Stand in ALL the lines, buy ALL the things!

September 21st, 2013

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This has been a very expensive week for me, but I can honestly say that it was worth it! GTA V, iPhone 5s and the Bower & Willkins P3 headphones are all mine, and I sure as hell am enjoying all of them. I’ll talk about my purchases in chronological order, so first up I would like to start with one of the best games (and definitely the most anticipated) of the year –

GTA V

The game was set out to come out at exactly 12am on the 17th of September. Naturally I preordered it, but then I also decided to go to the store at like 11:30pm to wait for the midnight release and pick it up straight away to get some gaming time before going to bed. I can say one thing, good thing I came 30 minutes early! I managed to get a spot at the front of the line (8th or 10th) thereby getting the game right away at 12 and heading home. The game cost $89 (which is the normal price for the standard edition of any console game in Australia).

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1 Сентября

September 1st, 2013

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1е сентября – международный день знаний, день, когда дети в первый раз идут в первый класс, день, когда ученики всех остальных классов вспоминают что каникулы кончились и что, блин… надо опять учиться.

Я хочу поздравить все моих друзей, кто еще в школе и моих одноклассников в универе (правда наш семестр уже начался месяц назад). В Австралии 1е сентября это не особенный день, но для меня – русского парня из Латвии, этот день всегда был и останется необычным.

Cherry Blossom Picnic Again

August 25th, 2013

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1 year ago my close friends Cindy and Sashin organized an event to see the cherry blossoms in Auburn (and I blogged about it). It was amazing, even though we were a bit late and most of the flowers have already finished blooming and had fallen, but we had lots of fun nevertheless. Well this year was even better!

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CHU-CHU-RUUU!!

August 14th, 2013

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So it seems that Thomas the Tank Engine is in Sydney Central station. My good friend Clara, blogged about it and she even had a video of the opening theme. Since we didn’t really have this show on TV when I was a kid, or maybe we did I just haven’t seen it, I can’t relate that well to my friends who are nostalgic about this. I do however know the story and premise.

So why make this post? Well, after listening to the OP again, it reminded me of a certain YouTube video. If you have seen the anime Steins;Gate then you would know that in ep 16 or so (maybe earlier, I don’t really remember) Mayushii and Okabe are in the subway at Akiba and then ……

* CAUTION SPOILERS! CONTINUE ONLY IF YOU HAVE SEEN THE ANIME *

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SMASH! 2013

August 11th, 2013

SMASH 2013

SMASH! – the Sydney Manga and Anime SHow is a convention happening every year in Sydney, and its goal is to celebrate the culture of Anime, Manga, Video games, and Cosplay. Saturday, August 10th 2013 at 9am the Sydney Exhibition Center Darling Harbour opened its doors for over 7000 pop culture fans from around Australia and even overseas. Aside from big companies like Madman and KingsComics smaller circles and clubs were given stalls to sell their own merchandise; Anime@UTS was no exception. We had badges, post cards, phone charms, even panda hats.

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Inspiring quote

July 14th, 2013

Eleanor Roosevelt photo

“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.”

既存メディアに影響したソーシャルメディア

July 12th, 2013

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UTS日本語授業の自由研究レポート：

既存メディアに影響したソーシャルメディア

– 序論

ティモシー・ジョン・バーナーズ＝リーは１９９０年にWold Wide Web (WWW)を考案し、ハイパーテキストシステムを実装・開発した人物である（ウィキペディア、2013）。 インターネットが普及する前はテレビや新聞やラジオのようなメディアからのみ最近のニュースや情報を得る事ができた。そしてインターネットが広がると同時に、情報を手に入れる方法も増加した。 その方法の一つはソーシャルメディアである。 現代社会では、人々は完全にインターネットに夢中になっている。

しかし、インターネットの開発とともにテレビやラジオや新聞などの既存メディアに対する興味が徐々に減少しており、若者層にFacebookやTwitterやブログのようなソーシャルメディアが流行っている。なぜなら、天気、スポーツ、ニュースなど、ありとあらゆる情報がインターネットでいつでも手に入れられるからである。その上ニュースサイトでは記事に対する自分の意見をコメントできるため、人々はこのような自分自身も意見を投稿できるウェブサイトを好むのではないだろうか。そのことを検証するためインタビューを行った。

本稿では、インタビューの結果によって得たデータを集め、他の研究者の記事を分析し私が予想する現象が起こっているかどうかを検証する。

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Our new Samsung 46F8500 TV

July 4th, 2013

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When I arrived back home and set foot in my house again after 3 years of being abroad, I could not help but notice the 12 year old TV in our living room. It was a Sony Trinitron and looked something like this, I dont have a picture of ours and we already gave it away. とにかく、it was old and outdated, a serious upgrade was required. Thankfully my dad was on my side on this one and so we set out to buy a new TV, yay!

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Vivid Sydney

June 13th, 2013

Vivid Sydney

So on the 5th of June, Saya accompanied me to go look at the Vivid light show in Circular Quay and Darling Harbour.

This is the third time I’ve visited the festival, and wow I can say it amazes me how many different colours and designs and animations they can make and project onto the buildings. What can I say it looks amazing.

Pictures speak louder then words:

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Visiting the capital

June 13th, 2013

parliament house

I have been living in Australia for almost 3 years now, but I have never been to the capital! *shock* So I decided that now, right before exams, would be the perfect time to go visit this small city. And what fun is it to go alone… So of course I went there together with my girlfriend at the time – Saya.

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