Random thought of the day:
Even when darkness has descended across the far reaches of space, there is still a flicker of hope for morning. That is why we fight.

-- Surpeme Alacdois, Emperor of the Seraphims.


EVA: Welcome back, Commander.


ITEM 00: FEATURED DEVIANT

A picture of my OC Zoe done by



This artist from Thailand was a fantastic artist in his own right. I love how he did the expressions on the anime girls and the clothing he gives each and every one of them. The colours are very vibrant and they match the background for each girl. I especially love the faces, as that portrays the emotions and the feelings of each and every one of them exactly the way it was viewed to the audience. He is also asking for commissions and I highly recommend it, becaue it was definitely worth your money.

Here are some of my favourite anime girl pictures in his small but amazing gallery.





Please enjoy them, and please do give him some favs and constructive comments.


ITEM 01: BlazBlue and Street Fighter Opening Songs

Opening Song for Street Fighter 4: "The Next Door - Indestructible" by EXILE. [link]

I can feel it coming over me
I feel it all around me
I've been waiting for this moment all my life it's my destiny
There's a fire deep inside of me
it's waiting to come out now
no matter what, no matter how, I know I'll make it through somehow

cuz when the road feels too long
I'll still be holding on
I'm gonna keep on going, I know I'll be strong

Indestructible
I wont let nobody break me down
Indestructible
nothings gonna stop me now
Indestructible
gonna gonna make gonna keep on going
Indestructible
the last man standing

I'm ready for whatever
I'm never giving up
nothing can break my spirit
cuz it's indestructible

Pretty refreshing new song, and I love the lyrics. I also like the action sequence for the song and the finale was just so epic. I can't help but sing along when I listen to it.


Opening Song for BlazBlue Calamity Trigger: (with english translation) [link]

OST Name: BlazBlue -{Calamity Trigger}- Original Soundtrack
Original Release: "blue-iconoclast / PIGEON-the green-ey'd monster" (Single)
Composed & Arranged by: Yugo Sasakura and Ayumi Miyazaki
Performed by: KOTOKO
Published & Distributed by: Geneon Universal Entertainment
Art by: ZureTheDarkBeing

NOTE: Opening theme song for the home version (Xbox 360 and PS3) of BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger.

Original Lyrics (Japanese / Romaji):

Narasareta aoi toki no kane ni shinjitsu no tobira ga hiraku

Tooi kage wa masa yume ka? Akumu ka?
Sora de orinasu nageki no sasayaki

Shinjita (mayotte) michi wo nazoru (furimuku) bokura ni (kotae wa...?)
Kin no ame furisosogu

Kousoku de nadarekomu kioku no suna sude de haratte
Nariyamanu munasawagi susumu yuuki ni kaeru yo
Kurikaesu kanashimi to itami no wa ni kirisaki tatete
Tachime kara koboreta mirai
Hakanaki kibou ten ni maku

Shizuka sugita sono koe ga furuete
Garasu no mori ga doukoku e ochita

Mayotte (shinjita) sora wo aoku (shimei wo) hitomi ni (hatase to...)
Kin no ya ga tsukisasaru

Ano jikuu no hazama e to susumu senai tome wa shinaide
Densetsu wa kirehashi de tsukurareta kuroi guuzou
Osoreta do nugisutete hadaka no mama mitsume aitai
Kaerarenu sono shinjitsu wo
Sadame no toki wa yattekuru

Boyakete kaketa MONO bakari tsunde ima ni mo kuzure sou da
Dare mo minu furisuru genjitsu

Are wa tashika iki wo shita shunkan hikari michiteita...

-Aoi sora torimodosu- chikai wa ima hitomi ni afureta
Muryoku dato nageku yori bidou suru asu wo mitai
Katariau yume sae mo "shinjitsu" e to izanau yoake
Sorezore no michi wo tadotte toki no kanata mata aou

Ano jikuu no hazama e to~
Wasurete wa naranu mono~ mamoru yo~
Seidou no yo ni sobieru tobira
Hiraku no wa kizu wo otte katakunatta kono te no hira
Sono chikara~

This song was definitely one of my all time favourites. I love the anime opening with it, and the character fight sequences were just so damn amazing! I can't help but want to play the game on aracade or on the PS3. Love the distrortion drives and astral drives of each character, and they are unqiue and powerful in their own right and the attacks were amazing!

when I played BlazBlue with , I awed him with a surprise distortion drive move during our BlazBlue arcade battle... and it was my first time playing it! I was playing as Noel and he was playing as Iron Tager. Haha, the distortion drive took him completely by surprise. I hope I can get better at this game, as I am still a beginner.


ITEM 02: REPORTS ON LIFE

One-and-a-half weeks and then its back to Polytechnic for my third year. How fast time flies. I am still trying to catch up on my drawings and redoing of my character OCs, as well as sorting out matters on my inner circle of OCs and friends here on DA. If I have missed out notes or comments, please notify me immediately so I can reply you in good order before I am back to Polytechnic.

I am also working with , , and on a joint project, which is kept secret at the moment. Think WW2 steampunkish. (That's a big hint already) More will be coming, and it will be revealed in due time, I promise you.

My mother, who is a teacher, has just received an certificate for her 33 years worth of work in the Education Field. It kind of summarised her 33 years of hard work in 5 different schoolsm in 3 simple lines. I kind of wonder, do they really appreciated the effort my mother has contributed to the education field in teaching the future scholars? She has been working as a teacher as she know, and until the day she came down with heart problems. But the good news is that she has made many new acquiantences and gained much experience from her work as a senior teacher.

On a side report, my father, who is a diabetic, has come down with heart failure. He has been hospitalised several times, and I am doing all I can to ease his pain and coping with household chores. I have not been able to catch up on my writings and drawings was due to this, and many times I have to tend to him and visit him in the hospital. The good news is that he is on medication and he would be seeing his personal cardic doctor soon, but the bad news is his heart is only beating at 20% capacity. (A normal heart beats at 50% capacity, which means he has less than half the strength of a normal heart) I could now only wait and see what the doctors could do for him, and I wish him a speedy recovery... "sob"

I went to the F1 race with and I must say it was spectacular. It was simply an enjoyable event and I managed to get a good front view of the race on the grandstand with . It was simply pulse pounding to see the race cars whiz past and the roars of the crowd when the commenters mention the competition between the races from the different countries competing on the race track. The sights, the roar, the victory, from start to finish, it was certainly an unforgettable event.

Photography by my transpotting friend





Please enjoy, and I thank for his invitation for me to witness such an exciting event this year in 2009. It has been my dream to go to one, and he helped me fufilled it.

The game HALO has made an appearance in anime! We have two anime mainly, one if Red Versus Blue animated, and the other is a series of anime short stories in the HALO universe, named Halo Legends. I am impressed by the voice actors and the action scenes, as they were pretty action packed and the funny moments made me laugh until my sides ache.

Red Versus Blue Animated Anime: [link]

Halo Legends Anime: [link] and [link]

Halo ODST was a freaking awesome game! I love the firefight and the story of ODST!! The action was so awesome, and the weapons were a refreshing new touch. I also like the Rookie and Dare, as well as Buck and Remeo. Love the fights in ODST, and I look forward to a sequel for it.

I found a couple of Videos of ODST related stuff, so please do enjoy it too.

Halo ODST short film: [link]
Making of Halo ODST short film: [link]

Who couldn't resist a live action ODST short film? I am simply amazed by this. In short, that was one short and sweet trailer that tells the story from an ODST's point of view: the sadness from the death of a comrade, the pain from the training, the fear from the first drop insertion, the dangers of the battlefield, the first encounter with the brute...and then the burial of their fallen comrades...all beautifully packaged into a single trailer. Please do watch it and tell me your thoughts...I wouldn't mind listening. I would love it more if they expanded on the short film...its simply amazing.


Iron Man Anime and Wolverine Anime: First look and I immediately wanted to watch it. Do you? I love the music in the trailer for Iron Man, and I hope they retained the Tony Stark from the comics and the cartoons. I also hope they do Iron Man Justice, as he was one of my favourite Marvel Heroes. The blonde girl in the Iron Man trailer doesn't seem to be Pepper Pots, I hope they clear that up soon, and the new villan was awesome. Finally a villan that was also powered up in a armour suit and can fight on a par with Iron Man!

For more information, 's journal has a better upodate on them: [link]


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EVA: CONVENTION REPORTS ON GCA, STGCC AND ACME PENDING...PLEASE STAND BY...

Games Convention Asia 2009 (GCA 2009)
Date: 17 - 20th September 2009
Location: GCA Public Exhibition, Halls 401 – 402, Suntec Convention Centre
Cost: Free, must sign up for admission.
Time: 11 am to 8 pm
Website: [link]
Games, games, and more games!! As well as cosplay and anime!!

SIT-REP: Over.

I initially expected this year's Games Convention Asia to be bigger and better, but I was disappointed as it was smaller compared to last year. My only reprieve was the chance to play HALO ODST Firefight on those days as well as a few other games. I liked the cosplay, but there were too little cosplayers, save for the AMAZING BLAZBLUE COSPLAYERS who have turned up on the last day. I also met some deviants there, and I must say I am impressed by 's Y.A.O.I. performance!


Singapore Toy, Games & Comics Convention
DATE:13 – 16 August 2009 (Thursday - Sunday)
VENUE: Halls 401 – 402, Suntec Convention Centre
Admission: ???
Website: [link]
Toys, Comics, Animation, Gaming, Licensing, Design, Cosplay and everything else!

SIT-REP: OVER.

This year's Singapore Toy, Games and Comics Convention was simply amazing! I managed to go on all three days and I have met many deviants as well as other artists. I also have met some of my friends on that day and the cosplay competition was simply amazing. I remember I was looking at all the toys and anime mechandise, voicing an anime character for Animax, looking for my favourite anime artists, chatting with Malaysian Anime Artist Kaoru, purchasing comics and best of all, getting sketches from many deviants and artists in both Singapore and aboard. I will be scanning them all to share them all with you, so please be patient. It was certainly an enjoyable three days, and I loved all the artwork I have received.

List of deviants I have met at STGCC:


...and many others...if I didn't add you to the list, please do inform me so immediately so I can add you in. To all the fellow deviants I met that day, thank you for the sketches and I am pleased to meet all of you on STGCC that day.


A Certain Magical Event (A.C.M.E.)
Date: 22 August 2009
Venue: Singapore Art Gallery Level 2
Admission: Free
Website: Unknown.

SIT-REP: OVER.

A small convention, but it was crammed with many awesome artists and mechandise selling vendors, as well as trading card game companies! I managed to meet some old deviants and new deviants that day, and I also managed to get some special sketches and commissions too.

List of Deviants I have met at A.C.M.E. :


...and many others...if I didn't add you to the list, please do inform me so immediately so I can add you in. To all the fellow deviants I met that day, thank you for the sketches and I am pleased to meet all of you on ACME that day.


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[[SPECIAL UPCOMING CONVENTION REPORTS]]


WORLD HETALIA DAY
Date: 24 October 2009 (saturday)
Venue: East Coast Park Area D
Admission: ??
Website: [link]
EVERYTHING HETALIA


COSPLAY AT ILUMA BUGIS
Date: 31 October 2009 (Saturday)
Venue: Colosseum, Iluma Bugis
Admission: ??
Website: ??
Cosplay and Anime!


Anime festival Asia 09
Date: 21 November to 22 November
Venue: Suntec City Exhibition Hall 401 - 403 (Level 4)
Admission: ???
Website: ???
Toys, Comics, Animation, Gaming, Licensing, Design, Cosplay and everything else!


EOY 2009
Date: Saturday, 26 December 2009, 10 am - 6 pm
Venue: Drama Centre, National Library Lv 3
100 Victoria Street
Singapore 188064
5 min walk from Bugis MRT
Admission: $12 (Pre-sale), $15 (Door)
Website: [link]
Cosplay, Anime, Games, Toys, Design, and many more!


Special thanks to and for the information on her journal. [link] and [link]

Please do inform me any of you are going, so I may be able to meet any of my friends on DA in person!

Anything else you would like me to add? Just inform me in the comments below. Can be a feature, a tag, or anything else, I am listening!!




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