My discovery of Visual-K bands.

I just absolutely love anything to do with Japanese pop culture and am ecstatic to discover, from a friend of mine named Mun Yen, that there is a band genre called Visual-K. Bands classified under this genre are flamboyant in their dress. Their music is very much like that of rock bands with a Japanese twist, which is unique.

These are the Alice Nines. They look really cool with their hair and style. At one point, Japanese traditional culture influenced their anime and manga. However, as anime, manga and games progressed, they took on a life of their own and developed styles and dresses that (at the time) only existed in their particular genre of entertainment. Of course, Japanese youth(and sometimes the elderly) copied the characters in manga, games and anime.

However, it was not long before the animated world influenced the real world. Hence the emergence of Visual-K bands who dress and pose like Japanese animated characters.

In their pictures, they adopt poses very similar to how anime and game characters would be drawn to pose in posters and wallpapers.

These are nice ones with light and fresh colours.

However, most of these guys have a punk-ish look. Ah!! I so miss my PS 2 back at home and my unwatched anime shows too!! These guys remind me so much of my anime and game characters back at home.

The thing about Visual-K is that some guys are given rather effeminate looks.

My Trip to Adelaide

I visited Adelaide on the 27th of June with my brother. It is much warmer than Melbourne so I could walk around without my jacket and scarf. The flight took only one hour and when we arrived, had to turn our clocks back by half an hour.

Adelaide also has the all faithful Subway. We did not eat there because it was pretty far from our Youth Hostel Association(YHA) and we also wanted to try something else apart from commercial fastfood.




On our way to the YHA, we had to cross a park known as Light Square. The walkway was fantastic and the trees were special. I have never seen such trees and I wonder what they are called.
In the park, there is also a monument with an astronomical telescope on top.
This is a road in Adelaide. The architecture here is different from that of Melbourne in subtle ways. It is rather a medley of styles all crammed together. I saw Victorian style buildings next to modern office buildings. There are also Disney-like buildings with striking colours next to one another. This does not destroy the beauty of the city but rather enhances it. The best part about the YHA is the bathroom. It is absolutely pristine! Even better than some homes can be.

Later my brother and I went to China town to get our dinner. We could not take anymore pictures because our camera died just as we finished taking photos of the YHA.

End of Term 2

YES!!! Term 2 exams are over. Unfortunately, I am not going home like the rest of my friends are. So, I am going to start planning what to do for the holidays.

Recently, I have been eating out rather than cooking and because of that, my funds are seriously low for this month. Thank goodness June is ending in 4 days.

We left the exam hall in high spirits. Wei Tong had spent most of the night, and the morning trying to catch up on some Chemical Theories and so slept straight after lunch.

This is him, just woken up and going to meet his aunt for dinner.

I am going to do my laundry in a moment and then ready myself for my two day trip to Adelaide.

While I have been busy with my work, Xin Yin has also been completing her assignments. This is her study area. She has been facing the computer for ages to come up with an idea for her poster. She is going through RMIT foundation, aiming for a course in architecture. Hence, most of her work is to do with art.

And here she is!

Jass, all the best for tomorrow!