Japan Day 2012 in Düsseldorf ♥

 Hi there (^-^)v ♪
Two days ago on the 02.06.12 I was at my favourite event of the year !

It was 'Japan Day' in my beloved town Düsseldorf ♥
This special festival takes place each year in this town, as
there is a huge japanese community.

One out of four Japanese people who live in germany lives in Düsseldorf.
300 japanese companies are located in Düsseldorf.

There is even a japanese international school.

You see, Japan is a huge part of the daily life in Düsseldorf.
The economy and  the cultural live are influenced a lot by Japan.
There is even a big shopping street with lots of japanese shops who sell food, daily items and cute things from Japan.

We are lucky...as there are even some Purikura machines ^^

And of course, the Taiwanese Bubble Tea which everyone loves
is sold there as well !
I went to Düsseldorf by train together with my love ♥
We arrived there at 12 o'clock , so we had lots of time that day.

We walked so much ! I was happy when I could rest a few minutes,
but never too long as there was so much to see *-*

[ found on : Shosen Ningen ]

Nya ~♪
I'd also like to mention that I tried out a new shade of blue this time for my hair colour. In the last entry my hair was dyed with 'lagoon blue' by Directions, now it's dyed with 'turquoise' also by Directions.
The pink shade is 'carnation pink' (Directions).
I always mix the colours a little with a mixture of silver shampoo and conditioner to make it lighter, and to avoid that the pink gets a tinge of orange or the blue gets a tinge of green.

This is by the way how I dressed up for the
performance of the Band Nuclear Sun
in which my boyfriend sings. They performed at 'That's live'

a music festival in Borken ( a small town in Germany ) on the
first of June. If you like Nu Metal or just great music,
you need to check out their facebook page ! ♪

♥ My honey :
(he's holding a balloon which was given away by the 'Lufthansa'
for free...I wanted him to get one so I could hold 2 later on *.* hihi)

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 Does anyone remember that bow from a past entry ?
I made it myself, out of a package in which another bow was wrapped in
^o^

Hatsune Miku blue  ~♪

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Back to the Japan Day 2012.
I also met lots of nice gorgeous people there ♥
I was so happy I could meet the Diadem Twinz again *-*
You always look so gorgeous ! ♥

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 And with Momoko Tendou ♥ Gosh you all have such awesome hair girls !♥

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I'm very happy that I also met Sui Princess again ♥
She always looks so lovely, she's a really great inspiration *-*

Jenny-Jinya and me *-*
Doesn't she look super sweet ! I was stunned by her cute

outfit and accessories ♥

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Well, I must admit the next photo is my personal favourite of all photos ...
I mean how AWESOME can it get ?! :D
I managed it to catch Finn of the series 'Adventure Time'

which is my favourite cartoon !
WHAT TIME IS IT  ? :O

\(^O^)/   -> ( me )
Haha, I look so derpy, but well this is the life of an adventurer,
you fight and do epic shit, there is no time to mind how you look !
Important is that you always have fun ♥ 

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When I walked along the Rhein riverside I also met

Kai Yoshida ~ yayy \(^-^)/
( He's always got such cool hair ! )

ｖ(⌒ｏ⌒)ｖ

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I also met Vicky and Josy again, they're such sweet Fairy Kei girls ! ♥
I love their outfits *-*

 You might have noticed I wore two different dresses that day,
I changed later on in our Hotel as it was really hot and I wanted to wear something comfortable while watching the grand display of fireworks in the evening.
It's amazing how many people you meet at the Japan Day !
I even met 2 adorable girls who live in my town ♥
Mayumi and Keke-chan
They wrote me a really adorable letter when I got 19 and finished school

a few weeks ago ♥ I wrote about it in my 'Birthday entry'
I wish I looked that sweet at such a young age !!
Adorable ♥

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In the evening when we got us a place on the big meadow at the riverside of the Rhein to watch the fireworks later on I also met
Buki Yijung ♥
She's so pretty *-* ( & her hair !)

It's nice to know there are some other girls who had to fight and

learn a lot the past few weeks because of the final exams ;D ♥

Tomorrow the grades will be announced,
I'll keep my fingers crossed for everyone ! ♥

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I also met Debbie and her boyfriend again \(^-^)/

Haha, the poor boyfriends don't appear on all those pictures >.<(mine used to take the photos so he's not on it) *pat pat* ♥
Don't you worry ^^
She won the 3. place at the Cosplay contest at the YUKON
I wrote about in this entry 
( I was one of the judges there, remember ? ^^)

 She has got a balloon from the 'Lufthansa'
that made me want to have one too ! ^o^

Who doesn't want to get a free balloon , they are pure happiness !
Like Pinkie Pie always advises ♥
Balloons are the best things and make you smile ^-^

So my boyfriend and I went to get one as well :

 Even Naruto is waiting politely to get his free balloon , see ? ;)

Finally I got mine ♥

Later on my boyfriend and me let our balloons fly away

I whished for something ♥ And told him he should do the same ^^
I guess you don't do that when you let balloons fly,

axcept you tie a paper with your wish written on it to it.
But whatever...I think that's still alright ^^
I hope our wishes come true ...I know mine will some day ...♥
I also just had to buy some japanese water yoyos !

I absolutely love them ! I get some each Japan Day.
Such pretty little things *-* and you can play with them like

you do with a yoyo.
The transparent one is mine and the pink one is for my dear friend

Theresa who couldn't come along with us ♥

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I also met Usai ♥

The sweet girl who tagged me in a former entry to answer some questions.
She is such a cute 'sweet Lolita'. I love your outfit Usai ! ♥

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Another adorable girl I met is Geri ♥
I know her via internet since a long time, I also took

some pictures with her at the Japan Day 2010.
I guess she doesn't know anymore ...but I must confess she

is the one who told me what a convention is ! And similar stuff ^^

I wrote her when I was about 13/14 (oh my gosh it really is that long ago !
can you believe it ?) and asked her some questions I had when I was
rather new to the whole 'Japan-fashion scene'.
Jap~ now its out :O
I was happy to see you again ♥
You know I'll always think of Misa Amane when I see you
( because of your former cosplay ^^)

nyan ~♪

 Japan Day 2010 :

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Tohya ! I was so happy to see you again ♥

Last time we meet was at the Kabuki RockStyle in Bochum,
remember ? ♪ You looked so cute !
I really need to get a Kigurumi too ^o^ ♥

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I also saw some cute Decora girls ♥
This was the style which was my first inspiration when I was 13.
I'm still in love with it and my heart races everytime I see a cute little

Decora girl ♪
I really should just try it out again soon for some photos :O

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And last but not least I met my friend Mike
who walked around in a Morphsuit^^
There is even a video about it !
Haha, some people have to care for the day to be special and fun ! 

 Japan Day 2012 Morphsuit

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Of course I also met lots of other people, but didn't take
a picture with everybody. If you are one of them :
I'm very happy that I could meet you ♥♥
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Now I'd like to show you the location a little.
This is the huge stairway at the riverside of the Rhein :

 It's a nice place to sit and you ave a good overview.

My boyfriend and I sat there for a while and ate some Peanut Mochis
and drank cold green tea ♥

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This is the stage on wich lots of performances were done
and on which the major of Düsseldorf Dirk Elbers,
Shunichi Matsui, Governor Kensaku Morita and
consul general Kiyoshi Koinuma held the opening speeches
for the festival.

The one with the red tie is the major of Düsseldorf ^^

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The speeches and the performances ( japanese traditionell music etc. )

were also shown on this huge screen :

Hihi, and guess what happend ...!As the cameraman sometimes filmed the crowd, we weren't just

filmed in the crowd, suddenly my boyfriend saw us

in the focus of the camera on the big screen ! 

But we didn't photograph that because it would have ruined the picture of the nice cameraman ^^

We were even shown in focus on the big screen a second time !
When that happened my boyfriend suddenly kissed me ♥
Hihi, I like such moments ~ It makes you think you're in a movie ^^

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Along the riverside of the Rhein where lots of tents with work shops for Ikebana, japanese items to buy, information abaout japan and a lot more.

[ the sign says : Information abaout japanese culture ]

You could by so many cute things ! ♥

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I also bought something. A plush bagpack which looks like

Mokona ( Clamp ).
I love things which are cute and practical at the same time *-*

You could even try on Kimonos there and buy one or a Yukata ^^

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There you can see the river Rhein :

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Some japanese drummers :

( I like to watch them and listen to them so much *-* )

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We also walked around a little bit in Düsseldorf ^^

And ate something at a bakery.

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In the evening we wanted to see the fireworks so we took the plush strawberry with us, because it's also a blanket if you open up a zipper on it !

( Jap ~ we also brought along my companion cube ♥ )

 [ just our hotel room , nothing special ^^ ]

Then we sat down on a meadow and waited for a romantic sunset ♥

 And then finally the firewors display began ! ♥

I had seen it before but it was again breath taking.
The motto of the fireworks this year was " 200 years Grimm's fairy tales "

My boyfriend and I were just stunned *-*
CHU ♥ ＤＥＥＰ (*￣(^　*) ＫＩＳＳ！
The golden rain like firework was my favourite one ♥

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There were also hearts and some cute smilie faces.

My heart startet racing so fast ! I was deeply impressed
and so happy I could enjoy that moment with my love :3

This is the whole fireworks display in very good quality ♥
Enjoy ♪

Neko's Music 

• This is one of the cutest Hatsune Miku songs ever ♥
My boyfriend showed it to me *-*
It fills you with such pure happiness ~
【初音ミクSoft】　アイロニ　【オリジナル曲PV付】

And a very lovely song I love listening to when going to bed.The lyrics are almost the most enchanting words I ever heared.♥ Taskless Sheep - Whenever you dream ♥

Big Medley - Taskless Sheep and Halfquake Amen

And a new tune by Virtual Riot 

If you like Dubstep you gotta hear this ^^
Virtual Riot- So baked

Have a nice day 

nyan (^-^)v ~♪

Healthy eating tips, caring for the world & my garden ♥

 Hi there (^-^)v ♪
At the moment I'm enjoying the summer weather a lot and do lots of things with my dear friends.
A few days ago I tried out a Hime Gyaru inspired hairdo, you

can see on the picture above ^^

Haha, sorry and again I still wear my Sennheiser earphones like I did in some other pictures before...
I can't stop listening to music just because I go outside.

Today my mother woke me up with a surprise she had for me *-*

She ordered a T-shirt for me and got herself the same one ♥

It is just too cute *O* 

It makes me so happy ♥
My mother needs to bear the fact that she's the person

to whom I let out all my worries and negative thoughts I have 

thinking of the condition of the world.

On some days I just come crying to my mother because I'm so desperate about everything bad which happens in the world.

(Yes also Neko can be sad somethimes)
But my mother always tells me about all the good people and organisations there are, that keep on trying to make the world a better place.

She really saved my whole attitude since childhood ♥

She taught me to be optimistic no matter what and to look for the good things in the world.

There are so many horrible things on this earth I could start crying right now
(that's why I wont start listing everything), 

but my mother taught me to pay attention to all the amazing people who

devote themselves to good matters and to take them as role model.

Pessimists say : 
 • You can not save all the animals.
• You can not save all humans.

• You can not save the whole world.
• Only you alone won't make a difference

This might be true, but should one stop trying at all because of this ?Certainly not !
I as an Optimist say :• Each animal you save has deserved it ! And will live on happily
(you can argue about the happiness of animals, but it's a fact that they try to avoid suffering and therefor shouldn't be forced to suffer.
PAIN IS PAIN- no matter how intelligent the creature is.)• You can't save everyone but you can try your best to
support others and make them happy.
I think if you can even help 1 person/animal it's a huge thing ♥There are big ways like joining organisations, or working as a supporting person (like doctors in the 3rd world ) or donating etc.or small ways like making sad people happy during daily life.I think any attempt to help others is a great thing and never
for nothing ! You can't imagine how big your influence on others can be.
So be considerate ♥
• You can not save the whole world, but you can do your best to save as much of it as possible !
• You are not alone ! There are more people caring than you think.

Furthermore if someone tells me : "You don't make any difference"I can only answer : " But that's still no reason to support bad things,
I don't want to be a part of the harming or ignorant people I want to be a
caring person. I feel better when I do the right thing.It makes me happy."Back to the T-shirt ^-^
The cotton it's made of is pure and comes from
controlled, natural & biologic cultivation.

No chemicals were used.

[ the sign is in german ]

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I took this picture yesterday in our garden. It was raining but still very warm
I also uploaded it to my tumblr. ^^
I updated my layout today ~ feel free to follow me ♥

From time to time people ask me what I eat and if I care for healthy food,
as I look rather thin (I'm average I guess).

So I'd like to speak a little bit about healthy eating ♥

I already wrote an entry over a year ago about 

'Japanese diet' 
(but back then I wasn't vegetarian)

I'll share some eating habits of mine with you^^In my opinion it's not true to say "Oh she's one of the persons who can just shovel in the food without gaining weight."
This creates the wrong image !
It is true that the metabolism and translation of the energy of some food

is different from person to person.
You can see that in lots of documentarys, like this one :

"Why are thin people not fat ? BBC "

You should watch the whole documentary, you'll be able to form

a considered opinion about this topic.

Even though some people are more likely to get overweight

in the end obese people all do some mistakes due to healthy living.

People who really suffer from drastic genetic defects and get obese because of that are a minority.

So what to do ?

• Do sports & exercise
if you can't because of your condition at least walk as much as you can, take the stairs instead of the elevator or go swimming
(it doesn't strain the joints). You don't have to become a sports maniac but at least get your body moving ♥ You'll feel a lot better.

Speaking of myself, I danced 7 years ( Ballet & modern dance )
and only took a break now because of my final exams.

I'll definetily start again when I've moved to the town of my university.
I go by bike a lot and am generally a lively girl.
• Eat healthy & enough !

Starvation may bring success due to weight loss, but most people who have experiences with it know it never lasts long  and is unhealthy.

I did 'therapeutic fastig' from time to time in the past and I must say I always felt weak and bad.
Now I try to find out lots of information about all the different kinds of food and which food gives which benefits to my body ♥

You need to eat lots of different things to give your body everything it needs.

You want hard nails ? Long hair ? Nice skin ?

Then eat well ♥

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The internet provides all the information you need :

PETA guide for Vegetarian/Vegan living

http://www.vrg.org/nutrition/

http://www.veggieglobal.com/nutrition/

There are also lots of nutritional pyramids, just google it.
The information is awaiting you.This is another point, eating healthy means
gathering information !  Know what you eat.
It shure isn't the lazy way but it's the healthier way.

• Don't panic or pressure yourself !

This is another advice I want to give you, don't panic if you eat junkfood or candy sometimes.
It's okay to eat and it is okay to eat sweets from time to time, maybe even more than that. I eat chocolate each day. But sometimes more sometimes less but always at least 1 bar. Why ?
It makes me happy, chocolate actually makes you happy.

That there are ingredients in it which effect our brains is a myth but it's
still true that most people become happy because of chocolate.
why ? Here's the answer :

Schokolade - Quarks & co 
( sry it's in german ! )

I'll summ up everything they said shortly for my english readers :
They did scientific research so they really tell you the facts.

In chocolate there is NO substance which effects our brain (it's a myth !)
BUT most people associate happy thoughts with chocolate as they remember eating it on good days/in good situations.
Your brain releases Dopamin, a happiness hormone 

NOT because it's in the chocolate but because you like the food and
associate good things with it.
So this also tells us if people hate chocolate they don't get happy from it.
We get happy because of food we like. This happen to be sweets most of the time.
I can tell you from my own experiences, yes this is true.
I use to eat 1 chocolate bar before going to sleep
(which actually is not good !)
but I get happy from doing that (I don't like going to sleep)and I'm still thin as I don't eat chocolate bars all day.
What did we learn now ?
The most important thing is that you are happy.
Starvation won't give you that even tough you or some people who suffer from anorexia might think that. BUT you should remember not to eat more calories that you are burning a day !
Eating balanced is the answer, don't starve and don't stuff.

• Replace some unhealthy sweets with healthy ones.
I use to eat strawberries instead of shugar stuff etc. ♥

I take the Japanese people as role model, their sweets are mostly

healthy fruits or contain green tea and so on.
I learned this in the 'Japanese diet' video I already postet on my blog.

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 A few years ago I found the best web page about eating healthy.

You can have a weight diary there and it gives you information all around the 

topic food ! There are huge lists of food and it's nutrition value.
I think every possible question you can have can be answered there ♥
http://fddb.info/
(you can change the language in : German, English or French )

• Watch your BMI (Body Mass Index)
You know you are living and eating healthy if your BMI is okay.
You can calculate your BMI if you search for a "BMI calculator" on google.
or like this :



m : your weight
l^2 : your size doubledWhen you have your BMI you can look at a scale which tells you if you are healty or not.
Green is perfect above it is overweight and under it underweight.



And what's with Neko ?
Well I guess I should act like a role model and not make a big secret of my own weight while giving nutrition tips.
I'm very tall : 1,78 cm  and weight :  60 kg
So my BMI is 19  (normal weight)

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Now I'll show you my favourite food (at the moment).

It's a 'self made soup ...really simple but great ^^
I like it as it's :
• FAST
 • Heathly

• makes you very sated
• and of course is tasty


You need :
• Bouillon
  • 1 tomato

    • 1/2 onion
• cheese

How to make it :

Boil up water. Cut the tomato in little cubes, do the same with the onion.
Put 2 tea spoons of the Buillon in a bowl and add the tomato & onion cubes.You need to figure out yourself how many onion cubes you like , I like
a lot of them so I use a half onion.
After all that put small cheese slices on top of everything.
(sorry it's not vegan...you can find vegan cheese-replacement if you like)
Then add the hot water and carefully mix everything a little.
Enjoy ♥
This is the Bio Bouillon I use :

 Hildegard von Bingen,
also known as Saint Hildegard was a German writer, composer, philosopher, Christian mystic, Benedictine abbess, visionary and polymath.  
She wrote theological, botanical and medicinal texts.

This Bouillon is developed according to recommandations of Hildegard von Bingen.

 [ it's vegan ]

[Sorry, it's german]

Per 250 ml it has got 13 kcal

I also use the Bio herbal salt by Hildegard von Bingen :

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Something sweet I really love to eat is this yoghurt :

This works for me like chocolate.I associate lots of happy
moments/feelings with it. Do you also know this ?
Linking a certain food to a certain feeling/memory ? 

 and my very last tip for you :
• eat slowly 
It takes some time until your brain realizes that you're eating

and that you are sated.
I also like to eat very small portions that way I can eat longer but still a small amount of food.
For example cut a Banana or two in little slices and put them in a bowl.
Then you can eat them with a fork while sitting in front of the
computer or what ever (I love eating in front of the PC ;_;
It's a bad habit but I can trick myself quite well ! :D )
  Better than chips ~ I can tell you.
Or eat lots of crispbread if you just want to eat because of boredom
and can not stand the need ^^

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Yesterday I finally found the motivation to do my nails again :

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 This is very simple ^^
I just did a sublayer with pink nail polish :

P2
 1. lovely moment (130)
2. make me gorgeous (010)

Then I put this stickers by essence on my nails 

and made another layer above them with the transparent topcoat.

 Are you enjoying the summer weather at the moment as well ?
Lots of people are also complaining it's too hot,

but I am in love with such hot weather ♥
I'm outside as much as possible at the moment and also

hang in our garden ~ alone or with my boyfriend ♥
So I took some snapshots of our garden during the lovely weather for you.
I took this photo while a warm summer rain :

I love lying on the grass *-*
 The sun is shining on our little daisies :

A Peony in the summer rain :

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Forget-me-not ♥

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 A little way in our garden 

It always kinda reminds me of an enchanted forest ♪

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If you spend the whole day in the sunlight you also need suncream^^

I personally want to keep my pale/light skin ♥
I'd hate it to be tanned (everybody has it's own taste).
But furthermore there is a fact even sunlovers must admit :
sunbathing is unhealthy due to the UV rays.
Every Dermatologist will tell you that. So be careful in the sun.
I have another issue concerning health which is why I have to protect my skin from the sun. (I had a malignant melanoma, but luckily it was identified in a very early stage.Which is quite unusual but I was very worried so I went to the Doctor and let him check. After that I had 2 surgeries on my arm.
This happened about 4 years ago. I'm all healthy today ♥
I only have to protect my skin from the sun and I need to go to a Dermatologist for precaution more often than regular people.)After reading this you might understand a little why I sometimes really
hate it when people go tanning regardless of their health.
No matter what you say there is a chance you could die o_o
I never sunbathed etc. but still got this illness.Maybe that's life ...you need to have humor ^^
But please think about what you're doing.
I also love looking at some Gyaru beauties which are tanned,
I hope they are careful & don't overdo it ♥
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 Neko's Music :


• Crystal Drop, Bunjee & Virtual Riot - Never Let You Go

♥ Lyrics :
•
• Crystal Drop, Bunjee & Virtual Riot - Never Let You Go

As the stars come out, I'm taking you with me,
Under the velvet sky I never felt so free.
I'm lying next to you were both lost in the flow,
I will hold on to you so you can never go.

Two great songs my dear friend Theresa showed me :
• Supercell- Fell so good

• Supercell- Perfect day ♥

And a lovely Dubstep remix my boyfriend and I listened to on a warm summer's  night ♥
• Blue Foundation- Eyes on fire (Zeds dead remix)

At the moment I also listen a lot to the soundtrack of
a very cute little flash game called Sushi cat ♥

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Have a nice day !

Bye bye (^-^)v nyan ~♪