YeinJee's Asian Journal

Malaysian otakus had made an epic hunt on New Year Eve for Japanese star Aya Hirano when it was discovered that the popular seiyu (voice actress) was in Kuala Lumpur for some filming and photo-shooting.

The news was broke loose by a blogger and passed on to various forums, including the popular LYN which prompted the hectic ‘hunt’ for her where-about via the photos she posted on her online diary.

While most of the forum comments were made for the lulz; some of the folks seemed to take the manhunt a bit too seriously… regardless, the search ended hours later when it was found out that Hirano was already back to Japan when the search party was started… lol, an epic fail which provides the final bit of 2008 entertainment for Malaysian netizens.

On side note, that’s a really cute picture of Aya Hirano in a traditional Malay costume. Forget about bikinis… do more traditional stuff instead :)

Some old photos of KL International Motor Show (KLIMS 06) in May 2006 at Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC), Kuala Lumpur. The main attraction that got me to the auto show was the ASIMO robot from Honda… that alone was worth the visit.

I was expecting more exotic cars, but most of the engines were common models that could be found in normal show rooms… so it’s a bit disappointing in that sense; or perhaps I was asking too much instead.

Another main attraction for KLIMS was the showgirls; lots of the guys were obviously going for the models instead of the automobiles… and I guess most of them would be pretty happy with the visit.

Read the rest of this post »