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Closure of KKnM

noreply@blogger.com (bcotaku) — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 05:07:00 +0000

This blog post came a little late, but one day, about a month ago, I received an email from KKnM:

It has been 12 years since KKnM first began its operations. Importing original anime character goods direct from Japan for sale in Singapore has always been our specialty. But at last, the current business model and the other commitments that we have is unable to sustain the business. It has been a great run and tons of fun for us, thanks to all you loyal customers, friends and business partners.
It is with deep regret that we would like to announce that we will be taking a break indefinitely starting 1st March 2013. Our shop will cease operations on 28th Feb 2013. From now till then, we will be having a store-wide sale on all our products at the shop. Please feel free to drop by and take a look at what we have to offer. If there is something we have that you really like and money is a problem, feel free to talk to us. ^_< We hope all our products can find a good home and owner that will cherish it…
For all of you out there who still love your anime figurines, character goods and limited edition items, please talk to Toy Coin, they will be operational from our current shop location from 1st March 2013. We hope you will give them your full support!

It's really sad to see that the first anime shop that I came to know of ever since I've became an anime fan is closing down. Even though I never bought much at the shop (i usually only buy things at events), the shop still hold memories as I would sometimes go down just to soak in the animeanime atmosphere or look at the goods. Granted that I didn't go to their PoMo shop that often as compared to when they were still at Sunshine, but the name of the shop will just bring back some memories. This really makes me wonder how AFA13 will be like without KKnM

Are you all ready?!

noreply@blogger.com (bcotaku) — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:49:00 +0000

Are you all ready!?

AFA11!

AFA X

noreply@blogger.com (bcotaku) — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 05:24:00 +0000

Okay guys, I owe you all this. Super late post, but it's here : my post on AFA X.
AFA X lasts 2 days this year, on the 21st and 22nd of November. However, most of the photos in this post is taken on Sunday. And I've got many badly taken photos,and I've omitted them from the post, so this post might be a little too short for your liking.

AFA X brought in these Hatsune Miku Project Diva Arcade games. Above show someone being funny and playing World is Mine with Kaito. VERY EPIC.

Miku Nendoroid. Super cute! :D

Angel Beats nendo. Kanade nendo = WANT.

BRS

Moar BRS

Even moar. So cute!!

Moesome 2D girls.

Totally love this figure of Miku. She seems super genki!

Mirai Itasha.

Spotted someone doing a cosplay of one of Project Diva 2's Miku.

Empatsu Shakugan no Uchite

Dollfies assembled!

Closeup on Miku dollfie

Ticket to AFA X I <3 Anisong Side B

Loot

AFA X Countdown : 3 days

noreply@blogger.com (bcotaku) — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 09:25:00 +0000

Hey guys! bcotaku's back from the break :D
AFA X is going to take place in 3 days time!! For those who've been hiding in a cave for the past month, Anime Festival Asia 2010 , or AFA X, is going to take place on 13 November and 14 November 2010 in Suntec City Convention Hall 401 and 402! More information by clicking on the banner on top.

So, have you all prepared yet? Bought the tickets and saved up enough money already? I've decided to not go for the I love anisong concert due to LOW BUDGET and no one to accompany me to go with. ^^" At least that means that I have some extra money to spend on merchandises in the festival.

Hope you guys enjoy yourself at the festival!

AFA X - More infomation released.

noreply@blogger.com (bcotaku) — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:11:00 +0000

The ticket prices of AFA X is announced. At first glance :
Festival Access - $8 : Access to the main event hall. But not to the stage area. That means we will be missing out on the special guest appearances.

Festival + Stage Access- $15 : Access to Stage Area and Festival hall.

bcotaku's thoughts
So this doesn't seems like a bad price. Cheaper compared to last year. And we get to access the stage too! Wow!
NOT.
It might seem like a good deal , in fact a better deal than last year's at first, but then there is this notice

* Does not grant access to I LOVE ANISONG concerts.

NOOOOOOOOO. So how much does the concert ticket costs?

Starting with the cheapest :

Free Standing Area pass
SGD $55
(approx) 3 hours of concert performance in the Free Standing Area
1x Festival+ stage Access tickets

For EACH DAY
So if you are trying to save money but want to go to the I love anisong concert, this is the one for you.

Next,

1 day VIP pass
SGD$118
3 hours of concert performance
Premium numbered seating
1x Festival+ stage Access tickets
1x free lightstick

This is for those who have the cash to spare but only wants to go to 1 day of the concert. So basically , you get to sit and have a free lightstick for a whopping SGD$63 more.

Lastly, is the most expensive of the tickets

2 Day VIP Pass
SGD$198
6 hours of concert performance
Premium numbered seating
2x Festival + Stage Access tickets
2x lightstick

basically this is for the rich people who want to go for both days of the concert. You get 2x of what you get with the previous tickets for 2(118)-198 = SGD$38 less.

So after all these infomation on the tickets, WHO THE HECK ARE PERFORMING FOR US IN THE CONCERT?
The list might surprise you.

13 November
JAM Project
Ichirou Mizuki AKA Aniki

14 November
SCANDAL
angela
May'n

So? SHOCKED? I'd very much love to have another Miku concert like last year, but too bad it seems like my cute Miku won't be making it to AFA to sing for us this year. But. JAM PROJECT. ANIKI. SCANDAL. ANGELA. MAY'N!!!!!!! These names.... AHHH!! *money flies away*

I'm very looking forward to May'n's concert. Last year's was EPIC AWESOME. I wish that she will sing more Macross Frontier songs this year. OH! And Ready Go! The OP for Ookami-san.

I've been talking about this "stage access" thing for quite some time. So why the heck would anyone wanna go to an empty stage? Of course, the stage won't be empty (duh!) . there will be Special Guest appearance by

Danny Choo (!!!!)
Kana Hanazawa
Kaname
and many others

during the festival itself.

I wonder if we will get to see the Tokyo Storm Trooper in action again this year. Certainly hopes so.

bcotaku's thoughts (again)
So, this time round, we have to pay to watch the concert? hais. I am but just a poor little boy studying in Singapore. I don't think i wll be able to afford the $198 ticket for both days. Neither can i afford the $110 for standing ticket for both days. So what do I do? I think i might be skipping one of the I love anisong concert and get the $55 ticket for the other day. Conclusion? Little poor starving wallet of mine is going to break into tears if i do not suddenly find $X on the ground to pay for my AFA bills.

Source: http://animefestival.asia

AFA X

noreply@blogger.com (bcotaku) — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:00:00 +0000

Okay guys, the dates for Anime Festival Asia 2010, AFA X is announced! The only information available now is that it would be held in Suntec Convention hall 403 and 404 on the 13 and 14 of November, 2010.
I will certainly be going and will be staying from opening till end. But then, due to budget constrains, I would probably not be buying much of things. I wonder who will be here to SING for us this year.
Will be updating the blog on more AFA X news

Students' Investiture + and Awesome New AVA members

noreply@blogger.com (bcotaku) — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:45:00 +0000

Today is July 26 2010. Student's Investiture. In other words, the day when the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Student Council and each and every CCA officially step down from their positions and hand it over to the newly appointed ones. Of course, it is still not my turn to take over.. YET (As hinted by the Teacher in Charge of AVA). So hopefully, next year, it will be my turn to walk down the red carpet in the Grand Auditorium and take over as the new Chairman or Vice Chairman, preferably the former.

I am on AVA duty for the Investiture, so that means that the CHAOS and FUN of sitting in front of the mixer during a big event that requires multiple mics and multiple channel of music is BACK AGAIN after the 5 month of dormance after Chinese New year. BUT!! It doesn't count as I was doing the lights during CNY Concert, not the audio. SO, it means it has been 7 months of dormance for me, since Drama Nite '09. So EXCITED and HYPER the whole day because of the duty!! I thought I was out of job because I had only been assigned backstage duty ever since the new teacher in charge took over!

Happy to say that THE INVESTITURE WENT ON WITHOUT MUCH PROBLEMS! I am fairly confident in my abilities, until 2 days ago during the investiture rehearsal, I realised that due to the 7 month of dormance, my reaction time has lagged a little. But then again, there was no major problems with today's investiture (was there?)

Also, 2 of my MOST MOST MOST BELOVED JUNIORS, Li Hui and Kai Wen, wanted to join AVA Club!! I was so happy! Immediately after the investiture, I looked out of the AVA room in an attempt to spot my juniors so that I could introduce them to the Teacher In Charge. However, just as I spotted them , the teacher went out and back to his staff room. I had to chase after him to stop him from leaving and introduce the girls to him. Luckily, I managed to catch up to him and a brief introduction was done. Apparently, he was quite happy with having new members. So my dear juniors can begin their "AVA Duties" from next week onwards! I do hope that both Lihui and Kaiwen will enjoy their time working and slacking with the AVA club!

OneManga.com - Gone.

noreply@blogger.com (bcotaku) — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:30:00 +0000

"It pains me to announce that this is the last week of manga reading on One Manga (!!). Manga publishers have recently changed their stance on manga scanlations and made it clear that they no longer approve of it. We have decided to abide by their wishes, and remove all manga content (regardless of licensing status) from the site. The removal of content will happen gradually (so you can at least finish some of the outstanding reading you have), but we expect all content to be gone by early next week (RIP OM July '10).

So what next? We're not really sure at this point, but we have some ideas we would like to try out. Until then, the One Manga forums will remain active and we encourage all of you to continue using them. OMF has developed into a great community and it would be a shame to see that disappear.

You can also show us some love in this moment of sadness by 'liking' our brand new Facebook page. It would be nice to see just how many of you came to enjoy our 'better than peanut butter and jelly' invention.

Regardless of whether you stay with us or not, on behalf of the One Manga team, I would like to thank you all for your unwavering support over the years. Through the ups and downs you have stuck with us, and that is what kept us going.

As a certain Porky was fond of saying... That's all folks!

Time for me to go lay down and let this all sink in.

- Zabi"

This message is what greeted me when I visited my favourite manga scanlation site. That's right. Onemanga.com would be gone soon. As a active visitor to onemanga.com, and a (quite) active member of it's forum, it saddens me to the max as I read this message. I have to read and reread it until i accept the fact about half and hour later. To make matter worse, upon logging in to FaceBook, I found a message that shows the exact same content as the above. Sadness over 9000!!

For the past years that I had been using OM, I had never had any complaints about it. The interface is easy to use, easy to navigate, the quality of the manga it hosts is always very good. Even if the quality is low, when higher quality ones are available, it would be replaced. With one of my favourite, most visited and most awesome site ever down, I will be feeling kinda lost whenever I turned on my macbook.

Onemanga.com has certainly been a wonderful site, and i am sure it will remain in my heart for a very long time, possibly even forever. I believe that goes the same for many online manga readers. To the very best manga scanlation site in my heart, onemanga.com, I salute you. And I hope that if possible, you guys will be back. With twice the awesomeness (If anymore awesomeness is possible).

Now I hope that the forum will remain..

I was sadded, shocked, & surprised when that pop-up's message was seen. Before it'd fully-loaded, I thought it was just some random adverts that OM has to financially support the site. I find it annoying & irritating, & felt that they should be obliterated from OM, but little did I know how diff. it is to manage sucha site.

Luckily, I did not tick it off like it was nothing. I took a good look since I saw a logo of OM, with 4-digit no. of LIKES...it wasn't any random crap. It was...the holy closure of OM. The 1st reaction of mine was a not-so-sad one...just a, "TOO BAD!" expression, even though OM's days were counted. Afterall, there's still a week left.

However, as OM's deathday drew nearer & nearer, I started to fear. Am I gunna lag TTM after OM, the unlaggy alternative, is gone? OM may not have such diverse manga series scans as other sites like MangaFox, MangaReader, etc., but it CERTAINLY is, most of the time, lagless.

Since today's gunna be the last day I'm looking @ the URL http://www.onemanga.com/, I scrolled down, & below were the usual updates...WSJ, SS, etc. Totally normal, but when I looked @ this message, it kinda...pains me. A short but simple message, yet filled with so much feelings all compressed in those words.

Maybe I'm just exaggerating, but it's...CANNOT BE DESCRIBED BY MERE WORDS. I guess only fellow manga fanatics like me would understand, but there's still more to just that for me. Not just the message itself, I have MY OWN experiences with OM. Yeah..., I think that's what you call...FIRSTs.

OM's the 1st site I've ever been to to read manga. OM may not be the site which got me madly in love with anime/manga, but it was the place where I 1st got in contact with manga...even when it's not physically. As I clicked the pages of 怪物皇女, I started to be more & more immersed into the manga world. My adventures in manga-reading started in OM, & the undying spirit to ever-continue reading manga was also nurtured by OM. It's...ALL THANKS to OM that I'm who I am today...w/o regrets (:

Behind that happy-go-lucky facade of mine hides the kinda...sadded one. I'm trying to cheer myself up with the same ol' phrase of, "There's still MangaFox & other host sites...it's ok...it's ok..." but OM, still, is diff. from others to me. It's pissing me off that I could do nothing...with all those red tapes lingering...I'm more or less, powerless.

OM may be gone (soon, that is), but I'll still have "OneManga" etched on my mind. Who knows, I may habitually type in http://www.onemanga.com/ every now & then, even when the URL's a blank, but maybe...maybe, through the otaku-filter, it'll be a sight of a site with FAN-tabulous updates...

GlacieRain.bs.com

This post is a collaboration between bcotaku.bs and GlacieRain.bs

June Holidays 2010

noreply@blogger.com (bcotaku) — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 07:38:00 +0000

In a flash, the June Holidays ended. By the standard of my boring life, it has certainly been entertaining. First off, we have the Leadership Camp in school.

It is the first camp I had been to in my Secondary School life and thank goodness it did not disappoint. The seniors that was with me are all very caring and fun. And our group leader had been very responsible too =) But We are all leaders in the camp, so I have to buck up alot and (hopefully) become the Chairman of AVA next year. And there's our fun and cheerful instructor, Milo. I thank all of you for giving me a wonderful memory of my first in school camp. (And going into the lake)

Thanks guys!

Also after the camp, there's the trip to KKnM with Jared. No photos for this journey though. Went to KKnM and Kinokuniya with Jared, and I'm glad that he seem to be enjoying himself. Let's hope he would remain as our 'comrade' forever =)
There's the second trip during the holidays to Pulau Ubin with my parents.We had a lunch there and took a stroll around the Sensory Trail area, while feeding mosquitoes with MY blood.

an unused Quarry at Ubin. Ubin means granite in Malay. Figure it out yourself.

A little dog i found under the chair at the place we were having our lunch at. Half asleep

Back at Changi Jetty. Saw this cute neko when we were having dinner at Subway.

I spent my last week of the holidays in my grandma's house, entertained by a certain someone and the uber old windows 2000 computer. Was actually supposed to finish my homework there, in the end, I finished Castlevania Symphony of the Night there instead.

During this holiday, I had not only made new friends in the camp, I get to know someone better too. But one regret was that i did not finish my homework earlier. Even now, my homework is still.. *Depressed*

Well, a good way to end the holiday is the rainbow i saw earlier on. I hop it's a good sign for my upcoming End of Years and Streaming.

Nintendo 3DS

noreply@blogger.com (bcotaku) — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 03:49:00 +0000

The new handheld system from Nintendo is announced. The Nintendo 3DS, which will be “set for release in all major markets by March 2011,”

Some brief specs of the handheld are

Size (when closed):
Approximately 134mm wide, 74mm long, 21mm thick.

Weight:
230g.

Top Screen:
3.53-inch (8.9cm approx) widescreen LCD display, enabling 3D view without the need for special glasses; with 800×240 pixel resolution (400 pixels are allocated for each eye to enable 3D viewing).

Touch Screen:
3.02-inch (7.6cm approx) LCD with 320×240 pixel resolution with a touch screen.

Cameras:
One inner camera and two outer cameras with 640×480 (0.3 Mega) pixel resolution.

Some new features are:

A 3.5 inch 3D screen

3D depth slider

Increased resolution

Analog pad

Motion & gyroscopic sensor

3D video distribution and playback

A 3D camera

Some Images:

What bcotaku feels

Well, after a long wait, the DS's sucessor is finally here, eh. The 3DS is slightly thicker than the PSP Slim , by about 2mm or so (I think) , but is not as wide as the PSP. about 3cm shorter. I think that the positioning of the D-Pad and analog pad is a little weird as i think it might be hard using the D-pad if it is so low. But i think if Nintendo make it this way, it would work out. I am also worried that the Power button might be accidentally pressed when we are using the ABXY bottons, but i might be worrying too much. So right now, i am just wishing that the price might not be that steep (who am I kidding), and that IT IS FINGERPRINT PROOF!!!

Leadership Camp Shirt

noreply@blogger.com (bcotaku) — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 05:45:00 +0000

I am just back from a 3D2N leadership camp organised by my school =) We're the first batch of leadership campers that get a camp shirt

Frontal view of the shirt. Kinda plain.

Close up of the back with our Leadership Ethos, using the acronym of our school.

So glad I went to the camp. At first, I was hesitant to for the camp as I heard that we will be doing Abseiling during the camp. I am acrophobic. But after thinking it over, I realised that if I don't take this first step, I would never overcome my fear of heights. I had alot of fun during the camp, despite it being a sec3 camp and I am still a sec2. I had made friends with many of my seniors.
Next year, If i get to go for this camp, I WILL GO AGAIN!

K-ON!! Ep 7

noreply@blogger.com (bcotaku) — Fri, 21 May 2010 04:34:00 +0000

This week's K-ON went back in time . No, it has not became a science fiction anime by introducing a time machine, it's just some simple flashback. It seems like the ex seitokaicho was a secret Mio-stalker
More importantly!!! After seven episodes, FINALLY!! A new song was introduced (that is neither the OP or ED). It's a song called.. Pure Pure Heart . Judging by the name, needless to say, the song was written by Mio-tan.

The new song was good though.

Well, here's something I must say to Kyo-Ani :

Ane Doki is back?

noreply@blogger.com (bcotaku) — Thu, 06 May 2010 12:24:00 +0000

Ane Doki Review

After much waiting, it seems like Ane Doki has an extra chapter!!! Chapter 26.50 - SEQUEL.

It is set 4 years after chapter 26. And it finally gave our beloved Ane Doki a proper ending.
The new chapter is only 3 pages, but it is short and sweet and closes the story nicely. But... I feel that second season may be possible?

Before you go on : SPOILER ALERT!!

===bcotaku's thoughts===

3 short pages. All it takes is three short pages and I am over the moon. The main event of the chapter was the last page. Kouta met Natsuki again. In summertime again. This time, instead of Ice Cream, it's popsicles. And no panchira.
A sad things was that Sakurai is not drawn into the chapter. Although it is said that she'd became a real beauty. I wonder if she's still dfc...

EDIT
CHAPTER 26.6 is out!! Omake of Ane Doki ^^ Funny.

Unboxing of Pokemon HeartGold

noreply@blogger.com (bcotaku) — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:47:00 +0000

Heya guys! Pokemon HeartGold ans SoulSilver version has been released yesterday. Have you got your copy? I have bought the HeartGold version earlier today.

This is how it looks liek when you buy it. It's actually pretty thick. If you guys remember how the gameboy advance cartridges came in boxes, the HGSS game card came in similar, but thicker boxes.
It's around two fingers thick.

There are some fine details on the background of the box, such as the Tin Tower seen here.

What's in the box. Buncha random notes on the PokeWalker that came along with it. Have no idea what's a PokeWalker. Will follow up on it soon. Also, in the box is the PokeWalker itself and the usual box that has the game card in it.

This is what that is in the game card box. The usual papers on safety warning and whatnots, plus the game card itself.

The card itself.

Is gonna start on the game soon, after my DS finish charging.

K-ON!!

noreply@blogger.com (bcotaku) — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:36:00 +0000

According to Sankaku Complex, the second season of K-ON! moe-blob anime would be named K-ON!! , and it's airing date is confirmed on 6th of April, that is a day before my birthday!
Hope that it would be one of the best present I get ^^
However, the air time is at 0125 hours of the day, during the Otaku O'clock where most people are asleep. Would you stay up all night to watch K-ON!! ?


Source -  WARNING: GURO POST IMAGE! Sankaku Complex

Year of the Taiga Aisaka

noreply@blogger.com (bcotaku) — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:45:00 +0000

It's the Year of the Taiga! Did everyone have a sweet dream on her?

So today, BCOtaku has been going around relative's houses to eat many goodies and get ang baos. But seems like the festive spirit began even before the actual new year as similar to other special holidays!

Lanterns are found all over the market where my parents work at. Can anyone guess which market it is?

School is decorated with Chinese calligraphy.

Boxes of mandarin oranges up for sold. It's the Chinese New Year afterall

Random lanterns and lights found in the market at night

This morning, when I woke up and has breakkie, BCOtaku went to my grandparents' house to 拜年. That is, going around wishing them a very happy New Year and to get red packets from them.

My parent's stall today. It's close as it is the CNY. But the decorations are up, although not that flashy.

WARNING : FOOD PHOTOS AHEAD, DO NOT PROCEED ON AN EMPTY STOMACH!

Loads of New Year snacks and sweets is prepared. Tissue is there for cleaning up after feeding yourself, not dolphin feeding.

Love Letters at grandma's this year have a different shape. Is bought in Bengawan Solo if I am not wrong. Tasty ^^.

Basket of Oranges. Realised that I haven't eaten any oranges today. Hafta munch on them later.

First Dinner of the year of Taiga-chan is steamboat! Not only that but abalone, some meat ball thingys and also chicken wings! It was yum!

So that's it for this year's New Year! This is to wishing everyone a really happy Taiga year , have a sweet dream of Taiga-chan and to those that's still collecting red packets, wish that you would collect alot and alot, much more so than the previous years!

HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR OF TAIGA!

Generation V Pokemon

noreply@blogger.com (bcotaku) — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:17:00 +0000

A fifth generation of Pokemon is announced by Gamefreak today during Pokemon Sunday, by revealing the first Generation V pokemon. The shadow shown above is the Pokemon that is revealed.

Anyways, having played Pokemon since very young, BCOtaku is a huge fan of the game. Hearing the news that there is a new Generation coming out BEFORE the latest game is release in Singapore is huge news! So it is expected that BCOtaku is crying due to flying money. HeartGold + the Generation V game and if the game runs on a new handheld, I'll probably buy it too. But if it's a console, then that'll be the end of my obsession over pokemon. But since Bulbapedia says that it;ll be released on DS, let's hope that it's true.
When I comes out, I'll be sure to buy it and give it a review. Also, do expect a review from me for the HeartGold/SoulSilver english release.

Source: Bulbapedia

Dance in the Vampire Bund

noreply@blogger.com (bcotaku) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:55:00 +0000

Busy. That's what I am nowadays, juggling school, work(helping my parents), CCA and Otakuing, I have hardly any time left to do anything else. But I will still watch the season's anime though. First up, I shall review on the first 3 episodes of Dance in the Vampire Bund. An anime that I've been looking forward to.

For the sake of those who haven't watch it yet, the story goes something like that.
Mina Tepes (The loli above), the princess of Vampires come out from hiding and revealed to Japan that vampires have been living among humans and wants to make a special district for her own kind, despite that there are people (and other vampires/ supernatural being) against her.
The male main character, Akira Kaburagi is just a normal human that is skeptical about vampires. He lost his memory a year ago in an accident but the first episode reveals that he is more than what it seems?

BCOtaku's thoughts
Well, Dance in the Vampire Bund is.. very.. interesting, shall I say? I've heard that the reviews that this anime got from others are mixed.. Some hated it to the core while some enjoyed it alot. Well, in case you can't tell yet, I'm quite satisfied with this anime. The story is quite dark, but still, it's enjoyable. Does not have much complains bout it. Since the plot, characters, songs everything is there already.
Also Dance in the Vampire Bund has the most.. enchanting OP IMO..

I find myself being attracted to Mina's dance.. The only time i rewind and rewind just to see the OP. No, it's not because there's a loli dancing about wearing only a strip of cloth. I don't know the reason, but.. Well, it just made me want to watch it again and again.

I'll recommend that you watch it if you haven't. But you won't guarantee to love it. It's like Lucky Star, you either hate it or love it.
Also, if I am not sounding like myself, it might be because I've been writing many books/movie review for my exams, so I *might* sound more formal than usual ^^;

Find out if a Man is worth marrying by searching his computer!

noreply@blogger.com (bcotaku) — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:43:00 +0000

Recently, Sankaku Complex had an article on “How to Find Out Whether a Man is Worth Marrying”.

It says that to check if a man is 'suitable' to be married to, just go to his computer and run a search on the following:

*.jpg, *.bmp, *.mpg, *.avi, *.wmv, *.rm

And you would know if the man's worth marrying.

So this is BCOtaku's thoughts on it.

So does having tons of images and videos on your hard drive means you aren't suitable for marriage?
Well, I have alot of files of those formats (except .bmp, .wmv and .rm, I have no idea what those are, except for .wmv)on my drive (But little are NSFW for my standards. Or my definition of NSFW is wrong) . Does that means girls should steer clear of me?
I don't really think so. Well, it's not for me to say.

Having lots of pictures and videos doesn't mean that it is going to be all ecchi pics. Even if they are, what does this pictures do to make you 'unsuitable' for marriage? If this is really the case, I bet almost every guys would be unsuitable. Okay, maybe that's too general. But at least half the male population would be deemed 'unsuitable'.
That also makes me wonder, how many couples have lived a happy life after marriage with the husband having images and videos (not necessarily NSFW ) on their computer?

What about the privacy of the males? Do we not deserve any privacy? Or any rights at all? I believe that if you trust your husband/wife, you should not worry about them having weird files on their computer. But then, again, they only have the pictures/videos, what can they do with it? At most fap to it.

So to sum things up, Girls, you don't have to dig so deeply into his computer like Miku is doing above.

Sorry if I sounded a little harsh here. Just ended a debate session in school and it did got a little out of hand. =x

Weekly Shounen Jump is back, but Ane Doki ended?!

noreply@blogger.com (bcotaku) — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:29:00 +0000

After the New Year breaks, Weekly Shounen Jump is finally back.
That means One Piece, Bleach, Bakuman, Medaka Box and others are back up again. BCOtaku is really happy. Ane Doki's back too!

But. BUT BUT BUT!!

ANE DOKI'S ENDED!!
What?

YES! Ane Doki's final chapter, Chapter 26 is out. And I must say I is not happy with it at all. Not because that I won't be able to enjoy Natsuki service like this (Well, it's one of the reason TBH) ,

It's because Mizuki Kawashita-sensei did not give me a good ending to the story.

Actually, it's kinda okay for me, since it's not really a Harem ending. But the ending did not tell us if Kouta actually did end up with Natsuki. Me is not amused.

Me was so happy when I see this picture, I thought that it's more or less decided that Kouta X Natsuki ending is the actual ending. And I am supporting that couple.

But Kawashita-sensei gave us this instead.

An ending that's rather.. vague, is that the right word?

So more on Ane Doki manga now.

Ane Doki is a manga about 13 year old Kouta living together with a mysterious 17 year old airheaded onee-sama character, that is, Natsuki. Or is it the other way round?
Ane Doki is drawn and written by the mangaka of Ichigo 100% and Hatsukoi Limited. I saw that right away. Kawashita-sensei's amazing artwork can be recognized from a mile away.

I shan't reveal much about the story, but it basically tells us the everyday life of Kouta and Natsuki, and other free loaders at Kouta's house. It also dwells the relationship between Natsuki and her sisters, Kouta and Natsuki, and some others.

A really good romance manga, although I am sure that the story could be longer. The last few chapters felt kinda rushed. I could tell that the manga's ending without be told prior.

Ane Doki could get a second season, IMO, but it'd spoil the mood of the manga, since it's about the love between a 17 year old bishoujo and a 13 year old shota. The fact that the main character is young is a factor to why this manga is so interesting. No, me isn't shotacon.

Well, as usual, the stars would come out.

Art : ★★★★
➘Well, the drawings of Kawashita-sensei haven't changed much since Ichigo 100%, although there are some little difference. I found it kinda weird at first, but soon got used to it and started enjoying it.

Characters : ★★★★★
➘A really nice blend of character. A loli, a onee-sama, a tsundere, a shota and the list goes on. And somehow , everyone seems to just blend into the story, without making things feels weird, since I must say that the list is kinda weird.

Story : ★★★
➘The plot is very interesting. A cute shotaro boy and a onee-sama live and sleep together. What could ever have happen? Read Ane Doki.The ending pulls the whole thing down by a star or two.

In conclusion, Ane Doki is a manga that is worth your few hours or less to sit in front of the monitor to read the 26 chapters. If you enjoy other romantic comedy such as Love HINA or Nagasarete Airantou, then I must say that Ane Doki's just for you.

Overall : ★★★✰ (Note white star means half a star)
➘the art, plot and everything else of the story is really very amazing. But as I said, the ending is disappointing, to me at least.

 Links

Ane Doki Manga

Zone 8 Tee

noreply@blogger.com (bcotaku) — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:18:00 +0000

Hey there! Awhile back, I got my Zone Tee, so let's compare it too the corp tee.

The Front

This is the front of the Zone Tee.

And this is the front of the Corp Tee.

The Back

The back of the Zone Tee

And the back of the Corp Tee.

Side By Side

Hahas. My thoughts about the shirts
Zone Tee - Looks nice and plain , but the materials is thick.
Corp Tee - Messy but nice design. Nice to wear ^^;

Any Sirs, NCO or w/e not happy that I post the pictures tell me. I delete the post ^^;

Life in SJAB. Year 2009.

noreply@blogger.com (bcotaku) — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:02:00 +0000

Long Post Warning.


SJAB, Year 2009

2009, a new year, a new school, a new CCA,
Decided to pick a UG since school doesn't allow us to join Clubs.
Somehow, I picked SJAB. Why? I have no idea.
At first, the NCO were friendly.
They kept smiling and encouraging us.
Played games with us,
and taught us with much patience.

As the days go by, the seniors got fiercer and fiercer.
They showed us the face they never shown before
And started punishments.
I realised,
My Life in a UG started.
For real this time.

Week after week, the cycle was the same.
Fall in, Drills, First Aid, PT
With scoldings and punishments in between.
I remember when I first heard the phrase 'Whole lot, KNOCK IT DOWN!'
I never thought this day would come.
The Sergeants were always so kind before.

Then, came their POP.
We bid our trainers goodbye and welcome new trainers.
They weren't any more kinder.
We got drilled, pumped and scolded,
Week after week, by our new trainers.

The day came : Our BFA.
Filled with mixed emotions,
The squad went to the HQ for the first time.
Took the test and everything
Followed by a round of scoldings by Sir,
Our standard was just not good enough.

Somehow or other,
All of us managed to pass the test.
We earned our Private Rank.
We finally got our uniform.
Excitedly, I ran home with the new uniform,
Pestering my mum to sew the Flash on.

Training with uniform was different.
It was weird, in fact.
The shoe was kind of slippery
And it hurt our ankles.

Then, Sir came and told us this:
"We're going for FAC."
The squad was like
"What? But.. We're just Standard Ones!"

Our training schedule got packed.
Very packed.
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays,
And even during holidays.
Day after day,
We were trained by our Sir

Selaku, Slow March, Hormat, Pandang
We learnt all these new drills.
We practised.
We learnt
And we got scolded

Comp Trainings was packed,
but strangely enjoyable.
It gave me something I'll never think I'll have,
An interest in Foot Drills.

Since Comp Trainings isn't CIM,
We got a little slack.
We trained without uniform,
We got off with most of our mistakes
And I guess I took them for Granted.

Organised trainings was over,
But our squad think it's not enough.
We have self training every week.
And we had lots of fun.
The trainings soon are over,
And so is the year.

2010 January 1 - January 8

A new year came and school started.
CCA started, and Comp training began, once again.
We learnt TOC and I was in fact, loving it quite alot.
Then, without knowing, CIM also started,
The Punishments came back.
I was doubting my choice of CCA,
And was thinking of quitting.

I wasn't happy with my CCA.
In fact, I hated it.
But it was so very enjoyable (except for the punishments)
I know I would miss everything if I quit
But I know I'll enjoy it more when I quit.

The decision is about to be made.
To quit, or not to quit.
That is the question.

What happened to those TV screens on buses after the TVMobile contract expires.

noreply@blogger.com (bcotaku) — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:44:00 +0000

So,the TVMobile contract for SBS buses ended at New year's eve. What might those screens be doing sitting in the buses all day long? Probably showing this. Would be better if the screen get taken down tho.

I am downloading anime but has no more space?

noreply@blogger.com (bcotaku) — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 14:49:00 +0000

Downloading anime comes at a price. You can see your disk space going down. down. and down. So obviously, the price is more hard drives. I can somehow see myself either crying due to no space, crying due to lagging or crying due to my money flying away in the near future.

So, today, BCOtaku here, which usually doesn't give a damn about how much space he's got left is worried. Why is he worried you ask? Take a look at the picture below.
Oh wait. Blogger's been screwin with the image uploader, so click on the pictures to get a better view.
But don't get distracted by the moesome girl having one of her moements

Yea, you might say I've still got 132GB left. What's the big deal. there's still quite alot, right?
Now take a look at what I'm torrenting.
Once again, click on the picture. No moe girls this time

See? Do the maths and you'll see how I'm worrying. Probably gonna spend all of my money on an internal hard drive + enclosure or an external hard drive.
Any idea where they sell internal hard drives and enclosure in Tampines? I'm the Isumi typed person that get lost easily that's why I don't want to leave Tampines. Or tell me which shop in Sim Lim/Funan can be trusted, coz I've never been there before.
Good luck to me.

What? Today is the start of the new year?

noreply@blogger.com (bcotaku) — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 08:14:00 +0000

Erm. yeah. So starting today, it's 2010. But I didn't realise it until someone said "Happy New Year" to me awhile ago. I was like "What New Year?"
So it's the New Year. Everybody had fun celebrating it? I didn't. I have to help out at my parent's store as usual.
2009 had been an interesting year, I've met many new (and often weird) people. It's also the year I officially became a Secondary School Student. Let's not mention it's also the year where I have to go for compulsory CCA and I somehow picked SJAB. Oh wait. I mentioned it. Let's leave it like that.
So, a list of things that happened to me in 2009 that is worth (and not worth) mentioning

Started studying in CCHMS

Bought a MacBook

Grown Taller

Joined SJAB

Get more active online

Started loving ecchi. Don't look at me like that. I only started liking ecchi this year.

Went to AFA09.

Love Lion by May'n

Got 1.5k posts on OMF

Became an Admin in CCHMSJAB Forum

Is the only non NCO admin.

Hated CCA more than before.

Get more exposed to Otaku in Singapore. Although only a *little* more.

Is not looking forward to 2010. Because it's the year where the Nightmare Camp AKA JNCO Camp is going to take place for me. Also the streaming year. Have to study harder.
But other than that I guess 2010 is fine. I'll be looking forward to 2011 more, since it's the time I become an NCO and get to scold people. Well, provided that I survived 2010 first.

Plan for 2010 is to live. Yes. To live through the year. Also maybe buy some stuff, my first figure perhaps? But have to make sure there is a place to display her (or him) first.

So, what's the first 3 manga I read this year?

1. Black Lagoon: It's also the last Manga I read last year. I was finishing it up yesterday and before I knew it, it's 2010.
2. Mayoi Neko Overrun!: It's the new manga by Kentaro Yabuki. The artist of TLR. It's really nice. Give it a shot.; Just finished chapter 275 before I wrote this. It's epic. Mana made an appearance. No more spoiler for you.

So that's it. First post of the year. Happy New Year evryone!