Bento Art - Motherly Love in a Box

I remember when i was young, my mom will wake up early every morning to make breakfast and pack lunches for me, my brother and my dad. Most of the time it'll be sandwiches or fried rice...and on certain occasions, noodles (with little treats like jelly or honeystars ^_^).

There were times when she had other priorities and couldn't get the packed lunches done in time for me to bring it to school. I recall vividly one of those occasions when i was in primary school.

Did she leave me to the mercy of the loud cafeteria ladies? ...Nope.

Mom actually went all the way to McDonalds (quite a distance away) to get chicken nuggets and brought it to me during my lunch break at school. I recall it happened about say 2 or more times during life in primary. And i must say, I'm really really proud of my mom and love it whenever she comes to visit me or pick me up at school.

Why? Because ever since I was small, I had always thought she was the most beautiful lady i've ever seen in my life. (No kidding, some ppl think she's japanese...and we all know how graceful japanese ladies are =D)
Anyways, this is not a post on my mom but about lunch boxes...with love. Yes, LUNCH BOXES with MUCH LOVE. =D

In Japan, it is common for japanese mothers to wake up in the wee hours of morning to make and pack lunch boxes for their family every day. In recent years, the modern mums have found a way to encourage their children (especially picky ones) to lick clean their lunch boxes which are packed with a balanced portion of veg, meat and other necessities. How? With ART!

Creative bento (lunch-box) competitions are held often throughout Japan and the craze is still on-going with more companies producing specially designed lunch-boxes and food decorations!

Here's some of the many creative bentos i've found over the net:

(Pokemon...maybe)

(I'm pretty sure this is Studio Ghibli related)

(i dunno the name...but I have this character on my bedroom slippers!)

(zomg...Windows?!)


That's it for now folks...
You want more pics?
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Go browse them yourself. =P

Here are the best links from which you can learn how to make your own creative bento:

Just Bento
(great recipes and arrangement ideas)

Just Hungry
(learn how to cook japanese food)

Bento Products
(equipment for making the purrrfect bento!)

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A birthday wish...

Belated actually...

Of all people...of all days...how could i let it slip by...
I'm sooooo sorry Kaizeru. There must have been something wrong with me head. *knocks self*
So anyways, here it is...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAI!
Mew all your wishes come true!!!

Info on the birthday boy:
- has artistic talent equivalent to GODLIKE
- has a tendency to poke fun at me
- has always been there for me
- has a thing for lollies
- has amusing sarcasm
- is a good listener
- is poker faced
- is a Squall Leonhart lookalike...
- is dear and important to me =)

Thank you for always being there for me...

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(^w^)
\( u_u )

Don't think becoz i'm here i'll stop promoting you...so here goes:

His DeviantArt Page (check it out!!!)

Examples include:

Diablo III Update: Wizard Class

Lo, and behold! Blizzard has announced yet again another new class to add to the collection. The wizard class...

"Recently the youth of Caldeum have fallen prey to the overblown stories of just such a delinquent wizard. "

"That is correct: I used the uncouth term wizard, not sorcerer. It seems that even the title of a civilized magic wielder is too restrictive for this young upstart."

"Through my contacts at the Yshari Sanctum of the mage clans, I am one of the few who actually know the truth behind the rumors now sweeping our streets regarding this hellion who flaunts her magic irresponsibly."

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SKILLS
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The first of the wizard's spells shown was one that Dungeon & Dragons acolytes will know well: the magic missile. Functionally, it acts similarly to the firebolt in Diablo II. However, Cheng noted that giving players a raw-power spell as their first introduction to the wizard sets the tone of universal power. The technical designer then explained electrocute, which is an elemental spell in the vein of chain lightning.

Next up was slow time, which Cheng said would be a component of the reality-control kit. Slow time presented numerous challenges to Diablo III's design, he said, noting that it could really wreck multiplayer matches. The solution, then, became to implement the spell as a bubble effect emanating outward from the wizard.

Cheng then introduced the disintegrate spell, which he described as "a real face-melter." Again a callback to pen-and-paper forerunners, the disintegrate spell was actually a failed experiment with the barbarian class. It uses a charge mechanic in which players hold down a button and then sweep their mouse across the screen to aim the ray of power. The longer an enemy is targeted by the spell, he said, the more damage it will do. - BLIZZCON 2008

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Link: DIABLO III- WIZARD

Selected Poems 2: The Second Coming

by William Butler Yeats (W. B. Yeats)

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Surely some revelation is at hand;
Surely the Second Coming is at hand.

The Second Coming! Hardly are those words out
When a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi
Troubles my sight...

Somewhere in sands of the desert
A shape with lion body and the head of a man,
A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun,

Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it
Reel shadows of the indignant desert birds.

The Darkness drops again; but now I know
That twenty centuries of stony sleep
Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle,

And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?

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Premonition

Lee Hom singing for FFVIII? (Liu Lei Shou Xin)

Wonder if anyone noticed...

Was really obvious when i saw the MV for the 1st time(5 years back i think).

This is too much...Imitating Squall and Laguna is still within acceptable range (since he's a narcissist anyway and Nicholas Tse did the same thing)...BUT imitating RINOA?!?!

MAXIMUM GAYNESS, DUDE...

If he didn't have such good songs, i would have joined the Anti-Lee Hom faction right there and then.

Seriously, if anyone can find the copyright documents or anything legal stating that he can just rip the idea off Squaresoft (now SquareEnix)...pls send it to me.

And if putting nano-seconds of words like "Squaresoft Final Fantasy" could save his ass from getting sued....then plagarism should not be seen as a crime in universities and pirated stuff is legal. -high sarcasm-

Lee Hom (aka Mr. Squall-Laguna-Rinoa-wannabe) singing Liu Lei Shou Xin...

Song collection 12: Avril Lavigne - Innocence

I know i'm outdated in terms of current hits. Frankly, I don't really care who gets the no.1 spot in the weekly chart. All i know is, if it suits my mood at the moment and the lyrics are sensible enough...that song will get a place in my blog.

I don't need to blog about my life. Pictures, songs and movie clips describe it perfectly.

Now, shall we?

Meeting you was fate, becoming your friend was a choice...
but falling in love with you, I had no control over.

Gamers: Lineage II

I've always heard of it...seen the posters...but never bothered.

And then this came along...



And after further investigations...



I love all things beautiful...*hearts*
I love the light elf's skirt...and boots...and...

On a side note....

THIS IS THE CUTEST PUPPY ALIVE!!!!!



Imagine hugging that at night...bolsters? pillows? never heard of em... =P

I believe...

I believe things happen for a reason...

I believe that no one can be perfect...

I believe there's always room for improvement...

I believe in second chances...

I believe life unfolds as a sinusoid, after happiness comes despair...

I believe that in every stage of my life, some random person is placed there to guide me...

I believe parents are the first people you turn to in times of trouble...

I believe money makes the world go round...

I believe there's somebody for someone...

I believe in karma....

I believe in fate...

I believe in true love...

And today, I finally believe in miracles...

p.s. you complete me...

This is my story...

"To everything there is a season...

and a time to every purpose under the heaven..."

~Ecclesiastes

The beginning of a dream within reality...It all started exactly a month ago from today...

It began when the ordinary me...took a chance...a step forward.

And from that day, little by little...

I began to change.

That me from so long ago...now sleeps within.

May she never need to be awaken.

Sweet dreams,

my little Snow Princess...

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To you who warm my hands in the cold,
To you who sheltered me from the rain,
To you who love me for who I am,
To you who let me dream again,
I give my love.

-from P.L to Y.H-

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Here's to a wonderful 1st month...

Reminiscence...

This is Kris Philips, also known as Fei Xiang 费翔.
I think he has the 2nd most beautiful set of eyes and an almost perfect smile.
The most beautiful set of eyes belong to Gackt Camui.

I'm not exactly a fan of opera but...these kinda songs really bring a warm fuzzy feeling once in awhile...memories of childhood perhaps?

Kris Phillips (Fei Xiang) Any Dream Will Do


Kris Phillips (Fei Xiang) The Music Of The Night