If you’re looking for a fun holiday or weekend away with friends then London should definitely be near the top of your list, especially if you are looking to splash some money around and enjoy the finer things in life. If you require some more affordable, but none the less luxurious accommodation, then hoteliers such as Millennium Hotels are a good option, with locations scattered across London in some of its most exclusive areas.

To fully explore the city staying in a central location is a must; the city is so vast that you can use it as a base from which to dart about on the (usually reliable) underground transport network.  What’s more, with the summer Olympics and Queen’s Jubilee both set to take place in 2012, there really has never been a better time to visit.

Here are some of the top attractions to visit on any break in London;

1. Possibly the best place to start a lavish holiday would be in a swanky Mayfair hotel London from the likes of Millennium Hotels, which often include some of the finest dining opportunities. The sheer variety and quality of food available is world class and unbeatable.  Claridge’s is probably the most iconic hotel in Mayfair, and their afternoon teas are simply irresistible.
2. Kensington is home to some of the finest museums in the world including the Natural History Museum, Science Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum each a home to history, science art and culture.
3. Chelsea has some of the finest shopping in the world available with many top brands represented in the shopping areas of King’s Road and High Street Kensington, not to mention the world famous Harrods department store.
4. The Royal Albert Hall (pictured) often hosts the world’s biggest and most popular musical and cultural talent, with acts ranging from world renowned artists to comedians, operas and plays. No matter when you visit the Royal Albert Hall there is always something incredible happening there.
   

   Royal Albert Hall courtesy of Edwin.11

5. If you are seeking an evening’s entertainment then head to the West End to catch a play or musical; We Will Rock You, Billy Eliot and Les Miserables are three of the most popular. Just remember to book your tickets in advance through your hotel or online; ticket prices for the top London shows command a big premium when purchased at the last minute.
6. Visit the Olympic Park in Stratford.  The London Olympics run from 27th July to 12th August.  Even if you’re visiting before the Games kick off you’ll still be able to experience some of the Olympic Spirit by paying a visit to the site.  What’s more, with London set to be on show to the rest of the world, many of the city’s parks and open spaces have been done up in preparation; Victoria Park in London’s east end is one popular open space to benefit.

People of the dark streets arise! Elysian Dark Fest [Duo] is coming!

For those who didn't know, Elysian Square Dark Fest is a quarterly held dark music festival. I've been to the first one, and here's my spooky tales of that happened that night, for those interested.

On to this quarter's dark fest, the line ups are:
PREDICATE NOT DEFINED (MALAYSIA)
MR BONES AND THE BONEYARD CIRCUS
BLOODSHEDD
ANCIENT WARLORD
SKIES OF EMBER
ODE TO LA LUNA
OMORFIA
PATALIM

The this current lineup, the only bands that I've heard of are Mr. Bones and the Boneyard Circus and Skies of Ember, of which both are really good AND both have super hottie frontmans. XD

Oh and if you're also a fan/following any band/s from Crystella Records such as Anhura, Oremuz, Sanctus, Serenus, High in Mist etc., you get to see them there too!

Event will be held on May 26, 2012 at  Barbaric @ Club Z, 8122-A Dr. A. Santos Avenue, San Dionisio, Sucat Pranaque City.

Gates open at 7:00PM, tickets are PHP 250.00 each and are available at the following:

TICKET HOTLINES:
02-5476958
0927-4512468

ONLINE & OFFLINE TICKETS SALES PER LBC, VISA + MASTERCARD, PROCEED BELOW:
http://www.facebook.com/elysiandarkfest/app_170308916356703

OR TICKET PRESALE THRU EVENTBRITE.COM, PROCEED BELOW:
http://elysiandarkfestduo.eventbrite.com/ (payment via credit card)

Medias & Supporters are:
Morbid Tattoo, Oi Attack!, Jojo A. (All The Way), GigsManila.com, Saron Production, Manila Bloggers Network, Rakista.com, Pulp, DB Radio365, Onlypinoy.com, Inggos Grill, Rakista Radio, Mingi Ltd., TFHM Production, Bandstand, Club Z Barbaric, A&J Ads Solution.

Posters, Flyers & Tickets Offset Printing:
Flyerfish GmbH, Max-Born-Straße 2, 72622 Nürtingen, Germany

This exclusive production © 2012 by Crysella Records, a division of Mingi Label Group Ltd., incorporated and registered in England & Wales (EU No.# 06743287)

Again, friends, if you're coming, let me know!

So I got myself a The Avengers Mug form Jollibee last night. To be honest, I was a little disappointed with it because the mug is made of hard plastic instead of a ceramic one. Although, on the bright side of it, it's a thermochromic mug.

This is how it looks normally:

This is how it looks when it's hot:

Oh and this last piece at the back of it is a beauty!

The Jollibee The Avengers Mug cost PHP 55.00 at any Jollibee stores when you buy the regular YUM burger of any type of sandwich, I think.

PS:
I was told that Petron also has The Avenger Tumblers, but I'm not interested in that.

I turned 27 today. Thank you for all those who greeted me at twitter, facebook, and plurk, as well as those who sent me emails and birthday signs. I gave up making birthday wishes because they don't really come true, for whatever reasons.

Here's what I got today on my birthday!

I got cupcakes from my friend Jepoy, the day before. Today is his grandmother's birthday too, happy birthday!

Then on exactly 12 AM, I got a blueberry cheesecake from my younger brother and his girlfriend, Donna. While everyone sang me the happy birthday song. I have a cheesy family. XD

The next day, we went to the mall to hang out together and get Mochi, our Shih Tsu, groomed. I told them I'm going to get a haircut too, for a change. Then, we went to Tony & Jackey again. My older brother is very particular with his hair, and Tony & Jackey is his current favorite salon. Before, he only gets his hair cut at James Cooper. He's very picky with the hair dresser too.

Tada! Btw, I like the Korean guy who cut my hair. He has this ore-sama feel in him, which I like, and he's very meticulous with things.

When we're about to leave, my mom gave me this as gift. They're very pretty and comfy! I don't have qualms with the fact that they're children's shoes. :3

And lastly, we ate at my favorite Japanese restaurant, Sempai, somewhere along Friendship Avenue. Of course, my order is always Unagi Kabayaki! x3

Last week, my older brother bought us a nail polish called Dear Rus. The sales lady told him that it's a color changing nail polish. He was so intrigued by it and bought it. He told me to put them on and try if it really does change colors.

Earlier this afternoon, our manicurist came over and I had it put on me. And guess what? It does change colors!

I went and dipped my nails in our freezer to test if it really does change colors.

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Yeah, I'm doing one for the love of the goth scene! Not exactly a detailed one though.

So, last Saturday evening, we went to the very first Elysian Square Dark Fest. I went with Jepoy, Glen and Ivy, though none of them are particularly into the goth scene as much as I do. I didn't get to mingle around and disturbing people much because I was tired from an entire day of photo shoot that we did that day, on which, I shall post about in a later day.

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As of today, I'm about to shut down our last remaining download server. Thus, I'm officially announcing our group's disbandment.

Though we're technically an inactive group for a while, I still kept the files open for download. But I'm unable to keep maintaining this anymore, so I finally decided to let it go.

Samael, our 2nd download server, will be shut down early evening today. This is the last one from our download servers, forums, trackers that were left to be shut down. Our releases are still out there, somewhere. You can get them from manga download sites like Batoto and StopTazmo or you can download them below.

On behalf of the entire Kawaii Heavens team, I'm thanking everyone who helped us out and supported us through the years!

xoxo,
Euri

Downloads

You can download our old releases from my personal cloud storage accounts folder (below). They have limited bandwidth so please don't abuse them.

• MediaFire
• Box.net

When you finished downloading, please leave me a note?

A few days back, I blogged about my new Samsung Galaxy W and what I like and do not like about it. This time, I'll be sharing the first batch of Andoid apps I installed and recommend.

Useful Apps:

• GO Launcher EX – It's a launcher to change themes and such, I'm very particular about themes.
• GO SMS Pro – It's an app my friends suggested and use. It makes sending SMS more interesting. You can change themes too, and it also has a chat (requires internet access) but it slows down your phone, doesn't connect right most of the time, and sometimes hangs up your phone.
• App 2 SD – It helps you to move your apps to SD cards easier so your mobile doesn't run out of space.
• QR Droid – It lets you scan QR codes. I have a habit of scanning random QR codes when I see them. Sometimes, I find interesting stuff when I do.
• TweetDeck – Though there are tons of Twitter apps out there, I opt to go with the official one, with more functions than the default app.
• Facebook for Android – Also the official one.
• Tiny Flashlight + LED – It'll come in handy, promise.
• Viber – This is one of my favorites. This app is for exchanging stupid text messages with friends the VOIP way! This is way better than the always fucking up Skype app. I can chat with my friends from other countries using this, as long as I know their mobile numbers. The only thing I do not like about it is that you can't log off it for whatever reason. If you choose not to receive message from it, the only option you got is to 'Deactivate' your account. Also, you can't send text messages to people who's not added on your phonebook, but you can call them.
• Dropbox – Yes, it has an app and you better check it out. Although, when you install this app and logged in to your account, it will sync everything. My solution was to create a new Dropbox account and sync a particular folder it to my other Dropbox account.
• Green Power – It manages my WiFi to only connect at certain periods to sync emails and stuff and disconnect after. It also checks if the WiFi it's trying to connect to has good signal. If it's lower that the threshold you set, it disconnects. This way, you can save more battery.
• Camera 360 Ultimate – By far, the coolest free camera app I've encountered. It has lots of features like Retro, LOMO, Light Color B&W, etc. My favorite was the sketch. You can turn your image into a sketch!
• Camera ZOOM FX – It's the "best camera app for Android" according to a lot of sites. It has more features and options than Camera 360 Ultimate, though you need to download the other packs. It's great, but you have to pay for it. Although, it's really a money well spent kind of app.
• SoundHound – It's a really cool app that scans a song that you hear, say, along the way to work, and tells you the title and the artist with the lyrics of the song.

• Google Sky Map – It's a useless app, but I like it anyway. It shows you the stars, planets, etc. above you and stuff.
• Galaxy Tarot – The thing I like about this app is that you can pick your cards yourself and that the card is the classic set. It reads and translate your spread using tarotpedia. Though, I suggest you to just get this one instead of the other Galaxy Tarot Pro which is a paid one. The only difference it has with the paid one is that you can freely change the background image to whatever image you like including live wallpapers, which doesn't really have anything to do with the reading itself, and that the free one has ads.
• PocketDex Free – For some reason, this disappeared from the Market. But it's a complete PokeDex listing all the Pokemons, their complete stats including info like STR, DEF etc. and all the possible skills it can acquire.
• Androidify – It's an app made by Google to make your own Android avatar.

• TamaDroid - It's a tamagochi app. And not just any tamagochi app, the classic, pixelated one too!
• Field Runners HD – It's a game where you have to make different strategies to prevent soldiers, tanks, helicopters from going in your base.
• Monopoly – It's the classic game of Monopoly. This is my favorite childhood board game. You have to know this game, you have to! If you don't know this game, you're missing half your life. Like seriously.
• Uno – The same as above, it's the classic Uno game that you can bring wherever you go. Also one of my favorite games as a kid.
• Pacman – Of course, the classic game of Pacman. Maneuvering this apps controls is hard as shit, so I do not really play it. Except, perhaps those few days that I actually tried it and spend half a day figuring out how to best use it. Nonetheless, I need it in my apps drawer just for the vanity of having it.
• Pooyan – And my old time favorite FamiCom game, Pooyan. I actually play this every so often. There's also the Charlie Circus, but it's hard to catch the timing of Charlie's jumps. So I gave up on it after a while.

Fangs up, children of the dark! This February 25, 2012, Crysella Productions give us the very first Elysian Square Dark Fest (* updated event page here).

Elysian Square Dark Fest will be a quarterly held dark music festival. I'll be an event that caters both local and international bands.

For this quarter's lineup we have:
ROUGH HAUSEN
WYNKEN DELIRIUM
OREMUZ
ANHURA
SANCTUS
SERENUS
SWITCH
HIGH IN MIST

The blood feast will be held at Inggo's Grill, Bay Cruise Terminal CCP Complex, Roxas Blvd., Malate, Philippines. 

Hell's gates will open from 7:00 PM to 4:00 AM.

Tickets will be at 250PHP with a free beer.

More details of the event as follows:

Medias & Supporters:
Presonus.com, GigsManila.com, Sharon Production, Manila Bloggers Network, Rakista.com, Live, Pulp, DB Radio365, Shinto Records, Beat & Riffs, Onlypinoy.com, Inggos Grill, Rakista Radio, Mingi Ltd., TFHM Production. http://www.dbradio365.com/

Sounds & Lights:
Professional sounds and lights system provided by Mingi Label Group Ltd.

Posters, Flyers & Tickets Offset Printing:
Flyerfish GmbH, Max-Born-Straße 2, 72622 Nürtingen, Germany

For further information, TICKET RESERVATION and street team for flyers/posters, please contact:
label@mingi.co.uk
0927-4512468
http://www.crysella.tv/

This exclusive production © 2012 by Crysella Records, a division of Mingi Label Group Ltd., incorporated and registered in England & Wales (EU No.# 06743287)

I've known this event for a while. I'm just too lazy to blog about it. Anyway, bands in the first lineup are good. Oremuz, Sanctus and Anhura are great, to name a few of my favorites. This will be the second time I'll be hearing Rough Housen play since EDW 6. I couldn't always attend EDW due to the fact that it's held during Hallow's Eve and I could only skip a few times from visiting our family's graves. Elysian Square Dark Fest will give me more chance to attend dark gatherings, listen to more alluring dark music and hangout with old friends.

Friends, you know who you are, if anyone of you will be attending, growl over my mailbox will you?

--

Updates:

Tickets are available thru our network outlets nationwide:
Pasig, Mandaluyong, Cainta, Marikina, Taytay, Antipolo area text 0927-9062471
Las Pinas (SM Center @ SM Southmall) area text 0927-4512468
Madaluyong (SM Mega Mall) area text 0905-3401255
Quezon City (SM Bicutan) area text 0935-3718650
Alabang (Festival Mall) area text 0927-4512468
Paranaque (SM Sucat) area text 0927-4512468
and thru mailorder service via LBC.

GIVEAWAY UPDATES: FOR THE 1ST 100 EARLY BIRDS ATTENDEES AT THE VENUE. WE HAVE THESE FOR YOU:
1X ROUGH HAUSEN TOUR SHIRT
6X TORTURE GARDEN CD COMPILATION BY SHINTO RECORDS
10X ELYSIAN DARK FEST T-SHIRTS (HIGH QUALITY RUBBERISED)
3X ELYSIAN DARK FEST MOUSE PADS BY E&J ADS SOLUTIONS
30X ELYSIAN DARK FEST PINS BY E&J ADS SOLUTIONS
10X OREMUZ BAGS
10X OREMUZ CD-SINGLE PROMOS
10X SHEKHINAH ARTWORK POSTERS
10X ANHURA BAG TAGS
10X ANHURA PINS

PLS. SEE EVENT PAGE FOR MORE INFO:
http://www.facebook.com/events/139990322783413/

Like the sun and moon,
We both share the same light.
But you could shine on your own,
And I could only borrow your strength.

Like the sun and moon,
We both serve the world.
But people only loved your warmth,
And I could only reflect their sorrow.

Like the sun and moon,
We both rise and fall.
Though it would be only for a while,
I couldn't help but love your shine.

Like the sun and moon,
We're each at both ends of the world.
I could only glimpse at you from far apart.
And I know, we can never really touch.