Ruki is still alive: Aria pilgrimage, Japan trip planning, laziness.
Posted in Random Concepts on Jul 2nd, 2008 By Runningkid

Right now I am in Hong Kong and without a PC of my own it is difficult to get certain things done. Of course watching anime and blogging are included. So instead I’ve been doing some shopping for art books and manga, so far I’ve bought a few art books by Range Murata and the three Macross Frontier sound tracks. I also managed to join Luppus and GC on their spending spree and just chilling out (or for GC, intense battles with others in the gundam simulation pods) at the arcades. Aria and Shana expenditure is zero at the moment, simply because I will be heading to Japan soon, so I’ll save it for then.
As for the Japan trip, I haven’t planned it that much yet (this is starting to become a bad habbit). I have arranged a meeting with Bangin, he is going to show me around Akiba and where I can spend all my cash. So if I get kidnapped you’ll know who did it! I jest (joke). Thank you in advance, Bangin, for agreeing to meet me, I look forward to it. I also sent Danny Choo an email for some location recommendations, but I am guessing it never reached him due to the millions of other mails he recieves everyday. So, same as my Venice visit, if you have any recommendations as to where to go, please leave a comment becasue I am too lazy.
And finally, something about the Aria Pilgrimage. It seems that I am not the only one going to Venice under the influence of Aria, Nekosasu is apparently heading off in just a few days. So good luck to him and hopefully he is more prepared than I was (only had 1 hour before my flight to plan, you can probably guess why, I was lazy busy). As for my entries for this trip I’ve made a few weeks back, it’s coming… slowly but it is. I had taken my first look at the photos I took in Venice this morning and I’ve started picking out some of the nicer ones since a good proportion of them are blurred due to my inability to use the camera. Anyways, enough crap from me, here are some taster photos from my Aria pilgrimage.

It wasn’t untill I was taking the photo that I realised how tall the tower actaully is, even with a wide angle shot I struggled.

my parents decided to pop into my Aria scene reference photo… great.
That is it for now, PC too slow to put any more photos together.
P.S - Look what I’ve got! I’ll blog more about it later…

Signed by the man himself. Only one of these are mine since I got my friend to get it for me. The other two are his.
oh hey, that’s cool! And I was wondering where you disappeared too!
Woah, these reference photos are great. When I was in Venice, I was totally not able to take these kinds of shots because it’s been over a year since I last watched an Aria episode O.o
Looking forward to more photos of Venice and a more detailed report on your trip there.
oh sheet!
it’s THE RUNNING KID!!
did you run into Alicia yet?
RAWR! I can’t wait to go to Venice…. 7 days, ARGH I CAN’T…. WAIT…
Ruki you go everywhere I want to go, Venice, Japan…. please die T_____T j/k
I do hope I will be able to take such gorgeous pics as well, and I hope I won’t find any laughing man logos there either xD
I won’t be able to take a trip like that for a couple of more years, well probably over 5 years sigh…. jealousy rising. Glad you are alive and well. Are those personal servants treating you nicely? :p
~ Suka
@ blissmo, so how many bunnies have you slaughtered while I was gone?
@ Sasa, thanks. Shame that some of them are ruined by walking tourists/parents. I have alot more reference photos like these, so look forward to it i guess. xD
@ Adun, thanks. Sorry for the delay though.
@ Kyokii, no i didn’t. However I did run into alot of muscular men rowing gondolas.
@ natsuneko, GO! For Aria’s sake do a better job than I did. Prepare while you have time….because I sure tasted the regret since I didn’t prepare properly.
@ Reflect, jealous T___T. Seems like everyone is hating me. Just to make it better, I’ve saved up 2 years for this year’s holiday!
Come back! I need to know what’s happening in D.Gray-man!