Melonpan

Yesterday I baked some bread...

inside the oven

yep, those are (supposed to be anyway) melon bread

or melonpan as they are called in Japan

they're not actually melon flavored but they're supposed to look like melons XD

here's what the authentic melonpan looks like:

picture from Wikipedia

 and here's my version fresh out of the oven:

these are hot!

considering it's my 1st time baking...

close enough? XD

nomnomnom

they taste ok, i guess
the crust is crunchy and sweet and the inside is soft

i've never tasted the real thing so i can't really compare TuT

i wish they sell them here...

oh! i followed the recipe from here

Artbook!!!!

OMG OMG OMG! it finally arrived!!!!

XD what's this i'm so excited about?

it's my friend, hayayon's artbook!

it's the first artbook i've ever had

(well, i share it with my brother but it's practically mine lol)

and it's the first time my art's been featured in print for sale too!

(the book was sold in Malaysia on two separate events)

the book is pretty~

all the artists did a wonderful job on each artwork

somehow i feel ashamed of being featured with all them awesomeness TvT

now let me share some pictures OvO

To: me! yay! XD

From: my dear friend in Malaysia <33

the book cover is gorgeous! (center) and free loose prints! (left & right) wow!

table of contents and intro page

i helped make the introduction >w<

my 1st contribution on page 9

my brother's contribution on pages 10-11

visit http://purdoy25.deviantart.com for more of his art

my other contribution, page 12

i didn't take a photo of all pages because the other artists might not like their art posted by other people

here's a list of the artists who contributed and helped:

hayayon, mochafish, eris11, purdoy25, musahashi, shimun123, hizukin, craytm, ryothae, clavies and shi-coolmix

 

this is hayayon's birthday gift to me on my... 2011 birthday XD

please do check out more of her art: http://hayayon.deviantart.com

Today's Events

oh wow... long time no post again XD

i don't think i'll ever get into the habit of regularly posting updates here orz

anyway, it's cold here... always raining.

rainy season makes me feel kinda gloomy.

i don't like the cold; my nose especially XD

ok, on to today's events! (as mentioned in the title)

but before that, let me rewind to a month back....

i entered this random contest held by Tokyo MoE Style some time last month.

then... surprise surprise! i won my selected prize! weeee! XDD

so fast forward to today... i received them! yay!

it took a while for the prize to arrive by mail but it's fine with me.

so what was my prize? STICKERS! teehee

weird to be excited about just stickers, i know

but what can i do? i adore stickers! i actually collect them >///<

the collection began way back when i was... idk 9? soooo.... XD

anyhoo, here are some pics:

 

 i was excited to open the envelope even though i know what's inside lol

Louise from ZnT is one of my favorite anime characters

back of the stickers = Japanese text i can't read TwT

aaaand that's all for the stickers! >w<

another thing that happened today is... i bought a new cellphone!

it's not that i lost my phone or it's completely destroyed...

it's just a pain to use ;;_;;

the battery only lasts for a day, the LCD screen is damaged, the camera's quality deteriorated and the '5' key won't work

so, need new phone... and i bought one!

no, it's not an iphone or android, i don't like touch phones

it's a cheap model with a local brand XD

but it's good enough for me

oh yeah, it's a clamshell/flip model

closed

 here it is in the manufacturer's website: Starmobile Neptune F202

well, that's it!

now let me publish this before midnight comes XD