...and doesn't!

Quantum mechanics, you are a comedic goldmine.

I haven't updated my dA for a while, so let's see what the (self-proclaimed) prince of the internet has been up to.

- MCM Expo October 2009: Twas hella tight y'all. Not as good as LineCon 09 though, that was epic.
- Upper Sixth, this year will be my last year at my current school. Will I miss it? Meeeeeeeeh maybe.
- I got a new laptop for my birthday, which is pretty chill. Ordered an upgrade to Windows 7, that should come later this week or the next.
- UNIVERSITY APPLICATIONS. Oh my science, these things are a pain the butt. I had to redo my personal statement five times. FIVE TIMES. Gah, and me is no good and da engrish.
- Buuuut, I've received two offers already! Go team Quang!
- However, I could have gotten a third one from Sheffield, but something has gone awry today so I'm trying to contact them and discuss my situation. Basically, I'm not able to go to their interview and I bought non-refundable train tickets for a fully booked day. Way to go, me. Hopefully I'll get in anyway.
- I'm siiiick. I have a really high fever at the moment. It's not nice.
- Developed an interest in freestyling, but nothing about bitches or hoes, no no no. No vulgar language here mister.
- New anime season! Nyan Koi is hilarious, Kimi Ni Todeke makes me ;___; and Railgun is just awesome.

Peace out, brosephs.

It's been four days since I went, but I'm still riding that high of the experience. A sweaty, geeky, deodorant lacking high, but a high nonetheless. This MCM Expo was by far the best in my experience. It definitely blew October's trip away, although that was mainly because my friend, who wanted to go on Sunday suddenly cancelled, leaving me with pre booked Sunday tickets and a rainy day. The only saving graces back then were Street Fighter IV and meeting up with

Anyway, this one was awesome, despite initial fears of a repeat on the weather. Thankfully, I was blessed with sunny blue coloured days. Although with great solar power, comes great responsibility for not smelling. Unfortunately, I was in a bus full of fangirls and weaboos since the DLR was out of service. The first thing I said when I got on was 'Can somebody open the window?' What lulz to be had.

The line for the tickets was EPICALLY LONG. Seriously, and I was in the line for the pre booked tickets, and that was not cool. We decided to spend the time blowing bubbles, which caused to annoy rather than entertain.

Why did we have bubbles? Well, my friend, it was part of a master plan. It was simple logic really. Get bubbles, blow them, attract (fan)girls and forget about our heart crushing roneryn-I mean have fun. That plan failed. For many reasons:

1. The bubbles only went as far as one metre.
2. We attracted boys instead.
3. And a loli.

So yeah, never doing that again.

While we were at the expo, I learned a lesson that you all should take with you. Never use text messaging. Seriously. My friend, who oversplept and was running late was stranded at London Bridge for 30 minutes because of the fact that he tried to contact me through texting. I'm never going to notice a split second ring, so always call me, okay? And to be honest, he could have just followed the hundreds of cosplayers who were there. WHEN IN DOUBT FOLLOW THE ONE WITH PINK HAIR.

Saying there were hundreds of cosplayers may have been and understandment. This was the biggest turnout I've ever seen for the MCM Expo. They've even spilled out onto the grassy field that was usually untouched (now dubbed the weaboo breeding ground). And you could really feel the effect when you went inside the building, you were literally hit by a heat wave from the sheer number of people there. Dang, it's something I could do without.

Inside, it was the usual deal, look around and shop around for wares. I'm always surprised at the prices they charge. You really have to shop around to find good prices, and my shoe leather costs (ECONOMICS TERM BITCHES) was going through the roof. Surprisingly for me, I didn't buy any manga. They never stock any first volumes for anything I wanted, despite their really low prices. Oh well, I guess it's the interbuttz for me then.

However, I did buy a Death Note, which turns out to be a curious product. The packaging was in Japanese, and it came with distinctly Japanese Death Note stamps, but when I looked inside, the thing was in Chinese! Nevertheless, buying that was still a decision I wouldn't change.

I also bought a Haruko plushie, which as far as I saw, was like the only one in the expo. Seriously, it was like the only one surrounded by Naruto and Bleach ones. I had my hand on it the whole time when I was considering purchasing it, juuuuuust in case. I did buy in the end, although £10 seemed a bit to pricey for me. In Malaysia, I bought a bigger Syaoran plushie for half that price.

I bought some TWEWY pins as well, which I've had my eye on for a few months. TWEWY was an incredibly fun game, but I just pray that Squeenix won't make a sequel for it. I'm just saying.

My prize catch was my Revoltech Fraulein Yuki Nagato figure. She's my pride and joy now. I love her to bits. I was considering getting a Rin Figma, but everyone knows that if you buy Rin, you've got to get Len as well, but I didn't have enough cash.

But no freebies! I didn't know where to get them. D:

As for the games I played there, I got a hands on go at Marasura: The Demon Blade. I guess this pretty much confirms the game being released in Europe, which is awesome. And I played Taiko Drum Master with the proper drums instead of my wee lil touch screen, and it was a lot of fun (except having to play with one hand whilst trying to talk to someone on the phone). Someone snapped a shot of that when we were at the expo, but I can't find it on the vast internetworks. Oh well. I had a go at Batman: Arkham Asylum. It was fun, but I found the gameplay to be repetitive. ALSO NARUTO ON THE PS2 NARUTO IS DETERMINED TO BE THE BEST NINJA.

As for the cosplayers, the were some highlights.

The Mio cosplayers deserves their own paragraph because Mio is my wife. Mio playing Rock Band was fittingly awesome. Also Mio is my wife. Did I mention that Mio is my wife? Because Mio is my wife. Mio is my wife.

There were also the Power Rangers, as usual. It's to be expected for them to be there, as well as the Storm Troopers and Ghostbusters. They're always a hit at the expo. And for the first time, I saw Touhou cosplayers, although...not the right kind of people (read as gender) were cosplaying as them. The shota spy was so darn cute as well as the loli Soi Fong. The Alien cosplayer was cool as well, although it hissed at me when I fist punched him :/

Mio. Is. My. Wife.

I cosplayed as a communist

This journal entry is pretty long.

Anyway, I finally learned how to hug, which was pretty chill. I only hugged the cute asian girls. So yeah. My comrade on the other hand, although it was his first time, when ballistic with the hugging. At one point, he gave a spinning hug to a girl wearing a skirt. And I think physics can tell you what we saw because of that. He totally a registered sex criminal now

So my hug statistics show 1, 0, 1, 10-ish

Super improvement, yay.

I brought my nunchucks with me, and I was made to show of my 'skills' on film. It was so embarrasing! XO I hope I never get to see that video. I also challenged somebody to a nunchuck fight. I won. My opponent commented on how my nunchucks seemed to be teleporting. Just call me the light-speed prince of stick flailing =w=

And I got to meet some of my brigade members as well, and with photos as proof. It was pretty cool ("OKAY MAYBE I DIDN'T SPECIFY WHICH BEANBAG I WAS REFERING TO!" XD)

Overall, it was the best expo I had, I will hopefully have even more fun in October.

SUMMARY:

+ Hugs
+ Mio
+ Kicking shyness to the curb
+ The merch
+ Mio
+ The fun!
+ Murasara
+ The Lightsaber fight that broke out
+ The nunchuck fight that I broke out


- I missed out on the dancing D: I'm a great dancer
- Bubble plan fail
- I didn't do a proper cosplay
- Guests that I didn't care about


Goal for October, cosplay as Lucas (FOR REAL THIS TIME) and maybe learn how to play some anime themes on the harmonica.



tl;dr: I'm a giant geek

Do you remember SARS?
Do you remember Bird Flu?
Do you remember how it didn't kill you?

Look, swine flu will not do anything, you will not die.

As a student of media, I already know how ridiculous the news industry is. A huge number of newsgroups are more interested in getting ratings and making the news exciting. It has become an overplayed drama that just want to grab your attention. I really don't care if Prince Harry is wearing a shirt with Mr. T on it, there's no point reporting about DAS CREDIT CRUNCH with toy trains or some other poor attempt at a metaphor. News is there to report the news, not to give you a show and a dance.

And it's the same with this swine flu. It's not even proper swine flu, it's a new strain of influenza A virus subtype H1N1 that derives from one strain of human influenza, one strain of avian influenza, and two separate strains of swine influenza.

Basically, Bird + Man + 2Pig. Oh no. Oh, the horror. Bird flu, and regular flu? Heavens, it's like we've never dealt with that before.

You won't get swine flu from eating pork.

You won't get swine flu if someone sneezes on you.

You won't get swine flu unless you rub your face into the faeces of the infected.

'BUT A PANDEMIC A PANDEMIC IT'S A PANDEMIC'

Nine people died, eight from Mexico and one in the USA. ONE. What's the population of America again? Furthermore, a huge amount of people who contracted the virus recovered. How? By treating it like regular, harmless flu. They got better, and quickly.

As I type, I have a runny nose, a sore throat, a fever and I'm coughing. And guess what? I'm going to drink some orange juice and I'm going to get better. I DON'T HAVE SWINE FLU.

In the words of Dr. Cox:

'Loretta, relax, I've been involved in every ridiculous T.V.-induced panic there is. Poison pills, SARS, West Nile, North Face, South Fork, East River, monkeypox, pop rocks, toilet snakes, mad cow, bird flu, swine flu, and, quite frankly, every other flu that you could really only catch if you're actually fornicating with the animal it's named for.'

To put it in your perspective, read some news articles about Bird Flu. Now laugh at how ridiculous it was.

We have people dying of flu every year, what's the difference with this one? At least two people die every second, and then one person dies of 'swine flu' in the last week and everyone is flipping out?

Do you know what? I'm going to go to a bustling train station, sneeze like hell whilst wearing a Mexican shirt. That's going to be a riot.

If you really scared, wash your god-damn hands with soap. Face masks are not going to help healthy people.

Don't. Worry. About. Swine. Flu.

God, chillax, yo.

P.S. Congratulations to DCS who's got a scholarship to Japan. Go and sushi it up.

I love my DS. I really do. I never knew how much I love it until today.

My DS can play games.
My DS can play mp3s.
My DS can display photos.
My DS can open visual novels.
My DS can let me go on AIM and send instant messages to my friends.
My DS can play videos.
My DS has a Bulbasaur hanging from it.


Right now, my DS is playing Jason Mraz in perfect quality while I chill out.

To hell with your DSi, I've got my good ol' reliable pimped out DS.

It makes you fill these out.

Your real name: Antony Quang, not Anthony Quang, Anthony Kwang, Alex Quang, Edgar Khoo, or Jackie Chan. Yes okay maybe Jackie Chan.
Age: 17
Height: 5'8.5
Weight: 132.72000000000003. Give or take.
Natural hair colour: Black, but I've been told it turns dark navy blue when it's cold and orange-brown in the sunlight.
Eye colour: Brown, like the brownest night.
Skin color: Yellow or something.
Glasses/contacts?: Yep, glasses, but not all the time.
Piercings: None.
Tattoos: None, but if I do get one, I want one of a mustache on the side on my finger.
Braces: Used to.
Mannerisms: Old school tsundere.

FAVOURITE
Colour: Olive Green
Band: Genki Rockets at the moment
Video game: POKEYMANS
Movie: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Book: Why Girls Can't Throw
Food: Hash browns
Game on a cell phone: The one where I dial a random number and pretend to be Russian. Actually I lied I don't do that.
CD: What's a CD?
Flower: Sunflowers.
Scent: The smell of my storage room.
Animal: None.
Comic book: FullMetal Alchemist
Cereal: Raisin Wheats. IT'S WHAT THE GANGSTERS EAT FOO'
Website: DrunkDuck and DeviantArt
Cartoon: TRANSFORM AND ROLL OUT. So yeah, Futurama.

DO YOU
Play an instrument?: Nope.
Watch TV more than 60 hours a week?: Nope
Like to sing?: Yes.
Have a job?: They told me that being a slacker wasn't a profession.
Have a cell phone?: It flips out and everything.
Like to play sports?: Badminton. Jumping smashes whilst shouting 'Brave Phoenix'? Hell yes.
Have a boyfriend/girlfriend?: Nope.
Have a crush on someone?: Something like but not necessarily yes.
Live somewhere NOT in the united states?: ENGLAND FISH AND CHIPS
Have more than 5 TVs in your house?: No.
Have any special talents/skills?: If I drop something, I will catch it before it reaches the floor. NO EXCEPTIONS
Exercise daily?: Walking a couple of yards should count.
Like school?: It's less of me liking it and more of me being grateful for it.

CAN YOU
Sing the alphabet backwards?: I can sing it backwards AND BACKWARDLY BACKWARDS.
Stand on your tip toes without wearing shoes?: No.
Speak any other languages?: Ja, spreche ich Deutsch. That's right, Chinese.
Go a day without food?: It's possible.
Remember your dreams: Rarely.
Read music, not just tabs?: One time in the park.
Roll your tongue?: Learned how to do it this year. The trick is to say 'Butter ladder' endlessly.
Eat a whole pizza?: I've done that plenty of times.

HAVE YOU EVER
Won something in the lottery?: The hearts of a nation.
Snuck out of the house?: Snuck out AND in.
Lied to get out of trouble?: Plenty.
Had a computer crash?: At times.
Gotten lost in your city?: IT'S NOT A CITY IT'S A TOWN YOU LOON.
Seen a shooting star?: They don't have the right to bear arms.
Been to any other countries?: Yes, but only in Asia, Europe and Oceania.
Had a serious surgery?: ALL SURGERY IS SERIOUS SURGERY. But no.
Stolen something important to someone else?: The hearts of a nation
Solved a rubiks cube?: No.
Gone out in public in your pajamas?: No.
Cried over a girl?: No
Cried over a boy?: No.
Kissed a random stranger?: I'M NO PERVERT
Hugged a random stranger?: Animu expos :3
Been in a fist fight?: Used to fight all the time.
Been arrested?: No.
Done drugs?: I DON'T NEED DRUGS TO GET HIGH I GET HIGH ON LIFE. And in planes.
Had alcohol?: A few sips when I was a wee tyke.
Laughed and had milk come out of your nose?: Even if I was drinking water?
Pushed all the buttons on an elevator?: NO THAT'S CHEATING.
Sneaked into the opposite sex's bathroom?: And the same sex.
Gone to school only to find you had the day off because of a holiday/etc?: Probably, I don't recall.
Swore at your parents?: In different languages.
Kicked a guy where it hurts?: In the crotch as well.
Been to a casino?: Nope.
Ran over an animal and killed it?: I've walked over an anthill.
Broken a bone?: Nearly.
Gotten stitches?: No.
Had a water balloon fight in winter?: Don't be stupid.
Made homemade muffins?: >: No
Bitten someone?: Plenty.
Been to disneyland/disneyworld?: The one in Paris.
Burped in someone’s face?: Yes. No regrets.

WHENS THE LAST TIME YOU
Brushed your teeth: This mornig!
Cried: Can't remember.
Went to the bathroom: Hours ago.
Saw a movie in a theatre: Months ago.
Read a book: What's a book?
Had a snow day: February.
Had a party: I don't remember.
Went to a doctor: A few weeks ago.
Tripped in front of someone: When I was in Malaysia.
Went to the grocery store: A what?
Got sick: I think I'm coming down with something at the moment.
Got cursed: Lady Luck always smiles on me. Except when she doesn't.
Called someone: I was going to call someone on Friday, but then I got too shy for some reason. :/

DO YOU PREFER
Fruit/vegetables: Veggies.
Black/white: RACISM I'LL HAVE NONE OF THAT.
Lights on/lights off: On. :<
TV/movie: Television.
Body spray/lotion: Get away from me you pervert.
Cash/check: Depends if the check is empty
Pillows/blankets: Pillows.
Headache/stomach ache: Headaches
Paint/charcoal: Paint.
Chinese food/Mexican food: Very funny.
Summer/winter: Don't care.
Snow/rain: Don't care.
Fog/misty: They're pretty much the same to me.
Rock/rap: Rock.
Meat/vegetarian: Meat.
Chocolate/vanilla: Vanilla.
Sprinkles/icing: Don't care.
Cake/pie: I don't like cake.
Strawberries/blueberries: Strawberries.
Ocean/swimming pool: Water is water.
Cookies/muffins: Cookies.
Wallet/pocket: Wallet.
Window/door: Depends what I'm looking for.
Charles Chaplin/Chespirito: Huh.
Pink/purple: Purple.
Cat/dog: Dogs attack me, cats flee from me.
Long sleeve/short sleeve: Loooong.
Pants/shorts: Pants.
Winter break/spring break: A break is a break.
Spring/autumn: Don't care.
Clouds/clear sky: Clouds.
Moon/mars: Moon.
Questions/Answers: I don't like unkowns.
War/Peace: Peace.

LOVE AND ALL THAT CRAP
Do you believe in love?: I should.
What's the most important kind of love for you?: There's more than one kind of love?
Have you ever been in love?: Probably not.
Been close to love?: I guess.
If you have, with who?: She knows. OR MAYBE IT'S A HE.
Ever confessed your feelings to the one you loved?: As efficiently and business like as possible. Hells yeah.
Really badly so that it actually hurts and you cry at night?: Eh?
Are you in a relationship?: Nope.
If so, for how long?: More than a minute.
Do you believe there is someone for everyone?: I should.
What is your idea of the best date?: Pfft, beats me. Should have a sunset thrown in or something.
What was your first kiss like?: Young.
How old were you when you got your first kiss?: Pfft. Like, back in the day. Like, five? If that counts...
Do you think love is worth nothing?: Prostitution says otherwise.
Best experience you’ve ever had with the opposite sex: Beats me.
If you are single, have you had any boyfriends/girlfriends before?: Nope!
Have you ever been dumped?: Nope!
Have you ever dumped someone?: Nope!

I...
Am: Sparticus
Want: to be a voice actor
Need: to be less tsun and more dere.
Love: sleep!
Hate: plebeians.
Feel: cold. Slightly nippy.
Did: my homework like a good little boy.
Miss: that rap battle on Friday. I HEARD THAT SHIT WENT DOWN.
Am annoyed by: statistics teacher. DON'T DENOTE THAT VALUE RUSSEL, DON'T TABULATE THAT SUMMATION THROUGH THE CANCELLATION OF WHATEVER, TEACH US MATH. I don't want to fail. :<
Would rather: lie down and look at the clouds
Am tired of: erm...something.
Will always: be sarcastic.

MISCELLANEOUS
What is your favourite genre of music?: Any will do.
What time is it now?: 21:41.
How much money do you have right now?: £21 in my bank account, I'm waiting for this politician I met from Ghana who promised to give me seven hundred Ugandan dollars into it.
Are you hungry right now?: Not really.
What are you doing right now?: Nothing interesting
Do you like parades?: Not really.
Do you like the moon?: I don't hate it.
What are you going to do when you're done with this?: Nothing interesting
If you could have any magical power what would it be?: Mimicry.

DO YOU THINK YOU ARE
Funny?: I better be.
Cool?: Some say I am.
Pretty?: PRETTY AWESOME.
Sarcastic?: Of course not. See what I did there? I didn't. Or did I? Who knows... Actually, I do.
Lazy?: Like some kind of lazy thing.
Hyper?: At times.
Friendly?: If I need to be.
Evil?: If I need to be.
Unforgettable?: I'm an asian. Work it out for yourself.
Smart?: I used to be.
Strong?: I have no muscles.
Talented?: In some fields.
Dorky?: To an extent.

WHAT COMES TO MIND WITH THE WORD
High: High
Lonely: Lonely
Pen: Pen
Flower: Flower
Window: Window
Psycho: PsychoBrain freeze: Snow
Strange: Strange
Sassy: Sassy
Suffering: Suffering
Art: Art

WOULD YOU EVER
Sky dive?: No
Run away?: Done it
Curse at a teacher?: Probably not
Not take a shower for a week?: If I could take baths instead.
Ask someone out?: Don't count on it.
Unscrew your cellphone too see what's inside?: I know what's inside.
Lie to someone to make them think better of you?: Maybe
Visit a foreign country for more than a month?: Done it
Go scuba diving?: Yeah, why not.
Write a book?: No.
Assemble a computer?: Not my thing.
Become a rock star?: Don't see the point.
Have a long-distance relationship?: Not worthwhile.
Marry someone you don't know?: No.

LAST QUESTIONS
What kind of computer do you have?: A computer
Do you like to throw popcorn at people in the movies?: Yes.
How many posters do you have in your room?: At least two.
Who else should take this quiz?: People who are interested in doing so.