A Brand New Semester

Once again a brand new semester begins but for this semester, all the subjects are much interesting in a way that they are more to project based and the topic is free as well whereby we can choose the topic that we want n_n

Miku: "TeddyTales GAMBATTEE!!!"

Hina Matsuri (Doll Festival) with Merissa Seraphy

3 March has arrive to celebrate every year's Hina Matsuri but this year, I get to celebrate Hina Matsuri as well in my room along with Merissa n_n

Re-Ment have brought this festival to a miniature form whereby everyone can have their very own set of Hina-Ninyo (Hina-dolls) at affordable price ♥

It comes in a box of 8 and a piece of red "carpet"

which is used to place on the platform like this...


Every little surprises are kept in seprate boxes

Each set comes with their own box so that later they can be kept orderly and organized for each set's box has their own prints and name on it n_n

Set 1: The Emperor and The Emperess (Tier 1)

Even though the dolls are made miniature but I love the details that they had especially the hair and fabric part ♥♥

Set 2: Three Court Ladies (Tier 2)

Set 3: 5 Male Musicians (Tier 3)
From Left to Right: Drummer (Taiko), Larger Drum Drummer (Ōtsuzumi), Hand Drum Drummer (Kotsuzumi), Flute (Yokobue), Singer (Utaikata)

Set 4: 2 Silk Lanterns and 2 Plates of Sweets

Set 5: Mandarin Orange Tree (Ukon no tachibana) and Cherry Tree (Sakon no sakura) and 2 tables covered with bowls (kakebanzen)

Set 6: Items used within the Palatial Residence
From Left to Right: 5 drawer chest (tansu), Mirror Stand (kyōdai ), a set of ocha dogu (daisu)

Set 7: Items used within the Palatial Residence (II)
From Left to Right: 2 piece of palanquins, (Gokago), 2 trays of desserts (Hishimochi), (Kago)

A closer snap to see the details of the patterns carved on the handle ♥

Set 8: Items used within the Palatial Residence (III)
From Left to Right: A nested lacquered food box (Jubako), An ox-drawn carriage (Gissha)

After 15 minutes...

TAADAAA....

Merissa posing with the Hina-Ninyo for pictures ♥

The Emperess got kidnapped by Merissa @_@

Which one looks better n_n

Here's a link to the song which is usually sang during Hina Matsuri

P/s: - Please leave a comment if the terms are wrongly given

Some terminologies are taken from Wikipedia.org

My Camera is DEAD....Lomography or NOT?

Yesterday after taking pictures of my Hina Matsuri when I wanted to turn on the power of the camera again, my the power button was not functioning and my dad told me that probably it's time to change it @_@'''
Sad...

Well, my dad is gonna buy the similar model but I got my interest set on lomography instead...

Image taken from lomology.blogspot.com

What I like about lomography is...

- it is a random snapshot whereby the pictures are captured into the film and you won't or don't have the chance to think how will the picture look like

- furthermore, the pictures that you take are pictures that you seldom take whereby there can be blurred ones and over-saturated colors which is an art that we missed when viewing the pictures from the digital camera's LCD

- besides that it's light weighted since most of the parts are made from plastic and even the lens which weights altogether 150-200gm inclusive of the film

- another reason that I love these lomo cams is that they are now made into stylish designs whereby they are suitable to be brought around casually as part of your accessories

- apart from that, films certifies that the pictures that you take are GENUINE and NOT EDITED!!

but...

the thing that I don't like about lomography is that the pictures needed to be develop to view the pictures and for myself...

it can be a trouble I would say for photo shops are taking in lesser film-picture developing business for most people are developing digital-camera-pictures which can take a long while for the last time when my dad took his last piece of film to develop...it took him like 2 weeks to get the pictures and the reason is that too little films to develop can be very costly and hence, they would need to collect until a certain amount of films before they can develop them @@

which...

has lead me to more considerations whether or not to buy a lomo...

Hina Matsuri (Doll Festival)

While updating my Poupee Girl's Dress Up today, I found a cute little pair of Hina-ninyo (Hina-dolls) placed on the white side table ♥
♥ KAWAII♥

Hence, I zoom in to have a clearer look of the Imperial dolls which are the Emperor doll and the Emperess doll in Heian-period costume n_n

I can't wait to celebrate my 1st Hina Matsuri tonight with my newly bought miniature Hina-ninyo along with Merissa Seraphy ♥♥♥

Birthday Present~

Every year when it comes to times like Valentine's Day or my hubby's birthday...it bothers me to think what should I gift him ....

Well, this year Serene got me the idea to gift something hand-made chocolate instead of buying the gift n_n

I started off with...chopping the hazelnuts into halves ♥

The main ingredient, BAKING CHOCOLATE~♥~

Melting the chocolate and it tasted like fountain chocolate when it's melted ^_^

Preparing the heart shaped mold for my chocolate ♥
Batch 1
Looks kinda uneven...

Batch 2
A little improvement...

Batch 3
~Lovely~

After covering the top with chocolate, Batch 1 & 2 looks much better n_n

TAADAA!!
♥ All 3 batch of chocolate ready to be put into the fridge ♥

As well as the leftovers ^_^

The next morning...

After leaving it overnight in the fridge, they look nice and yummy *o*

All six pieces of chocolate with six sizes ready to be packed up~

Just right for my lunch box~

♥ Love Chocolate ♥

House Renovation

It's being quite sometime since I last updated my blog in early January n_n
Wondering what I've being up to these whole time O_O?
Well, my house was on renovation and I was asked to take care of the renovation in case the contractor or his members needed any help...well, at first it was a total boredom whereby you are doing nothing but "looking" at them doing the renovation work and basically they do not need a credulous person like me to help them =_=""

The yellow truck that reaches my car poach every morning n_n

It's quite incredible how they could turn this piece of land to this...


...and...

TADAAA!!! A almost finished room ^_^

One of my mischievous works hehehe....

Up to this part, I've got along with the members of Buildcom whereby they taught and let me tried on some of their works and hey! I can do it as well but it is a tiring job which needed lots of strength and experiences so that you wouldn't hurt yourself (I adopted shoulder aches after using too much of my shoulder strength @@)

Some of them might look easy but if you are inexperience...maybe you have holes on your wall after you finish it ^_^''' --LEAVE IT TO THE EXPERTS--

Team work is important as well for if you are not working together well...
you might just find yourself working for ages but the work is still unfinish *_*'''

The Boss gets into action as well to speed up the work n_n

Guess what is he doing creating more "mess" on the floor O_O

Well, he's refilling the gaps between the tiles to ensure that no other dirty particles will get in n_n
I kinda got unhappy when he didn't let me try but later when I got permission to try it from the others...I find that pure cement can dehydrate your skin causing irritations on the skin +_+
Gomene~

From this period of time, I actually learn a lot from them and they treated me as part of their members and I'm really glad to have them as my friends n_n

I wish this year of the Tiger will bring them more luck and prosperity ^_^

Image taken from IGN Blogs
Meow~