Fantasy In Reality

Moena's 2013-2015 Quick Update~!

2015-11-12T09:45:00.000-08:00

Hellooooooo!!!

It's been almost 2 years I haven't posted anything! My life had been up and down and I guess I had been too busy to blog. Looking at my last post, it was actually Fuwa Fuwa Time Maid Cafe's first year posting!

I'm gonna post quite a number of photos because a picture tells more than a thousand words (｡◕‿◕｡)

- 2013 -

So there was a competition among the Maids during the 1st year of Fuwa Fuwa Maid Cafe.

And I made it to 1st Runner-up maid of 2013 together with Chiaki (2 Runner-up) and Aika (Champion)~!

We took pictures with our special guest, The 501st Legion, Malaysia's Outpost - Star Wars Troopers!

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After that I flew to Kuala Lumpur to attend Comic Fiesta with my sister and friends~! It was a very eventful trip! Trying to cut it short, the most memorable thing I remember at Comic Fiesta was meeting many people and one of them was Naneee? !

We often seen Naneee's lovely photos of cosplayers and now I'm so happy he help take a photo of my Momozono Nanami cosplay!

My Momozono Nanami cosplay shot by Nanee? <3

It was an eye opening experience for me to work with a professional at that time. I'm really into cosplay photography and I really admired his concentration as the took each photo and adjusted the lightning each time I changed position.

Then I also met Zhirong!

My Orihime cosplay, shot by Foxfoo Photography

He is very friendly and very nice! His photographs are amazing, you can see more at his page Foxfoo Photography.

- 2014 -

In 2014 I didn't even have time to update at all since I was flying here and there so much!

To summarize:

In June - Magi Kou Empire Photo Shoot

I'm Kougyoku Ren~ the 3rd character from the right.

Kougyoku and Judal (by Kenny)! My favorite pairing in Magi! :3

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In July - I went to Penang for CosPlay League Vol. 1

Group photo with everyone!

I was Songstress Yuna next to Molly Eberwein. Aza Miyuko came as Kotori. The guy in the middle is her manager. Top right of him is my sis Becky! And there were many amazing cosplayers here in the midst! I'm happy to meet everyone!

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In August

Manage to have a photo shoot for Shiro - No Game No Life

Shiro (No Game No Life)

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Then in Sept it's Otafuse! I was so rush for costume and dances!

Arise Team! I'm Yuki Anjuu~

https://instagram.com/p/tC-uRjGi7y/

https://www.facebook.com/Big.Catz.06/videos/500084443461058/

It was a school theme for Otafuse 2014~ We all really enjoyed it!

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In Dec, I went to Anime Festival Asia Singapore ( AFA SG 2014). It was awesome!

I manage to take a photo with:

Yuegene, Kaname and Reika (as Yukari, Mikoto, & Reisi Munakata)!!!! I got their signatures too on my Angela's K album! *super happy to meet all 3 of them together*!!!

I met Danny Choo @ Culture Japan booth!

And I was also super lucky to meet H , Judy and Akatsuki Tsukasa cosplaying as Hinakawa, Akane and Shion from Psycho-pass! Their helper was so nice to allow me to take a picture with them <3 Sankyuu so much!

The remaining few days I also visited Universal Studio at Sentosa Island. It was great fun and I fell in love with Singapore!

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After my SG trip, I flew back to KK for Hobbycon ~ Our Fuwa Fuwa Time Maid Cafe theme for 2014 was Wonderland Tea Party!

Fuwa Fuwa Time Wonderland Tea Party - Maid Cafe

Team Tokusatsu visited us!

This was some of the souvenir you can get from the cafe >v<

Bookmarks of the meidos~

This cute illustration of me was drawn by Maguro <3

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After that, the next week I flew to KL for Comic Fiesta!

Before CF, I had a photoshoot with Taka ^-^ He's a photographer who could take photos that tells a deep story. I am really glad we could get a long really well! He shot my Yaya cosplay beautifully~

Yaya - Unbreakable Machine Doll. Moena. Photo by Int. Photography

At Comic Fiesta I manage to meet a few friends. Couldn't really do much because it was so crowded this year and wasn't able to watch my friends that went for competition. But here's the highlights for CF2014

Special Guests were King, Mon, Liui, and Aza!

Unfortunately I don't have much photos from this trip because I accidentally wiped of all my data from my phone. It got rolled back. The only pics were uploaded photos from my instagram (moena_riu) ^^;

- 2015 -

After coming back from CF, I manage to work together with Vencent, Videl & Buma to shoot my Stephanie Dola from No Game No Life ~

Stephanie Dola from No Game No Life

I really appreciate the chance to be able to work with Videl and Buma senpais~! Not to mention, Vencent who is a great photographer! (He also shot my Mirajane in 2013)

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This year my house had been under renovations for more than 6 months! I couldn't believe it either. My mom got greedy, lol! It started from her room, to her toilet, to an electronic gate, to the whole front porch, to an extra living room, to my sis' room, my second sis' room and then to my room! Imagine having to live in the house when the renovations are in process! There's only 1-2 worker each time, that's why it's taking like forever! My costume making went on hold! D:

During the last renovation month I couldn't stand it anymore and moved out for a month with my friend Sharon. She is very caring and I am always very thankful I had her as a friend since 2004. Although we don't often meet, she's one of my friend I can really relax with (maybe because she scolds me a lot, like a mom!). She even prepare breakfast for me and braid my hair each morning before I go to classes when I'm there.

Waterfall Braid by Sharon <3

Up till now, I repeatedly wore my clothes each week because I still have 3 of my suitcase filled with clothes that I haven't unpack! #noshame :X My room and study room system is kinda a mess now. I don't really know how to start! LOL!

Even though I should be reorganizing my bedroom, but I think I would like to reorganize my living room first. Gonna try and set up my sewing corner as soon as I can since I want to start making costumes! I will be going to AFA SG this year again so I hope I'm able to bring a new simple costume. Hope to take more photos this time to redeem my last trip because my 2014 AFA and SG photos were wiped out due to hard disc breakdown on my Mac (￣(ｴ)￣) . And so, I got a new MSI gaming laptop! Thanks to Timmy, Edwin and Bahamut for choosing it for me~!

With this laptop, I got hooked to Final Fantasy 14 - A Realm Reborn.

This year I'm also slowly getting more interested in music. I now know how to appreciate nice talented musicians. I wish someone would play the piano or violin for me now, Really feel like listening to beautiful piano & violin music~ Year of #ShigatsuKimiNoUso
Plus I was also asked to MC and sing for small assembly. I'm still a newbie, can't get the rhythm and key correct (I was tone deaf when I'm young (●´⌓`●) . I hope to learn more because I know the head of my school would force me up on stage again (*・〜・*) .

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June - I went to SG again~ I went there to meet my French housemate from Oxford and to celebrate my birthday there~ <3

Thanks to Timmy for the Haagendaz ice-cream cake!

And I manage to go to Funan Anime Matsuri which I was really lucky to learn a lot of things from their workshops, especially one of my KL friend, Alex's! (I still remember his outward appearance didn't change much since 2010, very easy to spot him! lol~) He is now famously known as A.R.C. Photography and he has even shot for Aza Miyuko~ I was actually very happy to see him there! ^-^

There were also a lot of interesting people there. There were 2 Mirai Illustrators! DMYO sensei and Ikkyuu Sensei. For cosplay celebrities....there's Angie, Yingtze, Baozi&Hana, DD-Tenka, Fuyuu-Kaji, Neneko, Shimo. There's also Bless4 anisong artist there~

Angie, Yingtze, DD-Tenka, Fuyuu-Kaji, Baozi&Hana, Shimo, Neneko.

Plus there's no entrance ticket~ Just walk into the mall!

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July - Had another Magi photoshoot~ Have to wait patiently for Edgar to produce pictures~

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August - Flew to KL then travelled to CyberJaya for a week for RSC then rushed back for Synchronise Roadshow Cosplay competition with Becky~

I love this skit so much~ Becky and I were really into FFX when we were young~ We worked together to play the game and now I was so happy we could perform a FFX skit together! Thanks so much sista for insisting to join the competition!

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Sept - OTAFUSE~! This year I didn't cosplay for Otafuse because I decided to give back to the event by helping out. I have been enjoying myself each year but this year it's time to work to allow others to enjoy~

I was approached to handle an important task - Taking care of guests! So yay~ I get to see Angie & YingTze again!

I am still in shock going to Karaoke with YingTze...because of her choice of songs! lol! (✽ ﾟдﾟ ✽)

I really enjoyed both of them very much~! They are very nice and positive people~ They can be really funny at times! YingTze even gave me a photo book as a souvenir for taking care of her! Arigatou <3 *treasure it*

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Oct - Halloween event~

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Oh ya, this weekend there's Mini Hobbycon at Suria! Entrance is free! I hope you KK folks would come and visit! Fuwa Fuwa Maid Cafe will be making an appearance~! We'll be offering some cute & delicious meido snacks and selling some limited merchandise. Hope to see you there!

This year's Fuwa Fuwa Time Maid Cafe theme is Sailormoon!!!

FFT: "Our pretty and clumsy Moena chan as the pretty sailor suited soldier of Love and Justice, Sailor Moon!"

Yes, I'm quite a clumsy & blur person in real life, lol. Please bear with me~lol ( #●´艸`)

Thanks for reading my super long quick-update! I ended up writing 10 times more than I have intended *laughs*

I can't squeeze everything in but looking back help me record my histories, appreciate my life and count my blessings! I think God has been really good to me <3 He is amazing~! You all should get to know him too~ He gave me many eventful and happy memories till today and all He wants was for me to be happy~!

Well, I hope to update more often in the future! For now I have to go get ready for tomorrow's Running Man event organised in my school!

XOXO,

Moena

Fuwa Fuwa Time Maid Cafe

2013-12-11T01:50:00.002-08:00

Harrowww!

This year's Hobbycon I wont be cosplaying since I am now part of Fuwa Fuwa Time Maid Cafe!

Here's the selected maids~

All of them are unique in their own ways with awesome maid personalities! <3

Our poster - Maguro is our headmaid and Aly is our helper guest maid.

I'm so happy to be in a poster like that! >v<

Chibi version! Maguro made us all shoooo cute!!! ＞▽＜

I'm really happy to be able to be able to mingle around with all the moe maids, hehehe...

But at the same time, I am a bit sad because I cannot go down to meet and take pictures with a lot of cosplayers! D:

So, I hope you all would think of me and come up to Fuwa Fuwa Time to find me instead! ღ(˘⌣˘)

And please take polaroid pictah with me because I want to take pictures with you all but obviously I cannot unless it's the polaroid from the cafe, huehuehue.

~~I promise I would steal the polaroid from you~~ :X I promise I will decorate it nicely for you so please take a picture of it and upload + tag me so I can keep those wonderful memories with everyone~

See you all there!

Mata ne goshujin-sama & ojou-sama~!

❤❣*(*´∀｀*)❣❤

MOENA NEEDS HELP!

2013-09-26T04:44:00.001-07:00

Hi all~!

I recently joined Hobbycon Weekly Photo competition and I need your help to vote! Would be happy if you all kind souls out there would lend a hand for me~

Please like my picture here in facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=511024558984824&set=pb.118068384947112.-2207520000.1380188944

Voting period ends by 30 sept 2013

Thanks for helping!

(´ ▽｀).。ｏ♡

Love,

Meido Moena

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ZOMBIE TIME - Lyrics for Plants Vs. Zombies 2 - Credits Song

2013-09-20T21:05:00.000-07:00

Hi guys! It's about time for an update!

Recently I'm really crazy over Plants Vs. Zombie 2 games. We all know Plants vs. Zombie game is really addictive. With the second game out, I tell you, it's even more challenging and addictive than the first!

I'm lazy so I'm just reusing photos from my instagram

When it just came out, I feel so lucky to have an iOS interface accidentally set to Australia to be able to play it! HOHO!

Now I'm looking forward to FAR FUTURE to be released! That's the 4th world with alien zombies!

Taken from my instagram

I see a space ship! How long in the Far Future do we need to wait?

By the way, you could listen to a cool song in the 'Menu > Options > Credits' section. It's really awesome and it made me want to sing along!

BUT! I couldn’t find the lyrics for Zombie Time anywhere on the internet! So, I’ve prepared the lyrics for all those Plants vs. Zombie fans! Let’s sing along now! >v<

Hope you'll enjoy it!

P.S. Let me know if you hear the lyrics differently as those damn zombies have terrible grammar.

Lyrics for:

ZOMBIE TIME

Plants vs. Zombies 2 (Credits Song)

Performed by: Caspar Babypants

Music Done By: Chris Ballew

Anytime it’s Zombie Time!
I better, plant plants so the dead can’t eat my mind!
Back and forth it’s Zombie Time!
It feels, super groovy to be, uprooted in time!

Do it again it’s Zombie Time~

I know, it’s kinda wacko that a Taco could be that GOOD!

Time after time it’s Z-Z-Zombie Time!

Plants just want to grow~ (Be brave, that what zombie do)

Time grows fast and slow~ (Zombie detour, at the future)

Plants will keep you safe~ (Tock! Tick! Tock! Zombie walk!)

God know Taco for days~ (Baby I will ged-it out your brains on a silver platter!)

Anytime it’s zombie time!

I better, plant plants so the dead can’t eat my mind!

Back and forth it’s Zombie Time!

It feels, super groovy to be, uprooted in time!

Do it again it’s Zombie Time~

I know, it’s kinda wacko that a Taco could be that GOOD!

Time after time it’s Z-Z-Zombie Time!

Plants can shoot, defend, and blast! (Zombie no care, stagger and stare!)

Plant them in the distant past (Zombie want too, we want you!)

Plants are crafty creatures! (We zombie, that hurt we)

Plants in the distant future (It’s race through time in space and zombies love to travel!)

Still I’m dead in the past,

Still I’m dead in the future,

At last my plant mattered last,

We’ll get that zombie creature~

Anytime it’s Zombie Time!

I better, plant plants so the dead can’t eat my mind!

Back and forth it’s Zombie Time!

Super groovy to be, uprooted in time!

Do it again it’s Zombie Time~

I know, it’s kinda wacko that a Taco could be that GOOD!

Time after time it’s Z-Z-Zombie Time! ( x4 )

Lyrics prepared by: Moena

From,

Another crazy Plants vs. Zombies 2 lover – Moena ^-^

Lucy X Loke - Love Makes Spirits Stronger

2013-06-24T09:59:00.001-07:00

I kinda feel guilty for being so excited to post a new post about my fairy tail dream and not about my recent fairy tail photoshoot, ops! So here it is~

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♥ Love Makes Spirits Stronger ♥

Lucy Heartfilia and the Leader of the 12 Golden Zodiac Keys Loke

Anime:

Fairy Tail

Cast:

Lucy Heartfilia by Moena (me!)
Loke (Leo the Lion) by Loke Unilion Leo (ロキザカド)
Plue/Nikola by my handmade plushie Plue XD

Photographed by:

Coloureddoodles

I really love this shot a lot! >v<

Lucy Heartfilia is a Celestial Spirit Mage. She's in the Fairy Tail Guild and she is very kind towards Celestial Spirits and sometimes even to her enemies or rivals which is why I love her so much. She treats her Celestial Spirits just like friends instead of addressing them as the owner.

In the anime, Loke is a Celestial Spirit disguised as a human as he is trapped in the human world. He joined the Fairy Tail Guild and is kinda flirtatious towards women. However, his affection is now directed towards Lucy when she managed to save his life by convincing the Celestial Spirit King to allow Loke to go back to the Celestial Spirit World. At that point, Loke was about to disappear since he is almost out of spirit energy to remain on earth land. Not being able to go back to the Celestial Spirit World means that he will just disappear into thin air. The Celestial Spirit King was impressed by Lucy's determination to save Loke so he removed the ban. In exchange, Loke must atone for his sins by protecting and serving Lucy, which then, his key materialized and Loke handed it to Lucy gratefully.

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Loke and I planned this shoot after the Animax Carnival in March 2013. We met there and liked each other's cosplay immediately! Loke became a really nice close friend of mine on the spot! We finally did the shoot in June 2013 when I could finally fly to KL for my holidays. Esther, who is Loke's best friend is our photographer of the day! Our first suggested location was at 1 Utama but then we got our favorite shot after playing the Dance Evolution Machine as well as after having our dinner at Tenshi no Cafe at e@Curve, hahaha! Thanks to the lovely supportive meidos who allowed us to shoot there~!

Thank you for being my amazing cheesy Loke dear Loke and thanks for the lovely shot dear Esther~

Miss hanging out with you girls already~! Hope to see you girls in December when I will be flying to KL again!

Lucy signing off~

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My Journey To Earthland

2013-06-24T06:54:00.001-07:00

I was as usual, sitting there one afternoon drinking milky tea at the garden and trying to get my homework done... Suddenly out of nowhere, out came Gajeel who said nothing but "tsuite koi" (follow me) in a solemn sad manner. I think because of his expression or maybe because he is a Fairy Tail character, I decided to follow him without any questions. And apparently I left all my stuffs there and just walked with him. (I guess I will never do this in real life, or at least I would at least grab my laptop along so if you haven't noticed, this is just my afternoon nap dream XD )

We walk through a few blocks of shops with cars zooming by. We took a few turns and the crowd lessens... eventually we arrived at an area where there weren't anyone around.

Gajeel halted at the alley, without warning, said "Ikkuze" (I don't know how to pronounce it... I kinda know it means let's go in my dream)

Then we were inside another dimension and there were white sparks / beams or whatever it is which keeps moving like electric or something. Knowledge seemed to flow into my mind without reason. I knew we were going to the Anime world and there's even a manual showing me in my mind that I will go blind in the real world because of the transformation, since anime eyes and real eyes are so different. The portal is asking me in my mind whether I would like to go ahead and I nodded. The transformation was complete and I got anime eyes! I was kinda shocked at first, knowing that I will go blind in real life if I ever to return to my world. At that moment, I didn't tell Gajeel because I don't want him to feel guilty for asking me to come. And at that time, I kinda know(?) that Gajeel is asking me to go to Fairy Tail Earthland to help them.

So, we arrived... spit out by the portal and it seemed like the portal was opened up by a machine located in the basement. We were in a place with grey bricked walls, felt like were were at the basement of a castle. It has a medieval feel. Then we heard footsteps and Gajeel's face turned into a very alert and serious mode. I whispered "let's hide" sensing the tensed atmosphere and the danger. We planned to hide behind big flags hanging on the wall but the flags doesn't extend until the floor so it will look very obvious. At the moment of danger, I don't really know why or how, I managed to conjure up a fake hologram wall by extending my hands. I was so scared of being discovered that I kept shivering. Gajeel looked at me with amazement and it felt like he understand my uhh call it magic? more than me.

Two person with army robes walked in to check the portal room and they were talking. From the looks of it, they were not mere clueless soldiers. I was so nervous as they walk around the basement... and then, it seemed like they were walking towards our direction! Which means they were about to walk through my hologram and bump into us!

Gajeel grabbed my waist with his left hand and jumped up to the ceiling, with his right hand grabbing onto a budged out brick on the wall. The two person felt some wind movement and look towards the higher wall but they didn't see anything... one of them was trying to touch the wall but luckily it was an area lower than our position. My stretched out hands is still holding out the hologram. My heart is beating so fast...

The light was shining in through the window... It is also day time over there in Earthland....

Then...

I WOKE UP! D:

ARRHHH!!!! Why do I have to wake up now??? I want to continue my dream please!!!!

Hmm, Gajeel had a dead look in his eyes, those kind of expression where someone has lost everything in his life. So I assumed something must have happened to Levy but I didn't have the chance to ask him. This dream made me want to read Fairy Tail manga! Up until now, I have been resisting the manga because I only watch the anime....didn't want it to spoil the anime but I'm so curious on what happened in their world now and what happened to the guild! Dang, I really want to continue my dream!

(photo from fairy.wikia.com)

Gajeel, not really my favorite characters in Fairy Tail but he was kinda kakkoii in my dream as he grabbed my waist with only one arm!!!

That't all about my dream... I hope I get to write a continuation on what will happen...

P.S. It happened during my 1 hour nap... And, I woke up sweating... a bit tensed yet grateful because I can still see with my eyes, hahaha! I hope part 2 can take place during my 8 hours sleep so I could stay in their world longer :D

Back In The Land Below The Wind

2013-03-08T09:58:00.000-08:00

I'm back in KK now~! Yahhoo!

Now I can start working on more cosplans!

I've finished my conquest in England and shall continue to adventure with some fairies here, hehe...

Recently I was so busy I forgot to update my blog a bit so here's what I did - I made it back in time for one vocaloid group photoshoot and KK Cosplay Club invitation to UMS (few previous posts). I was still busy with long distance homework at that time so I'm not allowed to announce officially that I'm back :X

Then there's the GAME ON night at Pan Pacific Sutera where a group of us were paid and treated like 'Artis' (that's what the title on my table says) to keep those people excited throughout the night. We were also pampered with 5-stars hotel dinner and pen drive freebies for coming. WAW!

And there's the UMS Cultural Night which I had missed where both times I was 16+ hours away by flight! This time I get to go and enjoy it. UMS Cultural Night with Bon Odori brings so much of 'Nihon' feel to our beloved city. It was really fun! I'm so happy I finally get to watch KKB88 Hakumei Dance LIVE!

And because I'm the missing lazy member who's not around to contribute for more than a year... I happily volunteered myself to record it there for them ^^"

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Next, HOBBYCON!

You see, and I had squeezed enough free time to prepare 2 sets of cosplays (although I still procrastinated a lot, like usual XD ).

This time I'm really happy with my sewing speed. My sewing machine must have missed me lots so it didn't jam that much to show her love for my return! Aww~!

AND SO, I managed to bring 2 versions of Lucy to Hobbycon this year! >v<

DAY 1:

This is my favourite Lucy outfit! It's so cute and sweet at the same time <3

DAY 2:

Photo credites to Joan Tseu

Special thanks to Vironica for borrowing me her Nikola!

I wore this for Day 2 because me and my sis managed to form a Fairy Tail group last minute and this version fits the overall group better.

Here's two really nice videos from Hobbycon 2012 if you would like to get a feel of ACG event in Sabah :

Try to spot me! >v<

Video made by Jack

Video by Pjal

I'm really happy to see all my awesome cosplayer friends that I missed so much! They are so good in what they do now. There's even more cool props maker in KK now~! Especially my own sis who leveled up so much! Ho ho.... I saw part of how she managed to put her Erza Heaven's Will Armour together! It's really amazing!

Our community had really grown a lot since the first time I started cosplaying. It's so fun to see everyone grow ^-^

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I also did a photoshoot with Richard for his promotional materials. This time I dressed up as Lenne (FFX-2) together with Becky as Yuna (FFX-2), Leon Carbine and Rei Robin. It was good to be able to work with such a passionate photographer with so much experience and I learned so much from him! Thank you!

Here's some future updates:

I'll be going to KL next week for Animax Carnival 2013! Looking forward to see May'N 's performance and to meet my friends from Semenanjung! Hope some of them didn't run off to AFA in SG on the same date >.< If you're there, please cheer for me too since I'm really nervous for the competition.

And one more update, catch me at IPEX, this end of March at Sabah Trade Centre. I'll be cosing in the morning session from 10am - 2pm. Looking forward to put some smiles in the faces of those kids who would be there for the colouring contest~!

That's the gist of it... phew, this was a bit long - my fault for not updating more often, eheh.

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P.S. Pray for Peace in Sabah as we are currently facing some terrorist attack where some schools are closed and a lot of policemen had died.

Take care minna, stay safe!!!!

またね~!

Moena flying off!

Nissan Sunny

2012-11-10T04:26:00.000-08:00

I have a very old car at home. Her name is Sunny and she's 25 years old. For a car this old it is still running smoothly! I came back from UK and gave a run at Sunny. My sis doesn't really like to drive her unless there's no choice since my old Sunny is a manual car and the outside was covered with some battle scars. So, the car was not driven much and was covered with dust. Not to mention, there's spider webs all around and lizard droppings on the car!!! I kinda had to take the broom and sweep the car, literally! lol!

Sunny and I speed along the highway of Kolombong yesterday! (Some of my friends know how fond I am of speeding, I beat many of my guy friends at informal races :X). I wowed at her engine. My mom definitely did something to maintain it :3 As long as it is running smoothly I'm alright with driving her :) I think I am used to hearing the sound of her engine humming when I drive on smooth lane and love her roar when she accelerates.

The hardness of this car actually saved my life once! There was once where a Kancil speed out of no where while I was driving slowly in a small lane. It hit Sunny's side. The front part of that Kancil was gone! Sunny's driver seat door was amazingly hard and it was able to withstand the impact so here I am now, alive and fine! ^-^

So when the new Nissan Sunny (ALMERA) came out, I was actually very interested! It must have Sunny's legacy! But I had emotional bond with my old Sunny so I might not change it that soon. But here's some picture of the new generation of Sunny!

If anyone of you are interested in buying a new Nissan car, please contact Isaac Tan at 016 776 1213. He gives good service and consultation. For special discount on the full price of the car (any Nissan model) and additional discount on accessories (e.g.: GPS navigation system), mention my name together with this code:

This code is valid until 13th February 2013 only :)

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Anyways, when I came across this article online criticizing old cars, I kinda felt offended for my Sunny :(

"After 10 years, they are as good as junk in many cases and that is one of the many reasons there are numerous accidents on Malaysian roads. Limit the life span of cars on the roads to 10 or 15 years. Malaysian cars (made in Malaysia) do not have the strength to survive beyond 10 years in reality. So do many of the foreign brands in the country. To make the car industry more vibrant, a 10 year limit on cars of a certain brand and make would be most welcomed as it would increase road safety."

Hmmph! Not my Sunny! She's still healthy and well! Most accidents are caused by reckless drivers! Not old cars :P And I think Nissan cars can definitely withstand long years!

Vocaloid - Cosplay : Art By Yunomi

2012-11-08T05:00:00.002-08:00

One day, my friend Chiaki stumbled upon this art by Yunomi, the same artist for ' Just Be Friends '. Suddenly, she had a strong urge of wanting to wear the same outfit worn by Meiko in this wallpaper! Her fever was contagious... eventually she ended up infecting all of us as well! And WALA, a full group cosplay!

Cosers:

Kaito - Lazy Grace

Luka - Moena (me!)

Miku - Sakuya

Gakupo - Amber

Rin - Fushigi

Miki - Becky
Gumi - Mas Light

Len - Macoto

Meiko - Chiaki

Photographers:

Edgar

Christine

Helpers:

Mbek

George

Kikuza

The full photos from the main photographer is not out yet, so this is just a teaser :3

Photo by: Christine Lee

Look forward to it! Hopefully will be out in a month's time? ^^"

Mata ne~

Orihime Inoue ( 井上織姫 ) - Bleach Cosplay

2012-11-04T06:59:00.001-08:00

As I haven't taken any proper picture of my Inoue Cosplay (first debut at Hyper Japan 2012), here's it is ^-^

Cosplayer: Moena

Costume: by me

Photographer: Becky

Picture taken in the tent behind the stage when KK Cosplay Club was invited to UMS to spice up an event.

Hope to post more pictures soon when I have time.

Mata ne~

Original Quote

2012-10-29T06:49:00.000-07:00

I was talking to my sis the other day in church.... because the topic of the conversation, I told her

"Pride is the root of sin."

and she also thinks it was a great quote. And I told her that I came up with it :3

It's something I realized from analyzing things happening and why some people become who they are and why their actions are so sinful even though many of them are Christians. We fall, we are not perfect, we make mistakes. However, I do realise something which happens in lots of cases where the actions of sin came from. And then I realsied Mr.Satan loooooves to play on our PRIDE.

I originally just to put this quote on my skype because someone dear to me is a prideful person so it's to warn him. Some of my friends also notice this quote and told me during lectures that they thought it is true.

Pride brings forth unreasonable bad anger, desire to be better than others (desire for money / fame / material) and it prevents you from listening to others, especially God when he tries to reach you. Because of pride, you put yourself on top of everything. When you see others who are better at you or have things you wanted or just being happier than you, you will somehow feel some dislike towards that person's achievement and success. By not having what you see others have, it will bring forth envy. Envy, if not careful, will grow into hate. It will also cause unsatisfactory feeling inside you. Soon hate and / or disatisfaction will cause you to do reckless sinful things in life such as revenge, cheat, betray, steal, kill etc... name all the sins.

That's all I have to say. Sometimes knowledge is power. By knowing the consequences of sin and fearing them, you can prevent sin. So once you feel pride creeping inside you, tell yourself to think of only the good things. Tell yourself it's time to be humble ;)

Agape Love

2012-10-28T15:34:00.000-07:00

I woke up in the middle of the night with a conscious to receive the answer I have been praying for.

It is something I felt important that I have to pen down so that I myself do not forget and where better place to keep reminding myself other than my blog where I can access anywhere?

First thing was about my current relationship aka my current love life. The true gifts that really matters should come from the Spirit. To compare what I have been receiving and to what the Holy Spirit can give-

Fruits of the Holy Spirit:
1) Love
2) Joy
3) Peace
4) Patience
5) Kindness
6) Goodness
7) Faithfulness
8) Gentleness
9) Self-control

I was lacking in receiving all these and I felt constantly not at peace. A true relationship should have these and I should not compromise in his weakness. I should share this with him. The high in monetary value or flashy romantic gifts does not matter anymore. This is the first answer given unto me.

Second was this, the direction I am heading. To not be affected and to have Agape Love.

I googled the meaning of Agape Love and wiki gave me this meaning:
"Agape" love in 1 Corinthians 13, it is sacrificial, demonstrated by Jesus' death on the cross, does not display itself haughtily. It is not conceited (arrogant and inflated with pride); it is not rude (unmannerly) and does not act unbecomingly. Love (God's love in and for man) does not insist on its own rights or its own way, for it is not self-seeking; it is not touchy or fretful or resentful; it takes no account of the evil done to it [it pays no attention to a suffered wrong]. It does not rejoice at injustice and unrighteousness, but rejoices when right and truth prevail. Love bears up under anything and everything that comes, is ever ready to believe the best of every person, its hopes do not fade under any circumstances, and it endures everything without weakening. [Love never becomes obsolete or comes to an end]. Love never fails."

The definition helps me to put myself back into the right mind. God knows what I have gone through and how I am feeling, how I keep telling Him how I feel and this is what I have to develop and receive the gift / ability to have Agape Love in the things I am facing because this is GOD's way and I should not follow my own way. So the distinction and doubts whether things just pop up my mind or was I doing things by my way was cleared.

And His command:
"And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love." 2 John 1:6

Now I am feeling so much transformation happening. The troubles I had were blessings in disguise to save me from lies and to give me the truth because I am after all God's beloved daughter. And the hardships I have faced and had to face some more in the future due to this problem will shape me to be the better person God wants me to be. After all He is a God who will make good things come out from bad things.

I have grown a lot these past few months, by force though I resented it but now I will tell myself it is okay, the suffering and everything brings me closer to God. However there is still the consequences I had to face, and by God's grace, not alone as He had opened my heart to his trusted servants whom will also be praying for me and gives me support when I can't seem to handle it.

And this is a message for people out there:
Confession is the step to recovery

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I find it amazing how God speaks to us. As how Jesus once says, uh I don't really remember the full sentence but it was something like the reason He spoke in parables so that those who listens hear, but shall not understand, and seeing you shall see, and shall not perceive. My own understanding is that God speaks to us in various ways, it is then that God opens the mind and heart so one can understand Spiritual truth. Like a different message for different people only when your heart is opened to God and when you begin to build this relationship and connection with Him through Christ.

Ocean's 14 - Real Life!

2012-08-22T04:35:00.002-07:00

I was reading Yahoo news when I came across this! I'll just highlight the important bits from the news for you all.

For fans of the movie - Ocean's 11, 12, and 13, READ THIS!:

(okay, I edited this into 14)

14 Gamblers visited New Jersey Casino (The Golden Nugget) and left with $1.5 million winnings collectively.

They were winning from a card game where they slowly raised their bets from $10 until the maximum limit.

The area was flooded with floor persons, managers, supervisors, surveillance and security officers, believing they were watching "a sophisticated swindling and cheating scheme" in progress.

One of the gamblers was even awakened abruptly in his room at the casino where four Golden Nugget employees pinned him against the wall and searched him and his belongings, according to his lawsuit. He was held him in a room without food, water for 8 long hours.

The casino investigated the case and soon realised it was due to unshuffled cards from their suppliers where they had specifically order shuffled cards!

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Taken from yahoo news
Read more here~!

Hmm... Sounds like a job done by Ocean 14 ?

I am amazed by my own imagination!

- Reporter Moena signing off! >v< -

Deterioration

2012-08-04T13:46:00.000-07:00

Recently I feel like Yui when I'm doing my homework. It's because I don't know how to do it, don't know how to start and don't know how it should end that I don't feel like doing it.... and then I get distracted by myself! Heh, limited concentration just like Yui XD

And when I try to get back to my homework, I realised I've forgotten what are those complicated things that I've written in front...omigosh! I have such short memories like Yui too!

Oh Adam Smith, come and help me do my homework!

Changing a Regular Sim To a Micro Sim Card

2012-06-27T11:20:00.002-07:00

Oh yay! Now you got your iphone 4s, you're ready to turn it on~! Okay, it's on! Apple phones actually contains battery when they are still new? How convenient! You get to play it immediately instead of waiting for a new phone to charge up!

Oh, now your phone ask you to insert sim card...

I took out my sim card from my old HTC phone and tried to insert it into my iphone....

..........

.....

...

@#$(%@^@$(%@

It doesn't fit?!?!?!?

I I I... want to play with it immediately T_T

At a lost of direction, I ventured into the realm of database to consult with the Legendary Wise Google for solutions...

His answer was....

'Big things can be small'

'Oh, what does that mean oh wise ojii-san?'

~~~~

After acquiring the particular skill, I teleported back to my own world to solve my quest.

First I must acquire the correct materials!

Task 1: Collect a pair of scissors, a knife cutter, a ruler, and a mechanical pencil

Uh, I can't find a cutter... never mind, skip that :P

Ready!

Now for Task 2: Draw the outline for cutting...

Done~

Task 3: CUT CUT CUT!!!

Here I come sim card! prepare to be cut down!

There's no turning back now...

The body parts of my sim card...

Okay, insert into phone...

........

....

...

'No sim card detected'

O_O"

NOOOO~~~~ dun die!!!!

my credit and my phone number is at stake!

I'd have to go to the shop tomorrow and risk having the shop attendant laughing at my stupidity =.="

No!!! That would be so embarrassing!!!!

Wait, maybe something is wrong?

Flip it over and cut until it fits...

There! A bit too small vertically but as long as it can go in, worth a try.

Alright, let's go for broke!

YES!!! It worked!!!!!!!!!!!

ヽ(；▽；)ノ <---- Tears of relief

Suddenly, I feel like a Tensai! Nahahahahaha! *laughing like Hanamichi*

Ok, I'm sorry, I'll stop now :X

I hope this ~~lousy~~ tutorial may help someone out there who can't wait to play with their iphone while forgetting to get a micro sim card to go with it.

WARNING: Cut at your own RISK!

I think it's safer to get your normal sim card changed at your phone operator shop.

To be honest, I'm very scared to attempt it myself but I can't wait to use it! Plus the shop may charge me money for changing to a micro sim card (super stingy ^^").

For those who want to try cutting a normal sim card into the size of a micro sim card,

✾✾✾✾ Good Luck~! ✾✾✾✾

You'll need it! :)

Surprise Present

2012-06-26T17:01:00.000-07:00

A parcel arrived today!!!!!

Medium sized parcel. Hmm... it's from my bf. He did say he wanted to send me something, plus I've requested him to send me some cartridges for my printer.

The smell was very strong once I opened the tape, ugh! What's that smell?

Oh shoot! Something spilled inside! Seems like my bf sent me a bottle of 'mou san you' ointment! Ah seems like only 3% was spilled, nothing serious but boy was the smell STRONG!!!

Just because I said I don't have any the other day he immediately sent me one~! Aww so considerate~ ♡

However I was frantic at that moment! The ointment was all over in the pink package! That's supposed to be my birthday gift right?!?!? *wipe wipe wipe*

OOOhhhh....

Getting excited to unwrap the present! I wonder what's inside? Why so small? *Shake shake*... hmm, quite heavy... it must be chocolates!!!! :D~

(Yes, unfortunately I think of food most of the time XD)

Let's unwrap it...

I took a peek when the present paper was slightly opened at the corner...

OH MY GOSH!!!

I threw the package away

'What did I just saw?!?!?!'

(I seriously almost have a heart attack!)

'Is it what I think it is?'

'Argh, I need to be sure!'

*tears the whole thing*

- Epic music in background -

*blink blink*

~ Moena found a card and an iphone 4s ~

EH?!?! *check inventory to confirm*

*points cursor at item.... *

Woah! It's the real deal!

I'm so touched by the message in the card ;_;

Looking at the phone... my face is blank again.... blur for a moment...

I feel bad accepting something so expensive

I don't really know how I feel....

but I know my how my HTC feel~

HTC: 'Sh*t I'm being looked down at!' ಠ_ಠ

Say hello to my new gadget~!

First thing first~!

Need to equip it with some armor for protection...

Tada~!

There goes all my cute stickers

I don't have any casing because this is so sudden, so the snoopy stickers can protect the phone for now >v<

Actually I'm really happy o(^▽^)o

because iPhone is something I will not buy for myself even if I have the money because I am very stingy towards myself ^-^"

and he knows that!

I did not expect this day to happen so fast! >///< It's a sign that my bf is becoming more dependable and is showing me that he can take care of me. Just a year ago he was still a student but now he is working so hard each day and doing well in his career.

♥♥♥♥ Thank you Bao Bei! ♥♥♥♥

- My Birthday 2012 -

2012-06-23T14:10:00.002-07:00

SATURDAY

(16TH JUNE)

Early in the morning, my Pickles woke me up and surprised me with a birthday card~!

Aww... Little Miss Sunshine card~

She told me she's Little Miss Busy. She even showed me the clip on youtube about that character, lolz! By the way, I call my sis Pickles and she calls me Mina-chan ^ ◡ ^

This card comes with a badge

Birthday Breakfast! Nothing special but I enjoyed it :) There's some leftover sushi from the day before, peach, mango, scones, and chocolates!

Scones~~~These are really delicious! Pickles got it from somewhere that's really famous for it, I forgot the name already. It's nothing like the cheap supermarket ones that I'm so scared of XD

Actually today Pickles is supposed to bring me to Alton towers to play! It's a theme park nearby. But unfortunately, it rained T_T

So, during noon time I helped Pickles to clean her house. We also went Sainsbury's and Aldi to get some ingredients for tomorrow. We even got lots of ice-creams!

Later we went bowling with friends to make up for the Alton Tower...

By the way, I'm not a good bowler O_O" I think I'm going to embarrass myself >.<;

Ok, let's get the bowling game started~! Oh wait, what is this?

Woah~ a 4 star dragon ball!

Challengers!

Wah, all so pro!

I'm the last for both games! Eh! Same score summore!

(○´∀｀○)

Although I got the lowest score, think I bowl quite well today... compared to the last time which was about 50 plus points ^^"

Later we played pool as well as this little machine here:

This is one supper addictive machine... I wasted lots of 10p here! :X

I think I have to stay far far away from this kind of machine next time...

Next stop, dinner time at T.G.I. Friday~! Yipee~ This is my first time going to TGIF!

There were a lot of people that, perhaps it was a weekend? We were asked to wait 30 minutes which seem like an hour... We were given this while we wait, I'm so curious with this thing...

Beeper?

I got bored of the beeper and then set my eyes on this! Wowzers! It's a Harley Davidson! They use it as a decor? OMG

After I got bored of the bike, I ran around looking at the interior design. The decorations were amazing! I had to take pictures of them!

See~ Cool right!

I ordered an OREO Milkshake! It was so delicious!

The starter and meals we had.

By the way, I took a photo of everyone's dish except mine! I forgot to take a picture of my super rib dish!!! D: Obviously I'm in a hurry to dig in! It was really a superb dinner!

After we finished our meal, something happened.... Suddenly it was all a blur! I remembered something like one of the staff came up to me and asked me to stand up on the chair! O_O" In my head I was like 'Did I do something wrong? Why are you punishing me?'

Turns out, the waiters at TGIF wanted to sing their special birthday song to me! And I was presented with the birthday cake! Although I was really embarrassed... I was really touched~

The service at TGIF is really good, the waiters are really polite and considerate. They still pay lots of attention to you even though the whole place was quite crowded!

What a wonderful celebration~!

Oh wait, there's still more~

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SUNDAY

(17TH JUNE)

BBQ time~!

My relatives came to celebrate my birthday with me at my sis' place. BBQ is really fun! Except it rained occasionally so we kept running in and out the house, lolz!

My cute aunty~!

My aunt and uncle got this ultimate cupcake for me~! ♥ The candle can even sing by itself! So cool! (☆∀☆)ﾟ

Family~!

yum yum~!

WOW!!! :D~~~

Burger patties underneath!

Gifts I got from my cousin and my other aunt.

This post explained my fat fat tummy right now...hahaha!

We did team up for Mario on Wii to exercise our fingers! LOLZ!

After my relatives and friends left, Pickles and I played Mario until midnight... It was so much fun! Then we chatted about games on the bed before we sleep... We reminiscent our young gaming times - we talked about Diablo I, II, and I told her how I was so sad I couldn't play III with my current laptop. She even remembered I was so fond of Icewind dale! Eventually the disc got faulty and I never finished the game, I kept re-playing it until it reaches the faulty part. Aww I miss that game now! I still remember I named those characters Xena, Gabriel, and Hercules! It's a game that plays with six characters which gets too confusing and the characters will run by themselves and get killed sometimes =.=

Thanks to my lovely sis who organised and planned everything for me to have a great birthday weekend!

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Oh ya, this is from last year's birthday but I've never really posted it yet! I was too busy that time, eheh. Book Town took this photo and gave it to me as a birthday present last year:

TaDa~!!! Airin as Miku!!!! ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

(I edited the lighting a bit)

Good things must be shared（♡´∀`♡）Thanks Eva!

~ Ciao ~

My Birthday Gift ~ Cosplay Gen#05

2012-06-19T15:56:00.001-07:00

Yohoo!!!

Owkay, I know I'm not supposed to be here (with my homework pile at the corner) BUT!

I'm too happy and over the moon~!!!!

Well, I was feeling a bit sad while leaving Birmingham to come back to my new place in Oxford (still needs so much unpacking and cleaning to do). It feels so homey in Birmingham with my sis that I felt so lonely and sad to return to Oxford.... I didn't know if I have the strength to work hard in my tough study here and to live alone all by myself. And so yesterday night and this morning I prayed earnestly for happy days and strength to face another day.

And look what arrived at the post when I went back to check on my old place! Prayers answered!

My hands were shaking! This is not supposed to arrive at my old address! Way back in April I've already asked them to send it to Birmingham since I knew that I will be moving in June. In my head I was thinking, 'what if I didn't go back to my old place to check the post?' 'Did this happened by coincidence to cheer me up?' But I want to think it was God's plan!

Super happy!!!! My very own copy of Cosplay Gen #05

This was my first time buying a book so expensive that is not study related. I have this weird logic that spending RM300 on study material or reference book is OK but spending >RM10 on a magazine is a foolish waste of money even though it's for myself =.=" My stupid logic had also forbid me to buy lots of things that I really wanted but don't really need like figurines T.T So, I had to make an excuse to buy it, for my birthday! Hah! Debating with the voice from inside... gosh how annoying!

It came with free stickers!

Saw some familiar names inside! Hexlord won the photography contest with a photo on Lucy (cosplayed by Byou) taken in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

And Shiro Ang's photography advice. His photos always bombard my FB homepage coz it's so amazing!

Next time then only I will blog about how I spend my birthday... Since my happy mood is back, I have to get some things done or else I will feel guilty to my inner conscience! LOLZ!

Oh ya, before I go away, I've been wanting to express my joy and gratitude to all my family, friends, or just people who only know me by name in the virtual world but has made a difference to my birthday this year by sending me a simple birthday wish! All of them count and mattered to me! Thank you all!!!!

~ Have a nice day minna ~

xoxo

MCM EXPO London 2012

2012-06-11T15:14:00.001-07:00

It's time for MCM EXPO London~ May 26-27, 2012. Hordes of people had gathered at ExCel London because of their love for anime, games, manga, cosplays, and most importantly, FUN!

I was a bit late with the post ^^"

The journey to ExCel was a bit long from Victoria Station, where I usually stop whenever I take the coach to London. My journey was 3 hours long. It was so amazing as I boarded the tube to get there and at the platform when I'm supposed to change to DLR. There it is! Expo fans in costumes, cute accessories and some with neko mimi can be spotted! I was so excited!

On the way walking to the Expo, I saw some an Avenger cosplay group near the entrance! Lucky! I manage to get a shot of them:

The weather was so hot! It's summer now I guess, kinda good for me since my costume was thin. But I still feel very hot because my wig was so thick and long.

I specifically choose a simple cosplay for events around here, easier to wear and bring around. I came up with another Orihime outfit ^-^ This time it's the outfit from Bleach Opening 10: Shojo S by Scandal, an outfit which my friend suggested many years ago since the episode with this song just aired.

I got in line to get my tickets and it took me about 45 minutes! I spend my time there in the queue admiring other cosplayers' costumes as well as pose for some orihime lovers, lolz!

The long queue

After coming out from the ticket selling area, I was out around searching for my friend when Orihime bumped into herself! XD This is Mariana in Orihime's arrancar uniform. She is so creative in making this costume she only did it in a very short time!

We had the same hairpins! >v<

When I went into the exhibition area, this is the first thing I see... *eyes wide open*

YAOI stuffs for sale.
No no! Don't get me wrong, I'm not into this kind of stuffs! :X

Finally I found Tidie~! She's cosplaying as Chibi Igirisu-chan from Hetalia~ It's her first time trying to sew her own costume. She even cut the hair herself! So happy to be able to see her grow in cosplaying.. eh? wat am I talking about? I sound like an old aunty! XD

Eh? Our pose looks so familiar :P

Her character is Chibi Igirisu (England) from Hetalia. She is so fond of men in uniforms, ahaha!

Yuffie and... Reno!!! ♥

Now now, it's not because of the uniform, it's because of the red hair XD

Selphie and Rikku

A very sweet Tifa~

Gippal and Rikku in mage outfit?

Gigantic Pikachu!

A really pretty Blue Rose from Tiger and Bunny~!

Ace from One Piece.

And later I met his little brother, Luffy!

I also met a celebrity there! It's Soul King!!!!! He even have the heart shape specs! Aww~ In case you were wondering who's Soul King, he's actually Brook from One Piece, yohohohoho!

Erza, Lucy, and Cana from Fairytail.

Johnny Depp! Ops, wait I mean Jack Sparrow, tee hee...

Loki and Thor, gender bender :3

The girl in pink has a mask that looks like Nanika from HXH.

Met Homura in the toilet.

Neytiri from Avatar.

Cloud in Kingdom Hearts version.

Beautiful Belle.

Kaoru and Hikaru

Honey-senpai and Mori-senpai~! Honey senpai actually gave me a white rose after I ask him for a picture...

Aww... Honey-senpai, so cute of ~~her~~ him ♥♥♥

By the way, this is my cosplay~ I forgot to take a proper picture at the event with my own camera ^^;

The cosplay Masquerade competition was really long. There's a huge line of cosplays and they're so amazing! What I love about this event is that there's a cosplay area with changing rooms and fixing booth where people can get their costumes fixed if there's any problems. Even though I didn't really use it but I find it really helpful for cosplayers with costumes going wrong and I know how that feel. There's also various performances or shows at different stage so you wouldn't get bored. There's so many cute things and anime related stuffs for sale. I really wanted that Boa Hancock mouse pad but I was too shy to get it. There were also a lot Avengers cosplays since the movie just came out. I also liked those gender bender cosplays where they showcased their awesome creativity!

I really had an eye opening day at MCM Expo London. It was really great being able to see Tidie again and go see all the beautiful and amazing costumes made by dedicated fans. There are more pics at my Facebook album, especially those stage shots with cool armours and weapons, but they're a bit blurry. Feel free to tag yourself or your friends if you recognise them~!

I think probably this is my last expo in UK, but I really hope not! Hopefully I will change my mind but for now I need to concentrate on my studies and other things. Plus I don't really have any costumes ready anymore, eheh! ^^" You see, most of my wigs are shipped back to KK so that I don't have to worry about having too many things to carry after my studies. And I wanted to stick to my cosplay plans but that's the problem, the fabrics that I bought are also in KK >.< Oh well~ I'll just have to resist!!!!

I'm really sad that I can't go to AFA Malaysia D: Kaname was spotted with red hair!!!! :X Tasha and Miyuko from spcats where there as well, not to mention, lovely Ki-chan was the meido at MMK!!!! I really want to see her! >v<

Hope you guys in Malaysia are having fun~! I'm stalking photos of Kyan!me and AFA Malaysia now (-^∀°-) Wish I could be there with my friends! Miss them a lots!

Take care minna~!

Bunny Days~!

2012-05-19T16:57:00.001-07:00

There's a ~~football~~ soccer field in my school just like any other normal schools. But wait! What are those fluffy brown things over there? Bunnies! OMG!

Three little bunnies on the field~~~

This is not a typical thing that I get to see everyday!

Woah more bunnies at the side, big and small! So many of them! And squirrels too! My mouth just got wider because I just discovered a forest path in my school. WOW.... I wonder where it'll lead me?

I walked around the area to kill some time while waiting for the next bus which will be due in 40 minutes. Nobody come out here much so it's kinda eerie. I found many of these holes on the floor. Are they rabbit holes?

Too bad it's not big enough for me to climb in, I've always wanted to go down the rabbit hole into the fantasy world like the one in Alice in Wonderland! >v<

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~ Meal time ~

When I got home hungry, I made omurice for my lunch.

Obsessed with bunnies, I tried to draw a bunny figure on the omelette....

BUT....

I PHAILED!

(╯°□°）╯︵( .□.)

The squeezer in uncontrollable!!! It squirts a massive amount of ketchup at the speed of light and the flow will stop so suddenly. I was so sad because I specially got this ketchup bottle to draw nicer omurice drawings.

SIGH... here's my scary result:

Mistakes do happen. Even when I tried to fix it, it was not cute at all! T.T

I don't have any inspiration at the moment and my stomach was grumbling noisily.

Oh well~ Let's eat the scary bunny!

Honestly, I think thousand island taste better with the omelette compared to ketchup :P

By the way, I'm listening to Bunny Days by Milky Bunny (Tsubasa Masuwaka) at the moment ♥

my youtube playlist is just like an MTV channel playing in the background ^-^

Yes, I do get annoyed at those advertisements interrupting my songs.

That's all from me today~!

~ *Bunny Moena bouncing away* ~
ぴょん

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Yakisoba Pan!

2012-05-17T09:00:00.000-07:00

Ah, time to EAT! My favorite pastime and hobby! LOLZ!

Since I had some fried noodles left from the previous meal where I made some noodles for the Hiroshima Style Okonomiyaki, I decided on that meal. I took it out from the fridge, heat it up and realized it's not enough to make me full! So what do I do? HAH, I decided to eat it with bread!

Yakisoba + bread = Yakisoba pan!

I spread some okonomiyaki (or brown) sauce on the toasted bread and just put the yaki~~soba~~pasta on top.

TaDa~

Yakisoba Recipe:

Noodles (use soba, but since I don't have them, I used pasta)

Onion

Garlic

Sliced Cabbage and Carrots (I don't have it :X)

Sliced Meat (I was too lazy XD )

Okonomiyaki Sauce (Or just use Brown Sauce)

Ketchup

Soy sauce

Paprika Powder

Black Pepper

Owkay, I know this is a very lazy yakisoba pan attempt. Next time I'll cook a better version when I have time to go shopping for ingredients. See ya!

じゃさよなら~!

Hiroshima Style Okonomiyaki

2012-05-12T18:12:00.003-07:00

Yo hai~ minna! How was your day today? ^-^

Me, I was feeling so relief after all my assignments and exams that I decided to cook something special to celebrate! Finally I have some free time to cook properly!

~ Hiroshima Style Okonomiyaki ~

Recipe:

- For the base mixture

Flour
Water
Shredded Potato (bad idea, it sticks! I recommend not putting or use sweet potato instead)
Chicken stock
Salt
Walkers Chips :X (but honestly Doritos taste better, I mean follow the proper instruction please, use Tenkatsu. Don't cheat like me XD )

- Fillings

Chopped Cabbage / Lettuce
Slices of meat (beef / pork / chicken / swrimp / fish)
1 Egg
Noodles (I used pasta noodles)

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Instructions:

- Pour some base mixture in the pan and immediately put lettuce on top, followed by slices of meat. Then cover it with some base mixture and flip it. Cover the pan and let it cook for 5 mins at low flame.

-At the other pan, fry an egg and break the yolk when it's 20% cooked. Then put some fried noodles on top when the egg is half cooked.

(Fried noodles were fried earlier with onion + okonomiyaki sauce + tomato sauce + soy sauce + teppanyaki sauce + whatever seasoning you want)

- Now back to the other pan. Take that earlier section and put it on top of the noodle egg portion. And then flip everything over!

It should look like this! Oh wait, it's a fail! Noodles are sticking out! D: need to push them back to hide then under the egg.

- Spread okonomiyaki sauce on top of the egg and squeeze some mayonaise (or thousand island sauce) on it. Then decorate with seaweed and a dash of paprika powder.

TaDa~!

Looking good!

It's quite challenging to move it onto my plate... huhu...

It's finishing fast!

Yum Yum!

Even the neighbourhood cat wants a bite!

Too bad I can't open my window any bigger than 3cm... I can't invite salem in. Poor Salem, he can only enjoy the free smell D:

Oh well, more okonomiyaki for myself! :P

Hope you've enjoyed my ~~lousy~~ simple recipe here~ ^-^

Chef Moena signing off~!

Government Equipment

2012-04-29T23:04:00.003-07:00

I didn't know Malaysian government is so high tech, they owned a high output electromagnetic jammer device! Just like the one in Mirai Nikki, I am impressed!

See~!

I took the photo of the device at 1 Yellow Malaysia FB page and put some scenes I cut from episode 19 of Mirai Nikki together.

Amazed moena signing off~!

Bersih 3.0 - Clean & Fair!

2012-04-28T08:49:00.000-07:00

28 APRIL 2012 - This day, many Malaysians out there are protesting in different cities, different states as well as in different countries in hope that our Malaysian government will promise us a fair election in the next coming election which should be taking place in 2013.

Around the globe, all eyes are on Malaysia today~ Especially on NAJIB

Malaysia

Photo from: 1 Yellow Malaysia FB

Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of Malaysia

Photo from: Curi-Curi Wang Malaysia FB

3.0 means it's the 3rd Bersih rally. As far as I know, people from 29 countries are participating in this rally. Just to name a few, UK, USA, Japan, Australia, Singapore, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong...... the official ones are concentrated in 71 cities (info from malaysia-today.net).

Bersih 3.0 in Tokyo, Japan today.

Photo source: Bersih Japan Twitter

In Melbourne, Australia today.

Photo from: LeBin Teo FB

The rally was not a violent act, it was carried out peacefully where people just show up to support and voice out their concern. Supporters are seen wearing yellow t-shirts since that's the official colour for bersih. It was kinda touching to see so many Malaysian suddenly realised the direction Malaysia is heading with the current governtment that is going to drive Malaysia into the pits.

Just some small facts about Malaysia that our government is trying to hide:
1) Malaysia elections were unfair, there were so many phantom votes, dead people's vote, bought votes, and foreigner votes : currently we just found out there are expiry dates on certain IC (identification cards) whereby it was given to illegal immigrants in Malaysia so that they can vote for the current government BN (dominant by UMNO party) in exchange for citizenship.

This guy in Melbourne is holding up a picture of our PM, Najib in gag style. True story. This picture speaks everything.

Photo from: Julian FB

2) Some innocent individuals were killed when they stood up for justice. In Malaysia, if you have a strong 'evidence' that is going to tarnish the good image of some of the dirty government officials or institutions such as the Malaysian Anti-corruption Commission (MACC), you'll be captured and disposed off like Teo Beng Hock, read his story here.

Who is this pretty girl? Her name is Altantuya.

Photo from: Malaysia My Second Home

Have you ever heard of the story of the mongolian model killed in Malaysia in 2006? The suspect who planned the murder (almost everyone in Malaysia knows this) is now the current Malaysian Prime Minister. Surprise? Do you think the people in Malaysia actually want thins? No... but we don't have a choice, we don't have the power, we were afraid to stand up in case we get killed too. The mongolian model murder case was not the first or the last one, but it is the most famous one.

Altantuya and her son. Photo from: here

Moena's Omurice (｡'▽'｡)♡

2012-04-26T13:54:00.000-07:00

- オムライス Omuraisu -

I was feeling a bit down today so I thought of making omurice to cheer myself up. I used 2 eggs for the omelette and I fried rice with ketchup, onions, hotdogs and other 'secret' ingedients, hehe.

When the time comes for me to draw on my omurice, I was stunned! I don't have any ketchup that come in a squeeze bottle! Orz.... So, I ransacked my fridge and took out the thousand island dressing to draw on it.... Well, I don't know what to draw and the eyes turns out terrible because the tip of the bottle was so thick... I wanted to give up but then I remembered my baked beans left over from last night dinner. Aha! Mr. Panda slowly came into shape~

TaDA!

Pinky-chan wanted to take pics with panda-san.

(Pinky-chan is my pet who accompanies me everywhere! Even to classes ^-^)

Pinky: "Wahhh~" ❤

Oh no! Poor panda-san is going to be eaten alive!

Woah, thousand island dressing taste really good with the omelette and fried rice, you all should try it

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とてもおいしいよ!

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Deterioration

Changing a Regular Sim To a Micro Sim Card

Surprise Present

- My Birthday 2012 -

My Birthday Gift ~ Cosplay Gen#05

MCM EXPO London 2012

Bunny Days~!

Yakisoba Pan!

Hiroshima Style Okonomiyaki

Government Equipment

Bersih 3.0 - Clean & Fair!

Moena's Omurice (｡'▽'｡)♡

- オムライス Omuraisu -

Orihime Inoue ( 井上織姫 ) - Bleach Cosplay