Tokyo DisneySea!

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Disclaimer:  i.  Lots and LOTS of pictures because Disney is just THAT awesome.

                  ii.  Non of the pictures below are edited or photoshopped because Disney is just                                                        
                    THAT awesome.

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Okay, let's start!  

Not much surprise here :D  Since I've already hinted that the next post will be Tokyo DisneySea in my Ghibli Museum post =P

The day that we went to Disney Sea couldn't be better because can you believe it?  It's actually shinning really brightly on the day we went! In fact, a bit too warm.  I swear I've gotten a tan after that day but it's all worth it <3

Something funny happened that morning though.  My parents told me and Godbrother to get ready by 7 sharp so that we can beat the working class people at the railway station, if not we are bound to be squeezed and juiced until absolute flatness in the train.

We woke up at 6 a.m. (sun rise is at 5.30 a.m.) and by 7 we are dressed and eaten our breakfast.  We sat there trying to wake up and by 7.30 a.m., my parents haven't call for us so we decided to go over to their room.  We knocked and when my mom opened the door, we saw that she is still dressed in P-Y-J-A-M-A-S!  We were like MOMMIEEEEEEEEEEE!! DADDIEE!! I THOUGHT YOU SAID S-E-V-E-N!!

They've done it.  They've woke up late ONCE in their life time and I am going to make them remember it for LIFE.  Most awesome threat ever!  It's like whenever they say something I will be like "Remember that timeeeeee!!!" LOL. 

Well anyways, after all the hustle and all, we are finally THERE.  At the station at least >.>  Since mommie and daddie got ready in a rush, they didn't really had breakfast so we ate at one of the two available shops in the station and ta-da!  Breakfast is served <3

#1  Yummy and Healthy Breakfast, no?

#2  LOOK AT THE SIGN BOARD!  

#3  Being an idiot outside the Entrance =P

#4 AND, We are IN!!

#5  So Halloween-ish!  The amount of effort they put to decorate the place is just so touching T^T

#6  Hehehe

#7  Well, bunch of guys in semi-meido (maid) costume, how can I resist to not take a picture? >D

#8  When in Disney, blend in!  I know I am a bit too old for all this cuteness but I just couldn't say no when daddie offered to buy me one.  So yes, in all the pictures below, it will be me wearing something funny on top of my head.  In my defense, it's totally cute and a normal thing to do when you are inside Disneyland/DisneySea.

#9  Ended up with this one.  Something simple yet cute.  Something that I like :D

Well, before you continue from this point on, let it be known that Disney Sea is very different from Disney Land.  Disney Land has more fun rides, more classic Disney cartoons that we grew up to but Disney Sea is more of a sight seeing,, have fun with your family or especially for couples to go because it's more of a feast your eyes thing rather than joy rides.  

Another very interesting thing about Disney Sea is the impressive architecture along the way when you explore deeper and deeper because they've divided the place into several themes such as 20,000 Leagues under the Sea where you can see a Golden Submarine, or Volcano to replica the Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Pirates of the Caribbean, Olden English Houses and many more!  

So, less words, more pictures starting NOW!

#10  Look at the BACKGROUNDD!! Even the camera choose to not focus on me but the background instead >.>

#11 See!! A photo that I took!  Pro right!! Just kidding.  Must be like one of those 1 in a million shot that turns out alright >.>

#12  I don't know what I was doing so I decided to gif it =P

#13 You are NEVER too old when in Disney!  Look at both of my parents! Hahahahaha <3

#14  One of the rides that we went on!  Actually, we went on almost all the rides but if I am to put in all the pictures from Disney Sea, it would be over 300.  So let's keep it to the bare minimum alright?

#15  Okay, I can't stop staring at her because she is just so perfect.  Perfect hair.  Perfect body. Perfect height.  Perfect dressing.  I WANT TO BRING ALL JAPANESE GIRLS HOME T^T

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#18  Well, when daddie saw this ice cream truck, he couldn't resist and got one =P "Like father like daughter" To have a closer look of the ice cream, look at the picture below >D

#19  CUTE RIGHT!  

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#22  And here we are!  At the Pirate of the Caribbean section! This is one of the ship and there's actually a live action Captain Jack Sparrow walking around but too many girls are flooding him so I decided to not join in but now that I think back, WHAT WAS I THINKING!  I should have took a picture with him!! Good job brain, good job.

#23  This place is quite beautiful as it really has those ancient pirate-ish architecture to this section.

#24 Never too old.  

#25  Tee-hee-hee.  Awesome family photo <3

#26  Ohiohio, light house!  And here we are!  At the Olden English houses <3  I love the architecture here but mommie finds it too old and not to her taste.  Talk about being young at heart >D

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#28  Bro hated me for this picture.  He says "WHY YOU SO ASIAN! WHY PEACE SIGN!  WHY!"

#29  Beautiful beautiful house <3

#30  A quick snapshot of the special performance by the lake <3  It's pretty epic :o  Ended with fireworks and all.  They really put their heart into performing to make us visitors feel so welcomed  and warm!

#31  HAHAHA, AGRABAH!  Aladdin <3  Sorry but I had to be Indian here.

#32 OKAY stop right here!  Check out this cute cup that I am holding onto.  Do you know what it is?  SALT ICE CREAM.  I am NOT kidding you!!  This ice cream is super creamy and the after taste is a little bit salty but it's super good!  A MUST TRY when you are in Disney Sea!!  I kid you not!

#33 Closer view!

#34  The two best thing in life:  Food and Vacation.  Lolol

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#36  Little Aladdin!  Japanese parents super love to dress their children up!  You see little Aladdin, Snow White, Cinderella, and Captain Jack Sparrow everywhere!  I do wonder where they got this costumes though :O  Maybe it's sold in Disney itself or it's custom made.  I have no idea. Wait.  DID you see what is the kid holding in his hand?!  A freaking smart phone.  Kid, I am still using button phone.  What's happening to the world? T_T

#37  Little Princess Jasmine asking for directions <3

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#39  The view is breath taking right?  Remember, ALL this pictures are NOT photoshopped or filtered in anyway at all.  It's the original pictures straight from my brother or my camera <3

#40  Beloved Mommie <3

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#43  Well, Day have to give way to Night and here Night is but fret not.  Even at night, they still have awesome decorations and super halloween themed!  Here I manage to take a picture of a cute Japanese guy =P

#44  Lol I saw one of the worker sweeping the floor and after he left, a few kids gathered around the leaves so I went over to have a peep and this is what I found!  This Japanese people are so damn adorable and creative lol.

All good things have to come to an end so on our way out, we stopped by few of the shops to look at more Disney merchandise =P

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#47  SO LONG, DISNEY SEA!  SEE YOU ANOTHER TIME!

See you soon people! <3

Have You Painted Your Future?

What's your future like?  Do you have any idea?

Are you the type of person who goes with the flow?  Or the type that has your future laid down right in front of you?

Or you are somewhere in between?

I am one of those who are somewhere in between because sometimes it appears so clearly to me where I am going but at times, no matter how hard I try to look, all I can see (or imagine) is a canvas full of abstract painting trying to take shape of something but it couldn't.

At this very point of time, at 2153 p.m. on 6th November 2012, the painting of my future is in abstract.  So many openings.  So many opportunities.  So much uncertainties.  So where do I begin?

There are only 3 clear object in my mind now that I could see myself have in the near future:-

i.  A new car;
ii.  iPhone 5;
iii. Secret :D  (time will reveal everything, don't worry)

As to the rest like my job, my friends, relationships and all, I have no idea where this path is leading to.  Is it leading to a meadow filled with the widest landscape of greens and bright blue sky or is it leading me towards a waterfall?

Or not so dramatic, maybe just a quiet old farm or a suburban city?

Back when I was in primary school, the future seems so certain.  I know I have to get past primary school and enter secondary school.  The time before I enter University, during that brief period, the future at that point of time seems like an endless revolving abstract because I don't know where to go and what course to take.  After my parents decided for me what career I should pursue, for the next 5 years my future seems certain again.

After graduation, it felt like someone has took a bottle of water and mixed all my paint inside it and now my paints are twirling around in the bottle, giving me different mixture of colours all the time.

It's an endless question and an endless quest.  Unlike some people that I know, they have planned their route for maybe the next ten years down the road.

Am I doing it right?  Or am I doing it wrong?

What about you?  What's the painting of your future like?

Comics / Mangas are Pornography Material

According to a reporter anyways.  He claims Comics or in the commonly known Japanese term as "Manga", are filled with pornography materials.

Okay this reporter right here by the name of Mohd Ridzuan Abu Hassan claims in the title of his article that the obsession of reading comic creates an opportunity or cause the tendency to read porn mangas.

This reporter also claim that the absolutely famous manga titles like Naruto, Dragon Ball, Bleach, 3x3 Eyes and GTO are 'famous porn mangas'.

Dude, pea size brain much?

HELLO.  NARUTO?  DRAGON BALL? GTO?  ARE YOU SERIOUS? 

DRAGON BALL?  GORILLA WITH TAILS ARE PORN.  I don't geddit.  Like I really DON'T get it at all.

IF what this reporter claim is the truth, the truth would also be I have been reading porn since the age of 5.  Because I started reading dragon ball then.  But that would be impossible isn't it?  You know why?

Because, Mr Mohd Ridzuan Abu Hassan, there is such thing call the MALAYSIAN CENSORSHIP BOARD.  They freaking censor everything in Mangas that we get in Malaysia, including children manga like Doraemon (Shizuka's bathing scene), Shin Chan (when he takes off his pants) and countless manga titles.  They go to the extend of re-drawing that particular scene.  Porn, you say?

So finding porn in manga?  Fat chance bro, fat chance.  It's like finding gold by the roadside and I am telling you, chances are close to nil.

Then, he mentioned about getting porn mangas from online since it's an easy source.  Bro, there is also such a thing call the 'category search'.  If you just log into any of the main free online reading manga website, the ones on the front page are always titles like Naruto or Bleach or One Piece and is most of the time devoid of any pornography material at all.  You want anime porn, you gotta search it in the category call hentai.

Some of the websites don't even contain hentai.

So if you do come across this titles, you have obviously used the search button to actively look for it.  So who are you blaming now?  Dude, we are all netizens.  We know how to use the internetz, prolly much more than you do anyways.  So don't you go around and kid about something like this because sadly bro, you are doing it wrong.

Above I have also translated some of the comments by other people for the pure fun of it, so that those of you who doesn't understand Malay can have fun knowing what this guy did and what others  think of him.

Like seriously dude.  Come up with better things to write man.  Even my post of me getting a new hair colour is probably much more interesting than yours.  Pft.

One Act of Kindness - From a Stranger

I can't remember when was the last time I actually receive an act of kindness from a total stranger because it has been that long since anyone has acted kindly without the tiniest bit of hope of reward or something of that sort.

Today, I've received such act of kindness.  Out of nowhere.  I must have done a lot of good this past weeks.  JUST KIDDING.  Don't you roll your eyes on me!

Today, I really needed a car wash very very badly because I needed it for an event tomorrow and  it just drizzled the entire afternoon.  NOT those kind of heavy rain where it actually makes your car clean but those small little tiny drops that leaves the weather warmer than before and also making your car look like it caught on spattergroit.  Brown little tiny spots all over a white car.  How ew is that.

So yes, I needed a car wash super desperately and it was already 7 in the evening.  The ONLY place available would be at xxx place and it costs much more than those automated car wash that you get from Petrol Station.

I parked my car at the car saloon and this one guy just walked up to me after I got down from my car and tell me in the most polite manner ever, telling me that his is very sorry but they can't accept anymore cars because they are very under power at the moment and they have few cars waiting in queue.

I told him I will wait patiently even if it takes 2 hours because, well!  It's an urgent matter so no negotiation! 

Well I obviously lost the negotiation because they really can't do it for me even when I requested for them to not vacuum or wash the insides of my car and I will still pay the full amount.  As my last chance, I asked the guy if he could perhaps, just help spray water over my car without cleaning it or anything just so that the dirt would come off perhaps.

He thought for a while, he says he will do it and ask me to get in the car while he does it.  I was so so so super duper thankful and sat in the car obediently while he rinses my car super quick and when he off his water pump, I got down and he ask me to get back in lol.  He took a piece of soapy clothe and started washing my mirrors and windows o.o  I was so surprised since he is rushing for time but I really appreciated it and after he is done with rinsing and all, I walked down to pay him and you know what, he say it's alright.  It's just a small service he is doing therefore he is not charging.

I. Cannot. Believe. My. Ears.

A stranger, or more like a businessman o.o refusing to accept a small fee after the work that he has done.  And he says good luck for the event tomorrow.

O.m.gee.

To be honest, I am really touched even though it is one really simple act of spraying water over my car.  Because he did it so sincerely. 

Fyi, it's not that I don't want to wash my own car.  It's rather I don't have the resources to because I live in an apartment where they don't provide water pump or hose or even a proper place to wash your car so you have to do it elsewhere.

When was the last time you met someone that would perform such act of kindness for you without any kind of hope of reward of any sort?

You Love Shark Fin? I Love Sharks.

I remember strongly that year when Legally Blonde 2 came out and there was this one part of the movie which left a very strong impression on me up until today (you must be thinking what has Legally Blonde got to do with Shark Fins, I promise you, I have a point).

In that movie, Elle Woods was trying to advocate rights against animal testing for cosmetic product and what she said was the following very inspirational speech and it goes something like this - not word by word but something like this:

"There is this saloon in Beverly Hills.  It's really fancy and beautiful but it's impossible to get an appointment unless if you are Julia Roberts or friends with one of the girls.  One day they call me, they had an opening and I finally get the chance to sit in one of those beauty chair.  The stylist gave me a bob, with bangs.  That's to say, it was just wrong, all wrong, for me.  

First, there was anger and then I realized my anger was completely misdirected.  I mean this wasn't the saloon's fault.  I have sat there and witnessed this injustice and I just sat there and let it happen.  I didn't get involved in the process. I forgot to use my voice.  I forgot to believe in myself.  But now I know better.  I know one honest voice can be louder than a crowd."


And I feel exactly the same way when I saw my colleague drinking shark fin soup the other day.  I saw them carrying a bowl of soup and it's just a six sense so I asked if that's shark fin soup and I got an affirmative answer.  So I began by saying "Don't drink shark fi-" well before I manage to even finish my sentence, my colleague cut me over and said "Don't talk about stuff like this.  I want to drink means I want to drink.  Besides, they served it already, it would be a waste to not drink it".  And I answered her but she refused to just listen.

After I got back, I managed to ask a friend what does he feel about shark fin soup.  He told me the exact same thing:  If it's served, it would be even more wasteful if no one drinks it.

I believe that there are still so many people out there drinking shark fin soup because you simply assume that it's okay to do it.  It's like ordering steak or drumstick at fast food because the animal that we are eating is abundant, so it's okay.

Let me tell you.  It's NOT okay to eat shark fin.  The reason why you are still drinking shark fin is because you are totally unaware of what is actually going on underneath the ocean and it's because it's underneath the ocean where no one can see it, no one can care for it.  I do not condemn you or blame you for drinking shark fin soup because you don't know.  So I sincerely hope after reading this, you would at least TRY to not drink shark fin soup and also, PASS the message around.

I must confess that I loved shark fin soup as much as you do, until I found out few years back about how cruel it is to actually even think of wanting to drink shark fin.  The proper term is actually known as "Shark Finning" and unlike eating Sashimi (raw fish), what shark poaches do is exactly what the term indicates.

They hunt the sharks merely for their fins.  Not flesh, but their fins.  An average Great White shark weighs about 700 to 1100 kg (1500 to 2400 pounds) and out of all this great weight, only a mere 300 to 400 grams are what the poaches are aiming for.  They hooked the shark up to their boat, cruelly butcher off their fins and throw them back into the sea.

When poaches poach for shark fins, they are aiming only at their fins and not meat.  How would you feel, if someone dismember your hands and feet and when you are at your absolute fragile state, that person throws you into a lion cage when you are still alive.  You have absolutely no ways to fend for yourself, run for your life but all you can do is just wait for the lion to come and feast off your flesh parts by parts, while alive.  Oh, as though everything is not horrible enough, lets add salt to the injury.  And that's exactly what it is when you throw Sharks with open wounds which can't swim back into the salty sea.  You like that?

That's exactly what happened to that very shark which fins that you have swallowed down into your stomach.  And how would you feel, if not one, or ten or thousands of sharks but the number goes by the millions.  37 millions of shark each year, going through the same torture.  Having their fins butchered, thrown back into the sea alive and either drown to death or being eaten alive by other fishes.  Does it seems okay to you to treat them that way?  Do you think they deserve such treatment just because they are fish?

And unlike Salmons or Tunas which reproduce by the millions, each shark reproduce around six to ten baby sharks each 1 and a half year.  So, what happens when the adults are gone, poaches naturally go for the baby sharks and when sharks can't reproduce as fast, what happens?  Extinction.  Do you really want this to happen?

And why is it that you consume shark fin?  Do they have extreme nutritional or medicinal value?  Do they taste superbly good?  NO.  The answer to all three is NO.  Shark has NO nutritional or medicinal value at all.  In fact, they are high in mercury content and could lead you to having heart disease.  Do they taste superbly good?  NO.  Shark fins have ABSOLUTELY ZERO TASTE at all so why are you still drinking it?

Why are you paying for something that is obtained so bloodily.  So brutally.  So cruelly.

It really pains me to search for this pictures but I honestly believe, someone has to do it.  And today, I am doing it.  I hope that you will one day (and that day is coming soon), that you will help advocate to stop this sick practice and educate more people about this.

As to my colleagues' question about wastage since the soup is already served, my answer was:  If you serve a dish that no one would eat or order, would you continue serving it?  Yes I know it's cooked and laid there for you to take but as the owner of a restaurant, if you noticed that a particular dish is not selling at all and left untouched everyday, you as the restaurant owner, would you continue that dish?  Probably not.

Sometimes, it takes one person to speak out.  And a few more to follow and more will naturally come and when everyone comes, that's the day where things will be changed.

Stand with me on this one.  Say no to drinking shark fin soup.  Say no to this cruel practice.  Simply, just say no.

The next time you are being served a bowl of shark fin soup in a wedding or at a restaurant, remember this.

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This really meaningful image is done up by Orikimono from Deviant Art and the Artist not only illustrated it very well, but the artist also wrote up a simple explanation regarding this, so do visit the artist's page if you want more explanation.  This image does not belong to me in anyway.

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This is another very short illustration about shark finning but it just shows you how much hurt you are causing to Sharks without knowing or doing anything about it.  This brilliant art is done by Kuroya-Ken and is also another Artist from Deviant Art.  This image does not belong to me in any way.

I am only asking for 2 minutes of your time to watch the video below that my Godbrother have found for me.  All I am asking is 2 minutes.

Below are some pictures that I've found online.  If you don't think you can stomach it, don't scroll down but if you think you can and you want to witness for yourself, do scroll down, alright?  Remember, if we all stand united, we CAN and we WILL make a difference.

#3 Image from here

Look at the size of this shark.  It's merely a baby shark and how much fin can it gives?  Yet they are willing to sacrifice any sharks regardless of their type, size, old or young.  Say NO to this.  Just say NO.

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#5  Images from here

This writer has an entire gallery of what is known as the Shark's Graveyard.  A picture's worth a thousand word.  He/She has an entire gallery on this so it just show how bad Shark Finning is.

The next time someone offers you shark fin, say no.  Remember, SPEAK UP.  Tell them exactly how you feel about this.  Do not forgot to use your voice to voice it out for those who can't voice it out for themselves.