望み – What is that you desire? – Japan Spring 2008 Loot

Japan Spring 2008 Loot

windbell on April 10, 2008 in Japan,Merchandise,Travel

A quick look at the loot from Japan. Anime Bloggers seem to do all these loot posts ^^;

I spent less for this Spring trip to Japan, probably because I have already spent a lot during my Summer trip last year. Was resisting grabbing any doujinshis or artbooks of the shelves whenever we visited an anime store; Double was there as witness. I think the otaku in me is growing up…

Instead of doujinshis/artbooks etc, I spent more money on CDs and souvenirs. Remembered heading to several CD stores (With the biggest purchase from HMV). Importing them would be a little on the expensive side.

Puchi Moe, ~~which actually makes a great voice addition for candy girls me thinks~~ one of the things on my intended items to get while in Japan. The tsundere version was out of stock in most stores due to massive grab attempts by Kugimiya Rie’s fans (Seiyuu for Louise (!!!) from Zero no Tsukaima and Nagi from Hayate no Gotoku) and the most interesting out of the 4.

I managed to grab two tsundere versions from Gamers, after asking the guy at the counter for one and then asking if I could grab another copy with my terrible Japanese (He gave me a ‘dude i know your japanese is teh suck’ look) ^^;

Soundrops (Sound drops) which contain the famous tunes that can be found in animation series and games. I grabbed both the ones from Evangelion and Mario. Asuka’s soundrop 「あんたバカァ？」 is highly addictive. ^^

I am a YUI fan. Period

Some health materials. I bought the manga to support the mangaka (I no lie!). Pink Chu Chu and some other artist whose name I forgot but remember using his/her image in one of my post.

Grabbed April’s Issue of Dengeki Moeoh 2008 as I wanted the Otano Calendar as I mentioned in this post. I wonder where I can hang it without having massive nosebleeds.

Kuro and Toro. The Revoltech toys. Those are really really cute! I prefer them to the Figma Haruhi/Nagato. I think I’ll go do a special photoshoot for them.

Byousoku 5cm Novel. Double spotted this at Yurindo (A bookstore, similar to Kinokuniya) while we were walking around. Have been looking around in Kinokuniya back at home for it.

A loot at one cannot buy. A drawing by bangin, whom we met up with during our trip. It’s a illustration of (apparently) me and Asuka lol. I wonder when I’ll get my real life Asuka/Rin/YUI ^^; One of the best presents I have ever received! Thanks bangin!

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Taking a look back, this is indeed a plain comparison (or not) to my previous loot. Mainly because I didn’t feel the urge to grab doujinshis like drinking water and also my funds were smaller this time and would rather spend it on getting camera equipment (That lovely EOS 5D or 1Ds Mark III. Main objective of the trip was to ~~look at girls~~ create memories of Tokyo and documenting them in photos before I get enlisted into National Service ORZ

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The bird swooped in from above, with upmost precision. Landing with such grace and yet swifty. Moving across the table like a ballroom dancer before picking up what seems like leftovers from the previous diners. After savaging from the pile, it then prepared it’s wings for flight..and with a flap, it’s off with it’s journey towards the great unknown.

Many a times, we do want to be like a bird. Besides being able to travel over great distances, we do enjoy that non-confinement.. of which many of us has yet to experience.

I was thinking of this complusory yet seems like hundrum labour I will have to do in about 2 years time. Yes, it’s the what’s known as ‘National Service’ or *coughcheaplabourcough* to some or even ’2 years of hell’ to others. To me, it seems like a boring thing indeed (for I have not entered NS).
Let’s do some maths here. Every year, there will be 2 batches of males (complusory for males, voluntary for females) entering National Service. Assuming that 10,000 males per batch. 20,000 males per year (Stimulated Figures). That’s like 200,000 fully trained males ready for battle anytime, anyday.
Hey, that’s fucking smart of the government to do that! Force the males to enter, train them as ‘machines-to-counter-war for 2 years’ and then throw them back into society. They will have to relearn whatever they have learnt before they entered NS (if they forget).

Does that suck? It does. What do you learn in NS? Operation of kick-ass guns, surviving on the battlefield, teamwork amongst comrades, erm… Operation of not-so-kick-ass guns..etc. Does it teaches you how to survive in the future, the recession, or even when you lose a job? Yes it does! You join back the army again! Work as one of the officers!

Either way, why does National Service have to be complusory.. and males to enter after secondary school education (after 16 years old) if they did not apply for education at JCs, Poly, ITE etc. The time between 16 to adulthood seems to be the golden years. Where males grow from boys to men (majority). It is also where tertiary education comes in place. 2 years used for National service could have been spent for attaining a degree (take is if you take the Poly pathway).

I do not understand that making it complusory is necessary. Given that Singapore only has people, the government has no ‘other’ choice but to harvest us as resources. The nation owns our body. We are slaves! I am a slave of the country, fighting for the nation and brainwashed since young. I have watched many fight for their freedom. Unknown to choice — nor known to freedom. Have withstood years of pain to get out of here, yet I am still stuck here. So as I wait… Unlimited Slaves Works.
2 years is important. I don’t know man, but that 2 years is really important. How can the country ‘replace’ that 2 years? There’s this ‘Do not ask what the country can do for you, but what you can do for the country’. I abhor that ‘quote’. For what I know. I do not do things for the country. I do it for the community.

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