Yearly Archives: 2007

Calling all local budding student photographers!

The Raffles Junior College Photography Club (of which I am a member) is organizing a photography competition that is opened to all students in Singapore! The theme of the Singapore Schools’ Photography Competition 2007 “Lumière” (no, not that loli) is … Continue reading

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Happy Valentine’s!

Just one more hour left before Valentine’s is over, but it’s still not too late! Happy Valentine’s!!! I spent last night at a classmate’s house cutting thorns off roses and tying ribbons. Fun. I ate a lot of chocolates today, … Continue reading

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CDJapan Collectible Sale

CDJapan is having a figurine sale with some items (read: the crap) discounted up to 70%. The sale is until 28 Feb. Most of the items are shit not very popular, but there are a few that might be on … Continue reading

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Figure: BUBBA Mahou Shoujo Yuki Nagato

A new sculpt from BUBBA, the creator of Haruhi Bunny! It’s Yuki looking lolilicious with her guitar! And that cat! Thanks to Bababaloo for the heads up. No further info is forthcoming but you can view a video with more … Continue reading

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The Great Digital Divide

Lain for President! Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama spoke to a crowd of teenagers at a political rally and encouraged them to tell their friends to participate in the political process. (via Kotaku) “I want you to tell them, ‘It’s … Continue reading

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No more JLPT!

The results for the 2006 Japanese Language Proficiency Test are out. It’s official: NO MORE JLPT FOR DM EVER AGAIN! YAY! I passed JLPT level 1! WOOHOO! I am now officially qualified to look down on lousy fansubbers and stir … Continue reading

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Haruhi figures I want to get my dirty hands all over

Wonder Festival 2007 Winter may have ended, but the coverages are in full swing. Akiba-blog has comprehensive coverages on all the Haruhi and Yuki figurines that were present at the event. One particularly awesome resin figure caught my attention… Legs… … Continue reading

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Drowning in Spam

Spam is the worst thing ever invented by man. It is completely useless and wastes my time. Nobody wastes my time except me. At least thermonuclear weapons may someday be used to blow up a planet-annihilating meteor heading our way … Continue reading

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I have fallen…

I am now the owner of an Xbox 360. I can hear you going “WTF?” just about…now. Rest assured that I, too, share your sentiments. Actually, I won it at an IT competition for schools along with a copy of … Continue reading

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Net Infamy — Windows 100% Interview

I have been featured as the 42th (ooo, lucky number!) “Overseas Otaku” in the April issue of Windows 100%, a Japanese IT magazine that also features otaku and internet pop culture related articles. Every month, the magazine asks 100 questions … Continue reading

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E2046 Gathering

E2046 has added a few awesome entries to their Gathering series of pre-painted resin recasts. (In case I haven’t repeated it enough times, their Haruhi recast rocks!) It seems that the Gathering series must be selling really well because they … Continue reading

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Code Geass 22 and the path to hell

I think most of you should have watched the subs for episode 22 of Code Geass by now. If not, go watch it now! It will totally blow your mind apart. (Something that CLAMP stories never hope to achieve, so … Continue reading

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