Temporal Paralysis

I decided to try accessing myself to Xedo Defense website, knowing that the old horse is probably gonna get beaten to death, anyway.

And, well, it died.

Dead Xedo Is Dead

It looks like the forces of freedom and anti-oppression has finally capitulated and rolled into the grave. It’s not that anyone gives a hoot about it. I’m only raising this matter because, well, they mattered to me back in 2007.

Hot on the fascination of the 50mm focal length lens, I decided to take a trip to my kampong house for a nice retreat. It seems that this lens works wonder as a street lens. Not only it is discreet, it is also sharp enough at certain apertures. The Malaysian scenery will be my next stop for my 50mm adventure.

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Last Friday, there was the commotion that is Comex 2009. I’ve chatted with several people online that I might be going down to check out the fair. Yet when I left the train on City Hall and climbed up the stairs towards Suntec City, I had a change of heart and head in the opposite direction…

I went to Cathay Photo and got myself a 50mm f/1.8 MK II prime lens by Canon.

This lens, as commented by a guy from across the Causeway, is the greatest steal to get. Although it’s a stop slower than the fabled f/1.4, this is the most affordable fast prime lens available for consumers. This lens is so small and light, I felt like being at one with the photographers of old with their trusty rangefinders (not!).

So I took the opportunity to take in on the scene of Comex 2009, as seen with my 450D and my 50mm f/1.8.

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So I guess every other freaking anime blogger that attended the presscon has blogged about this afternoon’s event that was held at Suntec City (wait, I thought it was supposedly held at iluma?). I do the readers here a favour: I will not rehash any more information than what these people had done already.

© Danny Choo. Also, you can spot who's who.

My intention is to bring my first impressions of the event, my feelings about it, and ultimately what I view about the entire thing altogether – I may even touch on the subculture in general –.

(General Warning: this post may, or may not, contain inflammatory content. Viewer discretion is advised… If I were you, get a thick skin and enter at your own risk. Details are after the jump. Also, if you’re particularly offended by my subsequent writings, I suggest you stop reading this, and move to other “self-affirming” websites.)

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The participants of the event have yet to come back home, so now I’ll be the first to report in the highlights of today’s press conference for the Anime Festival Asia 2009.

I See {link:http://www.kyourankyodai.com}TheFuzzy{/link} there!

Actually, I’m not gonna bother posting up a lot of pictures: Naka-Dashi has already put up the website much earlier, and with more pictures than I can suffice. Basically, I’m interested in the following:

Seiyuus

Apparently, they invited Yoshiki Fukuyama and Shoko-tan to complement the return of Ichiro Mizuki and May’n. Yeah, so that makes four artistes to grace Singapore’s shores. I wonder if the anime blogosphere will react adversely to this.

But other than that, the rest are pretty much self-explanatory. You should refer to Anime Festival Asia 2009‘s website for more details, as well as its twits, to check out the anticipated lineup. I’ll blog more about this event as soon as my head clears.