Category Archives: Blog

The world through my myopic eyes

Happy New Year 2011

Posted on January 1, 2011 by DarkMirage

あけましておめでとうございます！ Happy new year! Actually by my timezone it’s already almost the end of the first day of 2011 (actually exactly 1 minute left), but a huge chunk of my day mysteriously disappeared in a time slip, so I can … Continue reading →

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Maaya Sakamoto 15th Memorial Live “Gift” DVD

Posted on August 14, 2010 by DarkMirage

It’s finally here. A few months ago, I spent 13 hours in an oversized aluminium alloy tube to get to Japan and back so that I could attend Maaya Sakamoto’s 15th anniversary concert at Budokan. A few days ago, the … Continue reading →

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Still Alive

Posted on July 30, 2010 by DarkMirage

Hello, it’s been a while. Some people have been emailing me asking if I am still alive. Yes, I am. Life has been uneventful and empty recently. The mundane tedium left me somewhat creatively challenged and unable to write. In … Continue reading →

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A Tribute to Anonymous

Posted on January 5, 2010 by DarkMirage

Tomorrow, 6th of January 2010, is YouTube Porn Day. Yes, 4chan’s Anonymous has once again declared war on YouTube as a reaction against perceived injustice in YouTube’s ban policies. YouTube junkies can look forward to stumbling upon some titillating surprises … Continue reading →

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Anime Festival Asia 2009

Posted on November 23, 2009 by DarkMirage

I just woke up with a throbbing headache. I feel like I’ve spent the past two days walking. Of course, this comes nowhere close to the time when I queued overnight in the winter rain for Comiket 73 and fell … Continue reading →

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Why I did not accept my PSC Scholarship offer

Posted on November 17, 2009 by DarkMirage

This is one of those rare posts I make about my personal life so that one day I may look back at this blog and realize that I was once a young and naive idealist. It is the cumulation of … Continue reading →

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Spider Attack

Posted on September 13, 2009 by DarkMirage

I was told that this is the last part of whatever this thing is. This city seems to be constantly under attack from campy sci-fi monsters. The monsters ought to get together and plan out their attacks so that they … Continue reading →

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Learning French — Help Required

Posted on August 2, 2009 by DarkMirage

My impression of the French I’ve been taking French lessons at Alliance Française de Singapour for some time now and I have sadly not been making much progress. Maybe I’m just getting too old for it but this foreign language … Continue reading →

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DaiCon

Posted on July 13, 2009 by DarkMirage

I was in an apartment somewhere in Malaysia, sitting on the floor of an under-furbished room with two vicious felines plotting the death of my sleeping bag. The stench of cat feces permeated the air, but fortunately my nose was … Continue reading →

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Maaya Sakamoto – We Are Kazeyomi!

Posted on June 2, 2009 by DarkMirage

Maaya Sakamoto, the greatest singer/seiyuu in the history of the universe, held a live tour at the start of this year (2009) called “We Are Kazeyomi!” This was her first proper concert in the five years since she released her … Continue reading →

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Comiket: War Zone

Posted on February 15, 2009 by DarkMirage

It’s me. I’m still alive. This is not a Beowulf cluster of Linux PS3s that accidentally gained sentience in a freak thunderstorm and subsequently infiltrated the server that hosts this blog. In any case, this is (or has been) my … Continue reading →

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Change Is Coming

Posted on January 20, 2009 by DarkMirage

Communism — politically-incorrect moé we can believe in This is not the post you think it is. Now I admit that as a dangerous anti-American foreigner plotting to destroy that great nation through the evil that is globalization, I am … Continue reading →

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