Sunday, January 29, 2006

Happy Chinese New Year!

Year of the dog! Yay!

Usually, a new banner will be created. However, because I'm insanely free, leading to me being insanely busy/lazy, there isn't one.

For the first time, I've visited a temple on the very first night of the New year. Receive the god of Fortune and the stuff of that sort. Went to a temple in Havelock road. Wasn't crowded as expected.

However, according to the predictions, this year, the months from October till the end of this year is horrible. On top of that, I, for the second year running, should be aware of girls because I could get distracted by them. On the other hand, this is an excellent year to get married.

Rofl.

On top of that, among other things, I have to watch out for Internet addiction.

I really need to start learning about these stars.... seems interesting.

On the second day, we went to the temples to pray. Funny thing is, because it's so crowded, everyone is carrying their joss sticks up high, as though they are lightsabers or something, for the fear of hurting others. In a way, those burning joss sticks are some sort of lightsabers or something, because, although you don't lose an arm, those ashes hurt like hell.

At least, the temples here isn't as crowded as those back in Hong Kong. Prepare to get your clothes burnt if you visit Wong Tai Sin during this time of the year. Hehe.

Maybe I should give it a try one day. Being number 1 to put your joss sticks does sound fun.

Assuming I can be right up in front.

With a flame-proof suit, I might add...

Once again. Happy Lunar New Year!

Friday, January 27, 2006

New handphone? Hmm...

\o/

About time too.

Grabbed a L7 Motorola.

Pros: Umm...MP3 playback, camera..um...

Cons: Flat keypad makes it tough to type. Lack of ability to get rid of that damned operator's logo.

Ah well. Not that I'm complaining.



Ze Camera quality. LoL.

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Song of (Whatever) switched to Reveil, by Kou Otani, from the Shakugan No Shana's OST. Great great OST. Even better Anime.

Thursday, January 26, 2006

Caution.

CAUTION: BELOW IS SOMETHING INSANELY OFFENSIVE, AS IT CONTAINS SEX (no graphics, just words) BETWEEN 2 PERSON WHO ARE FEMALES.


Writer's note: Did it for fun, because Aria got way too boring.

Scroll down at your own descretion. You have been warned.
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"Alicia-san?", Akari's voice came floating around the headquarters of Aria Company's headquarters, which doubles up as their home. It was roughly 8am, which meant that it was almost time for Akari's usual morning exercise, before making breakfast. Usually, Alicia would be up way before Akari, meaning that Alicia's smiling face would be greeting Akari.

Except this morning. Alicia is no where to be seen.

Thinking that Alicia could be out somewhere, Akari started undressing, preparing to wear her "Aria Company" uniform.

Suddenly, a pair of arms embraced her lovingly.

A pair of....

Female hands.

"Alicia...san..?" Akari whispered.

There was no need for Akari to turn around. The familiar sent of Alicia found their way into Akari's nose, making her head spin as it has always done.

"Akari-chan..." Alicia muttered into Akari's ears, blowing softing into them, her tongue lightly carassing Akari's earlobe. At the sound of her angelic voice, Akari felt a shiver run down her spine.

A... joyful shiver.

Slowly, Alicia's hands untangled themselves from Akari's waist, the fingers slowly crawling up towards Akari's chest.

"No..." Akari tried to stop Alicia. What they are doing is wrong, two like poles of a magnet should not attract each other.

The forbidden fruit should not be taken.

"It's alright, Akari-chan.", Alicia whispered, as her fingers danced along Akari's naked belly, before skipping towards Akari's breasts.

Akari knew that she should not allow Alicia to do this.

But, she's enjoying it.

Every bit of it.

Alicia telling her that it's alright was the last stroke of the hammer against a wall which has more cracks than a 500 year old haunted house.

Unable to stop herself, a moan came from Akari's throat.

Taking that as a sign, Alicia's fingers finally reached Akari's full and firm breasts. Taking them in her soft delicate hands, Alicia squeezed them gently, letting Akari's body know that they are there.

Akari moaned, as the warmth of Alicia's hands started to fill her body. She found her breath getting quicker, as her liquid started to flow uncontrolablely from the area between her legs.

Suddenly, Akari felt her nipple being played around by Alicia's fingers. Another moan came from her mouth, as she felt her nipples started to grow errect from the light pressure of Alicia's fingers.

Alicia finally decided that Akari was fine with what she was doing, and decided to move in front of her. She heard a sad cry from Akari as she stopped her actions in order to move in front of Akari. However, the cry was replaced with moans of excitment and pleasure once again, as she brought her lips towards Akari's errected nipple. Her tongue carassed and tasted Akari's nipple, while her other hand went back to other breast which was not being attended to. A little over twenty seconds later, Alicia went to work on the other nipple, bringing her hands over to the wet nipple which was the target of her tongue earlier. The wetness allowed Alicia's fingers to work even better, as they rolled and applied pressure Akari's wet nipple. Akari's moans became more frequent, as she felt the joy of having one side of her breast feeling warm as it is baked in Alicia's lips, while the other was cold, but enjoying Alicia's fingers skating on it.

Slowly, Alicia eased Akari down onto the Sofa in the room, gently, yet forcefully, asserting strength on Akari's shoulders from the front. Akari caved in completely, as she surrendered herself to Alicia. Alicia removed her hands from Akari's breast, slowly moving them down towards the area between Akari's legs, making sure that Akari is feeling every single movement of Alicia's fingers. Her lips continued to entertain the other nipple, as her tongue rolled and pushed Akari's nipple.

Alicia's hands, on the other hand, was on a different mission. Using her long, nicely Manicured fingernails, she dragged them along Akari's chest, leaving small scratch marks on them. However, the fingers skipped the areas between her legs altogether. A moan of dispair reached Alicia's ears. Ignoring them, Alicia moved her hands into Akari's skirt and stroked Akari's long and smooth legs, taking her time to enjoy them. The softness of Akari's skin made Alicia a little jealous.

But that isn't what she need to care about right now.

What she need to care about, is enjoying her time with her pupil, who is currently lying half dressed on the sofa, eyes closed, and basically waiting to be led.

Like a lamb being led into slaughter.

Slowly, Alicia's hands moved towards the hidden treasure found between Akari's legs. Akari's cries became louder as she tingled with anticipation.

Still, Alicia ignored Akari's hidden pleas to move into her vaginal areas, as her hands danced lightly over Akari's silk panties, before moving upwards to encircle her panty, teasing her.

"Alicia-san..." Akari pleaded, her breathing shallow as she begged for Alicia to fullfill her desire.

Alicia stopped everything that she was doing, bringing her head up from Akari's chest to Akari's head. Almost as if on cue, Akari's eyes opened lazily, as though she was just woken up by the sunlight after a long night of beautiful dreams. Their eyes starred into each other, both absorbing each other's reflection in the eyes that is in front of them. In that short distance, both can feel each other's air being exhaled and inhaled on their skin, as their breathing became heavy, trading air within a that small gap between their heads.

Slowly, both sets of eyes closed together, but their head movements were a complete reverse of each other, as their lips started inching towards each other.

Akari was unsure of the feeling, as she had never kissed anyone before. Even so, she had not expected anything of this sort. Alicia's lips seal Akari's, and bright dots immediately began to appear in Akari's vision, as a flood of joy and other happy emotions swept her away. Akari was thankful to be lying down on the crouch, as if she had been on her knees, she would have collapsed almost instantly.

Alicia's tongue escaped from her lips and began darting around Akari's lips, as though it is asking for an invitation. Akari obey obediently, spreading her lips, meeting Alicia's tongue with hers. Once again, Akari felt waves of emotion crashing towards her, as her throat started to make wierd noises which she had never heard herself come up with before. Alicia's tongue darting around Akari's, moving slowly, yet with speed, towards the side of Akari's mouth, as though it is playing a game of tag with her. Akari tried to catch up, but everytime her tongue met Alicia's, Alicia allow Alicia to enjoy the feeling for a moment, before speeding off towards another place. Before long, Alicia has completed her search of Akari's mouth, her tongue visted as many places as it could have reached.

And so, the game of tag ends, as Alicia turned from the hunted to the hunter, finding Akari's tongue, before carassing the side and the undersides of the tongue lovingly.

However, Alicia knew that she need to do something new before Akari got impatient, as that would spoil the whole mood. Her tongue gave one last goodbye lick, before retreating. Akari tried to follow, but Alicia skillfully disengaged her lips. Akari, undeterred, brought her head forward, allowing their tongue to meet in the warm morning of the Aqua's air. A line of saliva joined the two mouths, a thin bridge which held their memories of the beautiful kiss.

Once again, all good things must come to and end, as she pushed Akari's head onto the sofa, a little roughly. Akari did not seem to mind it, and closed her eyes once again, as Alicia's fingers began their journey from Akari's smooth legs, towards her Vagina.

Taking her time once again, Alicia allowed her fingers to skip, this time with a little added pressure, over Akari's Vagina, before heading to stroke the other leg. She placed herself near Akari's legs, and brought her head towards Akari's Vagina area. Akari eagerly thrusted herself forward, only to be disappointed as Alicia started licking Akari's inner thighs. Still, Akari knew that she must wait, for this is part of the game. However, she cannot help but express her disappointment by giving a moan.

However, Akari did not have to wait long. Alicia's fingers slid themselves beneath Akari's panties, and started twirling, playing with Akari's private hair. Akari felt a stab of pleasure along with slight a slight pain, as Alicia gently tugged them.

And then suddenly, Alicia's fingers were at the glory hole. Gently stroking them, Alicia allowed Akari to feel the difference between one with panty, and one without. However, those underwear were restricting Alicia's movements, and hence, Alicia used the other hand to slowly pull them away. Akari, once again, did not refuse, helping Alicia in removing her very last line of defense against an invasion of her Vagina.

Looking at Akari, Alicia felt herself getting turned on as well. Her pupil was now beautifully naked, her mouth opening and closing as they try to gather enough air to fullfill her heart's desire to pump so quickly. Her pink hair spread nicely behind her, bathing the sofa with a nice pinkish colour. Her gloved hand, a sign that she's still a "single" lay beside her, the fingers trembling with anticipation and excitment.

Smiling, Alicia brought her fingers towards Akari's Vagina. Gently stroking them, Alicia waited for Akari to get impatient, waited for that moan, and waited for Akari to beg her by thrusting her hips upwards.

Almost immediately, Akari did all 3 at once, moaning and thrusting her hips forward, wanting, needing, Alicia's fingers to enter her and satisfy her greatest need. Alicia gave in to her request, as she inserted her index finger into her Vagina. With no hurry, she moved them slowly, allowing Akari to feel the finger inside her. Alicia curled her finger, feeling the bundle of nerves there, and started moving her finger quickly across it.

The result was instantaneous.

Alicia was rewarded with the loudest moan she had heard from Akari.

"You're beautiful, Akari", Alicia whispered into Akari's ear, as her finger continued it's job of fingering Akari. Soon, the middle finger joined the index finger, widening Akari's Vagina, allowing Akari's moans to grow louder even still.

Even as Akari was in a sea of pleasure, she wanted something more. Her hands started moving towards Alicia's chest and started fondling Alicia's firm breasts. Now, it is Alicia's turn to moan, as the feeling of being inside Akari, and having Akari playing with her breasts started to have its effect on Alicia.

But, with that, Alicia also understood what Akari want. She too, did not want it to end so quickly.

Alicia wanted to taste Akari first.

Extracting her fingers, Alicia brought herself down towards Akari's Vagina. Akari felt her skin tingle, as her most sensitive area felt Alicia's breath.

And then, nothing but white, as Alicia's tongue licked Akari's Vagina, before sliding itself inside before Akari had a chance to even moan. Alicia savoured the taste of Akari, allowing herself to get into the mood even further with the taste of Akari in her mouth, as she sucked and licked Akari clean.

By now, Akari has totally lost control, her hands gripping the sofa so tight, it could be torn any second. Her head started to toss itself sideways, as the feelings of pleasure threatened to overwhelm her. Small, mental explosions started to take place in her mind. Even Alicia's tongue leaving her Vagina could not disappoint her any more.

Akari is totally out of control.

Alicia, seeing how Akari could not be helped any more, dragged Akari up till her Vagina was almost horizontal. Flipping open her skirt, she flung her own secret part towards Akari's.

The kiss that can only be made between two women.

With their Vaginal lips sucking and absorbing each other, Akari and Alicia felt themselves be taken into an ocean of Ecstasy. Their hands found their way to their partner's breasts, wildly and violently fondling and tugging them, increasing their own desire. Akari screamed Alicia's name, while Alicia screamed Akari's, as both are reached their climax, an orgasm which took both of them by storm. Finally, Alicia's tired body fell on top of a exhausted girl named Akari. They shared one last kiss, before holding each other to sleep on the sofa.

"Alicia-san?" Akari whispered, her breathing still heavy from what had happened.

"Hmm?" Alicia replied, her head merely inches away from her partner.

"Thank you."

"Ara Ara Ara..."
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Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Boredom...strikes.

Finally. The idea of Contract bridge has been almost spread to the members of Chess Club.

And, I'm still getting bored at home...>_>

Bah.

I need a job.

Or I need to write less yuri fanfics....

Like one I'm doing for Aria The Animation, one heck of a boring anime, because it lacks action, and the barest of all fanservice.

Rofl.

*is a moron*

Monday, January 23, 2006

Man U against Liverpool.

As a Chelsea fan, this is one of the matches where both sides can get reduced to 8 men, and their key players (Gerrard, Rooney, and whoever else is somewhat important) injured, and I'll probably be still laughing.

Ah well..

1-0 Man U.

Boring match, to say the least. Liverpool played way too poorly towards the end, resulting in giving Rio a free header, which in turn, resulted in a goal.

Bah.

Bah.

Bah.

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Strawberries.

Two of them.

In a Breast Enhancement commerical.

>_>

<_<

>_<

I WILL NEVER VIEW STRAWBERRIES THE SAME WAS AS I HAD EVER AGAIN.

ARGH.

Two hanging bananas too, for that matter....

Or two misshaped melons.

Or two Apples..

ARGH.

Saturday, January 21, 2006

Sometimes, it gets extremely annoying.

I mean, I stay up till 2am, sometimes till 4am, just working on the project, submitting it in, hoping that the group will, for once, get it done quick enough.

And every single week, I get disappointed.

Since the year ended, we have not even released a single episode before the other team. It gets on my nerves at times, and is extremely dejecting when you see their project up there before yours is even done.

I understand that Real Life is important, however, really, I think that 5 straight weeks in a row is a little too much.

Hell, my work for another project was done before I even went back to HK. Reason is that I was hoping that it will be done when I get back. It's just annoying as hell when up till now, it is still frozen.

Bah.

Annoying as hell.

Thursday, January 19, 2006

Pieces of plastic, put together.

With like...all the time in the world these days, I've somewhat taken a new hobby.

Modeling.

Uh...

I mean, Gundam Modeling.

Snapping pieces of plastic together.

Namely, the Destiny Gundam which I brought in HK, and the Strike Freedom Ron brought for me for Christmas.

Nights spent under the light, as I used the pilers and sandpapers to somewhat...perfect the gundams.

Of course, in order to get the good ones, you have to paint them.

And those damned markers arn't cheap. $2+ for 1 marker or 1 bottle of paint? I can get an entire set for that price in any bookshop!

But...the difference (I think) will be the finishing...

Bah.

Shaky hand = Shaky photos FTL.








Wednesday, January 18, 2006

We <3 Amerikan Idol!

Or, American, depending on how you view it.

But yes, Season X of Amerikan Idol has finally begun! Star World and Channel 5 are happily showing them, off live Satelite Feed or whatever else.

I must confess, I am never a huge American Idol fan, my total time of watching the episodes is probably a little over...oh, 5 hours?

Hence, I've decided to sit down on the sofa, like I always do these few days, and start watching some American Idol.

Especially since, this is the audition part of the season. XD

Which means...lots of Simon Cowell.

His insults were pretty funny too, since I'm not on the receiving side of it. However, he does have a point. Some people really don't know their standard, and just hop right on the show, sing bad enough to make a dog howl and weep, and expect the judges to say "Wow, good job".

Then, there are the meltdowns, especially for this episode, where there was this girl who was swearing at the camera and stuff after she swore during the singing (probably ass and asshole. No idea).

XD

The best part of the season is probably the ones which has people getting scolded by Simon for no reason. Because our basic human intellect finds a way to see it in such a way that it is funny, instead of that of sympathy. Hell, I laugh when they sing horribily, even though I probably can't sing any better.

The difference?

Simple.

I won't go up there to make a fool of myself. This isn't a case of "I dare to go up and give it a try". This is a case of knowing your own strengths and limits.

And I know that singing isn't my strength.

Anime != Hentai, Act 2.

Well, after the outrage I've felt a few days back when some morons said that Anime = Hentai, here's an update to the story.

Taken From Alone's Blog, a fellow ASH member.

Kurogane's Anime Blog

The Pwnage Article

Alone's Blog, where this is all taken from, since I don't live in Malaysia.

Hehe.

Remember, Anime...is Anime.

Sunday, January 15, 2006

Portable Video Players.....

Back in the 80s, the idea of carrying moving pictures around would be almost unheard of.

Back in the 90s, VHS is god. Everyone tapes the things they don't want to miss, and pass the tapes around. Tapes can be reused, and passed around.

Just a few years back, everyone would be recording shows on DVD drives, or onto their Hard Drives, increasing the life which the shows can remain.

Now, comes the portable Video Players.

Namely, PSP, Creative Zen Vision:M and the new Ipod.

And of course, with them, our screens shrink from 42 inch, to...uh...2.5 inch (Ipod/Creative Zen Vision:M).

Really, what can we watch on a 2.5 inch? Subtitles would be non-existant, since the scale down has to be insane. On top of that, your eyes would be squinting in order to see the finer details on the screen.

On top of that, we still want our Portable media players to be smaller, slimmer, to be able to fit into any hole we could think of when we heard out (Coin pockets, for instance). With the invention of the new Ipod and Zen Vision:M, the era of handphones trying to outdo each other to see who's smaller is officially over. The Zen Vision:M is 104 x 62 x 18.6mm, while the Ipod is 10.4 x 6.1 x 1.1cm. Obviously, the Ipod is slimmer, which somehow makes it more marketable. As if the extra 8.6mm will really be a bother to us in our pockets, assuming we place that thing there in the first place. Obviously, PSP fails in this aspect, but hey, we all know that PSP isn't really a Portable Media Player, more of a lot of stuff combined into one, just like the Xbox 360 and the PS3.

However, what surprises me is that we have to squint our eyes in front of a 2.5inch (6.35cm) screen, watching...say, CSI, on the hard seats on a MRT, instead of in front of our 35 inch TV (I wish I had one...XD), lazying around in the comfort of our soft sofa, while a gust of Air conditioned wind carasses our cheek. Are our lifes so fast paced, that if we sit down to watch a show that's worth an hour, our lives are ruined forever, our future turned from one that is bright and sunny to one that is bleak and gloomy?

No. That won't happen.

Which is why I'm baffled as to why mp3 players become portable media players now. First, they allowed you to show photos (Wow. I'm...impressed. Well, could be useful for people with business to attend to, but for a general user like me...no.), and now, they have moved on to playing videos.

Hence, the question pops up: Are all the ideas for a MP3 player exhausted? Other than expanding the memory from 32mb that are insanely expensive in the market 4 years ago, to one that is over 100gb? One that allows us to stall all sorts of songs, even though we listen to a little over 10% of it?

Perhaps, the answer is yes. It's just like Handphones, which used to be as huge as a bottle of mineral water just 10 years ago, and can only make calls. Now, it can play MP3s, MMS, blue-tooth, wireless, play Java games, and god-knows-what-else-it-does.

Now, short of handphones that can flip open, or slide around, there isn't much difference in the newest handphones.

Perhaps, that's the fate of the MP3 players too. Unless, something new can be injected, such as hologram projection, or pdf file readers (Which actually brings us back to the point of this topic. Reading books on a 2.5inch screen? MY EYES. THEY BURN), MP3 players are going to follow the road of handphones.

Seeing who is more.. "Chic"...

Friday, January 13, 2006

Whoa. I'm astounded by the...level of stupidity. Anime = Hentai?

Wow. Just wow.

http://www.jeffooi.com/archives/2006/01/anime_the_dumb.php

Taken from The Star, Malaysia

Quote:

Tinjauan KOSMO! kelmarin mendapati, animasi seks yang lebih popular dengan panggilan Anime dijual secara berleluasa dengan harga RM15 sekeping. [...]

Selain memaparkan animasi alat sulit lelaki dan wanita dengan jelas, Anime turut menggayakan teknik seks berbeza seperti meliwat, rogol, seks berkumpulan dan seks oral.

Walaupun Anime telah lama berada di pasaran, keupayaan teknologi komputer berjaya membawa unsur ghairah baru termasuk pergerakan alat sulit dan suara ghairah ketika aksi ranjang sebenar. [...]

Tambahnya, Anime lebih digemari golongan pelajar memandangkan ia dijual secara terbuka selain keseronokan yang mengghairahkan.


Translation (Thanks to Alone):

KOSMO! founded that sex animation or popularity called as anime is being sold around for RM15 per piece.

Other than showing normal sex, they showed different techniques like licking, raping, orgy and oral sex

Even thought anime has been in long terms in the markets, the new computer technology ability has brought in incredible sounds and movements while performing sex.

Also, anime is being popular among students since it's sold widely.

Thanks once again, to Alone.

So, seriously, since when is Anime Hentai? That 10 DVDs or so of burnt Animes are hentais?

Wow. Just wow.

If this was from some stupid idiot who have no idea as to WHAT anime is, basically, those Hollywood Fanboys who scream "Down with Anime", complete with Slogans and a website to boot, it might be, just might be, understandable.

But hell, this is from a Newspaper! How can you explain that? Firstly, you need a reporter to cough up the crap, then you need the editor. So, either the Editor is sleeping, or the reporter just did NOT do enough research.

Research, such as googling the term "Anime". If you have simply googled it, it would return loads of results, AnimeNewsNetwork, Anime-Source, and the whole lot. One look, and you will know that Anime does NOT equal Hentai.

If anime = hentai, the future is doomed. What happened to the Pokemon craze? Digimon craze? Dragonball? Whatever else Singapore is showing right now (One pis...Uh..Piece, Gundam Seed Destiny). Arn't these all animes?

Do you even see a hint of sex in them? Fine, a little nudity in GSD (bodies without skin. Not even privates are shown... I have no idea if that's even nudity, because if that is, then FHM should not be sold on the streets), but the rest?

Nothing. Absolutely nothing.

As an Anime lover (admittedly Hard core), I am absolutely disgusted, and appalled at such a report. This isn't some third world Newspaper, but coming from Singapore's neighbours. The fact that it's allowed to be published is surprising enough.

The fact that people can still make such stupid mistakes, equating Hentai with Animes amazes me. It's like equating Porn with movies, because, hey, they are both movies! Lots of action and screaming.

However, just sit through the two types, and you can see the difference immediately. Seriously, just where in the blue hell did the reporter get this absurd idea? For freak's sake, go watch your saturday cartoon. Millions out there can make the difference between "Anime" and "Hentai". Hell, one has 5 letters, and the other 6, if that is to make any sense in the 1st place.

I thought the recent article that violent games will make children violent because "they will not react as much as others to pictures of violence" was bad enough.

Of course, as always, I'm wrong.

Bah. Pathetic.

Thursday, January 12, 2006

Visiting memories that was once lost, and obtained, once again.

After days of burning rubber, Translating, and burning even more rubber (Need For Speed Most Wanted is addictive, but not the best pursuit game in the series. NFS:HP FTW!), I've finally decided to get away from the computer, and head down to the Chess Club today.

About time too, since the J1s are not exactly well trained in bridge, thanks to lazy fags for seniors they have, seniors like me.

Appartently Thursday is not a good day, since the room was pretty empty. Will head back on Wednesday though, since that's when the crowd appears.

But I musy admit, the single girl who stayed around to hear my ramblings, was a pretty..decent student. Asking wierd questions when she had no idea what I was talking about. I'm planning to turn her into the next bridge captain. \o/

Who am I kidding...>_>

But yes, opening bids are done, and (as usual), people are complaining that it's too much. I guess they have yet to see response bids, artificial bids and sacrificial bids.

And then, there is game play.

Hehe, guess the idea of "Coming to the room to knock a few chess pieces around" theory does not hold too much in our club. For every chess, you need to memorise the openings. I still have a hard time recalling the Scillian Defense/Accelerated Dragon opening line.

Hell, I hate the Scillian.

4 Knights FTW!

After the session, I headed to Century Square to buy a Gundam Marker for my Strike Freedom (My dad took the pilers..>_> So it's still on hold. Bah.) After buying the markers ($3.90? >_>. Hell, they are selling the Lightening Edition at $199? What are they, insane? Even the ones at Cinleisure is selling it at $169. HK sells it for..uh..$120, if you know where to look), I head to the arcade to play a round or 2 of Ghost Squad.

Bloody hell, that place used to be one of my favourite arcades because it has all the new games. However, it seems to have lost half of it's space, and it does not have the latest Light Gun games (Cobra The Arcade and House Of The Dead 4. Both excellent games). Meeh.

As I was watching two TR-14 sprayers (Hence, defined as nubs. Pros use Single Shot. XD) duke it out on the Ghost Squad Machine, suddenly, I saw a familiar face.

Angela.

A quick wave of hand, and stuff, as she walked by with a guy. No point saying anything, since the arcade is insanely noisy.

But I'm glad to see that she's doing well.

Me, on the other hand, isn't. Rofl.

Ah well.

However, suddenly, I looked at my watch. 7:25pm stared back at me.

Suddenly, I realised something.

The last 19 bus leaves at 7:30...

And I'm still watching 2 nubs duke it out on the 1st stage of the game.

I took my GS card (placed on the machine to.."chop" the machine), and practically ran to the bus stop, even tough I could get there easily on a brisk walk.

As I was taking the bus home, I was wondering, what I could have said, the difference between Angela and me now. LoL.

World spins on too quickly.

And hell, I didn't even say good bye.

Bah.

Monday, January 09, 2006

First Laksa, then Mee Pok, what's next?

At first, there was this "Katong Laksa" war along....uh...Katong.

Now, it's the Mee Pok war.

What's next? Char Kuey Teow war?

Well, these wars are usually on who produced the "first" famous dish, cooked their style. Of course, the history of the stalls, named ### and ### (or whatever number they named themselves), are some what combined together. Like, some dude cheated some other dude, and then opened his stall, stole the consumer base...

Blah. Blah. Blah.

Of course, I find this rather...amusing.

Well, first of all, welcome to the world. People are going to follow you when you start striking it rich thanks to your food. Leave the area because of the rent, someone will set up shop and take over your name and stuff.

However, the important thing is...the food! There should be some sort of difference between A and B, because no matter how well taught the pupil is, the master always wins.

Or is it..?

Well, it depends. The trick for the pupil to defeat the master...is simply for the pupil to think of something which the master have not taught of before. So, B takes A's formula, adds something new, and poof, he's striking gold too (or oil, whichever you wish).

However...how many ways can you add something new to...food?

And for that matter, Mee pok? Laksa is sort of understandable. The gravy is the key. It sucks, the whole Laksa sinks.

Mee pok? Uh...the noodles must not be able to be picked up together with 1 strand of noodles? (Er...think school food? XD)

I mean, just look at Sunday Times Review. When you start comparing which stall gives you more prawns (A gave 3, while the rest gave 2), you know something is wrong. Even if the food is in small quantities, if it taste good, then it's good. Food is (usually) quality over quantity.

Usually, because school food sucks so bad, you actually go for the stall which gives more quantity. LoL.

But yes, how many real ways are there to cook Mee pok? Not that I'm a huge fan of the food, because noodles+chili sause+some fish thingys don't really appeal to me that much, probably because of the damned chili.

Whatever the case, it truely is...amusing, what business competition can result into.

I look forward to the next food war: Battle for the Chicken Rice Supremacy! \o/

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Song of (whatever) changed to Ichirin No Hana by HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR, which is Bleach's 3rd opening theme. Caps don't suit them, but some how, senseless screaming does suit this song, if you have watch Bleach, that is.

Sunday, January 08, 2006

New year, new stuff

Finally, I've gotten my ass off to work on a new banner. This time, it's Meia of Vandread. No idea why, but girls that act tough, but are actually soft inside, appeals to me, at least, on the Anime scale.

And she said those words herself, Season 2, episode...7 or something.

Again, great series.

Song of (whatever) switched to Opening - Unmei no Tobira Akareru Koku, Composed by Toshihiko Sakaki and performed by Toshihiko Sakaki & London Symphony Orchestra, from the Kidou Senshi Gundam SEED DESTINY - Symphony Seed Destiny album. Great album, as is, with most of the GSD songs.

Saturday, January 07, 2006

Mecha..Mecha..Mecha...\o/

Mecha consumed my life for the past few days.

Bah.

For those who don't watch Animes, Mecha is pretty much animes that involve Machines. Vandread, Gundam and Full Metal Panic are three of the many titles which has Mecha as it's genre.

Vandread was first up, as I finished the entire 2 seasons in 1 day. A very good anime which sits right at the top right now. I enjoyed every moment of it.

1/144 HG Destiny was also finally completed after 3 days of..broken off work. Looks pretty interesting now, but thanks to Ron, Destiny is going to have Strike-Freedom for company. \o/

Imagine that.

And thanks dude!

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When I was in HK, I was blessed by the fact that the Gundam Expo was held when I was still in HK. It's an show of the models of Gundams, marking the 10th anniversary of the Master Grade production of Gundam Kits.

But hell, who cares about when the MG was produced? The main attraction there was the bots, everyone of them in the GS/GSD and the Gundam W series (Not sure if there's G-Z, not to familar with W and Z...)




Destiny and Strike Freedom...the way it should be done.



Lightening Edition of Strike Freedom (1/60 scale). I wanted to buy this one, but the price is just a little too steep ($100+ SGD)



2 meters Strike Freedom, one of the attractions in the Expo



Some more assorted Gundams from the GSD series. The Akatsuki was an eye sore in the series, but the model looks pretty neat.



2 Meters Destiny, another attraction at the Expo. Together with the SF, they "guard" the enterence of the Expo.



The expo also featured the models of the winners of the Asian Cup Modeling championship (something of that sort). All of them are excellent, but this is one of the best among them, by a South Korean. Needless to say, it won the top prize. The gundam used was the Perfect Grade Strike Gundam from Gundam Seed.

Of course, as with any anime expo, Cosplayers are never too far away.



ZAFT Elite Soldier outfit.



Earth Soldier Outfit.



No idea...from GSD though. IIRC Earth Soldier.



No idea...although she should not frown so much.




The full family picture.

Too bad the Cosplayer that wore Lacus's outfit did not appear that day. XD

Anyway, I went back a few days later because one of my favourite singers, Nami Tamaki was making an appearance. She was scheduled to appear at 4, so I decided to go a little earlier since I am bored.

Earlier = 1pm.

However, I was already...late. The fans were there probably since the morning. The CDs, required if you want to attend the autograph session, was sold out by the time I was there. Heck, I was left standing on the second row (yes, free standing).

And so, I stood there for nearly 4 hours, since Nami decided to appear late (the usual for any star...)....

Yes, I'm an idiot..

But I was rather disappointed, since I didn't manage to get the CD, nor did she sing. Some dancers came out and danced (decently, not the best) to one of her tunes, which was blared from a CD. I was seriously hoping that she would be singing a song.

However, can you believe that she's only 17? I was rather shocked, since she's a super mega star to many people, including me. All her Openings/Endings for GS and GSD are ranked rather high on my list, with Reason second only to Secret of My Heart on the Ending Theme rank list.

How she was able to balance work and school is beyond me. I am highly impressed.




XD

All in all, the Expo was rather nice, although the Nami appearance was rather disappointing. Still, I picked up some really nice skills from a master they brought in from Japan for the models which I'm about to start working on. Expensive as hell, but they are rather fun and does not have me playing the computer every day. LoL
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XD

Just when operation 3361 was put in effect...

XDDD!

Monday, January 02, 2006

Guess who's back....

Back again...

Hehe.

So yes, I'm back home.

Finally.

After 3 weeks of messing around in HK, I'm finally home.

And oh, Happy New Year.

Celebration of the New Year in HK was definately fun. Roads were closed for the celebration, as there were 4 spots for people to party the night away. I was at Tsim Sha Tsui area, messing around with the youths there, but was too lazy to heard to the pier where the main party was because it was too crowded. Everyone was at the area, looking at the huge Times Square Tower which had a roof that changed colour every half an hour or so. However, when it was blinking, no one knew what to shout, so there wasn't much of a count down. LoL.

But still, after the count down, my family and I went on to mess around in the streets, which had shops still open, and also people still inside buying clothes. That's one huge difference between Singapore and Hong Kong, the amount of people in the streets at any one time. Hong Kong is insanely crowded from almost 10am till 2am in the morning, if the street you are on is a pretty crowded one, like that one in Mong Kok.

As usual, every trip back to Hong Kong will have me buying a few...discs, usually games and anime. Not much games this year worth looking for, so I went on a more anime hunt. Macross 7 and Vandread is officially mine, although I got an extra pack of Vandread season 1. Anyone interested? $40. Hehe. Seems like the shops that "died" was probably due to the WTO. A week later, they were all happily doing business again.

Funny thing was, the cops still don't like them. I was at Tsuen Wan buying the Vandread, when just 15 minutes later, as I was watching GSD Final Plus on a TV, the owner suddenly came in, switched off the mains, pulled the shuttler and walked off. Highly amusing, since there was a plainclothes officer nearby talking to some dudes selling PS2 games.

HK also had some of the cheapest arcade rates that I've seen in a while, and also had some pretty cool games. Of course, the pay per hour center was gone, and I had to use the traditional method of messing around and tossing in dollar coins. House of the Dead 4 was great, as well as Thrill Drive 4. The former had an upgrade from a shotgun to a submachine gun, while Thrill Drive 4 required you to use a seat belt. LoL. Of course, with such cheap rates, I obtained my level 99 on Ghost Squad there as well. Hehe.

When I was in Hong Kong, I was also blessed with the chance of a Gundam Expo. More on tomorrow, since pictures speak a thousand words, and I can't be bothered to type much.

So, 3 weeks, a whole freaking stack of DVDs (5 seasons of CSI, Macross 7, Vandread), and an Ipod Nano (Christmas present. My brother got a PSP...) later, the words of "Ladies and Gentlemen, we will be arriving at Changi International Airport shortly, please be seated, ensure that your seatbelts are fastened, your seats are back upright...." from an obviously experienced air stewardess as her words are as cool as smoke off ice, the words or a pro.

Time for 2006...