I think I'd done something incredibly silly when I misplaced my set of thumbdrives last year; I'm almost positive that my photos of the 2007 Japan trip have all been transferred into them and may be the only existing files left. Been poking through my dad's stash of SD cards without turning up with anything. It may be things from 3 years ago, but we don't usually move things around so much in our house. 'cept that we have changed our notebook computers at least twice since then. Meh.
There were some really pretty pictures of a momiji-strewn Inokashira Kouen as well as pictures of lovely food. Meh. There's this one that I'd like to see right now, of a cat sitting in a bed of autumn leaves.
... Please don't turn out to be really missing, photos! DDXX
I'm intending to change D'myon's body to a Dollstown Elf body, so the current body has to go, despite my having grown attached to it for its really natural posing and how well it matches MSdoll NS resin. Ah well.
[SOLD] For Sale: Domuya D1-60 Normal Skin Flexibody (Female Type-S)
Official Domuya photos: [link]
( Nude pictures and more details. )
Selling at S$270 for locals only. Lawaway of up to 3 months available, with an initial deposit of S$50. I will be starting a sales thread on DoA if there are no takers by 9 Jan; the price will be USD210 then.
If you happen to have a Dollstown Elf body in Oriental skin, I am also open for trade. Price is negotiable, depending on the condition of the body.
Payment can be made through cash meet-up(s) or POSB/DBS bank transfers. I would prefer to hand over the body to you personally, although if you will like the body to be sent through mail, you'll have to bear the shipping costs yourself.
Please PM me on LJ/ Sgcafe/ Den of Angels (UN: Bunnisteffi) if interested.
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How true 'tis.
Choosing pellets for Toppy (my rabbit) has always been an easy job since the time he'd first arrived with his sister. However, he has been off his current pellets recently. Let's just call them Brand O Kibbles. For the past 6 years or so, at the recommendation of the organisation from which I'd adopted Toppy and Eveie, he's been fine with O Kibbles. Lately, after my mother had brought home a more up-scale, premium brand of pellets containing cranberry and ginseng (yes, ginseng, your eyes aren't failing you) and had B Kibbles mixed in with O Kibbles, he started being picky with his food, choosing B (the pricier type ><) over O. And for a while, after finishing the entire pack of B Kibbles, Toppy decided that O Kibbles aren't fit to be eaten as is. *face palms*
We've tried adding herb treats to his food, but once he's finished the herbs, he'd leave the kibbles behind although My mum swears that she's seen him sneakily nibbling on the kibbles when he thinks that we aren't looking. Smart boy, huh. So it's got to be B kibbles or nothing? Meh. I've gone down to the pet store to ask the staff there and was told that bunnies may not like O Kibbles so much 'cause it's apparently saltier than normal pellets. (How do they know, was what I'd wanted to ask)
We ended up getting a new pack of B Kibbles today. I had to pound B with a hammer and mix them with the O Kibbles and he's finally enthusiastic about his food again. Huzzah, Topaz-kun!
I was still curious to know what the person had meant earlier about O Kibbles being saltier. You probably won't have to guess what I did to ascertain whether this was true if you've read the heading to this entry... Yep. For the first time in her life, Steffi decided that it's finally time to try the stuff that her rabbits have been eating. And no, it doesn't taste like chicken. I'd tried both B and O. B, with the cranberries and ginseng, didn't taste like either at all. It's more like wheat crackers with a stronger plant-sy taste. The staff wasn't wrong about O being saltier. Compared to B, it's almost as though it's got entire salt grains baked into it. Eurgh. Honestly, I can't blame Toppy for choosing B over O if I've got to eat stuff like this every day. What if his kidneys were to fail just 'cause we've never realised that he's been taking a high salt-content diet all this while?!
I think that it's pretty safe to conclude that pet store folks actually taste their animals' foods, too. I'm pretty sure that just by reading the nutrition facts, you aren't going to really nderstand what you're feeding your pets. Nyaa. Not that I'm adjuring all of you to start eating pet food now, although if you think that there's a need to do so and are pretty sure that there aren't any chemicals within the food that toxic to humans... there's nothing stopping you from trying it. XD
In other news, I'll be sending out debbiechan's and Laurie-twin's packages next week. My apologies for holding onto them for so long! >__<
I've been rushing around meeting people these couple of weeks. All of a sudden, everyone's throwing invitations for gatherings and doll meets, plus my cousins who're currently residing in Taiwan had come back for a short visit (they left yesterday) and I went to spend time with them. My 'rents are doing some end-of-year house cleaning, too, hence I've been busy unpacking things too. Now that I'm down to my last week of school break, it seems like I'll be even busier. Let's see... A doll shoot with
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raining_on and bryangohey , a class chalet for three days, followed with dog/house-sitting for my cousins in the weekend... I wonder if I'll be able to find time to edit and upload some photos I'd taken over these few days. ... There're some really pretty ones of D'myon and at least one of Sana-chan with Tsukushi's Florynda - they look incredibly fluffly together - as well of photos from the Christmas dinner. Gotta do my best, then.
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HAPPY 2010!
Seize the day, m'friends. <3 May all your hopes for the new year take flight; may all your wishes be fulfilled.
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No cuts this time! After what it's done to my previous post. I'm cross-posting this to ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small}
sd_sg and bjdasia .
Merikuri, all doll folks and and your charges! I'm posting up the photos I'd taken at the Doll Affair 2009. Not by any means a full coverage of the event, but I hope that those who were unable to make it this year will enjoy a little glimpse into TDA. ^ ^ And do forgive the inconsistencies in editing; I took my time doing it over a couple of days.
Without further ado:
The Doll Affair 2009
It was a sweet candy dream day...
Disclaimer: All dolls and props belong to their respective owners. All humans belong to their respective selves.
That's all from me! Much thanks to the TDA committee this year for planning this event (depite being shorthanded, I heard)! My resin kids and I enjoyed ourselves a lot, as much as we had at the previous TDAs. We're looking forward to the next one already! For the record XD: 
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I KNEW I SHOULDN'T HAVE TRUSTED THE CUTS.chuo_ri's Yuuhi-san. D'myon's hair was kinda mussed up over there. Wish I'd paid better attention then... Ah well. It's the only pic in which Ama-kun didn't look as though I'm threatening him to walk the plank, so it'll have to do.
This was what my three had travelled around in that day.
A proper trolley bag with wheels, yes. And the added load, counting in Syon Seraphagos (the camera; I named him. ), was heavy. Somehow, I managed to last through it all without dropping it, breaking anything or leaving anyone behind. >___< Next year, kiddos, I'll consider leaving someone home if whoever doesn't behave angel-like when the time comes. Honestly. It'll be safer if I bring only Sana-chan, anyway.
Side tracking from photo-editing for a bit....
 Dear Santa... Dear Santa, This year I've been busy! Last Monday I gave angsty_os a life-saving blood transfusion (50 points). In June I gave change to a homeless guy (19 points). Last Wednesday I broke c_leshay's X-Box (-12 points). In July I turned jelliz in for littering (3 points). Last week I set kiradyn_rhiode's puppy on fire (-66 points). Overall, I've been naughty (-6 points). For Christmas I deserve a lump of coal! Sincerely, bunnisteffi |
The truth is, I don't quite mind getting a lump of coal, if it's this:
LUSH's Want to Believe Coal Bath Melt. Made with powdered charcoal to deep cleanse, fair trade sugar to exfoliate, fennel oil to detoxify and skin softening cocoa butter, this bath treat looks just like a lump of coal!
Thank to Serpy for reccoing this fantastic company~ They stock lots of other items that are as cool on their website. Just google up 'LUSH bathmelts'.
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TDA '09. It was an interesting experience, as much fun as there'd been at the previous Affairs, but different, as each time is different.
This time last year, we would've still been in preparation for the Doll Affair, but the event has been pushed forward by a week or so since the Grandmere Event of the Year, EOY is scheduled to clash with the weekends that the previous TDA's had been on.
Even though haya5h1 didn't make it down with her crew, I'm still very much ecstatic to have a new member joining my bunch o' resin-y asylum-seekers. ( I'm somewhat inclined towards thinking of them as that. You guys will know why when/if I post up their back stories soon. ) That's right, D'myon came down with Sanakou, Ama-kun and me on Saturday. XD We were joined by chuo_ri , her twin and Yuuhi Lucia for lunch before we headed up to the Meeting Rooms 303-305 at Suntec City.
{to be continued probably...}
Anyway, today's Day One of photo editing, so here're a couple of teaser pictures for you guys to munch on till tomorrow. Fufu. The lighting was kinda yellow in the rooms and it hadn't occured to me then to change the lighting mode. *headdesks* So they're kinda sepia-toned. I've tried correcting that with photo filters, but... Let's just say that they're still lovely this way, too!
'COTTON CANDY' is in reference to the complimentary sweet miniatures given out by ShowsDoll to the tinies who'd dropped by their booth. (Tinies ONLY. Which means that Ama-kun was allowed one, too. 8D) kiradyn_rhiode's Melaine is holding onto one such specimen in the second photo. May I bring her with her candy home some time soon, Nic?? Just look at how my photos have taken on toxic levels of saccharine Tiny-ness! *shudders* (NO TINIES! I mean, besides Ama-kun. NO OTHER TINY POISON PLEASE. >~~~<)
Ah well. It was a definitely a sweet candy dream day.
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kiradyn_rhiode : Leave me a comment and I'll...
1. Tell you why I friended you.
2. Associate you with something - fandom, a song, a color, a photo, a word etc.
3. Tell you something I like about you.
4. Tell you a memory I have of you.
5. Ask something I've always wanted to know about you.
6. Tell you my favorite user pic of yours.
7. In return, you must post this in your LJ. Come on up, people!
By the way, Sanakou has recently posted on her LJ ,
raittobeam, with pictures from her birthday celebration. (Or part of it, anyway.)- Humour: crazy
O lordy. Laughing, at half-past midnight. Especially cute chibitalia's 'hetalia douga~' end-bit. I think I've turned to moosh. ~A~
Link to the romanji lyrics here, for sing-along purposes. XD
To digress, (I've really been digressing, IRL. Been busy doing things that I'm supposed to do and not. .__.) here's what I've been up to today:
Modelled on Amanoe-kun, the Wearin' my Heart OUT on my Collar set, half done, for my Den of Angels Secret Santa giftee:
Hand sewn out of strips of white gauze, painstakingly pieced into a sleeveless top with a crew neck. Hanging loops and swirls are embroidered with black thread, while a heart motif sculpted out of gauze lies near the neck.
From the back - This asymmetrical top is closed with a metal stud button at the back, disguised with a two-hole minute black button sewed over it. A safety-pin gathers part of the sleeve for a better fit.
A close-up view of the heart. Pale pink acrylic paint - as can be seen.
It's kinda unthinkable that I'd actually spent close to 5 hours working on a tiny's top (for a 15cm Bobobie Elfkin), but since I hadn't intended to make it in this way, I would say that it's turned out pretty good. The heart-shaped motif wasn't intentional. I only realised that there was one after I was halfway through making the front of the top. >_< So it really is OOAK, until I figure out how to do it again. It's kinda fragile, though, as the threads of the gauze material will keep dropping outta the weave. Ah well. Hope that it'll last till I ship it out.
... Honestly, I'm getting worried about my literacy skills of late. Above, I even had to double-check the splling of 'asymmetrical' on Google Search. Ugh. *headdesks*
Even more recently, I came upon the wonderful whimsical-ness of Steampunk culture. Even dismanteled a couple of old watches to-night to see if I could get some cogs and gears outta them. Reckon that D'myon would probably suit Steampunk. (Or should it be vice versa?)
Alrighty, 'til another time. Night, folks.
Edit: Forgot to add that I'm highly amused by that Foxeh-boy is stepping on Darcy. At least, the book he's on is titled Mr Darcy, Vampyre. He's stepping of the middle word. Darcy. Fufu. You've got guts, Ama-kun.
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I realise that I haven't really posted pictures of Toppy before. The following were taken a couple of days ago.
My sweet old boy.
Yeh~! A close-up!
Toppy's hitting 7 next Valentine's eve, which makes him older-than-middle-aged in rabbit ears, I'm sure. He's (my) mummy's little boy, has always been. Even now, I find that I'm not able to love him as much as I'd done his sister. I'm glad that Toppy probably wouldn't be thinking in terms of fairness, because it's really unfair to him if one's to compare the number of huggles I'd given Eveie and him.
Out of all of Bitbit's kids, he's the most long-lived. His siblings are all gone now. I don't even know if Maomao (his mama) is still alive. It was a shock to hear that Dash'd died a while ago, too. He's definitely Bitbit's son with his floppy, woffly looks, but he hasn't ever been as people/bunny-friendly as Bitbit, Eveie and Socks have been.
Miss them all.
Meh.
I'd made a prediction (more of a joke, really) that Byakuya-sama would turn up with Kenny, in response to someone hoping that Kenpachi would show up with Ya-chan as his cheering squad. Thought it'll be pretty significant, since Byakuya-sama was one of the first who'd gone under unmatured!Ichibeast's sword, he ought to see what Ichigo has turned into now. Fufufu~ *V*
Nja's spoilers for 379:
ザラキケンパチちゃんとビャクヤ兄が助っ人に来た所で完です…
Zaraki Kenpachi and Byakuya, make an entrance as the chapter ends.
Oh, and there'll be a colourspread this week! Halloween themed, with our favourite charas on. (Yesh, including yours, Rene. XD)
In other news: I'd promised
kiradyn_rhiode that I would put up a photo of Sana in her handmade tunic-dress. It's in the hard-disk of my other lappie, but the focus is kinda wrong (I didn't know how to get the macro to focus on her whole body, so it has the bokeh effect in the wrong places. Ack.) . Will see if I can post them later, though. Or maybe I'll just hand the photos to her and she can put them up on her LJ.- Humour:
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To reach the highest possible level of a gastro orgy isn't just about eating fantabulous food IMO, but it's also cooking and feeding people the same stuff that makes you get food-high, too. By this definition, does that mean that I've just got an orgy today? *shoots self* Here's what I've been clanging about in the kitchen for: 
Hamburg Steak Setto A. Served to 3. And virtual platters for
laurie_bunter, bananakaya, henceakneeli, debbiechan chuo_ri, raining_on, kiradyn_rhiode etc. I can't remember the last time I've cooked for my 'rents, but it's always so agreeable to be able to sit them, have people eat the food that you've worked
Anyway, it's the last hamburg steak with rice tomorrow. Will probably shape an onigiri to fill with leftover minced meat (Beef-pork soboro! *A*), fry up some carrot kinpara and work on a batch of Hazelnutte meringue cookies at the same time, since I'm attending the 世界の中でAPHを呼ぶ (Shouting Axis Powers Hetalia in the Center of the World) event in a couple of weeks and gotta share something for the potluck. Meringue = French food, right? It'll be that or potato okashi, which I've never attempted making before... I think merginue's more inexpensive to make though, ingredient-wise. Half a tray of eggs with lotsa sugar... but sugar prices have been rising, ne? And with the Deepavali rush... well, it still shouldn't matter too much, since it'll be a one time thing.
In other news, we've got back the sewing machine from my aunt, so I'll be working on Miriam's clothes (and perhaps the rest?) first, then D'myon's and Sana's. BEFORE I FORGET: NihmbittedeineDeutscheBucherheraus,Steff
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It's hard not to love a writer - weaver, artist, creator - who gives heart(s) to his bad boys and ladies. He gets away with scrapping 2D shounen villians, this evident in how fans are willing to vouch for the humanity of the (supposedly) evil soulless, even praying for a particular one to be make a comeback (Honestly, no one's supposed to want their nemesis to un-die, much less the charas, though even Kurosaki feels that Ulquiorra's unfinished business)... Yet at the same time, I've never ever come close to disliking an author for killing off his villians.
O POOR HALIBEL. O ASH!ULQUI-WHO-CAN'T-BE-DEAD! O STARK!
They've been elevated to the level of anti-villians, since there be things like 'anti-heroes'.
Espadas = E(very) V(illian) I(s) L(ove)!
I want to continue liking Kubo-sensei; I want forever to happen; I want Ulquiorra to be the provebial phoenix that rises from the ashes.
I BELIEVE IN THE MAGICAL PROPERTIES OF K
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Dumping the load of pictures taken at the Red Dot Design Museum on 5-6 September, Market of Artists and Designers. We (Sana and I) had gone down to support both Mistula and Manikako. To view the Manikako that I'd worked on for Sana, please visit her LJ. In other words, I'm helping kick Sana's LJ "Light Manifesto" (
raittobeam) which was started this week. Feel free to befriend this kid! ^ ^Now on with the pics.
Get this: Someone actually found a German-brand award-winning fridge and came up with the idea of it being the ideal showcase for our dolls. It did work out pretty well. The uninitiated would definitely get their jaw-dropping moment, had they walked past. XD Pity my digicam couldn't take a HQ photo of all of the dolls in it.
A shoutout to Joey, Uno, Lugosi and the Mistula gang once more! You guys must be getting sick of my saying 'thanks for dropping by'. Eheh. And much thanks (for the umpteenth time >_<) also to
allemarthe for helping me with Sana's and Yuuhi's lashes. XD
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All right! Seeing as I haven't been posting in ages:
Here's a dollar-donching-yet-delicious dinner tip! Visit your local Fisch Markt and get a salmon head per household heat count. Get miso paste, too, if you don't already have it in your fridge. It'll be great if the seller's willing to throw in a couple of meaty bones for free ^_^.
Now for the cooking part. Season the salmon head(s) with salt, pepper, soy sauce and sesame oil (optional) before baking it/them in a foil-lined pan for an hour at 250 degree Celcius. Add garnish (garlic, shallots etc.) if preferred. While the fish head(s) is/are sizzling up, boil the fish bones to make stock and add in a strip of konbu (kelp) if you have that on hand (which I did), or dashi powder/cubes. Cover the pot for a bit before spooning in dollops of miso paste to taste.
If you've got some cooked rice on hand, it'll make a more complete meal.
And that's what I'd eaten for dinner tonight. My mother and I, that is. I'm still pretty much astounded by how much the meal had cost (S$1.50 per fish head, and we've got the rest stocked up so it was a grand total of 3 bucks in the end), if anything. ^...^
At the supermarket earlier, I'd also picked up a package of anko dorayaki. Found out (to my horror) that they're artificial!pandan-flavoured. Yeah. It seems like a Singaporean thing, to add pandan and kaya jam, flavourings and what-have-you to imported sweets. Localising these foods. Whut.
Bunnisteffi
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You know what they say. Time flies. Amanoe has been in my guardianship care room (-_-) for close to a year now. And today, it's his birthday! It'd almost slipped my mind until I looked at the desktop's clock 2 hours ago. Snapped a couple of birthday pictures for him (Yes you, Foxxeh) and edited the best one.
The rattan swing-chair comes from my grandmama, who'd got it from Japan a while ago, decided that it was too small for flowers and gave it to my fox. (I suppose that's his one and only birthday gift?)
No cut, as per usual. Don't wanna give myself more grief than necessary.
Bunnisteffi
P.S. 6/17 is the date for something else, too. Anyone figured out yet? My tags are a huge hint.
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