The Craps of Christmas.

Somehow, I feel bad for posting this.

I dislike Christmas.
There. I said it.

The festive holiday that the majority of us love, I have a slight disdain towards. The presents are great! Or are they.
It's an odd feeling, not enjoying a festive holiday. Perhaps it's because I don't really take any religion fully seriously?
Maybe the way I was raised.

Ah well, you get what you get.

Now, moving on...

Toaru Majutsu no Index 6

I've been following Index pretty closely. Watching it when it's released, etc. I must say first, Kudos to Eclipse for doing such a fantastic job on subbing this project.

Anyway, to the summary!
Firstly: Epic fight scene. Might be my inner child speaking, but honestly has to be the best fight scene I've ever seen that's been capsuled in a small 6x3 meter room. That little rant aside, the character development just took a really strange turn... Nonetheless, it's managed to keep me wanting more (damn you, weekly releases! *shakes fist*).
I suppose though, 6 episodes in it's about time the Church's role in the series begun to rear its head and become more of a known part to the audience.

All in all, still enjoying it. And I reccommend it to action-junkies if you like a good storyline with abit of boom and zap. :)

DSLR? But I hardly Know'r!

Ok ok, my apologies for the terrible pun as the title.
But yeah! DSLR!

So long story short, after several months I've decided to go out and fork out a _lot_ of cash for a Nikon D60 twin lens kit. Coming out of the closet about another bad habit of mine... Photography. Like a small child, I pulled it out of it's box pretty much the moment I got home and started practicing (Or, getting stupidly snap-happy.) Whichever term you pick. :P

It's a fantastic camera, solid, functional. More importantly, it takes _awesome_ pictures.
No post-processing needed! (Unless I over-expose my pics... but anyway.
The only qualms I have now is that I'm going to be spending more on new lens', a flash, and what have you. Oh, woe is me. >_>
Well, anyways. Here's some shots of Unison Vita and Reinforce from Alter to keep you lot happy. :P

Awesome Song Time!

Yo! Weekly update for once!
Hurrah! Or the fact I've finally got a public holiday to do something other than gaming. Mainly catching up with animu. So far I've watched:

Toaru Majutsu no Index
Akane-iro ni somaru saka
Toradora!
Shikabane Hime
And a shitload of ARIA. (Or should I say a boatload... xD)

So nice to lie in bed just watching anime though. Soothing, one might say.
So, just a note to say the Kannagi! Opening theme is damn addictive, the PV is cute too. :P
motto Hade ni ne! by Haruka Tomatsu. Youtube link here.

Anyway, here. Have some lyrics. English lyrics can be found below.

ah! pretty shinning love!

yeah unbelievable

wakatteiru wa yo deai no shunkan ni
ase ga nijinda Babyface

osaerarenai kodou YASE gaman de kakusu
SUPIIDO ihan no Driving

datte te o nigiremo shinai kuseni
tsuyogatte "tsuite koi"
nante senobi darake no anata ga suki

mada mada jimi da NE!
Kiss mo jimi da NE (fuwa fuwa)
haki furushi no zubon nuide tobikonde kitara?

sore demo jimi da NE!
HONTO no koi da NE! ｋidzuite
anata dake ni atsui AN DU TOROWA misete ageru sotto
Hard day's night game
TOROkesou…

wakatte kita no yo issho ni ita mono
sunao ni narenai Shy boy

"otoko rashiku" nante kuchi kuse ni iu kedo
DORIFUTO tsuzukeru Loneliness

datte ano ko ni ki mo nai KUSE ni
omowaseburi na mekubase
chotto koko ni iru janai watashi o mite

mada mada jimi da NE!
NAKAMI mo jimi da NE! (hara hara)
jibun dake no yume o miru yori issho ni oｄorou yo

yappari jimi da NE!
HAATO wa Crazy for me! itsuka wa
mune no oku de amai haru ichiban fuki areruno kitto
Magic nightmare
shibirechau…

gogo no kyoushitsu DARA DARA jyugyou
taikutsu na jumon KOKORO ga sawagu
shoubu wa houkago itsumo no ano basho
onegai matteite watashi no subete
anata ni sasageru wa
ｋami sama mi mamotte For you

mada mada jimi da NE!
Kiss mo ji mi da NE! (fuwa fuwa)
haki furushi no zubon nuide tobikonde kitara

sore demo jimi da NE!
HONTO no koi da NE! kidzuite
konya dake wa futari AN DU TOROWA kasanari au motto
hade ni ne!
dakishimete…

In English....

ah! pretty shinning love!

yeah unbelievable

wakatteiru wa yo deai no shunkan ni
ase ga nijinda Babyface

osaerarenai kodou YASE gaman de kakusu
SUPIIDO ihan no Driving

datte te o nigiremo shinai kuseni
tsuyogatte "tsuite koi"
nante senobi darake no anata ga suki

mada mada jimi da NE!
Kiss mo jimi da NE (fuwa fuwa)
haki furushi no zubon nuide tobikonde kitara?

sore demo jimi da NE!
HONTO no koi da NE! ｋidzuite
anata dake ni atsui AN DU TOROWA misete ageru sotto
Hard day's night game
TOROkesou…

wakatte kita no yo issho ni ita mono
sunao ni narenai Shy boy

"otoko rashiku" nante kuchi kuse ni iu kedo
DORIFUTO tsuzukeru Loneliness

datte ano ko ni ki mo nai KUSE ni
omowaseburi na mekubase
chotto koko ni iru janai watashi o mite

mada mada jimi da NE!
NAKAMI mo jimi da NE! (hara hara)
jibun dake no yume o miru yori issho ni oｄorou yo

yappari jimi da NE!
HAATO wa Crazy for me! itsuka wa
mune no oku de amai haru ichiban fuki areruno kitto
Magic nightmare
shibirechau…

gogo no kyoushitsu DARA DARA jyugyou
taikutsu na jumon KOKORO ga sawagu
shoubu wa houkago itsumo no ano basho
onegai matteite watashi no subete
anata ni sasageru wa
ｋami sama mi mamotte For you

mada mada jimi da NE!
Kiss mo ji mi da NE! (fuwa fuwa)
haki furushi no zubon nuide tobikonde kitara

sore demo jimi da NE!
HONTO no koi da NE! kidzuite
konya dake wa futari AN DU TOROWA kasanari au motto
hade ni ne!
dakishimete…

わかっているわよ　出会いの瞬間に
汗が滲んだ　Babyface

抑えられない鼓動　ヤセ我慢で隠す
スピード違反の　Driving

だって　手を握れもしないクセに
強がって「ついてこい」
なんて背伸びだらけの　貴方が好き

まだまだ地・味・だ・NE!
Kissも地・味・だ・NE!（Fuwa-Fuwa）
履き古しの　ズボン脱いで　飛び込んで来たら？

それでも地・味・だ・NE!
ホントの恋・だ・NE!　気付いて
貴方だけに　熱いアン・ドゥ・トロワ　見せてあげる　そっと
Hard day's night game
トロけそう・・・・・・

わかってきたのよ　一緒にいたもの
素直になれない　Shy boy

「男らしく」なんて　口癖に言うけど
ドリフト続ける　Lonliness

だって　あの娘に気もないクセニ
思わせぶりな目配せ
ちょっと　ここにいるじゃない　私を見て

まだまだ地・味・だ・NE!
ナカミも地・味・だ・NE!（hara-hara）
自分だけの　夢を見るより　一緒に踊ろうよ

やっぱり地・味・だ・NE!
ハートはCrazy for me!　いつかは
胸の奥で　甘い春一番　吹き荒れるの　きっと
Magic Nightmare
シビらちゃ・・・・・・

午後の教室　ダラダラ授業
退屈な呪文　ココロがさわぐ
勝負は放課後　いつものあの場所
お願い　待っていて　私のすべて
貴方に捧げるわ
神様見守って　For you

まだまだ地・味・だ・NE!
Kissも地・味・だ・NE!（Fuwa-Fuwa）
履き古しの　ズボン脱いで　飛び込んで来たら？

それでも地・味・だ・NE!
ホントの恋・だ・NE!　気付いて
貴方だけに　熱いアン・ドゥ・トロワ　重なり合う　もっと
派・手・に・ね！
抱きしめて・・・・・・

Ah! Pretty shining love!

Yay! Unbelievable!

I already knew, ever since the moment we met
I had a sweat filled Babyface.

While hiding my uncontrollable heartbeat and my wild endurance,
I break the speed limit while Driving.

Well, it’s because I can’t even grip your hand and yet
I’m able to strongly say “Come here!”
How is it that I love your growing figure?

It’s still too plain!
My kiss too is plain! (Light and Airy)
What if I took off my worn of shoes and pants and jumped in?

Bet even so it’s still too plain!
It’s true love right? I realized...
Just to you, I’ll gently show my hot 1 2 3...
Hard day’s night game
I’m mesmerized...

I’ve come to understand the person with me
can’t be honest...such a Shy boy

Although your favorite phrase is “Like a Man!”,
you continue to drift into Loneliness.

I shouldn’t pay attention to that girl but
she gives you suggestive winks...
Hey, I’m right here aren’t I? Look at me.

It’s still too plain!
My interior is still to plain! (Heart beats)
Rather than just seeing my own dreams...lets dance together!

I knew it, it’s still too plain!
Your heart is Crazy for me! Someday,
I’m sure the sweet spring deep in my heart will blow away my
Magic nightmare
I’m getting numb...

The afternoon classroom and the long lecture,
this boring charm makes a riot out of my heart.
The match will be after school at the usual spot.
Please wait for me, me and my everything.
To you, I’ll offer
a god watching over you...just for you.

It’s still too plain!
My kiss too is plain! (Light and Airy)
What if I took off my worn of shoes and pants and jumped in?

Bet even so it’s still too plain!
It’s true love right? I realized…
Just for this night, our 1 2 3 will overlap each other…
It’s too gaudy right!
Hold me...

Anyhow, That's it for today methinks.
reijin out.

The Great Australian Firewall

So, some may have already heard of Australia's great firewall plans.
This is already proving to be problematic, with their currently flourishing plans to build a national broadband network.

Please note: the following is not the opinion of anyone I know, just me.

As a country, the state of our internet is already unimpressive as is. It would be much wiser (In my opinion) to be spending the money going into this project towards the infrastructure of our nation.

Whilst most may argue that it is to protect our children, and as such our futures - Let me ask those who say this a question: Isn't it a parents responsibility to ensure their child doesn't end up looking up inappropriate materials?

Furthermore, it can be easily bypassed by commonly accessible programs / Protocols that can be used on the internet. There are infinite numbers of loopholes that can be exploited.
Secure HTTP (Web browsing on an encrypted level),
Proxy servers (Quickly becoming a household terminology in China)
Bit-Torrent (Which traffic from cannot be easily monitored, and is associated with illegal media downloads.)
Just to name a few of the more commonly known.

In the end, the taxpayer will be the one suffering at the expense of implementation, something that will surely cripple our current infrastructure.

It's been a while

Well... I don't even know where to begin.

So much stuff happened this last few months... Gah! Too much to mention.
My fair share of drama, hilarity, and the usual procrastination happened, along with

*sigh*

I suppose I can start with the figures I got (With no pictures....)
Unison Vita and Aisaka Taiga from Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS and Toradora! respectvely.
I'll update the post with abit more on pics etc. But both are fantastic figures.

Unison Vita is very well modelled, and highly detailed. What more would I get from Alter, I suppose.

As for Taiga, Max Factory have done a pretty job of making the palmtop tiger 3d. It's not as detailed as some of the Alter models, but nonetheless a very decent job for only around the 6000Y mark.


The one thing that seriously hates me is the shipping cost though... $20 a pop. :(
Oh well. Anyhow, I'll leave a gap here for some pics when I update.

Work seems to be the usual. Boring, Lack of anything really intriguing to do.
Talking to customers is fun, and I suppose I should keep reminding myself that it is for me to be abit more solid in basic procedures. It's good though. The people I work with especially are terrific.

Just the issue of actually staying enthusiastic about it all.
And then my health... >_> Gah.
Allergies, Skin issues, etc etc. The list goes on.


Anyhow. I'd best not ramble for too long. I might be getting a new camera in the future so these figs will look better on photo too!

Thanks for reading as usual, my small readerbase (if any).
Reijin out.

Figma Hatsune Miku

I was very pleased to have this come in. A welcome suprise, in fact. Anyhow, here's some pics.

Fairly basic Figma build quality, nothing amazing except the price of $20 :)

As usual, Thanks to the boys and girls over at HobbyLink Japan
On a side note, My 24" screens are coming in under 2 hours. Hurrah!

We're not dead!

By no doubt you've all seen the google frontpage of today, and realised we're not dead.

I guess the LHC isn't going to kill us all. :)



Sorry for the lack of updates all, it's been pretty flat-out lately.
Not much going on anyway. Just the world revolving, and all that.

I did have a go at the WAR Beta yesterday though! It's quite fun, although it does still play like WoW. Some diffrences are that you can actually tank in Player-vs-Player combat though. It does seem like a fresh direction to take, especially with your abilities and how they're used.

Anime is still entertaining too, Strike Witches keeps me entertained. :)

Anyhow, Not much more I can talk about.
Reijin out.