Things i want :: part 2 ::

Hmm...i think there was a part 1 somewhere in my archive..BUt oh well.....we must always strive for new and better things rite? (ok....self consolation is not crime...)

ANYWAY~

Yes....what do i want so that i could make my life more complete?

let's be realistic.....i'll not say ' OH..i want 3 wishes....blablabla....or..bring back the dead....blablabla.....' 

what i want is simply...to be a happier person...lol.....and i feel these few things can make me..er..happier? 

1) i want an iMac

AHhh~~ yes...the iMac...it's every designer's dream to have this baby sitting in his/her room. Personally, i feel...once you've used or gotten used to using the mac, you'd hate, or rather condemn the normal pc. (this is just me though......)

Editting and freelancing would be so much easier....(well, my laptop just recovered from ICU...so i can't let it be burdened too much....pity the old 'dude')

So...target to achieve this... = 2010....

(that means..i have to SO CUT DOWN ON FIGURINES! T^T)

2) i want a flash for my DSLR

well, now that i've already own a DSLR, of course i would love to equip this baby! First of all, i think i'll start with a flash...coz lightings in certain places sucks...like...BADLY! and the normal in-built flash just wont do.....so yeah......=_=

3) i want to get new boots!

Hmm...this is less expensive....but still, my collection of boots could be scary at times...haha...

However, i think 4 of my boots are reaching the end of it's lifespan...so it's time to get replacements! Time to hit the mall!!

Well, i'm not being greedy..let's stop at 3 shall we?

LOL.....i'm being realistic...they say money cant buy happiness....sometimes, i beg to differ. 

Without money, can one be happy? well, it's a straight NO from me...

So yeah...i need more money...=_=lll

money...why do you like rich people? T^T

Listening to : Abingdon Boys School - Innocent Sorrow

Mood : SLEeePPYyy...KNS sia...

How many '10 years' do we have in our lives?

Whoa...it's been a while since i last sat in front of the television for an entire day. Yes, today i kinda relived my childhood days ( Oh...those days, i was called ' TV EMPEROR' )
From the moment i woke up, i was glued onto the tv screen.
Whose fault is it? Well, blame it on...my mom..

You see, there's this TVB drama called 'Rosy Business'..(ok, i do not know the chinese name....so if you want to know the name in chinese, google is your best friend ^^)
AHEM~
anyway, this drama, is about the Rice Industry in the old times. i'm not gonna summarize it here coz GOD it's already 4am! YOU WANT TO KNOW YOU GO GOOGLE YOURSELF LA!

So, this show....Yes, i woke up at approximately 2pm today (WOHOOoo....I LOVE SATURDAYS!)...and after that, i sat right in front of the TV and marathoned the series. Holy shit, this show is addictive. Every episode is a cliffhanger....i even held myself back from going to the toilet....i only stopped for dinner and then after that i came back home and continued the series.

I think i continued on until 2am...WHOA, that's 12 hours of TV!
However, i only stopped at episode 13.....i think i'm gonna marathon the whole series tomorrow, since there's only 25 episodes, i think i can manage. LOL....
So, i think i gotta rest my eyes now.....haha.....
Ok, now for a little philosophical talk......

'How many 10 years do we have in our lives?'

well, i got that from the series. I kinda find it true.

How many 10 years DO we really have in our lives? 1? 3? 6?

It's important to live everyday to it's fullest and make sure that we have no regrets in our lives.
I used to be a less optimistic person before, but then i told myself....Live everyday to it's fullest. No matter how sad we are, we still have to go through it. No matter how big the obstacle we face, we still have to stomp on it and get on with life. So, why not face everything with an optimistic mind and smile through it?

Apart from that, there were times people do not agree with the crazy stuffs i do. Bleaching my hair blonde, piercing more earholes, getting a tattoo, etc....All these are my decisions. Yes, no doubt not everyone agrees with what i do, but hey, life is short.....i do not want to regret what i did not do, rather, i would want to look back and smile at what i've decided in life.
LOL..okay, i think i'm not making any sense here....haha......it's just a small rant/ expression of thoughts i would love to jot down in my blog, coz really, the series got me thinking....XD


OH...on the sidenote, I MADE A NEW HEADER! (got kinda bored with the old one.....so, i did a new one using the shoot we had from our fushigi Yuugi photoshoot. Me as Hotohori! XD)

Listening to : Witchblade - XTC
Mood : kanasai, damn kan cheong la that series...=_=

What Irony....

As much as i dislike Jay Chow, i admire his talent. No seriously....I don't know why, i hardly watch his shows, but i love his songs, especially his work from Secret (is that the movie name? and no, i didn't watch the movie...but i have the soundtrack from the movie )

The music he produces is so melodious, sometimes it is so hypnotising, to the extent that i could close my eyes and enjoy it with serenity. I especially adore his piano pieces.....Not that i don't like his vocal songs, but i prefer his piano work more. 

Do listen to them if you have a chance.....

It's really beautiful.......sometimes it brings the melancholy feel, yet it's serene......

*shuts eyes and enjoys music*

Listening to : Secret Soundtrack (it's in chinese, so i don't know what song...=_=)

Mood : =_=

Designers.....

Designers are meant to be loved, not understood

(yes, this is meant to be a short 1 liner post....coz i fully agree to this sentence 120%)


Listening to : Abingdon Boys School - Lost Reason
Mood : Wee Wang~ Wang~ XD

Abingdon Boys School Craze

Nephilm~

Via Dolorosa~

Blade chord~

Dress~

Innocent Sorrow~

Valkyrie~

Crosswise~

Freedom~

Strength~

Resonance~

etc etc....

What does all these words have in common? Well, it's sung by one of the greatest Jrock band in history. ABINGDON BOYS SCHOOL!

No shit, their songs rock to the max (in fact, i had the company's most powerful headphone plugged in and blasting their songs away at full volume while typing this.)

Seriously, it makes one goes into ecstacy...(ok, not the drug type, it's just a figure of speech) I literally started shaking my head when their beat sounded. I would describe it as....BEAUTIFUL, MELODIOUS yet ROCKISH...

I wouldn't go into details with their band (coz that's wikipedia/google's job.....)

Seriously, i would definitely go to their concert if they had any in Singapore or Malaysia. But seeing Malaysia is such a sad country, well, i think i have higher hopes for Singapore instead. 

ABINGDON BOYS SCHOOL..!!! One of the greatest bands in JROCK history..!!!!

Listening to : Abingdon Boys School - Athena

Mood : High on ABS songs......XD

GAH!!!! MY PHONE!!!!

okay..fear not, i didn't lose my phone....it's just that..

I LEFT IT IN MY OFFICe..!! GAHHH..!!!
(yes..i know it's a tiny matter, but to me, it's as if i forgot to wear my pants and walked right out into the streets)

MAN...how could i forget such things?! I usually don't forget such things...
My phone is like...my arm, my leg, my other half....DAMN..!!
i can't express how frustrated i am now...

i sure hope i won't be late tomorrow for work. You see, my phone is also MY ALARM CLOCK!
DAMN....of all things to forget, i forget my phone.....SHITZ..!!!!!!
I feel so freaking uneasy now......It's like i'm missing a limb or something.......
And now i have to bring my charger to office, because i remember, at approximately 5pm, i saw my phone, and the battery indicator showed that it's at its last bar.....

GAHHHHH.!!!!
MY BRAINS ARE OLD..!!

Listening to : Darker than Black - Kakusei Heroizm ~ The Hero Without a Name ~
Mood : Frustrated!

Manga chapters reminders - SPOILERS ALERT! -

0okay, i think i really gotta do this. I've been following so many manga titles now i can't seem to remember where i read till, or what the past chapters talk about.

So i think i'd better put chapter reminder here for all the manga's i've read till so far.

Be reminded that THERE ARE SPOILERS here (because i wanna roughly put what the past chapters are about)

yes, blame it on FMA manga....i read till i dunno which chapter, and i have no idea where i stopped and what the last chapter i read was about....

ok..here goes...

07 GHOST - chapter 37

- Hakuren gets called back to be a tutor for the princess of the Royal Barsburg family

- Frau just ate a 'demon' and he is slowly losing his mind to the scythe.

- Hakuren hates females, and he did a psychological attack on Castor by saying that Razette isnt a lady YET, she is just a child (LOL)

Bleach - chapter 358

- Soi Fong loses an arm to the arrancar (GOD...i don't know the name...too many characters in spanish names....=_=)

- Omaeda is made decoy while Soi Fong thinks of something.

- Battle showdown between Hallibel and Hitsugaya (LOL..almost typed Paku Romi)

- Hitsugaya's new move 'Hyoten Hyakkaso'

D Gray Man - chapter 186

- The half akuma from the northern branch appears

- Kanda's past is beginning to unravel

(DAMN it's going on a hiatus.....great..JUST GREAT....=_=)

FMA - chapter 40

- okay, what the heck, since i can't remember what chapter i stopped at, i decided to start again from the part where i remember most, Roy vs Lust's chapter.

- Lust died, Roy severely injured, and i think Havoc is paralyzed.

Katekyo Hitman Reborn! - chapter 242

- Battle of the funeral wraths and vongola starts.

- Irie Shouchi (vongola) & Daisy ( Milfiore) is made targets

- Dino manages to convince Hibari to stay put (in other words, Dino managed to tame Hibari ...OOoo..I SEE D18 here!)

Kuroshitsuji - chapter 32 (33 is out)

- Ciel killed baron Kelvin (Joker's father) and stole Joker's future (or so he says...)

- Joker had already arranged for his family to 'visit' Ciel's mansion.

- Finny looks REALLY SCARY WITH BLOODIED HEAD....and then there's a SPLAT (ok, i imagined that Finni just crushed that bald dude's head flat and all the brains are oozing out)

Nabari no Ou - chapter 56 (57 is out)

- don't remember.....i know i stopped at chapter 56....so i guess i have to reread the chapter again to proceed.

All i know is Yoite died, reincarnated into a cat and everyone else forgot about him because of his wish...(Except Miharu)

Naruto - chapter 448

- Pain reveals his past

- Naruto manages to convince Pein to believe him (gah..chessy as usual)

- Pein prepares to release a Jutsu (ok...please be giving Naruto some powers so that he could kick SasuGAY's butt)

Soul Eater - chapter ???

- GAH...another one i forgot. I remember they are now penetrating Arachnid's castle.....but then i can't pinpoint which chapter.

Oh well, at least it's nearer than FMA....GAH.!! *pulls hair out

Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle - chapter 221

- Sakura and Shaoran made a choice (though i have no idea what it is...i suppose it's for time to move once more? =_= clamp is drainning my brain juices..)

- Sakura and Shaoran expressed their love for each other before they are enveloped in a wing-like thingy (i think before their souls are reborn..)

- Yuuko is revealed to be dead since long ago, but because Clow Reed's powers are so strong, his wish was made real when he wished that Yuuko could just open his eyes once more (i think Clow Reed and FWR both loved Yuuko...LOL....that's why they want to revive her...but it's against the logic of the universe to bring back the dead)

Vampire Knight - chapter 50

- Zero still goes to high school after a year following the incidents that happened during chapter 48 (the fights and stuffs..)

- Zero is no longer (or rather, could control) a Level E because according to him, he absorbed some of Shizuka's blood after sucking Kaname's and Ichiru's blood. Thus he is able to hold back his crave for blood..i think...=_=

- But, he gulps down blood tablets like mentos....

- A meeting between Kaname (as representative for the Vampire race) and the Hunter Association for coexistance.

XXX Holic - chapter 182

- Watanuki walks around in dark only to find Yuuko enveloped by some black stuffs.

- Yuuko reveals to Watanuki that she is actually dead and that she opened a shop to grand wishes as a price to pay

- Watanuki promises Yuuko that he'll keep on existing, and that if dreams come true if we really wish for it, then he'll continue waiting for the day that they will meet again.

(okay, i'm confused and have mixed up both XXX holic and Tsubasa's stories...but almost the same la..haha)

YAOI TITLES

Okane ga Nai - Need to recheck 

Junjou Romantica - Need to recheck

Crimson Spell - Need to recheck

Black Knight - Volumn 1 complete. Need to hunt for volumn 2 - 4

** SUMMARIES ARE ALL BASED ON MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE MANGA. IT SERVES NO PURPOSE TO EXPLAINING ANYTHING EXCEPT TO REMIND ME OF WHAT I HAVE READ IN THAT PARTICULAR CHAPTER. So don't come and tell me what i read is wrong and condemn me for my ability to understand manga. I'll curse you and your cat/dog/hamster/fish/panda/dragon for that.

AHEM~~~

and, let's see...mangas that i need to finish/start.

- Love Celeb (GAH...it's completed, but never had the time to finish reading it!)

- Dogs - Bullet and Carnage (started a bit, but forgot EVERYTHING about it)

- La Corda D'oro (wahkao..forgot everything sia....watched anime to remember though....=_=)

- Darker than Black ( going to start on this soon)

hmmm..i think that's about it? need to add more if i could think of more....

but..HOMG...my brains...i need to upgrade it to a higher ram capacity.....*faints*

Listening to : Gackt - Redemption (FFDOC)

Mood : Sleeeepppyy~~~~ 

Desserts, Haircut and everything else....

WEeee..!!! After so long not meeting my cousin, finally we went out together yesterday.

LOL, we did what every girls would do. SHOPPING!!! (GAh...and there goes my money again....)

So we went to 1 Utama to hang out. Oh! We ate at this beautiful cafe called 'GARDEN' (no, not mid valley's gardens)....

It has this white grand piano greeting you at the entrace. The first thing that flashed into my mind was...'OHH.LA CORDA DORO PHOTOSHOOT!' (god...that's what floats around the mind of cosplayers......searching for every possible venue for photoshoots...LOL)

ANYWAY, the food there, well...it was ok. Coz i didn't really get to order my first choice meal...they ran out of sandwiches..(no more bread i think..LOL)...so i had to order Dory fish instead. It wasn't really my cup of tea....But it was edible....XD

And then as usual, we took photos...haha...

me and HZ

THEN, we went and splurge and pamper ourselves by spending more money...=_=

OH..and then...MY DAMN BOOTS WENT KAPUT! the entire sole came off..!! good thing i kept an extra pair of shoes (with excruciating heels) in the car. So i went back to the car and changed shoes. BUT, after 20 minutes of walking in those killer heels, my feet started to sore. So, we quickly looked for shoe shops, and in the end i bought a pair of shoes (JUST LIKE THAT!) in MOMOE....well, not my number 1 choice, but what the heck, it's a matter of life and death at that moment (well, for my feet at least...haha)

THEN, all those walking and running around made our minds wander off into searching for desserts. YES desserts...(OH LORD...there goes my diet....=_=)

SO, we stopped by Delicious...(i think that was the name of the cafe) for some sweet smackeral of desserts!
I ordered apple pie something-something..(couldn't remmeber the name..but it was...YUMMY!)
and my cousin got herself a Tiramisu in a glass....LOL....
When the desserts arrived, we were sOOOoooOOoo delighted.

OHOHOHO....MY DESSERT!!!!!!

Apple Pie Ice Cream something something.....dunno the exact name.. YUMMY!!!

HZ's Tiramisu in a Glass

but then, as time passes, we ate slowly, and even slower...coz our tummy couldn't fill that much food...LOL

After eating, both of us (who are obviously idiots) played with the pepper and salt holder....We were actually 'researching' HOW to pour the stuffs inside, out. Damn it was so funny..!! haha..

After that we left and went to The Curve/Cineleisure for the Bazaar. Unfortunately, it rained (GAH...hui zhen...you are budak hujan la!)
So, we just stayed there for a while and then we left home ( BUT I GOT A COOKIE MONSTER T SHIRT..!! WEEeee.....XD XD )

Ok, the fun part starts here......Part of the reason why Hui Zhen came over was also to CUT MY HAIR..!! YEs......she is my personal hair stylist..and i let her do whatever she wants with me hair..(ok...not whatever la, but i trust her entirely to cut/dye my hair...)

I was quite happy with the end result.

WOOT....new hairstyle..!!

Actually, this hairstlye was a complete fluke. I just happened to ask her to stop cutting and then i went and look at myself in the mirror. THen i just told her ' HMM...why not we stop here....let this left side be long.....LOL'

So...TADAH..!! This is how i look like now....NO MORE HOT LONG NECK POKING HAIR..!!
Maybe when i need to cosplay Halleluyah Haptism only will i leave it long again. Else, Gosh, in such a hot weather, it's better to keep it short..!!
THANK YOU HZ..!! LOVED THE HAIRCUT...(LOL..and it's FREEEEEe..!!! *yes, me ish cheapo *)

Then we had bedtalks till...i dunno what time.
OH, apparently, i sleep-talk......I wonder whether it was HZ who heard wrongly...YOU DREAMING LA GURL! I DOnT SLEEP TALK..!!!

YEAp, it was indeed a fun filled day....lots of laughter..hahahaha.....

Listening to : The Future Dairy - Anata wa Shiawase Desuka?
Mood : =_=

Of bowling, karaoke and everything else....

Lookie here, little hito just HAD to postpone 1 week to update what we did on the 17th of May.

Yes, i'm being lazy, so sue me.....*sticks tongue out* BLEK!

Since i finally finished editing the photos we took from our Fushigi Yuugi photoshoot, i thought, hmm.....why not carry on and look at some idiots sing and bowl?

This post is gonna have less words, more photos.

(coz i think you guys must be EAGERLY waiting for the photos rite? LOL)

so here ya go!

Karaoke session! (ok..me not in the photo...else who is the one taking the photo!?)

After that, we decided to go have a sip of coffee in.......

(looks familiar eh? LOL.....)

COFFEE!!! I'm Loving it..!! PA DA PA PA PA.....oh..wait...wrong song....=_=

This is what we had (after eating so much during karaoke, we still ate this...there goest all the dieting for 1 week....OTL)

After that, we went to wash some drains.....YES, we went BOWLING....
It was really hilarious.....OH...i didn't know it was Tsu's first time bowling! WEEee.....You did your first time with us!!! (okaayy...that didn't sound right....=_=)
ANYWAY.....


First up, Tsu! (ok..not in sequence..my memory is not THAT good until i can remmeber the order of us bowling that day....)

(PFFT...beginner's luck....)

Then it was Elle's /Jia's turn!

GO SISTA!!!

After that is Xanthe / Hui Ching!

Sister PoWA....YEAH..!!

Then SEE WAH / Michiru / C wah!

laugh summore la....masuk longkang liao....

AFter that is Riko! (she had a peculiar way of bowling....wait...much change to...ROLLING instead....)

KENG LEH?!!? she roll wan leh....haha....(hmm...the photo on the left looks as if she is holding a watermelon....)

And LAST BUT NOT LEAST, ME!!! XD

OHOHOH......i think that's going for a strike.....BWAHAHAHAHAH!!!!

In the end...this is the result.....OTL.....OH...BTW....THE DAMN LANE, ATE MY STRIKE..!! I WAS GOING FOR STRIKE TWICE IN A ROW WHEN THE STUPID THING JAMMED UP! IN THE END HAD TO RESET THE TURN AND MY STRIKE WAS LOST..!! KANASAIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!

I'll leave you guys to guess who is who.....LOL

All in all, we enjoyed very much...haha......And it was indeed funny to see these photos again....LOL!!

Listening to : Bleach - Chu Bura
Mood: Ugh...Period Pain....

Everlasting Story

Envelop me,
power of the love that I feel...
Heal the wounds in my heart.......

Yes...we recently just completed our Fushigi Yuugi photoshoot. Many thanks to everyone who was invovled. Eventhough there were obstacles and crap happening in the midst of this, i still feel happy that we did this shoot. All the laughters and tears on that very day will be forever remembered.

THANK YOU PEOPLE!!!

the cast....

Cosplayers
Hotohori - hitokiri_sien ( ME! XD)
Nuriko - riko kojima
Miaka - Michiru
Tasuki - Hui Ching

Photographers / Helpers
Tsubasafan
Elle

As there were 3 different cameras that day, the color scheme for the photos might differ. Also, because we are all still NOOBs at controlling and using the DSLR, some (if not most) of the photos will appear as if it's overexposed...because the sun wasn't giving us any mercy either that day...

Will upload the photos in my photoalbum (Crimson Cross) tonight. So, stay tuned.......^^

Listening to : Fushigi Yuugi - Everlasting Story
Mood : Happy..! XD

As we go on in life~~

Well, often times i'll reminisce the ups and downs i've been through in life. What left a big impression in me that made me into a person i'm not today.

There were many things that i wasn't taught, rather, i learnt it through life experiences and through common sense. 

Believe it or not, not many people i know have that, or simply, they just couldn't be bothered to use it i guess....

ok, let's see....

i'll put in some of the guidlines that i've used, to 'survive' this harsh world of today. 

(pardon my grammar....i am quite lazy to use perfect grammar here)

As a Kid,

~ Try out everything, but not trust everything ~

You see, we were all very curious about everything when we were all kids. We were all always WHY this, Why that....I don't blame these curiousity...heck, i even asked my mom...

' MOM, DID A STORK SENT ME HERE TOO? '  (after watching Disney's Dumbo, yeah...the flying baby elephant)

' What if the stork sent me to a different house? you not worried meh? '

LOL...thinking back, it was really hilarious.....i asked all sorts of funny funny questions...like..why are we standing on the floor....not the ceiling....and why must we walk with legs? can't we walk with our hands? (seriously, i tried to walk with my hands...ended up kena rotan...haha...)

i think my mom really had a headache raising me...haha...

not only my mom....my dad too..!! i would run all over the place when  i was a kid, especially when they brought me out.

There was one time i followed a stranger who was eating ice cream..(yes, i was a glutton....i wouldn't deny it even now, but i had to drop that because of cosplay..haha)

and i remembered i was left behind in Super Komtar, Penang.....my parents went down the escalator already, and i was still there ( i think i was only 3 years old that time) obsessed with the DELICIOUS view of ...yes...HAMBURGERS....(you know..McD had those BIG BIG burgers photos...haha..)

So, yeah i was a mischievous little one, but i do not trust everything a person tells me...there was once, a man came to me and said he'll buy me ice cream if i followed him. I think i was at a mall that time too...at the toys section...haha....

Then i told him......I may be 3 (or 4...can't remember la) but i am not stupid. Mommy told me not to trust in strangers. 

After that, i ran back to my mom...who was standing like.....10 feet away? LOL..if i had followed him..i think i'd be dead by now......

Hmmm...i wonder if that could be the cause of my life's quote ,' Trust no one but yourself '.....

ANYWAY, that was when i was a kid.....LOL...(mischievous little devil...i know...)

As a Teenager

~ Tell yourself you can, have confidence but do not overestimate your abilities ~

You see, all those gluttony part of me made me grow into a prosperous teenager...i grew, horizantally..LOL....

It is always this phase of life that people either turn into a good person, or the worse.  Those who are envious of you would put you down, telling you that you can't, you're not cut out..blablabla...all those craps...

But, i do not limit myself to stuffs that could be done, rather i ask myself , ' What can't i do? '

Ok, example here.....

I was fat...yes...very extremely fat.....i weighed a hefty 87kgs...(SEE LA!! EAT SUMMORE LA!) 

Most people will think that fat people like me couldn't be active in sports, heck, i think they would've thought that i'd lose my breathe even when i climbed the stairs.

But i proved them wrong....i loved playing basketball, sofball, badminton, running...all those sports where people think i couldn't do. However, i also know my limits. As much as i loved to run, i know i couldn't win medals for the school. Instead, i joined the shot put and disc throw team. So you see, being confident in yourself really helps you in your personality sculpting.

Okay, that's that....there were ups and downs, there were friends and enemies made, but i'm only human, and that's what makes me now....

As a young adult

~ Have confidence, act more, talk less ~

~~ Know what is appropriate to say, and what not to ~~

College/ University life and working life is almost similar to me. Confidence is a definite must..(i honed my confidence from Cosplay...not that i had none, just that i made better use of it...haha..)

In college, we are on our own......no more spoonfeeding from teachers. It's You-Do-Or-Die, in this case, You-Do-Or-FAIL!

So i've always pushed myself...often times, the thought of giving up will overshadow my confidence....But i managed to pull through after careful thoughts. I have had friends dropping out of college because they couldn't bare the stress...But then...if one couldn't bare the stress of college/uni life, then you wouldn't even survive a step in the working world.

AAaaa..talking about working life....

Obviously, when we are working, without doubt, there would be......YEs..politics!

As much as we love to lie low, eventually, there would be those politic matters that would crawl up your leg. 

What's most important here is what we say. There are certain things that SHOULD NOT be blurted out of ones mouth. It's best to keep it to oneself. However, i understand not many people understand that too......

Sure, being straight has it's advantages, but that would also be digging your own grave......

A simple sentence could easily expose you to everyone...which is why silence is golden in the working world.

Right, so that's that in my life's journey...i think there might be a part 2 coming up

Listening to : The Click Five - Good Day

Mood : Cranky (just got off the phone with a certain someone....Grrrrrr..~~~ *bites her head off* )

What a Weekend~

It was a bittersweet weekend for me. 

Last weekend, Riko came down from penang for a photoshoot, and well, true enough, all of us were looking forward to this shoot. 

In fact, i was cosplay deprived and for her to come down all the way from penang....well, all i could say was we were really looking forward to it.

However, things had to happen. We planned to leave the place at 8am and to reach the venue at 8.30am, BUT were held back when 1 of us requested to delay it a little bit.

Fair enough, i set the time from 8am to 8.30am instead. And to compromise with that person, we all had the plan to meet up at ss15 McD so that there would be no 'sesat jalan' issue as that would be time wastage. I was a bit pissed off when by 8.30am, that person called, and when asked where she is, she was only at Ampang. 

As all of us know, photoshoots are about timing and punctuality. Time and tide waits for no one. The sun has already began to move and the later we start, the hotter the place will get and that the photos wouldn't turn out nice either. But, habits would be habits and once again she was late. So we had no choice but to leave for the venue without her. And at that very moment, my mom called and something HAD to happen at home.

So we rushed out shoot and left the place ASAP. I don't really want to go into details because it was a rather sad and frustrating incident (though i believe no one is at fault)...

If anyone is at fault, it would be the one who made the entire team rush out of the house, only to be at Ampang at the supposed meet up time.

That's that for saturday. 

For sunday, it was a better day, but still i was affected by what happened the day before, so i didn't really enjoyed as much. (though, it didn't really seem like it..haha)

Anyway, on sunday, we went to The Curve for our karaoke session as well as our Prop/Accesories hunt for our future projects. I fell 'victim' to 2 pairs of glasses. One sunglasses and one normal reading glasses. Both are suitable for my future cosplays, so i thought..WHAT THE HECK, better get it now rather than to regret it later...haha..

But my loot wasn't as 'valuable' as Riko's..She bought a Shu Uemura Cleansing Oil on saturday which burnt a hole in her pocket....(for my case, i think it would've been burning more than my pockets...) RM99....0__0

After all those shouting in the karaoke room, we head for our next plan...which was....BOWLING!! 

yes, we were all trying to 'wash the longkang'.....I will post up snapshots of it, SEriously...it was HILARIOUS!!!!

2 monkeys (you know who you are) were ROLLING the ball...yes...as if it was a big round watermelon. BUt, you have to bowl it...not roll it...which is why they 'cuci longkang' many times...hahah.....(eh..no hard feelings ya...damn funny la..haha)

OH, on a sidenote, MY FINGERS HURT....AAAAAa..MY THUMBS HURT!!!!

ahem~~

OHh, i forgot to mention.....THE DAMN MACHINE..ATE MY STRIKE...!!  i had 2 strikes in a row, and that damn machine had to be jammed up that time. So i lost out my strike.

KANASAI BETUL!!!!! 

OKAAyy...after all those, we were drained..so we decided to head back home...

Hui Ching, Elle and See Wah left first, so dinner was only me, riko and tsu. We talked about lots of stuffs and around 9pm, we all head home.

THEN the fun part starts...

Riko experimented my CF cosplay make up on me. To be honest, i was surprised and took some time to adapt and accept the look. I had never seen my face that way and with that wig on....i almost couldn't recognise myself. After everything was done, Riko gave me tips on how to pose, how to look, which angle to stand, where to look...all i could say is ....she is my sifu la...hahahaha....

All in all, a lot happened during this weekend, there were lots of fun, a pinch of frustration, a dash of sadness and more exicitement!

WHAT A WEEKEND~

P/S ....I will post up photos later this week...too tired to process/edit them now....not to mention, i'm loss for inspiration. All i could think of now is my bed...MY FLUFFY BED~~

Listening to : Macross Frontier - Aimo    

Mood : Freaking sleepy and lethargic....*_*

Cosplay Photoshoot Guidelines

OKAyy..as i was browsing through for some awesome cosplay photos to refer to for my photoshoot tomorrow, i came across a VERY interesting er....journal entry. 

 

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~*credits to xrysx

1) things to set before everything else

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- theme
- mood
- colorscheme
- keypoint(s)/skeleton/main frame
- no. of cosplayers VS. no. of scenes VS. no. of photos
- agreements btw cosplayer & photographer(s)
- tentative date


2) factors to consider
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- time allocation VS. no. of scenes
- type of location(s) suitable
- no. of locations VS. no. of scenes
- transport VS. no. of locations
- no. of cosplayers VS. no. of photographers
- type of photographers suitable


3a) preparation (cosplayer's part)
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- costume/wig/makeup, or course~
- points to express, distinctive must-do scenes
- actions, individual VS. interaction
- props when necessary, symbolic VS. visual
- image references, notes


3a~b) the grey area btw cosplayer/photographer
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- set location


3b) preparation (photographer's part)
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- at least go through img ref/notes before the shoot to get a feel of the series
- has an idea on the colorscheme and mood
- think of possible angle styles appropriate to the visual style of the series


4) execution
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i panicked alot before a shoot. But once it starts, it's on the roll~
- the cosplayer would more or less know what to do, after all those pre-shoot preparations, and everything else goes spontaneously
- the photographer has the right to experiment, but should be relevant to the series
- fulfil the main points/scenes stated in (3a)


5) post-shoot stuff
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these should be discussed and agreed on mutually~
- pass-over of photos. original VS. edit
- style of edit & final approval
- public use of photos. cosplayer VS. photographer

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First of all, no, i do not know xrysx, but i usually follow her cosplay photoshoots (mainly from sgcafe...because i'm a KAY PO CHI okay!?) 

And no, she doesn't know me.....LOL...i'm just a nobody..haha....

and lastly, NO I AM NO STALKER...I JUST LOVE LOOKING AT GOOD COSPLAYs..OKAY?!?

AHEM~~~ anyway......

It's one of the best out there for reference....and while clicking through stuffs to be fav in my DA, i happened to stumble upon her DA too. Then just out of curiosity, i clicked on her journal and saw this. 

As a person who just started out to plan on cosplay photoshoots and stuffs, i find this really useful to follow.

Somehow, i feel i skipped a few steps, but overall it still pulled through everytime i organise a photoshoot.

(WOOT...one of the most successful one is the Varia Photoshoot i organised last year......was so happy with the outcome and we had so much fun!)

Hmm.....maybe i'll follow this guideline for my next shoot ( La Corda anybody? ) XD

Listening to : Macross Frontier - What bout my star @Formo

Mood : It's WEEEEEKKKEEEENNNDDDD SOOONNN!!!

Greg Pritchard..OMFG!

Quoted from Simon

 ' Would i like a dog to Meow? I guess i would ~ '

I was blown away by Britain's got talent's Greg Pritchard.....

SEriously, i didn't expect that voice to come out of his mouth. 

First was Susan Boyle, now this.....

I personally am a fan of Orchestrated performance as well as musical such as Phantom of the Opera.....

This is really magnificent.....seriously....

LOL....watch this....

Greg Pritchard

Listening to : Greg Pritchard on Britain's got talent.

Mood : WEEEEeeeEEeeee!!!

It's not my day....

today is definitely not my day...i've been feeling rather pissed since morning. 

It's unexplainable, even I myself do not know the exact reason why i'm feeling so uneasy..

Yes, there were a few incidents that happened, but knowing me, it is unusual for me to feel that way.

Do i have like...a tumour in my brains that suppress my emotional control ability? LOL...was watching tv yesterday and someguy seemed to have that....

oh well, it'd be great if i had my punching bag now......

Listening to : Yakitate Japan - Kokoro no Bidama

Mood : Please, leave me be...i don't want you to be a victim of my anger....

MOTIVATION AND DETERMINATION...that's the key to everything!

okay, you guys know those girls who are obsessed with losing their body weight?

YEs, i think i'm turning into 1 now.

I've been monitoring my weight and doing stuffs that would reduce my body size so frequently lately, i feel it's an obsession.

I wonder if this is a good or bad thing?

Coz i mean, to me i feel it'll do good......by doing so, i'll watch my dietary lifestyle, my exercise routine...etc etc...

HOWEVER, to some people, (my mom especially) having all these restrictions means i have ' NO LIFE '.

Seriously, i have thought about getting all those slimming products from the pharmacies and also forums, but somehow have my doubts because it's not cheap to begin with.

My motivation has decreased if compared to before...

HOWEVER, i thought of a new plan.....

BUY JEANS THAT ARE SMALLER THAN YOUR USUAL SIZE!! ( okaay, i know this is money wasting, but it's a way rite?)

and hey..IT WORKS!!!

SO you see above? yeah, that's my personal fatty challenge...PLan to lose it all by end of this year....

BUT i need to lose at least 4 - 5 kgs by August.......COZ GACC IS AROUND THAT TIME..!!!!!

YOSH..!!!

MOTIVATION AND DETERMINATION...that's the key to everything!!!

*hangs costumes in the most obvious places in the room*

Listening to : Macross Frontier - Northern Cross

Mood : motivated..!!!

GACC 09 Itenary

OKAY PEOPLE...
this is the plan for our GACC 09 trip ya...
The people involved are

1) hitokiri (driver)
2) Riko
3) Relyss
4) Xanthe / Hui Ching
5) Michiru / See Wah

We'll be leaving on :-

Date : 14th August
Day : Friday
Time : Approx 3.30pm
Meet up point : Hito's house

We'll leave at 3.30pm, but please be at my house at 3pm latest....because we need to pack the stuffs into the car. So it's best we do things in a slow and steady pace, rather than simply chuck everything in the car, and then later miss out stuffs...
e.g.

*half way driving on the kesas highway*
Hito : SO, everyone took everything liao rite?
everyone : YEAP!
*phone call from house*
Hito's mom : OI GIRL...YOUR BOOTS STILL AT HOME
Hito : ..........KANASAI..........

LOL...to avoid this from happening, better we prepare checklist la....(well, at least i'm preparing checklist la..coz...i hit my head *steals quote from See Wah)

ANYWAY~~~~ ALL JOKES ASIDe....

Estimated arrival

Date : 14th August
Day : Friday
Time : approx 6pm
Venue : King's Hotel

WELL, the time is provided we don't get lost along the way la...i heard from my colleague who often travels to Melaka that to get to Melaka it only takes 2 Hour, but well...allocate more time la..haha..

Once we reach, we dump whatever shit we can in the Hotel, then go have our dinner (i think at Jusco la..haha)
Around 9pm latest, we balik hotel and rest liao la....sleep earlier la..haha...(I KNOW I'LL BE DEAD TIREd...COZ I STILL WORKING HALF DAY ON FRIDAy...=_=)

Basically that's it la....

OH, btw, the rates for the hotel is RM120 per day....
so meaning 2 nights is approx RM240
we'll get breakfast for 2 each day....

But, riko will want the breakfast for 2 mornings la...(else she'll pengsan)
So, the arrangement will be 3 person will get the breakfast....
Sat morning, X and riko will go breakfast...
Sun morning, Y and riko will go breakfast....that's the fairest arrangement i could think of la..

For me, i'll sit out from the breakfast..coz i usually dont eat, or eat VERY little on cosplay events...
So the charges for the room rates will be like this :-

30% + 20% + 20% + 15% + 15% = 100%
RM72 + RM48 + RM48 + RM36 + RM36 = RM240
That's for the hotel rates..

For Car Pooling and stuffs, i don't know exactly how much is the toll, so i'll pay for it first, then after the trip, you guys pay me la...
For my car petrol, the full tank for it is approximately RM65...so i think we'll definitely use that much la....
so meaning RM65 / 5 la....= RM13++ per person la....

SO, all in all, i think you guys prepare about RM60 for this trip should be enough (excluding food ya....LOL)

I think that's about it la....Will keep you guys updated la...XD
Do let me know if i missed out anything ya...

Listening to : Sengoku Basara - Jap
Mood : Suddenly feel like....a...travel agent...-__-llll

It's black, It's white....

As i was browsing through the countless albums i have online, i suddenly stumbled upon a VERY old photo....dated back 2004....
It was when the entire KLANGites decided to go to Genting after our SPM.....


AND, i thought, HMMM...why not i do a before and after photo from it.....
So, i extracted this year's chinese new year photo..and made a comparison....


LOL..........i find it...amusing..haha.......

Lol....so, what do you guys think?

OKAYy, i shall brag a bit here..(since it's my blog, i have full priviledge to do so....)

I FEEL SO PROUD..!!! I LOST SO MUCH WEIGHT..!!!! i think a whooping 20KGs.....though, i feel i still have to lose more weight..i still feel happy after seeing this.....

Let this be a reminder so that i'll further motivate myself to lose even more weight....ALL i can say now is.....

THANK YOU COSPLAY!! YOU'VE BEEN MY GREATEST MOTIVATION...!!!!! (come on, i spend an average of RM200 on a costume.....if i grow too much, i can't fit into it...so i need to control my eating..haha....)

Listening to : Nana - Wish
Mood : WHEEeee~~~ next target....lose at least 5 kg by August....

GACC 09 CONVOY

OK PEEPS~

although GACC is in August, i still feel we should do an early planning. Like, make this a phase 1 planning thingy....
This is to avoid any of us running around like chickens with their heads cut off.....

For this year, the convoy will consist of 5 of us....
hitokiri, riko, relyss, michiru and xanthe.
My husband will be transporting us there.....manuvered by yours truly~~
(AIYO...in other words, I WILL BE DRIVING, AND SEMUA SIT MY CAR.....UNDERSTAND? COMPRENDE? FAHAM? MING BAI?)

We plan to go on Friday, in the evening (roughly around 4pm lydat) coz i'll have to pick riko up from subang airport.
So i'll still be working half day that day considering my office is quite near to the airport.

KLANGITEs, meet up at my house at approx 3pm for loading of items...and latest by 4 we leave the house.
Relyss, i understand that you're from subang, so i can pick you up from subang train station after i pick riko up.

LOL....ANYWAY~ this is just first phase planning...
nothing has been finalized yet, these are all what me, riko and relyss have agreed.
We're pending confirmation from michiru and xanthe.
that's it from me!

Listening to : Yakitate Japan - Merry Go Round
Mood : Sleeeeppppyyy~~~

07 GHOST ** SPOILERS AHEAD ***

okay...i've done it again...

after watching episode 4 of the anime, i couldn't stand the wait...so i marathoned the manga instead...

and yes..remember in my previous post i mentioned i love Mikage a lot  and that i don't want him to die!?

well, he died......yes..he died...

BUT~!!!!

he got reincarnated....into a CUTE LITTLE BABY DRAGON...XD..

one of the most adorable creatures in the world of ACG...seriously!!!!

but in the end, Mikage (human) died....

now HOW SHITLY IS THAT?!?!?

seriously, this curse is getting creepy...it seems without fail the characters i like will either be SEVERELY injured, or end up dead.......i mean, 80% of them all have this tragic end....|||OTL

anyway..here's Mikage...!! XD

lol..this is the human version..(CUTE EH? XD)

this is after he is reincarnated....into this cute little baby dragon!! XD

CUTE EH?! and the only thing it/he could say is BURUPYA....LOL....

YESs....amazingly adorable...XD

ON A SIDENOTe....

i'm planning a 07 GHOST group for GACC 2010...yes..i know it's still a year away, but it never hurts to start planning early....

the cast i have in mind is....

Frau - Tsubasafan

Castor - ME! XD

Labrador - Riko

Teito - Foxy

Still looking for a Hakuren Oak though.....(MY DISCIPLE!!)

for the black hawks....hmmm...still pondering....(HYUUGA!!!)

Listening to : FullMetal Alchemist Brotherhood - Uso

Mood : no mood...~~

07-Ghost....MIKAGE IS <3

WOOt...yes..i know it's 4.30 am...but i can't help but express my love for Mikage.
Yeap, i just finished marathon-ing 07-Ghost anime till episode 4....I seriously can't remember what happened in the manga although i read it till chapter 12....(i think that was like...2 years ago?)

So i figure it'll be easier to watch the anime..

ANd yes, i've taken a liking to Mikage.....
GOsh....and when i like a character, i fear for the worst..
i hope, my curse wont work on him..

you see, most of the characters i like in a certain anime, often times will end up dead...=__=lll
SO please...don't let Mikage die....><
From what i see in the ending of episode 4, it wasn't looking too good for Mikage...
(AYANAMI.....don't you dare kill him...><)

PEOPLE, i would appreciate it for spoiler free comment........I want to savour this anime slowly, and maybe read the manga when i have the time..
OH, did i mention that CASTOR is HAWT!!!!????

Listening to : Prince of Tennis - Tsubasa ni Natte
Mood : Sleepy, but loving Mikage..XD