ALIS's next blogtop for eva!

(ignore the impromtu abbreviation of autumn leaves in summer. and pardon me if you accidentally got some dirty thoughts.)

yay~ finally found some time to work on the new blogtop! after the old pinkish haruhi suzumiya no yuutsu gashapon series, i decided to take on evangelion gashapon series! unfortunately...

as luck would have it, i have several repeats of the current evangelion gashapon series.. leaving two more to go - but the one i want most is rei! anyhow, i'll upload the new blogtop without her until i get lucky - like a trade or something. unlike the previous blogtop, i edited my name to turn out embossed - due to the fact i was lazy to get the evangelion red-orange gradient right.

oh and yes, the photoshop skill was terrible coz i simply mashed four individual shots together. i dint have any group photos of them.. yet. (still hopefully waiting for rei!) btw since these are non-scaled gashapon figures, misato is actually larger than the rest of the figures. also, i dint shoot them in macro mode so the photos may turn out noise-y.

shinji and penpen

asuka langley - plugsuit

misato (and her beer can XD)

hikari~

nagato yuki - space captain!

nagato yuki - seifuku bespectacled version

random negima figurine from a random weekend vacation! XD

EDIT: not only that.. by midnight, i've completely redone the whole pinky default blogger template to a greyscale version by yours truly! i know what people think about grey, but im special! XD *wink*

musicbox...

darn, its been too long. i was supposed to blog about this earlier before i uploaded the mypod, but i guess it wouldnt hurt to do so now.. (albeit having to point out that the same music played over the stretch of a fortnight gets bo-ring!)

not that i was preparing to become the next radio dj but i thought it was nice to see a flash 'ipod' from a premade layout site, which linked me to myflashfetish. there, i decided to make a weekly playlist consisting of these 5 categories: love (for those emo ones), club (coz i like my songs techno), anime (japanese OP/ED), feature (a whole album of one random artist), requests (for all you who requested through comments).

right now im gonna take off the first playlist, which was compiled from so-called popular songs on hitz.fm a fortnight and a half ago, pretty much earlier this month. some of which are still on air - local radio dont know how to move on or just lapping up requests? (okay fine, i added a couple older ones too.) anyway, here's the list from the first playlist - love:

sara bareilles - love song (faved!)
rihanna - unfaithful
fergie - finally
alicia keys - like you'll never see me again
jordin sparks - tattoo
blink182 - i miss you
one republic - stop and stare
plain white t's - hey there delilah
click five - empty
sean kingston - there's nothing

i think you will notice there's a balance of five female artists and five male artists~ all playlists will have no more than ten songs each. look forward to the next playlist after club (for this week).

oh, keep requests coming~

photo dump! (image heavy)

finally, i managed to blog again. or that i was bored of getting complains that i was not updating. not that im too busy or anything (duh, i am - this month) but i'll cut short on the words and get to photos that will be much simple to devour after a month of hiatus. i'll start with..

my uber silky soft pink synthetic wig from china~

ive gotten a new pink wig in march! mum went to china for an all-girls vacation; so i asked for a souvenir - and pink it was! i was hoping all wigs came unstyled (as in, straight) but this one was curled as you can see. (my beloved pink-haired charas have long straight hair.)

earlier this month, i took out a normal human hair straightener (brand: phillips) and stayed up the whole night (told you i was busy) to straighten 80cm of curls. and it worked! but of course, let me warn you if you are to attempt to straighten (or curl) your wig.

akiko's how to straighten your synthetic wig: (i'll upload an "after" photo later okay?)
1. make sure the label reads "non-flamable" or "heat-resistant" or very similar terms. this is to ensure that the wig is able to withstand the heat.

2. make sure you switch off the device after styling several parts (naturally, you will have to part the wig into sections so that you dont get mixed-up straight and curls.) this is because no matter how low the heat setting is, the metal clamp will get HOT. if your wig is just slightly overheated, you will see a clump of tiny CURLS. (thank goodness it was only one unnoticeable part!)

3. this is not necessary, but i let my wig (and the styler) cool down before storage. give the wig a little comb (in my case, its such a silky synthetic i simply fingered through the strands) before storing in the wig net.

4. extras to note: you may have to trim the ends of the straightened wig before use because the ends may have frizzed after exposing heat; and certainly dont buy a styled wig if you want an unstyled wig.

just for fun i decided to camwhore coz i'd liketo show-off this blue too~

in april, kilmenyanne, visha and i went to cineleisure damansara to watch 27 dresses. why there? just because we are girls who have no reason to wear a dress anywhere else - actually, for every two 27 dresses tickets purchased you are entitled to one -insert brand- perfume, sample size though. but all we got was a redemption coupon for the snacks corner.

doesnt matter, coz we enjoyed our lunch at waerong penyet - an indonesian restaurant. like, every so often you will find chinese, indian, malay, thai, vietnamese, french, italian, portuguese, et cetera in malaysia.. (oh-so-mouth-watering!) but how often do you find an indonesian menu? their specialty is ayam penyet: flat(-tened) chicken, direct translation. i ordered curry chicken~ (indonesian style of course.)

dont resist; you'll just want MOAR.

the two girls with me decided to take on the specialty ayam penyet lunch set and here's a tiny review of the curry i ordered. (bird's eye) chilli, spicy, chicken, juicy, potatoes, tangy, santan-loaded; oh and did i mention potatoes make me happy? i couldnt help taking one spoonful after another until i decided i should grab my coke and run, for the movie was about to start. you have to take-away your drink. you have to. i'll save the surprise - we girls thought it was cute of them.

the girls on camWAR~

after the movie, we kindly asked a passerby to help us take this photo, which was opposite Outpost Cafe.

bad camerama-.. girl. the table did better. we placed visha's phone on the table (vacant but i think set up by Outpost for Death Note movie photoshoot the next day) and set autoshot for ten seconds (too slow), then five (too fast), then ten (better).

oh well, the table did not fare better than the passerby-girl.(seemingly kilmenyanne refuses to smile when visha and i posed better.)
passerby-girl vs. table = tie.

after taking turns to shoot two-by-two, i cant believe myself... only one shot without me in it? i remember i took more - wait, that was adjusting the phonecam on the vacant table.

kilmenyanne prefers to take good photos of pretty things. except make my legs fatter.

she smiles for visha! hmph.

back to basic camwhore before we head home - in the rain!

(photos courtesy of kilmenyanne and visha's camphones, photography by me and the other two. XD)

okay, guess what's next? i mean, whom? he's eighteen, singer, composer, and rapper (all self-acclaimed) and he was in malaysia on 11-12 april: sean kingston. what does he have to do with me anyway? i never bothered to buy tickets to concerts (well, i did - but i never bought any)..

during his beutiful girls: world tour 2008, his 'live in KL' concert on 11april was held in zouk kl, while 12april in coco banana, sunway pyramid. see the similarities? both venues are (dance) clubs - no biggie. except that i've never stepped into one - let alone attend a concert. first of firsts.

i got hold of two concert tickets for 12april (won in sms contest) and then it became a biggie. i was only five days away from the concert when i was notified of my so-called prize. made an impromtu mental invite list (for me and one other):

kilmenyanne anti-sean k.
minori as enthusiastic as kilmenyanne to see overweight people perform.
mizuiro going away for weekend camp.
minaj somehow never make it to our arrangements.
kclee i got the idea clubs may get a little warm for this guy..
motr somehow dont like concerts that i wont give a second thought to go.
ywsmokona ... chotto matte!

then i thought, why not ask someone who i dont kenal well enough to make pre-judgement (as you can see above) to the concert? i dont see why not? (okay, other than s/he may rob/rape/murder me.) hang out with my new friend it was the decision - get to know each other better and face the music for the weekend.. not in punishment sense, mind you!

come saturday night, mum dropped me off at coco banana entrance. i went to the ticket redemption counter slightly early so i waited half an hour until 7.10pm to redeem. just then, *flash* i saw someone stand next to me. i was dazed for why this stranger is smiling at me so i kinda glared at him? he stepped away. omigosh.

two seconds later i waved at him and signed him to step into the line, next to me. so paiseh i dint recognise wednesday raven at first sight.. he sure looks different with my contact lenses on - he somehow has perfect complexion. hey, take that as a compliment! oh, so this is one reason why not ("other than he may rob/rape/murder me"): poor face recognisation.

makan time! since the concert time on was 9pm, we went into sunway pyramid in search of dinner. wednesday suggested western and since i wont decide, so tony romas it was. XD we walked in and i waaah-ed at the floor-to-ceiling glass window. the dark sky blue still lit up sunway lagoon down below. but we forgot all about taking a photo of the scenery while it was still bright.

lookie~ our tickets to the concert (yeah, postcard-sized) wednesday, like kilmenyanne, takes good photos of pretty things. except make my head look larger.

the menu at tony romas wasn't just western, steak was their specialty. i was not in an appetite to have steak (too filling for someone who snacked before meal), so i ordered ayam penyet. LOL no, there was no such thing but they dont have what i want - cordon bleu (so i ordered chicken-something). nothing i want to recommend here, since if you are in a steak house and you dont order steak, its like going to pizza hut and order rice, or kfc with rice, or mcd with rice, or a&w with rice. wednesday's seafood pasta was fresh though, i mean the seafood.

when the clock struck nine, it was time to leave for coco banana. the star-stamped (club entrance stamp) crowd screamed and shouted for half hour with adam c and another hitz.fm dj on the dance floor; then the opening act by local JIN who i thought was good at freestyling, and sang "party in malaysia" (im not sure if that's the actual title but its very repetitive). another half hour later, a corner of the dance floor started screaming and slowly created a vocal wave (not body wave) which spread as sean kingston got on stage!

the red lights in the background was a wall of flashing lights that spelled COCO BANANA and SEAN KINGSTON and its sponsors. i love the walls!

9pm: hitz.fm's dj adam c (left) and the other dj whose name i forgot, but he gave out most of the freebies.. (we got none, according to the distance where we were.)

9.30pm: opening local act JIN gave his best freestyle and "party in malaysia"

10pm: sean kingston is in the house! (as you can see, we moved closer to the stage..)

okay, depending on your liking to sean k, i'll jst skip the bombastic vocab since i wont be biased with a review anyway. first of all, he is not your average high school student.. size. if you are were him in malaysia, you'd be hunted by magazines of "before/after" advertisers. sean k was a looming figure to the front row of fans.

the audio was blasting so loud (which i assume is normal decibel in a club), i bet sean k had a bit more difficulty than he is already facing. all the songs he performed that night was sang on top of his own recording due to the lack of a live band or minus-one. all the more easily he could be mistaken for lip-synching. i dont know why i defended him. maybe because he sang without music during encore to every song, with backup vocal rashid (i think).

however, the concert lasted for only 45 minutes, as opposed to zouk kl's 90 minutes performance. he sang six of his popular songs and some of his personal favourites: me love, i could feel it, there's nothing, take you there, beautiful girls, dry your eyes. we hang around until the dj annouced that the crowd should leave if they are below 18years (coz the club serves alcohol after 11pm).

i told you my head looked larger! shall keep this pink number at the back of my closet for now (coz it makes my body so tiny).

oh well, i'm already eighteen but i dont drink alcohol; so wednesday and i went out to get a drink (anyway i wasnt going to stay and dance - btw i did the lalang dance back in there). we stopped at halo cafe and i suggested the bubble tea that minori always recommend to me. unfortunately, the mocktails looked a lot more appetizing at that hour and we ordered one each.

wednesday's 'honey moon' drink was laced with salt on the glass rim and had a touch of peppermint - absolute refresher! my 'fantasy journey' drink had several layers of colours as each flavour was poured in carefully to separate it by density and topped with green tea - delicious! so good we dint get a photo before you know it *gulp* my glass was empty.

ultra tags!

alright, i know some of you may not (or rather are not) looking forward to anybody's tag, especially when she hasnt blogged for a million hours and all she posts for a comeback are.. tags! therefore, i shall just submit to my duty to answer these tags for fun and you are NOT obliged to pick up my tag if you are tagged by me here. XP here goes..

ywsmokona double-tagged on 21 march; melc tagged the first one on 6 april:

Instructions: Remove ONE question from below, and add in your personal question, make it a total of 20 questions, then tag 8 people in your list, list them out at the end of this post. Notify them in their chat box that he/she has been tagged. Whoever does the tag will have blessings from all. Bla bla bla...

1. There was a quote by Oscar Wilde, "Men always want to be a woman's first love; Women want to be a man's last romance.." (from A Woman of No Importance play) do you agree?
personally, i cant agree more with that guy.. but that was when i was in love. now it doesnt really say much about myself.

2. Who is your all-time inspiration?
who? hmm.. if i have to be truthful, it would be a bit embarrassing but if its true its okay right? most, if not all, are people who i admire - e.g. idols and my crushes. >///<
3. Have you given your first kiss away?
nope, coz i have two things in mind. one, ive never had a recent medical check up to know if im truly healthy so you dont wanna share saliva with me. two, i honestly dont know the idea of the french part.

4. If you were to be stranded on a deserted island, who are the 3 blog buddies you would take with you? Why?
hey, isnt this a one-Q only? oh well. first i'll take melc! because she is an interesting book - i'll need one for the times of boredom. second, motr! coz you need a guy around as the excuse to get other people to do the hard work - it is a deserted island afterall. finally, i'll take hmm.. kilmenyanne! coz she'll supply entertainment on the deserted island - especially with that double external hdd, who knows how many days have we been stranded since we start beach parties every night?

5. Where is the place that you want to go the most?
i want to go to many places but the most would be to go to IRELAND! (i know - you dint expect that from me but..) my favourite eoin colfer lives there, artemis fowl was born there, and most recently (from watching P.S. I Love You) i love the guys' accent! (well, i like british too, but daniel radcliffe-phase was a while ago.)

6. If you can have 1 dream to come true, what would it be?
only one? i'd wish for world peace. seriously. even if im downright devastatingly dirt poor, war-torn traumatized, and dieing, i want world peace to come true. i dont care if there are still bratty snobs, bastards, idiots, madmen, monsters, etc.

7. Do you believe in seeing a rainbow after the rain?
i have seen rainbows after the rain, but i dont believe in seeing one after every rain/drizzle. that'd be too optimistic of me. (hah, and im the one who suggests world peace.)

8. What are you afraid to lose the most now?
people - family and friends. but to answer what im afraid to lose now, i'll say.. my mobile phone.

9. If you win $1 million, what would you do?
yesyesyes!!! i'll set up funds for five things: dental (yearly!) and medical; education (i still wanna study fashion design and psychology - on top of mass communication); anime/manga/books; cosplay; and donation towards autism-related (hey, youve gotta choose a cause - you cant just say you'll donate to everybody). that'll require $1billion, eh?

10. If you meet someone that you love, would you confess to him/her?
nope. i dont tell that to mum, dad, sis, friends and several old crushes. he or she must have a really good reason to hear it from me.

11. List out 3 good points of the person who tagged you.
ywsmokona = TALENTED + FUN (great hostess) + GENEROUS (in making me owe her ikan bilis)
melc = THOUGHTFUL + FRIENDLY (bff!) + LOVING (whoever who has/had a pet are loving)

12. What are the requirements that you wish from your other half?
i suppose its a much shorter list/answer if you just go read absolute boyfriend by watase yuu. <3>

13. Which type of person do you hate the most?
i dont really know.. hmm, i think it'd be tiny barbie-faced sweet girls. i cant make friends with them coz i dont even wanna talk to them. prejudice? basically, most if not all ive met were snots. whatever.

14. How would you describe yourself?
is there a word limit for this? one, im physically presentable. two, i know my strength and weakness, what i want and want to do but sometimes find it hard to do it. three, you dont wanna know how unbalanced it is in my head. scary.

15. If you have faults, would you rather the people around you point out to you or would you rather they keep quiet?
point it out to me. i mean like, im walking around in kula diamond's costume and my butt screams a competition to jennifer lopez, you'd better tell me before she slaps me a lawsuit. (then again most, not all, kula cosplayers look like they have a big bum due to the normal design.)

16. What do you think is the most important thing in your life?
can it be a body part? *SLAP* quit it, dont think dirty. teeth. very important to me.

17. Are you a shopaholic or not?
nope. i only get what i want and need. i dont buy everything.

18. Are you a pessimist?
i suppose you answer that for me when youre done reading my tag post. ultra tag post.

19. If you have a chance. Which part of your character you would like to change?
i suppose being born with a silver spoon. i wonder whats it like?

20. Is there anything that u have done which u regret?
i dont believe in regrets.

(her two-in-one-tag.. so this is the second one:)

1. You are walking in the woods. You are not alone. Who's with you?
(darn, must s/he be real? i want to walk with a vampire.) my sister.

2. You are walking in the woods. You see an animal. What kind of animal?
a very large brown rabbit. (why is it overweight/obese?)

3. What interaction takes place between you and the animal?
i look at it. it just stay there sniffing or nibbling grass. (its wild for goodness sake!)

4. You walk deeper in the woods. You enter a clearing, and before you is your dream house. How big is it?
either so big ive been walking on the front/backyard for two hours in the 'woods' or so small its a treehouse. i saw a treehouse.

5. Is your dream house surrounded by a fence?
if its in the national reserve forest, yeah it might be. so, no.

6. You enter the house. You walk into the dining room and see the dining table is covered with?
BREAD!!! <3

7. You exit the house and a cup is on the ground, what kind is it?
teacup. english porcelain.

8. What do you do with the cup?
pick it up and keep it, of course!

9. You walk to the edge of the property where you find yourself standing at a body of water. What do you do?
sit down, wash the teacup, pour myself some apple tea, and watch the running splash and sparkle of the water.

10. How do you cross that body of water?
i dont want to cross it! if its deep, i'll walk around - even if it takes a whole day. if its shallow, i'll step into it.

The ANSWERS
1. The person who you are walking in the woods with is the most important to you.
2. The size of the animal is representative of your perception of the size of your problems in your life.
3. The severity of the interaction you have with the animal is representative of how you deal with your problems.
4. The size of your dream home is representative of the size of your ambition.
5. A lack of a fence is indicative of an open personality. People are welcome at all times. The presence of a fence indicates a closed personality. You'd prefer people not drop by unannounced.
6. If your answer did NOT include food, flowers, or people, then you are generally unhappy.
7. The durability of the material with the cup is representative of the perceived durability of your relationship.
8. What you did with the cup is representative of your attitude.
9. The size of the body of water is representative of the size of your relationships.
10. The way you cross the water is representative to how easy or hard you expect your life to be.

lis tagged me on 10 april:

The rules:-
1. Link to your tagger and post these rules.
2. List eight (8) random facts about yourself.
3. Tag eight people at the end of this post and list their names.
4. Let them know they’ve been tagged by leaving them a comment on their blogs.
OK? All set? Here we go!

Fact Number 1!
dont believe in regrets.

Fact Number 2!
like to toy with the idea that im psychic.

Fact Number 3!
tell me your wish - i am prepared not to grant it.

Fact Number 4!
okay, the above are not actual facts so - im a gemini. XD as if you dint know already. wait, you know right? riiight?

Fact Number 5!
have a bad packrat habit. (dont open my cupboard unless im around.)

Fact Number 6!
prefer to spend for the moment than save up a million dollars in a millions days, only to die the next day and let my sister inherit it.

Fact Number 7!
surprisingly, a workaholic.

Fact Number 8!
im female, but unlike most, i know what i want.

irene tagged me on 4 may:

The rules are:
1. The rules of the game get posted at the beginning
2. Each player answers the questions about themselves
3. At the end of the post the player than tags 5 people and posts their names, than
goes to their blogs and leaves a comment, letting them know they done got
tagged and to ask them to play and read your blog.

what was i doing 10 years ago (1998)?
a nine-year-old who only knew doctor, nurse, and teacher were the only occupation. finds time on weekends to play mini games on the computer with large CRT monitor and black screen where i had to key in texts to access the desktop. also did have a mountain of a pile for homework.

5 things on my to do list today.
today.. 1, finish eclair's red boot cover. 2, finish walter p99 pepakura. 3, accumulate more anime as a brand new NEET. 4, oh yeah wake up call to someone. 5, blog.

5 snacks i enjoy :)
not sure if they are your average snacks but.. 1, bread. 2, milk. 3, biscuits. 4, chewy candy. 5, leftovers!

5 Things I would do if I were a billionaire
i think you can refer to the aforementioned tag. ^__^

5 of my bad habits.
packrat, dreamer, psychic, unromantic, and nose-picker. omg did i just announce that?

5 places i have lived.
1, OUG. 2, puchong. 3, umm not lived but stayed at hometown. 4, grandma's new place. 5, the cyberspace!

there, i now officially tag everybody on my friends' list! with the exception that you dont have to obliged because they are EXPIRED! XD