Category Life Happenings

Hard Disk Died + KyoAni/Shaft Anime OPED Remix

1 comment By ahbonk Filed in Anime/Manga, Life Happenings, News/Announcements January 29th, 2010 @ 10:43 pm

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I wasn’t the only one who got worn out after a week of hard work.

Yes, my great luck with computers has finally run out. My hard disk died out on me two days ago, bad sectors and all. It’s been rendered as completely unreadable. Luckily I backed up my work files, but all my photos (AAAAAAARGH) and my blog files are lost in the partition vacuum.

Downloaded all sorts of recovery software but just like the goblin jumper cables they don’t seem to work. Will send it to a data recovery center tomorrow or day after.

Meanwhile, I’m on my new hard disk so I have to start over. Starting with software. So don’t be surprised if the next posts on the anime awards do not follow the usual graphic format.

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However, not all hope is lost! In-between trying to revive my hard drive and panicking for my digital life, I surfed through NicoNicoDouga on my mom’s netbook and found some cool vids :) It’s an entertaining Dame remix of Shaft and Kyoani anime OPs and EDs! By the way, in English “da-me” means useless, just like my hard disk =_=

They should make more remix videos like this!

(Daitai) Shaft Studios OPED Remix (i.e. a great 11-min artsy feast for your eyes):

Well look at that, it’s my favourite anime studio, Shaft! To be exact, it’s the remix of works by Shinbou Akiyuki till April 2009 (no Bakemonogatari for you), who’s the director for most Shaft series. The video includes his pre-Shaft productions as well. Was really hit in nostalgia by Starship Girl Yamamoto Yoko!

Couldn’t find the non-Nico-comments version though, gomen.

KyoAni remix (i.e. a wonderful rendition of fluid animation, all in one go):

Complete with Full Metal Panic, Key shows and oh, who could forget Haruhi and Lucky Star. It’s the latest DameMixx creation and includes shows until December 2009, so it’s pretty updated. Btw, my favourite KyoAni show is Air :)

Just a little hint, a few of the above are gonna make to my Top 5 opening ;) Look forward to my next post!

Here’s to this hard disk not being another da-me one.

My First Japanese Game Design Proposal

8 comments By ahbonk Filed in Games, Life Happenings January 26th, 2010 @ 11:17 pm

In Japanese!

You haven’t lived life till you write a game design proposal in Japanese! more >>

Job Spots and Other Spots

6 comments By ahbonk Filed in Life Happenings December 21st, 2009 @ 3:26 pm

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Been busy with job-hunting lately. It was my first time writing a CV/resume in Japanese! Unlike the western approach where you can write and format your CV as you please, the Japanese prefer everyone to fight on equal ground and have you purchase a ready-formatted CV from 7-Eleven and fill up from there. Still, had to write everything in Japanese, so imagine the stress…

I so do love stress don’t I? If it’s not the Japanese exam, then I just hop on to the next pillar of stressful existence. Maybe I’m made to be the M type :P

Have a bunch of edited pictures for a whole lot of events ready, just no time to write the posts. Will do so in due time. Meanwhile enjoy pictures of a ladybug wandering around in my room a few minutes ago.

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Preparing for JLPT this Sunday

5 comments By ahbonk Filed in Life Happenings December 3rd, 2009 @ 1:27 am

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This is it! The exam that I’ve been waiting for, JLPT Level 2. The exam that would increase the likelihood of me working in Tokyo if I pass.

I might have done well in the mock exams, in fact better than I expected, but you’ll never know how difficult the actual exam will be like. Failing to prepare is preparing to fail, you know, that kind of crap.

Now that all my note-taking is complete, I only need to bring two books to study the whole time.

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First, the grammar notes. I just need to polish a few corners by memorizing grammars that are hardly used in everyday conversation (or manga/anime :P). This and the listening section are my strengths, or so my Sensei says *blush*

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Oh god, vocab. This is the killer for me. I’ve read a bunch of mangas and watched a lot of anime in my life, but I only have a 256 MB RAM brain. So I can only take in adverbs, adjectives and a bunch of verbs. _orz <– also my praying pose, God help me!

Sensei told us that you should divide the adjectives to positive and negative, so that you can already feel whether it’s wonderful or horrible at first glance. From there, try to remember its meaning.

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Arrrrrggggggghhhh, kanji!!! Luckily, only 1 mark is awarded per question for the Kanji question, compared to 2 marks/question for vocab. Thanks to the school, all those Kanji drills throughout the year really paid off!

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That’s not the torchlight or camera flash; it’s the moonlight seeping through my bedroom window. Good night everyone. See you next week!

And for those who are taking the JLPT exam this Sunday, no matter where you are, all the best! Ganbarou ze!

EJU Done, Onwards to JLPT! (Nah, WoW first…)

4 comments By ahbonk Filed in Life Happenings November 8th, 2009 @ 6:47 pm

The Examination for Japanese University (EJU) exam is finished at last! Time to get some emblem of triumphs. more >>

Yummy Gifts from Malaysia

6 comments By ahbonk Filed in Family/Friends, Life Happenings November 5th, 2009 @ 10:36 pm

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Daniel and his lovely wife arrived in Tokyo last night and brought some nice gifts from Malaysia. Maggi Asam Laksa, Baba’s curry powder and Thai chilli sauce. Thanks dude!

Btw I’ll be busy showing the couple around and I have a national Japanese exam called EJU (Examination for Japanese University Admission) this Sunday, so I won’t update my blog till then. Wish me luck!

I’m so MOE

20 comments By ahbonk Filed in Anime/Manga, Life Happenings October 10th, 2009 @ 12:50 pm

Yea today’s my birthday. More importantly, I was born on Moe day!

Don’t know what’s moe? Get with the program, man!

There’s a reasonable explanation for this so-called Moe day:

Reasonable ain’t it?

Today I shall act my cutest, slipping and falling down the floor, rubbing my head with cat paws. And I call out “onii-chan~” in the most pitiful way possible. You’ll want to hug me for sure.

Pictures are from Seitokai no Ichizon, my recommended anime for autumn. A show about a dating game otaku wanting to create a harem out of the student council. Loads of anime parodies including the moe picture above, even the movie Dragonball Evolution got involved. You can never go wrong with the director of Ichigo Mashimaro. Let me end the post with one of its finest moments: