So.
I actually haven't written a proper entry since like omg, 10 months ago. WOW.
And what events have transpired since then..
Well, I bought a lot of coses, and I have not gone out to shoot them at all. Yep. I should really do that... And also the Grell cos I was rushing out for Anime Matsuri, I haven't done a shoot for that either. Gosh.
I went to quite alot of events last year as well, and my life was really revolving around anime, cosplay and events. It was actually a pretty good lifestyle. But well, I have to advance somewhere, haha. So I can't play as much this year. Also went to Comic Fiesta again, stayed in Traders Hotel. I think that's about it... All the stuff I've been doing last year.. Cosplay and events... Okay looking at it like that, that is really not a healthy lifestyle.
This year, I went to Japan in March! For 4 days! Because I had a flight delay! (cry-laughs) I wonder if I should blog about that. Maybe I will.
Over the 10 months I have also bought some utaite CDs.. I should get around to romanising them. So far I've only done Wotamin's.
Sometimes I feel like doing a proper blog, with a theme, but I'm too lazy to maintain it, so I'll just keep this chapalang thing a while longer (lol). I also feel like making videos sometimes.. ah well.
Oh yeah, I found a new mic to buy! Was planning on getting the AT-2020 but the USB ver was sold out where I planned to get it so I didn't. And then while chatting with some friends from my sound team, they recommended a Snowball, so I suppose I'll get that. I mean, I don't really need a really fantastic mic. Honestly, I thought the mic on my Macbook was okay, until I listened to my recordings on a pair of headphones and realised that okay, I should get a proper mic. Seriously. But I still don't need anything fancy. And I really don't want to get an interface. So. I guess that was good. I'll get a Snowball.
I supposed the next few entries will be utaite CDs and my 4 days in Japan. Also, I have gotten too lazy to blog about magazines and my purchases anymore, lol.
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Labels: 2015, life, random update
Hello! So I haven't been posting much because I, honestly, forgot about this blog. I completely forgot about blogging. OTL
But some quick updates is that I recently started a new part-time at a restaurant/bar with really nice pay *w* The people are nice too, and there is a really cute bartender *w* (
Let's see what else has happened since I last blogged... *looks into the distance* Hmm, I guess a few events have passed? I went to J-Obsession and wanted to go Asia Cosplay Meet (commonly called Cure Fest) but it rained so I didn't go ACM in the end.
Also did a few casual/seifuku shoots with friends (went to Flower Dome and Sky Forest at Gardens by the Bay for the first time!!) and participated in the first Harajuku Walk in SG! Wore Lolita that day. I want to graduate from sweet loli le lol...
Okay! So that's all the highlights~ (lol)
Anime Matsuri at Funan IT Mall, by AFA starts tomorrow! I'm planning to go on Sat and Sun because the stage events for those dates interest me (and they haven't really released the schedules for the weekdays either?? AFA wat u doing) Planning to go on Friday evening if I can afford to!! (Chionging costume... current progress is 0%.)
Yep, and Saturday is training for the PIKA PIKA Party on 21 Jun as well, will go after visiting Anime Matsuri.
Yep. I should start styling my wig and then tomorrow after buying fabrics instantly pre-wash them then Tuesday start production.
All.. the best... to me.. lol... ganbarimasu...
Also, why do I just like guys with good-looking faces. Yea, why man. Why. Sigh.
Okay.
Labels: 2014, anime matsuri AFA, life, random update
Went to have pancakes at Batter Fluffy Flaps because I was having a pancake fever for quite some time last year, after Strictly Pancakes. Went to BFF on 19 Sept, 2013, after my sister's tuition that night, since it was nearby (for her. I had to take the train and a shuttle bus.)
It's near i12 (I dunno, is that how you spell it..? srsly the typography is a riddle.) ANW, aka 112 Katong. There's a shuttle bus from Paya Lebar MRT. And after alighting at 112 Katong, you have to cross the road to the shophouses (from the main entrance of 112) and then turn left and walk down the street. You should pass by a few other food establishments, particularly a Thai steamboat (mookata, was it??) before arriving. Probably about 10 minutes, depending on your pace. The façade of BFF is a lovely pale sky blue, and there is a huge sheep mascot/statue right outside, so yup, cannot miss it. I wanted to take a photo with it but decided against it out of embarrassment lol.
On to the menu (which was very cutely designed, and I loved the overall interior decoration of the place)
How to order at BFF (ohyea, you take a seat, and then after deciding what you want to order, go up to the cashier and order/make payment at the same time.)
We ordered some drinks~ I forgot what I ordered, but I think it should be the Blended Chocolate Milk. The pink one probably the fruity smoothie.
Pancake has arrived! My sister ordered the one with kebab and she already starting digging into it before I could take a photo so here, have my "Top it, Drop it, Dot it". My sister saw it and told me I was gonna get a chocolate coma.
The pancakes are also pretty fluffy~ (thus the name, lol)
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BFF has a Facebook page as well as a website which has their menu, so you can go check out the prices beforehand! I think Strictly Pancakes is about the same range....? (cannot remember)
Somewhat-of-a-review:
FOOD: Pancakes were fluffy, huge variety, I honestly couldn't choose what to get, tasted delicious, and not as heavy as Strictly Pancakes. I couldn't finish my pancakes at SP ): Feel damn wasted, but at least I could finish the ones at BFF!
Ambience: There were 2 annoying girls in the restaurant that night, so it was a really damper ==" The place is also quite small and sound travels pretty easily around the place (no dividers/walls) but it wasn't crowded, at all, like you could be the only one there if you came on the right date and time. Yeeeap. The whole place was very pretty too, so I liked it.
Price: Affordable... I guess? Omg I swear I'm damn cheapskate.
Location: Because it's at Katong, it's damn bloody annoying to go there, but I would say fairly accessible.
Service: Good, no complaints.
I think I got back my pancake fever recently, after seeing my friend go Strictly Pancakes for Valentine's Day (and then they went to another pancake place for White Day, lol), been wanting to go back BFF again....お金もない、時間もない。w
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Labels: 2013, Batter Fluffy Flaps, food adventures, life, LQ review, pancakes
Went to Tsukada Nojo for dinner one day (Sept 8, 2013 ww) after wanting to try it out for SO LONG. My dad never had the patience to wait for a seat because we always ate at typical-dinnertime after his work so the restaurant was always full. But! I found out that there was a new outlet near his workplace~~ So I managed to get him to eat that with me, because I'd queue and he'll just walk over after I tell him there's a seat... huhu... #lifeofbeinghisdaughter #foreverqueueingfirst
Anyway!
This was our table. There's an induction cooker, condiments/seasoning, bowls and utensils/napkins~ The usual stuff for a Japanese restaurant.
The windows were something like a traditional Japanese room's sliding doors, but without the paper, so you can see the busy road below hoho (lol) The seating capacity of this outlet is about the same as Plaza Singapura's.
The waitresses actually wore yukata, and I think that's really cute, and also, service is superb over there.
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We picked the standard set (min 2 ppl), if I remember correctly, and it came with prawn, aburaage, fish maw(?), radish, enoki, okra/ladies' finger and a bunch of leafy veges! There was also noodles to put in the nabe after everything's done cooking. (That's my practice: we cook all the ingredients first and then have the carbs last)
The special thing about Tsukado Nojo's hotpot is their Bijin Nabe, which is specially prepared chicken stock, condensed into jelly/gel form, that will slowly melt into a soup!
In about 5 minutes! After that, you can start cooking your ingredients! (Usually I throw the vegs in, then the meats)
They also served yuzu pepper to have with the nabe
After we were done, time to cook the noodles~
There was dessert after, I think it was a "service"/freebie. It was super cute with chocolate art on the plate, reminds me of maid cafes wwww (oi) It was just 2 pieces of chocolate (something of a pudding/panna cotta texture). Not bad. The chick was cute. Lol
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I arrived at the restaurant at around 5:30-ish~6pm, and it was an hour (or half an hour, I cannot remember orz, I think the former) wait before we got a table. Oh, there is a dining time limit of 45minutes, and it is recommended that your full party be present before they will offer you a table. (doesn't matter if they come late, I guess, just means they have less time to eat :o) The crowd came in at around 7 ~ 7:30 that day, which was quite late compared to Plaza Singapura.
Anyway! Let me present my somewhat-of-a-rating:
Food: Very nice. I can't remember exact but it was just very nice. The soup was great.
Ambience: There wasn't many people, no noisy tables, lighting was pleasant, a nice place to eat at.
Price: Cannot remember. /hit Okay, expensive for non-working students lol (then again, that depends on how much allowance you get)
Location: Convenient~ Both outlets that I know of are near MRT stations. I would suggest checking out their Facebook to see if they have other locations.
Service: Very good, so good it was unexpected. Pretty high standard for a restaurant in SG, and expected of a Japanese restaurant I would say (though actually many restaurants in Japan prolly have normal service, just that the staff are nicer/more polite than in SG hurhur). And the uniform is so nice~
Ah, I wanna go there again, after blogging about it lol.
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Labels: 2013, food adventures, Japanese food, life, LQ review, tsukada nojo
2 degree ice art exhibition + Ramen Kagetsu Arashi
Date: Thursday, 6 March 2014 ( 20:28 ) 0 comments
Date: Thursday, 6 March 2014 ( 20:28 ) 0 comments
Finally, something exciting in my life~ LOL
Went to the 2Degree Ice Art Exhibition at Marina Bay Sands area (it's just outside the lobby, opposite the taxi stand!) with Suzume, Natsumi and Nanami yesterday!
The experience was pretty fun, thanks to the ice slide they had, and the sculptures were all pretty amazing! Although, $20 for admission was slightly expensive for such a small exhibition. But it's Singapore yo, imagine the bills to keep the interior at -15 degree Celsius!
We entered at around 3plus, maybe 3:30pm? And stayed there for over an hour until "snowfall".
Honestly, their site contains too little information for certain things, somehow I think it's really "making themselves sound exciting/interesting by omitting certain information" kind of ploy. The snowfall was only at a certain area near the slide, and it was very, very small. And of course, the snow was really fake (it was just shaved ice, to put it plainly, but that's the best SG can get I suppose). It lasted for about 5minutes.
I wore tights with a skirt that day (because SG is so bloody hot, I'd rather shiver than perspire yo) and my butt was freezing after playing on the slide LOL.
Anyway, the costs for entering the exhibition is on their website. Student rate on weekdays is $20. AND important: You have to rent the winter coat for $5. Yea, so bring your own coat if you have one, or maybe pack a thicker jacket if you want. Especially if you plan on taking photos because um, no way I'd be caught dead in that. It's not ugly, per se, but I don't like padded jackets. And if you're cheapskate, like me. $5 can feed me a few meals at work y'knowww. And I felt really caught off-guard because NOTHING was stated about the coat rental on the website; I clicked like everywhere just exploring the site and not once did they mention the coats. So yea. I actually wore a t-shirt with a cardigan that day so I just went in like that. -15deg is like Korean ski mountain at night anywayyyy. *flips hair* By the way, they'll give you a pair of gloves for free.
So, after freezing in the exhibition for about an hour, we went out to a small food court-like place (had 2 food stalls, 1 drink), slacked (trying to warm up) and ate a bit before deciding to go to Ramen Kagetsu to try their new (limited run) Dry Curry Itameshi~ The nearest restaurant was at The Cathay, so there we headed~
I've been to Kagetsu 2 times already before, and their ramen is lovely. We reached there just after 6pm, and I guess it's not really popular with the crowd that frequents The Cathay, because we sat there until 7-ish, and it was still pretty empty (while maki-san and Popeyes were bustling). Initially we went with the intention to try the Itameshi, but I remembered they had the new-launch Ginjiro ramen which I wanted to try, so I ordered that, and Suzume ordered their Genkotsu Karabara (spicy miso) ramen! Natsumi ordered the intended itameshi while Nanami was just koping food lol.
I didn't dare try Suzume's ramen because both Suzume and Nanami said it was really spicy (Suzume was perspiring towards the end of her bowl!) but I tried abit of Natsumi's itameshi, and it was not bad! Not spicy even though it's a curry, not really much curry taste actually. The Ginjiro ramen was not bad, the chashu was really nice too! As usual, they provide a variety of condiments and seasoned veges (something like leek kimchi) and a jug of iced water! I love places that serve water for free.
Kagetsu is actually pretty affordable for such a good ramen place, and they have a weekday lunch (11:30-2:30pm) set which makes it even better! Actually their standard ramen you can also choose the soup base, shio and miso (just fyi)
Our total was $49.10 for 3 people, with itameshi being $12.90, Ginjiro $13.90 and Genkotsu Karabara $14.90 (I think).
So that's it for my Wednesday~ for those wanting to experience some chill, go ahead and splurge; for anyone looking for nice ramen, Kagetsu has 3 outlets at The Star Vista (btw, Menya Musashi is there too, their tsukemen is damn nice), The Cathay, and Tampines 1!
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Labels: 2 degree ice art exhibition, 2014, life, pika pika meido, ramen kagetsu arashi
Appeared on Hello Japan programme, Hello Tokyo last weekend!
Date: Friday, 14 February 2014 ( 01:44 ) 0 comments
Date: Friday, 14 February 2014 ( 01:44 ) 0 comments
I'm so lazy to blog that I have such a long backlog I just forget about it already. /hit
SO! Pika Pika Meido Cafe was invited to appear on Hello Japan's anniversary programme, Hello Tokyo's 1st episode on 09 Feb 2014. We were all very excited about it as we didn't expect such an invitation!! Usually we get invites for events.
The show was to be broadcasted live, and there was a meet-up discussion with the client(?), the director of a talents management company Future Stage.
But if you caught the show last week, you would have noticed that the only Pika meido who was on the whole show was Terumi. And she actually wasn't invited as Pika Meido, but more of cosplayer/writer for Cute~POP~ orz
Yeaaaa. There was a few other discussions and change of plans and stuff, and so it ended up being the host (Ms Benedict), Vincent from Cute~POP~ and Terumi for the most part of the show.
Somehow after some more discussion, the show decided to let 2 meidos from Pika appear and talk briefly. Yes, it ended up being very very brief until I couldn't understand the point of having us on the show orz If I were watching as a normal audience, honestly, I won't understand why there was 2 last minute guests who were just. like. No intro whatsoever and then appear, then show the Idol Cafe performance, then after that back to the guests, but it wasn't focusing on the guests.
And also, were Vincent and Terumi also guests, or considered hosts as well??
Yes, very confused.
But anyway, it was a good experience, although the waiting hours were kind of boring because there wasn't anything to do but hey we weren't the only ones and also there was a TV in the reception/lounge but we didn't know if we could turn that on or what (or else I would have watched the show while it was broadcasting!)
The staff were all very nice people. Very lovely people and the guys were really good-looking yes. (oi)
After the filming wrapped up and we changed and all, Ringo and I headed to Bugis Street to have ramen at Ramen Keisuke Tonkotsu King Four Seasons! I went there once previously with Natsumi, and had their winter special, miso and oyster ramen. It was delish and it was really good so I wanted to go there again and try the other seasons.
So this time I had the autumn bowl, which was miso pork! It was also very delish~
Well, so concludes my Sunday. It's Valentine's Day today, but I shan't acknowledge that! It's Tatara's birthday, okay! lol
I recently bought fabric for my upcoming coses, and I need to buy new needles and thread orz heading to Spotlight tomorrow as I have a $10 voucher to use!
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Labels: 2014, hello japan, life, pika pika meido, tv appearance
So recently my Photoshop trial expired (uhu) and I'm gonna get it licensed soon (after I get my pay) but I can't edit photos now, unless I use GIMP which I really don't want to (ok i'm just making excuses to not edit photos)
but anyway I edited quite a few photos already but just don't want to upload bc BL *cough* embarrassing somemoreeeee. Got this one that I on-the-spot wanted to take bc I was just draping(??) myself on my friend then thought of the pose, and IT'S SO EMBARRASSING JUST LOOKING AT THE THUMBNAIL. So I haven't even opened it and omg the photog still said take a few more lol so I have like, don't know how many shots of that in my computer now.....
But anyway, I just started working again, because I really need to, if I want to finish my cosplans for this year....
Yeah. Lunar New Year is coming~ Not sure if I'll be getting angbao though :/
Life has been boring lately.
I'm not sure what I did for the past 3 weeks. Other than that K shoot. And editing photos before PS expired.
Yeah.
Ohyea, meeting a friend this Sat to discuss our cosplan together~
Okay, my brain really cannot work now lol. Actually my brain already wasn't working well today at work yeah LOLOL.
Goodnight~
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Labels: 2014, life, random update
Hello!
So I spent my last weekend of 2013 at Cosfest Christmas and GE3 (for work)!
I went to Cosfest Christmas on 28 Dec (for the Cosplay Running Man!).
Had to report at 10:45am to register, then return later for the start of the event. At around 1plus, they began the random allocation of team members for the running man. They had a box with coscards and cards written with the cosplayers' names for those without coscards, submitted during registration. And the group leaders will just pick out one card at a time.
AND.
I got into YUEGENE FAY's group! So lucky! :D I've been a fan of her since 2008, when I first got into subculture, and my friend introduced YUEGENE's cosplay to me. Really happy to be able to see her in person and even take a photo and I GOT HER COSCARD homg.
So anyway, the cosplay running man had a bunch of missions and different amount of points are given for each mission completed and basically we choose which ones to do and had to take a group photo w every mission completed and upload on Cosfest's FB.
It was very fun. Though I kind of felt sorry(?), bad? for the regular shoppers in Bugis+ who were all definitely very bewildered by the cosplayers running around the mall.
JOJO was also very popular, and there were a few missions where you needed to do JOJO poses lol. There was one where you had to hold a JOJO pose (I think it's Jotaro's? the lean back with one hand pointing forward) for 45 seconds. My abs hurt later that night and I'm very sure it's bc of JOJO pose.
YUEGENE is a really friendly and nice person. Yup. Really like her. Hahas.
Also made a few friends at the event (my group mates la lol).
After the event, I had a short shoot for casual Saru (oh yeah, I went for the event in Fushimi Saruhiko cosplay) for a friend who just got to borrow a LEICA and decided to try it out. It was fun~
Also bumped into Shin that day, and he went around shooting people w a NERF gun. I got hit in the face below the lips. OW. And apparently he managed to hit a few other people too. (Sigh)
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GE3!
So the next day, I had work with PIKA PIKA Maid Cafe. Basically, we were hired to be quest givers for their side quest during the event, where visitors had to complete a few tasks on this pamphlet they could get from the entrance or any one of us.
Upon completion of the quest, we gave them a stamp and different amount of stamps can award them different rewards!
We also had an exclamation headband to wear, lol, like an NPC indeed. It was a good experience, got to try out some of the quests myself!
It was a fulfilling weekend indeed! December was a very busy month for me but I had a lot of fun.
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Labels: 2013, cosfest christmas, cosplay, GE3, life, pika pika meido
Hello!
Finally, I'm updating with my Comic Fiesta experience.
I went to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for Comic Fiesta last December with a couple of friends (one of them is Mirai, and you can read her blog entry here!)
It was my first time going to an event overseas, and it was very fun! Well, part of it was going out with my friends haha. We are all pretty mature people so it was alright staying in the same room for 3 nights. Our room did get very messy though, wig fibres everywhere, makeup, luggage and costumes hahaha. We felt bad for the person cleaning our room, but we didn't have time to pack up after changing into cos.
For the first day, I cosplayed Senbonzakura (千本桜) MEIKO (Vocaloid). Mirai was Miku, and we had a KAITO and Luka. We were searching for Rin and Len up to the day before departure haha. We did see a 2 solo Rin and Len though, and contemplated roping them in to walk around together wwww. I was expecting many more Senbonzakura cosplays, especially of Miku, but KAITO seemed to be very popular...
We went to sit in for the cosplay panel featuring stayxxx, YUEGENE FAY, Xrystal and Onnies. I was really excited for stayxxx because I really love the series she cosplays. Especially Tegami Bachi!! I really liked her Tegami Bachi cosplay and she came in that cosplay for the panel ;u; (I couldn't see much though bc we were sitting by the side and then managed to get a proper seat but still kena blocked) BUT IT'S ALRIGHT, because Studio Omoshiroi did a cosplay video of CF and it featured stayxxx!! Intense fangirling ensued when I watched the video.
I also bought a FREE! anthology doujinshi there, from Manda-chan. I saw it at AFA, decided not to buy, then EOY, also decided not to buy, THEN I see it at CF, come on man, 3 times alr, just get it. LOL.
After the panel, we decided to head back to our hotel actually. For both days we didn't stay very long at the event hall.
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Day 2!
Day 2 was Ririchiyo from InuBoku SS. Supposed to have a Karuta, but she didn't go together with us so I was just solo-ing and walking with Mirai and Jim (Heel Siblings from Skip Beat!) Planned to go for livetune's panel, but didn't make it in time so we just walked around the artists' booths. I bought a net ball (Pokemon) badge =w=
Next year I must bring more money to buy doujin stuff. Saw a lot of nice thingggggssss ;_;
I really like my Ririchiyo cosplay, but I'm bad at looking good in photoshoots ;_; oh well.
Had a shoot with my Karuta in the hotel after leaving Comic Fiesta, and then it was off to dinner (in cos, lol)~
Ah, it was my birthday on CF Day 2 as well =w= It was a very good birthday spent. Though honestly I forgot it was my birthday and it was just a normal day for me. Honestly.
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Shopped alot while in KL, some makeup, and also last-min half lashes for my MEIKO cos LOLOL bc my last pair died on me and I didn't have time to go buy it before flying.
The most expensive thing I bought was BURBERRY Brit Sheer perfume at KLIA duty-free shop (S$96). I busted like half of my ringgit that's why I was like broke after the first day orz. Regretted it. Should have bought in SG with my own money lol (but the ringgit is my dad's money, so I kinda like spent his money lol which I prefer to /hit)
Oh, ate a snowman doughnut from Dunkin' Donut in Changi Airport before departure. It was very cute. (lol)
I shall leave you with the snowman doughnut and end this post here!
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Labels: 2013, cosplay, KLCC Comic Fiesta, life
Hello!!
So I forgot to blog about EOY last week, and that I would be going to CF in KL, and now I'm already back from both events, opps!
Anyway, short entry for EOY and teaser(?) for CF's entry.
EOY this year was held at Marina Barrage as well, on 15 Dec. I was working at the WACOM booth, so I had to be there at around 9:45am, I woke up late because my phone somehow turned itself off over the night and the alarm won't ring if it's off (I know right, how annoying, my old clamshell could do it.) but I woke up in time.. though I ended up having to take a taxi from Dhoby Ghaut MRT station.
I cosplayed Ririchiyo from InuBoku SS and IT WAS SO HOT I REGRETTED IT. My friend warned me the day before, during our shoot, but I could not change my cos because I already reported my character to Opehlia from EOY for the WACOM booth. But nevermind, I ended up scoring myself a shoot with a friend because he saw my Riri cos and told me he had a Soushi cos (which I already knew...) so we last-minute decided on a shoot lol. Um ya. LOL. Will update on that one after the CF ones. Gonna speed through all the posts.
Anyway, I'm always super anti-social and I hardly ask people for photos unless I really like the character/excited that there's a coser for that or I like the person's cosplay. I always end up kind of regretting it after a while though LOL. But I did take a photo with a Kongou from Kantai Collection crossplayerrr. Happy :D
Went through the art booths as well, and I got myself a luggage tag from Daiyaku~ It's really cute, and I immediately thought of bringing it to KL with me heehee. And since I go overseas pretty often too, I can use it then :D or when I bring luggage for cosplay.
Also managed to catch a friend, Suzume's performance on stage! Hmmmm. What else did I do.... I did hide in aircon during my break. And didn't eat much, except two cream puffs from BonJapan..... Hmmm. Yeah. Said hi to many friends too.
After the event, some of my friends stayed for the after-party, some went off for dinner, I also went home to have dinner~ It was my first EOY after the new committee, and it was fun. I hope they do change the location though, lol.
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After EOY, it was off to Comic Fiesta! The days leading up to the departure were packed, washing clothes for cos, packing luggage, making prop~~ I didn't even sleep (ok 1 hour) the night before departure hurhur. We flew on Friday morning, so we had to arrive at around 7am at the airport. I decided to take a nap but my phone(!!) decided to be funny again and so I missed my original wakeup time but thank goodness I woke up in time gosh.
The first day we mainly shopped and walked around the area, spent most of my money then hurhur.
Bought makeup and the perfume I've been eyeing since really long!! I got Burberry Brit Sheer at KLIA Duty Free Shop, and it was waaaay cheaper than Singapore's SEPHORA.
Anyway, I shan't talk too much in this post, and create a new entry later for KL trip. We went to KL from 20 to 23 Dec, and Comic Fiesta was on 21 and 22 Dec! Will update the cosplay, and non-cosplay separately~
After coming back from CF, I had to rush off for a photoshoot (the last-min shoot lol) and so I will update on that later tooooo~
Byee
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Labels: 2013, EOY, KLCC Comic Fiesta, life
Wow, in another month I'll be labelling posts as "2014" now! Times flies... time flies...
I'm finally back, and will start to write better entries! Or rather, try to keep to what I planned in the first place: Personal blog posts with lyrics here and there. I'm planning to upload some food intro/reviews soon.
Gonna finally watch some anime. All the anime I've been shelving aside since foreverrrr. And gotta go on a K marathon in preparation for my shoot, read through Skip Beat (Heel Siblings) because I'm shooting for my friend, and re-read Inu x Boku SS for my shoot in KL. And make windmills for Senbonzakura MEIKO.
I need contact lenses too. Ahh. My first shoot's in over a week. AH.
Hopefully I'll be productive omg.
Need to get a part-time to fund and save for cosplans. TT_TT I have a freaking huge list and crazyass elaborate costumes to make when I've never even touched a sewing machine before. Applause for my stupidity, perhaps, please.
My first costume's due in April. D: I don't know if I should go send for tailor instead. Maybe I should. It's almost a month's allowance though erk. And I need to make a hat for that too meep. Doubt the tailor will make it.
Oh well. Do work tomorrow. Yup yup.
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Hello hello!
Today I will be sharing my recent make-up (and slight opinion/review) and what magazines and doujinshi I bought! I see that COSMODE has some really useful tutorials/tip in their last 2 issues, but I'm not sure if I would upload them/translate. :/ どうしよ
And also, I'm planning to buy some CDs within the month or so, so I will be sharing that (CD photos~) as well. Also thinking of maybe sharing my Taobao purchases in future? Especially since you can't be sure of what you're gonna get, so if someone reviews the store/item first it would be good? More people sharing the better, aye? Although starting from next year I plan to just buy wigs from Taobao, and some props as I plan to make my own costumes. I guess costume would depend on whether it's complicated to make, or cheaper (because some fabric are really expensive aye, and I would be only using a bit, but I can't buy a bit. Most stores sell by the yard/metre and hardly go smaller than that. Unless it's spotlight I suppose. /hit)
ANYWAY.
That's my loot from KOC II and FOW 3 (my mail-order doujinshi haven't arrived yet lol, I think it's because one of the books just ended the pre-order, so haven't started selling)
AKIFUSHI ANTHOLOGY AT THE TOP. It was good. Very good. Akina (明菜) didn't appear after all though ): Guess she was busy. I was looking forward to seeing Akina's AkiFushi!! Oh well. Another K book is maine (まいね)'s doujinshi ONSEN de SCEPTER. (but I got it from KAC shop, from KOC II)
Other those two, the rest are....all...Levi uke books. (/-/) すみません兵長 HONESTLY THOUGH. I prefer Levi as a seme but. All my favourite circles ship the other way round and their styles are very nice so. I only have one LeviEren book lol.
Next up is my new make up! (from 2 months-ish to 2 weeks ago)
I have two different photos because I bought new makeup after taking the first photo ^^; (Oh and some photos were taken with my DSLR therefore the difference in quality ;;)
Anyway, most of them are Japanese brand makeup.. because makeup from Sephora is way too expensive for me to buy regularly.
I have Heroine Make pressed lucent powder, Dolly Wink/Candy Doll limited edition brown bottom lashes, mascara, gold eyeshadow base, lipstick, pink/grey eyeshadow palette, STILA brightening concealer, KATE eyebrow colour-in, Majorca Majolica blusher, CANMAKE nose shading powder, ETUDE HOUSE eyeliners and foundation brush.
I have only used the Heroine Make pressed powder, Dolly Wink mascara, Candy Doll lipstick, STILA concealer, KATE eyebrow colour-in and CANMAKE nose powder.
I used all of them for my cosplay on STGCC (save the lipstick)
Well, some opinions on the products?
Regarding the Heroine Make lucent powder, honestly I was expecting something like translucent setting powder? I used a friend's setting powder once and I thought I'd want to buy one but she got it from Taobao and I didn't know how to look for it lol.
So actually the lucent powder is just very light (shade) powder. I have a photo of how it looks like opened:
The puff feels very soft and nice =w= upon patting it on your face it will look very bright (if you're not that fair) but after blending it out it actually "disappears" so I guess it sort of fulfils my requirements for a translucent powder.
The STILA concealer is rather thick, and I don't know if it's just me, but when I twist the top to dispense product through the brush I end up with more than I need even though I didn't mean to dispense that much... I don't need so much concealer TT_TT I wasted like probably 10cent coin-sized amount of it alr.
The colour for KATE's eyebrow colour-in is their newest colour, BE-1, which is supposed to match your skintone.
The CANMAKE nose powder was really really very much less pigmented that I expected it to be. I suppose it's really for a "natural contour" kind of look but I really like my contour harsher especially when I'm taking photos (but my glasses covered up the nose contour anyway LOL I forgot about it). Mmm. It's okay I guess. I haven't tried it for normal make up days.
I also bought a powder brush from ecotools
Nope not good, in my opinion. I'm not sure if it because I had BB cream on, and too little powder but it feels weird to brush it on my skin. And it's dropping fibres already!! ): Where are the good and cheap brushes.
The liners from ETUDE House are automatic gel liners. The Line Nuance is a eyeshadow + liner in one.
I haven't tried them out yet... They should be okay I guess? Gel liners all feel/seem the same to me :x
Thinking of buying ettusais brown liquid liner (I love ettusais liquid liners the best, but Diamond Lash and Dolly Wink always rank highest in POPTEEN why).
That's all for now! Haven't properly written up a haul(?) entry with so many pictures! Will update when I get my mail-order doujinshi.
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Labels: 2013, cosmode, doujinshi, life, makeup chat, popteen, purchases
STGCC Day 2 post here yo.
SINGAPORE TOY GAME COMICS CONVENTION DAY 2 (SUNDAY/01 SEPTEMBER 2013)
Cosplay for Day 2 was Fushimi Saruhiko (K) spoon2Di poster military uniform version. YEEEEP. I saw the poster (and I do have it up on my wall) and decided I wanted to cos that. My costume wasn't very accurate (seeing as I own the A1 size poster, I do see the details) but since I was just camping and looking after bags (as mentioned in previous post here) I didn't mind going in that costume. I wasn't expecting to have photos taken, but I still brought some props just in case (LOL). The prop was a gun (and I have a toy gun from my Basket Army cosplay) and I also brought out Saru's knives.
Arrived at MBS at 10:30~11am because I woke up late. I went out in my wig, because I didn't want to flatten the styling. It was hard to put on make up later x,D Changed and put on make up in the toilets, then went to event hall. Because they didn't open Hall A for cosplayers, we found a corner to slack out the hall first. Mirai's photog friends came over to shoot Mirai, and then they also shot me! Wasn't expecting that at all! And most of them were photogs I already heard of from my friends or my friend's friends. I did see a friend Anthony (STILL COSTOGRAPHY) later on though, but didn't manage to get a shoot with him.
It was a super new experience for me (no shoot experience at all. Or at least, solo, because last year STGCC Basket Army we one whole team got a lot of photogs, even got photog walls lol, but that was easy, because I had the same expression: a frown. /hit) But for Fushimi I had to look slightly 狂ってる(??omg I can't find a suitable English word) somewhat like the "yan" in "yandere"? so it was harder to do a good expression. And my expression ended up being the same the whole day lol TTuTT The photogs were all very nice people =w= and I got some really nice photos and I'm so happy for that. Alot of people (by my standards) asked for photos as well (of and with me) so happy~~ And there were many cute/good incidents from that.
I actually spotted a Homra Saru in Hall A (they opened it up at around 12:30?) when camping and I was like "Ehh Homra-hiko! So cute" but obviously I couldn't move lol. Plus I was actually really shy about asking other people to take photos with ie zipai because I DIDN'T KNOW THAT PEOPLE DID THAT. I sound like I'm really out of date right. Yes I am. (anti-social girl. Half a decade in the hobby but knows so little people. Which is why I'm very thankful for KiraCandy /digress)
Anyway, I saw her walking around Hall A la, but I just stayed where I was, and then later she came over (with her friends, cosplaying different series) and asked for a photo with me!! Wah I was so surprised and super honoured okay!! We exchanged a few lines, and then just nice this photog came over and asked for a photo. Hoho Homra-hiko and military uniform Saru. It was a nice experience, because it's like so impromptu and then you pose for a photo with someone you just met like 10 seconds ago ROFL. She was also quite good with her cosplay. =w=
I went to walk around the event hall later, because I wanted redjuice's autograph, so I went to his booth (and Mirai's boyfriend was working there. Geez all the lobangs he gets) and got a postcard (and all the artbooks were sold out anyway so I couldn't get them even if I wanted to). I returned later around 4 plus (redjuice's walk of fame was at 5PM but I went to check if a queue line has formed.) and 5. One of the times I went back, these 3 girls actually ran up to me (from the back, and they were saying "excuse me!" and I saw them running towards me when I turned omggg (/w/)) and asked for a photo! And they were so adorable okay haha. I think they may be Lower Sec age? Not sure haha.
When I was sitting in Hall A, there was this family slacking nearby too (I think the dad is a photog, so they brought the kids over. AND THEY WERE SO CUTE. And the son is only probably about 4,5? and his dad entrusts him with a DSLR and he actually has the flair. Not bad.) So this older sister (well she looked older) asked for a photo with me and SHE WAS SO CUTE LA OMG. And then the brother took the shot. He shot twice, then the girl went off, but he continued to shoot omg so cute can hahaha. I ended up didn't know what to do so omg I think I was super OOC, but hey man, it's a lil kid la just do something for fun lor haha. The mum thanked me later on, but it was really nothing.
Another random thing was that this guy asked for a photo and I obliged (he bowed 90degree later on omg and held it. wanted to return the favour but it was a bit hard to bow that low in my outfit + later my hat drop off lol), THEN, when I was about to sit, this photog gave me a signal la, and he was actually 5? metres away, and just shot me from where I was haha. He was also quite a nice guy. Don't really remember his face though. I suck at that.
OH OH. And sometime around 2-3pm, Mirai's friend came over to say hi and have a chat, and I decided to eat my canned tuna while listening to them talk, and then. This Caucasian guy walked by and took a photo LOLOL. I was offended at first la, obviously, because hello, eating canned tuna lika unglam only can. Plus people talking leh. Still got flash somemore. So Mirai's friend said that he could ask for a photo and we'd pose for him, and his reply was, "....it's alright to shoot you guys like that, eating and all; a candid shot..." I was like "okay.....*sweatdrop*" srsly. LOL cannot even be offended hahah.
Around 6pm I was walking around Hall A looking for a friend, then this girl asked for photo with me uwaa. She was really excited(? well it seemed like to me) and she asked to confirm if I was cosplaying Fushimi and she said I "look[ed] really really good". omg!!! *shy shy shy* I was really surprised and then she and her 2 friends also took pictures of me. And she asked for a coscard! (actually quite a few asked for it over the day as well) BUT I has none. TT_TT I didn't make a coscard because I had no cosplay to print a coscard of, and also I didn't have a page (and I don't really fancy adding everyone on FB since my FB is more of "People I know in RL") and no WorldCos (I do have a CURE but it's not a cosplayer account yet uhu) so yeah. SADLY. I was so so so apologetic and felt so bad leh!! I feel so sorry to all the lovely people who asked for it ;_;
After that last round around Hall A, I went back, and. SAW THIS FREAKING GOOD LOOKING SEBASTIAN (Kuroshitsuji) NEAR WHERE WE WERE CAMPING. LIKE REALLY. GOOD. REALLY. I immediately spazzed to Mirai, and her friend, who were next to me at that time. Srsly. I was saying I wanted to take a photo with him so bad, and he's damn good looking LOL. Gosh now thinking about it, that's really.... out of character (LOL!!!) for me! Usually I don't show this side of me to people hahaha. Yeah anyway I ended up asking for a photo. It's on my Instagram. Also had a quick chat with him and. HE ONLY STARTED COSPLAYING LESS THAN HALF A YEAR AGO WHAT. THE. ACTUAL. F. And his make up is. omggg. I really cannot stand people who draw the eyes damn well okay *hot tears* Like draw on double eyelid crease. Actually that's the only thing I haven't tried to do. I keep forgetting to buy brown eye liner. (ettusais gonna release gel automatic liner, so I'm gonna get theirs) Oh, and he's damn tall. Yup. 惚れました
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This entry is getting so long I don't even lol. But I just want to remember all the happy first-time experiences and memories!! So many lovely people.
EVENT HIGHLIGHT:
redjuice autograph session you don't say. And I managed to speak in Japanese with him for abit!! Damn happy. Because last year when PIKO came I couldn't squeeze out a word except thank you at the end because he had this whole entourage (being a singer and all) and it was like. damn nervous la.
So I told redjuice that because the artbooks were sold out (and I was super kuyashii over it) so I could only buy the postcard (and he said it was alright, like in the manner he didn't expect everyone to buy artbook, like yeah) and then told him I followed him on pixiv and he said thank you in such a grateful/humble manner omggg!! Japanese people. And yes, I said it in son-keigo. Below is what I said: (I did say ano ano and he was so nice, he listened to me and I was like, omg you can just sign while I struggle over my Japanese LOL)
"悔しいですが、イラスト本は完売されました。(はい、そうです*x sign*)だから、ポストカードしか買えなかった(あっ、それは大丈夫です！)pixivでもredjuiceさんのpixivをフォローさせて頂きます！（あっ、ありがとうございます！)"
Srsly, I can't. He's like a DAMN NICE PERSON. I DON'T EVEN. DAMN NICE. I really wanted to tell him I follow him on pixiv because it's easier than saying I've been a fan for very long (lol). Plus he actually doesn't publicise his pixiv nowadays (not sure when he stopped it) so it's kinda easy to tell if you've been a long fan. He was one of the first few people I followed. I think 3rd or 4th, aside from pixiv management lol.
YEAH. I LOVE redjuice. Was really excited when I heard STGCC bringing him over y'know!
Oh, so I got a photo w/ him (so rare that Japanese people will allow photos; last year PIKO's was no pictures nor recording... but maybe cus he's an artiste under management..) and I was super happy. Spazzed on Insta later hahaha.
After the event, Mirai and I headed to redjuice's booth to wait for Jimu, and we saw redjuice again~~ He wrote on the booth's wall and I insta-ed it. Later on I managed to talk to him again, and I told him that I really love his art style "こんばんは、さっきの軍服コスをしたんです。(he rmb me! or at least I would like to think, plus I think I was the only military uniform coser so yeah.)redjuiceさんの絵柄が憧れです！" AND HE WAS SUPER HUMBLE ABOUT IT HE SAID ARIGATOU GOZAIMASU IN THE MOST GRATEFUL IDE MANNER. (I also left a comment on his pixiv this evening after he uploaded the STGCC livepaint, but didn't say who I was la)
Damn happy la srsly. This is also why I'm so event-high. HAHA If I didn't go for Day 2 I think I wouldn't be so high lor LOL.
Really had a lot of fun. Had alot of good experiences. Experienced alot of things for the first time!!
Okok. Oh, and Mirai cosplayed Fate from Nanoha (whoo) and Hime cosplayed Marceline from Adventure Time with Toshiro as Marshall.
AH. Saw Ryuto-kun at the event too. It was quite funny, how we met that day. Basically we were still outside the event hall, and I was sitting down looking after the bags, and then I noticed someone approaching in my direction. Looked up and saw it was Ryuto! HAHAH. And then she was like "Eh!" then told her friend "Ya it's my friend" LOL. Got chided abit cus I didn't tell her I was gonna cosplay military uniform Saru x,D Gomen, Ryuto! She wanted to cos this version as well. Btw she was doing child!Noctis that day. I think she was probably walking towards me because she saw a military Saru then wondered if it was me after getting closer.
Okok this post is getting too wordy! Sorry to hurt your eyes! D: It's mainly for my memories, so sorry orz
Will be updating a new post with new make up purchases recently, and also generally what books I got over the last month or so. ((:
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Labels: 2013, cosplay, life, stgcc
Yosha yosha, STGCC weekend ended on Sunday (and it is already Wednesday) and it has been a tiring but fun-filled weekend. It has been fun prepping and getting excited for STGCC and now it's back to studying real hard. I'm currently a little event-high now, so hopefully this high will push me through my hardcore study.
でわ！
誰のコスしてたの？
伏見猿比古です！愛しいサルくんのコスしてました。
I cosplayed Fushimi Saruhiko (from K) for both days, but different versions. Initially I didn't plan on going Day 2, seeing as my outfit for Day 2 wasn't very accurate and I was still lacking some other preps but some of my friends were going Day 2 only, so I thought I'd go and say hi to them... Actually the whole thing came about because two of my friends, Hime and Mirai, were planning to meet up early and prepare for cosplay so I ended up joining haha. The comment thread for that FB status ended up being very long x,D
So the plan was I'd be slacking/camping in one corner, looking after all the bags while studying and everyone goes to have fun/frolic around. Which is why I didn't mind going in my second cosplay even though it was not to the accuracy I liked. But this is Day 2 details, so I will save that for later, and go into Day 1 first! (Will blog separate posts for both days, to reduce length lol)
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SINGAPORE TOY GAME COMICS CONVENTION DAY 1 (SATURDAY/31 AUGUST 2013)
Cosplay: Fushimi Saruhiko (K), SCEPTRE 4 uniform. (My friend cosplayed Yata Misaki)
Highlight:
redjuice's stage segment!! I have been a fan of redjuice's artwork since 2010? Which isn't painfully long, but at least I didn't start from Guilty Crown /hit.
He did a live painting on his gear (that he courier-ed over from Japan homg. Everything. The computer and the tablet, which is a Cintiq btw, and a whole bunch of wires) on stage! He did the sketch/rough lines first, as you know, it's impossible to draw from scratch in 90 minutes, especially after you see the end work. So the live painting started from tracing the lineart, then it moved on to painting and them he did some rendering and effects.
He uploaded the full artwork on both his FB and pixiv: FB link here
Won't link pixiv because you can't see it if you don't have a pixiv account, whereas FB all can view, so yeah.
It was really really cool watching it live okay. I was just awed. Okay, I did end up spacing out during some parts of the session because I was really tired but I did watch it to the end and it was awesome. Words cannot describe.
Day 1 was a really short day because I only reached STGCC at 3:30? We reached Marina Bay Sands at around 3, but I have to change into costume and walked around looking for a toilet that wasn't crowded. I was also really hungry since we didn't eat lunch. I was going all "ミサキ お腹空いた。 ミサキ、食わせて。ミサキ食べていいの？" wwwwwww well she can't understand that because she doesn't know Japanese ROFL. She's learning now though. redjuice's stage was at 3:45pm, and it ended at 5:20pm, so the day was almost gone! We walked around abit, and discovered a poster of Fushimi and Misaki in the event hall! Yes we took a picture with it LOL. Some people asked for photos with us that day as well, but not many. I think it was 3?
Oh, and there was this other pair of Fushimi and Misaki cosplayers, the Fushimi spotted my Misaki and went "Mii~ saaa~ kiii↑" really loudly. No joke. HAHA. Apparently he went around doing that every Misaki he spotted. My friend got freaked out x,D. The second time he did that I was like "Leave my Misaki alone!*wraps arms around protectively*" LOLOLOL. It was fun.
The day ended such, and I left for dinner. =w=
Labels: 2013, cosplay, life, stgcc
Hello hello!!
I'm blogging at 12 in the morning again ahahaha. I need to fix this sleeping pattern of mine before A levels come around uhu. Anyway, Singapore Toy Games and Comics Convention (STGCC) is this Saturday/Sunday! AND! I! am still not done with my prop. OTL. But it's alright, I discovered a friend who hasn't even started on anything LOLOL. I'm also super behind(??) on my budget orz I keep overspending (oi what's the point of a budget then).
I'm still deliberating on whether to buy entrance tickets to STGCC because:
a) There's nothing on stage I want to see. I'm not really a fan of the guest cosplayers although being able to see Aza is nice but that's alright.
b) I'm broke. I have to avoid the creators' corner/artist alley/whatever events in SG call doujin booths.
c) I'm broke so there isn't anything I can buy there anyway!!
And I'm going there just to meet up with my friends anyway... I'll be cosplaying Fushimi Saruhiko from K, AND. YES. I'm still half-not even half-way through my sabre-making process. I struggled with the synthetic leather for maybe an hour or so last night. And I can't just drop it because I'm cosplaying with my friend uhu. And also the costume I ordered from Taobao had a few minor inaccuracies I'm really nitpicky about... AND also the wristbands are pink. What. Pink? So I need to buy some fabric dye for that....Fabric dye is expensive TT_TT I could only find them in Spotlight and Spotlight is expensive. I also haven't styled my wig. And I plan to fix the inaccuracies such as moving the buttons (ocd yea ok) and removing the "collar" from the coat. I seriously
I still need to buy foam and blue synthetic leather too ): Synthetic leather is so hard to find, but I haven't searched the entire People's Park Complex and if I still can't find it there I'll go to Arab Street maybe. And I also need to drop by Art Friend (they are in opposite directions despite being in the Bugis area...) I wanted to drop by Art Friend this evening but it turns out that Art Friend in Bras Basah Complex closes damn early! OTL
I should go back to making my prop. And I should find some daytime to spray paint the sabre. And I also need to cut a groove in it... Not sure how, or should I ignore that... (ocd) Haiiz. I forsee alot of improvising when I realise/discover some parts are not made how I like them to be (Come on face it, Liy, you can't make stuff like these perfectly ok). My money is disappearing like the wind.... *reaches*
Anyway, I think I will sleep at 5am tonight, like last night. And wake up at 10am lolol and then go to school and then I have tuition and have a dinner with some friends because one of them came back from London for vacation from uni... and then more chionging of prop or maybe study because I can't spray paint and I don't have time to buy the foam, leather and dye. So I can only buy everything on Wednesday hopefully... oh my god. OTL
Maybe tomorrow I can style my wig/do makeup test. Or alter my costume. I should drop by DAISO and buy $2 sewing kit. (I have no needles nor thread at home. I should build up a collection soon. Before I get my machine. Or when I get it. And also I'm really shy of the shop owners at People's Park Complex I don't even know why lolol)
Thus ends procrastinating post. Ch-chiong ah...! *weakly*
でわでわ
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Labels: 2013, cosplay, life, prop making, stgcc
Annyeong! (um ya I like to say that)
Yesterday, (18 Aug/Sun) PIKA PIKA Maid Cafe held their first full maid cafe event at *scape WAREHOUSE, co-organised by COSMO! My friends are the PIKA PIKA meido-san and they asked me to help out at their merchandise booth that day! Along with an acquaintance, Mirai's handsome boyfriend, Jimu!
As I was working at the merchandise booth, I wasn't expecting to take photos or videos, so I didn't bring my camera out, so I have nothing to offer for this entry. m(_ _)m
The event was filled with performances, by the PIKA PIKA meido and also guest performers were invited, thanks to EOY! Wotaroid was also there to support the performances with wotagei off-stage and they were really zai. This is their Facebook page, do check them out: ♥
There were stage games and lively emcee-ing by Mika and Ringo as well. Mika and Ringo really bicker alot wwww Jimu calls them a stand-up comedy lolol. Of course, those who know them understand that this is how they communicate!
Many people took videos of the performances, so I guess they will be posted on PIKA PIKA's Facebook page. Nakitty Channel also went to the event, I think he should have videos up soon~
Well, there wasn't anything much going on that day, since I was at the merchandise booth for the most part. And even if I advertise anything, it's sorta too late lol ;;
This Saturday is Natsumatsuri, organised by the Japanese Association Singapore. AND! FINALLY! I has connections to get advanced tickets ;u; Slap me but I never went for Natsumatsuri in the past (since 6 years ago lol) because I didn't want to queue that long to get in. But it's not confirmed if they can get the tickets, so I'll see how first. If not I also won't go again ;_; If I do manage to go I would wanna borrow a yukata from one of my friends.
AH YES. KOC II was yesterday as well~ I asked my proxy to help me get an anthology (and hopefully the novelty!!
I shall end this post here, and I'll update again with Natsumatsuri if I do manage to go, and my doujinshi maybe next week when they all arrive!
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Labels: 2013, COSMO, doujinshi, event, life, natsumatsuri, pika pika meido
Random update? Some chapalang post with all sorts of things thrown in
Date: Sunday, 4 August 2013 ( 01:17 ) 0 comments
Date: Sunday, 4 August 2013 ( 01:17 ) 0 comments
SO. I haven't done a proper post in really long and.... well... I think I'm really boring LOL. /hit
So anyway, KOC II in Tokyo (TRC) is coming soon!!! I hope my proxy will go to the event because some of my favourite circles are including novelties with their doujinshi. I'll probably mail-order instead for some of the circles though, because I can't afford the commission for so many circles ;v; I'll be getting an anthology through the event instead I think, because 100+ pages doujins somehow cost a lot more expensive when ordering from doujin sites. And I saw the novelty that the circle which organised(?) the anthology put up, for KOC II Osaka and it's so cute I want it ;_; I hope that KOC II will have that novelty too..
OHYES. And end of year Kuala Lumpur (KL) event Comic Fiesta! I'll be going to that event with a few of my friends. =w= wktk. First time going to an overseas convention. And first time going to KL lolol. I've only been to Penang, Johor Bahru and Malacca. Always wanted to go KL and see see.
The plans for that event will be Senbonzakura Meiko for Day 1 and Inu x Boku SS Ririchiyo for Day 2! Initially, my friend Mirai and her boyfriend planned to cosplay Senbonzakura Miku and Kaito, then when I asked Nanami about our cosplans, Nanami decided to cosplay with them so we ended up with a group cos fufu. But because we are tall people, we couldn't cosplay Rin/Len. (I still want to cosplay Senbonzakura Rin though, one day..) So we decided to cosplay Luka and Meiko, since they are tall characters hahaha! Now I want to cos Geisha Meiko... but the costume is so expensive and the wig is hard to find.. I might have to buy a normal long wig and style it myself orz. We are also planning a photoshoot for this~
As for the Inu x Boku SS cosplay, I'll be cosplaying with Nanami who will be doing Karuta.
Excited for Comic Fiesta and visiting KL! Malaysia's a scary place, but I've been to Malacca and JB... Like okay leh. But when I told my mum she was like telling me all the horror stories about crimes in Malaysia orz
Yesterday I also did a make-up costest for Ciel Phantomhive Robin version. I actually stuck on double false lashes wwww I put on one of Springheart's false lashes, then Diamond Lash half-lashes, and two different Dolly Wink bottom lashes wwwww It was quite uncomfortable lol. And I tried the gluestick method for concealing eyebrows. It's a pretty hard method to do properly. And I used so much concealor covering that damn thingggg!!
Oh, and seriously I think one can never get enough of makeup I'm just gonna go broke buying makeup zz =="
KATE released this new colour for their eyebrow mascara Eyebrow Colour In (?) and it's "skintone beige". I tried it out on my brow (yes because I have side fringe so it covers up like half of my face if I'm not careful. Kinda annoying. I don't know how anime characters do it) AND IT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY GOOD. Well obviously you still get the eyebrow shape so I'll have to conceal it if I want to draw new brows... I'm actually pretty tempted to get my brows plucked and trimmed thinner the next time I get them done. =="
I also want to get some items from ettusais. Next time. And I also want to try this face powder selling in SASA. But it's so expensive it's $44.
Need to buy lenses too~~ (wait has this become a shopping list?!
OH YES. I've been watching FREE! and I think it's really a KyoAni anime to the end because it keeps making me laugh! Like Tamako Market (K-On not counted because it's adapted from a manga). And the guys are so good-looking and the art is actually really nice and also I realised on Friday that I'm actually older than high-school boys now so I'm like pedo-ing Makoto and Rin why. And I really like the ED
I know it's a really "over-hyped" anime and everyone's talking about it and it's like fujoshi fodder blabla but I'm watching it because I like swimming (I actually like watching shows with plot focusing around swimming esp competitive swimming) and it's KyoAni man! How can you not like KyoAni?! I'm actually looking forward to the animation for another of their CMs, Kyokai no Kanata. Ayakashi-themed leh! How can you not like. (Sigh, so many anime to watch. How do the Japanese keep up man. I'm like @A@ and I need to study ahh（悲鳴
Ah. Cannot. I really don't know how people manage to accomplish so much (actually I do. I should be slapped haiiz. I also want to learn butterfly. I never managed to master it because I couldn't get my basic form right. Maybe I should take up swimming lessons/refresher courses. I can only swim frogstyle properly www
Time to stop being so guzu, start being more productive!! A levels, cosplans, photoshoots (so that I can finally print coscard, and also I prefer photoshoot cosing now, unlike last time where I only considered cosplaying for events only, because last time I didn't know any photogs ahaha super anti-social. I digress), planning to draw more and blog more and sing more! (and hopefully dance!)
OH YA I actually forgot this.
I'll be making my K Fushimi Saruhiko SCEPTER 4 sabre from scratch (4 weeks to go!). I'm thinking of uploading progress shots, and maybe vague/rough explanations or directions on what I'm doing. But I'll be referring to various sword-making tutorials (AH AND I HAVE TO MAKE THE SHEATH TOO CRAP I keep forgetting about it. Does anywhere in Singapore sell sheaths. orz Because I really don't know how to make the sheath with the materials available in Singapore... need to hunt around more maybe uhu TT_TT)
Well yeah. There you have it. Excited to cosplay Fushimi and nervous because what if I can't look ikemen. I need to lost fat in my face. ==" Lose weight lose weight....
Righto! It's 1AM and I shall go to bed soon.
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Labels: 2013, anime talk, cosplay, KLCC Comic Fiesta, life, makeup chat, random update
Konnyanssu!
I'm currently updating from my phone while on the way to the airport to receive my dad back from Macau.
The BonJapan cafe is still going on at time of writing, but my shift was over at 4PM.
I worked from 9AM - 4PM as part of the meido team!
Got to know many people and made a few friends. Hope to see many of them soon again~
Anyway, I borrowed my friend's meido outfit for the cafe. I wore my lolita pannier under it and it was so poofy! It's from Baby, The Stars Shine Bright. Finally got a chance to wear it out proper *tears*
Honestly, the work was rather relaxed and fun, and I'm not particularly tired except for my back because I can't stand for too many hours.
Due to some issues with the supplier for the chicken rice, I think there were many customers who got impatient and displeased, which we deeply regret.
Regarding crowd, I think many of us were expecting a more otaku crowd but most of the menu was the characters that were popular with kids and "normal" people as well so to honest, most of our crowd was normal people.
Alot of little kids, which we don't mind because they are so cute lol.
Our butlers were more popular though LOLOL they actually got to serve the meido/butler menu because there are more single girls LOL
And our Sebastian (Kuroshitsuji) actually fed one of the ojou-sama (1 spoonful only but lol why do they get the fun /hit)
I think we were quite qianbian (asking for a beating) because while our butlers were serving the menu, and about to feed the ojou-sama, we were like "say, ah" and dragged the ah rofl. Ok sorry.
Many of the guys who came for the cafe came with girlfriends or wives LOLOL so we can't do anything.
It's actually pretty hard to be moe to normal customers, and normal female customers even LOL.
Oh and cus there was that "power-up" spell thingy (meido cafe thing) we did that with some customers (normal) and some of them were like -stoned- "wtf was that um whuuuud"
Some did have fun doing it and some of the ladies were like "do it do it" to their male companions bc yes, the actions are pretty embarrassing for guys haha.
Our default spell is "Moe Moe kyuun" but I wanted to say "kon" as that's the sound a fox makes and I also had a fox hairpin on.
It goes "Moe Moe, kon-kon-kon!" sounds a bit like hitting sth but I like okeh /lolwut
But there wasn't any chance to bc we were all doing spells in pairs or groups.
Yep. And I want to lose weight (no link)
I think that's all to say for the event. I don't know how the dinnertime shift is handling it now but I'll prolly ask my friends who are working that shift.
Yup. Had fun, made friends. Not bad. Hahaha.
I still think I can't pose nor smile properly and I probably looked really tired bc I slept for like 5 hours? Yeah...
Okay! I shall end my post here~
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Labels: BonJapan, cosplay, experience, life, meido
Today was Cosfest Day 1! (Actually yesterday, since it's past 12 midnight now)
SO HOT BUAY TAHAN. Even inside the tent also hot =="
Anyway, met up with many people and took alot of photos but omfg damn ugly. orz
I need to take photos w people more often..... it's like, my friends look good but I'm like omfg wtfisthis. And my own zilians are good. But once I'm taking zilian with other people it becomes....... HAIIZ.
Oh, and I crossdressed today. Yeeeep. Cus I plan to cos Fushimi for STGCC so I thought I'd try out some guy makeup and also binding to see how it is for a day. I think not bad. I just need to learn how to pose and look good in photos other than my own zilians.
I also need to make my sword. Bloop. Gotta find some time to buy materials to make prop maybe next week Wed (since there's not class) or Thursday.
Mmm. Cosplay crowd.
SO MANY AJSLFKSJ NICE COSPLAYS THAT I WANNA ASK FOR PHOTO W BUT TOO SHY WHAT.
Got Karakuri Len, Noiz (Dramatical Murder), AMNESIA (omggg) and 1-2 Fanclub (which I also want to cos, but probably for photoshoot and make a PV lolol). Yeah. AND KUROSHITSUJI DOLL AND JOKER OMG THE JOKER DAMN GOOD LOOKING CAN I JUST.
Yep.
Surprisingly, Cosfest doesn't have alot of "trendy" cosplays, more towards classic and popular (like Vocaloid)
Maybe we'll see more trendy cosplays for STGCC or AFA.
I also bought REIKA's Shingeki no Kyojin photobook~ Yay so happy haha. The queue was super long, but my friend's friend, saw her friend in the queue (reaching her turn somemore) and so we tonpang. /hit Sorry I know it's like damn bad. :x
Yep. Tomorrow also going to Cosfest, and then I'll be having a DIY photoshoot at Vivo with my friend for our BonJapan stint.
DIY because my friend who was supposed to shoot for us can't make it so I'll be the one shooting my friend, and then giving my friend instructions on how to shoot me lol. Anyway, the photos don't really have to be damn nice so it doesn't matter. I guess.
Okay. Really tired, and I think I gotta wake up early tomorrow so goodnight~
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Labels: 2013, cosfest, cosplay, event, life
Minna konnichiwaaaassu!
I've been really busy the past week, from last Mon til today! Actually, the event I was busy for is already over, but I've been busy catching up with what I've missed due to the event. And catching up on sleep, unpacking and packing stuff, while returning to reality hahaha (school *gloom*)
Anyway, just to briefly update here, I've been busy with the COSMO Youth Parade/SHINE Youth Festival held last Saturday at *SCAPE (Somerset)!!
Yes, I was part of the main crew at the event!
How it came about was that my friends were the PIKA PIKA Meido (Suzume started off the idea all by herself, and we all decided to join in with her! Isn't she awesome! And we have so many lovely community friends who gave us support and pushed us on, I'm really happy for Suzume!), and the organiser for COSMO contacted her to ask if she has any friends who are available to help out with them for COSMO as they are short-handed (after some conflicts led to a few people resigning)
Seinou and I were available to help out (and we could speak Chinese) and so it led to us becoming part of the crew as liaison for the cosplayers that COSMO invited! (YES KING X MON, MISA, YUI & SAFFRON!)
Our weekend started from Thursday morning and ended on Sunday noon! It has been a whirlwind of fun and excitement and while there has been issues, I will not blog/mention anything about it. The cosplayers have all been so very very nice and uploaded statuses on their Facebook pages to clarify all the rumours and criticism we have received. YUI also updated her blog, and it has been very interesting reading about our 4 days with each other through her perspective!
I actually blogged super super long on Thursday night after I reached home, but that will be a personal blog post I will not upload. It's full of spaz and craziness I don't think anyone will want to read it.
But I really have to say, the cosplayers are all really nice people.
Really miss them now! All I've been wanting to talk about these few days are the events over the past weekend and COSMO because I really miss the guests TTATT
Okay, so that was my weekend xD
Haven't gone to NND for over a week as well, and so many new songs have been uploaded, including O-tsukimi Recital and the next instalment of Mikagura School Suite! Haven't gone around to romanising these songs yet (except O-tsukimi, which I have done and uploaded here).
Oh, and new CDs are getting released, but I haven't got the money to buy them yet, because I just went Taobao and bought some cosplay stuff @A@ Maybe in August.
I also have to bring my MacBook into the Apple Service Centre (at Wheelock Place....) because the battery needs servicing :/
Despicable Me 2 is also now screening! Gonna ask my mum out to watch it next week. Did I mention I also watched Monsters University as well? It was really inspiring, that's all I have to say. But I still wanna get a degree. Gotta work hard for that. I have newfound motivation.
But if I really study, I won't be going online at all, so this blog will just be blank and empty.... and. Yeah...
I will try to update, especially when there's interesting things going on, but my posts will be really sporadic from now on. After my A levels okay!
OH YES. What's coming up soon this week is Cosfest! Really excited for Cofest because I wanna buy REIKA's photobook (SHINGEKI NO KYOJIN!!) and meet up with some of my friends I have not seen in really long! I'm really glad for cosplay and animanga, some of us, we really just continue being friends because of this even though we don't see each other often. I'm so glad I took a step out of my comfort zone and joined KiraCandy last year because I wouldn't have made so many awesome friends, met so many lovely people, and got to experience so many great things!
AND NEXT WEEK (13 Jul) IS BonJapan's Theme Cafe. Go visit their website and check it out, if you're in Singapore! I will be working there as one of the meidos~
BONJAPAN'S WEBPAGE FOR THE CAFE.
With this, I shall end this entry.
Will update again soon ((: (Really happy these few days eheh)
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Labels: 2013, COSMO, cosplay, life
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