Lens Update Again

Yupe. I'm on a roll now, so I'll start by updating my lenses from 2012/2013. I've been cosplaying less since I entered uni, so naturally, I'd have less lenses to review.

I forgot to take pictures of the lenses in their bottles, hehe. ^^" The following pictures are either raws or minimally edited for lighting, or just to cover up flaws of my skin, hehe.

EOS Sugar Candy - Pink

My first pink lenses! I bought this from nurin lens. If it's not because EOS dealers were hard to find, I wouldn't have ordered from her. Her prices aren't that good, and her batches are pre-order wayyyy slow, and always delayed. These were meant for my Ayase (Guilty Crown) cosplay, but they arrived 1 day late, so I wore my EOS A3 Grey lenses to Comic Fiesta instead. .__.

Comparison shot! Sorry if my falsies freak you out abit |D

I love Sugar Candy for its enlargement. But of course, for casual wear, the outer rim is too thick, and the colour is is a solid ring without any blending patterns. But it's a good thing for cosplay, since a lot of characters are drawn with eyes that resembles Sugar Candy lenses. The colours are quite noticable, but it's main selling point is its enlarging/moefying feature. It give an illusion of really huge pupils! Which is also why I insist on getting EOS Sugar Candy lenses instead of others.

EOS Sugar Candy (Outdoor natural lighting)

(Right eye) The Dolly Eye Sugar Candy

If you look closely, EOS Sugar Candy lenses are different because the colour just fades into your natural eye colour without too much patterns. I like how it blends in too, kinda like jelly! Other brands of Sugar Candy  has a sunray pattern, which sacrifices some colour, and doesn't look as natural and doesn't blend well, I feel.

Luxury Babe 03 - Blue

Bought from Mochi Mochi, who's pretty fast! I chose these for my Korra cosplay, mainly. I needed a blue that was of a lighter tone. Most blue lenses were dark blue like the ones above.

Indoor natural lighting

These lenses were definitely of a light tone, but unfortunately this blue wasn't saturated/obvious enough. They looked really grey in most lighting, or just slightly blue. Despite having blending patterns, it's almost unnoticeable. You only can see some thin lines if you zoom in. So, the lens looks really solid without much blending, which fits some characters (like Korra!) but it can look a bit freaky if you stare straight on at the camera. Kinda like how Dolly eye lenses do.

Indoor natural lighting

(Right eye) EOS Dolly Eye Brown

In fact, now that I think about it, these lenses are exactly like Dolly eye lenses, except that the pupil hole is larger, appear to have a larger diameter, and the black patterns are almost non-existent. Yeah... my only disappointment would be the low saturation of blue.

The Dolly Eye Dreamy.i  - Brown

Bought as my casual/neutral lenses, which I used for Mia Fey! I forgot to take more pictures of these, so the ones here are a little blurry, sorry!

In the bottle, upper right vial!

Outdoor Natural lighting

Close up, room lights

Most brown lenses always has too much of a yellow/golden hue. These lean more towards a chocolate tone, which is more natural! The enlargement isn't that big, and the pattern is quite simple. Just a blending radial pattern for both the outer rim and colour ring. Blends well with Asian eyes! Definitely fit for casual wear. My only problem with this is... I can't differentiate which is the right or wrong side, haha. |D

That's all. Thanks for reading! :D

Quote of the Day: "You really should come with a supply of cheese to match your vintage whine." - Miles Edgeworth, Ace Attorney

PIDC-ians Guide to India

PIDC Batch 13!

This isn't really a full guide, more like a few notes. I've planned to write about India in more detail so newcomers would be more prepared. But I kinda have a feeling I won't be completing this post, so I'll just post up whatever I had scribbled about for now, heehee.

I hope you'll find some use of it! (if you even found my blog at all)

General
- Rain is sparse. If it rains once in a month, that's a lot for Salem. Unless it's the rainy season, around September - October

Electricity
- India, especially Tamil Nadu, gets blackouts frequently.
- During the blackout, the hostel, hospital and even shops in town will use generators to supply electricity. It usually takes about 1-5 minutes to turn on the generator, which is noted by a loud machine noise.
- If blackout occcurs in the afternoon, high chance is they won't be wasting diesel for you. Unless many people yells for the generator to be turned on ("AKA! GENERATOR!") or it's lunch time
- Public wifi, especially the ones in Penang Block, will be down. (personal wifi is still usable) - Aircond is usually off in Penang Block, and is requested to be turned off at the Senior Hostel
- If electricity is cut for a few seconds before coming back on, this means they have turned off the generator and returned to normal current.
- Current fluctuates a lot here, so if you care for your electronic gadgets, please unplug them during the blackout, or buy a voltage regulator.

Money
- Paper rupees often have scribbles on them. Don't be alarmed, they are usable. (Rs1000, Rs500, Rs100, Rs50, Rs20, Rs10, Rs5)
- Coin rupees are confusing with different sizes for each value. I can't help you with that. (Rs10, Rs5, Rs2, Rs1)
- Rates range from RM1 for Rs15-17.
- My personal estimation formula: Rupees x 6 / 100 = Ringgit (Rs100 = RM6)

Banking
- New students will set up a Punjab National Bank account upon arrival, which 90% of the students don't use, and leave empty - We usually use Western Union. Parents set up an account in Malaysia, deposit Ringgit into it under your name and passport number. You will be given a code, which is given to the Western Union guy here in India, who will come to the hostel to deliver you the money - Please ask seniors for the agent's name (Prabu), who is also our money exchanger Telco
- New students will each get an Airtel SIMcard. - There are many other telco out there, which I can't help you with because I only use Airtel
- You can SMS Pandian (ask for number) for any sort of top up, and he will come to the hostel around 9pm to collect the money
- Data plan is Rs98, 1gb, 21 days.
- For talktime reload, I suggest asking for "full talktime". The amount is different everyday, but what it does is you pay Rs100, you get Rs100 worth of talktime. Usually this is taxable. Credit expires 20-40 years later, by then none of us would be in India any more.

Hostel General
- Two hostels: Senior Hostel for the boys, Penang Block for the girls
- Two to a room
- Room cleaning everyday (provided the aka doesn't slack off)
- Electric and water bill is collected every month, about RS600 per person
- If you have room complaints, make a constant effort in reminding the warden, she delays work, a lot. As your last resort, get your parents to call her. They are scared of parents.
- Public fridges available. However, beware of thieves. You may want to purchase your own fridge, share it with your friends, and chain it securely.

Penang Block
- a.k.a New Malaysian Hostel a.k.a Ladies' Hostel
- Boys, NO ENTRY
- Two wifi ports: PENANGBLOCK downstairs, and PIDC LINK upstairs.
- Depending on the location of your room (like room 106!), you can tap into this wifi comfortably from your study table. Otherwise, best spots are the lobby.
- Gym with treadmills, elliptical machines, weight machine, almost-full-lenth-mirrors. Not well-maintained though. Bring your own extension cords and magnet for the treadmills!
- Pantry with public fridges, microwave oven, oven, hot plates.
- Curfew is 9.30pm. After which the aka will make rounds to take attendence. Answer with "TWO!" (even if your roommate is not in) if you and your roommate are present
 - File your room complaints, be it your tap, burnt out light, aircond etc. in the respective complaint logs found in the reception desk.

Senior Hostel (can't give much pointers since I'm not familiar there)
- a.k.a Old Malaysian Hostel a.k.a Boys' Hostel
- 9 blocks. Each block has slightly different room layouts and furniture
- Volleyball court, ping pong table and badminton net

Wow, that's really little. xD

Quote of the Day: "It takes a ton of pressure to make a diamond." - Godot, Ace Attorney

Second Year in Uni! (fangirling inside)

I’m in Year 2 Dentistry!

This is old news though. It’s been 2 months since my finals, over a month since I’ve gotten my results, and 3 weeks since I’ve gotten back to India. I’ve sailed through Year 1 without much obstacles, and achieved slightly above average results, as usual. I’m completely honest about being a just a “Jill of all Trades, Master of None”. xD I managed to get a distinction for Anatomy (my more favoured, strong subject), but that’s nothing next to the others in my class who were hard working and achieved better than me, especially in the Theory papers, because I suck in those. To make matters worst, when I called my mum to deliver the good news, she said “hah? 1 distinction only? Why not more?” Haha… family expectations. |D (my eldest brother had the same reaction)

On a brighter note, we were the first batch in not just PIDC history, but Vinayaka Missions University history with a record breaking 100% pass rate for all subjects! No one failed anything. No one had to retake any subjects. No one had to drop batch. It was great. ^^ Except for the fact that we’re getting two new classmates from the previous batch, and one of them is uhh… not someone you want to be too friendly with…

It's been 3 weeks since I started class. Due to VMU vacations, we had to join our seniors for Microbiology and Pathology theory classes. Imagine our lost faces for the first few classes. I'm fortunate and grateful I have a good command of English, and hence a better understanding of the classes and words used by the lecturer. Most of my friends don't even know what a "chisel" or "stylus" is! o_o

Despite the new year resolutions I've set at the start of this year, my new goal is just to sail through year 2 with minimal effort and stress. I don't really want to bother about overachieving in my academics anymore. I just want to pass, that's all. :P

On a side note, it's Malaysia General Elections 13 today! (I wrote this on Sunday hurhur) More and more youths are getting politically aware, and everyone's getting frustrated with the current government. I can't tell if changing the government would make matters better, but it's hope. And it's definitely better than allowing those in power now to think that they can get away with their dirty tricks. I've just turned 20 last month! So according to Malaysian laws, I can't vote yet (voting age in Malaysia is 21). Personally, I'm not interested in politics, but I do agree that it is time to change. I'm not too sure what's the latest news, but apparently Ubah is going to fail, thanks to our beloved government's amazing tricks. I wonder where they find the guts to do such things when the generation now is much more knowledgeable and informed and they find the need to publicize and take action on social media regarding such behavior. Oh well, life sucks...

Anyhow, it's been a very relaxing 3 weeks for me. There's no class tests to study for, just some homework here and there. Attend class, come home an hour earlier, internet, anime, drama, gaming, kpop, dance, basketball... that's pretty much my life now.

While I’m at it, I’ll be updating on what I’ve been up to since I came back to India. Mostly on my interests and fandoms, hehe. A fangirl needs her platform to spazz. :P I’ll write on how my holidays in Malaysia went, some other time.

(PHOTO SPAM AHEAD)

P12120 - 59562

It's that time again. I've never studied so hard, so consistently in my life before Dentistry came into the picture. I take pride in my last-minute-studying skills. Yet this time, for once, I couldn't summon that power. Instead I've been studying at a slow, carefree speed, yet in my mind I'm yelling at myself, wondering why my Limit Break was not activated. I can only hope that this is a sign that my consistent studies are outweighing my need for no-sleep-cramming-all-day. But whatever it is, I don't feel comfortable not entering what I call my "study zone". And honestly, it's breaking me, because I know that this is not my usual standards.

About 11 hours till my Anatomy exams, my first paper. All I can do now is to give it my all.

Let's go, Batch 13! Let's go, Vikings!

Quote of the Day: "Who cares about answers? There aren’t any to begin with. All that matters is whether you tried until you were content." - Honey and Clover

Cosplay Plan 2013

I'm on a roll now, so I'm going to update my Cosplay Plans, since I feel like it, wheee! :D

I went back and look at my 2012 Cosplay Plans I wrote last February. It's kinda funny that I didn't cosplay any of the characters listed there. I only had one new cosplay last year, which was Shinomiya Ayase, which I only decided to cosplay after watching Guilty Crown almost half a year ago, knowing that my friends had already planned a group for it.

Anyways, I have more definite plans for this year. And I hope to cosplay them all, plus photoshoot my new and old costumes!

Confirmed Plans

1. Shimada Minami [Baka to Test to Shoukanju]

I don't usually do anime cosplays, but since this is with TAS, I'll be glad to! :D Plus it's a uniform cosplay, so that's funnnn. On top of that, Irfan came back from Japan with Minami's summoned beast hand puppet for me, since I mentioned that I might consider cosplaying her. Well, I guess I can't say no now. |D I like her character the most! The funny thing is, when my friends asked me which character I was considering, I said Minami, and first thing they did was laugh... because well... she's flat. =w= What, busty girls can't cosplay flat girls is it. So I'm probably going to chest bind for this one, haha.

2. Kururugi Suzaku (Knight of Seven) [Code Geass]

It's been a long time since I planned to cosplay this with Anthea, who'll be cosplaying Anya. It's time to put it into action! I've got Jules' Knight of Seven costume with me. Got the boots. Got the wig. I just need a binder. C:

3. N (Natural Harmonia Gropius) [Pokemon Black/White]

I like being true to the series, and names and all, but I'm -not- going to go by N's real name, lol. Anyhow, this was a plan since 2011 as well! I have the wig, cap and a Snivy already, but Anthea (cosplaying Touko/White), can't make it for Comic Fiesta 2012, so it didn't debut. =( It shall see the light this year!

4. Korra [Avatar: Legend of Korra]

This has been the plan since last year, I just didn't have the time to execute it! Plus mum says my arms are too big for her. :C And Korra has a nice figure. But I have a nice figure too! Just that I have a tummy. orz Anyhow, since Book 2 of Legend of Korra will be coming out soon in April (according to rumours), I would love to cosplay Korra's new look! Actually, there's not much changes from her old outfit, haha. But this is fresher, so let's do eet!

Highly Possible Plans

5. Franziska von Karma [Ace Attorney/Gyakuten Saiban]

Surprise surprise. I need to break away from "nice girl" cosplays. I'm always just smiley and nice, I need to be more BADASS. I really like Franziska's traits. AND DAT WHIP. And she takes no shit from anyone. On top of that, I really want to challenge myself and work this character, although my skin tone is on the dark side. Plus, Irfan totally disapproves this, because he said I'm not suited for short haired characters. OBJECTION! I shall prove him wrong! Besides, I don't need his approval anyway. D:

6. Creator [Ragnarok Online]

I'm forever a Ragnarok Online fan. Creator is another job and design that I love a lot. I want to show my RO love again by cosplaying another job! :D This time transcendent huahuahua. Hopefully I get to make a badass axe, a cart, and a homunculus! No, I'm not going to be so exposed as the official art. Looks odd... .w. And I'm probably going for a pleated skirt, like how it appears to be on the in-game sprite. Seems cuter that way. C:

Keep in View (KIV)

7. Harvest Moon

I was supposed to be in a Harvest Moon group last year, but I couldn't make it for the photoshoot last month... It was a HUGE Harvest Moon photoshoot, and I was so jelly! ;w; I was supposed to do Claire, or Popuri. Sigh... But that's not stopping me from spreading the Harvest Moon love. I'll definitely want to cosplay one of the farmers in the future. Just haven't decided which, and when.

8. Hibiki Tokai [Vandread]

I'm not too sure if I'll be able to cosplay this, since I think Melissa won't be able to join me for Vandread. =( It'll be really nice to show people that Vandread is still loved! I'm sure cosplaying Hibiki will get quite some attention, heehee. VANDREAD YO.

That's it for now. Don't want to commit too many, but don't deliver, haha. All the characters I've listed previously in my other Cosplay Plan posts still apply. They're all still in my mind! Well, I'm still in India so chances of cosplaying is still really low. But I realized that this is still a hobby I love a lot, so I won't be letting go!

On a side note, I'll be home on 15 March. Meaning I'll be free to attend Animax Carnival on 16-17 March, yay! And I'll be having an Ace Attorney Photoshoot on 31 March. Double yay! And hopefully another Final Fantasy XIII Photoshoot. Triple yay!

Cheers to the new cosplay year!

Quote of the Day: "Everyone gets lonely at times and wants to go to your place, but I wonder who holds you when you have hard times." - Honey and Clover

The Oral Biology Department

Again, I open by apologizing for not blogging often enough. |D Don’t be surprise to find my 2012 report only in March or April! Anyhow, something has been bugging me lately and I couldn’t help but want to type out my rant now. It seems that I’m never late at typing when it comes to rants, haha!

So, I’m studying in India and Penang International Dental College (PIDC). Things here are tough – the locals’ attitude is different, the medical courses here are brain-twisters (read more about my Life in India here)… but I’m always grateful because it really gives us challenge, and this experience has been a very humbling one, and a rare one as well. But this past week, I’ve been reminded of one of the worst points of PIDC. After looking at the big picture only has it occurred to me of how absurd this issue was, and that it was commendable that we had all tolerated this.

Ironically enough, I’m attending a dentistry course, yet the worst department of all is the Oral Biology department.

I’m one month away from my first year final exams, and we’re currently having our models (trials) examination now. For our course, we have record books for each subject, which needs to completed and signed before we take our practical examinations. For the past month, every department has been rushing us for the record books. For the Oral Biology department, we had two sub-subjects – Oral Histology and Tooth Morphology. For both departments, we had to draw all our related diagrams in a separate notebook first, have it signed, and then enter it into the actual record books, which would require signature as well.

My Tooth Morphology wax carving (with my friend's)! The record book is that orange-wrapped thing beneath

Last Thursday, after our last theory paper at 12.40pm (because said teachers-in-charge were late by 30 minutes), we were asked to hand in our wax tooth carvings (for Tooth Morphology) and our Oral Histology diagrams in the Oral Biology record book for submission. We had to hand it in one-by-one, to our two separate teachers. (For convenience sake, X is the Tooth Morphology teacher, and Z is the Oral Histology teacher) The problem here was how they loved to waste our time with their inefficiency and unnecessary fussiness. We're all worn out and tired from the lack of sleep, we were supposed to go to the dissection hall to see the Anatomy spotters for next day's practical exam, and here they are, making re-wrap our record books not in this hall, but in the other hall, to cut out a white paper of this size, not that size, and to liquid off all the dashes you wrote in the "page" column... all sorts of pointless corrections.

It's not that we haven't done our work or anything, but for the whole year, we've been repeating this process of draw, get it signed, draw again and sign again process, so what's the point of that if they have to check every single page, and sign it another time? Plus, they had all year to tell us of how they want the pages labeled, how we should number the pages only on the upper-right corner - but no, they have to break the news at the last minute, rush us for everything, saying we're behind schedule and what-not. On top of that, it isn't their fault for not informing us things earlier, it always seems as if the students were expected to read their minds. If it wasn't for their incompetence, we wouldn't have to go through all this redundant work (more on this later).

All the correction and marking of our record book lasted until way pass 4pm, by which Z has yet to finish checking our record books, and proceeded to dismiss us. What? So we sat in the hall, wasting our time for nothing. And X was supposed to show us the spotters for tooth morphology practicals too!

One of the teeth we had to identify for our exams

That wasn't the end of it.

After our first day Oral Biology practical exams, the teachers once again, made us stay back. X was going to check on some of our project work (which, as usual, she fussed about so bloody many times, with new corrections to be done each time we handed the project in). Some of us finished our exams at about 10am-ish, went to have lunch and came back, and the teachers weren't even ready yet. Taking her sweet time, X finally showed us the tooth morphology spotters (Batch B, who were already finished with said exam, was rather annoyed they had no chance the see the tooth specimens). Meanwhile, Z wanted to check our Oral Histology Observation Notebooks, which was the first copy of histology diagrams we took, before entering it into Record Book. Really? Why'd you have to check the first draft, when you've already approved of the final product! Just so, so, stupid. This carried on until 1pm. Pointless waste of time.

Early Bell Stage: 1-out-of-35 Oral Histology diagrams we drew

Oh no, we're not done yet.

Our second day of Oral Biology practical exams was this Monday. We were asked to stay back once again, to mark the Record Books, AGAIN. You see, they've only -checked- the books, not -marked- them. Some of us finished the exams at 10am-ish, some 11am-ish, and we continued to wait again, until 12pm-ish. I have no idea what the teachers were doing, but they definitely were not marking any record books. Then suddenly, Z dismisses us. SERIOUSLY?

It's not only the time wasted that annoys me, but the fact that the department is so unorganized, it's really frustrating.

So I started looking back at the year, and honestly, the Oral Biology department is horrible at their job.

This is what we have learned from the department for the whole schooling year:

1. None of the teachers arrives earlier than 9.30am (when class starts at 9)
2. Only five classes on tooth morphology (there are 14 different teeth that we learned)
3. Probably less than ten general tooth morphology classes
4. We were only taught how to carve 3-4 tooth (out of 14 different ones, a pair each, making 28 wax carvings. Everything else was self-taught, or we would get some pointers from the teacher)
5. Four hours of Oral Histology class every Saturday (excluding second Saturdays), half of which were revision classes, or sit-and-study-for-2-hours-we'll-have-a-test-for-the-last-2-hours. Even then, theory classes are only 1 hour, the last 2 hours are for drawing those 35 histology diagrams.
6. On top of that, the lecturer isn't good, and is covering the syllables just because, which mostly we had to read on our own
7. All Oral Biology lecturers are generally... eccentric. And rude. Expecting us to know that we're supposed to draw our tooth morphology diagrams each time a new tooth is taught, and getting mad at the class over it. And questioning the religion of my fellow classmates, when we mentioned that we missed class for a Christian camp.
8. Including the ODS lecturers, who carries their PSP and Galaxy Tab, and proceeds to play it in class. In plain sight. Really? All they do is give 4 demo classes during our Practical hours, and they get to shake their legs and watch us all year, throwing in a "word of wisdom" occasionally.

We even had once, before our semester holidays in September, when Z suddenly decided to write 30+ essays during our holidays, keeping in mind that we're all returning to Malaysia, and writing essays mean that we had to carry our reference books home as well. Most of these essay questions were overlapping with each other. Even after negotiating with the teachers, they wouldn't budge, saying that 30+ was an acceptable number for our 15-day holiday. Not if we're foreign students, and this was our first time going home in 6 months! On top of that, they had the break the news one day before our holidays. If they had told us earlier, we could've started working already. Such killjoys. And last minute-ers.

I don't have a lot of complaints about the other 3 departments. But the Oral Biology teachers really get on my nerve... thank goodness it'll be over in another month. I can't believe how these people were hired. Oh well, I just had to get it off my chest... Thanks to all these that has happened over the week, I have been cursing more frequently than usual, which, if you know me personally, I don't. ^^"

Oh well. The usual explanation for all things absurd here: Welcome to India.

/endrant

(Usual note: I'll try to write more in the future 8D)

Quote of the Day: "I'm an atheist, and a militant atheist when religion starts impacting on legislation" - Daniel Radcliffe

Hope for the New Year

First blogpost of 2013!

Happy New Year!

First of all, I didn't manage to finish the 2012 report in time, haha. Probably will... take awhile. |D On the other hand, it's already 2013! And it's already the weekend. And today will be my last night in Malaysia for my Christmas holidays. Damn.

Going to have a quick review of 2012 and my thoughts on the new year. I had a great Christmas holidays! A really packed week of cosplay and Christmas parties, and I had the chance to meet up with my friends, and that is always great to have.

Honestly, I felt 2012 was a great year of change and maturation for me. Especially since I've spent more than 8 months away from home, in a foreign land. The transition to university was a big leap. India is definitely not a star choice for overseas studies. But the whole experience was really humbling, and taught me so many living skills. I learn how to be more independent, more bold (when it comes to bargaining for stuff or fighting for your rights), more tough, more hardworking, more opinionated... Best of all, I think I've gain a whole load of confidence. Mostly from having a more active lifestyle, and being fitter. I really learn to love myself more, and I'm starting to love shopping too! All those clothes and shoes and cosmetics and accessories OMNOMNOM. :3

I had gained so many friends from PIDC too, and I really value these friendship! At the same time I'm able to maintain the bonds I have with my friends back in Malaysia.

Since I had a great year of change in 2012, my hope for 2013 is a year of achievement. Age beautifully into my early adulthood, counting down the last four months of my teen years. I want to become that person I've always admired. Whatever character it may be, as long as I believe and work hard, I can achieve it. I want to set my mind to certain goals, and see through them.

The best way to set goals is to list them down! So, for the first time of my life, I thought thoroughly through my New Years Resolutions for 2013. And I am determined to realize these goals.

1. Health and Image
- Maintain my active lifestyle, eat healthy, become fitter, dress better and feel more confident!

2. Studies
- Most importantly, pass my first year. Hopefully get a distinction in, maybe Anatomy and Oral Biology.
- Less last minute studying! Prepare more notes ahead in time! Revise the classes on the day itself!

3. Sports
- Improve myself physically, and up my skills so that I can be an asset in PIDC Cup 2013! Especially in volleyball, frisbee, basketball. I want to make the main team!
- Learn how to smash in volleyball!
- Up my stamina for field events: 800m, 400m...
- Batch 13 for PIDC Cup 2013 champion :D

4. Cosplay
- More costumes, more photoshoots
- Sell and let go of my old costumes (finally)
- Win the Comic Fiesta Group Cosplay Competition again

5. Others
- Blog more, type more. Do things that I enjoy, more (does not involve web surfing and anime)

Those are the main things on my mind. By tomorrow, I'll be back in India, with my main focus back on studies. As much as I hate to get out of holiday mode, I have to move on. ;__;

To everyone, I wish you the best of 2013! :D

Quote of the Day: "Without music, life would be a mistake." - Friedrich Nietzsche

Just FYI

I'm back in Malaysia for the Christmas holidays!

A LOT has happened between my last holiday until now. I just don't have the time to blog about it, with my uni sports cup happening, my second internal exams, then I spend most of my free time just surfing the web, or updating my other social networks. I really want to get back to writing! But I could only spare a sentence or two, so I do it on Facebook and Twitter. :X

Christmas season was so busy for me this year! In total, I have 6 Christmas parties in December, then there's Comic Fiesta too. Hopefully I'll find time to at least blog about CF 2012.

Anyhow, I had a really awesome 4 months this end of 2012. And since 31st December is just a few days away, I'm going to start working on my usual "End of the Year" report. Hopefully that will make up for my constant absence on the blog.

Look forward to it! :D

Quote of the Day: "To cry because there is something you want to do, and to cry because you can’t find it. Which is more painful?" - Takemoto Yuuta, Honey and Clover

This is Ace Attorney Year!

2012 is like an Ace Attorney year! Rise of the Phoenix! (punny haha)

Full of Gyakuten Saiban ahead: The movie, Gyakuten Saiban 5 and Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney!

So! I was at Wee's house with TAS on Sunday and he finally found the Gyakuten Saiban movie with English Subs and I demanded that we watched it together. And so we did! And gosh was the fangirl in me pleased. :DDD

(this is just a fan spazzm. I can't do a serious, properly sectioned movie review for shiz :P AND THIS IS TEXT AND IMAGE HEAVY)

Watch the trailer first PLZ. (not sure if I actually posted this before or not)

This is said to be the -best- video game movie ever!

Why was it awesome?:

Costumes and (FLIPPIN' FANTASTIC) hair are all spot on! (and they don't look out of place!)
The visualization of how an Ace Attorney courtroom would look like. All that evidences flying across the room! And I find it smart that the director, Takashi Miike made these court cases an "entertainment" where the people needed tickets to watch the show. IT WORKS.
It's Japanese. They can go so over-the-top and it works. :D They just get away with the crazy hair, absurd reactions (SAHWIT'S HAIR) and Phoenix's over-the-top facial expressions haha.
DELICIOUS PHOENIX WRIGHT. DELICIOUS DELICIOUS PHOENIX.

TAKE THAT!

I've always been a bigger Phoenix fan as compared to Edgeworth. :P

I'm Home

I'm coming home

I'm coming home

Tell the world that I'm coming home

Let the rain wash away

all the pain of yesterday

I know my kingdom awaits

and they've forgiven my mistakes

I'm coming home

I'm coming home

Tell the world that I'm coming home

Okay, so I've actually been back in Malaysia for exactly one week already. I was actually typing this post before I was leaving my hostel, but was cut short when my bus arrived. So here's the little announcement post that is one week late! :D

I'm sorry I haven't been updating my blog loyally. ;w;

ALOT has happened over the last week. I think I didn't update much when I'm in India because 1. no time, 2. nothing interesting happens. But I definitely have a lot to tell about my time in Malaysia! So look out for a Malaysia-related post.

Meanwhile, my backlogs (scrapping off everything before India ^^"):

1. Youth Dhamma Camp 20 (goodness still only half-done D:)
2. My Life in India (my changes, and ANIME)
3. Bachelor of Dental Surgery in PIDC, Salem (about my uni)
4. First week back in Malaysia
5. TAS :3
6. New stuff (PHONE. And other gifts!)
7. Cosplay preparations (maybe)

And while I'm still fired up to spazz and spam, I'm going to blog about the Gyakuten Saiban movie I just watched yesterday. WOOHOO! 8D See me again soon teehee.

Quote of the Day: "How lucky I am to have known someone who was so hard to say goodbye to." - Annonymous