rina's space

who am i

hey, i'm rina, born in 1998! i'm a caffeine-powered night owl, and self-described dumbass cat from serbia. a professional overthinker, too (if overthinking burned calories, i'd be a goddamn supermodel by now). and no, caffeine doesn't actually work. by day, i pretend to be a responsible adult (emphasis on "pretend"), and by night, i also pretend. i've been rambling on the internet since forever, and this space is my gazillionth website lol. i keep making them, breaking them, and somehow convincing myself i need just one more. maybe this one will be the final one?

i have been into technology ever since i was a little kid, even before having my own computer! growing up, we didn't have much money, but my parents always tried their best, and sometimes beyond their capabilities. i was around 8 years old when i got my first computer. even at that time, that computer was quite low-end, but it was my computer, and that's all that mattered. at this time, people still had "family computers", but this one was only mine.

when i'm not online, you'll probably find me sleeping or simply zoning out. i kind of exist in a constant cycle of sleep deprivation and bad decisions, but hey, at least i make it look *somewhat* intentional. i simply have no clue what the fuck is going on. i should have things figured out by now; like, at least one part of my life should be organized... but nope, i'm just here, pretending like i have it together while i'm still making impulsive decisions that i *totally* won't regret.

one of my quirks is that i like hoodies that let me pull the sleeves down, so the sleeves covers most of my hands. it's simply comfy and cozy... it's not just about warmth, though that's part of it; it's more to do with the way the fabric feels. it's not something i can explain exactly... is it practical? not exactly! but that's idiosyncrasy for ya, hehe.

P.S. i don't trust people that don't have at least one laptop sticker. who are you keeping it so plain for?

P.P.S. my favorite animal is cat, who would've thought that!! we genuinely don't deseve cats
cats are just.. to precious :(

what is this website?

what is this website? honestly... it's kinda everything and nothing at the same time. helpful, right? (it totally isn't! so let me try to yap for a bit more) so to be fr, this site is like my digital diary? i guess? but also more? but also less? it's not like you actually care. you're reading this about page as a good courtesy, right? nothing on here is here to go viral. nothing is here is overly polished, and is likely typo-ridden. i just feel like things are more real that way. this website, is not gonna teach you how to optimize your workflow or change your life with 5 productivity hacks. it's not going to provide anything actually useful. and is definitely not going to change your life. if anything, this website is here to give your brain a break. to show you little weirdos still make websites, and that maybe you should make one, too

you could say this place is a blog. or a personal site. or a weird little shrine to all the stuff that makes happy, or angry, or pissed, or excited... you get the point... it's also a photo gallery and the rest of website is likely filled with half-formed ideas that probably shouldn't've seen the light of day, but did anyway. i post when i feel like it. i may delete or change things at my own will. there's no posting schedule, no master plan, no SEO strategy. just how websites were meant to be. the over-commercialization, optimization and monetization is what's killing the web anyways

in a world full of sleek portfolios and "professional online presences", i just wanted to be the complete opposite. i wanted a space to be me. this is the anti-brand. the anti-polish. it's where i talk about dumb stuff it's like a diary, except you're allowed to read it. and maybe leave a note in the guestbook if you vibe with it.

ultimately, this site is my little rebellion against the noise of the modern web. no feeds (well the blog section has an atom feed...). no likes. no pressure. just a place where i get to be my weird, oversharing, occasionally unhinged self without worrying about anything. its kinda like yelling into the void, except, unlike the actual void, someone might care. and if you're here and you're reading this? maybe you get it too. maybe you're also just a person looking for a place to be a little weird. so please make yourself at home.

the idea for this website id old (kinda), actually the website itslef is longest running one i've had so far! and the only one that i've secured into the future! my domain wont expire this time (lol), which is what usually happens, lol.

this is how things looked early on, back in february of 2025, when i tried to aim compatibility with old systems, the site had some unicode errors when launched on winxp, but evertyhing else actually worked really well.

the website was clunky, written in html4 and was hard to navigate, it had it's charm but at the end i've decided to do something sligthly more modern... i hope you're not disappointed too much... supporting old system is cool and all, but i haven't found any joy in it.

and in case you're wondering how developing the current site looks like, well.. something like this :D laptop, energy drink and we roll uwu

you must agree, this is peak, isnt it? this is also the best monster in existance! if you dont like strawberry dreams, what is wrong with you?? hint: everything

i also have some spicy values regarding this website in general tho. form > function. if something (i think is) pretty-looking breaks oh so precious "best practices" who gives a shit!? maybe not every website should be seen as a business, or something that must be accessible to everyone. i'm not building a brand; i'm building a room. a cozy room, isn't necessarily an accessible room. rooms are usually small, personal, a little messy, and that's okay.

on my website you will not find darkmode or lightmode. pinkmode is the best i can offer. take it, or leave it. and don't you dare use one of those extensions that force websites into darkmode.. you'll make shit look ugly

my website was down? yeah this is probably why..

what is this domain name?

ah yes, riri.my. so if you're wondering what's going on... "riri" is just a nickname of my name, rina. simple, right? and ".my"? yeah, technically it's malaysia's domain extension. am i from malaysia? nope, i picked it because i like it. it reads like a sentence: "riri, my..."—like my website, my chaos, my little digital brain dump lol.

you know how people snatch up ".me" domains 'cause it feels personal and whatnot, even though it's literally for montenegro? same shit here, different packaging.

but yeah, there's no grand backstory here. no meaningful or cultural metaphor tied to the domain name. i just saw it, thought "lol, cute" and clicked purchase late at night. impulse decisions ftw. if you were hoping for some kind of deeply symbolic, life-altering explanation, uhhh... yeah, no. maybe next time. or never.

i also like hoarding domains, for an example this website can also be accessed with idk.asia. again, im not asain but this is one sick domain!!