Tuesday 9 December 2008

.:fantaisies: 6th month anniversary

Our (Reiko and I) cosplay website .:fantaisies:. is now on our 6th month since the launch of our site!!


HAPPY 6TH MONTH ANNIVERSARY

Do support us by either clicking on the banner on the left or by heading HERE! =D



Sunday 30 November 2008

DeviantART account


I've got myself a new DevianART account! Well I didn't know I have one until I tried signing up for one with my existing email last night. So anyway, do link me up at koshinaka.deviantart.com if you have an account too!! =D



Wednesday 19 November 2008

The L word - Final Season

Final Season (Season 6) of the L word returning on January 18, 2009!! YAY!! ♥




Saturday 15 November 2008

Custard Puffs!

Got down to baking once again and this time it was for Lili's birthday! Recipe for the day...

Custard Puffs

So here are the main ingredients needed to make the puffs.


After preparing your ingredients, boil the water and butter together in the pot. Stir till smooth.
Once done, slowly add the flour in while stirring the mixture.
Let it cool till lukewarm and start adding the eggs. Do the same as with the flour.

You could either choose to mix/stir it with your spoon or use a blender. Its faster and less tiring to use a blender of course. Stir until its smooth.

The mixture should be like this.


Pipe the mixture into any shape or size as you want. Just remember that it will rise and grow to approximately twice the size in the oven so adjust accordingly.

Leave it in the oven for about 15 mins at 250 or until slightly brown.

Your puff should look something like that.

I wanted to make durian cream for the filling but Lili dosen't like durian so I ended up putting custard filling in it instead. It was really simple to make. Just mix custard powder, sugar, milk and water together and bring it to boil until it thickens.

Next, fill the center of the puff with the custard filling or whatever you choose to put inside!

So once done, here's what you get!

TA-DAH!! ♥


So since these were made for Lili's birthday, I prepared a personalised cake box to store the puffs in!



Yep and that's it for the custard puff recipe! If you think it looks not too bad, do try it out cos its really simple and good!



Friday 14 November 2008

Heroes Season 3 Premiere Screening Party @ GV VivoCity

31.11.2008 (Friday)

I was fortunate to be picked by Ripplevox to attend the Heroes Season 3 Premiere Screening Party at GV VivoCity held by Starworld last Friday. Being able to watch the first 2 episodes on the big screen was something I was really looking forward to! After all, it beats watching them on my small pathetic monitor screen anytime (which I have been doing so for the past 2 seasons).

Anyhows, not knowing what to expect, I headed down to VivoCity and was thrilled to see HUGE posters of SYLAR ♥ and the other characters plastered onto the walls at GV! =D Since my friend was running late, I decided to get our passes and goodie bag first, JUST IN CASE they ran out of it! (inborn kaisu-ism lar, singaporean mah!)

The Pass/Invitation Card! Nice hor.

Suddenly out of nowhere, these cheerleaders with goth-like make up came in. I didn't get the whole look really. It was just weird! More over, they didn't even do anything else other than just pose for cameras. Weren't they, as cheerleaders, supposed to cheer or dance or do some cheerleading related stuff at least? Well, I like the uniform though.

The Cheerleaders

Envy and myself with the scary looking cheerleaders!


While the invited guests proceded to the buffet table, I went around taking pictures with the standees and other posters! (I wish they had more of sylar!)


Sylar looking bad ass! ♥




A mini quiz game thing went on during the party where participants would receive the latest Heroes graphic novel if they answered the questions correctly. Such an easy task, so why not?

I was asked which character I liked best,why and what super ability would I choose if I were given a choice. Sylar was my choice (duh) because he is hot and bad ass! haha! There is so much about him that you want to find out about, to see how his brain works, what he is thinking about and many more. Heroes would definitely be boring without him.XD I chose the power of the mind for my super ability because with the ability to manipulate and control the minds of others, nothing is impossible! I do hope Matt Parkman's ability would improve and exceed his dad's.

Answering the question.


with Envy!



Stuff from the goodie bag!
(Clockwise) The Heroes Graphic Novel that I won, a paper tote bag, some cardboard folder, notebook and Heroes T-shirt!



Review

(Contains Spoilers!)


HEROES Season 3: VILLIANS



The show starts off 4 years in the future. We see future scar-faced Peter being chased and ends up being held at gun point by Claire. As Claire shoots, Peter stops Claire and time travels to present day. So who's the bad or good guy now?


We see hotter, tougher, less whiney Claire here with future Peter whose mouth to me looks even more crooked than usual. =X

We also find out who was it who shot Nathan and it was none other than future Peter! *SHOCKS* So anyways, Nathan dies but miraculously revives from the dead! What is happening? Nathan decides to not tell the truth about them anymore and believed it was the work of God that saved him. We then get a suprising visit by none other than Linderman! Just when I thought the old man was gone. So was it Linderman that saved Nathan?

Peter kissing his dead brother.

Linderman still alive??!



While all these were happening, Sylar manages to find Claire and slices her head open! Yay! Well done sylar!


So apparently, Sylar doesn't eat the brains of his victims to get their powers. He studies them by prodding and digging the brain. ♥ Here we see Sylar studying Claire's brain.

Claire: Aren't you going to eat my brain?
Sylar: Eat your brain? Claire, that's disgusting.

As I thought Claire was FINALLY going to die, Sylar tells her she can't die. pfft. oh well I should have known but at least now Sylar is immortal too!! haha!




In Japan at Yamagoto Industries, we see a bored Hiro talking to Ando when he receives a video tape from his late father, telling him not to open the safe. Hiro does the opposite and finds another tape telling him that he wasn't supposed to open the safe. Nonetheless, Hiro finds half of a secret formula and before he could decipher it, it gets stolen in a flash! Hiro stops time and we are introduced to a new character Daphne, a speedster! Later in the episode, Hiro travels to the future to see how the world is destroyed and sees himself getting killed by Ando!!





Ando has powers too??


In the Butterfly effect, Mama Petrelli enters the company's basement only to find Hiro, Matt, Peter and Mr Bennet dead, while Claire's head was being pulled off by one of the villians. Mama Petrelli then sees Adam (omg I thought he's dead?), someone who looks like niki, papa parkman and the black guy who's name I forgot. It seemed to be her turn next. Then to my surprise, Sylar appears from behind and places his shoulder on mama petrelli's shoulder!! Did Sylar join the good side?? Mama Petrelli then wakes up and realises its a dream.


Meanwhile, prata man Mohinder has been experimenting on himself with a new formula that he came up with. The injection that he gave himself in the previous episode allowed him to have superhuman strength and climb walls! Like Spiderman perhaps? XD


Prata man showing off his abilites to Maya.
We also see romance between Maya and Mohinder. Seriously, that was super gross. I don't even know why Maya is still in the show. She doesn't add to the development of the story and she is still sooo annoying! Mohinder, despite my dislike for him, is still unfortunately a rather important character in the series. Personally I think the producers just wanted to add a sex scene to spice up the episode. It was just the wrong couple unfortunately. Mohinder and Maya. *shudders*



Some side effects however to his new found abilities. Is he moulting? Shedding skin? Doesn't this remind you of The Fly with the climbing of walls and now this? Hmm losing originality much?

Prata Man sheding flesh? skin?

The episode ends with a shocking revalation! Mama Petrelli enters the cell with Sylar (he was captured somewhere during the episode) and tells him she's his mom. OMFG.


Overall, the new season of Heroes looks promising! So be sure to catch the episodes on Starworld (Channel 18) every Thursday at 10pm!!



Lastly, I would really like to thank Lin, Ripplevox and Starworld for giving me the opportunity to attend this wonderful event. I enjoyed myself alot and watching Heroes on the big screen was really awesome! ^__^ THANK YOU!



Monday 3 November 2008

Happy Halloween!

25.10.2008 (Saturday)

Spent the whole day at Verity's make up school being her model for her make up portfolio. I think we spent a total of 9 hrs straight putting on and removing the make up! I was told I get to keep the photographs taken by the professional photographer but till then here are some pictures that I took using my trustworthy samsung U900! =)

The 6 different looks


hmm the make up isn't that visible in the photos above, but nonetheless I think Verity did a really good job with all the looks and I really liked the 60's look especially! We were trying to do the whole shanghai image thing, with the plastered curled fringe at the side and all, ha but oh well as you can tell, we didn't quite succeed XD.



My bff Verity a.k.a the make up artist!






Busy at work!



My fav look! Note the Shanghai-ese kinda look!



I really love my sister's lavender tube dress! She got it from one of the shops near Portebello Market when we were in London! Great Value for money!



The cheeky girl! XD



The creative look!
Check out how bling the eyelashes are!



And the amount of make up I had to remove after that.
It was so thick that I felt as though I had plastic plastered on my face!





31.10.08 (Friday)

It was a super packed day for me on Halloween! I started the day with my morning appointment with Browhaus. Thanks to Christina, I managed to get 2 free treaments by Browhaus Training school:

  • Complete workout Threading (Usual Price $40) – using a cotton thread to remove fine facial hair. Full face threading includes eyebrows
  • Lash in Bloom (Usual Price $120) – the ever popular eyelash extension ; to create fuller & longer lashes
It was my first time going for facial threading and it was really much more painful than eyebrow threading, especially near the jawline and upper lip. Thankfully the pain was tolerable although I'm not sure if I would want to go through that ordeal again. The outcome of the complete workout was wonderful though, my face actually looks brighter and definitely less dull!
Lash in Bloom wasn't painful but it was rather uncomfortable and I ended up tearing quite alot. It was definitely worth it though because I really love my new lashes!! It looks natural despite them being fake and with proper aftercare, the lashes can even last up to 4 weeks!

You know what, I'll let the pictures do the talking. XD




It was the Heroes Season 3 Premiere screening at Vivo City GV grand after that, but I'll leave the event coverage for another post after I get the pictures from my friend. =)




Rushed home to get ready for Halloween after the screening and met up with the girls at Daph's place for some booze before heading down to Butter Factory. It was nearly midnight by the time we arrived at Butter and the queues were never ending, both at the costume side and VIP side. Ann booked a table so we thought we could get priority but the club was so full that no one was allowed in! In the end, we gave up and proceeded to Clark Quay where we finally settled at The Arena.


Tannie as Officer Naughty and myself as some random goth vamp thingy.




With Val the scary jester!



Nich as Mr Cop.



with Ann as magician + MJ wannabe. XD



complete with Daph as the dead muay thai girl



Flash was too harsh but I love my eyes! LOL. freaky?


After a night of partying, what's the best way to end it? Why prata of course!!

4am prata at Simpang!! XDD


Saturday 27 September 2008

Red Bull Formula One Party @ Cafe Del Ma

Red Bull F1 Party 2008
@ Cafe Del Mar, Sentosa Island
25 Sep 2008



Special thanks to Ann and Red Bull, I was fortunate to be invited toRed Bull's Formula 1 Party at Cafe Del Mar on Thursday night! We were greeted by extremely gorgeous and sexy girls in cheong sam at the entrance and a wonderfully transformed Cafe Del Mar! Had a blast meeting up with the old MEs as well as the new girls and not forgetting my new fav cocktail, Speedy Bull! So anyways, on to the picturessss!


I forgot this beautiful girl's name, but if I'm not wrong, her name's Cheryl and she's one of the New Face contestant. Very nice and friendly so vote for her!




The awesome huge ass stage!

Red Bull on ice!!


The early birds!
Ann, Xiuting, Jac and me!


First round of Red Bulls and Vodka!




Kuay Pie Tee!! Yum Yum



First performance of the night. Flame Dancing?

and the vid!




The Pool

Mr bartender, Michelle, Myself and Karen!


Red Bull Galore!


Haha I love it when random people pop up in pictures at the back.
Here's another pic hot babe in bikini!


Speedy Bull! Lychee, Vodka (??) and Red Bull!
I swear I lost count of the no. of cups I had. It was so good! XD


More models~~


Mr. Bartender 2
Nice guy who gave us lots of lychees upon request! XD




With Darryl, Liwen and Jenny


Speedy Bull love, Pic with Alaina, Promoting Red Bull Cola!


Alecia & kat!

Getting more speedy bulls.

Dragon dance?

Red Bull ME unite!


Fireworks!


Video



The Redbull drivers! David Coulthard, Sebastian Vettel & Mark Webber.


Now, if only I had the tickets to watch the actual F1 race. =(