Hatsune Miku

Something interesting to share with you guys...
Have you heard of Hatsune Mika?

She is more than just an "anime" character. She is a singer. Really! She even had her own concert. You have to watch the following video. Omg, how did they even manage to visualise and make a virtual character dance??


People even cosplay her, no joke!


 

The name of the title and the character of the software was chosen by combining Hatsu (初, first), Ne (音, sound), and Miku (未来, future) thus meaning "the first sound from the future." -Vocaloid.Wikia

I knew about Hatsune Mika long ago but wasnt really interested. I mean, she's just a software program that is popular perhaps due to the face that YAMAHA designed for her. But after knowing that she has her own concert (in US too!!) i am highly interested to know why are people so obsessed with her to the point where they would buy tickets to see a computer generated doll and voice live. Hello, its computer generated. It sounds the same whether if its a live concert or in a CD.

So i googled and i found some answers.

To start off Hatsune Miku is a vocaloid. Simply to say, if you composed a piece of song and have no one to sing for you (or no instruments), you can buy vocaloid to choose a computer generated voice/instruments. Hatsune Miku is only the name of a voice.



One of the reasons why she is (or vocaloid in general) is so popular is because in Japan, there are many budding music composers. So they post their originals songs on a certain websites to share their pieces. And to record the songs, they use vocaloids. Hatsune Miku is one of the most frequently used voice. Ryo, a composer that got professional through such websites, composed Melt sung by Hatsune Miku.  Apparently, it was downloaded more than 4 million times. Not bad, considering that he was just an amateur at that point of time.



Below is also Melt but it is an actual person singing. Sounds nicer, i think!



And i guess preceisely its Japan, the people would be fascinated and amazed by the technology. Most importantly, Yamaha did not package vocaloid as a software only. They created and advertised it as a character. Which is why the name of the voices sound like real names. Hatsune Miku is obviously the most used/popular voice among other vocaloids. She even has become the face of vocaloids. In fact, she is considered as one of the most successful singers in Japan. Keychains, wallets, posters, movies etc.

For more indepth explanation, watch this news segment.




Shall end off with 2 more videos

HAHAHA, this song was written in the concept that Hatsune Miku was corrupted with virus and had to be deleted. Which is why the song sound so messed up and the title is The Disappearance of Hatsune Miku. I saw the translated lyrics... super duper long




This one even more funny. THE LYRICS... OMG.
Choose me! Choose me! Choose me! Choose me! NONONONONO!
Choose me! Choose me! I cannot choose one!
Anyway according to some people, the song is about a guy who already has a real life girlfriend but he somehow fell in love virtual girl so he has to choose between reality or fantasy. Please read the lyrics while i die laughing hahahahahaha!

figures or real people?

Went to Singapore Civilization Museum early in the morning.


The highlights are the terracotta warriors. If you dont know, they are built to guard Qin ShiHuang's grave.

So a depict of how the process of building the warriors...

And a magnetic-pieced warrior.


And then we walked through the galleries before reaching our destination.


My grandma and her sisters haha.
I think Qin ShiHuang is super interesting! I like to read about the history of China especially those palace stuff. Its fascinating to know what went on inside the palace and how they shaped the history. And Qin ShiHuang is important to China's history because he made so many huge changes! I would really like to time-travel back to the period and understand why he did the things he did.

Anyway, moving on to other galleries...





Hahaha happy to be making money!
I sucked at math lor! If i were to set up business ah, sure fail.





HAHAHAHA SO FUNNY OMG.



lonelygirl93 becomes...


happygirl93
when she sees food :D

Woke up so early that the minute i reached home, i conked out for 3 hours. LOL.
But! If we didnt go early, i would have died queuing up. I saw the queue. Mega crazy. So yes, no pain no gain.

Harry Potter Finale.

AHHH, Im going to watch Harry Potter later! :D

I havent read ALL the series nor watched ALL the movies but based on what i've read and watch, Harry Potter IS magical :D

I dont usually love books. They might be nice to read but hardly any gets into my favourite list. Even Hunger Games fell short of my expectations. But Harry Potter is a wonderful and beautiful series. I love the plot and the schemes and all. I think im those kind of person who likes to read plots that twist or have a lot of plotting and scheming inside (thats why i like to watch those historic shows where the concubines all vie for the Emperor's attention). It keeps me hooked. And honestly, Harry Potter's plot is very deep. It has always amaze me how JK Rowling thought of so many details, right last down to the very small bits.

Like how each and every mother figure in HP is so brave and beautiful and touching:

think about narcissa who LIED AT THE DARK LORD’S FACE just to find out if her son is alive. and she wasn’t even sure is harry was telling her the truth, but she believed him and she believed him because that was what she wanted: for her son to be safe. and do you remember when she tried to free her son from that task voldemort gave him? she swore that she would do ANYTHING, ANYTHING for her son not to fulfill that task and she doesn’t even care if she’d doing the right thing or not.

think about lily, who sacrificed HER LIFE for the sake of her son. lily who, even at the last moments of her life, thought of protecting her son. lily who, loved her son so much that her love protected him even after she passed on.

and of course, think about molly, who raised SEVEN CHILDREN and was able to raise them well, despite their financial difficulties. molly who fought by her children’s side, molly who faced voldemort’s best lieutenant to defend her only daughter. molly who lost a son to the war. molly who loved harry and hermione like her own.

And you know the tale of the three brothers in Harry Potter?
(Click here if you dont. Please ignore the guy. Its not me)


Like omg!! REVELATION! How in the world is JK Rowling so smart?
Ok, to end it off:
No worries, not much spoilers.

"Our boy finally got it right"
(Please look at Hermoine's face, hahaha!)

I like Hermoine's, Fred and George's, Draco's and Luna's lines!
Btw, i love Luna Lovegood! She's so pretty and her character is so unique :D

And my Emma Watson's speech from the movie red carpet premiere in London:



All pictures are taken from Tumblr.
Btw, my FF has this app where you can change your dashboard theme and mine is HP ^^

Unfriend you

TUESDAY:

We went grocery shopping for Yuwen :D Then we went to her house.
Oh man, i remembered the other time we went her house. It was pouring so hard, the wind was blowing relentlessly. Our LG totally experienced a blizzard, haha.

I really thought you were the one
It was over before it begun
It's so hard for me to walk away
But I know I can't stay

WEDNESDAY:

Went out with Welfare to catch Green Lantern. Its been such a loooooong time since i met up with them that i totally forgot how it was like to hang out with them.



Hahaha Laoda act cute only~

Look at Laoda at the back! Ask him to go away still stand down there flexing his muscles!
And sadly, my face looks so big when plastered side by side with Michelle's.
#bigfaceforever ):

Group photo!

Yup, a mini outing cause most of them need to study for MST ): But JunRui, Gabriel and JieDa came! Haha, guest appearance eh? :P

They couldnt really tell my hair was dyed until i stepped out into the sunlight heehee. Which reminds me, dont ever dye purple unless you love the colour! Because whenever i wash my hair, i see purple foam and water. It will only stop once there's no more dye in my hair i guess. My towel is now covered with purple streaks haha. It can be washed but its troublesome la. But i love my hair colour ttm so i dont mind (:

I think my hair is fading into red colour ):
Must remember to bring umbrella from now onwards!

You're beautiful and crazy too
Baby, that's why I fell into you
Even though you would pretend to be
You were never with me

Anyway, Green Lantern was so-so only. I forgot to bring my jacket so being smart, i drank all my coke during the commercial. Then halfway through, i needed to pee so badly. I thought i could hold it in so i squirmed around in my seat. Eventually, i ran to the toilet. Reminds me of The Last Airbender. I held it in until i really couldnt take it anymore. And when i got out of the toilet, the show ended =.=

And Blake Lively looks hotter in brunette! In Gossip Girl, i never thought of her as beautiful/hot. Because she looks so old can? But in Green Lantern, she is like damn beautiful. Her lips are very pretty lor ):



She should stay as a brunette!!
Cant believe she's dating Leonardo DiCaprio! Omg, he's so old =.=
Then again, she looks old with blonde hair so... yeah. Read this article if you're interested to know more about their relationship. Hahahaha!

You come onto everybody
Everybody all the time
You give up to anybody
What I thought was only mine

FRIDAY:

Was invited as a guest to my aunt's university alumni thingy. I didnt know it was an alumni because i just saw the words "free dinner" so i went. HAHAHAHA :/ It was at some atas hotel. So i went in and saw people in dresses... and me in jeans.

Then some more, my aunt's friends weren't there. So we stood there awkwardly while others were in circles chatting happily. So paisei lol. We pretended to be looking for someone, hahaha. After 15 minutes of standing and eating potato chips and desserts, we decided to go.

Yes, there wasn't dinner provided. Only cocktail reception. When we walked out, we finally met one of my aunt's friend. It was kind of awkward for me. I mean these people are smart. They are sponsored with scholarships to go Australia to study maths/science. And i never knew how to act in such high-class events. I was afraid that i said something stupid so i just introduced myself and pretended to be drowned in my thoughts haha.

So after awhile, me and my aunt went off to eat at a Japanese restaurant. (Y)

'Cause I should have known right from the start
That you didn't have a human heart
Yeah, it's over
My last move is to unfriend you

I shall abruptly end here and soon begin on my assignments. Sighs.

NOTW #3

YAY MINNIE MOUSE INSPIRED NAILS!

Last year, i was really crazy over Ian Somerhalder/Damon (forgotsfirstname). And i support him + Elena 101% I still remember i have this draft where i went ballistic when Damon said "You’re lying to me. You’re lying to Stefan, and most of all, you’re lying to yourself… I can prove it." *kisses Elena

O.M.G right? I was so frustrated why Elena is in love with Stefan but not Damon.
And then, the best thing just happened... I HEARD THEY'RE DATING IRL!
I feel like my life is complete, lol. But yeah, they're like the new "Zanessa". Two beautiful people getting together :')