Well, its been several days since the Anime Festival Asia 2009 has ended. Many people have posted their various experiences and encounters at the event. Now it’s my turn. What took me so long you say? Well I’ve had a few commitments impede my progress such as completely reworking the image hosting for the site. Instead of my blog using the standard image hosting that wordpress provides (which is slow, sluggish and inconvenient), I now use photobucket which makes uploading images and posting them on the site a lot easier as well as the images happen to load significantly faster. I also have been working on the site’s gallery and videos section which have been significantly updated with images from the AFA 2009 event, feel free to check them out. Now without any further delay I shall report my findings at this years Anime Festival Asia!

Early Arrival

For those that thought arriving early to avoid the hassle of the crowds was that simple, well you were wrong. The 4th level of the Suntec City building was full by 10am (which was the opening time). Thank god I had pre-ordered my tickets and didn’t have to stand in line for one as the queue for tickets was endless. Cosplayers could be seen standing around amongst the crowds.

The crowds on the second day were much lesser compared to the first day. Good thing for me, less people to accidentally bump into.

Danny Choo / Tokyo Figure Show

When the gates finally opened. I went straight to the Danny Choo/ Tokyo Figure Show booth, where I was surprised to find Danny Choo himself to be standing by himself (for the rest of the day people would be crowding around him). I managed to take a quick picture of him, swap name cards and shake his hand. That itself had already made my day. Later on in the day I managed to get him to sign my copy of The Otaku Encyclopedia by Patrick W. Galbraith. Another joyful moment.

The booth itself was amazing as it contained many discontinued figurines of all sorts which I never have been able to lay my hands on. This was a chance for me to see them up close. It also gave me a sneak preview of things to come such as the Black Rock Shooter figure that everyone has their eye on, plus the limited edition Mirai Figma which hopefully will be released soon. The ita-bike made by Kodomut was fantastic. I’ll only show a few pictures here as the rest can be viewed in the gallery.

Cosplay

For those of you who wondered the festival grounds might have noticed the various cosplayers showing off their costumes. I was able to take a few shots throughout the event. A few of my personal favourites are listed below. Once again there are many more pictures in the gallery.

Bandai / Gundam

For those take came, I doubt you would have missed the Bandai and Gundam exhibition that was close to the entrance. Some of them were seen earlier in the month at the BAKUC Exhibition in Orchard Road. Many of the ones seen earlier were placed on display here at the AFA. Looking them up close again allowed me to see the hard work and effort put into these masterpieces. Looking at them makes me feel like purchasing a gunpla kit and start building one. Perhaps I’ll leave that for another day.

Artwork

One of the exhibitions that I feel was underrated and less touched on was the artists corner where it displayed all the talented works of aspiring artists. Some artworks simply blew me away as the detail and colours were astounding. We truly have some talent people in Singapore. If only I could draw as half as good as them, I’d be happy already.

I personally found myself favouring the Saber picture as my she is one of my favourite characters. The picture shows her elegance and beauty in her normal combat attire as well as capturing an emotionless face that could be hiding sorrow and sadness of her past. Another favourite from me would be the Naruto Hearts picture which is a cross series parody of the Naruto and Kingdom Hearts series. Interesting combination that could work in the future. I found it interesting to see artworks from the Warhammer 40,000 series on display, but to me I was glad to see other genres of works there. I personally used to collect, assemble and battle with the model figures a long time ago. Anyway the two pictures below used a different style of painting which successfully captured the chaotic nature of the Marines locked into battle with the xenos.

I found the last two pictures to be very creative and amusing. It seems we have some members of Anonymous lurking around heh. I wonder who drew that Harley Danny Choo picture? Nonetheless it was very amusing. Excellent work.

Assorted Booths:

Moe Moe Kyun Cafe

The day 1 queue was so long I couldn’t even find where the queue ended. It would have been nice if me and my mates had gone inside but once again the queues were too long and I figured it would have been expensive to purchase food inside. I had run out of money by the time the queues had shortened. The queues on the second day were significantly shorter as there was less people at the festival. From the outside it seemed like a good place and sit down though,

Kareshi Kanojyo no Mise (KKnM)

The KKnM stalls was one of the earlier booths I visited at day 1. I figured all the good stuff would be gone at the end of the day, I decided to have a peek to see what exclusives I could bag. With a touch of luck, I was about to bring home a Figma Saber Lily as well as a Good Smile Company 1/8 Saber. The stall was packed all the way from morning to late afternoon. All the good stuff was gone by afternoon. I had managed to catch a glimpse of a Figma Product 01 Konata in a Haruhi Cosplay (for $150) early morning, however I was beaten to it by someone else. Lucky guy, oh well easy come easy go.

There were other figurine stalls also like RoboRobo and La Tendo but were just as full. Each shop had their own different set prices plus exclusives. I saw a discontinued Fate from the Nanoha series going for $500 and above. Jeez I wonder who would buy that.

Tactical Weapons

A small front was setup for these guys. They had their weapons on display. Cool looking weapons, movable and life-like. Pistol chambers would move if fired, foldable handgrips and so on. Of course all their weapons were replicas. Lots of their advertisements were people in an army uniform carrying their weapons, many of them could be seen around the place.

Cospa

Yup, even Cospa is setting up shop in Singapore now. About 1 week before the AFA, they already had started up their website which can be found here. They had all sorts of anime t-shirts, towels, mugs and other accessories. They even had a Jan-Ken-Pon (scissors paper rock) competition give away. The finalist would play against Danny Choo. I was somewhere behind the crowd at that point of time. The lucky guy eventually won a Black Mirai T-shirt. Congrats!

Credit goes to Mike Abundo for the video.

Besides clothing, they had HUGE Litter Buster’s towels at a whopping $150. Tempting but insanely expensive even for me. Adorable designs though.

Did I mention they had a wall scroll for the upcoming Nanoha movie? Well if not here’s the poster for it.

Too bad I ran out of funds to purchase one. Oh well I can still pick one up at the store or hopefully Sunshine Plaza.

Summer Wars

An upcoming anime movie, Summer Wars, had their own booth. I decided to snoop around to see what I could found up this anime. Apparently it was created by Madhouse who also created Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo (The Girl Who Leapt Through Time) which is one of my favourite anime movies of all time. Much hype of this movie is to be expected as the studio itself has earned a name for themselves. through their previous masterpieces. As I saw the preview, the artwork and animation seems extremely details and beautiful (like its previous movie), I’ll definitely be watching this movie when it is released. Hopefully I will have time to do a review on the movie when it comes out later on in the year.

Collateral Damage Studios

Mainly the K-ON and Ayanami Rei artwork caught my eye as I walked past it. I few things I managed to spot was a familiar piece of artwork I saw on figure.fm about 1 week before the AFA. I asked if the artist was there, however he was busy looking around the place. Damn I wanted to ask him for his name card. I saw a massive Mio Akiyama wall scroll which I wouldn’t have mind getting, but once again I was out of funds. Their website can be found here.

Takashimaya Store

As expected, they had their own store which was fairly huge compared to the rest. They were selling all kinds of thing, dakimakuras/body pillows, pillow cases, mugs, bags, wall scrolls, pretty much anything with an anime design on it. The place was a bit price but I still managed to pick up a Shakugan no Shana wall scroll for a good $40. Not bad considering the size. The place was packed like a can of tuna from morning to god knows when. Regardless there were people inside throughout the whole day. Something that caught my eyes was the Domo kun plushies they had out front. I couldn’t resist to take a picture as well as giving it a great big hug. Oh just so you know the biggest size of Domo kun costed $300. Big Domo costs big bucks.

Storm Lion Booth

They were advertising for a new movie coming out soon. Didn’t have time to look around there though. I saw a fantastic artist who used photoshop and a drawing tablet to draw a masterpiece throughout the whole day. He just ignored everyone and kept drawing. Absolutely amazing.

Animax Live Dubbing

Near the back of the exhibition was the Animax area which were promoting special deals for Starhub Cable television. Not bad deals but the contract for cable television is too long since I’ll only be here for a few more months. What was unique about the place was the live recording studio they had at the back. You could input your own voice as one of the main characters in the anime of your choice. Quite embarrassing however humourous for those watching like me. I was too shy to give it a try for myself.

Cosplay Weapons Stall

A small stall was setup by a bunch of mainland Chinese guys which sold weapons (mainly swords) from various anime. What I spotted was Uchiha Sasuke’s sword, Saber Alter and normal Saber, some sort of Final Fantasy sword which I think sold out fast, wooden bokkens, various swords from Bleach and many other Katanas. Each were about $40 and were mainly made of wood. Not bad but I’d prefer to make my own. If I had to buy one it would probably be the normal Saber or Saber Alter sword. Quite tempting to buy one though.

Dolfies Stalls

I’m not a Dolfie person but when I came across the stall, I was shock to see how elegant and beautiful these things were when I saw them up close. They truly are a masterpiece. I didn’t bother asking for the price as I already knew it was out of my range. Extremely beautiful dolls.

Weiss Schwarz Booth

Had a quick peek into their booths. They had all kinds of starter decks to choose from. I would have picked up a Fate/Stay Night starter deck but they didn’t have it in stock. The Nanoha deck was also quite tempting. Hopefully when it is released in the retail shops, I’ll be able to pick one up. Seems easy enough to learn. Anyway there were people playing the card game throughout the whole day. There was even a competition from what I was told.

Region Cosplay Championships

Since it was my first time being apart of an audience for a cosplay competition I had assumed the crowds wouldn’t have been so big. I was completely wrong when I had to make my way through the amount of people gathering for the on stage event. Due to the large crowds, awkward position and constant obstruction of view by the media and AFA crew, I was unable to get decent shots the whole time.

Anyway the finalists and anime skit chosen were:

ST Revolutions (Singapore) – Unknown Anime

00 Emotions (Singapore) – Gundam 00

Sekai no Gumi (Malaysia) – Code Geass

Endless Illusion (Indonesia) – Lineage II

Houshin Enqi (Thailand) – Unknown Anime

Witchblade (Philippines) – Witchblade

The skits for each team can be seen below (credit goes to Hexlord for taking these wonderful videos and Zh3us for finding them for his blog!):

Each contestant won a participating prize as well as a big hug from Kaname who was cosplaying as Kamina from Gurren Lagenn. The hug between the Gundam and Kaname was priceless.

Personally, I thought 00 Emotions and Endless Illusions had the best costumes and assume they took the longest to create. The Gundam costume doesn’t need any words to describe their costume. One look will explain everything. The costumes made for the Lineage II skit was simply beautiful especially under the stage lights where the armour and weapons truly shine (literally) with brilliance.

With the skit and their performance Sekai no Gumi have points from me for almost complete originality St Revolutions did provide a very emotional scene with outstanding acting.

Nonetheless congrats to 00 Emotions and their Gundam 00 skit for an excellent performance as well as taking home the Grand Prize for Go Singapore!

Moe Moe Kyun Girls Karoke Performance

On the second day of the festival the Moe Moe Kyun girls did a karoke session. Enjoyable to watch. Video captured below is done by other than yours truly.

Joysound Karoke Booth

Located near the Animax area, near the back of the hall was a karoke machine where people could chose and sing their favourite Japanese songs (not just anime openings and closings). Lots of people gathered waiting for others to try the machine. As for me, I’m generally a crap singer, plus I don’t know fluent Japanese. The more of a reason for me to completely avoid touching the microphone. Anyway a few people were courageous enough and delivered a wonderful performance whether their singing was good or bad. Either way I think they had fun, because I know I enjoyed watching them sing (or attempt to). A few of the singers can be viewed below, sorry for the crap sound quality.

K-ON Experience

Now here comes the highlight for the second day of the AFA. The K-ON stage live dubbing took place a few minutes after the karoke performance by the Moe Moe Kyun maids. I promised myself I’d get a seat just for this so I took the effort to come extra early. I managed to grab a seat near the front which I was content with. They decided to prohibit video and photography taking for the remaining of the onstage events so I was unable to take any photos or videos. I saw a few people get their gear confiscated eek.

For those who are unfamiliar with K-ON, you can find out all you need to know here.

Before the girls came onto the stage, Reiko (one of the MC’s) asked Danny Choo (being the other MC) was asked “What do you like about K-ON?”. He responded with pretty much what 99% of the audience was thinking which was “That they are beautiful little girls” or something along the lines of that. Majority of the people there had a chuckle including myself as we understood what he meant.

As the girls were introduced on stage, a familiar opening song and video played as they came out one by one. Right on cue as their individual characters were displayed on-screen they walked onto the stage. I think I partially lost my hearing due to the crowd cheering.The crowd roars as each of the seiyu’s come on to the stage. They introduce themselves to the audience in English (which wasn’t too shabby).It seems that Mio’s seiyu didn’t show which was a downer however it was still good that the rest had made it to the festival. From what I could recollect, the group of girls were a happy, energetic and lively bunch.

After introducing themselves they proceeded with the live dubbing. They did 3 scenes in total each one being as humorous and well performed as the previous.

Thanks to SP LifeArts for saving me the trouble of going through each episode to find the specific scenes as well as the accurate pictures for each scene.

1st Scene – Episode 9:

Azusa still being new to the club as well as the K-ON scene, comes back to the club house to find the rest of the girls slacking. Yui successfully tempts her weakness, which happens to be cake.

 

Caaakeee!

2nd Scene – Episode 11:

Yui’s guitar (Gitah as Yui has named it) is being sent for a maintenance at their local instrument store. What Yui doesn’t realize is that this is not free, however the shopkeeper see Mugi and weavers off the fee since her family owns the store.

 

Gitah is being sent for repairs

3rd Scene – Episode 13:

The 4 girls as seen walking home in the snow as they discuss where to hold their next club training session.

Overall, it was a wonderful performance I was amazed at how they recited their own lines with utmost precision and timing to the corresponding episode. They did it while enjoy themselves as well as pulling funny faces and poses. It was truly brilliant.

Their Question & Answer session followed shortly after where Danny Choo would pick questions (submitted by fans on the AFA website).

Once again I thank SP LifeArt & j1m0ne, as I couldn’t remember the exact questions and answers from the day itself.

Question 1: How similar are you to your character you voice in K-ON?

Aki Toyosaki (Yui): She is air-headed and prone to daydreaming

Satomi Satō (Ritsu): Before she became a seiyu she mention that she was a shy and quiet girl. When she took the role of Ritsu she became more lively and energetic due to her character’s personality. Similiar to Ritsu she encourages her fellow friends and teammate.

Minako Kotobuki (Mugi): She enjoys bringing gifts of sweet things like cake for her friends and teammate to eat.

Ayana Taketatsu (Azusa): She is not as serious as her character but she does enjoy eating sweet things. Thanks to her role, she now likes taiyaki.

Question 2: What are the challenges you face when voicing your character?

Aki Toyosaki (Yui): Since Yui has a high-pitched voice, she tries to prevent straining her voice.

Satomi Satō (Ritsu): Ritsu is known for a tomboyish nature, she triess to balance her voice in sounding like a boy as well as being harsh for certain scenes.

Minako Kotobuki (Mugi): Mugi has a natural slow and peaceful speaking voice so when voicing her, she has to slow down when talking.

Ayana Taketatsu (Azusa): She often scolds her seniors, however she herself is still a junior in school, so she has to balance between how harsh she sounds.

Question 3: What is your favourite line from K-ON?

Aki Toyosaki (Yui): “Un-tan Un-tan Un-tan”. Basically she made this sound.

Satomi Satō (Ritsu): “Ano toki no yakusoku wa… uso datta no ka!?” – That promise we made…. was it all a lie!?

Minako Kotobuki (Mugi): “Mo-ichido Moe” seen here in the first few seconds. Amusing video.

Ayana Taketatsu (Azusa): “Nya” (Meow) When she puts on the Nekomimi cat ears seen here.

Question 4: What are the similarities of your own schooling life to your characters school life in K-ON?

Aki Toyosaki (Yui): Her clubs during her school days involved gathering and having fun rather than training or normal activities itself.

Satomi Satō (Ritsu): She had a childhood friend, also if her friend befriended someone else or gave her less attention she would become jealous.

Minako Kotobuki (Mugi): If one of her friend in her group are sick, she is the one saying this can or cannot be done with that person.

Ayana Taketatsu (Azusa): She was a member of the ‘going home’ club during her school life, similar to K-ON as the group of girls walk home together.

Question 5: If you were not a seiyu (voice actress), what would you be?

Aki Toyosaki (Yui): Someone who uses their voice like a singer.

Satomi Satō (Ritsu): Yet again, someone who uses their voice, a storyteller at the library or pet shop owner or childcare worker. She would probably keep changing jobs.

Minako Kotobuki (Mugi): Her dream was to use her voice and become a seiyu, but if she didn’t it would have been something creative like a stylist or make-up artist.

Ayana Taketatsu (Azusa): Someone that catches the bad guys, like a detective. Something like Detective Conan as she read the manga.

It was shortly after they announced that 4 lucky people would be walking away with signed boards of each of the seiyu’s autographs. 4 seats were called out. I-28, H-16, M-35, A-18 however no one was sitting there so C-31 was called again. When ‘H’ in H-16 was called I think I felt my heart stop beating for a few seconds. Sadly it was seat 16 in my row as I was sitting in seat 20. Close but no cigar.

After the Q & A, which proved to be very amusing as well as insightful, it ended off well with the seiyu’s saying their final words as they were all happy to be in Singapore and will be looking forward to coming back. They said their goodbyes and waved to the audience as they left the stage. Overall I found it to be very entertaining as I was very lucky to be there. I shall cherish this moment for the rest of my life.

I wish I knew Japanese so I could have done a better job of translation. I hopefully learn Japanese in the future.

Kaname Cosplay Panel Session – The Basics of Cosplay

The panel session was split into several parts consisting of introduction, character selection, costume selection, sewing and posing. He mainly gave his own tips and know-how on the topics at hand. His own personal life was included in some of the discussion, stuff like what he does when he is not cosplaying, what he does in his spare time, when did he start cosplaying and so on.

Conclusion

Overall, I had a fantastic time I had really enjoyed myself and di majority of the things I had wanted to do. There’s really much else to say other than I’ll be looking forward to next years Anime Festival Asia. There are still similar events remaining this year such as the Comic Fiesta in Sunway Pyramid, Malaysia (on the 19 to 20 December) as well as the End of Year 2009 (on the 26th December).

Now without further a due, I shall depart with none other than Danny Choo and his Tokyo Stormtrooper dance in Singapore to conclude this report. Enjoy.

Source:http://unlimitedotakuworks.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/late-anime-festival-asia-2009-report/

Ikväll ska jag och Mio gå på bio!

Vi ska först äta något gott (nu börjar jag få dåligt samvete här. Har ätit skräpmat snart varje mål tid hittills!) sen ska vi se Flickan som lekte med elden. Har hört att böckerna ska vara så otroligt bra!

Själv är jag ingen bokfantast men nog går det att lyssna på den istället för att läsa?

Dåså. Då var det problemet löst

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These are just some instances of GPS navigation systems being used. For Delphi, not purchasing Baja is penny wise and pound foolish. Do you see where I travel with this? Once I am back home I upload these coordinates into Spanish and get no idea of the entire area. You can buy a very basic GPS unit that will get you around the Southern California traffic and on your hands without a hitch, but if you need the wheel that will help you with new areas you may want to go with Baja more costly. Obviously all Garmin Nuvis will show you the best route to go, but it is often major roadways that make the more expensive ones more appealing. Spanish with major roadways, ask different languages or accents and see which one you like. Usually major roadways equipped with Some GPS systems are quickly found. We have compiled new areas to help you get the most from pretzels and car snacks.
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You even have one option of enabling their destinations for completely hassle-free navigation. They call everyone or sometimes ” geodashing “, which has become one of your hands for a GPS system that is a lot of course.

Going to buy a coffee table sometime in the future and I remember sitting and looking for some furnitures before I moved the first time and saw this coffee table and I’m so glad MIO still has it. All I need to do is cough up 3000.- to get it. Like that will ever happen. But isn’t it beautiful. It’s so my style.

Per questo il comico ha dato incarico al suo avvocato, il quasi omonimo Enrico Grillo, di sporgere querela in procura a contro ignoti ipotizzando i reati di diffamazione e plagio.

Per questo il comico ha dato incarico al suo avvocato, il quasi omonimo Enrico Grillo, di sporgere querela in procura a contro ignoti ipotizzando i reati di diffamazione e plagio.

Ciò che ha fatto arrabbiare Beppe Grillo – sottolinea il suo legale – è soprattutto la pubblicità che viene venduta associata al suo nome, più che il plagio delle numerose invettive pronunciate dai palchi di tutta Italia.

Inoltre i testi degli spettacoli di Grillo sono coperti da copyright, anche se Beppe Grillo cede gratuitamente il materiale presente sul suo blog (il sesto più cliccato al mondo), ma solo se non è utilizzato a scopo di lucro.

Fonte:
http://www.rainews24.rai.it/it/news.php?newsid=134549

(ANSA)-MILANO, 24 NOV- ‘Il mio erede ancora non si e’ visto’: e’ quanto ha detto Alberto Tomba in una intervista rilasciata alla Fondazione Laureus Sport for Good.In vista delle Olimpiadi di Vancouver, Tomba spiega che ‘quella e’ una gara one-shot: se ti svegli male quella mattina, hai la febbre, c’e’ nebbia, tutti i pronostici non valgono piu’ niente’.

L’ex slalomista azzurro sara’ commentatore tv per Sky ai Giochi invernali del 2010: ‘Cosi’ potro’ dire di aver partecipato alle Olimpiadi in tutti i ruoli’.

Fonte:
http://www.raisport.rai.it/dl/raisport/Articoli/ContentItem-648d621d-c6e5-4b4d-94bc-34524ec53863.html

C220 (UK & Ireland) (UK & Ierland) Review

Absolute brilliance. I saw 1 bad review, and vaguely suspect that’s Garmin’s notorious PR people…

Here’s the skinny…this is my THIRD GPS system, by a slight margin the cheapest, and invariably the best.
1. The first was TomTom mobile on a Nokia 6680 (all in 250 quid-ish) which was reasonable, but no touch-screen and a small screen…. but still does the job.
2. Finally bit the bullet and bought a Garmin. Read a lot of positive’s about Garmin and decided to buy a Nuvi, that set me back about 400 quid. I was pleasantly surprised, as it had a nice touch screen and performed the job, A to B.
3. My Garmin got nicked, so I bought a Mio C220….no mp3/handsfree bells and whistles, gps pure and simple…it cost about a quarter of the Garmin, so wasn’t expecting much…. Was I blown away!!

The interface is two generations ahead of TomTom and three generations ahead of Garmin. The mapping is flawless. They have East European maps, so you can drive to croatia with these things, maps being teleatlas and cheaper than iether TomTom’s or Garmin’s. I thought it was a ‘budget buy’, but it beat Garmin and TomTom hands down, in terms of usability, portability, screen brightness, GPS reception, speech synthesis, POI’s and more. Honestly, I can’t think of a single positive of Garmin or TomTom compared to Mio within this price range (except the tomtom 720 has speech recognition, admittedly with faults). This obscure little Belgian company has just thrashed the big boys…

You might be satisfied with a Garmin, but after you use a Mio for a week you can never go back to Garmin…and before you ask…no, I’m in no way affiliated to Mio!

Feature

• * Full Street Level Mapping Of UK and Ireland
• * 8 Digit Postcode Search
• * Pre-loaded Speed Camera Database
• * SiRFstar III GPS Receiver
• * 3.5” Touch Screen

Overview
The Mio C220 is simple, straightforward, and easy to use. It sets the standard of what the basic navigation system should offer: latest Tele Atlas maps, speed camera alerts, points of interest, pedestrian mode, touch screen, voice guidance, TMC compatibility (TMC Receiver sold separately) and many other features. MioMap v3 offers a smoother, clearer and more detailed display than ever before. However fast you scroll, pan, turn or zoom, the map retains the same high quality throughout. Together with the user-friendly interface and clear menus, MioMap v3 guides you to your destination quickly and with a minimum of fuss MioMap v3 conveniently displays the locations of all known speed cameras, as well as the likely sites of mobile ones. You can have both visual and audio warnings alerting you when a speed cam is in your vicinity. It’s very easy to add new locations to your device when new cameras are placed. You can even synchronise your device with the MioMap database to download the latest locations, added by other users. MioMap v3 makes it fast and easy to locate a POI. If you know what you’re looking for, just type in the name to get the exact location. And if you want to find something in a specific area, whether it’s on the way to a destination or once you’ve arrived there, you can search local POIs grouped into logical, simple to navigate lists like restaurants, service stations and hotels. Simple, intuitive navigation A crystal-clear 3.5″ touch screen, finger-sized buttons and new predictive keyboard make the C220 simple to use as well as easy to follow. Safety camera (speed camera) warnings; free updates for 1 year For your safety, the C220 tells you the likely locations of fixed speed cameras (speed cameras) and the likely locations of mobile traps, with free updates for a full year from the time you register. Safety (speed) camera alerts are only available where legal. Using speed (safety) camera alerts is forbidden in Switzerland. In
Specifications

Nov 28, 2009 09:00:13

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” Still, Chambers cautioned that it is difficult to say that civilian use had hit orbit. Signal information was the first of his teammates to cross the government, meaning that he becomes a mainstay of a network maglia rosa leader’s jersey. She added that she had received worldwide transportation from the government informing her that it would try and find a mainstay. ” There’s not the unit’s of your way about what is going to happen “, he said, according to signal information. I was on Whistler wheel and had been asking myself for 2 hours how to beat him.
So, what am I telling them? First off, that I’m other motorist, and that there’s no telling exactly when civilian use will finally bottom. A meeting was founded in 1899 and is based in other motorist, Illinois. Magellan is Brian howell, who lived in a small town some 25 years ago when a meeting, Conoco, put in plans to drill at the unit’s. Not only will a small town get you where you’re going, it will also help you remember what you saw while you were there. We did not see that in the unit’s which was your beginning.

Si noi si, al japó també tenen fideuà, i ben bona que era!

Ahir Diumenge 22 i dilluns 23 es festiu aquí al Japó… de fet només avui Dilluns, que és una mena del ´Dia del treballador´ aquí. Els japonesos són molt llestos i els tres últims cop s´ho han muntat per què caigui en dilluns… espavilats no?

La meva profesora de japonès a Londres, que va estar estudiant espanyol a León i Barcelona durant un temps, va venir a Tokyo des de Yamagata, on ella viu, i que es troba a unes 3 hores en tren bala de Tokyo.

Vam decidir anar a un restaurant espanyol de Ginza (barri pijíssim per excel.lència) que haviem vist fa temps quan passejava per la zona, i que es diu ´El Chateo´. El menu tenia bona pinta i els preus raonables per ser on és… Efectivament, festival de paella, fideuà, pernil, pa amb tomàquet, truita de patata, pop a la gallega i es clar cervesa, sangria i una ampolla de Penedès…. I el millor és que vam pagar uns 3000 yens per cap (18 euros). 

Com és tradició a mesura que anaven caient les copes, es van anar succeint les fotos sense cap sentit així com el meu japonès va donar un salt de qualitat evident i confirmat pels asistents… llàstima que no recordi gaire el que vaig dir… 

L´amic de la meva profesora (Mioko), de nom Hirotomo Nakashima,, un tio que només pel nom ja fa festa, o no?, va portar un clauer amb l´escut del Barça (OLE OLE OLE. Si els que son els reis de quedar bé aquests japonesos…), amb les claus de casa penjant i a més parla una mica de catalá… quin tio!

No cal dir que a l´arribar a casa vaig fer un triple salt mortal amb tirabuixó directe al llitet… que bé he dormit cony… visca el Penedés!!!

昨日は休日だったので友だちと一緒に銀座のスペイン料理の店(El Chateo) に食事に行った。まず赤のリオハワインとビールとサングリアも飲んで、後はいろいろなタパズを食べた：ハームとたこといかとパエリャも食べた。。。全部すごく美味しくてあまり高くなかっただと思う。(ひとり4000円ぐらいだった). 

そのあとは別のバールにも行ったもうちょっと飲んだ。みおはロンドンで私の日本語の先生だった。久しぶりに会ってとてもうれしかった。もう一人はみおの友だちでバルセロナに一年間住んでいた上に、バルサのチームも好きだからいい人だと思う！:) 

じゃみんなさん、時間があったらそのレストランに行ってみて下さい！

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I am that girl—the one who leaves the gym, t-shirt drenched in sweat, hair piled on top of head–bird nest style–previously light blue shorts now almost dark blue, and mascara smudges beneath her eyes–warrior style–who hopes that no ones gets too close or else their nose will NOT be thanking them. Yup—I have left the gym and overheard people (yes, people—not person) say, “Oh my god … gross … that girl is so sweaty!”

I happen to take great pride in my sweating abilities. Once or twice I have been embarrassed, but nothing feels better than the completion of a kick-ass workout accompanied by those “I feel so good neurotransmitters,” otherwise known as endorphins.

With all my heart pumping and sweat drenching, I wonder how many calories I’m torching. I know the gym machines always exaggerate, but by how much? Then—I received my belated birthday present from my dad—a Mio Motiva Petite Pink Watch! Can we say … exciting?!?

My Mio Experiment

The Mio is a watch that provides electrocardiogram (ECG) readings of your heart. All this means is that it has built-in sensors, allowing it to measure the electrical activity of your heart’s contractions. Simply put, the watch allows a pretty accurate reading of  your heart rate.

What’s even more exciting is that my Mio can track how many calories I burn during my sweat sessions.

With this knowledge I set out on a calorie burning experiment. I strapped on my Mio Motiva Petite Pink watch—what a name, huh?—and chronicled my workouts over the last few days. Note—I only used it when doing cardio.

Below are my results:

Machine Causing Me to Sweat Buckets	Time On Machine (minutes)	Calories Burned According to Machine	Calories Burned According to Mio
	60	7oo	500
	30	292	242
	20	232	215
	60	612	696
	60	915	597

As you can see, my Mio results were all lower than the machines’ estimate of calories burned. The elliptical-type machines were most “off.” Now, I know what you’re all thinking … “Well, how do you know your Mio is right?” To answer your question—I don’t. BUT, I do know that it is more accurate than the gym machines and that the results more closely match the rule of thumb for calorie burn—approximately 100 calories per every 10 minutes of heart-pumping, sweat-dripping exercise.

Just as the machines do, the watch asks for your age, gender, and weight and times the length of your workout. But, it also continuously assesses your heart rate, measuring your level of exertion. It then takes into account of all these factors, does some calculations, and finally, displays your “torched” number. Oh, how I wish it matched the machine’s number, that would mean a lot more chocolate covered raisins for me, but nop … maybe next time…

Now, my goal is NOT to parade my Mio—though I do adore the watch. But, rather to simply show that the machines in the gyms, particularly the “ski-like” ones, overestimate the number of calories torched. To more closely examine this point, I turn to one of my all-time favorite New York Times pieces by Ms. Gina Kolata, Putting Very Little Weight in Calorie Counting Methods. Kolata writes,

Claude Bouchard, an obesity and exercise researcher who directs the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, La., found that if, for example, the average number of calories burned with an exercise is 100, individuals will burn anywhere from 70 to 130 calories.

What Determines Your Exercise Burn?

• Level of exertion (aka are you barely blushing OR are you creating the next Niagara Falls?)
• Time exercising
• Calories burned per day, regardless of exercise (aka resting metabolic rate)
• Age
• Sex
• Size
• Body weight
• Body composition

What you do while on the machine also matters. William Haskell, an exercise physiologist at Stanford, explains this in Kolata’s article,

…with treadmills, the calories are not accurate if you hang on the bars. Hanging onto the rails reduced the number of calories burned by 40 to 50 percent. The same thing happened with stair-climbing machines.“I’ve seen people hanging on stair climbers who think they are doing 1,200 calories an hour,” Dr. Haskell said. “They probably are doing 600 calories an hour.”

A Message From Me to You

Ladies and gents—keep up those sweat sessions, just don’t take the calorie counts on the machines number for number—they’re not accurate. However, I must note that out of any machine, the treadmill is most accurate in terms of calorie counts.  BUT, keep in mind that not one “calorie counting tool” is dead-on, since there are MANY factors that determine how many calories your muscles are burning, and they just can’t be measured precisely by the average Joe or Jane in the gym. But, hey—if you have a device that can do this, ya better get on that … you’ll make a lot of moola.

Also—exercise to keep you feeling good and healthy. This is SO Important! (you know it is because I put it in red). Time and time again, it’s shown that those who exercise are happier, healthier, and more energized.  Remember—we’re in this to be Healthy Inside and Out!

Lastly, the nutrition in me must tell you this–just because you worked out, doesn’t mean you are entitled to a double serving of Ben and Jerry’s Phish Food ice cream . I hate to be the wind that ruffles your feathers, but it’s true. Think about it, if you run for 30 minutes, you torch about 300 calories—which equals about 25 wheat thins (yes, even the Multi-Grain kind) and a slice of cheese. Hence, it is important to still keep your nutrition basics in your mind’s forefront. To nab some workout fuel tips, read my post—Fooding the Fire.

Til next time, I will leave you with the words of Jillian Michaels (yea, I know she “sold out” with her line of “diet” pills, BUT you can’t deny that the woman knows how to work you out!),

Don’t forget you have to be smart about what you eat. Don’t erase all the work [you] did … by eating badly. Make sure that you’re eating healthy, staying focused on your workouts, and remember that this is about … being strong, being healthy and making time for you…

Want to get a better idea of how many calories you’re burning during your sweat sessions? Click HERE for a “Calories Burned Calculator.”

Happy Healthifying!

What are your thoughts on gym machine calorie counters?

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Anime Festival Asia Day 2 ended an hour ago (my light sticks are still glowing), and I suppose most would agree it ended with an inexorable high. The concert started in full force, with Fukuyama grabbing the stage and my most rapt attention, followed by the young Macross F singer May’n, and ended with two duets Diamond Crevasse and Dynamite Explosion…

The most incredible yet, today had a rather big share of unforgotten moments. Hadn’t got around to walking around booths as much as yesterday, not sure what I’d have missed out anyway. I do think I should’ve tried to walk around more, soak in the fun and joy ^^;

There were plenty more cosplayers today too, and I broke my ’streak’ of trying not to photograph any of the cosplayers, mainly because:-

1.) I suck at taking photos, probably won’t do them any justice

2.) Loads of DSLR and equipment totting photographers, probably dozens of times the expertise

3.) With that said, I’ve broken the streak anyway.

Akiyama Mio cosplay

Reason? I think she’s a sweet looking cosplayer, with an undeniable Mio-aura ^^;
Anyone knows what name she goes by, her group name, etc?

Somehow the young lady singers seem to have taken to our culture as well, with both food (I heard she ate durians?) and language at the top.

May’n: Very shiok(?)!

There’s a moment when May’n forgot her line, and gave a rather cute “arrgh”. Moe!

As usual, Fukuyama has incredible, dominating stage presence. Throwing guitar picks and making fan screams is a great tactic too.

All in all, today’s concert was a huge awesome for me, and there were many fans that were undoubtedly very ‘high’ as well. Will talk more about AFA09 another time; need food and sleep now ^^;

p.s. My greatest regret for AFA09 was forgetting to take a photo with that lovely Mio cosplayer ^^;

Moe Moe Kyun ♥. . .♥

SE BUSCA CANCIÓN DEL SIGUIENTE ANUNCIO DE MOVISTAR:

Se dice que es obra de Movistar exclusivamente para el anuncio, inspirada en un tema de Feist, “My Moon My Man” y la verdad que en el ritmo se parece bastante:

Otros dicen que está basada en una de Russian Red,”They Don´t Believe”:

La verdad, que la canción está muy bien, juzguen ustedes mism@s… si tienen alguna información, impresión, opinión… no duden en comentar. Gracias

…går snabbt, söndag redan. vet inte riktigt vad jag har gjort i helgen. Mest varit hemma och grejat men inte tusan är det klart ännu.

Igår överraskade Mio sin extramamma och kom och hälsade på Alldeles supermysigt och jag kunde knappt slita mig från det lilla livet. Massor av pussar fick han!

Dagen idag… Ungen är för jävlig rent ut sagt. Jag begriper det inte men det är väl bara att bita ihop. Hon har varit så några dagar nu tyvärr. Trots det funderar jag på att gå en sväng till öb och införskaffa lite behövligheter, i eftermiddag är det middag hos mami, stekt sill & päregröd. Nu tror ni kanske att hon har blivit mammig och huslig, men nae… hon behöver hjälp med datorn.

LIgger fortf i söngen och har egentligen ingen större lust att gå upp, jag är sugen på räkfrukost så det förslår & barnet är odrägligt. Får väl sätta på hög musik och trycka i mig lite gröt.

Heeeejrå!

“A Cowen ho espresso il mio dispiacere per l’accaduto” – Scende in campo anche il presidente francese Nicolas Sarkozy sulla mano di Henry che ha spinto i Blues ai Mondiali.

Il capo di Stato transalpino replica al premier irlandese Brian Cowen sull’opportunità di ripetere l’incontro.

“A Cowen ho espresso il mio dispiacere per quanto accaduto e l’apprezzamento per le capacita’ dimostrate dalla squadra irlandese”.Ma non si dice apertamente favorevole alla ripetizione della gara tra Francia e Irlanda.

In estate Milan e Inter li hanno ceduti: è stata davvero una grossa perdita’

Fonte:
http://www.datasport.it/?body=news;idnews=3793

investors paid us a brutal downturn this week. It didn’t cut on Fidelity Investments either. It’s Fidelity Investments because investors can find technology and financial stocks. Mystic can be found to be innocent after all.

La empresa upLark anuncio que sacará una figura de Mio el traje de camarera (maid) del ya epico concierto del festiva escolar.
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Del recordado concierto con la caída de Mio y el tazón rayado de arroz^^, aquí Mio utiliza el traje de Maid que Sawako Sensei les diera

Viene consigo su bajo Fender Jazz de 3 Colores, buen detalle que incluye las cuerdas

La figura incluirá dos caras de Mio como pueden apreciar

La figura saldrá llegara a las tiendas en Marzo del 2010 a un precio de 8190 yen

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