Merry Christmas

I am an ARTIST.....

DISCLAIMER: I do not own this image. I just got it from my friends in facebook who reposted it so credit goes to the owner of the picture.

Okay so my take on this one....

-Yes I agree we do have bills to pay just like those expecting it from us.
-What we do is not very easy and we definitely have the skills & talent to get paid for.
-And we have our own time to take care of so asking for our time may also require something in return

But I also want to ask and make a different comment as well about this one especially for those who do not know much very well....

-How exactly good are you?
-Are you saying or (re) posting this just because your a graduate of an art course?


Unfortunately not all and probably not most graduates whether fresh or not can expect much easily.

You may need experience and/or sometimes credentials to ask for what you want or expect.

That's all for now.

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NBA FINALS 2011

Another finals appearance for the Miami Heat. Looking forward to cheer on them again. My little POV about the finals... can be anybody's ball game. I doubt experience (mavs are heavily favored for experience) will be a factor since Miami's big three are already veterans in the league and are members of the USA dream team, and they already shown how well they play as a team during the playoffs.



HEAT'S ADVANTAGE
Without a question...the BIG THREE of course, you try to stop LBJ wade gets in the scoring party, you try to stop Wade then comes Chris Bosh. Plus the support of other players who showed big games in the playoffs.



MAVS ADVANTAGE
Blending well as a team. Dirk who can score inside and out and their shooters of course. They showed how tough they are against the lakers. The sweep really played a big factor and made a big impact on the MAVS.

As I mentioned it can be anybody's ball game. If both teams play well like they do in the playoffs this will make it a close and definitely interesting battle. I highly doubt this will end in game 4 or 5, cause that will be an upset, a much bigger upset for a lot if mavs wins in 4 or 5 games.

I'm just wondering if destiny will play a big role in this finals. Cause I've seen a lot of championship games and a lot of times no matter how good a player or a team is, they can still lose if they are not destined to win it.

One last thing, the way I see it, it's like a lose-lose situation for miami for critics opinion cause if they win people will say stuffs like "naturally, you have the big three", if they lose then they will say stuffs like "even with the big three you still lost". Well not being one sided on this one but maybe they should understand what basketball really is and how the game is being played. Anyway, I think one thing for the heat (especially for LBJ) is that it doesn't matter cause all he wants is a championship which a lot of NBA greats weren't able to achieve. That's all for now. GO HEAT!

Aftermath of Pacquiao vs Mosley

No details for the moment, I will just have a few things to say first... It would have been a KO win if pacquiao bombarded mosley after getting up from a knockdown in the 3rd round, but it seemed to me he wanted the fight to last longer so he gave a little more time for mosley to recover. One proof is touching of gloves after mosley got up from the knockdown. You don't see fighters do that against their opponent haha (or it's probably my first time to see someone do that).

Pacquiao vs Mosley

Another upcoming fight for Manny, this time against Sugar Shane Mosley. Former undefeated champion who also defeated Dela Hoya twice during their prime. But hey I'm not saying mosley is totally past his prime. His win against Margarito way back was impressive but it's still a big question if you ask me cause remember the plaster issue with margarito before his fight against mosley.... We see a demoralized Margarito coming into his fight against mosley.



As for Mosley against Mayweather back then, well I had my money on Mosley back then but I was surprised with the results. Well sorry I don't find Mayweather's performance impressive,instead I see a mosley who gave the fight cause seeing the first few 2 rounds it was clear mosley had the edge not just in terms of skills but strength as well, and yeah if he gave it his all Mayweather would have been KO'd. To lessen the details...reason behind it? Maybe they want Pac vs Manny to push through haha or they still want mayweather to remain undefeated. Anyway let's go to the real topic...

2 POV on my part:

Why I think this fight is cool....

Mosley KOing Margarito (after Margarito's impressive win against cotto). For an aging fighter like mosley beating a fighter in his prime, what could be more impressive. As for Mosley's last fight (against Sergio Mora), it is an unimpressive performance but it's still a possibility that he did not prepared well for that fight cause he thinks it's nonsense so there's a chance he trained harder for this upcoming fight against pacman.

Do I need to say more about Manny? Well he is still the current #1 pound for pound boxer in the world so that sez it all. Not being able to KO margarito...maybe it's something political like the longer the fight the more fans will enjoy it and/or a show of mercy towards maragarito hehe.


Why I think it's not that cool....

Sergio Mora's records are so unimpressive that if he faces pacman it's 100% obvious that pacquiao will KO him. But look at how mosley fought against mora...SUX!

Pacquiao is known as a KO artist but for me a Unanimous Decision win against a fighter we know he can KO is really unimpressive and makes me want to think if he is really losing his touch (KOing boxers).


Interesting Facts:
Cotto defeated Mosley via Uninanimous Decision, Margarito KO'd Cotto, Mosley KO'd Margarito, Pacquiao KO'd Cotto, Pacquiao defeated Margarito via Unanimous Decision.

All in all I'm still interested to see this fight. I'll just think of it as Mosley training harder for this one compare to his past fights and same thing with pacquiao. If this will be an all out fight with no political issues like longer rounds it will definitely be interesting.



Chances for an upset is still a possibility, it's true that age and boxing records like having more KO's can be a big factor but I've seen upsets before like Juan Manuel Lopez (Juanma) vs Orlando Salido, juanma entered the match with 30wins and 27 by KOs with no loss, while Salido has 35 wins and 23 by KOs but has 11 losses and 5 of those by KO. Juanma is still in his prime and is a much younger fighter but he lost that fight via 8 round TKO (altough it was an unecessary early stop by the ref but it was a bit clear that salido already has an 80% chance of winning that time). Another upset would be Nonito Donaire KOing Vic Darchinyan. Anyway back to pacquiao vs mosley....

Though I still think manny will have a bigger edge in this fight, it will not be an easy one for him cause Mosley is not someone who will backdown easily. (well if he does then shame on him).

Easter Greetings!

FIGHT-O ON!

Made this as a symbol and our (ozine) way of showing support for the people of japan ^^

GO JAPAN!

Finally it's done. I was planning to do this last weekend. Lately it's always a "better late than never" for me when it comes to planning and doing artworks just like in Christmas and New Year haha. It took a song to inspire me more to go on and finish this artwork :P and yeah the song is "We are the World" the 2010 version that was dedicated to Haiiti: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Glny4jSciVI
It's a remake of the 80's song headed by Michael Jackson and an all star cast of singers. Inspiring in a way that these stars lent their talent to inspire people to help. Sure, prayer is one best way to help but we can do more, not just donating but offering our talents :D so here I am offering my *koff koff* talents and yes for those who do not know yet I'm an artist and I mostly do artworks that are work related so here's my share for the people of japan ^_^

Anyway it's my way of showing support to japan, as we all know their country was hit by an earthquake (followed by a tsunami) last march 11, 2011. News reports say it was 8.9 some say it was 9.0, go figure XP

For a country that has given me a lot of inspiration not just because of anime but from how they rise from the ashes of WWII (hiroshima bombing) and not to mention for a country who experiences quake like it's already part of everyday life they still manage to become one of the richest countries in the world.

WRATH OF NATURE

In reality not even the most advance technology and powerful weapon can match against the wrath of nature, but despite that death toll rising, it was really surprising to see that compare to other major disasters in other countries it was still low, goes to show how prepared they really are.

Some people compare this incident to 2012 (both the movie and the mayan prophecy), for me..who knows. Scientists warned us about the negative effects of Global Warming (increase in Earthquakes are also included), and they have been warning us for years, but people still ignored it especially big companies. Now everyone is paying for it. Sadly japan is one of the countries who encourage people to conserve energy and try to find ways to fight global warming, but they were the ones who got hit by it's negative effects.

Others may say it was karma because of pearl harbor and how they hunt whales but whatever the real reason behind it (something we will probably never know), maybe we should all learn from it. It may be a sign saying we should all make a change, instead of crying out loud about repenting sins (yeah we should all repent but we can do it in a way by not making it sound scary right) or re-posting bull$h!t stuffs and saying "if you do not re-post it means you don't care, etc..".

Take a look at them (japanese people) now. Try reading some articles aside from posts about the devastation and the nuclear crisis. You can see despite the desperation and crisis the people (well majority just to be safe :P) are still waiting (and surviving) in an orderly manner and not demanding too much nor thinking of the aid and help as an obligation nor mandatory. I read this article and I believe it's true: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/03/14/tanimoto.trust.japan.quake/index.html?hpt=C2

Sadly I won't expect the same for our country, but I'm hoping and praying they can learn from all this. Not just the government but the people as well.

Things to think about for close minded people...
-Yes I still believe nothing can compare to nature's power. If humans have nuclear weapons and guns that cannot be beaten bu nature, Nature too has her own set of weapons which cannot be beaten by humans.

-Just because it's nuclear it doesn't mean it can blow like a bomb.

-China and Japan are countries not always in good relationship but China is sending aid to their country. Maybe it's time for countries to unite instead of always fighting for power, must we all wait for more calamities to happen.

That's it for now, will try to add more in a while or maybe some other time XP and yeah all the other stuffs I wanted to include in this entry somehow slipped in my mind haha so wait for more soon :D

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Japan T_T

Felt sad for what happened in japan. Hope and prays for their safety and to everyone as well.

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Cosplay Photoshoot!

K-on!! (season 2)

The hottest all-girl band in Japan and across Asia is back to rock for a second season of K-ON!! Joining the pop music club in their first year to save it from being abolished due to a shortage of members, Yui Hirasawa (guitar), Ritsu Tainaka (drums), Mio Akiyama (bass), and Tsumugi Kotobuki (keyboard) are now in their third and final year in high school. With just one junior member Azusa Nakano (guitar), and no new members in sight, what will happen to the club when they graduate?
Back to their favourite music room to practice and get even better at playing as a band, the adorable, talented and amusing quintet are on the quest to recruit new members to the pop music club while still enjoying their favourite tea and pastries at teatime, as well as each other’s company.

premieres 20 October 2010, airs Wednesdays 9.30pm

Animax Musix Spring 2010

Made up of four 60-minute episodes, Animax Musix Spring 2010 is a series of live-action music concert shows featuring scintillating performances of popular anime theme songs by the hottest Japanese artistes. Catch exciting live performances by May’n (Macross Frontier), SCANDAL (Bleach, Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood), ELISA (Ef - A Tale of Memories), Mizca (Katekyoshi Hitman Reborn!), Faylan (CANAAN), Shuhei Kita (Persona -trinity soul-), AKINO from bless4 (Genesis of Aquarion), Yoko Takahashi (Neon Genesis Evangelion) and Sayaka Sasaki (The Book of Bantorra).



Animax Musix Spring 2010 premieres 7 October 2010, airs Thursdays 9pm on Animax

Otaku Expo Reload Special

Otakuzine Anime Magazine will be hosting a photo shoot session with an area provided for cosplayers who want to be featured in our latest Cosplay magazine called COSMAG that will be first released on AFA X this coming November.

The photo shoot sessions will be from October 8-10, Friday-Sunday. Cut off time on Sunday will be at 6 PM.

MECHANICS:

Cosplayers will need to register at the Cosplayers photo shoot area and fill up the registration form.

Cosplayers can bring as many costumes as they like for the photo shoot. All photos taken will be featured in the magazine but only one will win the grand prize.

CPG will be the official photographers for this activity. The official photographers will ask each cosplayer to sign an agreement before the photo shoot starts.

Otaku Expo Reload staff will choose the best Cosplay Photo and the chosen Cosplayer will win a trip to Singapore to experience AFA X.

· Cosplayers must at least have a valid passport

· For minors we need a letter of consent from Parents/Guardians

Prizes are not convertible to cash

Otaku Expo Reload on OCT 8-10, 2010

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