Saturday, February 28, 2009 - :

Just came back from a 3 hour cramp session of Japanese..
a i u e o - that's the vowels for Hiragana..

For Hiragana, there is no "intonation".. so this is how they are 'pronounce'
a - ah
i - e
u - wuu
e - a
o - oh

hm.. another important lesson would be on the usage of 'particle'
e - for places; home, far east plaza, school, etc.
ni - for purpose; shopping, shooting, watching, etc.
wa - for topic or negative; topic refers to something or someone you are talking about
ewa - for negative remarks on place
niwa - for negative remarks on purpose

oh well, off to practice writing of..
a i u e o
ka ki ku ke ko
sa shi su se so

ta chi tsu te to
na ni nu ne no
ha hi hu he ho

Jikoshokai
hajimemashite. horace desu. yoroshiku onegaishimasu.
watashi wa mou gakusei ja na i.
juu kyuu sai desu. mou sugu ni juu sai desu.
watashi singapuura jin desu.

Shana, Flame-Haired Red-Hot-Eyed Hunter 6:36 PM

Friday, February 27, 2009 - :

Congratulations Horace! You've finally graduated unofficially with a Diploma in Bioengineering from Singapore Polytechnic. You've done a marvelous job sustaining boring lectures, tutorials and laboratory work up to this day.

Yeah! Fuck you SP! Fuck You! LOL!

Tsk! Was able to fully answer the whole booklet for the Bio Materials paper this afternoon; should be able to do quite well.

Either way, my class celebrated Pei Ling's birthday today at Bugis's Ministry of Food. Had Eunagi Bento set, and chicken 'balls', have forgotten the Japanese name for the dish. And had a chocolate cream for dessert. After dessert, they brought in the cake, flower and big poster "card" for her. The class really had fun trying to take photos of Pei Ling and Desmond, trying to get them to have a 'couple' picture.. xD

Oh.. time to relax and enjoy myself for the night. Will be quite a busy and exciting day tomorrow.. archery in the morning, Japanese lesson in the afternoon, and probably going to KKnM in the evening.

Shana, Flame-Haired Red-Hot-Eyed Hunter 9:59 PM

Thursday, February 26, 2009 - :

1 DAY MORE!!!

Yesterday's CCCRT exam paper was surprisingly much easier than expected. Sufficient confidence of getting at least 80% for that final paper which weights 40%; which in turn translate to 32% of the whole module.

With CCCRT out of the way, I'm left with bio materials!! I'm so hyped up that at long last I'm able to "graduate" from Singapore Polytechnic; not sure if I can sleep soundly through the night =/

However I'm not particularly looking forward to my life after this whole thing.. still have to finish FYP Report, find a good temporary job, and then serve the nation.. *sigh*

Shana, Flame-Haired Red-Hot-Eyed Hunter 8:14 PM

Wednesday, February 25, 2009 - :

Left 2 Days before I graduate unofficially.

This sensation of "success" and "failure" in Singapore Polytechnic has made me realize life has gone by so fast, and it will never wait for you.

Can't wait to sit for my next paper, bio materials. Following that I'm left with my FYP final report. And BANZAI! I'm outta SP!

My Japanese class is also starting this Saturday!! Hah! Probably will be shooting in the morning, before heading to Delfi Orchard for my lessons thou. Hope my bulky haversack won't be obstructing anyone.

Shana, Flame-Haired Red-Hot-Eyed Hunter 5:23 PM

Sunday, February 22, 2009 - :

Alter just released Teana Lanster from Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS, 160mm tall.

This is my 6th Alter Nanoha PVC I've collected so far. At first sight, I thought the quality wasn't up to standard, partly thanks to the low or bad resolution of the picture I found. But after finding higher resolution pictures, like those posted below, I can’t just pass up a dual pistol wielding twin tail girl. Not really sure if you can call her "tsundere", but yeah, she do has some loving qualities and the figure is cute.

She’s a 1/7 scale figure, made by Alter. Like all the other Nanoha figures, Teana comes with a large base with her name printed on it, with description on her weapon on it. Comes with an option to change the guns into dagger-mode, which look very cool. The options comes with each one of her arms as an optional part, so you swap out her arms, instead of changing the weapons to get the variant. This option makes sure the weapons stay put and fit right.

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS 1/7 Scale Pre-Painted PVC Figure: Teana Lanster by Alter.



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Expand/Collapse >> More Pictures of Teana Lanster (Different Background + Cast-Off)

Labels: KKnM, Nanoha, PVC, StrikerS, Teana Lanster

Shana, Flame-Haired Red-Hot-Eyed Hunter 9:58 PM

A year has passed since the issue of my class 3 license. Thus, starting from this day, and hopefully for the rest of my life (don't get my license suspended) I will not have to put that triangle, probation plate while driving motorcars. =D

To bring things up to speed, KKnM has finally contacted me to collect Teana Lanster. Given 2 weeks to collect it, I'll probably go down this Saturday or Sunday since I'd have graduated unofficially by then..

Hm.. Come to think about it, I still haven't post any pix on her. Will do it on my next post.

Labels: Class 3 License

Shana, Flame-Haired Red-Hot-Eyed Hunter 7:16 PM

Friday, February 20, 2009 - :

With yet another paper done and over with, I'm left with the last 2 final papers! (CCCRT) Contamination Control and Clean Room Technology, what a bs module it is indeed. Not even students in CLS; chemical engineering, or EEE using semi-conductor clean rooms who uses them the most are required to study the fundamentals of a clean room structure and installation requirements.. We, who don't even use those clean rooms very too often, have to know how to build one out of thin air. -_-

Oh, that applies for most MM students.. not sure if those aeronautical and resort management are required to take up this module or not.

Either way, I stayed up the whole night just to study for this morning's Bio-Mechanics, with a gut feel that I'd only score roughly 60%. >_> Those inertia and mechanics that required a lot of foundations from mechanics 1, 2 & 3, I really had a tough time with them.. I admit that I do not have enough practice =/ Anyway, it's done and over with. Time to focus on the next and most bs adversary of MM.

Shana, Flame-Haired Red-Hot-Eyed Hunter 10:03 PM

Thursday, February 19, 2009 - :

A quarter of the adversary has passed, with another 1 coming tomorrow.

Anyway, as I have been delaying my university application, the dateline for NUS application is tomorrow afternoon to evening.. as their office is closes at 1730hrs on Friday, and they do not operate on weekends. I've applied and submit an online application, I've also paid online using my credit card.

Conclusion, I've to go to the admission office personally to pass them the relevant documents if I don't want to waste my effort in the application and the application fees I paid.

Shana, Flame-Haired Red-Hot-Eyed Hunter 5:53 PM

Monday, February 16, 2009 - :

Despite the fact that I'd love to post more pictures and update on my pre-order list, I got a few obstacles to clear before I have more free time again..

Exams are just part and parcel of life.

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Hope I can find sufficient spare time to post pictures on Teana and Louis before they arrive. =)

Labels: BIOMAT, BMECH, CCCRT, CGMP, Exam, Exam Schedule

Shana, Flame-Haired Red-Hot-Eyed Hunter 8:22 PM

Sunday, February 15, 2009 - :

It's Mikku!! Since I ordered Nendoroid MikkuMiki Kagami, it just feels wierd without the original Nendoroid Hatsune Mikku.

Pre-ordered Nendoroid MikkuMiku Kagami from MKZ for $48, estimated arrival May 2009.

Ordered Nendoriod Hatsune Mikku from MKZ for $42.
Have not collected yet, waiting for Nendoroid Louis to be collected before going down to MKZ. The estimated arrival for Nendoroid Louis is February 2009, which is this month, there are always chances that the shipment may or may not be delayed.

MikkuMiku Kagami action figure is taken from the manga/OVA of Lucky Star. Apparently the story goes like this..

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Goodsmile Nendoroid MikkuMiku Kagami



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Labels: Kagami, Konata, Lucky Star, May 2009, MikkuMiku, OVA

Shana, Flame-Haired Red-Hot-Eyed Hunter 8:29 AM

Saturday, February 14, 2009 - :

Another Mahō Shōjo Ririkaru Nanoha Figure, from Season 3: StrikerS

Pre-ordered price: $116 from toyntoys, estimated arrival arrival June 2009.

Always charging recklessly and blasting her "Divine Buster" that she copied and modified from Nanoha. Except that her divine buster is extreme short range, but just as "damaging" when compared to Nanoha's regular divine buster; If the buster system is taken into account, obviously Nanoha will over power any1 in any situation.. guess that's the reason why she's called the white devil eh?

Anyway, this figure is displaying her excellion drive mode.. probably taken from the fight against Ginga, well that's my personal opinion. Wished they taken her cyborg abilities into consideration thou.. Hah!

Subaru Nakajima Alter Ver. (PVC Figure)



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Labels: Alter, June 2009, Nanoha, PVC, StrikerS, Subaru, toyntoys

Shana, Flame-Haired Red-Hot-Eyed Hunter 1:50 PM

Next up, Haruhi and Nagato from the Max Factory Extravaganza Version.

Pre-ordered Extravaganza Haruhi from latendo..unconfirmed finalized price, my estimation is $120, estimated arrival March 2009.

Pre-ordered Extravaganza Nagato from toyntoys for $106, estimated arrival May 2009.

This Extravaganza Version set from Max Factory consists of 3 main characters; Haruhi, Nagato and Mikuru. This anime is quite old, but still as entertaining as ever, meaning that there is rewatch-ability value.
There have been confirmation on a second season of "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya" , it will be base on the 4th novel, "Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoshitsu" , in English, "The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya" .

Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu 1/8 Scale Pre-Painted PVC Figure: Haruhi Suzumiya (Extravaganza Ver.)



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Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu 1/7 Scale Pre-Painted PVC Figure: Nagato Yuki (Extravaganza Ver.)



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I did not pre-orderer mikuru as I didn't like the pose of the figure. And I don't have plans on completing the set unless Mikuru is free or dirt-cheap.
And that's just my personal opinion, no offense against Mikuru's fans =/

Labels: Extravaganza, Haruhi, March 2009, Max Factory, May, May 2009, Nagato, toyntoys

Shana, Flame-Haired Red-Hot-Eyed Hunter 10:24 AM