As to when I’ll post? Well, I can’t quite post any of my photos yet as I have quite few to go through [try over 16gb! orz] before I even think about starting on any posts regarding my trip to Chile xD; I’ll get to it, eventually… I’ll just say I had fun and would definitely go again, next time with more funds lol~

SMASH! is coming soon~ and we’re officially part of the artist circle for Sunday~ We wanted Saturday & Sunday, but we were too slow with the application and missed out orz… not to worry, we’ll see how we go this year before we decide on anything for next year [will apply earlier if we do end up doing so again... likely xD;]. SMASH! will be happening on the 8th & 9th of August this year, please look forward to it~! More info at the website -> SMASH!

Check out our new twitter page~ I’ve changed the layout, it’s now fully customised with our furudango logo and mascots :3 Meanwhile I’ll be working on updating the layout for this blog ;3

For anyone following Twitter, you would have noticed I update most major events that happen during my time here… have load of photos, but no appropriate computer to edit them on ;_; So all blog entries will have to wait until I get back to Sydney.

Have had almost no time to visit anyone’s blog and less time to comment so I apologise ;_; Am totally missing you guys and reading your blogs like I used to… especially the ones I read regularly on my blogroll.

Am actually in Pitrufquén atm, will be heading back to Santiago tomorrow morning by bus. Will have more regular internet access then.

Subscribe to my Twitter account furudango for more regular updates~ x3

[update 04/04] I just realised this was posted on April 1st! Not an April Fool’s joke, am definitely in Chile ^^;;;

I’m missing a post [or 2 xD;;], will get to it later, but for now read on to find out about the Gashapons~

Attended a meeting along with my dad on Monday night for LR, I love their products so I go along for the monthly meetings x3.

Anyhow, went to our local shopping centre straight after to buy bread and as we walked out discovered this little hidden treasure xD

I only found out about gashapons last year thanks to the community at dannychoo.com, and there’s never any sort of japanese merchandise around here u_u~

Gundam 00 SD~ So cute~ There was another set of machines in another section of the centre but I didn’t notice them, my dad mentioned it only when we got to the car orz

Unfortunately I didn’t have any $2 coins, wanted to cry u_u~ wanted to get at least one SD to take home with me but I didn’t want to go back to the shops for change, it was late and I was tired lol~

My dad mentioned finding another set of these machines at our local Westfield, so if you’re in Sydney have a look around your local shopping centres, especially Westfield, you just might find one or more ;3

I’ll be updating the layout with small Christmas highlights here and there to celebrate~ If you have any ideas, suggestions or request, please mention them here :3

As a special gift, I’ll be willing to help you edit your own wordpress blog with small graphical changes like I’ve done here. Just leave a comment and make sure you’ve entered your email ;3
Unfortunately, I haven’t got any experience with other platforms like blogger, but will be willing to make special christmas buttons or such that you can place in your posts.

Background image was made by me~ if you’d like to use it, just ask :3 Had a bit of trouble editing the template, but it seems to be ok now ^^; hit -> ctrl + F5 if you wish to see the changes, might not appear straight away.

Since Christmas is coming up so fast, I wish you all now a safe holiday, lot’s of good food, peace and happiness for Christmas and the new year (/^o^)/~~*

First off, spent about 10-20 minutes calling up my local JB Hi-Fi store on Wednesday 29th, and slowly working my way to the city ones. The Parramatta George St store offered to order it in for me, but I said I’d get back to them ^^; called JB at the Galleries Victoria after that and bingo~! Organising a time for me to pick up [sometime between 3-4pm] since the cameras were on sale at 10% off, Natalie mentioned it was likely they’d be sold out otherwise.

Shin and I cut it quite close as we arrived at Town Hall at 3 and we had trouble finding an atm for my bank in TGV and the Queen Victoria Building >.<; finally decided just to go up to the one near Woolworth >.>;

When we arrived it turns out there was some sort of mix-up and my camera was put on display even though it was set aside for me. I still got it, and with an extra discount on top, hehe~ bought a 4gb 15mb/sec Sandisk card which was on special too, normal price was $38, got it for $29 <3. The sales girl, Natalie, was pointing out the 20mb/sec card, but too expensive, $50 x_x; do I really need that much speed at the moment? I didn't think so... Also got a carry bag, but not too happy with it as it seems a slightly tight fit =/ meh.

Went upstairs to Kinokuniya to pick up Shin's Shana novel after, but it turns out they got the order wrong and brought in the manga instead >.>;; placed another order, hopefully no mistakes this time ^^;;
Also picked up a manga ‘phonebook’, hehe, I think it’s by Kadokawa? It has a Phoenix on the spine =/ It also came with a freebie~ will post sometime soon so you can see xD;

Headed across to Ichiban Boshi after for food~

We arrived when it was still quite empty, so we got a really nice window spot :3

The rice green tea was really nice, the only problem was if you left it sitting for too long, the tea was really strong from the pot xD;; I opened it up when it was nearly finished and the bags they use are big~! Click for a close up of one of the cups, my favourite shot for the day :3

So, what did we order?

I ordered Tokyo ramen~ very nice, I enjoyed it, but it took me so long to eat that it was getting cold near the end u_u~

Shin’s order was Miso ramen, I didn’t try it, but he enjoyed it. He also had the last bit of my ramen even though it was cold, want not, waste not eh? xD;

We actually ordered the set which was $16 each, so our ramen each came with a plate of the above. We were so full by the time we finished the ramen, there was no space for this! We simply asked for a container so we could take it home with us, hehe~ And the container’s pretty big, we easily fit in the two dishes =D [especially as we didn't bother with the red part top left... it was spicy >.<;;]

World Square was our next stop~ and look what we found x3

Konata’s choco cornet~ :3 ok… so it’s like not totally the same, but close xD; And you can see by the label that they call it a “Choc Horn” =o

And, and~

Shana’s Melon-pan :3
We bought 2 of these, they were nice, but didn’t really have a ‘melon’ taste, it was just nice bread with sugary outside layer. If you don’t try this one, then try one of the many others available, they’re really nice~

And it looks like I’ll be revealing what’s in the bag next time xD;; Some of you may already know what it is, but I’ll be reviewing it with more details anyhow so please stay tuned~

Ya, visited Dannychoo.com and found this photo like it was just for me xD; I spent a good 2 hours or so creating orzaku as I’m short a tablet pen =/

Anyhow, main reason for this post is a short apology for anyone who’s been visiting and found this blog dead and for my blogroll friends as I haven’t visited your blogs or commented, sorry u_u~
There’s no real reason for disappearing, I simply tend to disappear from online communities without notice at random times, this is probably the longest I’ve lasted and the shortest time away xD;

Thanks to Dannychoo.com, I’ve been able to meet a lot of lovely people online who share the same interest and a few in real life :3 I’ve also gathered up enough courage and enthusiasm to start up a proper blog and comment fairly regularly on other blogs as well. I would love to meet more people, but I can’t kid myself, at the moment I’m just not very good at dealing with a lot of people and I wouldn’t be fair on you if I can’t share myself with a genuine heart.
If I comment on your blog or happen to add you to my blogroll, it’s because I really enjoy what you share on your blog and what you say is important to me.

I guess my main point is, if I ‘disappear’ for a bit in the future [hopefully not, finger crossed], it’s not you, it’s me, lol. Problem seems to be that I have too many interests, have personal and professional projects popping up everywhere and/or simply loose track of time, I honestly hadn’t realised how many weeks had passed ^^;;

With all that said, I’ve been visiting a few of you in the last 2 or so days, but I thought it might be best to write this up before I continue. I’ve also made a few changes to the blog, you probably won’t really notice them, but they’re not so important anyways. And I’ve updated 1 or 2 links perhaps, those are important ^_~.

Any comments, etc are always appreciated and I hope to see you again soon <3

Part #2 of the smash report still isn’t complete, though I really want to finish it and just post it already >.<;; Hopefully it’ll be out by early next week (if anyone’s still interested… ^^;).

As for Animania, it should be a fairly short report as I was only there Sunday and wasn’t really in a photo taking mode. I’ll be sure to post up some links to other blogs who would have done a better job than me, hehe~

Quick question, would you be interested in reading more ‘daily life’ type entries? Like stuff that happens at home, food I’ve eaten, what I’m currently watching (drama, anime mostly) etc. So far I’ve only really covered things which are Japan-related but not anime, manga or drama.

Yes, it’s me orz… Will be heading out to dinner with 2 of my friends tonight to celebrate~! Will probably update this post later with photos (if any).

Plus~! Thank you to everyone who wished me a happy birthday over at DannyChoo.com‘s Puchi Blurbs x3 much <3

Hi guys, I haven’t been online much as I’ve been so busy!
Anyhow, got a package on Monday from Kinokuniya =D

Yes, it’s just another issue of Asuka, no figures just yet u_u~ Once I get a job or a business up and running (haven’t yet decided), I’ll be able to get those much admired and wanted figures *¬*

Issue #9 of Asuka comes with a document sleeve (which features 2 characters from Momogumi Plus Senki which I haven’t read… took me a few minutes to find the series even). Also another CD (see Issue #8), which I was hoping to copy as mp3s but my cd drive doesn’t work and my brother hasn’t gotten around to it u_u.
Anyone else interested in grabbing a copy of the files? I can make them available on a separate post ;D

I did a little research on the names located on the cover this time, kukuku~ Takahiro Sakurai, Jun Fukuyama & Daisuke Kishio are all Seiyuu (voice actors)!
Takahiro voices Suzaku Kururugi of ‘Spinzaku’ fame =D, Jun voices Lelouch “Luluko” Lamperouge x3.
As for Daisuke, I haven’t figured that one out, anyone know?

Update!
I’ll be posting some more info on SMASH! which is on Saturday!! woo~ So busy with work (and procrastinating), which is why I haven’t posted in over 10 days… shame on me orz, I still have a few more tasks to go, but I should be done by next week, have a things I want to post about.
I’ve tried to keep up with your blogs, but I may have missed some posts or I just haven’t commented, I do apologise. Thanks to those who have come by to check if I’ve updated, much love and appreciation <3.

I know it’s late, I’ll be heading to bed right, about, now! Zzzzz~

Went to city by myself on Saturday to take advantage of the 20% sale x3. Above photo is the Dengenki issue I bought for my brother, normally 580yen, but paid $15.05au at Kinokuniya orz. Front cover stars a character from Yotsuba I believe.

But it was probably totally worth it for my bro, it came with a Shana shitajiki, hehe~
Click for larger view (sorry it’s blurry u_u;;).


Front I’m guessing… with the back of the special ‘Dengeki 4Koma Daioh’ compilation (front is on the first picture above ^)

The back, I prefer this side, ish cute~ =3
Who watches Shana no Shakugan? I never really got into it even though Shin watches/watched it.

Yay~ Tokyo guide <3
Measuring 106x152mm (approx. 4x6"), very compact and can probably fit in most guys' back pocket and in all girls' bags. Published by Lonely Planet, Tokyo Encounter would probably be the ideal companion to take out with you, it even has a pull out map at the back which I may scan if I get a few requests. I’m certainly taking it with me when I finally do get there… It was $18.94, but I got it for $15.15 with my membership card :3 (forgot to take a photo of the card, it’s really cool, lol… next post ^_~)

And that’s it for now… btw, would anyone be interested in a scan of the Shana shitajiki? Any other requests or questions are also welcome ^^.