Archive for November, 2009

Emoticakes

Emoticakes, originally uploaded by mdelamerced. Available from the bakeshop of the Makati Shangri-la, Emoticakes! Have you recieved cakes with emotions before[ READ MORE ]

AFA 09 Videos

All shot with a Kodak Zi6. I really need better gear for this. Actually I do. I didn’t think I needed it. Obviously I do. Moe Cafe line at AFA 09 Mamoru Hosoda signing at AFA 09 Witchblade on stage AFA 09 Will add more as I edit them[ READ MORE ]

Anime Festival Asia 09

Anime Festival Mascot It’s the closest thing we could get to an international festival and it was satisfying. Even before the doors opened, anime fans from all over Singapore descended on the Suntec Convention Center for Anime Festival 09. While I still had to pick up my tickets from Sistic, there were lots of cosplayers [ READ MORE ]

Anime Festival 09

DSC_0481, originally uploaded by mdelamerced. It was a very very tiring day and I have no time to blog other than uploading the pictures on an unstable connection. Will get to it when I get home. But first, Day 2 of the festival is today and the I Love Anisong concert[ READ MORE ]

Mentos Cola

Mentos Cola, originally uploaded by mdelamerced. Now relaxing in my hotel for the Anime Festival tomorrow. I picked these up at the convenience store downstairs. They taste like the fizz on top the soda and very addicting, They don’t have these in Manila. I’m thinking of bringing home a few[ READ MORE ]

Baumkuchen from Japan

My family was strolling down Ginza last weekend and wondered why there was such a long line and they decided to line up themselves. At the end of the line was this bakery that was selling these freshly baked goodies. According to Wikipedia, the “Baum Kuchen” or King of Cakes, is a kind of layered [ READ MORE ]

Shabu shabu night

Shabu shabu night, originally uploaded by mdelamerced. Mind the fish heads and the octopus. It was a great dinner cooked in winter melon soup with dried scallops. I really need to work out after all of this[ READ MORE ]

AFA 09 Event schedule

Event Guide – AFA’09- Anime Festival Asia Finally after weeks of waiting they’ve released the schedule of events for the Anime Festival. Who’ll be tweeting there[ READ MORE ]

Japanese washing machine and bidet

I’ve been able to do my share of laundry and seen all sorts of laundromats during my time but this takes the cake. I can assume that this is a large heavy duty washing machine where you can select the load on the left side and adjust for time and temperature of the water and [ READ MORE ]

FFXIII North American release on March 9, 2010

Yes, it was released to the gaming press before PlayStation Home aired it. But at least March is much much better than December [ READ MORE ]

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