Ichi b-banzaiiiii : pt 2 [pics + vid]

I forgot to add in the previous entry about our hotel issue LAWL~ Since mum and dad was suppose to check into the Bayview Hotel where they’ve booked 2 rooms for them, they headed off after they’re sure we’re safe and sound at the event and it seems when they went to check into the Bayview, they weren’t put in the rooms they booked as the hotel managemnet said that they are all out of rooms. Which means they gave our booked rooms to someone else “ORZ and to make things worse, they gave my parents the smoking floor. Despite the fact that our parents’ clearly had our youngest sister with them (who is 5 months old btw) i mean who gives customers smoking floors when they have little ones with them? Not too happy with how things went down, they decided to check out and find another Hotel to stay in. They went to the Hydro Majestic Hotel which was previously known as teh Batu Ferringgi Resort I think. And it was SUPER gorgeous i tell you. The pics were in my mum’s camera so I’ll upload those afterwards.

Anyways, DAY 2 has arrived for our adventures in Penang and we were woken by our dad who excitedly convinced us to get dressed for breakfast. After a satisfying breakfast (consisting of Beef Bacon, Smoked Chicken Slice, some porridge, high sugar cereals, 2 glasses of orange juice and meehoon), we went back up to the room and got ready for the event.

After arriving at the event and setting up, we immidietly got some flow of customers once again. and within a few hours of our opening the booth, we sold out our artbook~! which rarely happens LAWL. And well since we had lacking of customers at one period of time, I went to look around the event since I didn’t get a chance to yesterday. Yuiko-chan wore somewhat an Alice in Wonderland inspired outfit as she was manning the IchiBanzai Badge Booth. She was extremely adorable as she pulled the oyabin face on me when I told her I finished my money on food yesterday LAWL and later on Taicho-san showed up as Minato Arisato of Persona 3. He was thrilled I recognized his cosplay and we chatted about some P3 inspired stuff lawl. But then I couldn’t chat long as I had a whole line of commissions waiting to be done. but while at the booth, we chatted with the Benjamin (one of the emcees yesterday) and more or less explained to him about KAMCAO and stuff. But I gotta tell you the dude was super funny. We had a blast chatting with him.

The day went by with me non stop drawing commissions and meeting various people~ I met some people that were on devART and even recognized some of my pics~! I was truly touched by that ;w; it was super nice to see people appreciate efforts put into art and stuff. Not to mention that since during the second day, Cottonwings couldn’t come which leaves only Saku and I to man the booth, we received numerous support and help from Rin-chan and her friends who came and helped us at the event~! THANKS SO MUCH RIN-CHAN!!!! don’t forget to pass me that pic we took together nee!! She commissioned me on the spot of a pic of Freya from Chobits and to thank her I made RM10 sketch and gave it to her for RM5. It was the least I could do after all she helped us and stuff. I HOPE YOU LIKED IT!

SAKU SINGING VIDEO
(will be taken down tomorrow~!)

Oh and during the Karaoke Finals, Saku sang the song CRY NO MORE by Mika Nakashima. she was a bit nervous and judges caught that. They did say she was better than the first song yesterday. One of the judges pointed out that she was pretty stiff with the microphone and look somewhat Barbie Doll-ish which I shouted to him “Eh, Barbie Dolls are super sexy ya know?” which got the crowd and the judges laughing lawl. not to mention the judges were teasing the emcee for asking Saku too much questions and said that he was flirting with her which he strongly protested LAWL Not to mention I shouted to him “you better not be man!” which again got the crowd laughing LAWL. In the end though, Saku didn’t win. But she said it’s okay since she was okay being the Top 5. :”D Hopefully we’ll get to try out again next year!

Both Saku and I didn’t stop drawing commissions until the very end of the event and we got crams in our hands lawl. Though we did manage to convince some of the commissioners to do it by mail~ which they did, so now I’ve got 5 commissions by mail @_____@;;; orz~ hopefully I get to finish it soon plus the ones I already have ORZ!

the event ended with a bang with Tsu-chan performing numerous Bleach and a Naruto OP with their band which they said was put together until the last minute~! They were super awesome as Tsu-chan rocked it out with her red Nana Oosaki inspired outfit and Kon dancing on stage~! Oh and did I mention that Tsu-chan commissioned me on the spot to draw their drummer (which both me and Saku agreed that he resembles a whole lot to Neko). and after finishing her picture, she literally put a stash of RM7 on the booth table with her Hidamari no Tami shouting “TAKE IT AND GIMME THE PIC!!” LAWL!!! I had to rush to her and convinced her to take her Hidamari no Tami back LAWL!!!! She’s a super sweet girl~

We got to stay behind a bit and chatted with the members after the event since mum and dad got lost while trying to find their way college~ We chatted alot with Taicho, Red-san, Sherman-kun, Tsu-chan, and alot of other people. Since we went to alot of events overall for the past 1 year, we shared our insights about local events and mentioned to them especially Taicho how this is the first time we enjoyed ourselves at a convention. Because usually we don’t see eye-to-eye witht he organizing committee leaving us stressed out and stuff but since they were super nice people and always helpful, we told them how much we enjoyed all of them and stuff~ Taicho was so happy to hear it since he told us that they were told to smile and keep the environment positive and stuff for the people who comes there~

Mum and Dad was running late by then since everyone except Taicho and someone in the Recycling Room left so Taicho stayed with Saku and I and kept us company until mum and dad came~ And he helped with our bags (again) when they arrived and met our parents briefly. He happily waved to us as our car left the KDU Campus. To tell you the truth I reaaaalllllyyyy miss those guys at the event~ It was one of those times where you want the time to go on forever and I definitely wanted ICHIbanzai to go on forever X”D WE LOVE YOU GUYS SO MUCH!!!!!

Right after the event though, we headed to a Japanese restraunt called Matsuki and had late dinner there~ Just then me and Saku realized that we haven’t had anything much to eat for the whole day due to our busy time there. not to mention we didn’t notice we were hungry until we arrived there since we had such a great time and stuff. Anyways I had Onigiri with Salmon filling with Miso Soup. It was super delicious~

huhuhuhu my onigiri~ it looks exactly like one of those in the anime lawl..

my onigiri with the miso soup and apple juice! huhuhuhuhu

Oh forgot to mention that we didn’t come back with only memories, cash and empty stock bags… we bought some -ahem- reference for company usage LAWL aka we bought some second-hand manga from a booth there that sells good conditioned second hand Tokyopop mangas. So we bought….

All 9 volumes of Saiyuki by Kazuya Minekura annnndddd…..

all 28 volumes of Rurouni Kenshin!!! HUAHUAHUAHUA read it and weep ladies~! >”D

LAWL so back to our dinner session, the owner of the Restraunt is a friend of one of our surrogate brothers and it seems he called the owner when he found out mum and dad wanted to go there for dinner so the owner was there to talk with our parents and stuff. and before we left, I was eyeing all the manga and tankobon manga magazines he had on the shelf for customers to read. They were all Japanese of course but it’s not too easy to come by those here in Malaysia as usually the ones here are translated into Chinese. There was some Asuka mags and some Weekly Jump and stuff. The owner noticed and told me to take one home~ at first I refused knowing how much one of those cost here but he convinced me to take one since he said that he gets them for free o____o;;; so I got this one:

an Asuka issue with Shibuya and Gunther from Kyo Kara Maoh on the cover… o___o;; I hugged the owner as we left the store and headed back to the hotel to rest~ I was planning on heading straight to bed but the Saiyuki manga was really tempting so I read through all 9 volumes and ended up sleeping at 4 AM =w=;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; I know… I’m a bad bad reryu LAWL

the next day though, we still had to wake up before 10:30 since the Breakfast Buffet finishes somewhere around there~ went down and had another lavish breakfast and went up and showered and pack to check out~ Though Mum and Dad wanted to go and walk around at the mall before we head back to Ipoh so we head on over to Gurney Plaza for Lunch and some window shopping. :”D

lawl Saku and my mum figuring out where to shop… my dad and I were laughing at the back…

while my mum and saku were goofing around, I was playing with the Tetris Fish in the tank~ they’re so …. yummy looking huhuhuhuhuhuhu okay clearly I was hungry LAWL

we then went into Factory Outlet Store where my dad bought Saku and I a T-shirt each since they were half price~ :”D mine is red with a bird like emblem on it LAWL then we passed by this ring store where I saw a ring resembling the one that Prince Aram from Merupuri wore. I bought that one TTwTT LAWL and with a few other stops, we went down to the Lower Ground and had some Korean Barbeque huhuhuhuhuhuhuuuuuuuuu

+____+ it was seriously the greatest thing I’ve ever tasted LAWL i want to eat more .____.;; why don’t they have interesting food like that in ipoh =A+;;;; anyways we headed back to Ipoh and slept LAWL

anways a HUGGGEEEEE THANKS to all the IchiBanzai Committee members for putting up such a good event at such a short period of time! We Love you guys to PIECES!!! Hopefully we get to see you guys again this Comic Fiesta!!! WE’RE MISSING YOU GUYS ALREADY!! Thanks so much for taking care of us~! and to those who didn’t go to the event, be sure to go there next year kay!!! Or you’ll be missing out on a whole lot of fun!!! Until the next post!! JYA NYA!

ichi b-banzaiiii : pt 1

yo guys~!

okay so I and saku just got back from our first event outside of the busy KL streets all the way in sunny Penang at KDU College called ICHIbanzai! and I’ve got to tell you guys: I’ve never had so much fun in my life~! (honestly)

we pushed off on early Saturday morning from our Ipoh home to go straight to the event itself. both Saku and I had less than 3 hours of sleep prior because we were busy preparing for the event, making sure we didn’t forget anything. Since this is the first time we’d be attending an event without the other members, so we don’t want to miss anything. Not to mention I did a new commission sign for the booth. @w@ it did help with the sales lawl… lots of people were asking whether it was for sale or not lawl~

anyways, we arrived at the event and saw a guy in a yukata standing at the entrance (which later one we found out is actually the Taicho of the event lawl) and he greeted us not to mention helped us with the bags and stuff. We then settled at the booth with 2 bamboo banners resembling the warring states of Japan’s banner design with the word ‘KAMCAO’ on it. as soon as we finished setting up the table, people started pouring in and buying our products. In between the crowd time, I went and registered for the Karaoke competition that was to be held later on in the day and convinced Saku to do the same~ Cottonwings and her friend joined us later on at the booth and helped us a whole bunch with the busy crowd and sales.

there were numerous fun events on stage like the Wasabi Eating competition which was superbly fun I must say since the girls really stood out. You’d be surprised how some people seem so small yet they can really take the pressure well~ The emcees were hillarious as well~! When the karaoke competition came about, I went ahead from Saku and performed first. Though the pressure really got to me lawl~ and the first half of the song I really screwed it, though I managed to get it back on track again by the second half of the song. The judges noticed my nervousness and more or less pardoned my bad singing on the first half and told me to gain more confidence since according to them i can hold a few good notes LAWL oh btw I sang Tobira no Mukao e by Yellow Generation. Darn I wish I wasn’t so nervous since I’m sure I could give the song hell lawl~

and anyways when it came to Saku’s turn, she was as usual timid on stage but she really blew out with her rendition of Shell by Bana. When they’re finally going to inform the results, (since the finals was on the second day) they got all the contestants on stage and announced the names that made it through in order of marks received. Saku got in second and as the emcees announced the remaining names for the Top 5 Finalists I noticed I wasn’t in it. But I couldn’t stay all bummed out for long since the emcees joked about the Top finalists being all girls and not a single guy and continued to “lectured” the guy contestants about it.

Overall then, the First day was a blast~! I met a ton of nice people like Taicho, Yuiko-chan, Tsu-chan, Cottonwins, Kon-kun not to mention I met kak Ayez there and the rest of the Fazuu gang~! I couldn’t wait for the second day to begin~! Oh and before we left the first day I found out from Tsu-chan (who was one of the judges for the Karaoke Competition) that I actually came in 6th! X”D which means I was only a few marks short of making it into the finals LAWL!! I’ll be sure to try again next year.. and I’ll be sure not to be so nervous! LAWL

–PART 1 END–

famous words

lawl i’m still alive yes @w@ And I’m simpy updating to make sure my blog is not terminated (though I don’t think that’d happen unless I myself delete it right?) anyways~

nothing new except studies, studies, commissions, arts and yea the like…. I don’t know but sometime I lose interest to anything online X”D;;; that -is- normal right? I mean it’s like I see my deviantART messages and I just go… “sigh” and just do more studying or drawing…. Q__Q tho i feel like an evil person orz.. I’ve got 109 comments there and yet to reply to even a quarter of them… I guess I should manage my time better so I can reply the messages and even post something decent there. All I’ve been giving them are WIPs and sloppy contest entries… My MangaBullet account too @@;;; sheesh.

I was reading too-san’s bog and it got me all hyped up on earning more income so that I can buy more clothes lawl… I’m not into designer clothes but I love decent clothings like vests, shirts, ties and stuff like that. They don’t necessarily have to be designers. Like I was window shopping at SUBS in Jusco Ipoh the other day and the vests and tie really got me there. everything in that shop is above RM50 lawl so hopefully after Cosfest I can start saving for my wardrobe again. X”D

well other than that, I’m also working on a Giftart sketch for Katkat~ I promised her one for a looong time already lawl. Sorry Katkat~! I promised to do a picture of her character Quartz from her manga Puppet Eyes which is oh so gorgeous. I’ll get the link again next time and post it here. I’m a huge fan of Quartz since he’s super awesome (and not to mention good looking). Hopefully I’ll get it done soon. I’m also working on a realism piece which I haven’t done in a long time LAWL. I’m doing one of Prince Caspian of Narnia, kinda made it poster-esque sorta~ probably will pick it back again once I’ve finished my commissions orz~

well that’s all so far. Hopefully I get to update here more often~ Though no one’s reading LAWL maybe I’ll make a nicer layout next time~ :”3

Case of the missing brush

Hey guys :”D sorry for the sudden update but I need your help QAQ and i have to post this up before I get cranking on studying math and on my usual hiatus again.

I’m missing a certain brush set that is usually in my Photoshop CS 2. I used it as my primary brush when I was loaning my sibling’s computer. But when I re-install PS into my new laptop, that particular brush set vanished. (like out of all the brushes I have, it had to be that one lawl) XD;; So I was wondering if any of you guys know where I can download it from? i just need that particular set and nothing else. XD;;; unfortunately not having it is making my life very difficult *gets shot*

here’s a pic of it ::

sorry and thanks so much for reading. :”3 hopefully I’ll find it soon lawl~

The tension isn’t over yet!

So I just got back from my little exam session I mentioned in my last entry and …. well I can say that I probably passed the first paper but the second one will be.. just barely~ I’m not certain as of yet what the exact results are yet since we’re reassembling tomorrow at my tutor’s house to evaluate the paper together. I don’t know why but it leaves a hanging sort of feeling that I’m not too comfortable with. I’m really keeping my “fingers crossed” so per say that I at least pass it.

I took some mock papers before going for the one for the “real” thing at my tutor’s home and at best I’m always a little above average… which I’m not satisfied with, but unfortunately I can’t stick to the same topic until I perfect the art of acing it.

So does anyone here know any good exam and studying tips? or even any good sites that gives excellent tips on Malaysian KBSR Science and Mathematics. (because those are the two subjects I’m most weak at) Thanks so much for reading and thanks to those who are kind enough to share tips and sites with me. ( =w= “”)

exams cringe!

lawl~ as the title serves, I’ll be having a test on Science by my tutoring teacher. It’s nothing official, but I’m still anxious all the same due to the fact that this is actually the second time we (me and my sister) are taking the test on the same topic. The last time we didn’t make it on time with the Subjective Section. he last time, we took on 4 took on 4 topics in the time span of 45 minutes. Clearly it wasn’t enough, resulting with us answering only 4 out of 20 subjective questions to the disappointment of our tutor. and top off that, she was screaming at another student she was teaching and not happy with the results we showed her, she totally lashed it out on us lawl. Though not that I can blame her though. I mean it was our fault and since she was already stressed out as it is lawl. So we took it as a wake up call or rather a stepping stone to achieve better. So this time she gave us only 2 subjects for the span of 2 hours. It’ll be on this coming Monday at 8 PM. I guess it’s the thought of failing again that makes me cringe, but hopefully I’ll make it through safely.

on a lighter note though, I watched Bus Gamer OVA online at Crunchyroll and I’ve got to say that I wasn’t happy at all with the Animation result. Aside from the mediocre animation flow, I disliked the fact that the chemistry between the 3 main characters weren’t coming through like it did in the Manga. Menkura-sensei put a lot of effort into the characters’ relationship and it saddens me that the very presence doesn’t seem to be present in the animation. In the Manga version, they didn’t like each other at first but they were never in a way hostile with each other. They respected each other’s space and says drastic things only when there’s no other way to get about it. But soon respect grew into fondness which was nice to see how they all warmed up to each other. In the Animation however, they were all rude and hostile towards each other. Mainly Nobu and Mishiba. And so far as the first episode goes, they have yet to show any kind of respect for each other especially towards Kazuo. Though yes, in the manga they think that he’s an idiot, but it’s the idiot they’ve always been fond of and at a point even though they find him weak (compared to them) in combat sense, they often noted on how if they were to go up against him when it comes to electronics and gadgets that they’d lose hands down. In the Animation, they totally disregarded this and even to an extent where Mishiba told Kazuo not to call him by the first name. (i think that was a drastic input into Toki’s character). Since he’s original characteristics were Calm, Cool, Collected and Distant while in the Animation he was Rude, Cold, Cocky and Hot-Headed. Overall I felt that the animation (once again) didn’t do justice to Minekura-sensei’s stories. But then again when was I ever satisfied when the animation version comes out? I guess it’s because the story gave me such an impact that i expected the animation to be the same if not more. I’ve always felt that “if you’re not going to impress us like Minekura-sensei did, then don’t pick up the project” XD;;; a bit harsh but oh well. Sometimes something than nothing right? The opening and ending songs were nice though.

Well, I’m not going to spoil your appetites to watch the animation. This is my humble opinion about it, but it’d be great if you guys can go and watch and be the judge yourself. XD most people said it was great and awesome, but then I guess compared to the manga, it’s hard to say. Oh well. That’s all for today. Until the next time!

::Lethal Games::

i need to get to Malay tuition classes so I’ll update abit here and I’ll update summore tonight lawl~

omaigawd omaigawd omaigawd!!! (/°Д°)/ ~~~!!!!!!!!!!

BUS GAMER IS FINALLY TURNING INTO AN ANIMATION!!!!! YESH!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you don’t know about this, then you better go and get the BUS GAMER Pilot Edition DD: like right now coz you’re missing out on one of Minekura’s best masterpiece!

i’m not sure many know this or not but I’m a huge fan of Kazuya Minekura ever since i stumbled into reading her shounen packed manga series, 「Gensoumaden Saiyuki」and 「Saiyuki RELOAD. Not to mention, Bus Gamer is the series that inspired me to look deeper into fashion. I MUST GET THE FREAKING DVD WHEN IT COMES OUT GRAAA!!!! lawl not much is known since I’ve yet to read the official website lawl. My hiragana still suck, but if you’re more abled at that, I recommend you go here to official website:

dA’s April Fools, fooled everyone!

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yeap XD;; i logged into my deviantART account this morning just to finish replying all the messages I’ve got piled up in there lawl then suddenly i noticed something odd… there was an odd blue animal….. with flashing words… on one of my watcher’s comments. I thought “hmm… cute avatar” and clicked onto my journal where I updated about my commissions. then i noticed.. on my front page… rows and rows of the blue fella lining alllll the way down.

IT WAS A SPAM BY dA LAWL! they hacked into everyone’s accounts and substituting their original avatars to Mudkips! XDDDDD HAPPY APRIL FOOL’S DAY EVERYONE!!!!

Secrets of a Boy

In the 1940s in Scotland, young boy Angus MacMorrow lives in a large house with his mother and sister and a maid, and later also another servant. As Angus has been told, his father is missing since his ship has been sunk in the war, so it is very likely that he is dead. However, Angus hopes he is still alive. He discovers a big mysterious egg and cares for what hatches of it: a ‘water horse’ he calls Crusoe that becomes the fabled Loch Ness Monster…

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lawl I went to watch this movie, Water Horse: Legend of the Deep with my family and I have to say I’d give it a 3.5 out of 5 stars XD;; The plot overall wasn’t bad at all as the stories unfold and it actually think Lewis (who was played by Ben Chaplin in the movie) is extremely appealing. （ ‐ω‐；； ） he has the whole “cold bishounen” vibe going on which is extremely sexy.. *gets kicked* ehem.. anyways.. the CG wasn’t half bad either. XD though my sister, Sakura did point out how the CG works differ when Crusoe was in the water and when he’s on land. But unless you’re there to spot their mistakes (like my dear sister lawl), it won’t be affecting your visual experience with the movie so don’t worry lawl.

Technicalities aside, I personally enjoyed the movie solely because of my ever-lasting passion for mythical creatures and the Loch Ness Monster being one of it. I’ve longed to go to Loch Ness Lake myself, so this movie really bought me joy as to see the lake in color as all I’ve seen so far are black and white photos. It really took me back to my primary school days, when I used to rush back home and dig up all my books about mythical creatures and whatnot. Though there was just 1 part of the movie that i thoroughly disliked….

IT WAS ALL THOSE PARTS THAT INVOVLES UNDERWATER SHOOTS!!! darn… i have a strong water phobia lawl.

anyways, hopefully you guys would go ahead and watch the movie! (Hopefully I didn’t spoil it lawl) until next time *waves*.｡ﾟ+.(´▽`)｡+.ﾟ

:: a dream and an exam ::

okay, so despite the previous rantings about how I’m never going to use Number Basis or Microorganism studies in my lifespan as a Manga-ka later on… I’ve decided to give it my best shot in my final SPM from here on. [inserts uwaaaa statements here]

（ ‐ω‐；； ）so.. until the big exam itself, (which is in november) I’ve decided to divert all of my attention to my studying as I’m aiming for STRAIGHT As. yeap you read right. (>▽<;; ) So hopefully in between studying with all my heart + commissions, I’ll be able to straighten this blog out a bit. maybe  put up a “Commission” section and all .｡ﾟ+.(´▽`)｡+.ﾟ

until then please provide me with you ever ending support and blessings minnaaaaaaa!!!!!

until then, JYA NYAAAAAAAA!!!