My batchmates are apparently doomed.

They were screaming in our not-so-secret Facebook group about how CL Yun Zhen found out they've been reading her blog.

God, am I glad I didn't bother checking her blog again after that first time.

... Although I still am guilty. Ehehehe.

I wonder how she found out though. The idea of her finding this blog and looking at it and finding out is almost imperceptible, whatever that means since I forgot what it meant. But I think it means impossible to perceive or something. Hopefully.

I'm not going to put labels on this since I wouldn't want a pissed-off batchmate to come after me.

Sayon.

Hetalia Day! Some extra part.

YOU KNOW, I JUST REALIZED EVERYONE FORGOT MY BIRTHDAY THANKS TO HETALIA DAY.

Okay, so it's been revealed that the organizers are busy stalking people to find pictures or something. We were planning to get hundreds of photos from everyone, inclusive of stealing from the person who posted her album on France's post (sorry about that...), but I might as well upload some of mine first.

Greece. Taken by accident.

For Hungary's mission. Prussia doesn't know that.

USA has usa ears! Geddit?

Blurry picture of the pretty Hungary

AND THEY'RE TWINS.

Some Hungary challenge again.

@Hong Kong: Wow for expressionless.

Be proud; we got to Canada before America.

While he was preparing to pose.

Haha okay that'll be it for now! Oh, and I feel sad because Prussia's ignoring me, Spain called me whiny and England's the only one who responded to any of my stuff. -hides in corner- I feel proud of Bela for becoming famous for her role as, well, Bela.

Sayon.

Hetalia Day! Part 2

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MY DRAWINGS
I signed off with Ensei for all my drawings:

1. Chibi Liechtenstein
2. Hungary, coloured
3. Japan/Taiwan. The guy was kind of hard to identify though.
4. Prussia
5. Seychelles, closed eyes
6. The word HETALIA, coloured with all rainbow colours and with a pink winged heart beside it.
7. Monaco
8. Russia, female
9. China and Russia
10. Unknown head, suspiciously looks like England.
11. Chibi Belarus
12. Chibi England

And a lot more.
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PRUSSIA'S ABOLISHMENT AND A TEST
I also repeated to Prussia nearly the same lines about 3 times. The first time was for England's mission. The second time I was bored and decided to repeat again. Only difference was, Canada gave the thumbs-up sign, not America.

FIRST TIME
Me: But Prussia, aren't you supposed to be dead? I mean like, Prussia was a German country which was officially dissolved in 1947...
Prussia: -muffles me by covering my mouth-
America: -thumbs-up sign-

SECOND TIME
Me: But Prussia, you were officially dissolved in 1947 though you were effectively dissolved before World War 2..."
Prussia: -covers my mouth-
Canada: -thumbs-up sign-

THIRD TIME
Me: -stands far away-
Me: But Prussia, you really were officially dissolved in 1947 and effectively dissolved before World War 2 because you were increasingly merged into...
Prussia: -covers ears-
Prussia: LALALAA I CAN'T HEAR ANYTHING AT ALL
England: -thumbs-up sign-


After that, I also decided to stand on the stage behind Prussia and hold my fan as if I was going to hit his head with it. And while people were gaping and taking photos, Prussia didn't even realize anything. When he finally did, he asked, "So... Is this for Hungary's mission?"

I replied, "No."

He answered, "Okay, then don't hit me."
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RUSSIA AND BELARUS
We also had a fun time letting my friend Bela chase Russia around. She was accompanied by an official (I think) Belarus too. There was this particular Russia in a black coat who kept being very obviously running away, and when they did China's mission together he was like, nervously sweating.

I even took a video and uploaded it on You tube, if you'd like to see:

Russia VS Belarus [Hetalia Day 2011]

The shorter Belarus is my friend, the other one was some random one who sponsored the knives. I loved it when Hong Kong gave Russia the axe and then stepped away~ Which reminds me, Ukraine and Belarus' theme song was playing right then. Coincidence~?
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After that Bela got herself a Soviet Union doujinshi which cost $10. Pretty expensive considering it was only about 1/3 the size of an ordinary manga.

Oh, and here's an upload of the Mission Card; it's really cute!

I had a hard time putting the stickers so they wouldn't overlap though. I might update this if I remember more fun things~!

Hetalia Day! Part 1

Yesterday was fun! Prussia and I kept teasing each other even though we totally didn't know each other (elaborated below). I only regret having to leave early before my curfew.

SERIOUSLY, IT'S MY BIRTHDAY, I SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO STAY FOR THE WHOLE THING!!!

I think I was in a vantage point with the cosplayers. I tend to like to get to know the people personally, rather than focusing on the events only. A lot of them I didn't get to know well, but I got to know Prussia and Hungary a bit better.

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Here's a recount, kind of:

I arrived at Yio Chu Kang at around 10.15am, which was relatively early since only Rettsu was there. We all squished our faces to the glass walls and waved to the people inside. I was holding a black-framed red fan while doing so. Of all of them, only Prussia waved back, sadly.

So Kimberlyn went to change into her Megane!England cosplay. Hungary, who was standing outside adjusting her hair, wanted to look, but she decided not to since Kimberlyn was rather shy. Hungary was really pretty~ So was Belgium~

When they finally tried to open the doors, they made a lame mistake and pulled the push door. Haha. Anyway, we all got welcomed in and they began a small ice-breakers. We each got a card with a name (mine was Latvia). Then we were supposed to find people in the same group as us, for example Baltics, so I went to find Lithuania and Estonia.

I wasn't sure, so I went up to America and England and asked if there were repeats, of which they said YES. But we gave up looking for more and somehow two more Baltic repeats strayed to us. Which was sad, because it meant that all the screaming I did (that killed a lot of ears) was pretty fruitless.

And after that I stood by to prepare to cling onto Prussia and ask for a mission, only that he moved away to bother Hungary, so I ended up rushing to Canada. I got there first, hell yeah!

After that I can't remember the order I did them, but I still remember all of them:
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MISSIONS
For SEYCHELLES, we had to fish out a live fish. It was pretty easy for me, though I caught some France mermaids and dead ones before that. And while waiting in the queue, America called me cute and Seychelles agreed haha.


For GERMANY, we had to hit the potatoes and earn 5 points. I did this as a group, and for some reason we kept hitting America's face, cue insane laughter. I was the only one who even scored any points, but my 5 points counted for everyone else so it was okay.


For USA aka AMERICA, we guessed 5 names of movies that the pictures came from. Jia Yang guessed about, what, 7 movies? I don't watch American horror, but I just told America:

"You know, American movies are really amazing!"

And America was so happy he gave me my sticker straightaway. In your face, people who never thought to just suck up a bit.


For RUSSIA, it was that classic game where there's a ball under a cup and you have to guess which cup it's under. I was the first person to guess wrong, apparently, but I pointed out to Russia that he cheated and put the ball into the another cup while mixing them up so I got the sticker.


For FRANCE, you either thrust a rose out to someone, put a censored picture in front of your vital regions or put a censor between your mouth and someone else's mouth. I heard that other people got other missions though. The cosplayer for France was a shy and easily-embarrassed girl, surprisingly.


For CANADA, it was pretty easy, with no time limit anyway. Just quickly flip all the leaves and search for 3 with a picture of Canada. I should have just taken 3 empty ones and say Canada was there, but because my flipping skills are amazing I flipped them all within 5 seconds and finished.


For AUSTRIA, just guess who sang the song Austria plays to you and get 5 correct. I got all correct, though Yi Jia helped me with Germany's because I don't listen to him at all. We got The Absolutely Invincible British Gentleman, Pechka Light My Heart, Marukaite Chikyuu (Germany) and two more Germany songs. I was like, "I-NO-D-ASOLULY-INVISIBLE-BITIS-GETLEME!"


For LIECHTENSTEIN, I'm not entirely sure how we passed, but it was just flipping cards and matching them. When we got empty cards, Bela reasoned that Canada was invisible, so it got counted in the end anyway.


For HONG KONG, we had to do a dance while wielding an axe, and for some reason America did it with us. Of all of us, I was most hyped out about it and at some points in time it looked like the House Mass-Dance. Hong Kong, amazingly, managed to stay remarkably silent and expressionless throughout the whole thing.


For NORTH ITALY, oh wait I forgot. Hang on. Oh yeah, Pictionary. I drew and we got "Apple (software)", "Microsoft", "Starbucks" and "Pizza". We could write words though, so I solved them by doing these:

Apple: Just draw the logo.

Microsoft: '_____ Word? _____ Excel? _____ Powerpoint?'

Starbucks A bit tougher. I just drew as best as I could the logo ("Is that Hungary?") and drew a star and a dollar note (buck).

Pizza: Anyone can draw pizza, heck.


For JAPAN and TAIWAN, we had to buy Omukuji, this piece of paper which writes your fortune. I got Extreme Luck and a picture of America. Oh and did you know? The cosplayers for Japan and Taiwan are twins in real life!


For UK aka ENGLAND, he'll give you props to wear and get you to say something mean to any of the cosplayers. For me, I wore black cat ears (maybe because I was wearing white flowers in my hair) and angel wings. And as I was instructed, I went to Prussia with a cute look on my face, and said,

"But Prussia, aren't you supposed to be dead? I mean like, Prussia was a German country which was officially dissolved in 1947..." Prussia muffled me by covering my mouth and nearby, America gave me a thumbs-up sign.

England was pretty pleased, and gave me my sticker.


For CHINA, I'm not sure what it is but apparently it was Chinese ghost, where you wear this piece of paper on your head and jump around. I quickly chose the China one, because China said something that had a double meaning and I interpreted it as "general of war". China kept speaking in Chinese though my Chinese is fail...


For SPAIN, you use your fingers to try and kick the ball into the goal 2 times while Spain blocks the goal. The first time I hit it, it bounced off the side into the goal. The second time, I hit it before Spain was ready and he was like, "Come on! Let me prepare first!" but it got in same way as the first.


For GREECE, you have to play a three-legged race. Yi Jia and I just chanted, "One-two" all the way and we won easily. Later I repeated with Bela so that she could get her sticker and there was this couple who just walked backwards when going back haha.


For HUNGARY, you have to help her take a photo of a shipping. We got SpaHol and RoChu. I tried to do SpaHol while the rest did RoChu, but I failed. Here's what happened:

Me: Holland, have you seen Spain?
Holland: He should be on cafe duty, yeah, he's over there.
Me: Well you see, I have this friend who likes the both of you, so could you two perhaps take a photo together...?
Holland: I'm sorry, but I think we shouldn't bother him till his shift is over, okay?
-Holland pats my head-
Me: YOU JUST STUNTED MY GROWTH!

So it failed. Strangely when I asked Spain nearly the exact same thing, he had almost the same reaction except for the growth stunt.

And Hungary, knowing that, decided to be nice and give us something much easier: PruGer. So I used the same excuse. Till now, Prussia still doesn't know that was an excuse and will never get to know he shouldn't have dashed to Germany.


For BELGIUM and SOUTH ITALY, we had to lie down in the shape of the person on a piece of paper while Belgium/Romano took a photo of us. I got Death by Ballet for top part and Decide By Yourself for bottom. One of my friends got England Did It haha.


For PRUSSIA, he gives a lot of random stuff, but the most common which is what I got is to balance Gilbird on the head and circle a cosplayer. I had to circle Germany and after an immediate first fail, I decided to take measures and instead stood like a proper lady.

So with small steps, head held high, straight body and balanced weight, I circled Germany, but right after doing so, Spain rushed by and Gilbird was tousled off by the wind. So I screamed and checked Gilbird for injuries while Prussia gave me my sticker.
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I was one of the fastest to finish, though I had to wait for Austria and Feliciano since they were on cafe duty when I needed them. I managed to get a Russia keychain and a Feliciano badge, which were both pretty cute and Yi Jia was like, "I WANT RUSSIA". So I spent the rest of my time taking photos, chatting with Prussia or doodling on the Graffiti Wall.

Sayon.

Waffles

I'm kind of free so I'll write on waffles now. All this is based on my own knowledge, so it may be wrong.

I'm not entirely sure what the dough of waffles is made from, so I can't elaborate on that. However, the flavourings are obviously made from whatever they're called. Like red bean is made from red bean, kaya from kaya, and chocolate from cacao. Or cocoa. Can't remember.

Anyway, here are some factors that affect the taste of waffles:


1. Time for waffle to cook

The most common problem. When put for too long it'll burn, obviously. But for some reason it's more common to have them put for too short a time. When that happens the waffle won't be crunchy and will be pretty floppy to an extent.



2. Amount of dough used

They kept doing this problem when trying to save money. They put too little dough and as a result, the waffle became too thin and you can practically taste the thinness. I don't really know how to explain it, but it kind of feels like the whole waffle was a bit smaller than it's supposed to be.


3. Things done while cooking waffle

I don't mean you can't walk off, of course. This may not be a very big error, but it does affect a little bit. A lot of people forget to scrape off any part of the waffle that might have overflowed and stuck to the sides. If you don't, the waffle will (if you can get the whole thing off) be kind of oddly-shaped. And when you try to pick it up, the waffle will get bent at strange angles because it's hard to pull off.

I think those were the main problems. Now onto the spreadings:

1. Dilluting the spread with water

This is a huge NO. It makes the flavour taste watery, which sucks at any rate. It's also quite obvious when the spread spills onto the paper wrapping the waffle and it has a watery texture.


2. Putting too little spread

Also a no thank you. It sucks to have parts of the waffle where you can't taste any flavour. And not too much though, or the spread will spill out easily.


I'm too bored, aren't I.

Sayon.

Double Moon

Three things will be covered in this post, which is done late at night.

Did you hear about Yueyue? The Chinese child who was crushed to her death, pronounced dead at 12.32am.

She... Was sad. But even though I don't think what the passer-bys did was correct, I guess they had a good reason for it. Who knows? The female rushing by might have been rushing to see her dying husband at the hospital. A mother walking by might be too afraid to help, wondering if this is just a set-up since no one else is helping.

In fact, the whole thing was so easily ignored that, who knows, it might have looked like a planned scene. So even though I resent them for not helping, but... It's not easy to step out from the crowd, and stretch out a gentle hand. And even with training, nobody can think clearly, act properly when the time arrives for them to be tested.

Goodbye, the double moon, slashed into broken shards and spreading your red mist. Your innocence will be remembered throughout the world.

Onto a happier note. I got into House Committee as Creative Arts Director. Except I accidentally overslept and pon school on the day of House Camp. Pain in the ass, I don't even get my awesome badge.

And Hetalia Day is tomorrow. I'll take a picture of myself and upload them, along with pictures of my friends if they allow it.

Sayon.

Song Plans

I plan to sing these too:

1. Akahitoha
2. Black Lotus (Flowering Night)
3. Shisou Rinne, Reirou no Tsui (Bloom Nobly, Cherry Blossoms of Sumizome)
4. Matryoshka

The problem is that I can adopt many different voices (and it doesn't sound similiar, to my surprise) so I don't know which voice to use. Hopefully my voice will be able to touch the hearts of people, even if my mixing skills can go to hell.

Sayon.