Trials Of A White Guy

Just to pour my head out so I don't lose my mind

2010-05-19T08:21:00.000+08:00

Hey there, I know it has been awhile. To be honest before this I couldn't be bothered. So much to see, so much to do. Since my arrival here in York I have experienced much to say the least. New faces, new places... a new life far... far away from home.

Everyone misses me... or so i'd like to think so. Truthfully, there isn't anywhere else in the world i'd rather be right now than back home. Home... despite how much our world has gotten 'smaller' to me it feels owh so far away. Thank god for Facebook and the internet ;) at least I can drown away a bit of the sorrow I feel from being home sick.

University life is quite different from how it was in college. I think I enjoyed my time in Taylors more. Simply coz I had all I could ever want and life felt easy. I'd see friends that I know and love, we'd attend class (despite whining about early 9.15's and so on...) we'd have lunch and bitch about the assignments we'd got for the week and occasionally go out for dinner and party later on. I guess... maybe i'm just not used to change. The people here are nice but closed up.

To my knowledge I can only say that there is only one local student that I talk to and socialize with on occasion. Everyone else that I know now is international one way or another. My first group of friends whom I was close to was stripped away from me after first term. They were visiting students but since they were the only ones I felt comfortable with during fresher week, I stuck to them (too much so now that I think about it).

I'm not sure what i'm writing now so do forgive me if I blabber on. Hoping to end with something constructive at the end. I guess what I want to do is just rant about how miserable I feel being here. The weather was horrible, I never knew that cold could fuck with me so much so that'd affect me not only physically but psychologically as well... I had S.A.D's for quite some time during winter, Shops close at fucking 5p.m... I MEAN COME ON right? AND YOU CLOSE ON SUNDAYS?!?!?! WTF is up with that shit?

How I long for the Mamaks that serve glorious unhealthy yet cheap food 24/7!!!! First thing I'm doing when I get back home is eat my heart out :D MAKAN PUAS PUAS!!! WOOOT!!!

Plus with my mood always in a swing in the earlier terms I couldn't concentrate on my studies. Fucked up my essays in a result which I have to resubmit soon. Hopeful I don't screw up my first year... sigh...
Me and Meg broke up recently too. Can't say I'm not hurting inside coz I'd be lying if I said everything is fine and dandy. I am however taking this more calmly than I expected... still wonder what it would've been like if things were different. Haha, guess there's no point in doing so since things would've probably ended sooner or later with the current situation. At least I still have the memories we shared. Those will last for a lifetime.

On a more constructive note, i've sort of gotten used to living here. I know where to get most things although there are some things lacking (an arcade namely). I have found friends since first term who I feel have come to recognize me and accept me as their friend. Some more closer than others but I guess its a start to something good. I realize life can fuck with you more than you would like MORE than you would like at ONE time. All you gotta do is just take it and move on from there. Long distant relationships can only work under very certain circumstances and differs from person to person, I will never make the same decision again.

owh my... that's a lot of blocks of random stuff there...

Sorry for that, but if you read everything, cheers to you. Hope you didn't waste yer time.

...Finally... AN UPDATE 8D WOOHOO!!!!

2009-10-19T06:24:00.007+08:00

So yeah, after much bumming around, many weeks of raging (on and off the road), tiring travels from here to there, trials of love and war... and a little bit of drinking and dancing in the middle of all the chaos... I've FINALLY gotten myself over to the UK 8D *crowd applause* and after more than a week of York goodness, i've decided to update this blog of mine which hasn't gotten much TLC from me in a long time so... without further ado, i'll just post up some pics i took while i was here (mind you, I didn't take much as my friends took more of me so i'll just share what I have).

This is what I looked like about a month plus back and its the same photo I sent it for my UNI card. It got accepted so this is what people will see if they browse my name on the York Student Profile Mainframe. 8D not very happy looking am I? Well... they don't like smiling photos for some reason D8 so whatever... i'm still a very jolly person most of the time so its ok.

That's me during the week I was still in Bradden, Northampton. My uncle was kind enough to let me stay until I could move into my UNI accommodation so my granddad got to take me around to Milton Keynes to buy some necessities like pots and pans and a bunch of other things. I myself however was more interested in looking at the game selection and what kinds of food I could get here. The pic above is me at a noodle bar called Wagamama's. Mix of western italian and japanese food. Quite nice but I've had better back home 8D

That's my granddad for those of you who haven't met him and that's boush my uncle's family dog. Its' a golden retriever if i'm not mistaken but man is he big. He's really affectionate and loves getting pet and being taken on walks but he scares me when I don't give him any attention. Don't underestimate dogs who are attention whores D8 they won't know their strength and will pounce on you without warning lols! I make him sound scary but he is quite strong mind you.

I'm guessing you're gonna ask who these two are 8D well... they be mai cousies 8P The one on the left is Cass and the one on the right is Jude. They're really energetic and loud and on most days you can catch em running about in their backyard with their school uniforms on with their friend Jake.

Yes, shota cousies are shota 8D but they're off limits to you lot. I am however going to try and get cass to cosplay Hani-sempai when I go as Tamaki-sempai for one con. My uncle and aunt don't seem to mind so *hehehehehe evil smirk*

I found this cars' name amusing. 8D those of you who know a lil' japanese will also smirk at the name. Now if only this car looked a bit more MOE and had a cute/hot female sitting in the driver's seat 8P

This was lol! I found it on the way back from a supermarket. I've never seen advertising like this in Malaysia so it made me chuckle a lil as I continued my journey home as I was reminded of my fav parts in the movie. Faken shrimps, faken fak!

Saved the best for last. I know the west is known for like the most half assed cosplays in the world (though that statement is a generalization) and it surprised me to see a fellow cosplayer on campus attracting students to join the anime manga society. Schroedinger from Hellsing. A pretty good one at that. Her lenses were really nice and her fangs rocked. It wasn't the best picture of all time but hey, what can you expect from someone with a HP cam in a hall full of people knocking into each other walking from booth to booth. AT LEAST MY CAMPUS HAS COSPLAYERS 8DDDDDD

That's all from me. I'll try and update this thing a little after London MCM expo where hopefully... i'll get to post up my Dino (from KHReborn) cosplay pics! Till then, this is Reno signing out!

Cosfest~ In progress

2009-07-22T04:40:00.004+08:00

I wanna share my cosplay and crossplay experience up here on my blog but i'm lazy to type so much at this early hour so for now i'll just share some photos with ya'all. Fav shots of me during cosfest comin' up. Stay tuned for updates ;)

My first freelance cosplay job ^ ^

2009-07-09T15:40:00.003+08:00

So yesterday I lived a dream of mine. To actually be asked to cosplay and get paid for it. Awesome right? I'm sure most cosplayers dreamt of doing that at least once in their cosplay life. So yeah, the job was simple. Cosplay as a manga character (in my case, Tamaki Suoh). I wasn't alone in this. My nee-san Akiko along with Deidara and Guki were on the job cosplaying manga characters too. Unfortunately I don't have any photos to share *pokes Aoshi in hopes he has a few to show*. Regardless, all we had to do was be present at the venue. Walk around. Smile, pose and what not. Easy stuff. All I cared about was the money I was promised, since this month's spending has taken a toll on my allowance @_@

Anyways after the launch of the event was over, we were asked to hand out posters at the door. Okay, so maybe it wasn't in the job description but since it was a small job we didn't mind doing (although most would feel offended being treated as mascots in a way). Our 2 hours were up and we got paid!!!! $$$$$ ch-ch-ching baby! Afterwards we changed back stage and we went off to TS to hunt for some things for my P.P project. Gosh... i'm so nervous about my first time going as a meido at a convention! In SINGAPORE TO BOOT! Hope I pull it off. Yes, I will pull it off... I think.... Gah anyways, that's all from me now. Next time I post, it'll be about Cosfest and the stuff that I experienced in SG. Till then!

P.s if anyone knows anyone who needs hiring cosplayers for an event, do let me know. I know a bunch of people who'd be willing to do so.

Reno's Animangaki weekend ^_^

2009-07-02T01:26:00.004+08:00

I'd like to start my updated post with thanks.

Thank you SUAC for organizing this year's Animangaki. I hope it becomes one of those events held annually that many an anime manga lover looks forward to attending, be it cosplayer, photog or just the average otaku. I'd also like to thank my fellow cosplay friends for showing their faces on either both or one of the two days.

My current FF group

The HELP's goth host club

Daft Punk and Myself XD

My blackout (cam)whore gang LOL!

You guys are like family to me and I'm really gonna miss you guys so so damn much when I get shipped off to the UK. So i'm hoping to fill up my current pre-uni break with many fond memories of us spending time together ;) I needn't mention names as there's too many to list. You know who you are ;P Guki I have to mention specifically for helping me with my make up for 2 days. Thanks so much ;) YOU TURNED ME INTO A BISHIE LOLS

On with the report then...

I cosplayed for both of the days I attended. First day I went as the flamboyant host king of the Ouran Highschool Hostclub, Suoh Tamaki (or Tamaki-sempai as most call him).

A flower for your thoughts o-hime

I wonder where Haruhi is right now...

*EMO* Plant mushrooms... plant mushrooms...

Anyways... I'd rather not repeat myself about what I experienced on Day 1 as I've already let it under the bridge. I will however say the event itself started off a bit slow and it slowly gained momentum. Us cosplayers as usual had our own fun with our photogs posing in some very LOL worthy pictures aside from taking those that portray the true nature of our characters.

Hohoho no stealing Kuma-chan!

Me and my photog friend Alison

Flirty with two vocaloids? If its a girl Tamaki is there ;P

I went through the exact same state that I always do during cosplay events.... the "i can't eat or drink very much" state.

I dunno why it happens but it does. Even looking at food made me sick and my senses were maxed out to the point that I COULD SMELL the ramen that spilled on the stage during the naruto skit while I was back stage.... (right Arisa? XD) I'm still surprised that people manged to MISTAKE me for HANI FRIGGIN SEMPAI....

come on people D8 Tamaki's plushie is Kuma-chan A BEAR!! and Hani-sempai's plushie is a bunny!!!! Get your facts right!

I took part in the competition but didn't win, I was outmacthed by Beat (who came as the EPIC Mario~), Naruto (cosplayed by Sparda) and Angeline (who cosplayed one of the CUTEST vocaloids I've ever seen XD)

That, in a nutshell was pretty much day 1 for me.

I need to find a real chick...

No mission? Reno is not happy... gah... bored...

Cloud? Hah! Reno's the one you've gotta worry about now =D

Day 2 started off a bit better thanks to some much needed rest which I got once I got home and had a good shower and changed into clean clothes. The cosplay portion of the event was also much earlier since the Finals of the Karaoke competition took place earlier in the morning and ended at noon. My team entered as an FF group.

I wish Bapho were here.... This Reno misses his Elena T_T

We Pwnz Joos!

We were up against 2 others which were made of characters from Ranma 1/2 and Kuroshitsuji. Safe to say, we won 1st place! And I got a mini usb speaker as part of my share of the prize (which wasn't much... it was just an anime goodie given by Animax... very standard issue stuff which even some of the attendees at the event got through the lucky draw but whatever right) We didn't really care about the prize, it was more for the entertainment purpose, putting up a good show for the crowd to generate some lolz. That was our goal and thats what we ended up doing. Some however were more interested in my hip movements XDDDDDD YOU GUYS!!!!

Later on there was a mini unofficial cosplay comp suggested by the two Mc's of the day. This was brought on due to the fact that a lot of the lucky draw winning numbers didn't seem to match any of the numbers of the attendees in the hall (or people just didn't care...?) Anyways, standard rules. A couple of minutes on stage impromptu, act out your character as best you can. I did this... =P

my short performance which made the crowd go wild (which also at the same time made the MC's cringe) scored me a miniature gundam figurine which I happily accepted as a prize. The rest of the day was pretty much filled with more and more posing in the venue hall with friends and fans taken with their respective cameras and a mini photoshoot for my friend Alison who needed to cover the event as an assignment.

The end of the event was marked with J-rock band performances. It was alright I guess, not the best i've heard but it got a bit draggy after awhile. As expected, after the costumes come off and the day is over and done with, the lot of us went over to Sunway to grab some much needed nourishment to recover the energy lost during the day. Safe to say, I was glad to be amongst my friends joking and laughing whilst we all happily stuffed our faces. These will be the sweet memories I take with me to UK when I leave to further my studies over there. Animangaki was great. I only hope to attend more of these conventions in the future and experience equally enjoyable cosplay moments.

Guy love? O_O

We is Egyptians XP

SUPAH POKES!!!!

The Happy Circle :)

There was also a cosplay shoot done by my friend Alison and our friend secret. These photos and more are on my Facebook so do feel free to pop over there and look at the hundreds of pics tagged there ;P

I'll just end it here for now. Till next time people ;) this is Reno signing off. Over and out

P.s If you wish to be credited for the photos posted up here please saw so yeah? Thanks! See you at Daicon/Cosfest/Bon Odori/GACC!

Animangaki (mini update)

2009-06-28T02:15:00.003+08:00

Guh... i'm honestly in no mood to write very long sentences and correct grammar and what not so I'll just give a brief summary of this pretty kick ass event before returning here again to add pics and a more lengthy coverage later.

Went there at 12. Was rather tired... suffered from a heat flush as Dei calls it at exactly 3a.m where my body basically turned into an oven ready to cook me even under the harsh conditions of my room with the air conditioning and fan BOTH TURNED ON (sorry guki if you were freezing...)

TOTALLY IRRITATED by friends and strangers asking for Kuma-chan, my apologies if you feel I was acting out or being a bad sport. If I say you can't have him, you can't. Understand that he's not mine and if anything happened to him, i'd be held responsible. What if he was ripped or harmed in any way whilst you playfully attempt to get him off me with force? Not so HAHA anymore huh? I even got kicked in the head despite falling to the ground still hugging onto the darned thing. Really people, enough is enough... I was so put off by my mood it affected my portrayal of a character that should really be joyous and happy most of the time. Sorry guys if I upset you all. I didn't mean to nor did I ever wish to do so. I hope you can be understanding in letting this be water under the bridge yeah?

All rants aside, everything turned out well in the end. The event held in Sunway U got up to a slow start with the karaoke competition acting as a filler before the main attraction began. THE COSPLAY COMPETITION (Solo Portion). I was one of the finalists competing to win top seed but sadly only managed to be placed at fourth (thanks for the ninja intelligence gathering guys XP). Regardless, I HAD FUN! Whoopie! I didn't care so much for winning as much as I cared for making sure I stayed in character and entertaining all of you whom attended. I pray I met many of your expectations of a Tamaki Suoh cosplayer (although I know there are still some inaccuracies which can and can't be fixed costume and acting wise). I was just contented to hear cheers and the sounds of the crowd reacting to what I was doing on stage (and of course of applause LOL).

2morrow is a new day and I'll be doing my signature character yet again (those whom know me well enough should know who it is right guys? =P) So yeah. See ya 2morrow! Gambatte to my friends who're in the finals for the karaoke comp and my fellow cosplayers who will be attending in their respective costumes. This is your host for the day Tamaki Suoh signing off. A good night I bid~<3

Recent photo shoot pics

2009-05-28T03:12:00.003+08:00

Hey gang, haven't updated since C2Age so I figured i'd just post up some pics from my most recent photo shoot with one of my new photog friend (who was also a model for this shoot) planned out by her friends.

As usual (being Malaysian as we are) we started later than expected and arrived later than we planned too. I must say that this has to be the longest shoot i've ever been apart of... I got home at 7p.m. *rolls eyes* nearly 12 hours when I left the house... but despite it all, the effort put in produced EPICLY PROPORTIONAL shots like this.

These are just a couple of the shots we took, more can be found on my facebook account. Just look under photos of me =D but these three are some of my favs. Hahaha gotta thank the two photogs one day for a great job! Must belanja them XDDDDD Ciaos for now. I got an exam to study for. Peace~

C2Age 2009 desu~

2009-05-18T17:36:00.006+08:00

So I eventually decided to go (despite wanting to not take the event seriously and all the comments from my senior cosplay friends). I got a ride from Marguera (Dan) and Beat Box:

our master kame for the day *sniggers*. Sorry if you had to wait a bit... as you can see from this shot, I wasn't all that energized lol

So skipping through the unncessary details about who followed who and who got lost where trying to get to HELP, we managed to find a couple of sweet spots to park right under the college university. We arrived around noon and explored the venue a bit.

Nothing out of the ordinary, you had your corperate sponsors like U-Mobile and those other online gaming companies that want you to register up. Sadly due to the lack of a proper multipurpose hall, everything was spread out pretty thin. You had booths far off in the distant corridors where most people wouldn't venture as its a heck far from the main stage. Some amount of replanning could be done for the floor arrangement but there's always complaints about stuff like this so lets continue on with the event shall we?

So there were some competitions being held during the day. I chose not to participate in the main ones this time around and just enjoy the festivities of 'syok sendiri' through the photoshoot with my Haruhi and camwhoring with the rest of my cosplay friends. Here are a few shots I like from the ones I found....

This was a shot of me (before I changed) with niko and yensheng (he's sticking his tongue out lol)

This is a shot of me after I switch into my Ouran Highschool Hostclub outfit. Wahaha I ish Tamaki-sempai (although many couldn't tell if I was him or Honey since their hair styles are the same)

This pose only confused them even more XDDD (so I OOC-ed for one pose XP big whoop)

Master Kame snapping a pic for the road, of his hang out day with Tamaki =)

We're later joined by another casual looking Haruhi who jumped in for a pic as well *smile!*

Posing all day is hard... Sora and Tamaki just can't handle the attention after awhile *face palm*
But after a hard days work, its shots like this that make it feel all worth while...

ZCDave as his portrayal of Dante from Devil May Cry. I was pretty impressed as he did a pretty decent job and portraying Dante in this photo

Despite not being as fair as the original Sora, Brian looks EPICLY GARRR here. The details on his clothes and his accurate key blade under the dim lighting makes him look very cool~

Me being all the host that I can be *laughs* "How may I serve your needs today Mademoiselle?"

There was an Anime Chess competition which was done in a very half ass-ed manner (there was a huge lack of pawns and you can imagine the chaos that ensued afterwards)

Very disorganized game but I'm sure some people had fun at least. It could've gone much smoother though (stopping my ranting right now and moving on with pics XDDD)

Minna > We ish sorriez... we are just pieces in someone's game.... Gomenasai~
Joshua (photog in background) > Heh!? FTW?

We also celebrated Solomon's/Captain Chaos's birthday (again) as we forgot to do the most important part... CUT THE CAKE!

All of us gathered on the upper level of the convention hall for a brief cake cutting ceremony and some snap shots to remind us of that day =D Happy birthday again Solomon!

There's many more photos I have stored on my HDD but I'm lazy to post em all. Hope everyone had a decent time at C2Age. Lets hope it'll improve on this years flaws for next year ;) Ciao for now!

UNI... the new frontier =3

2009-05-14T02:04:00.008+08:00

So college is coming to an end for me. In a few more weeks I'll be over and done with ICPU at Taylors and I'll only return to visit friends from time to time when I have the chance... In someway I feel relieved to say good bye to this place since I'm long over due to graduate. Almost all of my friends have gone and moved on with their lives, to UNI and jobs and stuff, while i'm still stuck in Taylors doing what I've always been doing for the past 2 years and a half.

On the other hand, I will miss the atmosphere i've grown used to at the institution. The people I see everyday, my friends, lecturers and even the cleaning ladies (hahahaha they're nice ok if you don't ignore them!) I like the ICPU programme and the stuff we learn as well as the way we learn them. I've never had so many heartfelt discussions, even ones which would literally bring tears to my eyes (I cried during a presentation coz I got so emotional over it.... embarrassing much I know....)

Well, away from the possibly emo past and present.... ON TO DA FUTURE!!!! UNI XP
So yeah, i've applied to several institutions through the online UCAS system to apply for UK UNI's and so far I've gotten all the replies i've wanted. I can go to Hull, York, Leeds as well as Bucks (but since I got more info on the last one, I doubt i'll go to Bucks). They all seem pretty nice... York is rated number 12 in the entire UK so that might be my first choice. Hull's pretty good too since its close to relatives which would be convenient if i'm ever in a pinch.

Here's a photo I found for York's Campus

This one's of the School Grounds =3

This one's the front of Hull University (why do all the schools have that old brick look to em)

This might be my new home if I study at Hull =D looks ok

LEEDSSSSS X3 huhuhuhu looks interestingly fresh~

Mmm... yeah... wondering whats life got in store for this mixed up eurasian mofo this time... I will miss my MAMAK the most XDDDDDD of course I'll miss you guys too! MSN me during those free late nights yeah???

Internet Speed (under Streamyx or shitmyx if you prefer)

2009-05-10T13:15:00.004+08:00

So yeah, I decided to check my speed on Speedtest.net
(http://www.speedtest.net/global.php)
making sure my line is running smoothly as it should since
download speed has been sucking a bit the past few weeks.
Anyways, after having talked over msn with my friend who's
currently residing in Japan, I thought i'd use the results
to compare Japan's internet speed with our own... good lord
was I ever in for a shock...

I'm using a 4meg line under Streamyx. That's the fastest speed you're gonna get in this country. There's nothing faster than what I've got the last time I checked. Did the test and this is what I got

I think a bunch of you would say not bad considering it'd take me only 14 secs to download an Mp3 which averages out to about something as big as 5mb, 2mins for something as big as a video clip thats sized at 35Mb's and only over half an hour for a movie thats only 800megs.

At full speed the line is quite good for my standards. You dudes and dudets who're budgeting on the lower speeds are really fucked during peak hours (from all the complaints and rants i've heard from friends and family). So hearing this must garner a response like, "yeah that's a really nice line you've got there". Well after checking my results, i went on to look at the world speed index... I was totally blown out of the water as to how slow we truly are in the internet world. Malaysia is ranked at:-

Top Countries by Download Speed

1. 17.83 Mb/s Korea, Republic of <<<<<<<< Shit... that's like MORE than 10times faster
2. 16.07 Mb/s Japan <<<<<<<< HOMG I HAETS MY FREN WEI.....
3. 11.55 Mb/s Sweden
4. 11.28 Mb/s Lithuania
5. 10.33 Mb/s Romania
6. 10.11 Mb/s Latvia
7. 9.40 Mb/s Bulgaria
8. 8.97 Mb/s Netherlands
9. 7.59 Mb/s Germany
10. 7.39 Mb/s Russian Federation
11. 7.26 Mb/s Moldova, Republic of
12. 7.23 Mb/s Slovakia
13. 7.15 Mb/s Switzerland
14. 7.04 Mb/s Finland
81. 1.67 Mb/s Malaysia <<<<<<<>

O_O we're so slow... anyways... I hope we increase in speed soon... this is freaking unacceptable wei. Owh and UPGRADE TO A FASTER LINE XD or not...

Lousy Week~

2009-05-10T01:19:00.003+08:00

God... this week hasn't been the best one for me nor my friends.
To start off, its getting soooo freakkkkiiiingggg HAWTTTTT out there...
Air Conditioning is like failing to keep us cool anymore (at college anyways)
My BRAND NEW PHONE's LCD screen broke after having it over only a month...
My car is giving me problems through its steering and fuel injection systems...
a couple other things are bothering me too but i'd rather not mention them right now.

Well at least I can say i'm handling the week in a more matured and calmed manner as compared to how I would do so in the past. I know I worry a lot, I tend to whine and then there are times I just completely lose my top but hey... no one's perfect right? I'm just glad I didn't do anything like that this time. Kept keeping those positive thoughts flowing. Being appreciative of what you got helps coz you know it might be lost to you if you're not careful.

Hope you guys aren't having a bad a week as me and my gang. We're a lil demoralized but i'm sure we'll get back on our feet eventually. Peace out ya'all! Watching anime to keep my mind off the bad shit =P

If I were a boy girl?

2009-04-24T02:12:00.012+08:00

I guess being Uke looking for a whole year gave way to something a little more... uhh...?? advanced? I never thought I'd look it but I guess I was proven wrong? Lols! I'll let the photos do the talking from here on in. Yes, if you see me like this at a con you may glomps me rawr~

I think that's about enough. I've posted some on my facebook as well in my 'Trap' folder so you can check the rest there. Ciaos~

A few notes/tips on dieting if you ever need it ;)

2009-04-23T16:25:00.002+08:00

Well the issue of weight has been one thats been known to pop up from time to time amongst my friends (more now considering the amount of girlfriends I have has increased since college).

So yeah, I never really had a problem with weight being a healthy growing guy with a high metabolism that's the envy of most girls and some of my more meatier guy friends. Recently though, I noticed the arrow on the weight machine has been pointing on a different digit compared to before (I gained a bit over the holidays from lazing about and stuffin ma face XD) so I decided to look into it and lose them extra pounds as I need to keep it down for cosplay purposes (need to be slim maaa =P) Here's a couple of things I found out from various sources that affect your eating habits which contributes to eating more and gaining that extra weight.

No 1.
SLEEP.....

Okay, being a student like most of my friends are. We love to stay up and mess around (thats the time you're rushing your assignments, you wanna yam cha and you wanna watch movie etc. etc.) so we'll most likely sleep late. If you're looking out for you weight, THIS IS A BAD IDEA especially when you know you're NOT GONNA GET ENOUGH SLEEP.

Basically what I found is that if you're LACKING sleep. You'll EAT MORE. What happens is, you're body tells your brain that it didn't get enough time to rest last night and it can't pump out enough energy for you to use, so you're body replies by asking you to EAT MORE to produce that extra energy thats needed. Seriously, I noticed its true.

No 2.
Divide your meals

Okay, normally the daily routine is 3 meals a day right? Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner. If you wanna lose that weight without exercising... Try this. Break up the 3 meals into 6 EXCEPT eat less for each meal. I'm not saying starve yourself but maybe you can snack on buns and small stuff for those meals in between. IMPORTANT, drink LOTS of WATER! Water will help fill you up and fool your stomach into thinking its full. My lecturer suggested this since it works for him =3

No 3.
Exercise

Okay I know not a lot of people are a fan of this but seriously guys if you wanna get rid of that fat, you gotta move that ass XD do something you enjoy but requires you to at least move about a bit to increase your metabolism rate. I personally like DDR, Ez2Dancer and ParaParaParadise but that's me. Maybe you can try the usual morning jog to college or just a good evening walk to the local park in your area? Hahaha I dunno, swimming is a good activity too if you can get access to a pool.

Thats about it from me, I figured I'd just share this piece of advice for your benefit. If you do end up trying these methods please tell me if it worked for you ;P since I've only done number 1 and 3 XD

A day out... in Cineleisure with the Cos-gang

2009-04-20T22:26:00.003+08:00

So it was any other Sunday, and my buds wanna go out and hang out. As much as i'd have liked to laze in bed till noon as I usually do on any given Sunday I thought it best to be sociable and go along with the plan to meet people. So i got up at 10 and got ready to drive all the way back from KL to Cineleisure where my day pretty much began. (I did have some Awesome! Hashbrowns made by my grandma before I left tho~ TQ Grams!!!!)

Surprisingly enough, I found parking in Cineleisure almost instantly. Didn't know it was that easy to get spots on a Sunday... huh... anyways, parked and went to meet up the FF group for Animangaki. I heard beat say over the phone that we were to meet at the Sci-fi cafe but me with my somewhat deaf ear made an error. I was supposed to meet them at the (Sun Comics) Cosplay cafe. So I had to turn back and walk all the way down from where I came. Haha before I joined them, I slipped into the toilet and put in my new lenses I got from Akiko ;) the ones where it makes my Iris stand out and covers the rest of my eye in white XD imagine how freaky that looks =p So yeah, I scared the living pants (and skirts) off the guys and girls there sitting and enjoying their meals whilst making their usual noise =3

Sat down with them for awhile and caught up with my fellow cam-gig Beatbox who took a couple of snaps of us together while we chatted away. I ordered some Milo to wake myself up a bit since I was still dazed from the lack of sleep. Dei joined us moments later while we were leaving the cafe to go elsewhere (he desperately needed to get out of the mass he was supposed to attend haha) and as we stepped into the Gamer's Hideout branch next door we spied ourselves a copy of Final Fantasy Advent Children Complete!!! Dei insisted that we get a copy to watch that night itself and we left the store only to return once more with money to buy it. The CD pack included two blue ray disc containers. One was obviously the Blue Ray movie FF AC Complete and the other was the well awaited FF 13 game demo playable only on the PS3 FTW!!!

After leaving GH, we went to several other stores in the area. Daiso was one of them. Its a japanese based store which sells everything thats for sale at 5 ringgits for each product (big or small). Products ranged from underwear and stockings to cooking utensils. It was a pretty neat place to get stuff in and at 5 ringgits per Item, where can you go wrong???

We also visited the Boarders bookstore, of course as anime freaks we stormed the Manga section almost immediately and never ventured anywhere else from the moment we entered till we left. Dei purchased a book which had a collage of photos taken of a female cosplayer portraying different characters from different series. The quality of her cosplays were decent but personally I feel she didn't suit a handful of the few dozen she did (no one's perfect right? XD but she was pretty Garrr!!! regardless)

Owh yeah, forgot to mention I won myself a Timex watch which is worth a couple hundred and all by riding this high tech scooter-like vehicle called the Segway. It's basically this platform with a handle that has two wheels on the side instead of in front and back which has a gyroscope that keeps it balanced on the two wheels. Its wicked fun but scary if you're not used to it. The sensation you get if described with words is like being able to hover and fly. Its a sensation i've only ever gotten in my dreams but materialized in real life XD

So yeah riding it wasn't the only task, you had to do a circuit course. 3 lowest times get a prize. I managed 13secs+. Dei got 1st by doing it at 12.... its not fair tho since he got practice the day before *squints* anyways, we went home pretty happy (and some of us tired lol). Went home after everyone decided it was time to go. We popped in the Blu-ray disc to watch FF AC Complete and the rest.... well.... its practically history ;)

Update

2009-04-15T00:51:00.003+08:00

I figured I'd make a written log of where I think I am right now in life and some general stuff about me.

Lets see... 20th birthday just passed. w00t?
College is almost over and I'm advancing to UNI in September.
Life's generally good despite the frequent sudden ups and downs.
I find myself overspending every month $_$ gotta get it under control.

No love interests... no one interested in me... I suck la what to do.
Missing friends and ex-programme mates... wish I could chill with all of em once more.
Planning to Major in sociology, wonder if I'll be a good social worker?
I have no idea who I'm taking to prom despite wanting to go so badly...
I'm having weird sexually orientated dreams that get freakier and freakier with every dream... my Id/Subconscious must be craving THAT food a lot right now. No dice sorry!
Been trying to go for skin treatment, need to fix the zit scarring on my face.
Hair has grown the longest its ever grown in my whole entire life and its still thickening XD Grow hair grow!!!

Mmm... I think thats about it...
I have a few cosplay plans lined up for the next few months.
Hopefully they'll be portrayed up to my expectations.
My phones been awfully quiet these days. I wonder whatever happened to all the people I used to text ever so often... guess we all move on eventually huh?
Me thinks I'll go emo in the living room and watch my friend play Street Fighter IV on his PS3. Ciaos~

Another Friday, A Nice Get Together

2009-04-11T01:59:00.002+08:00

So its the end of the week. College is out yet again w00t!!! ICPU dress up week
has ended D; it was fun while it lasted... I think Friday was the best turnout tho
loads of people in their traditional outfits.

Me, Jason and Chris decided to get together for dinner and a few drinks. I brought
Shad along to make up for ditching him last thursday coz I KO-ed at Ace's place
while I was watching Jimmy and gang playing Winning Eleven.

We had a good time. Kai Meng joined us after Jason arrived and we all played some pool
before ordering some Pizza. Chris brought out a couple of beers and we had a lil bit of Red Label while we were just chilling and sharing some stories afterwards.

We decided to head out to go clubbin at this new place called Hello Bali? I dunno... well to tell you the truth it sucked... went in... left like 20 odd minutes later... why? Two words, Uncle's Club D8.... Wasn't feeling the vibe... the music didn't sit well with us either. So we called it a night and we went our seperate ways. Shad and me grabbed a couple of quarter pounders and now we're watching Dirty Harry on my PS3. I'll add some photos if I ever get em =P

A moment of calm...

2009-04-07T03:45:00.002+08:00

Its so peaceful right now... 4 o'clock in the morning... everyones asleep in their beds... its still dark and at times I feel the world just stopped for a moment... Music is playing on my lap top and its so soothing to simply lay back on my bad and just remain quiet... closing my eyes to listen to the song being played... it speaks to me... it pierces my chest and caresses my soul. If only I could feel like this... experience this more of the time... if only...

Mmm... In this moment, I appreciate all that I have and all that I am... The past cannot be unwritten but there is much to come in the future... and I'll see to that future as best I can ;)

A clean room... oAo

2009-04-06T16:22:00.002+08:00

Okay so this used to be my schedule. I'd go through the entire week of my college life. Day in day out and at the end of the week, i'd pack up my dirty clothes and do a full clean up of the room (move everything where it should be and vacuum up the place). Now, somewhere down the line (i'm guessing thanks to holidays) I stopped doing that. It got to a point that I hadn't cleaned my room for months. Somewhat clean clothes were lying on the floor (that's not my usual practice) and there were food wrappers gliding on the ground kicked up by the fan... my room was a mess. You couldn't take 2 steps without having to worry about stepping on something.

Yesterday however, I finally took initiative to clean up my near inhabitable habitat XD (my good friend from Kuching was flying down but despite knowing his ability to handle such a messy environment, I felt its not the right way to treat a guest in your home)

Moved everything that could be moved outside and vacuumed the floor of all the loose hairs that had been collected over the time period.... O______O there was a lot. I picked up all the loose change I dropped from taking off my pants before emptying my pockets. Now my work desk can actually be used for WORK and not be a base for a mountain of crap filled with DVD's, useless fliers, expired coupons, plastic bags and what not. Well once everything was sorted out, I felt relieved. I could run in and out of the room to get stuff without any hasle. I can always find my keys (which I used to hunt for under all the re-used jeans for the week that lay on the floor) and there's even enough room for a third person to bunk in if there is ever a need to =P I don't know why but I always feel so happy once my room's cleaned XD there's that sense of satisfaction you gain. Anyways, i'm still feeling the after effects of the drink I had with my friend this morning. I'll end it here now but I may post up pics of my room if I remember. See ya~

Sociological Issues...

2009-04-03T18:48:00.002+08:00

I've always been interested in sociological issues related to people. One thing i'm sure of now is that; ALL of us; we will never truly get along with each other. There will always be arguments, there will always be disagreements and there will always be DIFFERENCE. I've even come to conclude that if everyone on the planet were the same in all things, we'd still have these problems *squints out of frustration* sigh....

I mean yeah, battles have been fought over ideals as well as over race, religion and culture but recently I came across several pointless arguments that were blown out of proportion. I found that people even debated about things like the use of a controller pad over a mouse and keyboard. Now I suppose its fine to have a preference but to use such profane language in an argument over what you use for gaming is quite pointless I think... so WHAT if I like using a mouse? So what If I like to use my PS3 controller for some games? How does it affect you? Goodness.... Theres no need to be so forceful in your opinions.

Recently I was given a link to someone's blog. He visited an ACGC event I had attended a few weeks back. He gave his honest opinion about what he thought of the quality of cosplay at the event (and Malaysia) despite being VERY illinformed of the details (he thought the cosplayers were hired by the event organizers and was very judgemental of them simply because they did not match up to his expectations). He was a tad rude in presenting these opinions and when he mentioned the race of the cosplayers in his comments he received a great backlash from the other visitors to his blog soon after.

A simple misunderstanding turned into something much more complex. I just don't know whats the problem with people. I think we've just been taught the wrong way to handle conflicts and arguments. I'm not saying I'm not one of them (i'm not perfect and I can get pretty personal depending on the topic) but i'm just concerned at where this attitude is going to lead us. This thing's just been circulating in my head for awhile so I figured I'd pour it here to clear my head. *shakes head* I just don't understand some people....

ACGC 2009

2009-03-26T22:03:00.020+08:00

DAY 1

OMG... I can't believe it... You have no idea how long I had to wait for this thing to come and now... its over...? Hahahaha well its been 3 months since I cosplayed at my first ever Comic Fiesta last December. Well ACGC 09 has come and gone. Nevertheless it was one of the best weekends I've ever had (cosplaying of course! =D).

So yeah, I got sick.... before, during and after the event but I'd rather not talk about that since i'm healing up good. Anyways, so saturday morning was a slow one... me and Dei were up late recording skits for our performances and by the time our alarms went off, we didn't feel like getting out of our beds XD so yeah... we eventually got ourselves together and followed our friend Aoshi to the venue. Thanks for getting us there man!

So we got there and met up with a couple of friends. The mall is pretty new so there wasn't much to see. What we were glad to find was a fully stocked Toys R Us where I happily found and bought my Double Barrel Nerf Shotgun from. (Shotgun guy cosplay here I come!) Called Dante afterwards and before long I was ready, suited up and walking around as Vergil along side my "brother" Dante >D

The event hall's lighting was what really caught my eye. THE LIGHTING IS EPIC!!!! So much natural light. So for once in my cosplay life, I didn't hear photogs whining about the bad lighting in a con venue lol! Sadly though, I felt our portrayal of the characters were impaired by our props... my sword was broken at the hilt (thanks to Dante's friend who was horsing around with it) and Dante's sword kept bending at the base of the blade due to the weight. So i couldn't unsheath the sword like I needed to and Dante had trouble doing overhead slashes.... Heck he couldn't move the darn thing without worrying about it breaking... all in all I suppose we had a good time. I still can't believe I cosplayed one half of a twin with a guy who shares the same birthdate with me (except he's a year older)

Nothing much else to mention about the first day except for the competition that the DMC group won. GO TO DMC GO TO DMC!!!! XD Man was I ever tired once I got home.... owh... and there was that J Rock No Tamashii concert I went to with Dei, Akiko and Sky.... Silvenia was there too as well as Dustyhawk who all seemed to have a brill time. I on the otherhand kept falling asleep from the exhaustion and frankly.... the music wasn't really going with me at the time... half the songs I'd rather listen to at home on my Sony Speakers.... guess it got better after I left early but whatever...

DAY2

I went to Sunway in the morning for a DDR comp. I lost.... first round.... but she was at my level. My stamina wasn't as good as it used to be.... at least I styled my way through XD the audience loved it lol! If I had stayed I might've gotten an award.... owh well.... So I rushed to ACGC right after that.....

I got dressed and brought everyone their things. Vodka bottle for Tsubasa and the bath robe for Sky Peg as well as a few other things for my skit. Found Chris and he passed me the wig he'd cut and styled for me. Finally I looked into the mirror and I saw a familiar face staring back. Spiked Reno was back ;P he's no longer down XD

Come on!!!!

ORRRYAAAAAAA!!!!!!

So it was time to walk out and pose pose pose!!!! WHEEEEEEE!!!! Of course theres also girls girls girls!!!!

Two Kawaii Girls that are fans of my friend SS/Nakamura

Reno and KlanKlang

Met up with some goth people from HELP who were promoting C2AGE. They were cool, posed with me for some photos. Surprisingly Reno fit right in with them... guess it was the whole suit thing... but anyways.... I like the shots I got off from the net. Here are some

I didn't get to talk to them much but they seemed like a cool bunch. Hope to see you guys in the future ;) On the competition..... guh..... I failed...... the first 2 rounds went well. I was Reno in speech and in form..... judges even booked me in the master catagory (the highest one above journeyman and novice). Sadly, my skit failed due to technical difficulties on my end (the PA guys aren't at fault.... my recording just wasn't loud enough for it to be heard sadly....) I was devastated..... but I guess everyone has their bad days right? Hurm....

Just being Reno~

ORRRYAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!

I'm not hungry.... just chillin~

Well the competition ran for quite awhile... took like 5 6 hours... we were all tired.... but despite that, we all were in high spirits to take shots like this

I kinda EMO-ed after the comp coz of what happened to my skit.... so uh... if anyone needs to see Reno in EMO-MODE here's your chance and near the sakura trees too~

The Flowers.... Simply Beautiful~

I got happier later tho ^^ everyone comforted me and cheered me up so I could go on to pose all cute like this

PUUUUU~ <3<3<3<3>

So yeah, great event and I had fun despite getting really sick afterwards. I'm tired of typing so i'll just end it with a few more joyful pics.

Owh and for those of you who were wondering.... I DID TAKE THAT DARN COSPLAY REST AREA SIGN HOME!!!! XD

I GOT A BIGGER SIGN THAN THE WINNERS!!! XD

Sayonara~ <3<3<3<3>

Splurge much.... I'm spoiling myself for once in my life!!! XD

2009-03-10T01:38:00.002+08:00

Okay so yeah most people see me as a rich kid. Born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Has mostly everything an average guy doesn't materialistic wise. Well technically I wouldn't argue with you. I do have some luxuries others envy but I don't have it as good as others I know. As my grandma would always say to me, be humble and respect others. Help when you can. You'll earn friends who respect you for who you are and not for what you have. Wise words. I've tried to live by this and not be too showy with the things I own. However, sometimes you just can't help it XD a PS3 itself is a showy thing lols! The same goes for a PSP, everyone just awes at the very sight of it. Anyways, i'm just blattering on here. Let me get to the point.

Last month my monthly spending money (for education and living expenses provided my grandpa) came in late. VERY LATE. I had to borrow some cash from close friends to scrape by. So yeah, eventually the money came in and by then the money for March had come in as well XD so I had 2 months worth of cash lols! So I paid off all my debts and was left with a wad of cash to spend. I got myself a set of Yukata (a traditional japanese outfit) that I had always wanted as well as a game called Killzone 2 for the PS3 (a game i've been waiting to play for 2 whole years to be released). You know the feeling when you finally get something you've been wanting for a LONG LOOOOONNNNNGGGGG TIME!? Well i had that feeling twice over with those two purchases XD It felt good! So there went close to a 900 ringgit in two days (inclusive of my rent for the month which was 540, not so bad I guess XP).

I then went grocery shopping to restock the supply cabinet (food and snacks for those desperate times). Maggi mee and Milo as well as other tid bits were on the list of purchases as well as some JD cola =3 awesome stuff. That night I surfed my cosplay website and found a wig I've been looking for. I got in contact with the owner and I banked in the amount the very next day. Another hundred plus out of the bank account... this week i'm gonna have to pay for an Ouran Highschool hostclub costume which I agreed to purchase from another forumer who wants to get some cash. I've also gotta budget some money for my birthday (although i'm the one who's gonna be celebrated I figured i'd treat a few good friends to some desert and some drinks) wouldn't be a bad gesture to make em feel happy too right?

I gotta get myself a new phone too.... gawd.... why did my old one have to fuck up now!? >_< I like the size of my current one and for it's simplicity in design. Guess i should get a new high end model with them latest features huh? Sony Ericsson.... but which one though... owh well.... i'll figure it out some other day. I've splurged so much this month I think i'll be out of cash if I keep it up. But hey, its not like I do it often right? I think i'm begging to know why you gals like SHOPPPPPPPIIIIIIINNNNNNGGGGGG XD I loathe the impulse buyer in me but mehhhh... He doesn't come around much lols!

Birthdays...

2009-03-05T03:25:00.002+08:00

So my birthday is coming up (that time of the year already?) and its at the end of the month (29th to be exact!). So i'm expecting a few goodies from friends and family this year XD (nothing much, just something to show you care!). I'm planning my own party as well and but a venue for everyone to meet up at and the place to eat have not been decided... darn... well at least theres a skeleton of what'll happen. A dance party the night before to celebrate with friends (possibly at M.O.S or Barce) then a casual get together lunch/dinner someplace nearby to just hangout and chill.

TGI's? A japanese place? Pizza hut?... any suggestions guys? I wanted to buy you guys some food but apparently you'd feel bad since its my birthday so tell you what. You guys pick a venue and pay for your own meals while I get you a decent desert whilst we digest and joke amongst ourselves after a hearty meal ;)

EPIC weekends!

2009-03-01T21:45:00.002+08:00

So yeah, weekdays are almost always a drag these days. "You almost feel like killing yourself for just being in college" Said a friend as we were discussing something to do with the education system one morning in class. Well it isn't all that bad I guess. ICPU is an interesting course. You do something different everyday and its not just boring old lectures so it's fine. I won a law debate last week, well me and my AWESOME team did XD we debated about the justification of ISA in singapore. Rest assured, as the opposition we WON =D EPIC WINZ we pwnz!

Didn't have HW this week either which is a godsend. More time to chill out and socialize with friends for once. You're not gonna get many opportunities to do so with the hectic lives we lead. Plus, most days we spend the evenings sleeping from exhaustion. Who knew a few hours clocked in the morning could take so much out of a person. Then there are those sleepless nights doing assignments (often last minute) since we'd rather do other stuff like play games and go out with friends the days before XD

This week I had the chance to go clubbing with friends, two nights in a row. Safe to say, my dancing has improved and I've gotten the hang of attracting girls to open up to being my dance partner while still respecting the unwritten boundaries they may have. After all, these girls aren't your girlfriends and there's only so much you can do. If i'm lucky enough, they'll realize i'm just out to have a good time and warm up to me (hip action anyone?). Thursday alone I managed to have the pleasure of dancing with 3 seperate girls (they weren't that shy and they knew what they were doing XD). I came out pretty satisfied, tired and sore all over.... but satisfied.

Friday I went again with a different set of friends to Bar Celona. Attendance was pretty.... Ugh.... I had to fend off loads of stiffs to get to some girls. They'd even attempt to get em off me at times which prompted both her and me to move around several times XD not as enjoyable as the night before but it was fun. My advice holds true tho... Pak Yew should know this better than anyone lol! "Warning, if you don't already know... You're screwed if you can't get a good dance partner between 11.30 and 1 as after that time period, the party will turn into a sausage fest". Hope you enjoyed yourselves guys! Safe to say we're never going on a friday ever again XD

Brainwashing...

2009-02-18T22:39:00.000+08:00

You know I've always been interested in society. Guess it's the main reason why I took up sociology and psychology. Wanted to learn more about people and why they are the way they are. What causes em to act a certain way. Well, after about 2years of such education I've found that groups of people (society) play a big part in a person's life (upbringing as well). We are the way we are because someone influenced us in some way to act that way. It may be conscious or sub-conscious. Influence can have a great effect or a very little one (but may increase with constant influence).

One interesting point I studied was gender roles. Take for example someone who's grown up in a family totally made up of the opposite sex. Lets say a boy is brought up by a group of women (girls included), he will grow up to act just like them. Vice versa for girls in a family totally made up of boys and men. It's not something that's certain 100% but you get what I mean right? Our whole lives... we've been brainwashed into literally almost everything related to social relations. I am the way I am because society made me this way. Even your sexual orientation can be influenced by others.

What makes a man like this

Over this?

I can think of many other things like... the perception of beauty. In the more developing countries, thin is beautiful. In less developing countries especially ones that go through poverty, being thin is the last thing anyone wants to be. Coz it signifies malnutrition and sickness. So all the women (especially those who wanna get married) try to get as fat as possible. Coz that's whats beautiful there.

You see how much impact a society can have on a person? It starts with family, moves on to friends, then society at large... heck, the random person on the street can have an influence on you. It's just that you don't realize it @_@

Anyways, I know my friends have had a HUGE influence on me in the past few years =P Appearance wise, i've changed a heck lots since I left secondary school and I'm in to a lot of different things now thanks to them lols! For the good and for the worst I guess XP

What a valentines day.... not to remember....

2009-02-15T00:42:00.000+08:00

I dunno why we put up with made up days created by corporations to brain wash us into spending more money than we should on things just for the sake of showing how we feel towards those that we love through material gifts. I mean how is V day any different from any other day? Take away the up priced presents and the idea that we're forced to buy a rose or some chocs for that special someone and its just like every other stinking day. If you're wondering why I'm poking at it so much then I'll tell you why. Yeah I was unhappy on that stupid day of yours. No i didn't stay in despite waking up later than usual, I did go out but instead of going out and seeing that particular someone with a group of friends I was forced to go out with my housemate and was subjected to 7whole hours of COD4 just to bury the memory that the person got called off for something and couldn't go for an outing.

Don't even mention the thought that I now realize more than ever that I'm single and have been for the past 4 months or so... what hurts even more is that I've begun to realize is that I'm the type of guy who's just owh so perfect as the third wheel. The one that seems okay and all, reasonably attractive but never gets the girl. I'm the one that always gets to be the third wheel when a pair of my good friends who're together wanna go out and they need a ride. There's nothing wrong with it, its just that some of the time it gets really hard not to notice the intamacy between the two that you so long to have (have again?) and seeing it up close.

Call me emo, call me jealous, call me irrational and a blind fool. A blog is a blog and this is the only place i'll be able to write out my raw thoughts and emotions without having to feel guilty about it or to hide it. Yes I'm an attention seeker it's true, sue me... I like attracting attention even if it is the bad kind coz I can't survive being alone and quiet without human interaction. GAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! fuck the world and it's complexities. Its injustices, imperfections, expectations, and all that....

I miss Y.... we all make mistakes right? We both did... both overreacted... ha ha... maybe I have regrets over what happened... but even if she would take me back I couldn't bring myself to let her. I'm too erratic... too emotional... naive too in my own ways. I'm so out of it that I don't even know what I'm writing about in the first place =D ah yes V day... I just wanna be held again... to feel that sense of security, that illusion that when that person takes hold of me, I am theirs and theirs alone... safe from all that may do me harm...

*Sniffle* Anyways, Happy Valentines people. Congrats to those who've finally gathered the courage to get together with their significant other and all the best to those who've already long been together. I pray for your happiness. As for me... I guess maybe the deities of fate have me on their leash. At least i'll still have cosplay partners right? Sigh...

Reno's holidays over yet again~

2009-02-01T01:29:00.000+08:00

Gosh, the 9 days i got off of college have come and gone like a flash and... I didn't do much to show for it *squints* Well... lets recap... There was that LAN party I attended at Asia Cafe's FTZ along with Dei dei and Connman. Haha good times playing Left 4 Dead and COD 5 (I owned in COD5 but the opposition made me their bitch while playing L4D... I'm always the goodie two shoes who helps my friend but they leave me for the friggin zombies!!!!)

Hurm.... Come CNY day, I slept in till about 3 in the afternoon -_- yeah yeah I ain't proud of myself either and I missed the eclipse that happened thanks to the friggin cloud in Subang area.... thankfully Dei dei was free that day and he and his brother were planning to go to the movies (I tagged along and drove us over to 1U to watch InkHeart).

It was pretty lonely in the apartment during this entire week without my housemates. I felt miserable some days to the point of being Emo... Going back to my grandma's home didn't help either... despite having familiar faces around I felt horrible and even anime's that seemed comedic to friends were intrepretted as sad and sorrowful to me.

The week picked up bit by bit. Went to have some shisha with a handful of Comic Fiesta forumers and danced in the arcade on the machines. Celebrated a friend's birthday and caught up with the school mates I knew so well in the past (it was great seeing them again after so long). Cappy and Itomaki even dropped by to join me in a short anime marathon in my room (bet your brains are fried now after watching that one episode of Macademi Wasshoi huh girls? LOVE AND PEACEEEE!!!!)

Yeah... most of the other days were spent in bed, sleeping, surfing on9, watching funny vids like Achmed the Terrorist and FaceBooking... not a lot... well I did find a 100ringgit bill the other day which made me jump for joy and I finished one of my college projects which is due after the holidays so all in all it can't be as bad as some other people's CNY week right? Can it....?

Happy Chinese New Year!

2009-01-25T14:50:00.000+08:00

Hey people! Nothing much to say this time round. Just wanted to wish ya'all happy holidays (I got a whole 9 days off to screw around, sleep, play games, etc etc). Anyways, if anyone's got plans for outings and stuffs, do invite me =3 freaking free at the moment. Alone in the apartment too so I might have some sleep over, we'll see ;P that's all Reno out =3

College (Third Semester) -3rd year in Taylors-

2009-01-14T02:20:00.000+08:00

God... it's been 2 years at Taylors... Time moves so fast... (and truth be told) it's been a roller coaster ride. I would have never imagined myself being where I am now doing the things I do and well... I just never thought I'd change so much in a mere 24 months... Since I left home, i've stayed out later (i used to have curfew at 6p.m!), I now drive a car (hahaha a dream come true... no more fucking public tansport! KTM especially!), I've gone clubbing (something I thought i'd never do until Uni XD), Found and lost love (AGAIN...), become more hardworking towards my studies and a bit more mature in thinking and action... I've changed my hair colour a lot too XD gosh, red, purple, blond, (pink!? WTH!), black ash... Huh! A lot of things...

Even gotten myself into such a thing as cosplay and 2 years ago I could only have dreamt of doing such a thing but to say that i'm up there with the more experienced cosplayers is a feat. (Thanks a lot guys for your support and help! Couldn't have done it without ya!) Sigh... well... there have been some bitter moments in my life since I joined college. There was that time when my grandparents split... ha... ha... dark moments... but things worked out in the end. They always do right? Somehow... I can't believe I even passed ICPU (i didn't graduate because i'm taking extra subjects but I could've~).

Mmm... I just have moments of great Nostalgia... unlike most people who just miss their highschool friends, I've got it 3 times as worse. Not only do I miss my highschool friends, I miss my A levels mates and my ICPU friends who've already graduated... Most have moved on to bigger better things... and I'll be leaving my cosplay gang as well once I leave for the UK this coming September... Gah... memories are sweet but sometimes the void it creates can bring more pain that joy. *shakes head then snickers* Enjoying the moment right? It's all about the moment... I think that's why I always look up... and wonder... Am I truly content with my life? Or am I just caught up in the moment, content with what I have right there and then...

Anyways, enough of my aimless ramblings. I figured you guys would want something to read after so long =P so yeah, pick my brain a lil more if you'd like. Post some comments up! See ya next time ;)

New Year, New Things, New Faces.... NEW LAP TOP!

2009-01-03T01:01:00.000+08:00

So yeah, I think everyone's got access to a computer these days. Internet line may not be as fast as you'd like (or as reliable for that matter...fucking streamyx!) but yeah, its better than 56k dial-up we used to have to deal with right?

Anyways, I have a lap top. M-life brand. Never heard of it? Yeah, see... I was kind of on a budget before and I just picked something that seemed alright and affordable.
http://bestari.net/shop/product_info.php?products_id=66

BAD MOVE... it was the shittiest piece of crap i've ever had. It was slow, prone to virus, the XP Operating System was unregistered and it got infected by spyware so bad that most sites with flash and other nice effects would lagg it up (face book and Potter's blog are an example). So yeah, dealt with it for a year...

God... I really wish I hadn't knocked my first lap top over and damaged the screen... it wasn't the best out there but at least it was reliable *squints* but since the 30th as of last year, I NO LONGER NEED TO DEAL WITH LAGG ANYMOARRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!! With the dawn of the new year behold!!!! My new baby!

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the Dell XPS M1530

Ho yeah!!! This baby comes packing alright! Although it isn't the lightest in its class weighing at 2.9kgs, it has a few tricks up its sleeve. 3Gig ram, 300Gig Hard Disk Drive, Intel Centrino 2 Dual Core Processor, 15' LCD screen with HDMI out and the best speakers i've heard on any laptop so far (they're not as loud as my SONY Hi-Fi In my room, it shakes the room by the way...) it's loud enough to have me listen to some conversations in a game whilst my friend play Devil May Cry 4 out in the living room with the tv's volume at 50 XD

Owh and did I mention this thing is thinner than most laptops. Look at the photo above and you'll see why. If you look close enough, you'll notice a slit where the discs are inserted. Thats right, no button on the side to eject discs which makes it a tad slimmer (or at least it seems to be). It's got bluetooth too, an 8 in 1 memory card reader, and surprisingly a finger print reader too for added security or if you happen to forget that awfully long password you set lols!
The screen is wicked clear and the graphics card is top notch too. Nvidia G-force 8600 if i'm not mistaken... i'm not too good with the inner parts of a com so much but based on what this thing can push out from my games, I can tell its decent. Call Of Duty 5 at high settings with no lag =3 I'm gonna test out Left 4 Dead later to see if I can get similar results there as these games eat a lot of ram and require really good graphics cards. Any suggestions on what to try out next? I tried Crysis as well... decent, but me thinks the graphics card isn't good enough to run it at maximum. High was fine but anything more and it'd be a tad choppy.

When I was looking for the lap top I was looking for 3 things, Weight, Slim Design, and specs that were for users who liked their PCs to be all rounder (work and play).
Well I found the XPS M1330 when I went to low yat. It was much lighter at 1.9Kgs and met my needs but the specs were a little off and the screen was smaller at 13'... So i figured i'd get the slightly more expensive model since my grandpa was paying XD and that was that. Now if only the budget was raised higher and I could get this baby
http://www1.ap.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/xpsnb_m1730?c=my&cs=mydhs1&l=en&s=dhs

Then again... the extra weight defeats the purpose of portability... might as well get a desktop right? XD I take that back, I love you XPS *kisses* thanks grandpa for the wonderful Xmas/Good Exams Result gift =) Best thing i got since the psp and PS3

My CF 08 Experience

2008-12-27T00:09:00.000+08:00

Well the highly anticipated weekend finally came, and just like that…. Its come and gone…. Yeah, I’m talking about CF 2008 people. I’ll give you a lil history behind me wanting to go for events like this. It all started with TAF 2007. Gosh I remember it like it was yesterday. I was studying A levels back then, college was a whole new thing for me and wouldn’t you know it? We had our own Anime Society and we were hosts to our very own Anime Festival; Taylor’s Anime Fest to be exact. So I was introduced to the world of cosplay. It intrigued me, sure I’ve seen people in costumes before but not people my age and certainly not this close up. Fast forward a whole year and it’s time for TAF 08 to take place, except this time… I’m no longer a spectator. XD I’m a friggin cosplayer!; Reno to be exact from the ever popular and famous game/CG movie FF7.

That was that, from that moment on… I was hooked and since that day, everyone who’s anyone in the cosplay community has been telling me the same thing. YOU HAVE GOT TO ATTEND CF OMGFTWBBQILIKEMILK! LOL! So yeah, I’ve been waiting awhile for this thing and truth be told…. IT ROCKED HARD!!!! Haha now I get what you guys were saying about the previous events being off the mark. CF is great indeed!

Anyways, that blabber aside…. I’ll give you my account for my first time at CF 2008. Here wii go yo!

So yeah, got up at 8a.m. I surprisingly woke up before my alarm went off too (haha subconscious must’ve nudged me to wake up). Dei was still fast asleep on the mattress next to mine and I nudged him. He was still tired from staying up the morning before (yes, we played PS3 and chatted all night long till it was morning…) He kept pressing the snooze button on the alarm but we managed to finally get up and we left the house about 9ish. Arrived at 10 because we had to pick up a couple of people on the way. So I had my make up applied by my personal make up artist (thanks Reg!!! appreciate it!) Everything was going smoothly and wouldn’t you know it? Zimz forgot to bring her brush for my scars *more squinty eyes* so yeah…. No Reno scars that day *sad…* and my hair was a lil fucked up coz it was too long… It wasn’t my best portrayal of Reno but people still seemed to recognize me so…. It wasn’t all bad I guess. Entered and posed for a couple of people and then….

BAM! I found my RUDE!!!! I was so glad that for once, Reno wouldn’t walk the halls Solo like I had to for the previous events! Thanks Rude for showing up at CF for at least day 1 ;)

Since all the tidus's went AWOL I figured it was time for the ol Reno to pick up the lonely Yuna's walking the hallways. H-e-l-l-o LADIES =3

Half the day goes by and I didn’t even have the chance to eat lunch properly, I’m out of the sushi king and rushing into the men’s room for a quick costume change into *drum roll* Gintoki!

From Gintama for a private shoot with my Gintama group. I’ve typed so much I figured I’d let the pics do the talking to describe the shoot XD it was a blast lols!

After that… I was just… guh… drained… I was so tired I fell asleep at the café on a couch holding my empty drink cup… it wasn’t till Tamz (Pikachu) started quick attacking me (poked me continuously) that I woke up. Dei is such a caring friend, he took me under his wing and really took care of me for those two days when it came to nourishment (Thanks a bunch man ;) you’re a good friend) he bought me a 100plus and I started to feel better.

Drove home after dropping him off at a station so he could get his boots and I basically fell on my bed clinging on to what life I had left in me (I was tired but I couldn’t sleep…. Know the feeling?) My housemate (like Dei) was worried when he saw me. He peered in to check on me to find a half dead guy chatting on MSN face down on his pillow. “Are you okay dude?” he asked opening the door slightly, “…Coz you look really dead, wanna eat something?”. I fixed myself up with some instant noodles and after ingesting some of that and a lively chat with my friend I was good to go again (too good that I didn’t sleep till 3…. Gah!)

Day 2 of CF promised more attendees, mostly because of the increased attendance of cosplayers because of the solo competition held that day. Alas, I felt something was missing that day… that high I got at AFA wasn’t present. It felt… dare I say It? Boring!? OMG NOOO This is CF!!!

But I guess that’s as far as it’ll go being an event hosted in Malaysia. Nevertheless, I shouldn’t complain so much! I had a blast meeting up with all these new faces and taking pictures. Made a couple of fans too XD you know who you are!

Anyways, I er…. Took part in a performance on day 2 *squints* a dance to be exact… so… yeah…. I’ll let the video do the talking and you can decide what to make of it XD some people loved it, others just continually did spit takes especially the ones in the front row or so I hear lol!

Long story short as far as the solo competition goes, I wasn’t good enough to make it to the finals. Competition was tough and I applaud the finalists who got to be in the final 8.

Nemesis, Zehn a cosplay friend of Dei’s and I was one of those finalists. I believe the remainders were, Yuna and Riku from FFX-2 they were the same ones I saw at AFA XP hot pair, they really suit the two characters. Asoka from Star Wars (she made her own light saber! Nicely done). Faust… I think he needs to study his character more, you weren’t jumpy enough dude… Blackstar from soul eater, haha hyper lil fella I must admit. Sheryl Nome! OMG she was one of the greats! My new cosplay heroine! She was damn in character! Hope I can reach her level of cosplay one day and uh…. Owh yeah, there was KRAUZER-SAMA lol! You were great Zimz! Really good cosplay!

Anyways, after the competition all I wanted to do was be Gin-san for the day and that’s what I did.

Walked around all unenthusiastic, wanting some sake, and reading my WEEKULY JUMPU~

I had a candy cane which I stole from Kagura but I finished it after a few hours… Shinigami-sama only ‘helped’ make it shorter too… guh… Here’s more pics…. The problem with my posts is that once I start typing I can never stop LOL!

All in all, a decent ACG event. I hope to see more of these in the future. If only I had been exposed sooner… all the events I’ve been missing out on… haha imma make it all up and go for all the events I can ;) next up! GACC!!!! HUYEAHHHH!!!! See you there ;)

Hahaha Pictures Of Moi~

2008-12-15T03:44:00.000+08:00

Well it's been awhile since I updated this thing... sorry guys and gals... exams have taken their toll on me and i've been busy with cosplay preps and family stuff but now i've been forced back to update by my Kawaii yet sometimes Kakoii Sistah Emilie even if it means adding up pics (no really she told me to put up pics XD) So yeah, anyways... recently i've had a pretty good run with keeping my skin nice and clean so I've taken the liberty of camwho-.... I mean... Cam-jigolo-ing. Anyways... here's a few of the pics that got my stamp of approval!

Here you've got neko me reading XD love the ears
Here's me and ma maid. She's like an elder sis more than anything else

Me emo-ing.... don't show ma grandma, she hates it when I emo....
Haha ahh the fanservice pic~ Grell-ish look with Reno rod XP phallic symbol anyone?

I love ma hoodies... and I like Gin-san's wig... gonna miss it when I give it back
LAMBERT!!!! It's so cute... i'm never sad when it's around. It keeps me happy!

Bored in college.... so I decided to take out the cam before english class started
Another neko shot~ I'm hoping to do loveless next year? Any takers?

Gah! Nostalgia, At Asia Cafe (Asia or AC as most of us call it) finished an exam, not happiiii T.T
I love the smell of hair... it's so aromatic~ shampoo makes it smell like strawberry bubblegum

Was waiting for Hiro-san to get ready. So naturally I had to take a shot for the memories
Tidus and Yamamato out for drinks, what? Tidus is actually blind but he usually uses contacts

Reno when he's not antigrav... man... the bishieness is killer. I dig red hair =3 it's H-A-W-T!!!

That's all for now. I've got more pics but there's just simply too many. Gosh.... CF (comic fiesta) is in 5 days.... hope i'll be ready by then ;) good luck to those entering the competition. I know some people who're already guaranteed a spot for the finals =.= it's gonna be tough...

ACF zero 2

2008-11-16T23:40:00.000+08:00

So yeah, despite not wanting to take this event seriously, I still decided to attend because of my gang (I love you guys... gonna miss ya over in UK T.T)

Woke up in the morning (like 9++) and got ready to go. Jacky and Hikaru caused some delays because they were missing stuffs (or more like Jacky was missing his socks) this caused me to experience some delays too (i forgot my socks in rushing them XD).

Got to TS at around 11? Hurm... found great parking (right next to the doors leading to the escalators!) and made our way up. Jacky and Hikaru went ahead to register while I (as nowaki-san) went to meet up with my Hiro-san (9gems) for our date =3

Unlike normal couples (we're a Yaoi couple XD omg) who get ready before going out, we only groomed ourselves and put on make ups after meeting up (haha even helped each other with our stuff lol). Finishing up, we both headed to the event venue. Pretty small, but concentrated enough to allow for movement from booth to booth and for random cosplay pic snapping.

Waited for quite some time... we were both bored for that period of time. The atmosphere only improved once we were joined by the likes of Akira (ice cream) and her seme (cute non-cosplaying gal? I dunno your name XD never intro properly!!!!!) and Mugen-panda. (we treated the group to some yaoi shots (hope you enjoyed em =3 now where's our money? 1 buck for every shot lol! Kidding!)

After some amount of poking from almost all sides... by mugen, ice cream, jacky =.= and a few others, it was time for some lunch. Yay!!! We went to sushi king... gah... my paycheck hasn't come in Hiro-san! I can't afford to eat there... (so thanks for feeding me =3 i'll treat you during CF! I promise!) Many happy moments in sushi king. Some cute scenes with laughter from Akira's seme XD (she laughs like she's hiccuping very cute) and there were a couple of nice moments where the Ukes and the Semes fed each other (cute audience AWWWWWWWW!!!)

We headed over to the arcade one lunch was over with... A few rounds of Para Para Paradise was in order. There was a pro amongst us as well, man was he good (followed the PPP girlie style a bit too much at times but still... good =D). Hiro went next and I went after. Needless to say, I sweated like a dog who couldn't pant *squints* and my hair was all over the place and needed restyling. No worries, Hiro-san was more than happy to patch things up and I was looking good as new in no time.

Went back to the venue to see the cosplay competition... nothing too much to look forward to. Standard amount of cosplayers drawn in. The usual bunch took part (at this rate i'll get acquainted to everyone in a matter of no time.... where are all the cosplayers in KL?) In my honest opinion, Satan and Narukids skit was the best amongst the competition. They really got the crowd hyped up. Sadly, they didn't even get placing which I thought was outrageous. Satan took it like a good sport though. No complaints from him (none that he showed outwardly anywyas). The champs shouldn't have won. Even if their costumes were generally good, the performance was over done and honestly the dance routine appeared half assed. No crowd support as far as I remember and well.... if at all, I think Gintoki should've gotten first as he was in character throughout the entire event. My salutations to you man. You rock!

Had dinner afterwards, no money... so i sipped some of Hiro-san's drink hehehe we even had a moment =* huhuhu some hot date XD i'll leave the rest to your imaginations XP Hur... drove home with Jacky and Hikaru... found my router to be fried... apparently there was a heavy storm earlier while I was out. I left it on as usual for my friend to use and he didn't switch it off claiming that I locked my door (doubt he would've done it even if it was open but who knows...) i'm using the one streamyx gave us but it's only temporary, gotta make it so that he can use the line too...
Gah... i'm tired... wanna sleep... so yeah... nice outing, event was bluek but I liked the company owh and and... I GOT CAT EARS XD now its time to corrupt the minds of my fans XP whoever they may be =D Ciaos for now. Oyasuminasai~

Being Bishie...

2008-11-10T19:40:00.000+08:00

I've come a long way since highschool. I used to be the dude that had zits all over his god**** face and it only worsened when the temperature increased due to the hot hot weather that we have to endure in Malaysia. Well I tried everything, creams, lotions, scrubs you name it. Nothing really worked for me. The power of puberty simply could not be over come. I'm not the hot hot guy type that girls drool over XP and I honestly don't mind that lol! Makes me humble and it ain't all about looks right?

Skip forward 6 odd years and you're in the present day. I'm a full time college student and the effects of puberty have run off. My face can actually be clear on some days of the week but of course like any other battlefield, my face wasn't left unharmed as I've got a few scars from them pimples. It's not too bad though, coz those imperfections I've realized as of late can be covered up by make up XD ok ok I know it's weird for me (a guy) to be mentioning that I use make up but it's only for cosplay which means it's for a good cause (anime characters need perfect skin what? =P)

Skip forward another few months and I've attended and participated in a few cosplay events held around KL and Selangor. Conventions like TAF (taylors anime fest) and ACGC (Anime Comic and Gaming Convention). To make it short and sweet, I've been awarded anime character status lol! or something like that. I've got fangirls (the one's i meet are quite nice) as well as stalkers (well so far nothing too extreme, they've only found my e-mail on their own which is harmless and their nice people). Up until recently everythings been fine. Until a few days ago that is.

I'm registered as a member on Comic Fiesta forums. I like to chit chat with the members and constantly post in that portion of the site. Recently, one of them opened a camwhore thread where users alike can well.... post up their camwhore pics duh! Xd unfortunately I dominated the thread a fair bit by including a picture in almost every post I made. Unfortunate why? Because I realized I can be pretty Bishie. Why is that bad? Coz it not only attracts the opposite sex it pulls in the guys interested in me too (owh dear).

I'm straight. Honestly. I have no intention of going down the path of having an intimate relationship with the same sex. I love girls! I dunno what the world would be like without em. Sure, I involve myself in the whole Seme/Uke game but most of it I condone because the ones forcing it on me are (mostly) girls... I'm fine with it, they have their fun and I get a couple of laughs by making them laugh and feeding their fangirl desires. There are a few occurences when I take questionable pictures with guys but it's mild fanservice. Nothing more...

I'm flattered that people (even the guy ones) notice me and think i'm attractive (thank you you're too kind) but seriously, no offence but i'm not interested in guy guy relationships and I'll never be in one. So if you'll please, just back off for my sake. I can take a joke but it's gotten to a point of being uncomfortable and i'm asking politely that you cease and desist. You know who you are. I don't mind being friends but that's all it'll ever be. I hope i've made this clear to you XxxxxXxxxxxx

Halloween Party at Metropolitan College

2008-11-01T02:49:00.000+08:00

So yeah, it's the 31st... a time for scares and candy =3 so many parties to go to and I chose the one held in Metropolitan. Why? Coz my buds are going that's why lols! Cosplay gang get together again for the usual list of socializing activities. Chatting and catching up with as well as candid and some yaoi shots to boot.

Well I can't say too much about the party held at Metro. It wasn't the best thing i've been to to say the least. It was more of a private outing rather than an event or so it seem to be. Lack of organization and crowd control. Loads of people were doing their own thing in their own groups a.k.a syok sendiri XD

The cosplay competition was pretty fail aside from the lack of participation, nobody really did anything too wow for it (i know i didn't XP) but Jacky and MskGod's dances were amusing. I was pursuaded to join despite having thought about not doing so for the past week (i have nothing planned that's ready and good...) I did a monologue portraying a vamp that's losing his teeth and hates his wife (i die in at the end of it only to live on miraculously), got 2nd placing which netted me a figurine (hot swim suit chick) and a RM 600 voucher for products at Osim =.= i think i'll ge that head massager now X3

Loads of photos being taken by photographers. I didn't get too much attention but i know who did... don't I Aoitenshi? Joo cat galz joo =P Loads of fans you have. My nose almost bleed...

We did play some games but they just didn't have that edge to draw people into participating. Only us hardcore peoples took part (my arms are tired from that follow the leader business) darn joo hardgayjacky!

Before the night ended, we stopped by Starbucks and turned almost every head in there. A bunch of taylors college students greeted us by wishing a happy halloween (at least some people know what time of year it is)

Chilled at Burger King till it closed with Lan, Cappy, Izumi, Sky, Jacky and Hikaru.

Now at home kinda tired, kinda sleepy, definately bored in my room typing out this post while Jacky is MIA in my house and Hikaru is busy trying out DMC demo on my PS3 (that's Devil May Cry people, not Detroit Metal City XD)

I'm gonna go rest now... catch ya later... or not X3

Belated Post On : Raya

2008-10-10T01:11:00.000+08:00

(note: this was long overdue and I left it as a draft one night and haven't touched it since.... today. Anyways, my apologies.... here's my post about raya XD like finally =P)

So after the whole month of fasting, there's that one day to look forward to (or sometimes nothing much to look forward to...) Yeah, i'm talking about RAYA!

So yeah... Raya this year fell on the 1st of October. I had managed to persuade my grandma to host and open house for friends this year so I decided to invite a bunch (my old school friends and some new faces amongst the cosplay gang). Although many were away and out of town to balik kampung (as expected) turn out to my house was reasonably good. I even posted on the CF (comic fiesta) forums and invited anyone who was interested. Free food and good company? You can't go wrong =3

I went f0r the Raya early morning prayers as usual with family and returned home to wait for my friends. I told em to come after 10.... I waited.... and waited... and waited some more... the clock struck 12 and still no one came. I was starting to get worried lol but eventually i got my first visitor AMELIA XD who came through the gates after being dropped off by her parents. We were then joined by the likes of Edmond, Rio, Shaun, Haithal, and a few others. I had to go pick up gemz and akiko from the trian station at around 1plus so I drove over to find akiko-chan sitting near the stair case (was she reading? I can't remember XD). Then I got a minor shock lols! Gemz showed up after about 1omins and in.... a BAJU KURUNG? O___________O
It is so not her lols!

I brought em home and offered em the usuals, a drink (my gramma's fruit punch, a fav amongst the guests I might add) and some kuih raya (i know a bunch of you liked the cookies you cookie monsters!) I went out a few hours later to pick up Potter and gang who arrived in the late evening. I picked up Sky too but I had to turn around to get her though (she arrived a lil late but no matter, I needed to get more Ice so it's ok Sky ;))

I tried intergrating my two groups of friends who came (EPIC FAILZ that was). My old skool friends all decided it was cooler (temp wise) to stay in the lounge and play chotaiti (did i spell that right?). My new anime/manga/and all things cosplay friends were more interested in staying in my room raiding what little manga I had on the shelf and forcing me to.... to.... watch X_X scenes from... J-j-j-JUNJOU ROMANTICA (god purge my soul lols I am a sinner!..... But so what right? OMGROLF!)

The day went along at a decent pace once my guests all arrived. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves and at least we managed to take the time to leave the confines of our social circles to take a group picture =) (i know... my eyes a sepet-ed coz I'm smiling and showing joy, deal with it =3)

Everyone started making a move to get home at around 6ish. Everyone said their goodbyes and some continued texting even after they left about how good a host I make. I thank you for attending this year. May there be a nice get together next year for raya ;)

The Thing Bloggers Do When They Dunno What To Say

2008-10-07T23:07:00.000+08:00

1. Post these rules before you give your facts.
2. List 8 random facts about yourself.
3. At the end of your post, choose 8 people to tag and list their names, linking to them.
4. Leave a comment on their blog, letting them know they're tagged.

Lets see....

1. I love sleeping on the floor (I prefer it to the bed, it's good for my back)
2. I feel most secure on the floor in the corner of my room (you can't sink lower than the floor especially when you're feeling low and sad)
3. I get agitated most easily when i'm hungry, sleepy, or things don't go my way.
4. I enjoy attention, which would explain my loud hyper nature XD
5. I have a sensitive side and I cry when things get totally out of my hands.... (i guess that's two things but whatever XP)
6. I'm open to ideas just as long as those who present them are open to mine
7. I gain pleasure from being fun and different (changing hair colour, coloured contacts, interesting hats, cosplaying)
8. I'm looking for that gal who can trust me for who I am and not for whom I seem to be (really do I look like a play boy to you?)

Who to tag....?
1. Ice Cream
2. Sagaranna
3. Aiko
4. Emilie
5. Reina
6. Anna
7. Potter
8. Bakasauce (mitsy XD)

ACGC (LIKE FINALLY RIGHT!?)

2008-10-03T20:27:00.000+08:00

Hullo friends and cosplayers alike! I would like to first apologize for not updating this blog of mine sooner (it's long over due i know) but I didn't have internet access at all since friday night the night before ACGC day 1 till today (literally a week has passed) Gomenasai!!!

Anyways, moving on to ACGC.... IT ROCKED!!!! XD i know some of you who've attended events before might see it as a flop because you've seen better (at CF more like) but this is my third convention and it was a blast. Although the first day showed a limited amount of attendances by both the public as well as cosplayers but the Air Gear Private shoot made up for it as me and the gang made our way to the interconnecting bridge between Midvalley and The Gardens for some pictures. *note* (we got questioned about our intentions during the beginning by security guards patrolling the area but aside from that and the F****D up malay group of shufflers/punks, the shoot went on without a hitch. Here's some pics

There's more on the forums somewhere and sorry for the resized photos guys and gals, i saved the wrong ones so if anyone wants bigger ones you can request em from me later or ask 9gems our photographer for that outing. After the shoot, we decided to go back and see if there was anything else to do. I bought some stuff from Mitsy's and Cappy's booth (nice job girls but Half of the things there i've already gotten from TAF =P thanks for the nice bookmarks though!) I skated around the back of the doujin' area looking at my cosplay friends taking pics together. Not long after that, as I was sitting down in the lounge-ish area 9gems surprised us by cosplaying Kazu (one of the important supporting characters in Air Gear) the things that occured afterwards I think i'll keep amongst those who were there, myself and god XD owh my.... what naughty things cosplayers do when they're bored.... i still want those photos people! This proves the surveys are bullshit! Semes and Ukes can change depending on the situation lols! Ok.. i've said too much... AHEM*

It got close to breaking fast time and well... to avoid a long story, we had to drag ourselves all the way to the bowels of the gardens to grab a bite to eat. VERY FAR AWAY FROM THE CONVENTION CENTRE... We went home generally happy though =) thanks mitt's mom for the food!

SECOND DAY

Got up early coz i had to go to KL to do something for my grandma. She needed to get something from a friend's house and i drove back from Subang to KL and back to my friend's place to grab my stuff. We got to the convention centre and Ken started styling as well as spraying my hair to get the SpitFire look. Apparently this is a deviant act XD WHY WAS EVERYONE STARING i'll never know... Wani arrived later with my jacket (yhey! I finally look the part with the fur on =D) and i was off skating again once i got my skates back on. LOADS I'm TELLING YOU LOADS OF PHOTOGRAPHERS on the 2nd day! *cries tears of joy* I was so happy to be recognized as SpitFire! and all thanks to Wani for her work ;) *i still owe you I won't forget ;P*
I even got an interview by some people who're putting up a site for cosplay events and stuff. Hope i'll be included in the video ;)

Mmm... OK OK I CONFESS!!! I skipped fasting that day.... ONLY ONE DAY la... coz i would've fainted if i didn't have something to eat before my performance. I'll ganti eventually ;P I mean how could i have pulled this off on an empty stomach

The performance I did was rather impromptu. I just finished figuring what I was gonna do literally hours before the competition. Heck, i didn't even know when i was registering. Since SpitFire doesn't show up much and all he does is act kakkoii~ I decided to steal some of Ikki's material and add a lil humour to the skit. Yeah.... SpitFire's school for StormRiders 101.

The skit kinda goes like this. SpitFire has the ability to control time...slightly... so i overblew the ability and made him accidentally travel back in time to when Air Treks are just plain rollerblades... *i flamed rolled and fell causing me to slip into the past* yup... no more regalias >_<>_< with dead/hollow XD

Tried to be seme afterwards but.... then everyone started gangbanging me.... look at it.... some many people....

Moving along somemore, I met a pair of my Reno (now turned SpitFire...) fans at the event. Even though they made me get go on wild goose chases by playing kinda one sided hide and seek it was nice to finally see them in person and take some pics with em (sorry jo jo... pic turned out blur....) carmen's pic was ok though for some reasons XD Maybe you'll get lucky next time!
There's loads of cosplay pics for me to post up but unfortunately i don't have them yet coz i haven't hunted for them *blame the internet!!!!!*
So i'll just end by saying the event was a blast for me. I met some new faces and got to bond with some not so new ones too ;) We even did the YMCA dance after the competition!!! Loved it!!! Eventhough i did the C backwards XD Till next time!

Get togethers...

2008-09-19T22:29:00.000+08:00

It's FRIDAY!!! WOOHOO!!! Yeah! Like finally! *ahem*

Lets see... i've got very little planned *owh who am I kidding?* I've got that buka puasa cosplay 101 thing to get to XD One of my cosplayer friends is apart of an Anime society in her college. So she's got a bunch of interested by shy members who wanna cosplay but dun have the confidence to do so nor the basic knowledge. So we've decided to get together and share what ever we've got in our lil heads (minus all the corrupt stuff like yaoi, yuri, hentai and what not)

Haha i'm actually really looking forward to seeing the gang again. It's been awhile since the cosplay pic nic and it would be nice to catch up with these extremely busy busy peoples. We'll be having a buka puasa dinner at Chicken Hartz Times Square. Lols! Honestly though, i'm in it for the ice cream XD unlimited refills with loads and loads of chocolate sprinkles lols! Added, i'm back in the single scene. Maybe I might just make some good connections for the future? Hahaha who knows? All i hope for is a group that'll laugh and smile and take back good memories of the night to look back at.

Time is passing by me so fast these days. The routine of my day doesn't help either. Life isn't as interesting as it used to be. I need to do something to spice it up. The gathering is a good first step towards achieving that =3 maybe a gym membership will do well after the fasting month. Reno is gonna be sexy XD with a lil bit of abs showing ;P yeah!

Holiday! and... some other stuffs...

2008-09-16T22:53:00.000+08:00

Hahaha finally a day off! YESU~ I'm so psyched! We all need a break once in awhile and 2morrow is a well deserved one. I'll sleep in, get up late, watch some anime and rest whilst I await night fall =3 probably gonna go meet up with Dominic (my old A levels classmate) for buka puasa. He's leaving in 2 weeks or so and I'm finding time for us to bond as best buds before he leaves for the UK (i'll join you next year bro so wait for me yeah ;))

Sigh... break ups are hard. Are they not? No matter how you spin it, you'll always end up hurting yourself or your other half (or both!). Unless you're in one of those fairy tale relationships where you both have someone you fancy and mutually decide you'd be better off as friends and have a great connection later on (which never happens honestly). So why even bother with relationships if you know they won't last? I personally think it's the whole experience. You learn things, you give and you take, you explore that other side of you that you may have not discovered as a friend. I could list more things but i'll never finish XD but i suppose the most important thing i've learned about the girls i've been with is their low self esteem.

I myself do not place myself high on the attractive guy's list, but it seems the girls I dated somehow manage to rate themselves lower than me to the point that trust becomes an issue and i'm always being dropped the hint that "yeah, i think you'd probably leave me if someone hot came up to you and asked you to be her gf".
I don't know where such assumptions come from. I'm not the type that plays with people's feelings. I'm not known to be a play boy and i've never been in more than one relationship at a time. If it's the friends i keep then i'm sorry if you feel that way about them. I'm a sociable kind of guy and condemn me for what i am if i happen to be the type that is always the first one to introduce himself to people when we meet at a conference or gathering.

So what if you're not as good looking as another person? Big WHOOP! I'm with you aren't I? Why do some girls find it hard to accept that a guy chose her over others because he wanted it that way. If you want us to leave that badly then SAY SO! Sigh... instead of making us think that we're mistreating you. Yes, you have some right to be jealous! Yes, it's not something you can just bury because if you weren't jealous one bit, you wouldn't care about me but PLEASE. There's always a limit as to how you can express yourself. I treat people how i wish to be treated. So if i give you the freedom to hang out with your guy friends, please respect me by allowing me to hang with my girl friends. It is not a sign of being unfaithful. Everyone needs space to be who they are and they shouldn't avoid people just because they are with someone. It's not fair to either party.

I'm not referring to anyone in specific just so you know, as the stuff i said covers a huge range of people and the issues related to them. Yes, i'm a lil emo/hyper/stressed/etc. because of reasons i'd rather keep to myself.

On another note XD i'm single again! Weird feeling la. Can't really explain it la... Tis a time to mingle amongst the population and make new connections *wink wink* I wonder when my next date will be =D

It's that time of the year...

2008-09-15T16:28:00.000+08:00

God... it's been so long since college started and i've learned so much about life and friends, what is it to be happy and to experience loss. How accepting people can be and how rejecting as well. A levels is gone and ICPU is midway, I still look at those pictures i took all those months ago and wonder where did all the people go...

Ramadhan is here again and my stomach is being tested...
Fasting is coming along well but i'm so tired most days...
I fell asleep in psychology class today as we were watching the Mc Cain speech (we watched Obama's last week). God he was utterly boring... but at least he made realistic promises... English class was great (i talked to some people i never conversed with before) and i managed to wake myself up in doing so (monday blues + no food = instant death)

I'm so bored of going to college, lessons are becoming less and less interesting and the work load is just piling up... all i want is to sleep and laze at home. I know i'm not alone on this one XD my college friends feel the same way too! Lets go bomb the college and get a quick holiday >_< or not lol! I miss my secondary school. If i could relive form 5 without the SPM, I would! Life was simple, friends were close, things were cheap.

I long for the day that the darkness finally takes me away XD or has it already done so and i simply did not know? *moment of randomness end*

I wonder if my other half with ever return from the depths i tossed him to. He was ever so poetic and emo XD Dark Boy... may you never resurface and haunt the days to come.

To be or not to be (Yaoi version)

2008-09-07T18:53:00.001+08:00

Haha i've recently had a few discussions about the Uke and the Seme =3 Someone even argued that I should be the Uke and they be the Seme. YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE! Well... i've finally got proof that I am so THE SEME in a relationship lol! Take that princee XD whoops! Didn't mean to mention you lol! Anyways here's the results without further ado

The SEME or UKE Quiz
created with QuizFarm.com

You scored as The Breaker SEME

You are the most imaginative, helpful, and strong-hearted SEME out there. You can be quiet and helpful at the same time which is a rarity. You're good at listening to others and you don't deny their ideas. One thing you can't stand is seeing someone sad, crying, or otherwise unhappy. Those who think you're shy aren't always the most right but it's true you don't need to talk much unless you have something important to say. You would be paired with the Sorrowful UKE because everyone needs a shoulder to cry on and you're just the guy/gal for the job. It's best to avoid the Homicidal SEME but even if you do that it's easy for someone as calm and helpful as you to get mixed up in the schemes of the certain Devilish UKE. You are truly best placed with the Gentle SEME as a buddy. For my last info, I have to say that you really don't mind and will go with the flow - whatever your partner is into is fine by you but considering who you're best matched with I'd say that they'd be too scared to do anything out of the ordinary. Give them a little nudge to let 'em know it's alright, okay?

The Breaker SEME

95%

The Gentle SEME

80%

The Devilish UKE

80%

The Homicidal SEME

70%

The Sorrowful UKE

50%

The Optimistic UKE

40%

Well... there you have it ;) Now i have to go find that Uke of mine and make em suffer... endless pleasure XD toodles

No matter how hard you try...

2008-09-05T16:37:00.000+08:00

You can never satisfy everyone. That much i've learnt so far. It's simply impossible. There's always something that's just not right in the eyes of people ya know? Be it your attitude, your style of dress, your stand on a certain topic, even the activities you take part in. Must there always be a right and wrong? A suitable and unsuitable? A good and a bad? Can't you just accept a person because they are different and in that sense and tolerate their indifference?

You can't always be right. We humans learn how to intergrate ourselves into society by learning what is wrong. It's always been black and white to us. I think there should be room to include grey areas don't you think? Must something always be A or B? Can't there be a possible C? Or even an A+B? I am who I am and that's all that I am. If you don't like the way I am, don't bother putting on a pleasant face just to please me. I'd rather you isolate yourself from me than force yourself to be two faced. I'll just go somewhere i'm accepted. It's just as simple.

Relationships are complicated. Friends are a good thing to have but it's important to get the kind that aren't just searching for 'the prawn behind the rock' as the malays say. I present my friendship to someone, treating them how I would like to be treated by them. I know i'm not perfect, and i can live with that. Can't you accept me as a fellow human being who is just as flawed as you? Life's too short for such meanless arguments. I wanna live life to the fullest and be happy while i still have the opportunity to attain it.

Sometimes, there's just no chemistry between people. Sure, you may like em, heck you may even love em to bits. But if you just can't be together then there's really nothing you can do now really? Opposites attract... this may be true but to what extent? Do you really think you can live with your total opposite? Can you just picture that for a moment and visualize that? What would you two do together if what you like to do isn't really what your other half likes? How will you survive? Take away the lust, and the possible activities related to it and you have nothing. Love just isn't enough sometimes... and maybe you're not in love with the person, but merely, you love the idea of that person/being with that person. There's a big difference between the two.

Emo sounding or not, I'm tired of being stressed, i'm tired of having to wake up and feeling miserable, i'm tired of worrying and listening to never ending arguments between people, i'm so... so... tired... I hope i can get my peace soon...

Nostalgia....

2008-09-01T12:28:00.001+08:00

Ever have those moments when you're just peering out the window or opening in your room and just stoning.... and then you happen to come across some old photos slit in between an old comic book you forgot you had or an old school year book. Then you look at the picture... it's your gang of old friends, their faces lit up and you're in it too! Sometimes it's just you in the picture and then you think, god... how long it's been and how much you've changed and developed (or vice versa if you feel differently). It's a weird feeling... and well... here's a few to shed some light on the subject XD enjoy or not... here they are (it's from current to past >_< failed to remember that the first pics uploaded will be pushed down... sorry guys and gals)

Me as Reno after make up and Hair have been completed

Me, Derrick and Sue Sue!!! Tongues!!!

Lynn joins us this time... XD i love this pic haha who knew Mc D's is a good place for photos?

Me and Grandpa on a HK ferry back to Wanchai from Kowloon

Me in a Jester's hat with Derrick LOL! we were waiting for Sue Sue and Lynn for break

Me and Kenji at his hairstylist's academy

9gems and Me at Taylors Anime Fest 08

Lynn, Me, Carmen, Fatma and Emily in Families Class D12

Can't remember how blur I was >_<

First signs of inheriting anime features XD camwhoring in HK's international airport

Our last outing with old school friends at Times Square~

Kayin, Shah and Me at the Penang Bus station
(it was my first trip down without family members!!!)

Edwin, Ken and Me on the Eye of Malaysia

Riding in the airport rail in HK with grandpa (all thumbs up!!!)

Granmps and me on the Cable Car in HK's Ocean Park

Me, Shaun and Rio in my room

Best buds> Edmond, Me, Shaun and Rio
(all are prefects XD well... except for edmond who's a librarian =P)

Shaun's christmas party! There is someone who shall never be named in there...
(hint she's behind Edmond)

Me... OMG i look so nerdy... (i was in MAC's centre for you Taylors people)

Yit Tze, CLP, Wendy and Me
Group pic while waiting to go into the charity day's ghost house

Me and Cheng... we were team mates in the Amazing Hunt

Obviously I have more which i didn't include but.... i hope you guys get what i mean.... time flies by so fast you sometimes fail to realize it. I miss you (my old school friends, 5b rocks!!!), I miss you guys too (my A levels Class, PL2 will always be on top ;)), I'm sad i don't see you guys anymore (the people in my Individuals and Families class... I liked our lil group... we clicked) and i will most certainly miss joo gais!!! (my current classmates and the people in my cosplay group). You all have made an impact on my life and I accept you for who you are. I hope i've done the same for you ;) Peace and Salutations

Emotions

2008-08-28T01:48:00.000+08:00

We are empathetic beings. It's supposedly what separates us from the animals (or so some believe). Joy, Sorrow, Fear, Anger.... I'm sure we've all experienced them at some point in time. To be happy for having gotten something as a present, to feel sad that you were left alone at home while everyone else went on holiday, to be scared of the dark and of all that lurk in the blackness, and to be supremely pissed at your friend for being late for lunch XD

Yes, we have emotions and people have their own degree of showing these emotions as well as having more emphasis on one than the others. Happy go luckies are generally.... well.... happy and content with life moving on without much worry, Goths i guess can be related to Sadness and grief which is often related to death and loss... there are others who display certain emotions most of the time other than the two mention.

I've had my share of grief and loss and have felt the pain, the suffering and the sorrow that comes with it. In these moments i think to myself. These emotions are far too much to handle and I think about what it would be like not to have a certain emotion or not have emotions at all. Think of it? If you never knew what happiness was, how could you feel sad? The pain would never come and you would never need to suffer.

No happiness.... just nothingness.... can you imagine? But there's a quote for this issue and i quote "it is better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all". I guess i get the meaning. I wouldn't give anything to know what it is to be happy and have those wonderful memories to keep for the times that are simply saddening. I think life would be utterly boring without emotion really as we'd all be.... THE SAME. Monotonous creatures with lifeless characters. Emotion is what makes us who we are regardless of race, religion and our culture. It's what makes us interesting, unique, attractive even.

Life's a big empty wall, and i plan on putting graffiti all over with emotions ;) Fill in yours too!

Random Cosplay At Dei's

2008-08-24T02:38:00.000+08:00

Well today was urm.... interesting XD we had a random cosplay at Deidara's home in Kelana Jaya. Not everything turned out as planned but the event turned out moderately well and the lot of us had a couple of good laughs and bonded a lil.

I woke up at 8 and took a shower... cold... but it made me feel fresh. Had Ken dry my hair and style it up. It looked most natural compared to the other events he helped me with. No make up this time because Reg wasn't free and it's not a competition anyways. Went to KJ station to pick up 9Gems at 11.30 sharp. What do you know? The LRT breaks down *curses Malaysian Public Transport* i wait half an hour and she shows up with a cake *it was pretty good btw*. We 'attempt' to get to Dei's house... in our attempt, we made several and when i mean several i mean dozens of left turns and more U turns to find the correct junction. We get lost for about half an hour >_< but manage to reach Dei's eventually.

Picking up Space Chan was another endeavor... Paramount station is closer to Dei's house they say... yeah right... it may be closer but its a heck more complicated to get there compared to Taman Bahagia GUYS!!! Me and Gems get lost for another 15 mins or so looking for the place before finally reaching the station and immediately heading over to Cine-leisure to guide Foxey. Unbelievable day... it's the same with Foxey. Two things, HORRIBLE TRAFFIC, and Loads of wrong turns because of it >_< my luck just isn't good today.

Finally, after all that hassle I get to chill at Dei's and grab a drink while the rest meet and greet each other while a few played drum master on the psp (was it drum master?). Lunch was later served after a tonne of pics were taken in the living room *Yaoi and Non-Yaoi ones XD fan service @_@* Spaghetti with meat ball sauce ... Mmmm.... Delish!!! Dei's com was in the lounge area next to the garden so we were treated to a slideshow of pics from Anime Cons he's been to in the past. Simply amazing stuff... There's loads of Talented Cosplayers out there with awesome and wicked costumes.

After lunch... It was picture time again... Honestly, the things i do for fans *and girls* My face was so close to Msk's today and I didn't even know his name till after the shoot XD sorry man... we just weren't properly introduced. The girls took part too ^^ it was... an interesting sight... *tingles with glee and nose starts to bleed* The evening was ended with me and jacky playing simon says or since there were "superiors" there.... Gemz and Dei say XD.

We ended up doing stuff like, re-enacting the Titanic scene to dancing like michael jackson... Honestly jacky, if i ever did have man boobs... you found em today >_< gawd... The last bit involved some dancing and sudden freezing. Gemz then put me and jacky in weird ass poses for the audience to snap pics of us... you gals owe us big time ya hear!? Haha but it was fun la so i can't complain too much. We ended the day with the uncorking of the sparkling juice we had in stock. Jacky's attempt at being a man was an EPIC FAILZ coz he needed Rayray's help =P maybe you'll have better luck next time Jacky ;) i'm sure Hikaru still accepts you XD
We took some of Hikaru's and Jacky's chocs and said our farewells and went home.
That was pretty much it... Except... Hoshiko got super high from watching all of the live action Yaoi that took place and decided to post the lot of pics she took on9 for people to see... She's in big ass trouble. Lets hope she takes em down before they cause too much damage... For Wani's and Rayray's sakes.

Moments of despair...

2008-08-22T11:20:00.001+08:00

There comes a time in all of us seemingly happy go lucky types when we simply can't help but break down due to the pressures in life, a time when all the pain, and all the fury and all the sorrow breaks free from the cage we locked them away in...

Why do we suppress and not pour our feelings you ask? Why not share and be free? Free from the chains that you yourself bring along with you? Well its because... We are the happy go lucky's (or the seeming ones to say the least). We're the one's who lighten the mood when it seems it's dullest, the one's who jump and shout for you and make you laugh and smile and feel that joy that comes with life. We don't care if we're loud or obnoxious or that people hate us coz we're annoying. We are who we are and i'm here to share with you the other side of us that people rarely see... and most times... don't want to see.

We have the ability to cry and weep and frown and be generally sad... same as the rest of you lot. We may put up a good "show" up front in public but if we're having a bad day... it's the corner of the room on the floor for us (literally speaking). Coz most people can't and won't understand what we go through. I used to curl up in bed in tears... it got so bad to one point I was no longer myself... At school... I wasn't happy anymore... i avoided my friends coz i thought i didn't deserve their friendship coz i wasn't their "happy" guy anymore...
Rest assured i changed back to my lil sprite self with a lil help from them. 11years of friendship goes a long way.

Losing a family member, a lover, a friend, or losing your way in life can affect you drastically. Perhaps more than you thought it would. Try having all that was mentioned happen one after the other and you'll know what i mean... the tears will flow and the heart becomes a heavy burden to carry. So the next time that happy go lucky friend of you gives a frown, know that they're going through a tough time. We're not as strong as you think...

Animax Youth Festival 08 Day 2

2008-08-11T13:18:00.001+08:00

The past weekend brought about more of the cosplayer out of me.... or more of the Reno out of me if you prefer. Went over to Kenneth's house on friday so that he'd be able to style my hair for the event and for Reg to apply make up (THANKS A LOT GUYS!!!). The event lasted 3 days. Friday, Saturday as well as Sunday. I only went on the last two days though. Saturday was kind of a slow day... there was little to do aside from play the PS3 games available to try (rock band, MGS4, GT5 prologue and some monster game). The venue wasn't very suitable as the stalls and booths were separated by some car display.... i think a lot of people must've missed the other side coz if it wasn't for my friends, i wouldn't have known about it. Since the cosplay competition was the next day, it was obvious not a lot of people were present (cosplayers and the crowd alike). So we decided to walk around for a bit and stopped for lunch at Mc D's. Got to chat with the gang to socialize and have a few good laughs (nice to meet people who are noisy and loud for a change!).

After more aimless walking, we decided to go to Toys R Us where we met up with Mitts. (we got lost on the way and i know she wasn't pleased by how she greeted me XD but i think she's gotten over it. OU is one big maze to me... I prefer sunway lols!) Explored inside and i didn't spend 5mins walking in the store before i was slashed by one of em with swords >___< some of em got some rare mini figurines from the slot machine and Dei got himself a magic 8 ball XD which we all shook when asking questions. The girls couldn't stop drawing pics of me on the erasable sketch bored that they found. Nice artwork though, wish i was artistic too... and as usual, the guys all ogled the guns available for purchase (i was eying the shot gun, might get it for my shot gun guy cosplay). Unexpectedly, Ice Cream graced us with her presence =D she was hot though when she came... no i mean literally XD she was fanning herself because of the heat. Guess being all cute in a lolita outfit has it's downsides too huh? We moved on to MPH where we all sat down in an empty aisle to give some well deserved rest to our feet (mine were aching) we chatted some more about most things anime which included the disrespect some people showed at the previous bon odori...

To top everything off and call it a day, we eventually managed to regroup back stage for a photoshoot. It was fun and i know the photographers must've had a good laugh taking supposedly sexy poses i made XD honestly, the things i do for fan service. That attracted some onlookers who decided to stop for a few mins to snap some pics themselves. After much photo snapping and a lot of smiling and giggling... we all said our good byes and went on our merry way.

More on Day3!!!

Dreams....

2008-08-07T22:50:00.000+08:00

Now... i know i we've all had at least ONE DREAM in our lives (for those of you who haven't... i pity you for the lack of imagination in your empty heads XD). I've had some great dreams in my life, and not just the X-rated ones either *wink wink*. There was once i dreamt i could FLY (crazy i know) but the sensation of flying was ultimately pleasant. My body was weightless, i'd glide in the sky and touch the clouds... everything was nice and peaceful. Of course... not all dreams are as good. You've also got your bad dreams too. More commonly refered to as nightmares... i've had a few of those too...

One of them was very dark. It was one of those 3rd person dreams. I was watching myself swim. It was in my back yard pool. As far as i was concerned, i was alone as i usually am when i'm swimming there. Now as i'm swimming, i suddenly realize there's this black matter materializing inside the pool eventually all the water turns pitch black in a matter of seconds and before i can do anything about it.... it starts pulling me down.... i yell, i shout, i hollar and i fight to break free but the more i struggle the faster i sink. No one came.... up to the point where i was neck deep in the stuff, i see my 'friend' standing there (she's not a 'friend' anymore). I call out to her but all she does is look at me with a cold stare as the black matter swallowed me up whole.... that was it. I woke up right after. Guess it was a sign that things weren't gonna work out huh?

There's another bad dream i had during my first week of driving after finally getting that P every teen desires. It was early in the morning (an hour before college starts). I usually take a quick nap upon parking in my usual spot nearest to main campus. I fall asleep as usual. Next thing i know... i wake up inside my car somewhere else! All i could think of was that i was late and that i needed to get back to college. I drive around and around and around and got lost. I finally decide to park on the side of a hill and get out coz i gave up. Upon parking, i pulled my hand brake and let go of the foot brakes. It didn't engage!!! My car pushed the car parked behind me down the road and it went off the curb and crashed while i continued to go down that hill road BACKWARDS!!!!!!!! I try to regain control and instead.... i end up turning my car into tumble weed and it starts to roll like a coca cola can down the rest of the mountain. It isn't till the fatal CRASH where the front mirror breaks that i become conscious again. I had a cold sweat, my nerves were shot and my hands were shaking. I went to find my friends who understood and helped calm me down.

They say that dreams are messages from you subconscious trying to tell you something. You'll notice that you tend to forget dreams too coz the part of your brain in charge of memory isn't fully functioning during dreams (you're supposed to be asleep after all) so write down your dreams on paper or even save em as drafts in your mobile phone. You may wanna know whats going on in that subconscious of yours. Especially if it has something to do with someone you care for ;)

Friends....

2008-08-05T00:09:00.000+08:00

I've met many interesting people in my life. Most people i meet, will know that i'm the loud guy who can't seem to stop talking (annoying? yes!) but i'm still accepted by the lot (you know who you are guys!) so I thank you for offering your friendship to me ;) i appreciate it.

My oldest friends happen to be the one's I've left behind in KL. (Shaun, Rio, Edmond, Cheng....) We've been acquainted ever since we were 6/7.... standard one.... sigh... it sometimes feels like it was yesterday that we were all short young chaps talking more about how rare our pokemon cards were instead of discussing about the girls in our class. Hahaha we should've done as we didn't have many moments to do so in high school (boys school >.<) sometimes i wonder if things'd be different if we all went co-ed (more exes perhaps?). Still.... at least i appreciate my relationships right? So it couldn't have been all that bad? (aside from the but slapping, thigh sitting and low blows received over the years)

Now we've all chosen our paths.... its happening so quick.... one day we're busy screaming over who's beating who at playing the PS2 and the next.... we've all gone pretty much radio silence. I miss those moments.... I don't have em with my current friends (and then there's the times they just don't have that understanding we have). Guess it comes over time. We have been friends for like...13 years? Wow...

Still, new friends at college are cool too. Some are really supah nice! Lets see... Christy, Dominic, Justin, Eugene, Derrick, Carmen, Emily, Lynn, Sue Sue! Arvind... and the list goes on. I don't see half of the people i've listed now either but still... i miss them a lot. Just wanted to tell you guys and gals that I accept ya for who you are and you've made an impact on my life ;) Keep it real guys! See ya around!

Taylors Anime Fest 08

2008-07-28T20:17:00.000+08:00

Finally i've got the line up and running. Sweet 4megs all to my.... owh wait.... i'm sharing with my housemates (damn it!!!) But it's still fast so who needs to complain =P

Anyways, saturday signalled the birth of something new. Hahahaha after the long wait, (and several skipped hair cuts) i've finally managed to transform myself into an anime character....

(successfully too!) in the form of Reno from the Final Fantasy series.

Do you know how hard it is to be an anime character? Aside from this being my monologue for my humorous cosplay performance it's a very real question. A lot of preparation has to go into the job. Costumes need to be designed or bought (this puts constraints on one's budget), hair style can be a problem too... colour can be one as there's lots of fantasy colours like purple and green which aren't exactly natural hair colours and then there's the spiky haired bit =.= and the length of hair.... I spent 5hours plus in the hair stylist's chair to get the look i wanted. That included trimming (my hair was very thick), bleaching (it's very irritating to the scalp), dying (needed a bright red to get hair colour like Reno's) and of course the most painful part... Hair extending (ouch is what comes to mind coz my hair was tugged like a lot!).

Once all this is done there's some final touches to be added. Yes! There's more lol you've gotta put on some make up (anime characters have perfect skin =.= something i don't have) foundation is necessary and i needed red streaks down the sides of my face which Reno also has. Eye liner needed to be applied, which kinda made me very goth at one point and my eye brows needed to be thinned and shaped a lil to get a more sharp effect (most characters have straight pointy eye brows not crescent moon shaped one's like mine). Owh... and you've also got to get the eye colour right. I purchased some green contacts before the event and it was another first for me.

Once the costume and make ups done there's still the portrayal of the character. You need to know how to act. As for me... Reno needs to constantly make a fool of himself (easy job XD just act as i usually do and it was smooth sailing for me lols) My tongue was gonna fall out i think.... Reno is well known for the tongue sticking. Half his pics displayed as much though i know i over did it and i regret it now. Future events will involve less tongue sticking i promise XD it was my first after all and i'll do more research into poses next time around.

Boring Technical stuff aside.... Here's the details of the event as far as memory serves. Got there before noon. Showed up in full costume and baton in hand. Felt rather nervous as i wasn't sure what to expect. Walked up 3 flights of stairs as usual and was immediately welcomed once i walked through those MPH doors. Everyone wanted a photo =D and i obliged by letting them snapped away.

The rest of the day was filled with more photo snapping, Stepmania playing and sushi eating (yes there was sushi available for purchase) and curry rice (which i heard was very good but i didn't try due to stomach problems). I guess it would've been rather boring if you didn't come in costumes.... there wasn't really much to do and the activities as many others before me have ranted about weren't very appealing. Bad organization was experienced throughout and i think the only time the crowd reacted as a collective was when the FMV's of funny anime clips were shown (those were pretty funny btw).

Eventually it got to the cosplayer competition. Contestants were expected to perform something for 3-5 mins.... I wasn't sure what i was to do so i decided to do something funny XD starting by purposefully tripping on stage and beginning a monologue on... You guessed it... How hard it is to be an anime character. I did a lil cat walk like those models do and posed with my tongue out as usual =P that somehow won me first place and i'm quite happy about it. I've made a fan too who goes by the name anna sagara. Biggest supporter aside from my other friends (thanks for shouting eventhough you embarrassed yourself in the process, i appreciate the love!)

I would like to express my displeasure about the Stepmania pads malfunctioning... GRRRR!!!! That 100RM should have been mine man... The pads just had to malfunction at that moment in time... owh well... maybe next time i guess. I had fun showing off my moves though, i'm sure a lot of people were amazed at the swiftness of my feet (ego expanding) but i guess that comes with practice (i have been playing for 5 years after all).

I met some pretty cool people and i had fun being someone else for a change. All in all it wasn't a total disaster from my point of view. Improvements do need to be made and i'm sure the future holds a lot for all of us who strive for our dreams. As for my next cosplay attempt, I'm invited to some convention mid August where they'll be interviewing cosplayers about their cosplaying lives. Hopefully i'll make it and use the chance to work on my role playing skills.

Thanks everyone involved in hosting TAF! It wasn't the best but if it's any consolation, i had fun and i'd like to thank ya'all for the opportunity. Till next time!

Yet Another Trip To HK

2008-07-06T06:03:00.000+08:00

First of all, sorry for not posting sooner. Internet hasn't been stable and holidays have been keeping me busy. Spent a few days in Penang with Kayin and gang (man does he have a lot of friends! Hot good looking ones too *wink wink*) Spent another lazing arounf at home playing PS3 till early in the morning and waking up the next afternoon =P And you guessed it.... Another week in HK with good ol grandpa.

I simply love Hong Kong. HK as we all call it. Used to visit quite a lot actually when i was younger. Grandparents had a flat there coz back in the day, good ol grandpa worked and owned a company right in the middle of Wan Chai. If there was a place i could ever feel at peace at its in HK. I'm not familiar with the people there but the atmosphere just gets me. I could spend forever on its busses or trams and gaze outside the window and start stoning. Anyways, the trip this time around wasn't so good, Typhoon came 100Kms to the shoreline and it rained so hard i spent 2days indoors =.= sigh...

Prom =D

2008-06-12T02:08:00.000+08:00

Well it's the night most high school students dream of (in America....) but it's still a night to look forward to as you get to be with many of your peers who're all dressed up for the occasion. Though i haven't been to many of these events I had the opportunity to attend one last year with my friend, (now girlfriend) zereda, whose school which hosted it at the KL tower.

Sure, there's no alcohol (not that anyone needs any... *coughs*) but the music is usually pretty good (especially at the end when the lights go out *wink wink*) and the food is at least edible. What better time could you have mombo-ing with your friends (in body fitting dresses and their high heels and their expensive suits and ties) to likes of Shakira and Bob Marly (did i spell that right? LOL).

Of course, there's the performances which should be bite sized as the crowd prefers to mingle amongst themselves on this night rather than sit down and watch some people shake their booties.... (though i'm sure it's good and well if it's done right). we'd rather stuff our faces in food and throw jokes around the table and laugh our heads off at the ridiculous antics of the host (We had one and he rocked the house).

I'm not forgetting the excessive moments of cam whoring once everything is said and done (and a bit of cam jigolo-ing i might add). Here's a bunch of people I won't forget anytime soon. Looking their best too =)

That was our Silver Soiree at the Sherathon. I wished you'd have stayed longer Zz, would've wanted to share a dance with you. Maybe next time i guess ;)

Chillin'

2008-06-09T18:56:00.000+08:00

Well... exams are over. I've finally managed to get myself on9 after failing to acquire a stable one over the past few days... (F**K THE INTERNET PROVIDER IN PANGSAPURI!) Aside from the f'ed up internet, everythings been good. I've turned nocturnal (sleep late in the morning and stay up till the next morning XD). Been playing games regularly but too much of something can get you bored... Prom's 2morrow and i'm getting my outfit together. No tux unfortunately despite me telling some friends i'd attend in one. No... i'm gonna settle for a shirt, a tie, a jacket and some slacks. Couldn't manage to get the tux coz it's expensive and i'm not about to wear something nice once only for it to disappear into the wardrobe for an eternity.

Yesterday was a funny night tho. Had dinner with Shah and Calvin as usual. We were busily stuffing our faces and then.... Out of nowhere... some girl stops at our table. Thought it was some charity thing but she wasn't... surprisingly she stopped after seeing Shah... yeah... promoting her weight loss programme... XD (laughs silently). Shah was pissed and me and calvin just smiled wide... we're going to the gym after penang =D Ain't that right shah? LOL

Can't wait for the trip down to the island. Calvin's planning a warm welcoming party for the two of us. Haha i'm gonna have the most rocking time!!!! Woohoo!!!!!!!!!!

One more to go...

2008-06-05T17:48:00.000+08:00

*Sigh*

That was my impression of the morning. Had to wake up early to skim through a bit more on Individuals and Families before the test. Got up at 8 and cracked the text.

I can't believe it's been 6 months now. I still remember when i had just entered those college gates and my hair style was still pretty geeky looking XD how the days fly by.

Enough about being nostalgic, I've got one more test before i get... wait for it, and say it with me... FOUR WEEKS of HOLIDAY!!!!!!!! *pause of applause* Mmm... one week to spend in HK and perhaps a few days in Penang? Been planning to crash at Ka Yin's place when he gets off on break too but its still to be decided. Hoping to see the likes of Bee, Sarah, Ryan and Anna if i do go over. They'll love having Shah along that much i can tell. (More jokes about Kamal anyone? =.=)

I'll be seeing dearest Zz 2morrow. (I miss her like crazy) She's moving to a hostel over in Shah Alam coz she got a scholarship and their paying for her the whole way. Yes Z Shah Alam is closer =D so it'll be good for me coz i won't spend so much on petrol ($2.70 for a litre now >.<)

Computer Science is killing me. Not only do i have to memorize how a code is structured i've gotta take the test on paper when it should be done on computer =.= stupid right? Why can't they devise a way to make it so we CAN do it on computer? Beats me.... they can't seem to get around the problem of people peeking at other people's screens.... (we have many wandering eyes that i don't deny). Wonder if they'll ever solve that problem.

My monthly education funds have been banked in (YAY!!!!!!) I can finally buy the food that i want and not worry about my bank balance again =P but i've gotta pay loads of people off... yish... regardless, i'm happy =D Dunno what we're gonna eat tonight. But it'd better be something good!!!

Days Off...

2008-06-03T22:29:00.000+08:00

It's exam week this week for ICPU and some A levels students and needless to say it's study time =.= but i've no papers to sit for today and 2morrow so to me that means no waking up till midday =) Anyways, got up at 11 something and rolled around for about a half an hour. Shah called asking to go out for lunch and we had tom yam fried rice at a place called auntie june's at the edge of SS/15. It was good. What wasn't so good was that i got a PARKING TICKET for parking in a no park zone * swt =___= * i was only there for half an hour... geez... stupid MPSJ!!!! As usual Shah manages to come up with something hilarious to lighten the mood. He said something like:

"You know i used to get a lot of those tickets?... and the only ones i got were from the girl officers! You know the ones? they're the fat, ugly, lonely ones who never get laid! Lei Mai!...

I laughed and we went home. The day was pretty slow. It rained real heavy from the evening till it got dark and thanks to my car, Shah, Calvin and me didn't have to order in tonight =D (what'd you do without me guys?) Told Shah about the blog, said my blog title was stupid (the regular insult as usual simply just to spite me) and said i should rename it to 'Idiot and Stupid Causes Chaos'.... =___= i told him I'd think about it after disagreeing for about 5 mins. Had dinner at Pizza Hut and amazingly there wasn't a single bottle of chilli sauce in the whole restaurant! For a guy who loves his chilli, i was obviously dying for something spicy to dip my italian bread in T_T

Experienced nostalgia today... looked through the pics i've taken on the ol psp of mine and the memories just came flooding in. Where did the time go? I miss you gals and guys in A levels... and i'm gonna miss those of you in ICPU who're also in their last semester... I hope we'll meet again somewhere in the future ;) stomach's hurting from eating too much during dinner and i've got to study for exams. See ya!

First post ^^

2008-06-02T22:20:00.000+08:00

Hurm... not sure where to start... =.=

Guess i should begin by saying i've got nothing better to do other than face this LCD screen of mine and follow the trend of creating a blod as friendster, yahoo mail and all of the gaming consoles i have in my apartment (and i have enough to be called a serious gamer) can't satisfy me tonight. I'm feeling kinda empty right now... (I miss ya riko-chan) exams are here and all i've got to fill my time is study (sick of it honestly). Holidays are close and i've got 4 weeks of it. I've always complained that there's never been enough and somehow this time i think there's too much. WTF am i gonna do in 4 weeks!? Sigh... i suppose this is just another chapter in... The Trials Of A White Guy. So begins my blog. Man is this ever corny... but who cares =P