Flying Panties Festival

For this coming 6th March 2010, the Sora Fes! has planned to hold a flying aircraft modeled after panties, inspired by anime, Sora no Otoshimono.

Seiyuu Comparisons - Winter 2010 (#1)

Ever wonder how some characters sounds soooo familiar but just can't recognize them? 
Or even find out later the actual seiyuu sounds different from the previous character? 

You are (Not) Alone...

I've always wondered too. So this topic will be a monthly (or every season) post (i'll try =.=) on who's playing what role in the current shows. Inspired by my previous post XD

The comparisons are quite shocking...

Seiyuu Comparison - Winter 2010 (#2) >>>

[Miyano Mamoru]

 Kida Masaomi      Setsuna F Seiei

[Kamiya Hiroshi]

Orihara Izaya          Koyomi Araragi

[Hanazawa Kana]

Sonohara Anri             Sengoku Nadeko

Winter 2010 Highlights - with Seiyuu casted Characters

For Winter 2010, there are only 19 new show to watch compared to 36 in the same period as last year

Many might see this as a bad thing but it ain't really that bad. Having too many like last year was just too much on my miserable schedule. But 19 is a bit short rite?

Quality over Quantity

Hopefully, this is true as I plan to set my mind to endure the lack of shows this season.
So far, its been proving true for me...

Dance in the Vampire Bund (ダンスインザヴァンパイアバンド)

Have vampires become all the rage nowadays?
First Vampire Knight, then Twilight saga, Cirque de freak and Bakemono?


But quite impressive as the first episode was really a new way of an introduction to a series.

Starting from a reality show to a fight scene on the roof while viewing it all from the perspective of the in-show audience.


A gothic and dark loli is nice for a change though.

Yuuki Aoi

 - Noel Kannagi (Sora-no-woto)

  Nakamura Yuuichi

 - Alto (Macross F)

-Tomoya (Clannad)

 Saitou Chiwa

- Senjougahara Hitagi (Bakemono)

Paypal Services and it's Global Convenience for Malaysians

1 in every 3 online shoppers in the US uses PayPal. And there's 150 million US users in 2008

 Now, those figures may not surprise you as we head into a new decade of an IT dominating world. But considering when it was first used commercially until today, its still a baby to many eyes. However, this "baby" is a genius and has changed the way we do online shopping or purchases.

So, why use PayPal? What's the difference when charging it to your credit card (CC) online? And is it really safe? 

#87 Nendoroid Canaan [Canaan]

Delays are common when receiving shipment from overseas, especially the cultural merchandise export from Japan.

But this little one made it to my door step by 31st December 2009, just before the the end of Dec (which was the ETA), ending my 2009 on a VERY happy note.

Still fresh (in memory) from Summer 2009, Canaan was quite an ok-ok, suspense graphic series. With issues like necrophiliac content and sexy nopan China dress, I'd still openly accept anything from Type-moon studios due to their success in earlier projects (Fate/stay night, Kara no Kyoukai).

 Canaan-in-a-box. Haha (humor me)

#82 Nendoroid Akiyama Mio [K-ON!]

After holidaying in Hong Kong, I arrived home to discover that Mio had FINALLY arrived. ETA was around November but the courier only sent it on the last week of December 2009. Delay or not, I now have it!

Been waiting and anticipating Mio for quite some time now as it was one of the very few I actually craved to have. Now onwards to the gallery.

Comes in a blue boxed case (why blue? Shimapan?)

A Certain Otaku Shopping Spree in Hong Kong

It's been awhile since I last posted anything. As it's almost New Year already, I might as well talk about my recent trip to Hong Kong where I spent the festive season (and wallet) until Christmas Eve.

Many say Hong Kong is a woman's shopping paradise...

I beg to differ...

Its also an Otaku shopping paradise. If you can't make it to Tokyo for Comiket, HongKong is 2nd best to Japan. HK has the same pace as Tokyo. Fast-moving in an urban jungle with dense concrete trees. A perfect place to get lost when looking for hobby shops.

As an idiot who is extremely sensitive to the cold, this idiot went to shop in the middle of winter. 21°C by day and 9°C by night, I can only imagine the coldness the European and North American continent must be going through as I'm freezing my ass off in this HK winter...

Maintanence Period

To those who wondered what happened to my blog as it became private and users unable to view the posts.

A short maintenance and changing of domain occurred during the last few days. As I wanted to use "Wordpress" platform and had shifted half of my posts to the new one, I found out it was a lot harder to use and controling it required extra maintenance.

Happy to announce I have returned to Blogger, a very simple method for simple people who have not much experience in CSS but so-so at HTML. Also, I revamped my blog design, providing a more pleasing reading experience with larger fonts.

So, happy holidays and a New Year to all!
Keep frosty but not cold!

明けましておめでとうございます！

National Service Phenomenons and Events

EDITED (18.12.2009)

This is a continuation of my previous post on "Essential Items for National Service". But on a different topic, like, what to expect there and and what not for the next 3 months of hell...i mean camp.

For privacy purposes, I will not reveal my enlisting year for NS as it may give away my age (ultimately my identity. But to my friends and comrades, you know its me ^^) .
But I can say it was recent enough for me to remember (or just because it has been etched in my memory data forever...) the fun times and worse times in NS

Essential Items for National Service

To the foreign visitors (Western population), you may ignore this post as it is a guide for my fellow countrymen who are about to enjoy themselves for 3 months in hell, away from the comfort of home. If you are interested in what our National Service survival items are, please continue.

To the locals of Malaysia, especially those under or aged 17, who were fortunate enough to be "randomly" selected for National Service (NS), good luck. Hopefully your stay in hell...I mean camp, will be as eventful as mine was. However, by the time I returned from NS, I had no regrets as I really did enjoy myself there.

Common questions around this time will be;

• What to bring for NS?
• Stuff to bring for Khidmat Negara?
  
• What are the items for NS?
• What do I need to survive NS?!
  

This will hopefully serve as a last minute guide for those who are about to leave for a part of Malaysia they have never been too. Whether it be in the East coast or East Malaysia (Sabah & Sarawak), hopefully with this, you will be PREPARED.