ISML 2011 - Aquamarine Necklace Showdown

Okay!! Today is the first-ever ISML Necklace Showdown!!
You can check up what is this all about on it's official website!
But, before we move on to the Necklace Showdown, why don't we check up the result from the last round and see how far my prediction go?

Firstly is Mio X Shana, with win for Shana by around 100-200 margins. I'm glad Shana was win, but kinda sad that my prediction was a miss. T^T Talking about irony...

Next, let's check Kirino X Taiga. My prediction was a win for Kirino. The result was stunning, as Taiga beat Kirino out with around 1600 margins!! That's what we get when a newbie Tsundere meet a big Tsundere (with distinct "Urusai!" of course~).

What about Hitagi X Haruhi? What I said on my prediction was right. If we talking about fanbase, Haruhism is never die! Especially againts a Tundra LOL. The goddess slam Hitagi with around 1100 margins.

Let's move to the battle of promising Newbie, Eucliwood X Kanade. Despite standing on first place on the last standing, she was literally flattened out by our tenshi with an atonishing 2200 margins! And here I was thinking Eu could stand on the same place with Kanade...

Talking about "Close Call", our last match is the one to discuss. Mikoto X Azusa ends with margins ONLY 8 votes for Mikoto. And just like I said on my prediction, because of this tight result, Azusa is ineligible for Aquamarine Necklace.

Done with the result!!
Don't forget with the vote today!!
"What about the prediction?"
Rest assured, I just wanted to start by now~

Any Spaces for Another Console?

 Lately, I've been wondering, "Was my decision to buy XBOX 360 back there wrong?"
Why did I ask that?
Okay, let's start from the beginning.

One and a half year ago, I started to feel that my PS2 and my then-really-really-crappy-and-old PC (aged almost 10 years without any upgrade) couldn't fulfill my gaming needs anymore. I was thinking to bought one of the Next Gen Console, but stuck with one simple yet crucial question. XBOX 360 or PS3? (FYI, I've never consider to buy WII at all so far).

What?! Mio vs Shana!!?? (Aquamarine 7 Prediction)

Okay Guys!! Back with the ISML 2011!!
Remember my last post about ISML with some prediction on it?
Guess what? As the result has already been out, I've crosscheck my prediction with the result and from 8 prediction 6 were right!!
Those that I miss are Yuki-Haruhi and Mikoto-Taiga.
Yuki came out as the winner and Mikoto win with around 600 vote margin.
But hey, 4716 and 4176 is quite looks alike right? So my prediction is not entirely wrong XD

You can check the result here >> http://www.internationalsaimoe.com
And for the next round, which is today, you can check here >> http://www.internationalsaimoe.com/voting

If you're on the main page, click Read More for prediction on hard match.

ISML 2011 Aquamarine Round 6

Soo~ New round has been started!! Have you vote yet? Visit internasionalsaimoe.com to vote ^^

This round is quite hard, not just for me, but for my friends too.
Here's my vote

ARENA 01: Kuroi Mato [Shiina]

ARENA 02: [Haruna] Nymph

ARENA 03: [C.C.] Seraphim

ARENA 04: [Tōsaka Rin] Fujibayashi Kyō

ARENA 05: Senjōgahara Hitagi [Katsura Hinagiku]

ARENA 06: Charlotte Dunois [Akiyama Mio]

ARENA 07: [Shiina Mafuyu] Shirai Kuroko

ARENA 08: [Hiiragi Kagami] Shinonono Hōki

ARENA 09: Furukawa Nagisa [Sanzen'in Nagi]

ARENA 10: Laura Bodewig [Iwasawa Asami]

ARENA 11: Victorique de Blois [Kōsaka Kirino]

ARENA 12: Index L. Prohibitorum [Asahina Mikuru]

ARENA 13: [Sengoku Nadeko] Saber

ARENA 14: [Konjiki no Yami] Last Order

ARENA 15: Sakagami Tomoyo [Holo]

ARENA 16: [Kotobuki Tsumugi] Hirasawa Ui

ARENA 17: Nagato Yuki [Suzumiya Haruhi]

ARENA 18: [Hirasawa Yui] Eucliwood Hellscythe

ARENA 19: Yui [Shana]

ARENA 20: [Fate Testarossa] Huang Lingyin

ARENA 21: Nakamura Yuri [Tachibana Kanade]

ARENA 22: Misaka Mikoto [Aisaka Taiga]

ARENA 23: [Kasugano Sora] Louise Vallière

ARENA 24: Izumi Konata [Aragaki Ayase]

ARENA 25: [Gokō Ruri (Kuroneko)] Nakano Azusa

ARENA 26: [Kurono Kurumu] Mint Blancmanche

Okay, if you read this on the main page, klik "read more" to read my thought.

Same Old, Same Old + Several Spring Anime 2011 Quick Review

Yeah, same old, same old...
One post per month.
Are you fuc*ing serious?!
Yeah, that's me and my laziness... Never gonna know when it will seize out.

Well, some info need to be updated.

FIRST!! The International Saimoe 2011 (ISML 2011) has gone into Main Season. Currently it's on the 5th phase of Aquamarine Period. For those who doesn't know ISML, simply put it's All-time female anime characters popularity contest. If you don't really get it, JFGI. Don't know what JFGI means? Have you try Google??
On this 4th ISML, new characters (obviously) have found their way to Main Season. Some are your new favorite, while others just get more vote than the other. To no surprise 3 cute girl from Ore no Imouto (Kirino, Kuroneko, Ayase) manage to get through, and to no surprise also almost all HTT member (except for Ritsu) managed to get in again plus Ui (substituting Ritsu place I guess).
Well, I guess it's fun to keep track on this ISML again. Maybe I'll try to give you some inside if there any change or notable news. And for Indonesian people reading this, you can discuss it on IDWS forum. I'm the Topic Starter for ISML thread twice in a row. (In fact, I'm the one making this event famous on IDWS). Maybe I'll get to it someday.

SECOND!! New season has begun as well as new animes. For those who don't know, I didn't watch any Winter anime at all. Somehow I failed to do so. But this season, I've back to anime's world. Here's some that I suggest you should watch and some reason why.

- Nichijou (Unbearably funny with a lot of excellent exaggeration)
- Tiger & Bunny (A good Superhero anime using a lot of 3DCG)
- Steins;Gate (A good Hard Sci-Fi anime. So? I'm a sci-fi fans. Period.)
- SKET DANCE (Funny on it's own way and different than Nichijou. Simply said, funny as hell!)
- TWGOK S2 (Duh, do I need to tell you? The manga is great, why don't we watch it?)
- C - The Money of Soul and Possibility Control (The name is so long, yet the concept is so great. Think of it as Digimon + credit Card)
- Deadman Wonderland (Have a really nice concept and kinda gore. Fu*k you censors!!)
- Hidan no Aria (Kugumiya Rie is on it. You don't like it? Urusai, urusai, urusai!!)
- Dog Days (Nekomimi and Inumimi heaven. Great battle by the way.)

That's what I've watched so far. I've been planning to watch other titles, but haven't managed to do so. Also prepared to get my full review in a week or two.

THIRD!! That's all I think....

This is Benard reporting, see you on the next post!!
AAAAAANNNNNNNNNDDDDDD CUT!!!!!!

Again... Another Hiatus....

Yup!!
Another looooonnnnnnggggg time no post!!

Quick recap :
1. I've finished Dead Space 2
2. I'm kinda tired of Marvel vs Capcom 3 (no online play for me =.=)
3. I still haven't watch any new anime
4. Right now focusing on my PSP
5. Trying to get my short story published, yet haven't started to write yet
6. Kinda fed up with my routines =.=a
7. Oh, almost forget. I've done one cosplay session on my campus. Hate my wig though...

And that's all for today!!

Reader : "What?! That's all???!!! After our long waiting, and that's all you have to say?"
Me : "Just live with it. Besides, I don't think there are any reader that really eager to read my blog anyway..."

This is Benard reporting, see you on the next post!! AAAAAANNNNNNNNNDDDDDD CUT!!!!!!

So, The Exam is Over! Now What??

Hello again!!
Sorry with lack of report lately. Kinda lazy to type XD
Anyway, maybe some of you curious about my exam, since I never post any report about the last 4 exams. All in all, everything went well, though there were times when me and my friends keep swearing on the question's creator. But nevertheless, I get a good result. One final score hasn't out yet, but judging from the score of Mid-semester exam and Final Exam it supposed to be good also.

Too bad the event on my first semester here happens again. Feels like history repeating itself. What happen is one of the subject's final score is 84 (while the minimum requirement for an 'A' is 85). It's hurt my GPA, moreover hurting me also. Somehow I feel that getting 80 will be better than 84. Well, maybe you need to feel it by yourself to know how does it feel. But then again, I must be glad with this number, since I miss a lot of tasks from the lecturer, yet still get the same with around 75% others (yes, a lot of people get 84 on this very subject with this certain lecturer).

Fully Prepared Army VS Unexpected Enemy

Below here is the dramatization of my exam today. The real story reside below this one marked with a big "TRANSLATION". Please sit back and relax, then enjoy the story :

Supreme Commander's on his room, preparing strategies while nervously waiting for good news to come. He need it to win. He need it to prevent his men from dying for nothing. BRRAAAKK!!! The door suddenly slammed and break the silent. The commander stand up behind his desk with tense look on his face. "Sir, commander, sir!" The man slammed the door walk fast across the room while saluting at the Commander, "Scout team has return!" At last, the Commander thought. This is what he has been waiting for. He walk out the room, taking his hat on the way out.

Second Exam!! And what I did in between....

Heya!!
Nice to see you again! (liar! You can't see us from there!)

Anyway, like I said, today was my second exam.
Human-Computer Interaction.

I can't tell much, because there really nothing to tell - -
Except maybe for the Case Question and Essay (well, that's everything though).

BUT!!!!!!!!
Before all of that!!
Between the first and the second exam were two days off. What did I do back there??
Here's the answer!!!

On that in-between days I've forged again my copycat skill (it's where I draw based on other images, but not tracing.) And that's the result!! A cute Yui from K-On! ^^

I've also tried to color it using Photoshop and a pen Tablet that I borrowed from a friend of mine. The result of the colored one can be seen on my DeviantArt http://dbrokensoul.deviantart.com/

Now, back to the exams!!!

The first exam... How did it go??

As I promised, I'm back today!!
Quick am I??
That's what I'm aiming for. Typing everything that I want here XD

What I want to share to you today is how my exam going, just like how the title suggest. 

So, as you may already know, today I went through my first Final Exam on this semester. It's Web Programming, and the slide material is too much. Luckily, most of them are code examples, so WE (means all of the guys and girls on same subject and semester) thought we can just skip the codes and just focus on the theories. Fortunately, there are also some guy-without-anything-else-to-do translate the cumbersome slide and throw away the example codes and leaving only theories and important codes.