

It happens the Lunar New Year is close and so instead of sending a post dated or belated Lunar New Year post, I am just going to send it right away and spam you with a few nice anime greetings! Have a great Lunar New Year, especially my friends from Taiwan, China etc..!

IOSYS - はたてのバッコイ殺人事件 Hatate's Bakkoi Murder Case

Enjoy this cute and fun song which I came across in anisong... So love this!

Happy Australia Day

Was working on this and totally forgotten to post it! Hope everyone have a Happy Australia Day! Well and many great days after :) Still partying~~~

Kitty in the Rain

She steps out of the deserted bar and conveniently pick up her little red umbrella by the side of the door in the umbrella bin. "Looks like a long rainy day...", she whispers to herself then looking at the cute little umbrella, she smiles "Its up to you to protect me now...". She grab her long coat and ties the knots on her waist tight so that it would flip open in the strong wind outside or worse, get her all wet in rain. She has been under dressed for such a wet and cold day, her thin T-shirt with a cute anime character and just a silly little cap which seems too young for her age. Fortunately, she has her favorite kitty paw boots on which would cover her little feet nicely against the cold and rain when she dash through the street later.

She stands tall, points her umbrella and whispers a little spell in an unknown language then pressing the auto open button on her umbrella, let's it shoots out opening the folded red umbrella in full glory as she pretend it was her spell that does it. She smiles and giggles as she moves herself comfortable under her "rain shield" as she opens the door. To her shock, the lonely bus is already making its ways into the old bus stop and there is no one else waiting for it in the rain. She would have to hurry if she wants to catch it. As she dash out through the door, her long silky hair is release from her cap as it flew backwards from the momentum as well as the strong gust wind that rushes in to the little bar. She turns around to try to grab the cap, but her hands was full with an umbrella and she was afraid if she let go, it would fly into the wind into another dimension.

"Someone will keep it for me..." She hopes as she pick up her steps, her boots stomps into the wet street outside, sending a ring ripples of water into the air with each step she takes... She is going to make it. She knew it as she dash and hops over the bins and chairs around the way like the cat girl she is as her tails whirls in the air balancing her body perfectly. She smiles as the captain spotted her and opens the shuttle door of the bus. Like a gust of wind, she spins and leap into the bus, enjoying it warms and comfort for the coming hours in the journey.

Merry Xmas 2015

Merry Xmas! Wishing everyone a Happy Holiday full of enjoyment and laughter! The end of the year is coming and a new beginning will soon be here!

Data lost from ClustrMap

Its kind of sad and Kitty has no idea what happened, but it seems her ClustrMap data is gone... AGAIN.... So as of 1 Nov 2015, the map is clear again but Kitty is counting on you to mark your spots here soon.

Thank you for all the support over the years from all over the world. Kitty will work harder!

The Cat, the Fox and the Motobike

As much as the title sound like a movie... It is not. It is Firestorm's 5th Anniversary and there are 3 great items available for free! Yes, you guess it! This is the cat, in bright fiery orange. Oh mine... Did Kitty put on weight or are these Kitties huge...

Kitty always wanted a fox and this one is free. It is red and fiery too to celebrate Firestorm's birthday!

Have you seen all the expensive motobikes on sale? well, here is you chance to get 1 free. And I think this won't be here forever!

Join Kitty in the celebration for Firestorm 5th Birthday:
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Firestorm%20Showcase/245/19/2732

P.S. Have you upgraded to the latest Firestorm 4.7.3?
http://www.firestormviewer.org

Memory of the Wind 風の記憶 ~ 熊木杏里

青い地球が 私の胸に
夜に浮かぶ 満月をくれた
大地の花が 私の胸に
沈まない 太陽をくれた

人と出会う横には いつもある
いつか別れに変わる 夕凪が

風をくぐって 海を越えたら
君が 宝島になる
ひとかけらの夢は
群れを帯びてる 魚のように
よこぎってゆく季節
君と叶える奇跡

明日の上を 鳥たちが飛ぶ
夜明けまでに 間に合うように
船の汽笛は はじまりの音
見えない矢印を 浮かべて

君と過ごした 短い記憶が
いつか長く伸びて 迎えにくる

風を頼りに 目を閉じたとき
君が宝島になる
夢を飾りながら
珊瑚のように 波にゆられて
気がついてゆく 季節
ひと続きの この旅

Kaze no Kioku (Memory of the Wind) by Kumaki Anri

The blue earth planted in my heart
The full moon floating in the night sky.
The flowers of the earth planted in my heart
A sun that never sets.

Whenever I meet people, along with that, always
is the twilight where we will someday part

If I pass through the wind and cross the ocean,
You become a treasure island.
My fragmented dream scatters
Like goldfish, scattering when the water ripples.
With the passage of the seasons
Passes the miracle we could have realized

Above, the birds will fly by tomorrow
To make it before the dawn comes.
The ship’s whistle, blowing for departure
Makes an invisible arrow

One day, the memories from that short time we spent together
Will come back after a long, extended time

When I let the wind close my eyes
You become a treasure island,
Decorating my dream
Like a coral sea, undulating with the waves.
Aware of the seasons that pass by
I continue this journey, alone

Domain Change 2015

It's another year down and it's time for domain change again.
Well, kind of anyway. Kitty manage to get back the old domain so she is moving back. :)

Change your bookmark from:

http://blog.elotte-bridger.com

to

http://www.elottebridger.com

in about 2-3 days time. That should give everyone enough time for all the administration.

Photo Tryout at The Headquarter

There is a photo contest running for the whole of May in Headquarter and Kitty decided she would try for a photo shoot there.

Well, it did not start with a sunny day, so lightly is crazily weird... Almost spooky. But Kitty is dressed up as a funny chef, which makes everyone neither laugh nor cry.

Kitty stood at the balcony of the building and wonder if she can find a good view of places.

It seems to be a good spot, so Kitty take one more close up shot and just smile into the camera.

Kitty tried near the fountain too. But the picture turns out more sexy then she expected.

Another building, but its kinda dark. OMG, did you see something in the background?

Kitty and the Greenhouse. I doubt this will win any awards though...

Kitty wasn't very pleased with the photos she got anyway and decide she could try again. It is not good in general to send in bad photo, especially in a contest...

I hope she has better luck next time.

Clustrmaps is down! :(

The cool map with visitor information has been down if you had not noticed... Since late March 2015. :( The fault is the server that is holding the data for Kitty is dead... and now Kitty has no other option but to registered for a new account and wait for the company to recover the old data. Kitty sure hope they can still merged them together or some of your visits will not be clocked... :(

See the official news at:
http://blog.clustrmaps.com/2015/03/25/important-www4-servermap-news/

Google Reverses Ban On Explicit Blogger Content

Originally Blogger had schedule to block all sites with "explicit porn" on them and it is rather very subjective what that is. The original post from Google was as follows

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Starting March 23, 2015, you won’t be able to publicly share images and video that are sexually explicit or show graphic nudity on Blogger.

Note: We’ll still allow nudity if the content offers a substantial public benefit, for example in artistic, educational, documentary, or scientific contexts.

Changes you’ll see to your existing blogs

If your existing blog doesn’t have any sexually explicit or graphic nude images or video on it, you won’t notice any changes.

If your existing blog does have sexually explicit or graphic nude images or video, your blog will be made private after March 23, 2015. No content will be deleted, but private content can only be seen by the owner or admins of the blog and the people who the owner has shared the blog with.

Settings you can update for existing blogs

If your blog was created before March 23, 2015, and contains content that violates our new policy, you have a few options for changing your blog before the new policy starts:

• Remove sexually explicit or graphic nude images or video from your blog
• Mark your blog as private

If you’d rather take your blog down altogether, you can export your blog as a .xml file or archive your blog’s text and images using Google Takeout.

Effect on new blogs

For any blogs created after March 23, 2015, we may remove the blog or take other action if it includes content that is sexually explicit or shows graphic nudity as explained in our content policy.

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But the good new is that eventually, the ban was lifted and instead a "Warning" for adult content was to be enforced. Since Kitty had always been putting that on, she is not directly affected, but she does consider switching to WordPress if thing continue to go ugly.

The news on the reversal:
http://www.zdnet.com/article/google-backtracks-on-explicit-blogger-content-ban/

給我一個理由忘記 (Give me a reason to forget) ~ A-Lin

To the someone who was once mine and now someone else's. I cannot give my congratulations because I am not a good liar and I cannot ask you to be with me again because I was the one who made the decision. It is true though the distance that hurt the most now, is when I look around and you are nowhere on the map, but yet, you are always in my heart.



雨都停了 這片天灰什麼呢
我還記得 你說我們要快樂
深夜裡的腳步聲 總是刺耳
害怕寂寞 就讓狂歡的城市陪我關燈
只是哪怕周圍再多人 感覺還是一個人
每當我笑了 心卻狠狠的哭著

給我一個理由忘記 那麼愛我的你
給我一個理由放棄 當時做的決定
有些愛 越想抽離卻越更清晰
而最痛的距離 是你不在身邊 卻在我的心裡

當我走在 去過的每個地方
總會聽到 你那最自由的笑
當我回到 一個人住的地方
最怕看到冬天你最愛穿的那件外套
只是哪怕周圍再多人 感覺還是一個人
每當我笑了 心卻狠狠的哭著

給我一個理由忘記 那麼愛我的你
給我一個理由放棄 當時做的決定
有些愛 越想抽離卻越更清晰
而最痛的距離 是你不在身邊 卻在我的心裡

我找不到理由忘記 大雨裡的別離
我找不到理由放棄 我等你的決心
有些愛 越想抽離卻越更清晰
而最痛的距離 是你不在身邊 卻在我的心裡
我想你

(Kitty's Translation)

The rain had stopped, why is the sky still grey?
I remembered you said we are to be happy
The footsteps in the night, always hurts my ears
Afraid of loneliness, let the carnival city switch off my lights.

Give me a reason to forget, you who love me so much
Give me a reason to give up, the decision I had made
Some love, it get clearer as you get further
And the distance that hurt the most, is when you are not here, but always in my heart.

When I walked, to places we had been
I always remembers, your laughter of freedom
When I returned, to the place I live alone
I fear to see the winter jacket you had worn
Even when there are many people around me, I am always alone
Whenever I smile, I am mercilessly crying in my heart

Give me a reason to forget, you who love me so much
Give me a reason to give up, the decision I had made
Some love, it get clearer as you get further
And the distance that hurt the most, is when you are not here, but always in my heart.

Give me a reason to forget, the parting in the rain
Give me a reason to give up, the determination I waited for you
Some love, it get clearer as you get further
And the distance that hurt the most, is when you are not here, but always in my heart.
I miss you

冰吻 ~ 依稀

I had heard this song long ago in China and I wasn't really impressed or did I felt anything then. But today was I listen to it again, I cannot help feel the meaning behind it and cry. I had it translated below.



還記得分手的那天嗎
你傷了我的心
遠望你漸漸消失的背影
我憔悴的心在淌著淚

愛個人爲什麽這樣辛苦
我對你是不是太在乎
難道你早已心有所屬
爲何命運偏偏注定讓我孤獨

我累了我痛了
我對你的愛已經疲憊了
我醉了我哭了
我被你的愛徹底傷透了
愛過了心碎了
你把我的愛終於放棄了
夢醒了該結束了
殘留最後的一個冰吻你走了

Kitty's Translation:

Title : Ice Kiss

*Still remember the way we broke up?
You had hurt my heart
From afar, I see your back disappearing
My delicate heart lies in tears

To Love someone, Why is it so hard?
Is it because I care too much about you?
Or is it because your heart has belong to someone else?
Why does Fate also decides that I will be alone.

+I was tired, I had pained
I had gotten tired of your love
I was drunk, I had cried
I had been totally hurt by your love
I had loved, My heart broken
You had abandon my love finally
Awoken from dream, All must end
All is left is a Ice Kiss, You are gone.

(repeat *)
(repeat +)

Anata ni Aitakute~Missing You~ - Seiko Matsuda

My use of words is never good, and more often than not, said what I did not mean, hurt what I did not intend. I wish this song could tell you how I feel. It may be late, it may be over. Every night before I close my eyes, I still holds the little hope close to my heart.



二人の部屋の扉を閉めて
思い出たちに“さよなら"告げた

あれから半年の時間が流れて
やっと笑えるのよ
毎日 忙しくしているわ
新しい人生を私なりに歩いてる…

あなたに逢いたくて 逢いたくて
眠れぬ夜は…
あなたのぬくもりを そのぬくもりを思いだし…
そっと瞳 閉じてみる

あなたの後 歩きたかった
二人で未来 築きたかった

どんなに愛しても かなうことない
愛もあることなど
気付きもしないほど あなただけ…

見つめてた 愛してた
私のすべてをかけて

あなたに逢いたくて 逢いたくて
眠れぬ夜は…
あなたのぬくもりを
そのぬくもりを思いだし…
そっと瞳 閉じてみる

一緒に 過ごした日々を
忘れないでね
後悔しないでしょう…
二人 愛し合ったこと…

あなたに逢いたくて 逢いたくて
眠れぬ夜は…
あなたのぬくもりを
そのぬくもりを思いだし…
そっと瞳 閉じてみる

愛してると つぶやいて…

Translation:

Closing the door of our room
I said goodbye to the memories
Since then, it has been half a year
I can finally smile
I have been busy
I am living a new life my own way

I want to see you. The night I want to see you and cannot sleep
Your warmth, I recall this warmth

And close my eyelids gently
I wanted to walk behind you
I wanted to make future with you
I did not even realize
That no matter how I much I love you, it does not happen
I was only looking at you, loving you, giving everything myself to you

Please don't forget the days we spent together
You don't regret, do you? The fact that we loved each other
Whisper “I love you”

The Last Unicorn

A friend shared this video with me... Although its really old, even older than me. :) But it's beautiful.



When the last eagle flies over the last crumbling mountain
And the last lion roars at the last dusty fountain
In the shadow of the forest though she may be old and worn
They will stare unbelieving at the last unicorn

When the first breath of winter through the flowers is icing
And you look to the north and a pale moon is rising
And it seems like all is dying and would leave the world to mourn
In the distance hear the laughter of the last unicorn

I'm alive, I'm alive

When the last moon is cast over the last star of morning
And the future has passed without even a last desperate warning
Then look into the sky where through the clouds a path is torn
Look and see her how she sparkles, it's the last unicorn

I'm alive, I'm alive

Kitty has a Flickr Account

Kitty had been playing with direct upload within Firestorm to Flickr and here are some of the selection photos which she had played with:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/129102137@N05/