Minako Aino

When I watch Sailormoon back in 1999, I couldn't wait to turn 13. When I got my first white cat in 2001, I awaited eagerly for him to talk. Lolz...that's me and my childhood dream of becoming Sailor Venus a.k.a Minako Aino, the clumsy yet warmhearted high school girl with bright yellow hair. As much as I loved her jovial character, I've never thought of cosplaying her back then. Now that I have so little time left, I just thought of paying my childhood heroine a tribute. These are taken in Genting Highlands. Thank you Anthony Lee for being the photog and baby-sitter again ><

Initially I was there to check out the accommodation for our shoot in December. The day didn't start out great but it all ended well. Besides the shoot, I went to the Ripley's Believe It or Not exhibition too. Whee~

Cosfest @ Singapore

Lolz...yet another expired post. This was my first time attending S'pore cosplay event. Thought of supporting Sky and Yuan initailly, mana tau competition changed to Sunday =.=" I didn't really stay in the hall and mingle around so I can't comment much on the event. As for the doujins, I see more unique and interesting stuff but as usual, every booth sold Miku Hatsune items. Actually, I just realized I left my costume at home when I passed the Kastam. Good job, mood died almost instantly. 

So yeah, I've decided to skip Sunday and go jalan-jalan instead. Science center and Universal Studio were awesome! Nevertheless, many things in SCenter were damaged (jeling-jeling at kids). The shark thingy was awesome but the IMAX movie was a bit dull. kept yawning. Walked a bit at Bugis and passes by Orchad Road. Hotel costed a bomb. A BOMB. Not going to type much. Just wanted to share with you the lovely stuff I saw :)

Next S'pore trip, I wanna go Underwater World an Zoo!

Bon Odori 2010

Through my eyes.

This is my second Bon Odori. I remember attending last year and vowed to return this year with a proper yukatta. Heheh...I also remembered that I reminded myself not to wear anything red or pink. I must have got recalled the wrong information when I was purchasing the cloth for my yukatta.

So Kin Man and I headed to Shah Alam around 6pm. Thanks to my over acurate information, we ended up at Shah Alam Stadium. Thank God, Matsushita Stadium was only 15 minutes away. Nevertheless we took an extra 30 minutes due to the massive jam. Cars were flooding in from every direction at a roundabout. There was zero parking nearby so Kin Man dropped my off first.

I was late and there wasn't any fan left for me :( but when I started to dance for the first session, a group of ladies gave me a fan. I think they thought I was a Japanese girl who was late and didn't get any fan a.k.a kesiannya... And evil me, I just smiled and said 'arigatou'. Evil! I know, I know! I'm sorry but it sure felt good to 'be' a Japanese for a day. Lol...

This year was crazily packed. The songs and dance moves were the same as last year so I caught up pretty fast. I only saw my cousin brother and a high school fren there - Su Woan. Oh and Anthony Lee too ^^. Thanks for the pic as I didn't really take any picture. Sigh...menyesal.

It was a full day for me. Dance ---> buy drinks ---> dance ---> buy food --->dance ---> bye bye. I saw lots of silk yukatta that can be purchased from Mines Wonderland and these:

1. Girls wearing super high and pointy heels (I wonder how many times they got stuck in the mud).

2. Girls wearing super short 'yukatta' like those from 'toys' shop (still the photographers love them, whatever).

3. A guy actually cosplayed like a vampire!?!?!?!?

4. Several guys brought katana. I wondered what were they thinking when they decided to lug that thing around the whole day.   

All in all, it was fun! I thought of making time to go Penang next year. Hmmm...surely no more pink and red next round.

Thanks for accompanying me ^^ I hope you enjoyed it as much as I do. Hugs~

Pulau Perhentian Trip

So peaceful with the breeze.

It has been a good sem, fair result and interesting postings. A few bad eggs here and there but *shurugged* that's part and parcel of life I guess. My first activity following EOS exam was a trip to an island called 'Pulau Perhentian' - the stopping island, the island where you stop, or is it the waiting island? Oh well. Anyway, it was nice although I really preferred Pulau Redang since there are more activities and it's merrier at night.

This is the place we slumber.

10 of us went, two rooms in Flora Resort or was it Floral Bay? Geez...something like that la. The rooms were okay, toilet was acceptable, food was so so, towels were...smelled like rotten seafood. It's kind of expensive to spend there though. Alice purchased a coconut for RM7 when we can see them growing above us. Could have just plucked some of them eh, Alice? I drank something with such bombastic name but taste no greater than a cup of milo for RM6.90.

Most of our activities were dedicated to sleeping, snorkeling and star gazing. Oh, not to forget picture taking too. I especially love this...thanks for putting up with this, Alice~

Courtesy of Xin Ying's camera Setting

What was great about this trip was Lang Tengah. The boat dumped us there and we went, 'not again'. We were bored of snorkelling by then, honestly. It's pretty much the same after all - dead chorals, disgusting sea cucumber. But not Lang Tengah, uh uh! Not Lang Tengah. We only get to spend like 15 mins there but it was amazing! Argh! The choral, the fishes. It's really like being in the ocean finally! Oh, Lang Tengah! I wanna visit you again. Anyway, I heard these island will be changed to higher end tourism spot. So, go quickly while it's economic *winks*.

A shot of view from where I was chillin'.

Lastly but not least...wished you were here Soh-Tong

The Climb

Well...after two months of miserable life in miserable environment, I've got to say: THE CLIMB WAS GOOD. When Ah Fuu asked me to go for the climb, I wasn't keen. Not because I'm a lazy bum bum (although I can be one) but because I'm home sick. Home sick, get it. Home sick. I just want to drive home instantly after friday shift. Sigh...then I change my mind. Ah Fuu told me it's a N107 thingy. Fine, so I went.

I woke up on Sat am wondering why the heck do I have to wake up so early on a SATURDAY. So bad mood. Then I realise I don't have my track bottom and a proper T-shirt to go with it. Dang, I saw Raechi, Sashi and Priyae all geared up. So, I pakai one mak cik pants and a white top. Luckily I have my sport shoes with me. Worst still, I didn't take anything at all for breakfast. I was so hungry when Sashi offered me a red bean bun, I ate it thinking that it was chocolate bun.

So we drove 45 mins to Bt Datuk. Looking up the mountain which I can't see the top just yet, it's just me and my red bean bun. Then we began to hike, hike, climb, climb, march, climb, walk, walk. It was like forever! Dr. James kept saying we were half way there but there was never a half way! Argh! So tension. We started off about 15 people then 1/3 way through, it's only Ah Fuu, Khad and I. Raechi caught up, yay! When we reached the top like 2.5 hours later, it was awesome. I think the ladders at the last part was way more gruesome compared to the rest of the journey. It was so high up that birds flew at our shoulder level.

Right, so after all the calory burnt, we end up eating junk up there. On the way down was faster was more headache than going up. I wanted to throw up half way down. It's like never ending but the dip in the cold river was a good reward! Hmm...I didn't suffer as much cramp as the others but I still couldn't walk straight on Sunday morning. Lol.

It was overall a refreshing trip. It reminded me of the good ol' days when I was still active in sports. Hmm...I wonder what happened. Oh well...I don't mind going again but maybe not so soon. gotta replenish my wasted muscles. Thanks for organizing, Ah Fuu and thanks for guiding the trip, Dr James. Lastly, way to go Raechi and Khad!

Malacca Zoo with My Bestie~

14th June 08 - that following week after exam (and getting my EOS result) I went down to Malacca with Yu Li. She drove and we almost hit the highway to Johor when we took a wrong turn which led us back to Cheras. Hence, our drive down to Malacca took two full hours at 80km/hr. It was the first time she drove that far and man...Malaysia sign boards are awesome. It's either they are placced at the wrong distance for people to turn or they are hidden by trees, poles or other non-related sign boards. Sometimes there are too many signboards showing the same location and sometimes too little. There is only one Jonker Walk sign board in Malacca...which was kilometres away from the exact Jonker Street, not to mention the twist and turns in between. So there were, two KL girls down in Malacca. Malacca Zoo was our first stop.

Above are parrots, a tiny monkey (abt 15cm excluding tail) and Yu Li. The monkey (forgotten the name, Mammoset something) has such sharp feature of erm...human, I would say. It's also the closest thing I could find to the creature in Princess Mononoke. Yu Li...was just being Yu Li. Hehe...below are more animals we saw.

Some of the animals looked depressed. The monkey tried to chew his own foot. The racoon doesn't seem to like to move-it move-it that much. The pony, looked as though it suffered schizophrenia. Lol...but I think the animals here are better than those 'trapped' in Zoo Negara. At least the tigers and lions are well fed...





















They've got this Savannah thingy in Malacca Zoo too. It'srather huge and nicely decorated.

Well...we took about 4 hours in this zoo, trying to capture everything. I've got videos too which I'll upload later. I think this trip is worth it. Adults are RM7, RM5 if you have student card. Opens from 10am till 6pm. Closed for break and reopens at 8pm for night zoo.