Too bad it isn’t summer yet… it was actually raining when we had the soumen. SAMS seems to be having out of season Japanese activities this few weeks^^ Nagashi soumen, as the Japanese like to do in summer, involves flowing white noodles down a shoot of bamboo in ice cold water. You try to catch the flowing noodles with a pair of chopsticks, and what you catch is dunked into a fish-soy-mirin based sauce and eaten.

Before I continue, here’s a webpage on how to have your own nagashi soumen: http://toyohara.com/inaka/somen-e.htm. The effort of cutting the bamboo was… well, a LOT. Thanks to everyone who took time to help and prepare!

Edit: Due to requests, I’ll put up the steps to have your own nagashi soumen party.

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Tsuruya-san is my favourite character in The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi. She lols so much that most of the time I lol together as well. Laughter is infectious and a great medicine indeed. So, what does Max Factory have to offer over Alter’s Tsuruya-san? I prefer this version a lot, as I see a figure which resembles closely to what her anime counterpart feels like: energetic and great at flaunting her assets - whether it’s her fang, her laughter or her marketing skills o.O

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Busy with studies, busy with SAMS, busy building my new computer XD Did not preorder Minorin’s Melty tale storage First Press… D:

Will post something very soon. Give me time to write something.

Before then, here’s a simple question to keep you guys busy: 2D or 3D?

I’ll be greedy and say I’ll have both and much more