With the 2nd installment of Twilight, New Moon, coming out or it's already out i dunno, everybody's going mad over it. It's IRRITATING.

To me, i'm like MEH.
I watched Twilight on the plane and it was SO FORGETTABLE that i had to think for 5-10 mins on that last movie i had watched amongst around 5 of them.
IT WAS NOTHING SPECIAL AND IT WAS SO BORING!!
I'm sorry to all Twilight fans.

It's such a teen flick man, yuck.

And what's up with the HANDSOME Robert Pattinson?
Handsome meh? Wah lao.

It's weird that i love fantasy movies, with all that vampire and werewolf stuff going on but . I do not like it (i like 10% of it for the fantasy part). Maybe becos it's a romance teen fantasy novel that i just can't get to like no matter what.
Just like Narnia's Prince Caspian movie, there was romance in it when there was actually none in the book. I was super pissed off. Caspian should be a boy, not a teen!! Argh!

Romance draws in more people but not me. Not that i don't like romance, just that i'm picky with the way alot of movies show relationships? I need substance and deeper stuff. A kind of connection that doesn't involve just kissing and hugging, you know?

With all that said, ironically i play otome games but they are different though. hahahah!

Haha rant ends here!

posted by Regina Ying at Sunday, November 29, 2009

Draw Me meme!

- Comment (in my tagboard)
- I draw you
- I'll post the pic here.
- If you wanna do it too, let me know!



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Anyway, the manga review club has updates with a few reviews up already!
Please go have a look!
http://community.livejournal.com/seigetsu_mhclub/

Also....
My Nodame Cantanbile DS game arrived today!! Whoohoo!
It's really fun to play!

I was planning to go Simlim to scout for DS flashcards but as usual, i hate leaving the house. xDD
Let's see if i'll go tmr. If they are too expensive, i'll buy online.

posted by Regina Ying at Saturday, November 28, 2009

I'm back from the AFA 09 I love AniSong concert!!!!
It was so fun and awesome!
But i'm suffering from sore throat, back aches and leg and arm pains (from standing and waving the light stick). hahaha
It was like a low budget kind of concert but the singers made up for it!!

In tonight's concert, there were Nakagawa Shoko (one of my idols!), Ichirou Mizuki (the anime singer LEGEND) and Hatsune Miku (a virtual vocaloid idol, pretty lame if you ask me).

Tmr will have MAY'N (a very good singer) and some japanese rocker guitarist.

1st up was Shoko.
She's so cute in person!!! She didn't change costumes unfortunately.
And i could just feel the passion when she sang.... so moved.
And there was this part where she, being an otaku (anime geeks) herself, shouted: WE ARE OTAKU!!!
And we were all like: "YEAH!!!!" *punches light stick in air*
Haha! That was so fun.

AND she took a photo with the audience doing the Gurren Lagaan pose. WHOOO!!!
She posted on her blog immediately, as expected from the blog queen of Japan.

Here's her blog!
http://ameblo.jp/nakagawa-shoko/

But i'll screencap some of her entries here.
I must be hidden somewhere in her photos. xDD



What she said (if translation wrong, let me know lol):
Although i'm really nervous right now, i'm GIGANTICALLY happy from the start.
(Holding on?) to this nervousness,
I really love AniSong live!!
Really really love it.
I sang AniSong in LA, hong kong, switzerland and SG!
All of them were so much fun!



What she said:
Me with everyone with the Gurren Lagaan signature pose as a memorial!!
Everyone knew that pose and immediately did it with me!
Thank you! Thank you! The proof of being in Singapore! (or sth like tt. xDD)



Yup that's her!!


Next was Hatsune Miku.



It was a visualisation and animation of her singing and dancing.
It was so lame. xDD

Lastly, Mizuki Ichirou aka Aniki (big brother).
He sings all those mechas, robots, power rangers sort of songs.
I was familiar with the songs becos of Lucky Star, not becos i watched those type of shows. xD
His singing was soooo good, along with with his enthusiasism and fire. xD

Getting ready to queue to get a good place to watch K-On! live dubbing tmr.
The actual voice actresses!!! WHOO!!

posted by Regina Ying at Saturday, November 21, 2009

Changed blog skin cos the previous one had some photobucket error. =_=
Most of the blogskins i saved have the same problem so i had to randomly download a nice one.

So anyway, today's the day that i'll go see Nakagawa Shoko's concert!
And on Sunday i'll go with Wee Teng to enjoy the convention fully. xDD
BECAUSE Sunday has the main attractions.
2 day convention visit for the 1st time! I'm gonna tire myself out! Hopefully it'll be worth it.

I just bought the Nodame Cantabile ds game online, though i haven't paid yet. My father is reluctant to lend me his credit card. =_='''
For john's sake, i'll be paying you back lah!
And sadly, ALL of the otome ds games are like $80+, which isn't worth it at all though i'm very tempted.
I seriously think that i need a psp now. xDD

OH! GREAT NEWS!
Esme has opened a manga review blog in LJ.
Me and a few others will be contributing. Whoohoo! Excited! Will post more about it when.... there's something. haha

posted by Regina Ying at Saturday, November 21, 2009

PLEASE LISTEN^

Yo Baby check it out cho!
1234, start up let's go!

I'm seriously having fits whenever i hear it.
It's so funny and cute that i just want to hug Nakamura!!! X3

But HOPEFULLY this isn't anything near like Starry Sky's winter game theme song.
If it is, omg, gonna kill whoever composed it. xD
Honeybee said in their blog that the song will be abit different from the other 3... so.... please be a great one! Or at least Nakamura, do a good job!

After watching his interviews and (the very hard to find live events), he is officially my favourite seiyuu now, with Ono Daisuke CLOSE BEHIND. xDD
Just like when people see their favourite actors/singers and practically melt at the sight of them, it's the same thing for me. Hohoho.

posted by Regina Ying at Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Was just dying to colour something after working on B&W art for past few months. Also becos i'm obessed with otome games right now, i thought i'd do some CGing.
This is just some colouring practice.
I've got to do a major artwork in my other style for uni admissions. I don't even think they will count it in the scoring but whatever lah.

Been doing still life and figure drawings but not enough. =_=
It's tiring and frustrating (becos work sucks out the whole day of my life and i don't have the energy to draw. Also, my fine art totally sucks) but enjoyable.

My mother's on the plane to Turkey with my aunties right now.
And my father's gonna bug and irritate me more cos my mother's not here for him to irritate. lol

posted by Regina Ying at Sunday, November 15, 2009

Cough all you want, stinker.
I wouldn't give a damn if i happen to see your funeral tent outside my condo.

Blabber whatever china language you have, as loud as you want.
I'll continue to yell even louder but you probably won't understand me.

If not for the really kay-po/keen-eyed residents here, i could have just stuck a pig's head and splashed red paint on your door.

Bloody heck. I could have enjoyed the smell of rain but noo, I had to close my window and smell all your s***.

Go ahead and cough all you want!

posted by Regina Ying at Saturday, November 07, 2009

Got these 2 memes from Esme!
Been a long since i did one.
I'm gonna do a time warp meme once i'm free-er.

Instructions:
Take a photo of your bag
Explain what's in there



My Kipling bag!

1. LOTR: The Two Towers book
Yeah yeah i read very slowly, whatever lah. I savour every word in it ok.
2. DS Lite.
Actually i carry it now and then when i feel like playing with it in the mrt, rather than reading LOTR.
3. HP pouch i bought from a silk factory in Chengdu... but it's made of wool lol.
4. The most important thing: TISSUE. I perspire alot unfortunately... =_=
5. Umbrella. I actually feel it's gonna rain if i don't carry it along. xDD
6. My wallet since primary school and I HAVEN'T CHANGED IT SINCE. Talk about being lazy. haha. It's still in good shape you know! But seriously, i can't find any wallets similar to this, though i've wanted to change it loooooooong time ago.
7. Thumbdrive which is pretty useless and probably has alot of virus in it. xD I have another thumbdrive in my bag though.
8. Postcard. For fanning myself. Everyday. You can see the terrible fold marks from constant fanning so i'll have to change to a new one. Good thing i collect such junk.
9. Notebook containing doodles, notes, ideas etc. It keeps me from doodling on my paper drafts for work. Wouldn't want my bosses to think i'm slacking if i drew on my draft sheets rather than drawing out ideas. haha
10. Pens. I don't carry pencil cases anymore. I think since 2nd-3rd year in poly? Makes my bag heavy.

Handwriting meme!

Instructions
1. Write your LJ username.
2. Write your two favorite bands/groups at the moment.
3. Write either I ♥ k-pop ; I ♥ j-pop ; I ♥ c-pop
4. Write the name of your favorite person of all time.
5. Write down your recently favored person.
6. Tag 5 people to do this meme.



Written in pen. Very tidy hor? xDD

posted by Regina Ying at Sunday, November 01, 2009

I'm onto building my portfolio for uni admission.
They don't accept cartoon, comics and the like so i really have nothing to show them to be honest.
I have still life and figure drawings but they are not good enough.
So i have to start from scratch and draw everything they require me to hand in.
Sheridan's very strict and hard to get in so i have to work extra hard on it.

Also, i have an english test next saturday and orals 4 days after that. Although english is my 1st language, the college still needs a recognised english cert.
I better get good grades for this cos this exam is so darn EXPENSIVE.

I've also bought tickets to watch Nakagawa Shoko's concert at the Anime Festival Asia 2009 at suntec on 21 nov. ALONE. Wahaha! How exciting is that!
The ticket was very expensive, but i wouldn't want to miss this chance to see my idol perform live in front of me! I got a pretty good seat too!
I wonder what kind of otaku will be sitting beside me. lol

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On to all things Japan again.

I'm sorry Morning Musume, i'm rooting for AKB48 now.
Not that i've totally dumped you, i'll still support you but that's what good promotion and investment do to uplift your image and sales.
I can't say i totally love MM's new singles these days cos i tend to get disappointed every time their PV comes out. They would normally give close up shots and dance shots and plenty of video editing. Their lyrics are always the same about a girl's love and everything. No variety man...
AKB48 has THE most cheesiest idol-ish lyrics but their songs are so catchy and their PVs are awesome.

Their latest single "RIVER" sealed the deal of me becoming an official fan of theirs.
Ok lah, not really hard-core passionate about them YET, but i really like them.

Check it out!
Forget about the really lame rap at the beginning. I actually had to skip that part cos i couldn't stand listening to it. It's like they're trying too hard to be cool. lol

Their pronounciation of RIVER became LIVER. XDDD I couldn't stop laughing.
That's Japan for you. Their Engrish is so cool. Not.



And sorry to all Maeda Atsuko fans but i just can't seem to like her AT ALL. I'm trying but i just CAN'T!
She's the Queen/Ace in AKB48, the perfect idol etc etc. I don't get what's so special about her lah. Everybody says she's so pretty and cute and blah blah. I'm like "HUH?! Her face is so common lah... pretty but common."
Her main problem is that she's too over-rated and i don't like it lah.

My top fav is Ooshima Yuuko. I'm glad that she's ranked no.2 in AKB48. I hope she beats Atsuko, which will never happen. haha

All these being said, i still read her blog. Haha how ironic.

posted by Regina Ying at Sunday, November 01, 2009