Finally got my hands on the Nokia 5800 ExpressMusic CWM(Comes With Music) from Ripplevox for trial! Oh and it comes with the Maxmobile from Starhub too!

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Comes With Music device with StarHub’s MaxMobile data service because I love music and technology!

You guys can join in too if you’re in Singapore and have a Starhub mobile phone line. You get to try out either Music Nokia 5800 XpressMusic & Nokia N85 plus StarHub’s MaxMobile data service for a month! Deadline for submission is 18th Feb 2009.

http://www.ripplevox.com/home/HomePage/ripplevox/newprogram/assignment/166.xhtml 

Have you ever dreamed of interviewing with these two, May’N(short for May Nakabayashi) who’s a Seiyuu for Sheryl Nome in Macross Frontier and Japan’s King of Anime songs Ichirou Mizuki? Now Ripplevox is giving you, yes YOU the chance to interview them provided if you’ve got the requirements and are staying in Singapore.

Requirements:
A presenter who has a passion for Anime and Japanese culture and is a natural in front of the camera.

Sounds simple? Well if got what it takes then why not? Sign up for the the interview today, you might be the lucky one to get short listed~

http://www.ripplevox.com/home/HomePage/ripplevox/me_public/musicentertainment/37.xhtml

They’re also giving away Free Tickets for AFA08(Anime Festival Asia 2008) to those who participate in the event! Details later on..

Nope I don’t represent Ripplevox or AFA08, just spreading the news I got online.

Anime Festival Asia 2008(AFA’08) is held in Singapore Suntec City for the first time and it is the biggest Japanese Animation Event ever held in Singapore too! This was made possible by the Embassy of Japan and the Japan Foundation in which will be attended by directors, producers, manga artists and creative individuals from Japan’s entertainment industries.

It will take place on 22nd-23rd of Nov 2008 (Saturday and Sunday) at the Suntec International Convention and Exhibition Center, AFA’08 will showcase a wide array of Japanese Pop Culture related content, spanning over 5,000 sqm of space with 6 experience zones: Akiba Town, Anime Live, Anime Blockbusters, Industry, Mangaka and Planet Mech, where visitors will gain access to exclusive content, merchandise and live acts straight from Japan.

AFA’08 is organized by I-Promo Events & Marketing in partnership with Dentsu Singapore. AFA08 is sponsored by Bandai, Japan’s leading toy manufacturer, with Animax as the official regional media partner.

Anime Festival Asia ’08 will be held at Suntec International Convention and Exhibition Centre, Halls 403 and 404 from 10.00 am to 9.00pm.

For more info please visit http://www.afa08.com/about_afa08.htm

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Yesterday, I went to Natsu Matsuri also known as the Summer Festival in Japan. It was held at the Japanese School at 11 Upper Changi Road. I did something really funny and dumb that is, I walk from Singapore Expo to the Japanese School because I thought I missed the last bus at 7.15pm. I realise there is another bus that is coming from the Japanese School too and SBS Bus no.2 & 5 will reach there too. Didn’t visit the game stalls and fortune telling stalls, also I miss the opening shows and dance performance by various dance groups.

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Last year, it was local animation company Odex who started the mass sending of love letters demanding for compensation from Anime downloaders who download they listed as licensed. One year later, Japan Animation Company ‘Showgate Inc.‘(Former Toshiba Inc.) requested Rajah & Tann(law firm in Singapore) to send a legal letter to anime downloaders in Singapore on Aug 8th 2008. Toshiba Entertainment Inc. is one of the AVPAS(Anti-Video Piracy Association (Singapore)) partners. Other Anime Companies like Geneon Entertainment Inc. also sends similar letters earlier due to consent by Odex.

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Today was the day I made some Ichigo Daifuku(Strawberry Soft Cakes) which turn out quite nice, it wasn’t too sweet or sour, just nice for a afternoon snack and tea.

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Thanks to this report by Sylvia Toh I know who exactly are the winners that represents Singapore for the World Cosplay Summit in Nagoya. They are from the Team Sailormoon with Mr Gerald Tham and Ms Goh I Hwa cosplaying as Prince Endymion & Princess Serenity respectively. Congrats for winning and all the best in Japan Mr Tham and Ms Goh!

Went for this year’s Cosfest at Downtown East for the 2nd time, notice quite a number of new cosplayers and some last year cosplayers making a comeback. There’s Karaoke Competition, Anime Voice Dubbing, Card Tournaments(didn’t notice it lawl) and Cosplay Exhibition with the programme named “Anime-Go-Lucky!”. Without further ado here are the pictures!
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