Go for broke!

"Go for broke!" is the slogan for the ever popular beat 'em up game, Street Fighter... And I have no idea wat it means...I read somewhere that it means to gamble everything... ...

Anywayz...In my case it means to go broke!

Cause I'm going to KKnM's Chara Fest TML (Or rather today... Judging by the time)!!! WOOT!!!

However, sadly enough... KKnM didnt bring much figurines back from Japan...Which is the main focus in my budding collection... ...HOWEVER! They are having this event within an event thingy where somewhere between 2-4 PM, there will be half an hour where figurines will be sold at a cheaper price! That means I can get my Mai at a cheaper price! WOOT!!!

But that does not mean that I'm not gonna buy other stuff though... ...I'm currently aiming for random stuff like Shakugan no Shana pencil boards and clear folders, a Zero no Tsukaima towel and Suzumiya Haruhi desk mats... ...I might even buy the absurdly high priced Suzumiya Haruhi Phone Cards!!! (Note that the phone cards are $27.90 while that much bigger and prettier desk mats are only $15.80)

I was worried that I wont hav enough money to buy anything at all...As I hav not exactly been saving money for as long as I can remember...So I went ahead and did something desperate...I begged my mom for money...Now my dad is more willing to endow money upon me while my mom is quite fussy about the way money is spent...But I decided to beg my mom instead as I get the feeling she understands me more... And guess wat? I GOT $300 bucks! And she did it without much of a fight! That was a surprise...When I got her to sign up of Final Fantasy XI...It took me a lot of convincing for her to lend me her credit card... ... I tried playing safe by asking for $200 at first...But when she agreed...I decided to push further and asked for $300...And she actually went to the bank or watever in the middle of the night to get me the money! I feel so touched lol!

Now this $300 bucks plus a few last minute savings will allow me to buy a few decent products...PLUS my Mai... ...

And after Chara Fest going to Natsu Matsuri!!! TWO FESTIVALS IN A ROW!!!

I'm coming for u Mai!!!

p/s: So excited I cant slp... ...

Bittersweet... ...

Bitter:

I procrastinated too much...The deadline to post Chara Fest banner on my blog for a chance to get free goodies is over...Oh well...Didnt think they will notice my tiny blog anywayz... ...

I asked Yi Wei to go Sunshine first thing in the morning to help me order Kyon's sister(Suzumiya Haruhi) the moment KKnM opens...But apparently someone has already ordered it VIA PHONE!!! WAH SO PRO!!! ORDER VIA PHONE!!! Cant fight wif him sia... ...And according to Yi Wei they could only managed to get ONE Kyon's sister...NOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooo!!!!!!! There is a slim chance that they might be able to get 1 or 2 more so...EVERYONE!!! PRAY FOR ME!!!

Sweet:

YES!!! FINALLY FINISHED THE LAST PAPER TODAY!!! (Although I most likely buanged most of them... ...)

Shawn sent me the latest version of Melty Blood, Melty Blood: Act Cadenza ver. B and I totally pwned the AIs using Ciel... ...Now to look for Fatal/Fake... ...

I FINALLY FOUND THE MAI FIGURINE I WAS LOOKING FOR!!!!!!!
CHECK OUT THIS HOT BABE!!!WOOT!!!

Oh yeah! It my Birthday! Its my Birthday!

I saw the alternated colour version b4...The black or purple or dark blue...watever...on the net and at La Tendo... ...But nothing beats the original red hot colour scheme... ...Finally found it at KKnM this afternoon... ...

I didnt hav the money to pay for it at the time (Duh! Its like $109). But KKnM's Lao Pan Niang (Boss's wife in Hokkien ) was kind enough to help me keep it for a while... ...So I got a week or two to save up $109... TIME TO STARVE!!!

Here comes a new challenger!

Found a GREAT Anime in the making recently...I'm toking about the recently aired but already rabidly popular Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei... ...

And this Anime is slowly threating the place NHK ni Youkoso has in my heart... ...NHK will always be special to me...But Zetsubou Sensei is a seriously strong contender to that place... To giv u an idea of how good Zetsubou Sensei is...For example, NHK ni Youkoso features a Hikikomori, Zetsubou Sensei features a guy who is highly pessimistic, depressive and suicidal... ...Which is of course Itoshiki Nozomu aka Zetsubou Sensei... ...

Thats not all! There is also Misaki-Chan's(NHK ni Youkoso) counterpart, Fuura Kafuka (Btw thats not her real name... No idea wats hers real name...) a girl who is highly optimistic, cheerful and definitely non-suicidal...She is everything that Itoshiki Sensei isnt... ...

Aside from these two extreme personalities there is ,so far, Otonashi Meru (Her first name is a play of the word "mail" While her last name means "silent" in Japanese) who can only communicate via SMS which she uses to hurl abuses, Kitsu Chiri (Her name comes from the Japanese word Kicchiri which means "Correctly" a overly perfect perfectionist, a Kimura Kaere (Her first name comes from the word "kaere" which means "go back" in Japanese, a reference to her youth when kids used to shout "Kaere Kimura!", "Go back Kimura!" in Japanese at her because she is a caucasian. Name also comes from Japanese Idol Kimura Kaela) a caucasian ,or maybe mixed blood since her name is in Japanese, returnee with dual personalities, Tsunetsuki Matoi (When rearranged as Tsune Tsukimatoi it means "Always following" in Japanese) a stalker, Sekiutsu Maria Tarou (Her name shortens to "Seki uttarou" which means "I'll sell my name" in Japanese) an illegal immigrant who bought her name and identity from another student and Komori Kiri (No one confirmed this but I noticed that when her name is arranged wif the first name first, Kiri Komori, merge the two words and u swap some syllables and u get hikikomori) Zetsubou Sensei's very own hikikomori... ..

And these are jus SOME of the female students... I haven even touch on the males and Itoshiki Sensei's relatives who have yet to appear in the Anime... ...It seems like this series brings together all the extremes of society and place them together... ... They range from hikikomori (Komori Kiri) to Yaoi fangirls(Fujiyoshi Harumi, Fujiyoshi meaning "Yaoi fangirls" and Harumi being the previous Comiket location)...I jus cant wait till the next weird character gets introduced... ...

Another thing about the series is its unusual art style... ...It reminds me of pop art and sometimes even surrealism... ...Others hav commented that its weird or special...But I choose to view it as unique... ...The music is also special but not so much that it has nvr been encountered b4... ...Its use of music is pretty much like NHK's... ...The atmosphere the music creates sometimes clashes wif the atmosphere of the visual being shown and it creates a hilarious effect... ...

To giv a sample of how the series is like... Here are some snippets from the first ep... ...

A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love.

-Stendhal (1783-1842 French)

I hav no idea who Stendhal is but if not for this quote being the first thing to appear in the first ep there would be close to no clue that this series will hav romance in it... ...But since this quote appeared, its almost confirmed to hav a romantic ending of sorts... ...Although it might not be the Kafuka (Optimistic girl)...For now it looks like Matoi (Stalker girl) might be the one... ...

Itoshiki Sensei's first attempt at his own life in the series... ...

She then saves him by using her weight to snap the rope -.- AND she insists that he was only trying to make himself grow taller lol!

A "man" who can only see everything in a negative light

A "girl" who can only see everything in a positive light

Based on the (hilarious)chaos that came after the meeting...I, too, hav doubts about whether the meeting was meant to happen lol.

The were several references to Negima! and/or Negima!? in the show...Some ppl even compared the two and/or three shows...But as far as I'm concerned, the similarities end at the at fact that both shows features a class... ...Itoshiki Sensei's class is not even females only (Albeit the show focuses more on the girls). The show only uses Negima! and/or Negima!? for parodies...Thats all... ...

On the other hand...There is a strong similarity between Zetsubou Sensei and NHK...Both hav less than normal adult male leads with younger female leads that will more or less save them from their erroneous ways... ...Although while Kafuka is the direct opposite of Itoshiki Sensei...Misaki-Chan wasnt exactly the opposite of Satou... ...

But one fact, other than the similarity of the plot of the two shows, made me feel that Zetsubou Sensei is trying to go head on wif NHK or at least ride NHK's popularity, is that the singer of the ending for NHK ni Youkoso, Odoru Akachan Ningen (Dancing Baby Humans) is the same as the one who sang the opening of Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, Hitotoshite Jiku ga Bureteiru (Damn Twisted Person)... ... Lol it might jus be me as Ōtsuki Kenji(The singer duh) is a pretty famous guy in Otaku circles so it might hav jus been a coincidence....Or is it?

Either way...Its Shaft vs GONZO...I cant say which studio wins in this battle as Zetsubou Sensei has yet to finish airing, but based on track records...My money's on GONZO... ...

Cosplay Matsuri Sucked!!!!!!!

Helped out there... ...It sucked... ...

REALLY glad that Jon couldnt make it... I dun wan him to get a bad first impression of cosplay by judging all cosplayers based on those that turned up for Matsuri... ...

I dun even get the point of Matsuri...I mean... Cosfest VI was to choose a representative for WCS (World Cosplay Submit) But I heard Matsuri was to choose the two best cosplayers to represent another up coming local event... ...Wat for?

There were like less than 20% of the amount of ppl who turned up for Cosfest VI...And the standard... ...Even after taking into account that cosplay generally sux...They suxed...Bad... ...

I mean...I understand that cosplaying is to make believe ur fav characters...But please...If u look nothing like them... ...Spare others the agony... (Omg...That overweight Sakura (Tsubasa)... ...)

All in all the event was a no show... ...It was hilarious how the host kept urging cosplayers to join the "competition" as I saw less than ten ppl went up to "compete".

Lol and to think that I beat myself up for forgetting to bring a cam... ...

I was comparing wif Cosfest VI when I was a Matsuri and I realized that it was not really fair since Cosfest is THE cosplay event of the year in Singapore and if u are hoping to see cosplayers wif any standard at all... Thats the event to be... ... BUT! U CANT BLAME ME FOR HATING MATSURI AFTER SEEING THE CUTE SHINIGAMI BABES AT COSFEST!!!!!!!

Haiz... I was hoping they would show up at Matsuri... ...

If u think I am being mean... ...Wait till u heard wat the rest did...They dissed the cosplayers in front of a J-Rock cosplayer lol... Best thing is... They even said that those cosplayers biggest mistake is their face lol! And the J-Rock guy replied angrily,"Then go plastic surgery is it?" Lol...And they thought he was joining in wif the cosplayer dissing conversation... ...He looked ready to beat them up lol... ...

Well...The day was not a complete lost though...We got an E2Max member card thingy as we were facilitators of a booth there(Yeah right...We jus goofed around, watch Anime and read mags)... Apparently...It giv us discount when we order Cathay tickets, allows us to rent DVDs for free and some other cool stuff...Which I most probably would nvr use... ...

We oso got a bunch of free Rogue(Local Anime mag) mag...WHICH ARE DATED AT 2007!!! One of them came wif a okay Loki poster though...JW will be thrilled...He LOVES that Anime... ...

BUT the most important thing is I got THESE b4 I went for Matsuri!!!

WOOT MEGAMI...Oh and the less interesting Dengeki HOBBY... ...

FREE StrikerS PENCIL BOARD!!! DAMN Odex for licensing even StrikerS... ...

Yes Marcus... I know Fate is sexier...But my...How Nanoha has grown since I first saw her on Channel U... ...

ARGH!!! This reminds me of the fact that I missed vol. 77 of Megami wif the centerfold of Louise in nightgown lying on the bed!!! She had that shy look on that centerfold too!!! Plus that centerfold was a full body pic!!! This one is cut off at the legs!!!

Opps...The cam strap is in pic...Anywayz...Marcus said that this centerfold(Which is behind the previous one) is better than the previous one and we went,"ARE U BLIND?!?!?!"... ...

Thinking of buying another copy to get another pencil board so I can actually USE it... ...(Fyi I dun usually use the Anime stuff I buy...Shawn says I'm weird...I think so too... ...) But dun think its possible... Me, Shawn and Marcus bought the last three copies...So much for Yi Wei being the buy-last-available-item king... lol... ...

Who's birthday is it again?

OH YA...ITS JW's DAD's BIRTHDAY!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR. LEONG!!!!!!!

Anywayz...Went to some crap National Day celebration at school for the sake of CCA points...Left before the thing even started lol... ...

I must say I'm pretty impressed wif their "Goodie Bag"...Despite it being packaged wif cheap Popular (The bookshop u twit) and budget Pasa Malem (Night Market in Malay) they actually provided burgers! Fine...They're budget $2 KFC burgers...But hey...Thats more that most schools are willing to go... ...

But I let anyway...They placed "bouncers" at the exits to stop ppl who took the "Goodie" bags from leaving...When I told them straight I was am leaving for home they smiled weakly and told me I cant... ...Hearing that I was stun for a moment...Trying to find a peaceful solution...So I walked to another exit...This a lecturer stopped me...I told I was getting food...He than said that burgers are provided...I then gave him the blankest face I could muster and said I wanted to get more...Getting the picture he said, "Aiya...Jus wan to cha bo (Pon in a certain language... I cant even explain pon in English) right?" Glad that he understood my intentions I walked off...Of course...Being a lecturer...He was burning a hole in my back...I could feel it... ...

Anywayz... I had better things to do than to wave flags under the hot sun and pretend that I'm patriotic...Cause I'm not... ...

Like face lifting my room... ...

My shelves have been cleared of useless mags like Newsweek and hav become this:

From this... ...

To this... ...Yeah...Its not much...Yet... ...

Well to be fair...To me...Not all are there...I hav yet to place the box set figurines out yet...Considering to buy a clear display case to place those box set figurines...Plus the others are at other parts of the room (And some I cant display because of certain reasons...)... ...Oh...You would hav noticed that its an all female cast...Heh...Except for Mizuho of course...But I'll jus ignore the fact that Mizuho's a guy... ...

But the biggest change is the walls!

I finally got up and put up all the posters I hav been saving... ...

*Sigh*

I love my room now lol... ...

Look who's on TV!!!

Rachel appeared on TV today lol... She went to the live Campus Superstar thingy to support one of her friend from sch (Dunno which one...I dun watch bo liao TV competitions) and she was sitting right behind the judges!!! So whenever the judges tok can see her lol...

I didnt even know she went to see the show...She came back before the results were shown and when I heard about it I went to watch the results show...When they recapped the judges comments keep seeing her lol... I was saying whether want to record that ep, zoom in on her face and post on YouTube lol ... ...

Was the first time I watch Campus Superstar...Jus to see my sis on TV lol...

Btw...Her sch's representative got kicked out...Not that it matters... ...

11th Craz!est Toy Sale! Again... ...

Went to Taka AGAIN!

But didnt spend as much this time...Most probably cause I got most of the stuff I wanted the other time... ...

I got the Higurashi no Naku Koro ni box set I left there the other day because of lack of funds... ...


Got it this time... ...I'm not sure if I wanna display the figurines out now...I am considering getting a clear plastic case to place all of my tiny box set figurines out... ...

Btw...I paid $35 for this but the other time when I went wif JW it was $16!!! They fucking RAISED THE PRICE!!! The box set has 8 figurines...The other time was $2 ea so the set was $16 but this time ea figurine was $5! But they sold the set at $35 which is the price of 7 figurines as if trying to make it up to customers or something... ...

And wat pissed me off more is that prices of certain figurines DROPPED!!! Figurines that I already bought!!! I bought a D.C. (Not Detective Comics...) figurine at $20 the other time and this time its $15!!! WTF?!?!?! But on the bright side...Some of the figurines I opted to buy the other time instead of the Higurashi box set were no longer there... ... Shawn was laughing at how I hav to pay more than double the price...But he got himself a box set anyway... ...

I also got this... ...

Miyanokouji Mizuho of Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru...Aint she hot? Fyi...She is a He...But I try to ignore that fact... ...

This wasnt there last the other time so...Yeah...Glad I got this...I got this without spending a single cent... Thx to Yi Wei... ...

When I went to pay for the Higurahshi box set I ask the cashier why the price went up and that it was only $16 last week and he was like, "Last week wat...U say liao last week..." Then I was pissed and said, "This is a sale...Prices go down during sales...Not up! This is not how u do business..." Then he noticed that I was really angry and he tiam tiam...God...I hate Taka... ...

Went to Chinatown b4 going to Taka... ...I didnt know there were so many figurines shop there!!! I am SO going once I hav cash... ...I got my eye on a Haruhi poster...Heh heh heh... ...

Animania Returns... ...

HAHA...Its official... ... The 11 PM time slot wins and thus Midnight Mania is out and Animania returns... ...

I cant say wats the final score since Art Central's site cocked up... ...

Anywayz...They broadcast an ad yesterday announcing officially that 11 PM won... They said "It was a close fight, but one stood out!" I shall not say how contradicting this sentence is by saying it was a close fight then saying that one stood out...But it was a close fight? Lol... The last time I saw the poll it was like 20,000++ vs 3,900+ lah...

I checked this weeks timetable for the programs being broadcast on Arts Central and since Animanic returns, meaning that both the time and days are reverted back to the original, there will oso be Anime being broadcast this Wed-Fri...So... Woot! Anime from Tues-Fri! But sadly it only applies to this week... ...

They broadcast the last two ep of Jigoku Shoujo (Hell Girl in Japanese) 2dae... ...It has been a pretty mindless horror flick all this time but the ending was quite good...Mildly heart warming and sad... ...I guess the only thing about the show that moved me is Enma Ai's sad past...And of course the cuteness of the young Enma Ai...Not that the pre-teen Enma Ai isn't already cute... ...In fact...I find that her character design is one of the most intriguing, mysterious and yet cute... ...

Enough about Enma-San... ...Well basically the show isn't much of anything...Good animation though...But that alone would hav only scored it a 3...But since the ending made me think and moved me somewat...I giv it 5/10... ...But I personally giv Enma-San's character design 9/10! Lol... ...

Oh ya...This reminds me...I forgot to blog about this... ... There was this one ep that perked my interest and made me look forward to watever was gonna happen next... ...

It was this ep called Jigoku Shoujo tai Jigoku Shounen (Hell Girl vs Hell Boy). At first... I thought that Gill du Ronfell (Jigoku Shounen) was a fraud wif no real powers...But when it turned out that he really had powers...powers that rivaled Jigoku Shoujo's I got excited...I really love it when opposites who are extremely similar fight like Dark and Krad of D.N.Angel ,Spawn and The Redeemer of...well...Spawn and of course Char and Amuro of Mobile Suit Gundam... ...BUT...Jus as things got interesting...THE ENTIRE FIGHT SCENE WAS FUCKING CUT OUT!!! ARGH!!! AND MY PARENT ASK ME Y I CANT STAND SINGAPORE!!! I'M SUFFOCATING IN THIS STINKING SEWER!!! I HATE THIS SUFFOCATING SOCIETY!!! I CANT BREATH HERE!!! I WANNA MIGRATE!!!!!!!

*Takes Deep Breath*

That ep could hav made that show a 6...Oh welll...Born in Singapore...Wat to do... ...

Oh...They are showing "D.Gray-man" and The Melody of Oblivion" next... ...D.Gray-man huh? That will be the 1st mainstream Anime they are showing...Besides Inuyasha...But Inuyasha is famous but not necessarily mainstream...Not excited about it though...On the other hand...I'm pretty interested in The Melody of Oblivion... ... (I realize this paragraph does not sound coherent...Thats cause I'm jus musing... ...)

At least no repeats this time... ...