PS3

Last time i was stuck between getting 1 of the 3 next generation consoles. Well, 2 because i wasn't interested in the Wii. So its up to choosing between the Xbox 360 and the ps3.

My friends chosed the xbox360. Which has nothing to do with my decision. My decision for the console i due to the games that it has. I was waiting for Ar tonelico 3. The console which the game is the key. And therefore, i chose the ps3.

The ps3 is like a mini computer. it can play certain video files, certain music files, and pictures. It can also get online like the xbox360. and the graphics for the game is superb. But the thing is, my tvs are small. So we bought a 40" sony tv to put in my room just for the ps3, and also bought the HDMI cable.

The first game i bought is of course, Final Fantasy 13. And i can tell u that this game is the real deal. It is a true 1080p HD game. I will talk about the games in my next post. I have a few games to buy but i hvnt bought them.

Anyway I am glad to have a ps3. Makes my life better. lol

A Night In Fantasia 2009

Last Saturday, I went to this event where an orchestra is held. This orchestra, performed by Eminence, concentrated on anime and games soundtrack. I seldom heard of something like that, so it definitely interests me to go.

I went with 2 friends, which are cousins of my good friend. They are also interested in going.

This event is held at the Sydney Entertainment Centre. I went out at 1pm for a walk. Then met them at 4pm for dinner (because the event starts at 6pm). We had japanese for dinner, which we might not go another time for a reason. Below is my dinner.
We got to the place, and the inside is beautiful. There the stage filled with seats and instruments, and also a screen for footage. For some reason we are able to choose where to sit, and theres so many empty seats, so we chose to sit in the middle (our original seat is like the left side of the stage).

The program is divided to 2 parts, with a break in between. In between the musics there are sometimes interviews with special guests. Some of the guests came from Japan, and one of them is a seiyuu, Takahashi Chiaki, who voices Miura in IdolM@ster. And the director, a japanese violinist, does the translation for the japanese guests.

The quality of the music is spectacular. I dunno how to say it but they performed really well. And the conductor's moves are very fun to watch. Footage of games are shown on screen, but sadly no footage for anime, which i can understand why.

The programs are as follows:
Part 1:

• Red Alert 3
• Laputa, the Castle in the Sky
• My Neighbour Totoro
• Princess Mononoke
• Darksiders
• God of War 2
• Soul Calibur
• Astro Boy
• Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
• Tsubasa Chronicles
• Ace Combat 5

Part 2:

• Death Note
• AFRIKA
• Chrono Cross
• Dragon Age: Origins
• Prince of Persia
• Shadow of the Colossus
• The IDOLM@STER
• Gears of War 2

And finally it is ended with an encore, featuring Metal Gear Solid.

SMASH!

I was so tired and busy lately that I have to write this a week later. And since this a pretty exciting thing, i suppose i should share my experience with everyone.

Anime SMASH! was held in the UNSW Roundhouse on 8th and 9th of August. It was my first anime convention event, and I was very excited on that day.

I reached there 15 minutes earlier, and there was already a long queue in front of the building. By the time i got in there, it was 10 passed. There's stalls around the circumference of the building, and seats in the middle in front of the stage. Some of the stores were actually anime clubs from other universities. By looking at the stuff they sell, I could probably tell which one is animeUNSW, since they sold the same thing as during UNSW foundation day on 31 July. And they cosplay as the Code Geass gang. Some other stalls sell limited edition figurines, manga drawing supplies, transformers figures, manga and DVDs. I bought the Code Geass Season 1 DVDs.

Upstairs, theres an art section, where people sell their own artwork and some doujins. Theres also a maid cafe, for eating cake. I am very interested with the maid cafe, but damn how long was that queue -.-. I cant be bothered waiting in the queue so I didnt end up going. Theres also a section where theres an interview with internation artists on stage, and also for them to sell their products. Among them is Cuson Lo from Hong Kong, with some of his art looked familiar for some reason. There is also a screening room, showing various anime ranging from those airing this season, to some classic ones.

In some other rooms outside the Roundhouse, there are also the Karaoke room, and gaming room, and model building room, and the craft room. I am very tempted to sing in the Karaoke room, but same as the maid cafe, theres a long queue. There are some of them singing without looking at the lyrics, and i was like Wow! The gaming room, well, fighting games and the dancing thing. Model building room and the crafts room, are as their name suggested, namely gundam models and... clay figures i think?

Theres a lot of cosplayers as well. Code Geass, Rozen Maiden, Halo, Lucky Star, even Sailormoon. Theres also quite a few people dressing as the same character, such as L from Death Note, and one of them even acts like him during the whole session. Should have took a picture of him. I was in a quest of find all the Rozen Maidens, but only 3 showed up, they are Shinku, Suiseiseki and Kanaria. Theres a guy who cosplays as Sailormoon. Damn!

The cosplay competition is certainly one of the main attractions of the convention. I almost missed it, because i was hanging around in the Karaoke room and the gaming room. Some of the cosplays are not really interesting. The one that I like is the guy as Sol Badguy, and the guy as King Bradley. The King Bradley dude made the eye patch covered his eye, which reveals a white object on his eye, which he then turns on a switch and make the eye shine a red glow! Thats is where his Ouroboros tattoo is on. I left before they announced the winner, therefore I do not know who the winner is.

Due to being busy and all, I didnt go on Sunday. For pictures, please click here.

Theres another one on September at the Australian Technology park. It is during my mid sem break, so theres a possibility that i am going on both days. Weeee~~~

All down except one...

Phew.... what a long week. 3 assignments needed to hand in this week.
After struggling for a few moments due to brain blankness, finally finished the job. Just submitted the last one a few minutes ago.

Now all but one is left. Ah yes, the exam.
Looking at the date, its seems that I have less than 2 weeks to prepare for it.
Today is friday. I will start prepare on Monday.
Have to let my body rest after all that work. Haven't have much sleep. Maybe not as bad as some people but still need to.

Theres several movies that I wanted to watch. One of those is the Terminator. And the new Transformers looks nice. But its not out yet is it? I can't remember.
And catch up with anime, of course.

Watched Night at the Museum 2 last week. Reminds me how much I loved the prequel. Its like Toy Story, but with really big toys. Well some are small, which reminds me of Small Soldiers. Used to love that show.

Don't know what should I add, but maybe its time I show you how my dog looked like.
CHIANG~~
Mickey-chan desu!
Should ask mum if he changed a bit. I mean the looks.
He's still the same hyperactive dog that somehow becoming more like a ninja dog. Maybe sometime later he upgrades to ninja god, since DOG = GOD.
LOL!
By the way this is last year's photo.

Random random...

Recently duno what to write about. Is it because I am too lazy? or is it because like my result in one of the quizzes in facebook -- my life is too boring? -.-

Just did my presentation, I think i did well enough since the lecturer didn't complain about anything. All he said was well done after i finished with the presenting. So... good sign perhaps?

Anyway, 2 more weeks in uni for the semester, 2 projects and 1 essay to do. As well as catching up the stuff that i have missed, or do stuff that I kept on forgetting to do. And also the exam, its only one subject, but then still have to study for it.

This time of the year, everyone's busy with their thing, hence less chatting, less facebooking, and more assignment rushing and studying. Life is sooo much less colourful like that. But then again, life IS that way, so why complain, and cope with it. Unless you are a NEET, then life will be easier.

Just watched an OVA called Denpa Teki na Kanojo(電波的な彼女). Interesting, with murder mysteries, human nature, and stuff. only 1 OVA is out, and it is scheduled to be 3 OVA episodes. Based on light novel of the same name. I have to say a lot of light novels are getting animated recently, but i am not complaining, because i prefer light novels being animated than manga. When it is being animated, there is a chance that it will be translated to chinese. So there will be another series for my collection soon, if i decide to buy it. Dont mind me, just being random here. Just getting everything that happened recently and then squeeze it in this post. I couldn't think of better things to write at the moment. And need to tidy up my computer harddisk, too. Too much unused stuff.

Back to the past mode: ON

Chat a lot with my friends recently. Random stuff like school life, work, food, gaming, anime, and occasionally, the past. In the past, we have countless events that were memorable, and talking about them brings back the emotions of the time of event. Things like how we met, how that certain someone was, how fun was that certain event, are the things that often talked about when concerning the past.

Feel nostalgic at some point but at the same time makes us realize how merciless time can be. Time makes us move forward, makes us change. And talking about the past implies that we dont wanna change, and wanting to go back in time (even though I dont think i have changed in anyway). But that doesn't mean that we shouldn't talk about the past, because it means that we treasure every moment that we have, we keep them in our hearts. Thats why we are able to talk about it. We wont be able to do it if we dont give a damn.

By the way did I sound like an old guy? Coz talking about past events are usually what old people do. I admit it is a fun thing to do though. When i am stress i usually pick out old games, or old photos to look at, makes me feel calm. After calming down, I can continue with my work.

Also recently, been playing on Facebook a lot. Never realize that it was that fun, with all the quizzes and comment spamming ^^. I never really bother with these things except for like looking at other people's photos. I havent touched my friendster account since a long time ago. I think it can be dumped.

Anyway... chatting about random stuff is fun. Thats why any slice of life comedy shows like Lucky Star goes really well with me. If anyone have recommendations about this sort of anime, let me know.
(Seems to be straying away from the topic -.-)
(Maa ii ka ^^)

Study and Homework...

Looks like there will be another series of all nighters this weekend. My essay is due next week. And i havent got an idea of how to write it. Well, have to start soon.

Even if i finished the essay, I felt that i am a bit behind in my studies, so have to study. Further more, the exam timetable is out. A bit more than 1 month from now. I only have one subject for that, so it 'kinda' makes it easier for me.

And also some group projects coming. Not one, is two.

Oh well, who ask I am uni student. (Broken english haha)

Yosh! Ganbaru zou!Screencap
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Episode 6

Tony’s ART Works from Shining World

I ordered this book along with Ar tonelico 2 visual material, but due to popular demand, it has been delayed for a while. But it arrived today! Tottemo ureshii desu!

If you know about Shining Tears or Shining Wind, you should know Tony, who is the illustrator of the game series. He draws the hottest female characters, and is one of my favourite artists. He designs the characters for Shining Tears and Shining Wind, and currently working of Shining Wind X, which is a new game for the series. He is more famous for drawing cgs for visual novels(the H ones), and doujins for Comiket.

This book is about 1.5kg, as someone stated in a blog, and is one of the biggest books i bought. It contains every picture he had drawn for the shining series, whether it comes from the game itself, or the covers for drama cds, or any other franchise. There is also a short interview of him, and now I know how he looks like hehe.

When i first saw info about the book on a website, the first thing on my mind is "I got to have that book". So now that I have it, I will Take good care of it.

X-men origins: Wolverine

Got a new costume for Maya! Wasn't expecting that so a bit happy.

Trying to pull an all-nighter last night, but failed. Slept at 3am and then woke up at 8, overslept by an hour, due to forgetting to turn on my alarm. Well, I still have time, so I will do as much as I could.

Anyway saw this movie during my break. It was good, my brother was a bit disappointed because he's expecting too much lol. Funny at times, but cool nonetheless. Some familiar mutants made an appearance as their younger selves, such as you-know-who-when-you-see-him. The end was pretty good, since it makes it back to the beginning.

I think I can do a lot better if I am reviewing an anime. So I think i can only do this much for this movie. Have to continue my work.

Stress >.<

Assignments, then projects, then presentations, then essays. All I can say is... WTF?!
And sometimes they have the same due dates. Currently have a few due next week. So i could use some all-nighters to do it. Some people might have it worse so I am not complaining to them. Just want to express them here.

Recently cough also. I don't think is the pig flu la, just the air is getting dry, so maybe that's the cause. The weather is getting cold also, makes me don't feel like doing stuff + sleepy >.< style="text-align: center;">
(Don't know if the picture fits but I'll put there anyway.)

24 April 2009

I have been feeling sick lately. Always feel like vomiting. Most likely due to pressure. But today I thought, why feel pressure? I'll just do my best in my assessment and then I will be fine. I hope...
Anyway now I feel a bit better, thanks to Ar Tonelico song ---> EXEC_PHANTASMAGORIA/. Loved this song, even though haven't been listening to it for a while.

Today feels like the busiest day ever. Did a lot of stuff which requires a bit of stamina, which fortunately I have enough. It includes what I need to do and what my brother wants me to do =.= But even though I did all that, I am healed just by watching episode 4 of K-ON! This episode has a lot of Mio-chan MOE!! Oh I love slice-of-life comedies. They sure have incredible healing power.

Another thing is that I ordered 2 books from amazon japan. One of them has arrived! Its the Ar Tonelico 2 Visual Material! I found the 1st book somewhere but couldnt find the second. Now I have it. The Ar Tonelico series is one of my favourite games, so i am overjoyed. The other book was out of stock when I ordered, so it will be a bit later before it arrives.

The book is thicker than I thought, about half an inch. It contains artworks, character design materials, interviews of makers, and some extra stuff. There are scans available on the internet, but those are only less than half of the book, meaning only the pictures are scanned. I guess no one cares about the interviews.

I found scans of the book (credits to the scanner), so take a look here if you are interested.

Reason to start a blog?

I was thinking of starting a blog some time ago. Now I finally did. You know why? One is because I'm a lazy bum, now finally got into doing it. The other reason?
Check out the girl on the side of the page. She's the reason!

There is a game called Ar Tonelico. And in there exists a race of humans that uses song magic, called Reyvateils. I am a big fan of the game series, so I checked the website often. They created something called a Supporteil. And she is one of them.

She is Maya(might change her name some time later), and she is created the moment I created this blog. You can chat with her if you want, but its in Japanese, or some people called it Moonspeak. I can understand a little, been learning myself, so I am not bothered. As her owner, I can do a lot of stuff with her. Well owner is not a good word to use though...

Well actually I can create her even without a blog. But it feels better when I can show her off to people through a website or blog. Need to spend some time to get her new clothes and stuff, but she does them herself anyway. You just have to tell her to do it.

If you are interested, go to Supporteil_Guide and it will guide you to make one.

But remember, she is not your pet. Treat her nicely!