Moved to FC2 Blog.

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… And still accumulating under the bed!
Got to find storage room for them before something shares a room with me.
No, I’m not talking about Boogeyman, It’s them Pests.

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At last! Started my gym training (instead of my usual postponement) this afternoon with my uncle whose a regular of the Gym. Should be doing this at least twice a week now since all I’ve been doing is only facing my PC, eat, etc. Also planning to play badminton regularly since it’s a good sport. It’s not that I am fat or anything (I have an average build, mind you) but it’s necessary to exercise physically from time to time and at least I can make new friends through that exercise. Few of my trusty sempai(s) from the same high school where I graduated were also regulars there. Anyway my body is really aching right now… maybe doing these stuff could suppress my starvation from otaku-related stuff which is not good to my wallet. Lol.

My most awaited Feldt Grace figure came out to be a wrong item.. they (Play-asia) sent me
Nina Trinity instead of the correct item ordered.
The figure is okay but I don’t like the character.
Anyway, no plans on sending them notice as it is already very useless.
In order to avoid another mistake, I promise not to order figures from them anymore.
I swear. They’re completely incorrigible. Period.

Other stuff include:
+ 2 desk lamps w/ 25watts daylight
+ 2 Rolls of tracing paper
+ Plastic tape dispenser w/ extra plastic tape

Anyway, have ordered the Feldt Grace at HLJ to pair it with this wrong item Nina.

The new setup

Some sample photos of the setup

Thanks to otakudan’s tutorial albeit his settings being superior.

Cleaning out the glass shelf awhile ago. I was already planning to do so just weeks ago but keep on getting delayed.
And thick dusts accumulating on the shelf is not a surprise.

Removed all of my Gashapons. The third layer is reserved for figma(s) to come.
Else, for other figures or Model kits since I am already out of space for model kits in the wooden display cab.

Unwanted figures like gashapons should be packed with ziplock bags and place it somewhere till they rot.
Kidding aside, don’t know what to do about them anymore.

All in all, cleaning the open shelf is not an easy task for collectors especially when figures start to attract oil, dusts, etc.
Gonna start designing another display cabinet again soon.

When I was a lad, I’ve never thought that learning other language would someday come in handy especially when communicating with non-english speakers (though some or most can speak in english fluently but just in case). I studied and graduated at a local chinese school ever since I started schooling (I am free from chinese language after graduating high school, btw). Some of our chinese teachers were from China or Taiwan so, expect to hear/speak lotsa mandarin this and that (though they can also speak in Fukien which I am fluent at). But I took it all for granted. I thought that this language/dialect is pretty useless and as a student, I’m uber lazy with complicated things. I rarely or never exert effort in everything I do especially in projects or homeworks just as long as I can pass the subject. Well.. as a student from that school, most of those who know where I come from would expect that I am now fluent at mandarin.. wrong. Basically, I speak few of our native dialects like cebuano and tagalog, other than that, I can speak fukien fluently cuz it’s the chinese dialect which I grew speaking of for almost 23 years now.

The time that I tasted the humility of neglecting the language was the month during my On-the-Job-Training (as a webdesigner) at a relative’s shop two years ago. A frequent client/customer which was a chinese businessman came and asked me “Do you know how to speak chinese?” in mandarin dialect before stating his business with the shop. There, I couldn’t think of anything in response to the question since there’s no way I understood what these colourless words coming out from his mouth. Yes I am a chinese but cannot speak fluently in mandarin dialect. Good thing he knows how to speak english so there, we had a bit of conversation before my mandarin-enabled-aunt came and entertained the customer, that’s a good thing. Saved and impressed with my aunt’s communication skills.

Now, I am currently trying to learn other language which is Japanese. Chose this language since I already had quite an interest in Japanese culture since just high school. I often listen to japanese songs just before I became addicted to animation. I’ve never had any huge interest in anime during that period.. and those Japanese animes were dubbed with frckin tagalog which kills the mood on watching anime.

Anyway, I can understand japanese now since I’ve been watching anime and jdorama in subs and sometimes in raws for quite a long time now but there are looooooooots of things that I have yet to learn. And not to mention, writing in japanese.. I guess kanji is not really a biggie for me as I know how to write chinese characters already. The japanese accent is killing me though. Any suggestions on how to learn japanese the quickest way possible?

PS. This is just another one of those “I-don’t-have-anything-to-post” articles.

It’s 12:19am now.. started writing this article at 10pm-ish.
Forgive my poor english. Orz

These are some photos I took this late afternoon. Decided to try taking late afternoon shots in places where the sky is nice to look at. Since I’m already there so why miss it?

I’m only using my Sony Cybershot DSC-S650, ISO is 200 using macro mode settings.
Anyone mind giving me advice using a regular digicam in night time?

Today (11.27.08) marks the second year for my hobby site.
Hope to have another one and so on…

金色の闇可愛いいいいいい！
萌ええええ（ｄ＾。＾ｂ）

There’s a possibility that she’d become my site mascot.
Lots of things to consider before finalizing.
For now, I name her Mana Samejima.
Her appearance is a bit too loli (for now) but will change that later. I am planning to have her appearance in the age of a 15 - 16 y/o gal… lotsa references (Da Capo, Kanon, Air, clannad, etc.)
This came to mind after the initial plan.