Lives in Hong Kong and stuck in mobile gaming hell (idol, rhythm, xx-training, puzzle battle & ones with lots of pretty boys). Almost all my games were downloaded from QooApp. This is a place for venting that, my dolls, my pets, various loot and other lovely things that interest me~ Note: All those who remove my captions (which often list sources) when reblogging will be blocked as I'm sick and tired of that happening.
🇺🇸massive recall of food, baking ingredients, and cosmetics due to insanitary conditions, filth, and rat shit contamination🇺🇸
over 150 items being recalled, including some intended for babies. the FDA warns that all products held or distributed by this company may be dangerous.
this recall is so bad that you need to clean and sanitize anything that has even touched the outside of these products.
the recall link may move in the future. this recall has its own special FDA page right now because the FDA issued an advisory immediately after inspection, before a recall could even be issued. the findings of the inspection were just THAT fucking disgusting.
Products were held under insanitary conditions with potential contamination with filth.
June 3, 2025
On May 27, 2025, Pan-African Food Distributors initiated a recall of various products it sells. FDA continues to have concerns for all products held and distributed by Pan-African Food Distributors due to the insanitary conditions observed at the facility during a routine FDA inspection, including a rodent infestation and numerous rodent droppings on multiple product containers.
FDA is advising consumers and retailers not to use, eat, sell, or serve cosmetic and food products distributed by Pan-African Food Distributors of Louisville, Kentucky.
FDA is working with the firm and their direct customers to remove all products of concern from the market.
More information will be provided in this alert as it becomes available.
some emphasis mine.
the distribution center was inspected, the FDA found a massive rodent infestation, and they shut that shit down. literally, they found a ton of rodent shit all over the products. although the distribution center is in kentucky, these products may have been distributed nationwide.
pan-african food distributors is also doing business as (dba) east africa boutique, LLC.
the FDA says more updates will be issued about this. because this one is a big deal.
Products held under insanitary conditions and contaminated with filth could pose a serious health risk, potentially leading to various illnesses, including leptospirosis, hantavirus infection, salmonellosis, yersiniosis, E.coli infection, and rat-bite fever. People should contact their healthcare provider if they suspect they have developed symptoms as a result of eating or using these products.
some emphasis mine.
the risks here are varied and bad. bad bad. bad and potentially deadly. if you have used or eaten or even held these products and experience symptom, GO TO A DOCTOR!
Consumers should check their homes for food and cosmetic products distributed by Pan-African Food Distributors and discard all products. If you do not know if your product was distributed by Pan-African Food Distributors, throw it away. Additionally, consumers should carefully clean and sanitize surfaces that could have come in contact with potentially contaminated products.
clean and sanitize ANYTHING these products have touched!!! if you are not sure if your item is part of this recall, the FDA says the risks here are so bad that you should just throw it away!
recalled items include baby food, baking ingredients, various types of flours, soaps, shampoo, lotion, baby powder, and so much more. this list contains over 150 recalled items. so check under the cut for the list, or visit the link at the top of this post.
formatted in
product name - lot code/batch (when listed) - expiration date (when listed)
recalled food items:
Super Sembe Maize Flour (10 kg) May 2025
Kinazi - Cassava Flour Lot Code: 002952 04 OCT 2026
Cassava FuFu (10 Kg) 2024-2026
Cassava FuFu (20 Kg)
Farina 1 (50 lb.) Lot Code: 506602
Peanut Flour (50 lb.) 01 FEB 2026
Akanozo (12 x1 cases) Lot: F50FA048
Huza – Fermented Sorghum (1 kg) 21 DEC 2025 and 25 APR 2025
Nootri Family 04/04/2025, and 05/04/2025, 6/10/2025
Sleeping Beauty-Perfumed Petroleum Jelly, mixed sizes Jan 2027
Sleeping Baby – Jelly: BATCH DATE: OCT 2024
Paw Paw – Clarifying Cream (300 mL) 24271 04/2027
Femco Sarl – Cream (no expiry or lot information)
Malaika – Cream (200 mg) 24271 04/2027
Mama Bebe – Baby Jelly 24198 05/2027
Epiderm-Cream (15 g) 04/2027
Aboniki Balm AB0324J
Rico-Clair Plus L112301
Movit Hair Spray 001M5504
Movit Hair Food 031AH01
Pure White Cream AABC
Uniparco – Cosmetic Gold Lotion CCAB 13/01/2026
BB Clear Lightening Cream 320 ml 01/12/2026
BB Clear Lotion 300 ml
Natures Secrete Soap 06 06 30 01/12/2026
Movit Baby Powder 01/2026
Clinic Clear Cream Jar 330 gr 12/2024
Clinic Clear Lotion 500 ml
Clinic Clear Oil 125 ml
Clinic Clear Soap 225 g
Diprosom Cream 03/2025
Sexy Body Powder Perfume 04/2025
Movit Hair Lotion 12/2025
Movit Nail Polish Removal 03/2024
Clinic Clear Soap 04/2026
Dettol Soap 02/2025, 07/2025
Movit – Lemon Crème 05/2026
Neoprosone Gel 03/2025
Caratone Oil 11/2024
Caratone Cream C047152
Caratone Brightening Soap 02/2029
Caratone Crème Clarifionte 06/2027
Caratone Lotion 10/2027
Clear Therapy Purete 07/2027
Body Luxe Body Cream 11/2025
Body Luxe Body Cream 02/2026
Dettol Glycerine Soap 09/2026
Dettol Liquid Soap 03/2026
Family Care Petroleum Jelly 12/2028
Sleeping Baby – Baby Powder 08/11/2026
Movit – Hair Food 06/2026
Paw Paw Shower Gel 08/2026
Vaseline Blue Seal 13 09 2026
Caro White-Coconut Oil 05/2029
Caro White-Tube Cream 01/2025
Caro White-Cream 11/2026
Caro White-Body Lotion 02/2027
White Secrete – Lightening Body Cream 09/2027
Amara Lotion 06/2028
White Secrete Lotion 03/2027
White Secrete Body & Face Lotion 03/2027
White Secrete Oil 04/2027
White Secrete Serum 10/2026
Hemani Black Seals Oil 01/2026
Carotone Gift Pack 05/2027
Radiant-Hair Spray 02/2028
Movit Petroleum Jelly 02/2028
Radiant Shampoo 12/2025
Radiant Hair Vitalization (no expiry or lot information)
Salima 09/2025
African Black Soap (no expiry or lot information)
Lebidjanaise – Toilet Soap 08/2026
Perle Clair Cream 14/03/2026
Clairman Soap 05/2028
Coco pulp Soap 13/09/2026
Rinju-Lotion 04/2026
Cantu Oil
Claire Men 03/2025
BioClaire Cream (no expiry or lot information)
Remy Lotion 09/2027
Huile De Beaute 04/2023
Rinju-Body and Hand Cream 07/2027
Razac Hand and Body Lotion 08/2027
only items related to pan-african food distributors inc/east africa boutique LLC are being recalled. if you have these types of items and know for sure that they came from another distributor, they are not part of the recall. but again, this is so fucking dangerous that if you are unsure, throw it out and clean and sanitize everything that touched the inside or outside of these products.
also note: as mentioned at the top, this recall may have its link moved, and will likely at least have an additional link for the recall. what the FDA found was so fucking disgusting that they actually issued a special advisory before the recall was initiated.
this post may be updated in the future, either under the read more or in reblogs, as new information comes out. if you want to keep up with this, bookmark the recall link and/or check the notes every now and then!
🚨 E-BOOK "AUTHOR" IS PLAGIARIZING PILGRIMAGE FICS 🚨
Buckle up, folks, this is gonna be a long one.
Our prolific author, @relicshamecircle (aka EnduringParadox on ao3) has been made aware of an e-book "author" named Layla Moran who has been blatantly plagiarizing her Diarmute fanfics and just changing the names and a few words around. This is absolutely unacceptable. I always like to think of this fandom as a safe haven and an accepting, kind community. But this is disgusting.
These are the three specific works listed on Layla's account that have been plagiarized from EnduringParadox:
This seems to be the work of someone within the fandom, because how else would she have found these fics and read them and decided to pass them as her own? So Layla Moran, if you follow me and you're reading this, you have made Pilgrimage fanfic authors, who are already so few and far between, feel unsafe to post without you getting your greedy hands on them and trying to take advantage of a small fandom for your own profit. Did you think you would never get caught? My advice to you would be to take down the works yourself before this has to get nasty.
To everyone else, I urge you to report and/or leave one-star reviews stating that they're plagiarized from fanfic. Links and proof below the cut:
The summary of The Beauty and His Beast:
Which is CLEARLY An Invitation to Happiness:
Ugh, Everild and Camdyn... what ugly names. But I digress. Here's the link to the GoodReads page if you feel so inclined to leave a one-star review and report.
An excerpt from An Invitation to Happiness, EnduringParadox:
"David hadn’t fought for glory or gold. At the time, he thought he’d stood for God—that the king’s cause, which he so readily made his own, was not only legitimate but justified both on earth and in the eyes of Heaven. More than five years later, carved into adulthood by the sword’s blade, his body a hardened knot of scarred skin, his throat ravaged by his own roars of rage and anguish, David knows better. That he had gone to war simply because he had been foolish. Because he’d been a young man but had still looked at war with a boy’s eyes—half a solemn duty, half a game. Something that would be done and done with satisfaction."
An excerpt from The Beauty and His Beast, Layla Moran:
"Everild Reed hadn't fought for glory or gold. At the time, he thought he'd stood for God--that the king's cause, which he eagerly made his own, was not only legitimate but justified both on earth and in the eyes of Heaven. More than five years later, carved into adulthood by the sword's blade and burdened with the weight of his choices, his body a hardened knot of muscle and scarred skin, Everild knows better now."
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The summary of The Rancher's Mail-Order Husband:
Which, obviously, is Bluebells and Daylillies and Wild Roses Running Rampant:
Come ON, even naming Diarmuid's character "Ciarán"???? (And misspelling it Ciarian in the summary??) Here's a link to the GoodReads page. You know what to do.
And THIS ONE she's making money off of. You can buy it for $2.99 on Amazon.
Here's a link to the Amazon page, please report.
An excerpt from Bluebells and Daylillies and Wild Roses Running Rampant, EnduringParadox:
"David had almost joined their company. He’d gone nearly the entire war without being shot and damned if near the end of it all someone hadn’t gotten him right in the leg. The surgeon had told him they needed to take the entire limb. David had grabbed his collar, pulled him close until they were nose-to-nose, and gritted out that he’d break every one of his fingers if he tried it. He kept the leg, earned a limp, and found later, when he was beset by memories and the scent of blood and gunpowder, dizzy, pulse racing, that he’d gotten what they called the soldier’s heart, too."
An excerpt from The Rancher's Mail-Order Husband, Layla Moran:
"Graham had come close to joining the dead himself, narrowing surviving a gunshot wound to the leg near the warn's end. The surgeon wanted to amputate, and Graham, fueled by desperation, had snarled at him through gritted teeth, threatening to break his fingers if he so much as tried. He kept the leg but earn a limp that followed him everywhere, along with something the doctors called 'soldier's heart'--a condition that left him shaking, sleepless, and burdened with memories of blood and gunpowder."
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And, finally, a summary of The Warrior and The Monk:
Which is just Temu how rich the earth, how bright the stars:
Here's a link to the GoodReads. Rate, report.
An excerpt from how rich the earth, how bright the stars, EnduringParadox:
"One morning, strangers in longships stepped onto the shore. Their arrival was no surprise. Along the sea's coast they drifted, slow, languid, in their monstrously large and narrow vessels with their monstrously large, woven sails dyed in bright, garish colors, a beacon to all that saw them, telling them—as their longships loomed like a pack of wolves stalking their prey—that they were coming."
An excerpt from The Warrior and The Monk, Layla Moran:
"One early morning, strangers in longships silently stepped onto the shore, their presence casting a heavy weight upon the land. Their arrival had been anticipated for days, maybe longer, and was no surprise to those who dwelled in the monastery overlooking the coast. The ships had been visible for miles as they drifted slowly, languidly, along the sea's edge, cutting through the waves like beasts with a purpose. They moved in their long, narrow vessels, which seemed both too large and too lean, with sails woven from thick cloth and dyed in bright, garish colors that stood out against the pale sea and sky. The sails themselves were like beacons, drawing attention,"
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This is all so blatant and egregious. Shame on Layla. EnduringParadox is a kind and dedicated person writing all of these wonderful stories for our small fandom for FREE and Layla has taken advantage of that. We are small but we are mighty and protective of our own. Let's make Layla regret fucking with Pilgrimage.
So my trainer’s bf cheated on her. She broke up with him. He’s holding her stuff hostage until she agrees to talk with him. Which she refuses.
She trains; for free mind you; three college linebackers, a college wrestler, two martial artists, a body builder, and… wait for it…. a Navy seal. We’re gonna go get her shit for her.
So everyone who commented on this being like the avengers, you are absolutely right. That’s what all of us had in our heads as we were rolling over to dude’s house. But I’m very proud to say, this ended without violence.
Arrival:
So the super friends all jumped into one of the linebacker’s explorer and headed over to dude’s house. Ok the squad: you all know me, but the other martial artist is a little wirey hapkido guy, the linebackers are all giants (an estimated combined weight of I’d say 750-800lbs), the wrestler looks like an escaped gorilla, then the navy seal looks like your average guy but something about him is unsettling. Really unsettling. Unfortunately, the body builder had to work. Anyway, we send the Hapkido guy and the wrestler to the door first and dude answers, screams at them, and then slams the door in their face. Then the giant linebackers head over and they ring the door bell again. Lo and behold, he was much more polite, but still denied access. Finally, me and the seal join the fray. I casually make my way towards the front of the group, but the seal decides to CLIMB THE BANISTER. We all just turned and started at him completely shocked when dude answers the door. He looks at this weird mismatched group of relatively threatening individuals and one guy perched on his banister like batman. He was like “FINE. Go take what you’re looking for.”
Retrieval:
So we’re all walking through the house gathering what we think are her things and putting them into two boxes. Mind you. We are completely guessing. We didn’t even tell her we were coming, therefore we had no list of items.The only one really being productive was Hapkido, who was legitimately looking for stuff. The linebackers were just randomly picking up furniture, turning it over, and putting it back down. Just showing off how strong they were. In case the numbers game wasn’t enough, I guess they were letting him know they could break him if they wanted to. The seal was just shadowing dude in his own house. Walking behind him, not saying much, just being creepy. Then there’s me. Who was causing general mischief…. He said to take what I was looking for, that’s what I was looking for. Ahaha and the wrestler made a fricken sandwich. Because “you guys look like you have it under control, and I’m a sucker for egg salad.” We were in and out in 15 minutes.
Delivery:
So the autobots rolled out and headed towards homegirl’s spot. She was conveniently outside when we rolled up. We got out and she was like, how do you all even know each other. The truth is, we don’t. She sent us all an email once and didn’t blind copy us all. She vented to all of us about dude holding onto her stuff and we started emailing and that was that. We told her that we went to see her ex. “OMG what did you say to him?” Nothing. We’re not messenger boys. We’re delivery boys. And we gave her her boxes of stuff. She went through the first box and said that was most of her stuff. Then she got to my box and asked “Wtf is all that shit.” So I explained that I took all the batteries out of his remote controls, his deodorant, the light bulb out of his master closet, every pair of dress socks that I could find, the laces out of his running shoes, and all the toilet paper in the house. The guys just looked at me and kind of nodded like they were impressed. She then unexpectedly started CRYING and thanked us. So you have this group of meat heads all standing awkwardly with this weeping trainer. It was quiet for a second when the seal was like “So…. chipoltle?” And we all got burrito bowls.
BAND YAROUZE!! Dream Match Duel GIG 2023 RAVEN/ADVENT DAY2 (24 March 2023)
Almost forgot to buy a viewing ticket! Just finished watching it and it was SOOO GOOD!!
Anyway, Banyaro used Stagecrowd for its international livestream. Everything went smoothly. Payment was easy and the stream quality was great!
The entire concert was just shy of 3 hours long. Day 2 focuses on Osiris and I think they sang all of Osiris' songs, including Kyo's character song!
Masanori Kobayashi was mostly in character as Kyo for most of the concert while Yoji Ikuta had trouble staying in Yamato's character! He even mentioned during one of the intermission talks that he had to keep reminding himself that he was Yamato! XD He also kept saying he was 'eternally 17'. (Was that Yamato's age in the game? Can't remember.) And Kobayashi-san was all 'Stop, it's been 3 years. We're now 20.' XDD
'Kyo' had great fun during 'Bloody Masquerade', where he walked among the audience while singing. He was very 'I'm a rock god' as fans reached out to touch him when he walked past them. He held hands with at least two fans for quite a few seconds, which totally made their year! XDD 'Yamato' called him out for that later, and 'Kyo' seemed rather embarrassed. I think he said it was his first time doing something like that.
Osiris' version of 'Guruguru Magic' was sooo cute~!! Complete with 'Kyo' being cute~ :3c Blast's version of 'Whiz' was great too, though 'Yamato' had to tune his voice at the beginning to get the right pitch! XDD
And I think Osiris sang one of Blast's songs. Not sure which one but it sounded familiar. (I've never really paid much attention to Blast's songs...)
At the end, there was a special guest - Raphael! (Well, it was guitarist who I think played Raphael's solo in the game?)
And the last vocal song was 'Heavenly Breeze'~ ♡
Buying Day 2 was a great choice as Osiris was definitely the main focus with Blast kind of playing support. I guess it was the other way round for Day 1?
7 October is Makoto Tsuduki's birthday
Makoto: How do you behave when faced with a beloved being such as you ...? I know how the characters in my stories should act, but when it comes to myself, it's difficult. ... it bothers me especially when dealing with you. Just with you.
Oooh! There's going to be an English version of Pure Nista!
The Japanese version (which I'm currently playing) is one of my faves! It's the most customizable dressup game I've played so far and it's really really generous towards free players. Hope the English version will be the same.
Just reached the part where it’s the Second Team’s turn to be dispatched on missions, so I think I’m probably half-way through?? (The story starts backwards in a way, with the Fifth Team going on missions first, then the Fourth and so on.)
I’ve avoided all spoilers and am kind of playing it with my friend every weekend. (I stream it for her.) Originally wanted to get the Switch version but ended up buying the Steam version with all the extra DLC content.
Anyway, so far, I feel like the main culprit behind everything is probably Omokage’s ‘missing part’ as it seems to get mentioned quite often from time to time? (Foreshadowing??) Plus, I think Mikazuki suspects it from the way he asked Omokage about it.
And here are some thoughts on the teams so far:
Fifth team: The Yamanbagiris - in which 98% of everything Chougi says, usually sarcastically, just flies right over Manba’s head…
Fourth team: Team Date - in which we see how Tsuru, Mitsu and Kara have all inherited a different part of Masamune’s personality + Mitsu being all ‘Masamune would never do that!’ to just about everything Musou!Masamune does….
Third team: Team ‘Hasebe has no chill’!!
Second team: Team Elegance and Grace~ :3 Since Kasen is all about doing things elegantly and Ichigo is all about that grace (doing things gracefully is one of Ichigo’s lines in the original game and I think he says it too in Musou? Probably in one of the many un-subtitled lines… I wish they’d subbed all the things they say, e.g. when they enter the battlefield, use a special move, on the homescreen etc.)
And the First team will probably be Team Overpowered or Team ‘Tonbo-papa minding his two overgrown kids’??? XDD
Played more of the Second Team’s part of the story over the weekend. Still not done with it. Progress was probably hindered because I failed two of the missions on the first try… One was where I had to find the tea house (missed the tea house on my first try) and the other is the rooftop one with the gates (was disorientated by the change in terrain as this mission was all on rooftops).
Anyway, so far, I think Kasen is the best team leader~!! He was very welcoming to their new member Omokage and level-headed, unlike Hasebe ‘has no chill and so very suspicious of Omokage’ Heshikiri, and he was open to suggestions from his team members.
I also loved the little remarks Namazuo and Hyuga made during battles where they admired Ichigo~ :3c (I’m biased. Ichigo is my best boy.)
Though, I also just realized that Ichigo has probably lost at least a few brothers as this honmaru is supposed to have lost quite a number of swords… orz
And I think I’ve finished the First Team’s part of the story?
Anyway, the First Team turned out to be Team Mature and Responsible?? XD Neither Mikazuki nor Sengo caused any trouble and Tonbo-papa didn’t have to worry about them!
Sure, Sengo still talked about stripping all the time but he didn’t cause any mischief and was actually surprisingly chill about the whole ‘cursed sword’ thing?
And Mikazuki was in master detective mode! XD
Anyway, the true nature of the altered timelines has been revealed (and it immediately made me think of Hideyoshi’s death poem) and Omokage’s ‘missing piece’ has been revealed as well. I should be at the final story arc of the game now?
And finally finished the story! The last arc took longer than expected to get through.
I won't really go into the details since it'll just be so many spoilers, but I'm happy that Ichigo does actually quote Hideyoshi's death poem! Especially the 'dream within a dream' part which is very appropriate to the story~ :3
Bit sad about what happens to Omokage at the end.... but I guess that also means he's destined to be a Musou-only character?
It's funny though how Konnosuke goes missing at the end and... the swords aren't really concerned about it at all?? They were basically just, 'Oh, Konnosuke is gone. Oh well.' and just go on with their lives.... ^^;; I guess it's easy to get a replacement from the government??
(And anyway, Konnosuke was kind of useless at times so....)
Anyway, all in all, it was a fun game! Bit predictable at times but it also had enough twists here and there to keep it interesting. And I like that there were a variety of stages so that it wasn't just fight, fight, fight all the time. There were also puzzles to solve, though the stealth missions were a bit of a pain to me, especially the candle one... orz
Now I just need to replay missions to unlock all the bond conversations!
I don’t collect Pullips anymore, but... but... I’m really tempted by this new collaboration doll!!
This is Pullip Yelena and she’s a collaboration with illustrator Terada Tera, who seems to be mainly known for the art she does for Vocaloid music videos?
So today (13 Oct 2022) is apparently Banyaro's 6th anniversary and they suddenly made 3 big announcements! (Though, sadly, no, the game isn't coming back.)
First, songs from Banyaro have been added to a variety of music streaming services.
(I had a look on Spotify and it doesn't look like they've put all the Banyaro songs though...)
Second, a DVD & Blu-ray of the last Band Yarouze Christmas live that happened back in 2019 will be released on 21 Dec 2022!! It's now available for preorder on places like Animate, Amazon JP, Ami Ami, etc. It comes with a special clear folder and various different bonuses depending on where you order from. More info here!
(And I've previously posted the visuals here.)
Lastly, there will be a commemorative screening event to celebrate the release of the aforementioned DVD & Bluray. More info here.
