AFA X

Secret War Journal[14 November 2010][Long Post][Picture-Heavy]
It's that period of the year again!

Anime, Cosplay, Jpop, Games, Vocaloids!

Wohoo!

Joining us this year are...

1. Johnston
2. Trevor
3. Keller

Zikry couldn't join us due to some unforeseen reasons. Therefore, this year, we have to come slightly earlier to buy the tickets which would be very long queue later in the afternoon.

No matter, Johnston and I came first and helped to purchase tickets for everyone else. Waiting for the rest to arrive but at this moment, I want to comment that there is very almost no crowd right here right now. Wow! I think all of them went to watch the Haruhi movie in there. O.o

Well, I'm not going to pay more for an animie movie which I didn't even watch. Hahas! I mean, I'm not even going to attend the AniSong concert later! T.T

When they arrived after some epic moments of finding us while standing in front of us and using their handphone talking to us (LOL!), we produced the tickets and entered the exhibition!

Okay, the previous post was the old narration-style so it's time to go photostory(not to mention that if I go write out in prose, this post could go on forever)! As I always say, "WIthout further ado" let the pictures do the talking!

Okay, you probably wasn't expecting this picture. I mean, "Where's the AFA pictures! This is not one!" but yeah, I couldn't find any other place to place this. :P

The "chop" to indicate we're allowed to enter the exhibitions.


Look at Trevor's face. So lustful. Joking!

Haruhi Figurines

Nanoha!

Hatsune Miku!!!!

Black Rock Shooter





Final Fantasy Cosplay. Not bad.


  Maid Cafe?! To think Trevor and keller thought there was only Butler Cafe this year. :o


This is one car that is bound to cause car accidents.


I mean, it definitely would distract male drivers, I think. Hahas! Opps?

AFA X Official Car. O.o


Gundam Car. Now this is one Cool car, until you scratch it, of course. XD





Power Ranger? EPIC.


Power Rangers to the Rescue! (Roll on the floor laughing, can't stand myself saying that. Hahas!)


Unglam shot of red ranger. We're so evil. XD


Dolls. Zi Ying has lots of this, I think.


A nicer shot with nicer dolls. O.oOkay, maybe the previous shot was nicer. :p


Domo! Group Picture!


Toradora! Taiga! My favourite character there! Woots!


Taiga and Me. How come she's taller than me!!! O.o Scary.


Johnston and Taiga. Wonder where's Taiga's boyfriend. Never see him. O.o


Animax Station is here, as usual. But the voiceover is..... let's just say I prefer the original japanese version. :p


Eh....


Princess or?


White Princess?


Emm...the princess is nicer. XD (Evil me...)


More of princess


Random Hatsune Miku cosplayer. Hey, where's your leek? XD


Naruto with an epic touch.





Pikachu epic win version. >=D


Black Rock Shooter Cosplayer, look better in reality.


Sorry for the eye issue.





Christmas is here already?! Joking!


You got to admit it's nice though. :)


I should not saying evil. (Like Christmas? ROFL)


Nice right? I hope. XD





Now we have Halloween. XP


Snow white?!





And this year's winner for Cosplaying is..... Trevor for best cosplaying a commoner. Congrats!


Gundam. Sweet!


???!!1





Hatsune Miku Project Dive now has arcade version. Wow!


I wish I could play that game...


Hatsune Miku Green hair version.


Our good friend Wei Siang, who was working there, taught us how to do play a Japanese card game. ^^


Wei Siang VS Keller. Who wins?


Fun with playing cards! :)


Epic Staff. Sakura.





They were fooling with their skirts. Ok...


The traditional epic face pose! XD


This is actually a fail shot but it's so cool though people would had thought we were stalking people. Hahas!



Last picture... Aww...



Finally, to end it off, a compilation of all the pictures taken that day!

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Credits: Johnston and I for the pictures.

Daybreak

Secret War Journal[20 November 2010]
In the seed of darkness lies but a speck of truth...

Maybe I'm better off than others in the same plight as me...

I guess I should count myself lucky that God had taught me to be cautious and careful

Megamind and Résultats

Secret War Journal[12 November 2010]

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Official Promos Results

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Ah, the verdict.

So yeah, I got promoted. For one reason or another, my economics was moderated up. So instead of a sub-pass (S), I have a E grade. Not bad, at least I officially pass...

But I'm still deciding whether I should drop though...I'm like at the opposite spectrum of distinction right now, dropping would be much more wise right now. Hmm....family ain't that much help since they don't even know what advice they giving when they don't even know what JC is... =.=|||

Maybe...

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Megamind: The movie

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Moving on, I recently watched the often-mentioned movie called Megamind!

This was organised by Lai Yin though I doubt she intended to watch a movie. Hahas!

Here's a bit of background information: XD

Well, originally Lai Yin wanted to organise a trip to Jurong Bird park (I still not very sure why...) with Jun Yong, Shi Min, Cynthia and I.

Well, obviously a lot of people didn't want to go there and Shi Min was not free (not very hard to figure, hahas) so she suggested going to Zoo (don't look at me, I don't know) or Shopping(I don't think Jun Yong will want to go that...)
To cut the story short, she decided to ask the 4D clique for shopping. Since it was so last minute, the couple couldn't make it, and Lai Yin actually didn't ask Guan Hui(so smart of her....=.=). Well, I figure she thought Guan Gui got lessons so she never asked (but we never know....)

Vanessa came and when we met up, (for the record, I tag along because I wanted to buy something, hahas!) she was wondering why a shopping outing out of the blue. (I agree on that but that's because no one wanted to go Bird Park or Zoo. XD)

Vanessa was thinking why not just catch a movie instead which I agreed straight away. (Note: Lai Yin was away during our planning. Heehee.)

We went to discuss what movies were on show right now. Vanessa wanted to watch the Social Network. I was fine with that.
Thus, that was our new plan to hijack Lai Yin's plan:

• Go to Cinema
• See the timeslots
• Buy tickets, regardless of whether Lai Yin approve or not
• Go watch movie
• Continue Shopping

Did I mention Lai Yin was on a media fast? (Another queer thing about her.)

That made the plan not as easy as planned. Hahas. Lai Yin was very against watching movie. (The media fast was so extreme, apparently she did not play PS3 at Laura's house. :O Wow.)

Wonder what prompted her annual media fast. But anyway, we're not going to let a simple media fast interrupt our plans! Hahas!

So began our conquest to drag her to the ticketing booth to buy the tickets. That was the easy part.

However, there was a slight change of plans, the Cinema at Bugis Junction was not airing The Social Network. Vanessa and I made a compromise and went to buy 3 tickets for Megamind instead.
Well, I have heard quite a lot about Megamind from friends and the feedback was rather positive so I figure it would be a nice movie. :)

Here comes the really crazy part, right after we bought our tickets, Lai Yin announced to us that she was going home, we can watch the movies by ourselves.

*Shocked*

At this moment, Lai Yin started some "hide-and-seek" game which was took us in circles in search for her. That made Vanessa sort of pissed. :O
Well, can't blame her, who could had thought there are people so opposed to a simple movie screening? :O

After all those craziness, we managed to convince her to stay at a shop called "Guess".

Guess what? Vanessa and I had no clue where that shop was. Hahas!
Best part? The shop was just near the entrance of Bugis Junction. So epic fail for me man, hahas. I never knew that bag shop there was called "Guess". =.=
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Final compromise after negotiation with Lai Yin (we sort of did this at the Coffee Bean in Illuma):

She would go in with us since we already bought the tickets, don't want to waste that ticket. (and it would be awkward.)
Since she's on a media fast. We provided her with a solution: Just go in, and sleep. Hahahas!

We went for the movie. The rest of them was too full since we going for snacks after luncc but I ordered a medium popcorn with drinks since I felt strange to go into a cinema empty-handed without the usual eating(habits, I guess). They convinced me not to go for the large popcorn, hahas!

So, in the end, our plan succeeded hahas!
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Well, the movie was definitely worth the money spent. :)
The plot was well-written but I'm a sucker for the subtle reenactment tactics(not sure if the rest realised that) so I could be bias, heehee.


Furthermore, Megamind belonged to my favourite genre of movies - Comedy so naturally, if it is able to give me a decent laugh, I would give it an above average rating. ;)
But I must admit, the beginning was like a joke drought, nothing funny happened there. :O Can't really blame them though, the technique they use for the beginning don't really have much room for jokes. But hey, once the jokes comes, the fun begins. ;)

Oh, and Lai Yin? She didn't manage to sleep in the cinema in the end. She ended up watching after skipping the first few parts. (maybe 30 minutes?)

We all knew she would end up watching the movie, no? >=D

Now, shopping resume. Hahas!

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Shopping! (Again?!)

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Well, that day, we bought presents for Pei Shi and Debbie (a bit late, but it's the thought that count. :P)

Lai Yin keep patronise this childish looking shop which Vanessa started to pull Lai Yin away after the third time we ended up at this shop. (Super funny I tell you.)

Vanessa? She spent all on food. Hahas! (P.S: Don't kill me! XD)

After heading home, I bought some stuff for myself. Another off the wishlist for this year. Yes! I think I spent a lot this year though, a bit broke. :(

Seed of Darkness

Secret War Journal[14 November 2010]
I never actually intended to have this post. I have another post in draft mode that was supposed to be published but there has been a turn of events in the past few days.

Amazing, I never expected this. It was never anticipated, I never expected you all to be dragged into this. It was supposed to be some other matters that I personally have to get into terms with.

But at this stage, it's getting hard to ignore. Too much hints dropped everywhere lately, too much implications at such a late stage. Yes, we're all fools. At least I am, that's for sure. Why didn't I foresee it, when I foresee other stuff that I cannot alter. Maybe I did, but it was so obscured, I actually messed up the timing of it. I didn't know it would be something so large a scale, something that would affect so many people, something that would affect people I know. That vision. That vision held people I never met before, how could I had known. How could I known God was trying to warn me. I'm a fool.

I should have known, that the devil moves with me. So my darkness comes, and I knew I had brought sadness and pain to many. I should be ashamed. I will rue this day, the day light turns thin, where many of us who were war-weary have to withstand this.

I think it is time to choose a side. Too long had I remained neutral. Too long had I idled. But memories of the past still ache, echoes in me, the consequences of intervening is extremely dire. Must it be so, is my presence that significant anyway?
But, this I cannot ignore. Too much is at stake. Debts need to be repaid. Brotherhood needs to be held. Promises need to be uphold.
Parties will be hurt, whether I like it or not.

Yet I hope to remain neutral after all this, I yearn for peace...there must be a way to resolve this peacefully, there must be a way to achieve a win-win solution.

History has taught us that no one wins a two-front war. Have mercy on my friend, why now? What have we done when we wish for peace? Is it my past sins? Is it my misgivings? Why attack my friends? Why can't you just target me instead. I deserve more blame than anyone else. My sins cannot be atone in this lifetime. God alone knows that. People died, sorrow, disappointment, if you have such hatred, then direct them to me instead.
I cannot win a three-front war, yet it seems part of God's designs that I would be a part of this.
Does anyone ever win a three-front war? I have no wish of finding out.

Nevertheless, I need to prepare. Perhaps the covert war had already begun without me knowing. I must be the slowest among them all...

In the end, no amount of anticipation could prepare us for this, huh?
And darkness rides once more...

Everwinter Land

Secret War Journal[9 November 2010]

The one who rules unseen is many times smarter than one who rules with an iron fist.

I know, I told some of you that I'm not saying this out loud. Well, the intended message is obscured anyway so most people should not be to know what I'm driving at. XD

Besides, what's the point of saying, "Let only the worthy know" when there are no further test(with Google making obsolete one of them O.o).

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Recently, my younger brother Leo, got a piano. (which I suspect is his birthday present. *Shrug*)

Here are the pictures of his piano:

It isn't a grand piano but it's definitely look more grand than my old piano which I still believe was more functional than this. That is, if wasn't for the fact someone threw it away. =.=
I'm pretty sure it was still operational. >:(

Oh well, it's been a long long long time since I played something on the piano anyway. However, my piano served more as a memory of the past. T.T

I absolutely hate it when they throw away my stuff without asking me. This wasn't the first time, as many would know. Haiz... I don't even know when they throw one, just disappeared one day. !@#$

It can't be replaced with another piano. Maybe I should have a safe that keep all my stuff with sentimental value. Hahas, I doubt anyone would let me do that though.

Anyway, the new piano hyped up my interest for piano, though not a lot since I can't really play that piano. It made me realise I forgot how to read basic musical notes....again. *facepalm* One fine day, I should go self-learn those. Hahas!

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Today's a sad day. Today's a day full of disappointment. Today's horrible.

One thing that was worth to be happy about though would be that my juniors over at Nan Chiau won first at this year's National Infocomm Club Awards Competition!

Good job juniors!

Well done people, juniors, teachers and of course the project leaders! ^^ You have made us all proud. You should have seen how we, graduates of NCHS rallied together to support you despite having OP and rehearsals!

Here are their winning entry!

Nan Chiau High School - GreenTips

Entry Format: Website 

GreenTips were created to allow users a convenient and accessible platform for the public to share and search for tips on how people from all walks of life do their part in saving the environment. This will help to create a central repository of innovative and practical ideas that everyone can be involved and play a part to save the environment.

Click here to view

Sadly,  we didn't manage to get the Student's Choice Awards but we were second. We lost by as little as 20 votes to be first. Oh well, winning first for the judging is much more significant than Student's Choice Awards! ;)

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK GUYS! ;)

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Sadly, other dark shadows lurk that day, as though blocking the light that radiate out of goodness...

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Keep in mind, this is posted on 9 Nov. There was some delay. O.o