Thursday, May 11, 2006

   My African Grey Pics 1
[Posted 3:38 PM]
I got lazy again, so i'm posting my African Greys pics lol. I played with them this afternoon for an hour or so before the sky got dark ... so i better keep them back in the cage.



See the feathers on their wings were chopped off lol. They wanna fly also cannot fly haha, if so, they could only flap less than 1m away from me lol so cute. Especially the way they walk on flat land haha. I fed them grapes and strawberries but they didn't like strawberries cos it's sour XP. We shared the grapes though, i bit half of it then gave the other half to them haha. They don't eat the skin of the grape, they just ate the flesh inside lol, so picky XD.

It's really tiring to play with them, everytime i went back in to get some water or surf the net, they climbed uh maybe slided down the wooden stand i left them on and walked in the house squeaking for me lol so CUTE! Now the back of my right palm is surrounded by scratches because of their claws la ... but nevertheless, i managed to kiss them, nuzzled them and breathed in their parroty scent lol. The way their feathers fluff up is the BEST! LOL SO Goddammit cute.



Haha, one of them use their right leg while the other use left leg to grab their food, so cute XD. They didn't like me snapping photos of them, cos if i did, they will act unnatural and the photo will look bad lol. Darn smarties. Now i'm teaching them to do this spaceship with the laser sound lol hahaha, can't wait XD.

I'll probably post some cookie baking pics later, this time, my bro didn't use any cookie mixture, solely hand made ... so cool huh! Flour, baking powder, butter, eggs and dunno wat la lol, later then you'll see. XD.

[Signing off @ 3:56 PM]
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Wednesday, May 10, 2006

   Strawberry Panic! Ep6
[Posted @ 3:49 PM]
I dropped into some man hole and got myself lost there for 3 days, so here I am back now with Strawberry Panic! Ep6 XD. Ok, I lied, I got lazy ok?

Chikaru started the Ep by narrating the different [and weird] extracurricular activities in St Lulim and not to mention, she’s also the president of her club too. Scene changed to Chikaru in a room, with a knitting machine and some kinda cosplay costumes around her. [Is she in the cosplay club?! LoL.]

After class, Nagisa’s friends, Chikaya, Noriko and Tamao had to go for their extracurricular activities, leaving Nagisa alone to return back to the dorm room. Feeling a little left out, Nagisa went around in search of a suitable club to join. First she went to the Japanese Tea Ceremony club and thought to herself that she couldn’t sit in Seiza [Where one first kneels on the floor, and then rests the butt on the heels, with the tops of the feet flat on the floor.] position for too long lol. Next, the Art club but she wasn’t that good in art since young, and then the Theater club, Nagisa felt bashful on acting in front of everyone. Dance club was a no-no too as she had no dancing genes in her lol. Then it’s on to Cooking club, which I presume that Nagisa knows how to eat only XD. [Like me] After looking at the club activities, Kendo, Classical Ballet, Fencing etc, all those above doesn’t really suit Nagisa at all. [Neither could I imagine Nagisa in any of those clubs too lol] Nagisa saw Noriko hitting a bull’s eye in the Archery club, exclaimed out loud and much to her embarrassment, she ran away.

Seems like Nagisa had ran to the St Lulim’s compound and thought to herself that the St Lulim extracurricular activities looked more fun. As Nagisa was looking at the students having fun, two girls cosplaying as nurses approached her and introduced themselves. They’re Hyuuga Kizuna and Natsume Remon [The one with megane XD] whom I had already introduced in Ep1 and for now they made a brief real entrance as Chikaru’s cosplaying toys uh club members. Just then, Chikaru ran up towards them and placed a finishing touch on Kizuna’s costume before the two girls ran away looking for sick patients lol. Ah, I was right, Chikaru’s the president of the cosplay uh Transformation club and Kizuna and Remon were the only members lol. [LOL, Chikaru’s wolfish smile’s da best when she said there’s only three members in her club.] Chikaru then described that in St Lulim, anyone could form clubs but if they got bored, they could just close the clubs. Chikaru then invited Nagisa to join her club since anyone from the three schools could be accepted. Nagisa didn’t really give a reply, probably said she’ll consider about it or some sort. [Chikaru kinda reminded me of Tomoyo from Card Captor Sakura haha]


As Nagisa was walking back, she came across a greenhouse she had been noticing for quite a while and went in. Nagisa was amazed to be surrounded by so many flowers and noticed one of the flowers had fallen out of place so she straightened it up. As Nagisa finished washing her hands, Shizuma offered Nagisa her handkerchief to wipe up. As Nagisa reached out to take Shizuma’s handkerchief, their hands touched briefly, causing Nagisa to be all flustered. Mistaking Shizuma to be some Gardening club because of the greenhouse and all, Shizuma’s followers explained that the greenhouse was actually for Shizuma’s personal use. Shizuma’s the one who had been growing the flowers they see around St Miator, St Lulim and St Spica, including special events too. [So the bouquet of roses Shizuma gave to Amane in Ep4 was grown by her too? Cool!] Embarrassed by her mistake, Nagisa apologized and ran off, taking Shizuma’s handkerchief with her.

Back in the dorm room, Nagisa told Tamao about the happenings that afternoon and they were having a tea party again with Noriko and Chihaya. The next day, Nagisa went to Shizuma’s room to return the handkerchief but she wasn’t in. Wondering where Shizuma had gone, Nagisa chanced upon the single bed room that she had went in before in Ep3 and tried to open the door. [I’m betting it’s Shizuma and her lover’s tryst room lol] Anyways, when Nagisa tried to open the door, it was locked. Suddenly Rokujou-kaichou appeared from nowhere and lectured Nagisa for trying to open the door and told her it’s an empty room. Dejected, Nagisa returned back to her room then remembered the only place Shizuma could be. No cookies for those who guessed right XD. Nagisa returned to the greenhouse and Shizuma was indeed there. Nagisa tried to return the handkerchief to Shizuma but Shizuma probably didn’t want her to and requested Nagisa to help her plant the flowers. Shizuma then began talked about if one placed careful caring, the plants would bloom into beautiful flowers. [Hm, a side of Shizuma we have never seen before]

Shizuma noticed Nagisa had some dirt on her face and used her apron to clean it off. Shizuma thanked Nagisa for helping her out. As Shizuma looked at Nagisa, she realized that Shizuma’s eyes were so deep but snapped out of it when Shizuma blinked. Shizuma’s followers saw the interaction. Shizuma then asked the followers that they were not needed and went off with Nagisa to place the flowers in the main entrance. Nagisa thought to herself that it’s strange that she could actually see Shizuma’s face now lol. Unlike the times when Nagisa always seemed to be weak in the knees whenever Shizuma looked at her.


After placing the flowers, Shizuma brought Nagisa to the music room and played the piano in the room. After playing a pretty lonely and quiet piece, Shizuma invited Nagisa to join in and they played another happy piece together. [The animation scene where they were playing the piano sucks, I thought they were rowing a boat or something lol] Halfway, Nagisa pressed the wrong key but Shizuma doesn’t mind and they continued again. Throughout, Shizuma was looking at Nagisa, probably she used to play together with her lover before. Meanwhile, the followers of Shizuma in the greenhouse reported to Rokujou-kaichou that something seems to be developing between Shizuma and Nagisa. Rokujou brushed their suspicions off as Shizuma’s moment of folly. But the followers doesn’t think so as they had been with Shizuma since kindergarden and said that Shizuma seemed to have returned to what she was back then. [When was back then? When Shizuma’s with her lover?] Shizuma and Nagisa had returned to the greenhouse and Nagisa offered to get hot water while Shizuma prepared the utensils for red tea. When Nagisa walked into the greenhouse, she saw Shizuma’s forlorn expression while waiting.

When Shizuma noticed Nagisa, her expression changed and she was Etoile again. Nagisa praised Shizuma for making such great tea and could do anything, Shizuma replied that it’s not like that but if she could make tea for Nagisa anytime. It was getting late, Nagisa wanted to help clean up but Shizuma said she would do it so Nagisa left. After Nagisa left, Shizuma had this grim expression on her face. While walking back, Nagisa realized that she had forgotten to return the handkerchief to Shizuma and went back. But Shizuma was not at the table, walking further in, Nagisa saw Shizuma wearing this really far away look, crying while staring out of the window. When Shizuma turned around, Nagisa had already left after leaving the handkerchief on the table. Walking back to Ichigo-sha’s gate, Tamao was there waiting for Nagisa. Tamao gave Nagisa a hug and said she was worried about Nagisa. Nagisa forced a smile and apologized. In the night, Rokujou-kaichou confronted Shizuma and asked if Shizuma was serious about Nagisa, if not, she should just stop giving her ideas before she hurts Nagisa and left. [Rokujou-kaichou’s playing the baddie here lol] Shizuma kept quiet throughout and continued staring out of the window at the moon and the dark night clouds. I love angst! lol - END -

Ah, great character development for Shizuma, indeed made up the absence of her in Ep5 lol. And viola, Shizuma didn’t once groped Nagisa in the Ep6! LoL. Ok, except for that light brush of hands and stuff but Nagisa’s observation of the deepness of Shizuma’s eyes was great XD. Wish she could describe it more but it’s ok, Shizuma’s eyes were indeed penetrating to one’s soul haha. I was right about Shizuma playing around with the girls to fill her empty heart and so go go Nagisa, you’re halfway there! I'm beginning to like Shizuma, probably cos of the complex feelings or something. Not sure XD. Anyways, next Ep’s gonna be about the St Spica plot to snatch the Etoile title from St Miator.

Art: 7/10
Story: 8/10 [Shizuma~]
Characters: 8/10
Overall: 7.5/10

Got lazy, I slacked around, reading scanlations XD then reading mangas, now I’m done, I think I’ll get to work on School Rumble Ni Gakki Ep5 tomorrow. Hmm, i can get Strawberry Panic! Eps on tuesday night ... so tune in to SP every wednesdays k? If I don't get lazy that is heh. Cya.

[Signing off @ 9:17 PM]
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Sunday, May 7, 2006

   Tours Mai Hime Volume 4 Doujinshi Page 17,18
[Posted @ 9:40 PM]
WARNING: Hot kiss ahead, proceed with caution. Not liable for any loss of blood [Which is likely], heart attack [For the weak hearted] or any personal injuries [Fall off your chair] when viewed.

Disclaimer:

I DO NOT TRANSLATE STUFF FROM JAPANESE TO ENGLISH.

I do however refer to the RAW [Japanese] version sometimes when translating to kind of double check and make it more 'Real' cos i like it lol.

I do not scan doujinshis, so i don't claim credit for it, i got the scans from Tokyo Toshokan, a torrent listing place so, please do not ask me where i purchase or scan the doujinshi.

I do not draw doujinshis, i'm not that artistic =). So i don't claim credit for doujinshi images/pages in this post. I would had clearly stated the author of the doujinshi so go search for him/her/them.

The reason why i had added my blog URL in the pages is cos ... well, i translated the darn thing from Mandarin to English afterall!

Click on the pictures and out pops a window with a bigger, clearer dimension.

Please do not hotlink on forums, just paste my blog url and direct them to the Manga Page section, thanks.



Finally at the climax of the doujinshi. 18 down, 6 more to go XD. I love the part where Shizuru offered to 'lend' her lip balm to Natsuki lol, so alluring XD. Is it me or is it hot in here?

Anyways, School Rumble Ni Gakki Ep5 tomorrow~

[Signing off @ 9:58 PM
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   MTV Asia Awards 2006 Results
[Posted @ 6:31 PM]
Alright kids, show's over, YanZi lost. I won't be a sore loser and say MAA is a cheater or whatever because i am realistic so i hope YanZi fans out there, just ignore those whatever crappers and don't reply to those crappers in the MAA Forum.

A lost IS a lost. Ok?

YanZi will agree to me anyways. We, YanZi fans got sportsmanship ok. Hey, LOOK I'm even congratulating Taufik!

akayuki sincerely wishes : 'Congratulations Taufik! You got your award.'

HOWEVER, it's YanZi's turn next year again. Muahahahaha.

Anyways the results;

The winners of the MTV Asia Awards 2006

10 Favourite Music Artist Awards from Asia:

Favourite Artist Mainland China - Vicki Zhao

Favourite Artist Hong Kong - Twins

Favourite Artist India - Jal

Favourite Artist Indonesia - Peterpan

Favourite Artist Korea - Se7en

Favourite Artist Malaysia - Mawi

Favourite Artist Philippines - Rivermaya

Favourite Artist Singapore - Taufik Batisah

Favourite Artist Taiwan - Wang Leehom

Favourite Artist Thailand - Tata Young

International Music Awards:

Favourite Male Artist - Ricky Martin

Favourite Female Artist - Kelly Clarkson

Favourite Pop Act - The Backstreet Boys

Favourite Rock Act - Green Day

Favourite Video - KOßN “Twisted Transistor”

Favourite Breakthrough Artist - Simon Webbe

The Style Awards - Jolin Tsai

Special Achievement In Popular Music - Destiny’s Child

The Inspiration Award - Bird Thongchai McIntyre

Breakthrough Collaboration Japan - TERIYAKI BOYZ

Taken from here , the offical winners list in MAA website.

Before you guys go cheering at the win of Taufik, please check if your own consciences are still there then click here

Do you really think this is fair?

I don't know, they know they're cheating but they still did it, why? I have no idea. Winning by this kind of method, i wonder how he's gonna show his face anywhere else again, poor thing.

Anyways, congrats to YanZi on her Concert on Genting Highlands on 06/05/2006 and that's why she couldn't attend MAA 2006 last night. Ha, could this be one of the reasons too? You make the decision.

[Signing off @ 7:00 PM]

PS: Peace. I'll kill anyone who spams me. Trust me.
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Saturday, May 6, 2006

   YanZi SK Jewellery Mothers' Day Advertisement
[Posted @ 9:58 PM]
Argh, later going to watch the Elections Results LIVE on Channel 5 ... yeah quick post.

Here's the SK Jewellery Advertisement for Mothers' Day On The Straits Times, 06/05/2006, HOME Section XD. So nice.



Oh, today i went with my parents to Xi Shan Primary cos their voting station was there, lol we waited for around 10mins outside then went to Whampoa to have Fish SteamBoat XD Yummy~ 5 persons for $40. Not bad la.

Then dad drove us to Ang Mo Kio's NTUC, i saw the YanZi SK Jewellery Bus!!! Number 132 sia!!! SO COOL! LoL, i was so excited ahhhh~

Cya time to watch. I'll post some doujinshis tomorrow.

[Signing off @ 10:06 PM]
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Friday, May 5, 2006

   Strawberry Panic! Ep5
[Posted @ 3:34 PM]
Oh, I’m dropping Simoun, because the sub’s ... well slow and I think I lost interest in it already, but I’ll be watching it, so if an Ep really caught my eye, I’ll do some random postings.
Anyways, I’m going crazy for Strawberry Panic! ... and probably doing future manga chapter reviews XD Yay! For now, here’s Ep5.

I realized the power of Mandarin these days lol, translating and watching Strawberry Panic! in Mandarin made me took out the Mandarin dictionary more often than I did when I was in secondary XD. Now it’s on a permanent spot among my messy desk. I think I’m going to watch Mandarin version of Strawberry Panic! as of now, it’s fast, I could get it probably on Monday or Tuesday. Besides, the fun thing was that I could sing out the Mandarin words while keeping on the tempo of the song~ so cool lol. Oh well, on with it.

St Miator has a tradition, which was that the juniors [First Graders] get to help out the seniors such as cleaning their rooms and stuff. So seniors would have to write their names on a piece on paper before placing in a box. The juniors would then draw lots and whoever get the seniors’ name on the card would need to help them out. In this case, Nagisa and Tamao were decorating their piece of paper and putting in the box. A while later, the first graders lined up to draw lots and the one who got Nagisa and Tamao’s names was Chiyo. Chiyo was looking nervous and desperately hoping to draw her Nagisa Onee-sama name lol. When she got it, she sighed in relief but probably got so nervous that when Rokujou-kaichou congratulated her that she slammed against the table when she tried to bow LOL! [I think I repeated that 5 times] That night, Chiyo in her maid dress was in her room rehearsing to herself on how to greet Nagisa and probably didn’t get it right till the next day. Nagisa began to wonder why the junior didn’t come and thought maybe because the junior didn’t like their card.

Chiyo finally walked towards Nagisa and Tamao’s room but they were already walking down the stairs and didn’t see Chiyo passing by. Nagisa saw the other juniors helping the seniors carrying her bag, couldn’t help but envy them that they have kawaii [Cute] juniors to help them. Chiyo knocked Nagisa and Tamao’s door but noone answered, so Chiyo turned the knob, found it unlocked and went in herself. Meanwhile, Tamao was musing over that it would be nice to see Nagisa in an apron. Yaya happened to be saying the same things when coming down the stairs too, but Yaya wanted to see Hikari in an apron XD. The two pairs met on the stairs and became good friends. As they were chatting about the kawaii first graders, Yaya commented that their first graders … Yaya didn’t get to finish her sentence as St Spica First Grader, Okuwara Tsubomi who was a newcomer in the choir rebuked on Yaya’s obvious comment on her. Yaya teased Tsubomi further by saying that Tsubomi had joined the choir because of Hikari lol. No doubt there’s some tension between Yaya and Tsubomi lol, kawaii~.


Nagisa tried to smooth the tension by inviting them to their room to have a taste of Tamao’s delicious tea and at the same time wait for the junior who was coming and probably borrow the apron from her for dress up fun. Tsubomi got excited and squealed that she would like to see Hikari in an apron too lol, but she quickly calmed herself down and gave this, well, if you say so. Yaya ended the conversation by murmuring that Tsubomi’s such an untruthful child lol. On the other hand, Chiyo had already cleaned up Nagisa and Tamao’s room and was planning to wait for them to come back but accidentally messed up the room again when she heard a click on the door. The girls outside the door heard the noise and cautiously walked in. Nagisa saw the card she and Tamao had wrote before on the floor and picked it up. As she picked it up, the dark figure covered by the blanket rose up, scaring the wits outta Nagisa as she ran out of the room screaming and knocking into the old maid uh I mean the Sister. [The Sister was the one who lectured Nagisa for being late for the curfew in Ep1] The dark figure turned out to be Chiyo duh, so both girls got lectured by the Sister.

When Chiyo apologized for bringing trouble to Nagisa, Nagisa said that she’s at fault too as she thought that dark figure was a ghost lol. When both girls returned to the room and they found it all cleaned up. As it was already late, Tamao couldn’t make tea for all so Yaya suggested having a midnight tea party then. That night, the girls met up at Nagisa and Tamao’s room but because the loud conversation between Tsubomi and Chiyo was the reason the girls got caught lol. As punishment, the girls were made to clean up all the stairs of the church clock tower. It turned out pretty well for Yaya and Tamao as they both got to see Nagisa and Hikari in apron maid uniforms respectively LOL. Feeling responsible for last night, Chiyo said that she would clean everything and started mopping the stairs. Tsubomi couldn’t stand it too and started too, the other girls followed on. [Shessh, if I were them, I would had pour the buckets of water down and just let gravity and evaporation do their job, using cloths to wipe one by one is too dumb LOL.]


Chiyo tried to carry a ladder up by herself and refused Nagisa’s help, suddenly Chiyo tripped and fell down the stairs. As a result, Nagisa got a cut on her knee, so Chiyo used her handkerchief to stop the bleeding. Chiyo began crying because she tried to help Nagisa but in the end always bring trouble to her. Not only that, she always wanted to be a useful imouto [little sister] to her. Nagisa returned the card she and Tamao made to Chiyo and revealed that at first she was worried that the junior might not like the card she made. However, now she’s really glad that Chiyo treasured it so much and happy that she had such a kawaii imouto. Touched, Chiyo burst into tears lol.

That night, the sister came to Nagisa and Tamao’s room to check if they’re asleep and everything seems fine. After the sister left, the six girls who were hiding in the bed came out to start their midnight tea party lol.

Great Ep once again, lol Chiyo’s sure kawaii~ XD. Too bad there’s no Shizuma interaction here, but next Ep would be Shizuma x Nagisa with some piano action XD. Ah, another Maria-sama ga Miteru parody? [Note: Sachiko and Yumi played the piano together once]

Art: 7/10 [Close ups were nice but ...]
Story: 7.5/10 [Chiyo-chan~]
Characters: 7/10
Overall: 7/10

Alright, now to slack aha, I’m such a slacker, been sitting at home, eating, sleep and watching TV for a month or so, maybe I should take my driving license test soon.

Hm, I better start work on the doujinshis heh.

[Signing off @ 10:56 PM]
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   School Rumble Ni Gakki Ep4
[Posted @ 12:08 PM]
Time for some School Rumble Ni Gakki Ep4 ne?

Cute starting lol, with Mai transforming into a Magical Girl [Card Captor Sakura parody LOL] and advising viewers to watch TV from a distance and in a brightly lit room ne? [Winks] XD. Right, 2-C now needs suggestions for the play performance for the School Festival. Mai said that the writer cannot write himself/herself as the main character but could make another classmate a main character. So Mai and Yuki then went to the library to put the suggestions together and got uh many shocks when they read what their classmates wrote lol. First up, a scene where Yakumo confessing to Hanai under a tree with sakura petals floating around setting. Suddenly, Yakumo took off her uh his mask and revealed Harima’s face inside LOL. Hanai gulped and said he doesn’t mind and dived towards Hanai hence … a shounen-ai scene … lol.

Next, in a ballet class setting, ballerinas were training, doing the 1-2-3-4 thingy. The instructor, I bet it’s Imadori lol, dissed Ichijou and Mihara for under performing. Mikoto came to their rescue and did this girlish ballerina leap LOL. Imadori then went, man, this is the real deal, Level D lol. Jealous of Mikoto, Ichijou and Mihara placed thumbtacks on Mikoto’s ballerina shoes =O. [Whoa, kinda like Wishing Stairs?] Just then Mikoto appeared from behind Mai and Yuki to see how’s their progress lol and the story was left that way. Next script, Eri as a poor pauper and she entered Nishimoto’s shop for some cheap Soba. It appears that Nishimoto was Harima in disguise again lol. Mai and Yuki went, wasn’t that the same plot as the first script?

Lol and they thought Harima was trying to be the main character by disguising himself as others. Eri appeared from behind, read the script, appeared very calm on the surface but was boiling within haha. Next script, was Mai’s Magical Girl dream lol. In the end, both girls couldn’t put the scripts together and got Akira to help them instead since she looked so studious. Akira and Eri were having tea and seems like Akira told Eri about Mai and Yuki’s request. Eri remarked that Akira’s too uptight and trying to act all cool lol. The next day, Mai and Yuki gave the scripts for Akira to put it together. Akira was surprised to read a script about her written by Eri. Eri still thinks that the script of her being poor was written by Harima but the real culprit was Akira LOL.


Next part, 2-C had to stay back in school as they were behind preparations for the School Festival. Tenma mistaken Yakumo’s worried expression for worrying Harima might stray away lol. The next day, Tenma requested Eri to help her ask what were the likes and dislikes of Harima for her lol. Anyways, Eri did ask Harima by saying it’s a survey for the café menu. First question, do you prefer girls who can cook? Yes or no? Harima actually replied seriously no, as long there’s love, even cup noodles are enough. Second question, between girls who are good and bad in sports who do you prefer? Harima replied, it doesn’t matter but it will be cute if she couldn’t swim. Eri thought Harima was referring to her. [Remember the Ep that Eri refused to be taught swimming by Harima?] Third question, what kind of hairstyle do you like on a girl? Harima noticed Tenma’s lol moving hair behind the props and thought Tenma wanted to know his preferences.

So Harima proudly declared that a girl with her hair tied on both sides of her head LOL. Eri happened to have that hairstyle too and thought Harima was referring to her. Just then, Yakumo appeared with her hair tied up on both sides of her head too lol. Tenma patted on Yakumo’s shoulders and said, hm, I’m glad for you lol. Nishimoto come into view and said that they’re going to the public bath house. The public bath house was owned by their classmate, Ayano lol. In the changing room, Eri wondered if Harima would had said if she doesn’t have the hairstyle Harima had described. In the males’ bathroom, Nara thought he saw a blonde girl washing her hair and it turned out to be Yoshidayama instead LOL. Over at the girls’ side, Yuki and Sagano asked Eri if she’s going out with Harima. At the boys’ side, Harima was having a little fantasy of Tenma waiting outside the public bathroom and them having a lovey-dovey scene but it turned out to be one of Yoshidayama’s pigtail hair he was grabbing LOL.

Back to the girls’ side, Yuki and Sagano were still pestering Eri about her relationship with Harima. Eri felt like herself when she’s with Harima as she doesn’t need to put on a mask or a fake smile. As Eri started to reply, Harima’s voice from the boys’ side echoed in ‘I totally hate blondies with their hair tied on both sides!’ LOL. In response to that, Eri told Yuki and Sagano that she hates him enough to kill him LOL. Before the part end, Tenma mistook the bashed up Yoshidayama as Eri lol.


Next part, the girls made Onigiris [Riceballs] for the boys to eat and every girl made a different one so if you’re lucky you will get to eat the good ones lol. Hanai ate Yuki’s riceball. Meanwhile, Harima was doing some serious thinking which riceballs were likely to be made by Tenma lol. He made his choice and confirmed to himself it must be Tenma’s and even gave Tenma a thumb up lol. Tenma was confused but returned the thumb up anyways. To get the bad taste outta his mouth, Harima chose another onigiri, this time a squarish one lol. It turns out to be worse than the first one and Harima thought to himself that Tenma’s not the worst cook afterall lol. But, but, the first onigiri was made by Eri and so the second one was made by Tenma lol, well in the end, Tenma’s the worst cook. Good luck Harima lol. [I love the image background, the volcano, mammoth and racing horses whenever Harima ate Eri or Tenma’s onigiri LOL]

A Hanai and Mikoto scene, Mikoto was glad to see Hanai finally back to his own self. It’s because Hanai knew that Harima x Yakumo coupling was just a misunderstanding. About Mikoto’s love life, she replied that she doesn’t have anyone in mind since that college guy. The two childhood friends then compete in who will get a lover first. And so, the preparation for the School Festival continues.

Art: 8/10
Story: 7/10
Characters: 7/10
Overall: 7/10

Going off to North Point to buy mangas ... I'll post Strawberry Panic! Ep5 probably in the late evening.

[Signing off @ 12:54 PM]
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Thursday, May 4, 2006

   Tours Mai Hime Volume 4 Doujinshi Page 15,16
[Posted @ 7:07 PM]
I think i killed quite lot of people with the tension. Heh.

Disclaimer:

I DO NOT TRANSLATE STUFF FROM JAPANESE TO ENGLISH.

I do however refer to the RAW [Japanese] version sometimes when translating to kind of double check and make it more 'Real' cos i like it lol.

I do not scan doujinshis, so i don't claim credit for it, i got the scans from Tokyo Toshokan, a torrent listing place so, please do not ask me where i purchase or scan the doujinshi.

I do not draw doujinshis, i'm not that artistic =). So i don't claim credit for doujinshi images/pages in this post. I would had clearly stated the author of the doujinshi so go search for him/her/them.

The reason why i had added my blog URL in the pages is cos ... well, i translated the darn thing from Mandarin to English afterall!

Click on the pictures and out pops a window with a bigger, clearer dimension.

Please do not hotlink on forums, just paste my blog url and direct them to the Manga Page section, thanks.



Another great extract from the Mai HiME anime, Ep19. The scene where Shizuru told Natsuki that she will always be thinking of her and Natsuki thanking Shizuru for her concern and asking Shizuru not to come close to her heart. Awww.

Manz, thunder ... I better switch off lappy in case there's blackout ... XD. I'll post Strawberry Panic! Ep5 tomorrow, i'm working on it now. Cya.

[Signing off @ 7:16 PM]

PS: ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I think i wanna go watch the elections ... hm.
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Wednesday, May 3, 2006

   Strawberry Panic! Ep4
[Posted @ 4:13 PM]
Sorry for the long wait, here’s Strawberry Panic! Ep4, got excited when YanZi’s coming back to Singapore haha XD.

A refreshing change from the ‘When-the-hell-is-Shizuma-gonna-kiss-Nagisa’ frame of mind lol. I prefer kissing scenes to be placed behind really, if the characters kissed each other too early, it might be mistaken as ‘Lust’ and becomes a major turn off for me. Anyways, Ep4 brought us to the second love triangle between Ootori Amane, the Prince of St Spica, Konohana Hikari, the Songstress of St Spica and Nanto Yaya, the Roommate of Hikari. A year ago, Hikari was a newly transferred student to St Spica, she was kneeling in front of a statue, praying and believed in the existence of Angels. At the place where she was praying, she heard some fan girls squealing and went to check it out. Then and there, she saw the Angel she believed in, the Angel was none other than the Prince of St Spica, Ootori Amane who was riding her white horse doing her usual training as she’s in the horse-riding club.

Back to present, Hikari’s in the St Spica choir along with her room mate, Yaya and the choir would be singing to congratulate Amane and the horse-riding club probably for winning some competition or what. The day before the performance, Hikari was really eager about doing a good job and went to the statue place to pray again. Yaya was pretty encouraging about the whole thing too. That night, Hikari was unable to sleep. The next morning, squealing fan girls were lined up in front of St Spica welcoming Amane and her gang in and that included Hikari. Surprisingly, Shizuma was there to welcome Amane too, because it’s one of Etoile’s duties and she even presented Amane with a bouquet of roses. [Side note: Amane flicking her fringe behind was just so gay LOL.] After the welcoming and stuff, it’s time for the St Spica’s choir to perform, Hikari was getting anxious with each passing time and Yaya tried to calm Hikari down by uh whispering into her ear and telling Hikari to treat everyone as Winter Melons lol. Hikari protested that Amane’s not a Winter Melon, Yaya shrugged and said, well anything you like, strawberries or what lol.


Anyways, Yaya managed to relieve some of Hikari’s stress but when on stage, Hikari got flustered when Amane’s gaze was on her and began to singing a wee too early. Amane had to stand up to quiet down the constant murmuring for the performance to continue. [Power.] However, Hikari was too embarrassed to continue singing. After the performance, Hikari went back to the statue place again and cried. Meanwhile, the Student Council President of St Spica, Shion planned to let Amane enter the Etoile battle to be the next Etoile however the vice-president and secretary don’t think Amane was up to it yet besides, Amane doesn’t have the desire to be Etoile too. [Side note: Another hair flicking scene lol] The St Spica Student Council was indeed planning something XD. That night, Hikari was still moping over her mistake, whoa, there’s even a shower scene XD. Yaya was mothering over Hikari like a hen haha, and told Hikari to sleep early as there’s choir practice tomorrow and even if Hikari overslept, the prince would kiss to wake her up =].

In the middle of the night, Hikari told Yaya that she wouldn’t be going for choir practice tomorrow as she would be quitting the choir. Yaya demanded for an answer. Hikari replied that she felt upset, she doesn’t want any attention or anything, she just wanted sing for Amane and even that she wasn’t able to do it well. Yaya tried to console Hikari that there would be many chances to come, just do it well the next time but Hikari seemed to have made up her mind. After thinking that Yaya had fallen asleep, Hikari went out alone to the statue place again which was the place where she first saw her Angel, Amane. Ironically, it was also the day she met Yaya. [I’ll comment more about this later.] Unexpectedly, Yaya was the one who encouraged Hikari to be more daring in her pursues towards Amane. Hikari walked to the place where Amane usually trained and began to sing.

The animals around were attracted by Hikari’s voice. [Snow White?! LOL] Halfway through the song, Amane came strolling along on her white horse, probably Amane’s white horse was attracted to the voice too. Amane then greeted Hikari-chan XD and commented that she had thought that she had heard the voice of an Angel. Hikari blushed. When Hikari addressed Amane as ‘Ootori-sama’, Amane corrected Hikari to call her ‘Amane’, Hikari tried again with ‘Amane-sama’ but was corrected again, no ‘Sama’ she said lol. Hikari probably didn’t feel comfortable enough so she called ‘Amane-senpai’. When Hikari asked why Amane was up so early in the morning, Amane replied that she was practicing as she couldn’t concentrate on her usual time. Hikari realized that the squealing fan girls were bothering Amane but couldn’t help but say that it’s because Amane’s an idol, that’s why. Amane divulged that she doesn’t like to be the center of attraction as it was embarrassing lol. [Kawaii~]


Hikari giggled at Amane’s shy expression but later apologized for it. Amane said that she’s glad that Hikari’s finally smiling as she looked upset earlier. Hikari then explained to Amane why she was upset. When Hikari sneezed, Amane took off her jacket and gave it to Hikari. Amane then told Hikari that when she felt like giving up when she screwed up her maiden competition but comparing the bad times, the good times weighed out more. Amane placed Hikari’s hand against her chest to feel Amane’s warmth because her chest contained a lot of good times XD. After the groping session Uh, I mean after the encouragement session, Amane offered to send Hikari back to Ichigo-Sha via her white horse. During the ride, Hikari apologized for not singing the day before, Amane shrugged it off by replying that Hikari had already sung for her just now.

Meanwhile, Yaya was waiting all along for the return of Hikari. Yaya looked out of the window, saw Amane dropping Hikari off and galloping towards the rising sun. LOL Omigod, so clichéd!!!! Anyways, before Amane left, she asked Hikari to sing for her and her horse as Star Bride seemed to like it too. As Amane galloped off, Hikari thought to herself that the Angel was not her but Amane and her chest still felt warm. Hikari returned to her room and Yaya seemed like the pissed off abandoned wife sitting on Hikari’s bed waiting for an answer lol. Yaya pulled Hikari down with Hikari’s back on the bed, climbed on top of her and demanded what happened. Hikari blushed and avoided Yaya’s gaze. [Whoa, really misleading lol] Eventually, Hikari didn’t quit the choir as she still believed that one day, an angel would smile at her. -END-

Ok, the way the anime portrayed Amane was not the same as the manga. In the manga, Amane was the Prince of St Spica and in Hikari’s eyes. However in the anime, Hikari thinks Amane is more like an Angel than a Prince while Amane will think Hikari’s like the Angel, so it’s a Prince and Angel combination. Then in my opinion, Yaya in the manga would be the Princess’s personal maid XD to steal gropes, kisses here and there while the Prince is away muahahaha. But overall, Amane did a great job in sweeping the feet of Hikari off like a prince. XD. I like Amane, ok not cos she got red eyes but she's really gentle and nice XD.

While the anime, it gave me this feeling that Amane’s the Angel, Hikari’s the princess and Yaya as the Devil. Between the Angel and Devil, who will the princess choose? Expect angst in this love triangle as well XD.

Edit: I wanna add more stuff, i just realized that Yaya in Kanji is 'Night' and Hikari is 'Light'. So this is kinda Night and Light combination. So the Angel and Devil concept is quite likely, i'm really looking forward to the angst in this love triangle. Kyaahh, i'm so bad XD.

Art: 7/10
Story: 8/10 [Whee~.]
Characters: 8/10 [Amane-sama~]
Overall: 8/10

Next Ep’s back to the love triangl... no, square of Shizuma, Nagisa, Tamao and Chiyo lol.

I'll probably do School Rumble Ni Gakki Ep4 post tomorrow or do i hear Strawberry Panic! Ep5? LoL.

[Signing off @ 8:00 PM]

PS: I hate it when people mistaken my voice for lil bro, fish’s voice when I answer the phone. Not once but ten over times ... does my voice really sound like a boy?!
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Tuesday, May 2, 2006

   [Manga] Strawberry Panic! Chapter 8
[Posted @ 1:52 PM]
Woohoo, why do i want to blog this chapter of Strawberry Panic? Because it kinda confirmed my speculations for the angsty behaviours Shizuma showed in the anime. So I'm assuming the anime is going the same way as the manga. So if you don't wanna be spoilt, DON'T SCROLL DOWN! Don't say i didn't warn ya!!! LoL.

Disclaimer:

I do not scan, so i don't claim credit for it, i got the scans from Yamibo, so please do not ask me where i got my scans again.

Please do not hotlink on forums, just paste my blog url and direct them to the Strawberry Panic! Page section, thanks.

EDIT: I don't know why I even took the trouble to resize them down lol, maybe because of space problems ... but nevertheless, you may now click on the scans and a new window will open and bring you to the larger and clearer version of it XD, Enjoy. Besides Dynasty Scans is translating Strawberry Panic! Manga so visit them for earlier chapters.



Ok, in Strawberry Panic! Manga Chapter 8, title loosely translated as 'Flower's Memories'. A word play on Shizuma's surname, Hanazono, 'Hana' means 'Flower' in Japanese. So naturally, it's about Shizuma's past two years ago ... that means it happened when Shizuma was in 4th Grade but she still looked as stunning as ever lol. A juniorA friend from the same class, Tougi Hitomi had introduced another girl, Sakuragi Kaori to Shizuma as her potential partner for the Etoile battle. Probably shy by nature, Kaori kept quiet during the short meeting, Shizuma got bored and turned to leave. Shockingly, Kaori tensed up, boldly hugged Shizuma from behind and confessed to Shizuma that she had admired Shizuma for a long time. Shizuma stunned by Kaori's actions but quickly recovered showed signs of attraction for Kaori.



Kaori and Shizuma became close friends and had fun with each other. Shizuma even confessed to Kaori that she liked her alot. But their happiness together was short lived, Kaori told Shizuma that she was diagnosed with an incurable illness.



Shizuma was beside Kaori till her death bed. Shizuma crying at Kaori's funeral. [Sob]



Back to the present, on the night before the Etoile Battle, there's a pajamas party in Ichigo-Sha. Nagisa asked Shizuma why she had chosen Nagisa to be her partner in the Etoile Battle. Shizuma merely said she felt like it so she had decided.



Nagisa wondered out loud if she's good enough to be Shizuma's partner as she's just a newly transferred student. Shizuma assured Nagisa that even though this was hasty decision but she was very serious about it. Shizuma asked Nagisa if this was bothering her, if so, she would pull out of the Etoile Battle because she didn't want to be disliked by Nagisa. Nagisa comforted Shizuma's doubts by saying she'll support Shizuma no matter what because Nagisa likes Shizuma. [Aww~] Nagisa blushed when she realized it felt like a confession. Lighten up by Nagisa's words, Shizuma laid down on Nagisa's lap and said that whenever she's with Nagisa, she felt like she's being her own real self.



Next part, St Spica were having a light tussle over Amane's choice partner in the Etoile Battle. Hikari overheard the conversation, burst out that she didn't mean to and ran off crying. Amane saw the crying Hikari and ran after her. Amane told Hikari that she's sorry and she could only be partnered with Hikari in the Etoile Battle. Staring at Amane's pleading gaze, Hikari's heart melted.



Hikari promised that she would try her best in being Amane's partner in the Etoile Battle. Touched by Hikari's words, Amane hugged Hikari and sweared that she would not leave Hikari and would always protect her, no matter what. -END-

So sweet~ This chapter is really good, there's a plot for Strawberry Panic! right? I TOLDJA! LOL. I love angsty Shizuma. Hmmm, this chapter explains why Shizuma had broken off with the nameless girl in Chapter 1 because she probably doesn't want anyone to come into her heart again. Once bitten, twice shy. I assume Nagisa would be the one to touch Shizuma's heart ne? XD.

[Signing off @ 2:44 PM]
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