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Music Matters 2013 - J-Rock Matters presented by BARKS (Press-con+Concert)

noreply@blogger.com (han siang "Speedknight" wong) — Sat, 25 May 2013 08:54:00 +0000

SID,Fumpool & Weaver at the press-con.

Speedknight.com was invited to the BARKS press conference for J-rock matter live on Thursday(23rd May 2013.)During the confernece,the media was given a chance to interect with the invited J-rock bands-SID,Fumpool & Weaver who were guests for J-rock matters live at Music matters 2013.

To cater the International audiences around the world, BARKS annouced the launch of both Tradtional Chinese(ZH-TW.barks.jp) & Simplfied Chinese (ZH-CN.barks.jp) websites in additon to the English(EN.barks.jp) Website that have seen a steady viewership increase of 5% per day since its earlier launch on 12th April 2013.

"We have been reciving requests by the global community who want to know more about Japanese Music, but so far,most of the information is only avaliable in Japanese. In response to this , BARKS has rencetly launch an English site for golbal fans.Today we are delighted to launch two new sites in Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese, to make information avaliable to fans who understand Mandarin.Through these sites, we hope that more people will love and be able to catch up on the latest news and trends of Japanese music and artists. In addtion, three of our growingly popular artist groups will perorm in Singapore tonight. I hope that through thier music and performance, music fans in Singapore and Asia can recoginse and appreciate the universal appel of J-rock, and continue th support the artists by checking out thier latest news and update on BARKS" -Mr Tadashi Goto,Producer of BARKS

After the press conference speedknight.com headed down to the Music matters Venue at Clarke Quay.

By 6.00PM the venue is already packed with fans whom some arrived as early 9AM to book thier best seats in the house as its a free event.

There were other peformance and artisites as well and the entire event was being live streamed on Youtube.

More pictures of both events as well as videos from various sources are right after the break!

Music Matters Offical Channel-Fumpool's Perfomance Recording

Music Matters Offical Channnel-SID's Perfomance Recording

XinMSN-SID Interview session

Video: One member of SID wants to be a Tarzan!

Others sites report on the event(s):

BARKS official (English)-http://www.en.barks.jp/news/?id=1000002035
BARKS official (Japanese)-http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000090553
BARKS official (Tradtional Chinese)-http://www.zh-cn.barks.jp/news/?id=1000000330
BARKS official(Simplifed Chinese)- http://www.zh-tw.barks.jp/news/?id=1000000331
SGcafe [Press confernece Report]:- http://sgcafe.com/2013/05/music-matters-2013-j-rock-matters-presented-barks-press-conference/

Cure Festival 2013 @ DBS marina regatta 2013

noreply@blogger.com (han siang "Speedknight" wong) — Mon, 20 May 2013 07:38:00 +0000

Special Guest Pitcha on stage!

Over the weekend,Cure festival 2013 was being held at the Marina Bay,as part of the DBS marina regatta 2013. Organized by the very same team behind Cosfest, Pitcha was invited down as special guest and was cosplaying Dio from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure.

Skye who repeseneted Team Singapore 2009 on stage,she was performing a song from the anime Psycho pass as the opening act for the event!

Lawliet (and her team,not in picture) one of the contestant for the Cure Fashion Runway auditon.

Cure Fashion Audition was also being held on stage. Where cosplayers showcased thier costumes onstage.

Scores of cosplayers also attended the event,inculding Aliga,

Sound of Cosfest brought us several pieces of Japanese-theme music from Anime,Games and Vocaloid songs

Head over to the picture gallery after the break for more pictures of the event!

100% KPP World Tour in Singapore-The Report!

noreply@blogger.com (han siang "Speedknight" wong) — Tue, 14 May 2013 09:19:00 +0000

Kyary enjoying her cup of PONPONPON mocktail especially created to celebrate her world tour in Singapore.

A few hours before the concert itself at Scape,Speedknight.com was invited to the press conference held at Modern Asian Diner [P.S: This place which by the Tung Lok group...The food is great! Judging from the finger food being served on the day!] located at The Grandstand(formally:Turf City). There the media was offered a chance have a Q&A session with Kyary on stage as well as having a one-on-one interview session with Kyary(For the selected media.)

Q & A Session video:

*Video being process my Youtube.

At the Concert itself just like any other 100% KPP world Tour venues several people are seen cosplaying as kyary,attending the concert in Harajuku fashion and even high school girls in seifuku as they rush down to the concert right after thier lesson a a local japanese high school in Singapore.

Kyary cosplayers.

There were people in Harajuku Fashion attending the concert also.

Some Japanese high school student studying at a local japanese high school rushed down to to concert right after school still in thier seifuku .

Photos from the Press-con/Concert venue:

Additonal Concert Pictures from SOZO:

Credit: Ken0601

Credit: Eriol Ng

Kyary totally moved the full house enthusistic audience with her energetic nature on stage which is very diffrent when compared the kyary seen earlier in the day at the press-con, i am glad that i actually bought my own VIP ticket on that day to watch the concert up close.

SET LIST 1. PAMYU PAMYU REVOLUTION 2. CANDY CANDY 3. ONEDARI 44Ž 4. INVADER INVADER 5. MINNA NO UTA 6. 100% NO JIBUNNNI 7. SUKI SUGITE KIRESOU 8. FURISODE - SHION 9. KYARY - NO - MARCH 10. CHERRY BON BON 11. GIRI GIRI SAFE 12. KIMI NI 100% 13. RGB 14. OYASUMI 15. FASHION MONSTER 16. PON PON PON 17. NINJA RI BAN BAN 18. DEMO DEMO MADA MADA 19. KYARY AN AN 20. Chancha kacha n-chan EN01. Tsuke ma tsukeru

Report by CNA:

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Report by XinMSN:

<a href="http://video.xin.msn.com/?mkt=en-sg&vid=d24beb5e-d590-d3e1-b273-5ee2448f25cc&from=shareembed-syndication&src=v5:embed:syndication:" target="_new" title="Japan’s 'Fashion Monster' Kyary Pamyu Pamyu is in Singapore for her 100%KPP WORLD TOUR!">Video: Japan’s 'Fashion Monster' Kyary Pamyu Pamyu is in Singapore for her 100%KPP WORLD TOUR!</A>

Bonus Video GU (Singapore) ad:

The Singapore GU ad was launch on the day of the concert itself.

Neneko and Momo in Singapore

noreply@blogger.com (han siang "Speedknight" wong) — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 08:17:00 +0000

Just over the weekend,Neneko and Momo was in town for thier guest apperance at Fuwa Fuwa Run's Debut Event. Speedknight.com was there to cover the event itself and was given the honour in covering thier entourage in the city's too.

More about the event:

Fuwa Fuwa Run Maid Café debuts with a pledge to ‘Cosplay for a Cause’ in a bid to raise awareness for Meido Cosplayers in Singapore and raise funds for Singapore Children’s Society’s corporate fund raising programme – 1000 Enterprises for Children-in-Need.

Unlike other brick and mortar café concept, a team of specially trained Meidos will be wowing the crowd with their diverse and engaging personalities while serving tasty main courses and desserts. The launch will be held on the April the 20th at No. 180 Albert Court Village Hotel, Unit #01-19C, Casie & Mum’s, from 12 noon to 8pm in the evening.

“It’s an absolute honor to participate in Fuwa Fuwa Run debut event on behalf of
Taiwan as part of the International Cosplay Exchange (Asia) Preview. I was very
impressed with the passion by cosplayers in Singapore when I visited as a Parade
Ambassador for COSMO 2012 and hope that everyone will join me and Momo in
this Charity drive.” said Neneko, one half of the Taiwan Celebrity Cosplay Duo.

“We live in a fast paced society. People often forget to spend time contributing to a cause and as avid cosplayer, this is how we can play our part. It will be great to finally meet our Singapore fans too.” said Momo, who will be supporting Fuwa Fuwa Run debut event with Neneko.

“We aim to bring a unique Maid Café concept to Meido fans in Singapore,” said
Ms Fiona Wong, Head Maid of Fuwa Fuwa Run Maid Café. “But it’s not just about providing great service and good food. The team also wishes to take the opportunity to raise funds for needy children in Singapore.”

Fuwa Fuwa Run Maid Café is managed by Mascot Parade Limited -the organiser of COSMO Youth Parade and Republic Polytechnic’s Japanese Culture and Interest Group. The debut event is part of SHINE Youth Festival and is powered by National Youth Council and the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth.

Ok with that we shall move on to the picture shall we?:

Links to other media covering the event:

Fuwa Fuwa Maid Run Cafe Debut Event

noreply@blogger.com (han siang "Speedknight" wong) — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 07:47:00 +0000

Happening over this Saturday at Casie's & Mum is Fuwa Fuwa Maid Run Cafe debut event,by the same commitee behind Cosmo Youth Parade this event will be graced by popular Taiwanese cosplayer Neneko & Momo.

It have been revealed on thier page(s) that they will be doing Lefa and Yui from the ALfheim Online Arc of the hit anime series Sword Art Online. In a series of promotional pictures shot by wakeup studio.

Also you get to served by the maids of Fuwa Fuwa Maid Run Cafe,each with thier unqiue personality! So do join us!

When?
Saturday,20th April 2013.

Where?
Casie's & Mum

180 Albert Street, #01-19C
Singapore, Singapore 189971

How to get there?

List of the 16 AKB48 members coming for Tokyo Auto Salon Singapore annouced.

noreply@blogger.com (han siang "Speedknight" wong) — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 10:35:00 +0000

While Its has been known that 16 of AKB48 will be coming down for Tokyo Auto Salon Singapore. Its only until today that the list have been officially annouced

So that do you see some of the members you like? If so you are would like to Purchase your ticket here. Only tickets purchase online is able to redeem the limited 500 mosh pit acess during the session. Kindly redeem your mosh pit acess at the ticketing counter with these documents. Please note that its based on a first come first serve basis.

Other than this there are other J-pop culture related exbitions like Itasha showcase:

Of course not car show is complete without Race queens and Heavy modded cars! So will you be at MBS next week?

Scandal live in Singapore 2013 Concert-Relive the moments!

noreply@blogger.com (han siang "Speedknight" wong) — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 09:18:00 +0000

Scandal performing to the packed crowd at *Scape Warehouse on the 16th & 17th of march for thier 3rd live concert in singapore

A total of 1500 attended the concerts which was being held at the *Scape warehouse last weekend.

Scandal performed several of their hit song which included Satisfaction, the song being use as the parkour commercial of windows 8.

The following setlist is being enjoyed by 800 attendees on last Saturday's concert:

Setlist

Harukaze

Shunkan Sentimantal

Shojo S

Rock'n Roll

Queens are trumps

DOLL

Pride

Kagerou

Want you

Space Ranger

Taiyo Scandalous

LOVE SURVIVE

EVERYBODY SAY YEAH!

Taiyo to kimi ga Egaku STORY

Satisfaction (Encore 1)

SCANDAL BABY (Encore 2)

Enjoy more Press pictures and Videos of the concert after the break! Also do check out The airport arrival,Encore Show Autograph session and Pre-concert coverage here! >> http://www.speedknight.com/2013/03/scandal-live-in-singapore-2013-airport.html

</div><div> <a href="http://entertainment.xin.msn.com/en/celebrity/buzz/asia/scandal’s-haruna-is-a-fan-of-shinee’s-taemin?page=2&videoId=c276df05-47ba-738c-2500-37c9519fede9&from=shareembed-syndication&src=v5:embed:syndication:uuids&from=mpl_en-sg_default-story-viewer" target="_new" title="SCANDAL - Shoujo S">Video: SCANDAL - Shoujo S</A></div><div>

<br /> <a href="http://entertainment.xin.msn.com/en/celebrity/buzz/asia/scandal’s-haruna-is-a-fan-of-shinee’s-taemin?page=2&videoId=aff1d2e3-db71-1a9e-4464-85ab44d1d190&from=shareembed-syndication&src=v5:embed:syndication:uuids&from=mpl_en-sg_default-story-viewer" target="_new" title="SCANDAL - Shunkan Sentimental">Video: SCANDAL - Shunkan Sentimental</A><br />

<br /> <a href="http://entertainment.xin.msn.com/en/celebrity/buzz/asia/scandal’s-haruna-is-a-fan-of-shinee’s-taemin?page=2&videoId=119e9acd-0130-e854-005d-7850cb89d0ac&from=shareembed-syndication&src=v5:embed:syndication:uuids&from=mpl_en-sg_default-story-viewer" target="_new" title="SCANDAL - Harukaze">Video: SCANDAL - Harukaze</A><br />

Scandal Live in Singapore 2013 (Airport Arrival+Encore Show album Autograph session) [Updated !! - Pre-concert Day 1 & 2] [Concert highlights via Xinmsn link!]

noreply@blogger.com (han siang "Speedknight" wong) — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:27:00 +0000

Scandal Encore Show Autograph session on the 15/03/2013 @ Bugis+

Scandal Live in Singapore 2013 is less then 24 hour away! But before that fans got a chance to welcome Scandal at the airport(the organziner share thier flight info) as well as having a upclose & personal expreince with them at a autograph session at Bugis+!

In order to get the autograph, all fan need is to buy the Singapore Edition of the Encore Show Album with the autograph ticket(Limited to first 200 copies,which sell out fast!) to be able to get up on the stage to recive Scandal's autograph on thier CDs.

Scandal receiving a warm welcome at Changi Airport after orgianzer revealed thier flight Schdule.

Only 200 Tickets for the autograph but fans crowded Bugis + to catch a glimspe of Scandal!

This Dude came all the way from Australia for Scandal! A devoted fan indeed =)

Fans who bought the VIP tickets are given the chance to win the 11 inch Levono Yoga that is autographed by Scandal

On the both days of the concert, there were fans who were at scape overnight to get the best postion for the concert as it was free standing, But on the 2nd day fans were greeted by a heavy downpour,nothing will drown the passion of the fans though.

You know what, i ain't good with words so let just head over to the pictures gallery after the break! =)

*For thoese who are looking for concert photos and videos may head over to this xinmsn link for them,sorry i am not allow to take photos or video the concert =)

Pansonic Eulga X P-02E mini review

noreply@blogger.com (han siang "Speedknight" wong) — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:34:00 +0000

I have gotten the phone for about a week so i guess its time for a mini review =P...well you shall find most of the things in the video. So just watch it and should you have any question feel free to ask in the comments for the video and i will try to answer them ASAP.

100% KPP World tour 2013 in Singapore!

noreply@blogger.com (han siang "Speedknight" wong) — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 08:09:00 +0000

==============Latest update(s)=============

09 May 2013-Update:Winning VIP tickets;its a sell out concert:

Just as Kyary landed in Singapore,the tickets for 100% KPP world tour Singapore have all been sold out.
Meanwhile the 50 lucky VIP ticket which have won the autographed tickets have been listed, are you one of them?

08 May 2013-Update Regarding VIP ticket sell out,Autographed Panasonic headphone giveaway (Ticket holders only):

Just 2 More days !!!!

07 May 2013-Updated with Space Invader MV =):

Wow ooo wow ooo yeah eee yeah ooo wow ooo wow ooo yeah eee~YEAH!~ Its tuesday today and we are just three days away from the 100% KPP world tour Singapore! [P.S: Speedknight.com will be attending the media conference with KPP along with other media,AFA Channel will be picking the best 3 question to be asked during the conference!

04 May 2013-Updated with Message Video:

Singapore will be the last stop for 100% KPP world tour 2013! So are you ready? lets bring a great closing to her world tour aright? See you at *scape next week!

03 May 2013-Updated with Goods and Ticketing Counter Location:

Do take note of the 2 counters location. Both of which would be right outside the concert Venue itself.

Both counters will start at 12noon on FRIDAY 10 MAY 2013. Payment by CASH only.

02 May 2013-Updated with Official merchandise information!

As shown above SOZO has just relased the merchandise for the 100% KPP world tour in Singapore.
The Sale of the merchandise will be just outside the concert venue itself.

25 Feb 2013-Updated with Ticketing Information

Tickets for 100%KPP World Tour 2013 in Singapore concert go on sale this weekend! Tickets can be purchased via the following channels:

Physical Sales at Kinokuniya (Ngee Ann City)

• 29.03.2013 (FRI) to 31.03.13 (SUN), 11am to 8pm

• *PRIORITY QUEUE NUMBER ALLOCATION*

• Limited to four tickets per transaction

• Cash terms only

Physical Sales at SOZO Office

• 01.04.13 (MON), 12pm onwards

• Last day of sales 09.05.13 (THU)

• Mondays to Fridays (ex. Public holidays), 12pm to 6pm

• Located at 4 Leng Kee Road #05-11A, Sis Building, S159088

• Limited to four tickets per transaction

• Cash terms only

Online sales at SOZO website

• 01.04.13 (MON), 11am onwards

• Site address: http://sozo.sg/kpp/

• Most major credit cards and Paypal accepted

• Limited to four tickets per transaction

• Collection at either SOZO Pte Ltd before concert or venue on day of concert

Ticket prices are as follows-

VIP: $138 (exclude $3 transaction fee for online purchases)

• Premium Viewing area

• High Touch session

• Exclusive Poster

• Stand a chance to win autographed poster by KPP (50 winners lucky draw)

GA: $88 (exclude $3 transaction fee for online purchases)

• KPP Poster

Entry into 100%KPP World Tour 2013 in Singapore will be based on the serial number printed on the ticket, starting from 0001.

• The earlier your purchase, the smaller your number, the earlier you will enter the venue.

• Entrance will be divided into groups of 50 ticket holders.

• Gathering points for the groups will be set up at 5pm

• The first group will be led to the venue at 6pm. Should you miss your entry group, you will enter with the following group.

• VIP ticket holders will be led into the venue first, followed by GA ticket holders

==============END of update(s)===========

Just as everyone is excited about Scandal's concert in Singapore over the upcoming weekend,SOZO have just annouced yet another popular Japanese artiste that everyone is waiting for! This time round is non other than Kyary Pamyu Pamyu(KPP for short).

I sure most of my readers won't be unfamilar with KPP,but i am still going to talk about her briefly anyway. Her debut song PONPONPON recieved more than 42,888,083 hits on youtube and became a instant viral hit(look with all the kawaii-ness(or strangeness for people who are unfamilar with the culture) of Decora in the MV,why won't it?) . The song also made it to the charts of Japanese Billboard at no.72 in July 2011. Overseas, the song topped the electronic songs charts of Belgium and Finland in iTunes. While her 1st physcial album Tsukematsukeru(hmmmm...i have mine in my cupboard.) was listed 7th on the Oricon chart in 2012 and recieved the Special Prize in the Japanese Record Award.

As for my Singaporeans teaders, I am pretty sure you did remeber earlier this year, in Janaury the local community was set abuzz about KPP being in Singapore after she twitted her arrival at Changi Airport? After several speculations about what is she her for, it turns out that she is here for filiming of a short segment “Catherine the Third” where she visited several local attraction such as the Night Safari(It seems popular with Japanese Artiste isn't it? LOL its like a must go destination!)
As for my Singaporeans teaders, I am pretty sure you did remeber earlier this year, in Janaury the local community was set abuzz about KPP being in Singapore after she twitted her arrival at Changi Airport? After several speculations about what is she her for, it turns out that she is here for filiming of a short segment “Catherine the Third” where she visited several local attraction such as the Night Safari(It seems popular with Japanese Artiste isn't it? LOL its like a must go destination!)

Now as stated in the above poster, her world tour in singapore would be at *Scape warehouse on the 10th of may 2013 at 7PM(Door would open at 6PM) Tickets(Both standing) are priced at $88 for General Admission and $138 for VIP(~~This is the information i got at the time of first publication of this article i would edit in the details once more info is in come,including the purchase information for the ticket~~).

For Now lets enjoy the youtube video(s) as we await her concert in Singapore:

J-obsession 2013:Are you the next Pirate King

noreply@blogger.com (han siang "Speedknight" wong) — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 16:14:00 +0000

The Contestants of the One piece themed cosplay on the 2nd day.

In line with the One piece Flim:Z in singapore,this year's J-obsession theme was "Are you the Next pirate King.?" The event was held over 3 days last week from Friday to Sunday, the focus on one piece can be seen on the 2nd day of the event. A One piece cosplay competiton was held on that day where cosplayers brought the characters from the anime to life.At the end of the day Sabrina Wong(Sabbie) who came to the top with her tony tony chopper and won the top prize of an EPM-1 and $500 worth of Nihon mura Voucher

Sabrina Wong as Tony Tony chopper and Judge lawliet

On the 3rd day of the event,the open cat Cosplay competiton saw Invinc's Samurai X theme walking away with the top prize:

Invinc's Samurai X Team and Judge Aya

Check out pictures other cosplays and also the performance of Various bands after the break!

Manga Festival Singapore 2013

noreply@blogger.com (han siang "Speedknight" wong) — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:04:00 +0000

Mr Danny Choo and Itoh Hiroyuki-San at the autograph session at Ngee Ann City's Kino.

Held over Several locations last week was Manga Festival Singapore.. Orgainzed by METI (Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and an Exclusive Commitee in Singapore,the event is to promote manga to the Public.

3 events was being held at 3 locations over the period of 15th to 17th Febuary.

On the 15th at Mandrian Orchard,there were talks like :

"Coming of age for full-Fledged ebook" by Mr. Tsuguhiro Kadokawa ,
"The Business model of Suraj the Rising Star" by Mr.Yoshiaki Koga
"The development of comics in Asia,Shinya Shokudo" by Mr.Yaro Abe,Mr.Makoto Oshima and Mr.Nobutaka Hirooka.

where the speakers share thier insights of thier respective developments.

On the 16th February, an autograph session held at Kino invited several guest such as:

Mr Yaro Abe (Shinya Syokudo)
Mr.Masayuki Ishikawa (Tales of Agriculture)
Mr.Mine Yoshizaki(Sgt. Frog Keroro)
Mr Hiroyuki Itoh(Crypton Future Media) and Mr. Danny choo (Culture Japan)

Fans flooded the Kino at Ngee Ann City for a chance to meet and greet thier favourite manga artist as well as getting thier autograph. Of which, along with Mr.Danny choo as the panel moderator, Mr Hiroyuki Itoh,the father of Hatsune Miku shared about the Virtual Diva sucess in a special speech session with fans at the bookstore itself.

On the 16th and 17th February an exbition was being held at the art house showcasing:

Over 400 Manga titles
Ereader Manga
Hatsune miku related Goods and Movies.

Skip over to after the break for more photos from the autograph session!

Scandal Live in Singapore 2013 (Updated with Message Video!!)

noreply@blogger.com (han siang "Speedknight" wong) — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 09:40:00 +0000

I am pretty sure they need no introduction,this time round they have returned to Singapore as the first Artist to come to singapore in 2013 for J-live asia.

Ticketing Details are as follow:

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You may get your ticket here (Starting 04.02.2013 @ 0900 Hours)!

For Now i would live you with some of the youtube videos of them from thier official Youtube channel:

And here are some of the covers they did(Unofficial Youtube sources):

Comic feista 2012

noreply@blogger.com (han siang "Speedknight" wong) — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 12:06:00 +0000

Recently i went over to Malaysia for my first ever overseas event. Really enjoyed myself over there. I great to meet new friends across the border that share the same passion. Needless to say there were many familar faces seen also, I will just let the photos do the talking, so head over to the gallery app after the break to view more photos!

EOY 2012

noreply@blogger.com (han siang "Speedknight" wong) — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 18:42:00 +0000

Vincent Sin, Producer cute-pop.com Explaining how the MMORPG style quest based EOY Cosplay Festival works.

Just a few hours ago EOY 2012 Ended at marina barrage. Here is some coverage of the event itself. Sorry my brain is too dead to type anything now....i will just let the pictures do the talking for me.

Yivon One of the Cosplay Ambassadors for EOY 2012 She is leading the team Chaos

The Meido Ambassadors for EOY 2012

The Kira candy girls gracing the event EOY 2012

See more of the photos at the gallery below:

Last but not least: EOY (What you can expect in about a weeks time!)

noreply@blogger.com (han siang "Speedknight" wong) — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 03:40:00 +0000

In a blink of the eye, we have soon arrived at the very last month of this year and as of tradition, Team EOY have the annual event to be held at this time of the year!
This year the format of EOY has a pretty intresting format! But first, let see the details of the event first:

When:9 Dec 2012(Sun)
Time:1100 onwards
Where:Marina Barrage

Still lost?

Now like mentioned earlier,this year EOY will run on a diffrent format as of other event. A Real-Life MMORPG-like event have been planned out where Visitors are "Players" in an RPG:

Will Yume’s HOPE prevail, or will the Evil’s CHAOS take over EOY?

As the Heroes and Heroines, you get to decide the fate of the town!

"EOY 2012 Cosplay Festival is held against a backdrop of an original folk story, set in a small town called EOY. EOY is a peaceful but lively town, with a buzzing market place that houses many talented folks who love to perform, dance, sing, and create art.
But mysterious evil forces plan to destroy the peace and take over the town. They have declared war on the town folks and are making their advances.
Yume, a brave young girl has rallied the town folks to defend their homeland. But more bravehearts are needed to keep the evil forces at bay. The showdown starts 9th December at the Marina Barrage, where champions and heroes are invited to gather and battle it out with the forces of evil."

Store your Inventory at a safe place before embarking on your quest!(*For cosplayers only)

The Eoy Quest: Like all MMORPG Players are tasked to certian Quest and Activites to complete to find out more regarding this quest Please visit this link!

The EOY market place, Stock up your loots of artworks and merchandise here!

Be sure to bring enough gold(Currency: SGD, as real as it can get, ain't it? :P ) for your loots!

Get your energy boost from the entertainment at the EOY Stage

The Sweet Wonderland, an attraction hosted by the KiraCandy girls where you can expect to interact with them and enjoy some sweet and fun games!

The Kira Candy Girls profiles:

http://kiracandy.com/kiracandygirls/kiracandy-girls/natsumi/
http://kiracandy.com/kiracandygirls/kiracandy-girls/terumi/
http://kiracandy.com/kiracandygirls/kiracandy-girls/yukari/
http://kiracandy.com/kiracandygirls/kiracandy-girls/nanami/
http://kiracandy.com/kiracandygirls/kiracandy-girls/ringo/
http://kiracandy.com/kiracandygirls/kiracandy-girls/rei/
http://kiracandy.com/kiracandygirls/kiracandy-girls/mikazuki/
http://kiracandy.com/kiracandygirls/kiracandy-girls/emiko/
http://kiracandy.com/kiracandygirls/kiracandy-girls/suzume/

Look out for Meidos travelling around,They will be providing you with the potions and sweets,aiding you in the completion of your quest!

If you need more rest be sure to check out The Inn ! Not only you can drink and eat to re-energise yourself for the battle,get a chance to meet and interect with the meidos here too (^^.)

The meidos Ambassadors:

This year at EOY, it is a story about good (HOPE) versus evil (CHAOS). EOY Town is under siege by forces of evil, the Chaos faction. We are looking for Cosplayers to join EOY in the glorious battle.
As a hero / heroine, you are given the choice to choose between Hope and Chaos. Champion and Ambassadors of Hope will cosplay the good characters. Champion and Ambassadors of Chaos will cosplay the villian characters.
Event attendees will ultimately cast their vote to determine the final outcome. Will Hope bring peace to EOY or will Chaos take over EOY? Join in the ultimate battle and pull the votes!

The Cosplay Ambassadors:

"Will Yume, the HOPE for EOY win the battle, or will CHAOS put out the light? We’re counting on you, the heroes and heroines, to give us the best outcome!
When the fate of the town has been decided, the victorious leader will lead the army of warriors together with the EOY folks, Meido Ambassadors and KiraCandy Girls on a march. At various points of the march, there will be lots of glorious group photo moments for keepsakes."

"Following the victory parade, we will celebrate new-found friendship together with the stars as our witnesses, imprinting brilliant memories with light sticks, songs and dances. Together, we will look forward to a brand new year where the story continues.
More activities will be announced at a later date! Worried about energy levels? Don’t worry, we have prepared the necessary ameneties for our warriors so that you can have a busy yet relaxing time!"

Garena Carnival 2012

noreply@blogger.com (han siang "Speedknight" wong) — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 05:56:00 +0000

Garena Carnival was flooded with event Goers

Garena Carnival was flooded with event goes for the past weekends,besides having the usual gaming compettion there is also a cosplay competion where cosplayers dress up as characthers from the Garena

Games such as LoL,HoN,Blackshot.

The Cosplay competion Winners Yivon as frost annie(2nd runner up), Jessie as Briztcrank(1st runner up) and Lawliet as Ahri(Champion.)

Head over to after the break for more photos,Spot the Guest Judge Eki Holic in them!

CJN 2012

noreply@blogger.com (han siang "Speedknight" wong) — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 08:32:00 +0000

Just a day after AFA 2012(Do check out the article if you have not done so!) CJN Singapore 2012 was being held a Kallang theater.

A total of 419 comrades(Statistical data from Dannychoo.com ) attended the event graced by:

Kamiyama Kenji (Director of 009 RE:CYBORG, Eden of the East, Ghost in the Shell SAC)
Ishii Tomohiko (Producer of 009 RE:CYBORG, Eden of the East, Ghost in the Shell SAC, Howl's Moving Castle)
Fukuoka Toshihiro of Ascii Media Works (Toradora, Railgun, Oreimo) and producer of Hatsune Miku hologram concerts
Shawn Chin - the AFA Maker!
CEO of Nitroplus Digitaro (Steins Gate, Fate Zero, Madoka Magica)
CEO of Good Smile Company Takanori Aki
Project Planning and Production Manager of Good Smile Company Mr Oda P
Singapores most well known blogger Mr Brown
Doujin circle Collateral Damage Studios
Doll circle Yukino Fujiwara

Magical girl Powered SMART.

Mr. Brown meets Mr. Danny

Do check out the rest of the gallery below:

AFA 2012

noreply@blogger.com (han siang "Speedknight" wong) — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 09:18:00 +0000

The owner of The mirai itasha along with Serene(as Mirai),Yivon(as Haruka) & Yuki(as Kanata) at Danny's Mirai booth

I have been busy running around AFA 12 as well as CJN Singapore 2012(A separate blog post will me up soon regarding this.) for the past few days. This Year Singapore Expo is the Venue instead of AFA'S usual ground at Suntec convention halls as its under renovation. Its also by far to date the biggest AFA ever as it celebrates its fifth anniversary at its home ground in Singapore.

Danny Choo hosting the RCC 2012, with Team Malaysia in the background.

This year The RCC saw Contestants from Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines and Malaysia competing for glory. I would like to congratulate our very own Team Singapore(Section 8) for clinching the top spot in competition. They were followed by Team Indonesia (Daikon Sky) and Team Thailand (Drachen) respectively.

Singapore's very own Section 8 clinches the top spot with Tiger and Bunny Cosplay.

Last but not least, I really enjoyed the 3 days of I love anisong concert this year with their very strong lineup but i am not allowed to take photos and videos during these =(... However do head over to after the break for more photos of the event itself via the link to the gallery below:

AFA Singapore 2012 "The Pre-event Roundup": What you can expect!

noreply@blogger.com (han siang "Speedknight" wong) — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 16:59:00 +0000

Finally! The long awaited AFA 2012 is happening in expo this coming weekend and here is a roundup of what you can expect this weekend over at Singapore Expo!

Battle plan!(Well sort-of! here are the floor plan just in case need it for your exclusives!):

Festival Goodies/Exclusives & Maid/Butler Cafe @Hall 7:

Madoka Movie & Stage events @ Hall 8:

Mable collection & I love anisong Concert @Max pavillion!

A short write up on my first 24 hours with Windows 8.

noreply@blogger.com (han siang "Speedknight" wong) — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 19:20:00 +0000

I upgraded my windows 7 to windows 8 yesterday after Microsoft aggressively priced the upgrade for existing Windows 7 user. Sure there were alot of debate regarding the MetroUI being a pain in the ass for Traditional keyboard & mouse/touchpad users. Well,we will touch on that later.

Let us first talk about the upgrading process:

Everything was Smooth right from the Start, i just went over to https://www.windowsupgradeoffer.com/en-SG/,click on continue,filled in the form.
The email came within minutes with the link to download the Upgrade Assistant

Everything was done right from the Upgrade Assistant , from checking compatibility to installation.

Within an hour after the download complete i found myself running windows 8 with everything still intact. The only things that was not working was my Intel Wireless and Bluetooth other than that everything else was working perfectly right from my first windows 8 bootup.
Even so i still went over to http://www.msi.com/product/nb/GE60-0NC.html#/?div=Driver&os=Win8%2064 to download the manufacturers driver updates.
Within another 30 minuets i found myself exploring and playing around with Windows 8.

MetroUI and me:

Like everyone else i didn't really like the metroUI on my system so i downloaded 3rd party Start button plugin for my Windows 8 desktop:

What you see here its call Classic shell .

Currently there are 2 popular choices for the 3rd party Start button plugins. I chose Classic shell over Stardock's Start8 . Because the former is free the latter requires you to pay after a 30 day trial.
Everything is highly customized-able:

Customize everything to your liking!

But honestly speaking certain Apps look really awesome with MetroUI like:

Skype for windows 8

Conclusion and Final Thoughts:

In my opinion there is several improvement such as better boot time as promised by microsoft.
I don't know if this is a placebo effect,but to me, i can feel that the system is quite a bit smoother comparing it when it was on windows 7
Gaming wise for GW2 there seems to be a slight improvement of 2-4 fps.
Given the price of the upgrade i never regret jumping on to the bandwagon,even though i still can't get use to the new user interface.
In my opinion Microsoft has just decided that its time to launched the next generation OS, after all touch screen devices are getting really common nowadays in the consumer sector.
Great play by Microsoft to even allow pirated users of windows 7 to upgrade to windows 8 at such a low price point,its has been a very effective anti-piracy from my point-of-view.

AFA 2012 I love Anisong artist lineup & concert details.

noreply@blogger.com (han siang "Speedknight" wong) — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 13:41:00 +0000

As you can see T.M.R will will be having the 1st day to themselves. Day 2 we will have Babymetal,FLOW fripSide,Lisa,m.o.v.e will be dominating the stage. Finally May'n,Minami Kuribayashi,Sea*A and sphere will have their showcase on the final day.

Ticket details are as above and if you realize,seating arrangement will be across the board this time round as the concert will be held at max pavilion, also there will be 3 category instead of the 2. Please note that the basic ticket its only for the concert itself and does not include the festival and stage passes and you will have to buy them separately.

STGCC Day 1 & Day 2

noreply@blogger.com (han siang "Speedknight" wong) — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 09:12:00 +0000

Tadaaki Jacky Dosai, Touya Hibiki & Kousaka Yun sharing their cosplay experiences during a cosplay panel

Happening at Bay Sands Expo and Convention, just last weekend one of the biggest event locally, STGCC

attracted scores of visitors both from the Eastern and Western pop-culture alike. With many featured guest from both sides its no wonder the huge turn out at the event! Even Celebrity Cosplayer Alodia decided to pop by as a visitor!

Alodia with a friend of mine Sakurazaki

Shana sketch by Itou Nozi

Zanreeds and Monomind who brought us a great DJ battle at the end of day 1.

More shots of Touya Hibiki & Kousaka Yun during day 2 =P

Piko Singing to his Screaming fans during day 2

That is myself with Yivon a good friend of mine cosplaying as Tewi. Support her here please!

I am going to leave you with a link to my gallery next:

Be sure to checkout what other comrade(s) have post about this event:
http://www.popcultureonline.net/pop-stage/the-singapore-toy-game-comic-convention-2012-coverage
http://sgcafe.com/2012/09/stgcc-2012-at-marina-bay-sands/
http://ani-culture.net/
http://thecosplaychronicles.blogspot.sg/

STGCC Media preview

noreply@blogger.com (han siang "Speedknight" wong) — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:36:00 +0000

Speedknight.com was at today's sneak peak!

Attended the media preview for STGCC which will be happening at the Marina Bay Sands tommorow and sunday!. We were given a chance to meet a selected number of guest today and also to interview them!!

Trisan Eaton mentioned that he suffers from color blindness, inspirational speech by him during the interview!

Another artist,Andy Diggle was also present at today's media preview

Leinil Yu and his illustration of a Singapore superhero.

and of course Kousaka Yun and Toya Hibiki!

Be sure to check out other commerades post regarding this media preview:

The Cosplay Chronicles

128GB M4 Msata "Nano-review"

noreply@blogger.com (han siang "Speedknight" wong) — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 07:46:00 +0000

Stocks are very limited @ PC themes at SLS

So recently i got myself a laptop upgrade,a 128GB Crucial M4 mSATA SSD drive.

I have been wanting a SSD in my laptop ever since i upgraded to a MSI GE60 0NC earlier this year but have been held back by capacity whores and the fact that SSD are still relatively expensive. But with a recently launch 128GB msata m4 priced at a S.R.P of $199 and an unused port on my MSI GE 60,
money flew out of my wallet. Here is an nano size review of the drive XD~...

Full specification of my laptop:

MSI GE60 0NC System specs:

Intel i7-3610QM (2.3Ghz-3.3Ghz, 6MB Cache)
nVidia GeForce GT650M 2GB GDDR5
15.6" FHD, Anti-Glare(1920*1080) LED
16GB Rams (GSKILL 8GB DDR III SODIMM*2)
WD Scopio Black 750GB (SATA) 7200rpm
128GB Crucial M4 mSATA SSD.
Super Multi
Intel Jackson Peak N2230 (2*2 b/g/n) + BT4.0
Win7 Home Premium
6 cell

Opening the laptop to place the SSD was an easy affair and took less the 15mins.

Installation Success!!

Benches,benches and more benches