Finally~

Woot~ Finally, man. Finally, I've finished it!! Haha. I know she had been waiting for a looooong time. (She = Pui Mun) XDD And it's been awhile since I last updated this blog.

Last semester (I even remembered we were in the library's computer room XD) she asked me to draw something for her. She wanted a couple doing "sweet" things (e.g. date. Don't over think it XD). I remembered she mentioned she likes guys in shirts (like those of working long-sleeves shirt) and girls that emit a 'cool' aura. That's why I decided to draw this couple. And thank god she likes it XP I've drawn for her once back in high school when I'd just started drawing. So, I think when she compares this one with the old one, there would be a HUGE difference, on the good side that is. Hehe.

I started drawing this, like, around 2 months ago, just before last sem's final. Back then I couldn't exactly decide on the background. A park was one of my options but then I'm not good with plants and nature so I just couldn't start drawing. But after I looked up on "how to draw trees" and some garden pictures, I kinda get the confidence to draw it out. And, surprisingly, it turned out better than I thought, even though it may seems a little crappy LOL

Since it turned out so well, I was unwilling to give it to her XD Only for a moment, though. I mean, what good is my talent if I can't show or share it with people?? So, even though still have thoughts of keeping it to myself, I'm gonna give it to her tomorrow as a surprise. Just hope that she won't read this post beforehand. *crosses fingers*

Here's the drawing~

The drawing at the first stage. A clean sketch without shadings and background (obviously).

The drawing after shadings and (partial) background are added.

And finally, the completed version of the drawing ;D With my signature at the bottom right of the drawing.

I've posted it on DeviantART and Mangabullet, too. I named it "Sweet Love" (because everyone who had commented said it's sweet and cute).

NB: Try listening to ballad love songs like T-Max's Fighting the Bad Feeling (Boys Before Flowers OST) when looking at it XDD It's just that the song's melody really suits it. It really does give me a sweet feeling.

Shouoto Aya: Newcomer for the Reverse Harem Genre

Hmm...her art is really good. And I mean REALLY good. I like the guys she draws. No wait...I love them XD

I was too bored at home with nothing to do, and I'm also waiting for the next chapters of Skip Beat and Vampire Knight, I just browsed through the mangas under that genre. And, unexpectedly, I came across a manga called Barajou no Kisu by Shouoto Aya. At first I was just giving it a try because of the boys *wink* but the plot turns out to be quite interesting. There is also another similar manga by the same mangaka called S.L.H: Stray Love Hearts. Strange name, I know. But that's how they are, I mean the Japanese. Sometimes even their songs have really illogical names. S.L.H is published much earlier than Barajou but the latter got more popular first *shrugs*.

She was originally focusing on shonen-ai and yaoi, then later yuri, and now reverse harem and shoujo. The only thing that bothers me about her style is her female characters, especially the heroines. GOD! They are tooo chibi and short compared to the tall and long male characters. When they stand together, it feels like an adult and a middle schooler.

Barajou no Kisu

Higa Kaede. At first, my only favourite was him. I thought he looked cute, and I still think he does. (Look at this picture!) But after this guy (point down) came around, I have two favorites now. Kaede had become my second favourite.

Mutsuki Kurama. *Sigh* Isn't he just awesome??? I wish I can draw like that T^T. At the first sight, I just thought he was not appealing enought, but I was so wrong. His personality is cute and to top it all off, he's a night stalker! A vampire! Well, sort of... XD And who would have guessed inside his cold and scary exterior that deep down, he's a masochist?! The very moment he showed that side of him, I've fallen head over heels for him *blush* *heartbeat racing* Lolx... I sounded like some kind of psycho that would fall in love with a fictional, imaginary guy instead of one in flesh and blood. How frustrating. Characters like this often made me want a guy that is like him, which is impossible. He would be too good for me T.T

Stray Love Hearts

Aww~ Come on! Basically all the boys in the manga are bishounen! Is it possible that all the guys could be so beautiful?? Well, not in reality anyway. No offense but usually nice guys not = good looking; good looking not = nice guys. So...ya. If I have to choose, seriously, I would prefer a nice guy.

I have three favourites for this manga. Ichikawa Ren (the one with short brown hair, reason for liking him: need I to say more? He's a Higa Kaede look-alike! Or is it the other way around? XD), Reizei Kuga (the one with long black hair, reason for liking: Mutsuki Kurama and Kaname look-alike LOLX), and lastly, Kumoide Cain *points down*.

Cain and Kozue Hiyoki (she does look like a hiyoko to me XD). See what I mean? Cain looks like a college freshman and she (the heroine) looks like a middle schooler. No, worst. She looks like she is still in elementary school! But anyway, the reason for liking him is because a) again, a Kurama look-alike b) he gives out the Zero-aura, if you know what I mean.

In the sense of the amount of bishies, SLH is the winner but for the plot, I like Barajou better. The plot seems to be more mysterious and interesting. But it is still too early for me to decide since only six chapters of Barajou are translated and only one chapter for SLH. I'll have to wait a little longer. All in all, Shouoto Aya has made it into my list of favourite mangakas ;D

Drawings for Blood Moon

Woohoo~ Haven't been blogging for awhile now. I have nothing better to at home but just sit or lie around, sleep for 12+ hours a day XD I did not do much during this one whole month of holiday. Sleep at 7/8 in the morning till 5 in the afternoon almost everyday. I used to be a "lark" (well, because of school, not because I wanted to) but now I have turned into a complete "owl". Today I've finally picked up my pencil and paper to draw (even though I said to myself I MUST draw everyday during this holiday) thanks to SuJu. Why? Because I have fallen in love with their song "Neorago (It's You)". After watching their music video, I was DYING to draw their outfits. Their outfits went well with their dance moves, which are absolutely charming and enchanting. I was not a SuJu fan but, GOD! Now I'm starting to like them more and more. They made me wished I could have a boyfriend that can dance like them (especially Eunhyuk. ZOMG! At first I thought he wasn't that good looking compared to GD *squeal* but then, after seeing him dance, HE IS SOOOO CHARMING!!) LOLX~

Okay, enough of the cool-guy fetish. The reason I'm writing this post is to post my drawing for my precious Blood Moon boys XD The first one is the unfinished version and the second one is, well, the finished version. Arggh~ The damn useless scanner! It made the colour came out weird. Totally ruined it!! It looked so good on the paper!! *pulling hair off my head* I want a new scanner!!!

From left: Damien Quinn, Jack Kennington, Leroy d'Evreux

Seriously, their skintone became so dark!!! It was supposed to be pale for Jack and Leroy! And Jack's hair was supposed to be seal brown, sort of a dark brown but it came out looking like black! But I am really satisfied with this design. I will be settling my character design on this one. Not going to change it again, I think. XD

P.S.: I know it's weird for a French to have black hair, BUT it really fits his character.

For the Blood Moon novel, go here >>> http://miharu388.blogspot.com/ It's my second blog.

잘가요 내사랑 (Jal Gayo Nae Sarang)

Ahhh~!! My new favourite! It's from 8eight's "The Golden Age" album. Ever since I listened to their "Without A Heart" (or "Empty Heart"), I have started to like this Korean group. They remind me of the old Black Eyed Peas (how could they have disbanded?! T.T) The song is called 잘가요 내사랑 (Jal Gayo Nae Sarang or Chal Gayo Nae Sarang), meaning "goodbye my love". A college friend sent it to me via messenger. I saw her MSN message with this song title in Korean and I thought it was "Without A Heart". And then, eventually she sent me the song. I saw the MV. Gosh~ That's the first music video ever to make me cried!! It starred Kim So Eun from Boys Before Flowers (she is so pretty! Kim Bum x So Eun foreva!! SoEul!!), Jung Gyu Woon and Jung Jin Woon from Korean boy band 2AM. A beautiful song and a sad MV.

The song is in my playlist and you can watch the video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok2M0pFzAP8

The lyric is here (from http://qeagrumpygirl.wordpress.com/2009/06/13/8eight-goodbye-my-love-mp3-download-romanization-translation-lyric/):

annyoung jal jinaeni
hello, how are are you?

gwiyubdun ni ulgooleun yaejun gwa gateunji
is your face still cute like before..

jogeum neujen anbu neujeun ibyuleul dama sseunda
pouring out my late regards and my late farewells, i write..

ddeun geum ubsshi wae pyunjinyago mootji aneulji
i wonder if you’ll simply ask me why it’s a letter

maesaeji mini hompi heunhandae goodji
when messages on mini homepages are more common

peneul deuneun gun hokshina nae mam da mot junhwalggabwa
firmly, i pick up my pen.. just in case i can’t convey my heart

daleun bangbubeulon yukshina andwelguh gatta
i feel like i can’t do this any other way

himgyubduhla mani saranghetdun tuhla
it was really hard. when i loved you,

mwuh hana hana nae ddeutdaelo dwaeneun gae ubduhla
nothing happened the way i wanted it to

geuman nul gwaelob hyuhla seuseulo dajimhago
i keep promising myself to stop bothering you

jookeun deut gidalyuhdo niga oneun gun aniduhla
even though i wait until death, you won’t come

jalgayo nae sarang ijen bonaejoolggaeyo
goodbye, my love. i’ll let you go now.

giuk choouk modoo ijeulggaeyo
the remembrances and the memories, i’ll forget them all

jioogo jiwuhsuh sarang hanjumdo biwuh nelggaeyo
i’ll erase and erase and empty out every drop of love

nae mamaesuh
from my heart

hanbun dan hanbunman nul dashi bogae dwaemyun ulmana joeulgga
one time, just one more time, if i am to see you again, how nice would that be..

ilun duhdin milyun noonmooldo modoo jioolyunda
this lingering attachment, these tears, i’ll erase everything

momi muluhjimyun maeumdo muluhjindan mal
the saying that as the bodies grow farther apart,the heart grows further apart as well

hanado naegen soyoung ubduhla da guhjitmal
is of no use to me, it’s all lies

haru haru galsoolok chochweh haejineun naega ansseuluh
everyday, i become more and more worn out.. i’m sorry for causing you trouble

dolagal soon ubsseulgga maeileul mooluh seuseulo
everyday, i ask myself, “can’t we go back”

aetaneun nae mameul jwiuh jjanae solichyuhbwatja,naegen deulijiga anneunda
even if i wring out my distressed heart and cry out, you can’t hear now,

chooukeh ggeutaesuhya ibyuleul ggaedaleun hoo aeyaat
the end of our memories, after i’ve realized our separation,

nae mamaesuh nul bonenda annyoung
i’ll let you go from my heart.. goodbye

jalgayo nae sarang ijen bonaejoolggaeyo
goodbye, my love. i’ll let you go now.

giuk choouk modoo ijeulggaeyo
the remembrances and the memories, i’ll forget them all

jioogo jiwuhsuh sarang hanjumdo biwuh nelggaeyo
i’ll erase and erase and empty out every drop of love

nae mamaesuh
from my heart

duh shigani jinamyun nuhleul ijeul jool alatneundae
i thought i would forget you as time goes by

dashi ddo dashi nun nae mamsokae chajawa
but you keep finding your way into my heart again and again

andwaeyo nae sarang bonelsooga ubneyo
i can’t.. i can’t let go of my love

geudel geudel ijuhya haneundae
i have to forget you, you

jioogo jiwuhdo naegen ddo geudae bboonin gabayo
no matter how much i try to erasei guess you’re the only one for me

mian haeyo
i’m sorry

credit back to crazykootie@soompi for the lyric

Celebrating the end of finals~!!

After coming out from the exam hall, me and three of my friends went straight to Sunway Pyramid to celebrate! Haha. Well, actually the only person I know is Carmen, the others are her friends and I can't even remember their name *shhhh~* It's a tradition to go out after exam so I won't mind who I will be going with. Even if I have to go alone, I don't mind at all, as long as I get to go!

So, we hung around the mall for an hour or so and then we decided to have dinner at the Korean restaurant, Che Ga. When we were there, we had wasted more than 15 minutes trying to decide on what to eat! Haha. Everything on the menu looks good. Especially those barbeque meat and seafood sets. Yummy~ And they are darn expensive, too. The set that we ordered cost RM128 alone!! But the dishes were really nice! Especially the barbeque chicken and pancake! They are my favourite.

The girl in the picture (Sorry, I really can't remember her name XP) and I ordered ice-blended mocha with red beans (NOT the coffee-mocha. It's green tea). Carmen ordered ice-blended mocha+watermelon (See the glass at the farthest right?). These drinks are just weird. That's why we ordered them XD *teehee*



Ahh~ dahk galbi (Korean marinated barbeque chicken)~ (or is it what it's called?) with lettuce...Mmmm~

I like it so much! Although this was not the first time eating Korean barbeque (gogi gui), I was still so overwhelmed by the taste.



The rest of the RM128-set. Haha. We didn't really finish the banchan. There was a small plate of kimchi. I had a small bite and...God, I still can't get use to the taste. It wasn't spicy but it just tasted funny. The black pot is sam gae tang (chicken and ginseng soup) but, again, it tasted funny. It tasted like plain water with salt. It's not how we expected it to taste like.

And the winner is...Pajeon~! Gosh, this Korean pancake tasted even better than oh jian (Chinese pancake with oysters) There were bits of meat and prawns with veggie in it. It tasted even better with the dipping sauce that came with it. I love it! And now I missed it. T.T



This...Seriously, I don't know what it is called. I just called it Korean hot pot udon. I bet you can't see the udon. That's because the udon was deep at the bottom, being buried by the ingredients. Lolx~ Look at them. The amount of the ingredients is just crazy! There were veggies, mushrooms, beans, tofu and my favourite crab sticks (or krab or imitation crab meat. Call it whatever you like) It was part of the set, too.

The set was meant for 2-3 persons. There were four of us and we couldn't even finish it XD

I really want to have Korean cuisine again! The barbeque and pancake, especially. I'm really in love with it. Or maybe it's just my habit of falling in love with foreign countries' cuisine. Lol~

We had been in the restaurant for 2 hours! People that came at the same time as us had already left well earlier than us. We were just talking about a subject the whole time --- Carmen's dream guy. I have to admit that he looks kind of cute but...OMG~ I would never go to the extent of falling so deeply in love with him to the point of stalking him~! *ahem* She knows he's full name, which state he's from, what year and course he's in and she has his pictures in her phone. And she hasn't even talk to him yet!

Gosh~ She met him on the first day of the orientation and she is attracted to him since then. It seems like he is really popular in his course and on the campus. And on the internet, too! So I'm not gonna say his name out loud. The whole 2-hour conversation was about how-Carmen-should-bump-into-him-"accidentally" plans. It was crazy. Insane! XD And we suspected him to be either pure Korean or half (it was because of his name, not his looks. He doesn't looked like a Korean). And then all of a sudden, the topic changed to Korean. We started speaking in Korean. Lol~ It was fun. I know only a few simple phrases and sentences. One of the girls (the one in the first picture) actually understands the language. She can't write and can only read limited amount of words, but she can understand Korean drama without the help of dubbing and subtitles! She is a Malaysian but she moved to Brunei. She came back here for only one semester. Won't be seeing her next semester. =(