FINALLY~~~!!!

AFTER A GOOD 1 YEAR!!!!!!!
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i finally fell sick....like really nose-block-sorethroat-migraine-i-thought-i-am-gonna-die SICK!

And it's not a very good thing. It's so close to CF and i'd rather go to an event not having to sneeze every 2 seconds.
It's kinda annoying having to wipe your nose, and sniffle all over (especially when you have make up on your face...sneezing and wiping your nose...that's not a very good combination with make ups)
It gets in the way of contact lenses too.
i don't wear contact lenses on a daily basis...nor do i wear specs at all..
so sneezing all the time make me tear up easily, and it irritates my eye a lot!

i really hope that i'll get better by thursday latest.
i don't mind falling sick at the end of the event (which is on a sunday).....lol, that way i could apply for MC on the monday...........LOL...

GAh, anyway, CF in a week....
i was supposed to touch up on whatever i can today, but......i went to a friend's hse for a small birthday celebration, and ended up watching Hannibal till 11pm.
so .......yeah....

it's HOBBIT with the Sherlockians tomorrow....
SMAUG~~~~~~~~~~~~ <3 br="">
(and i hate those people who spoil the show....i received to many spoiler tags on FB/messages/watsapp...on purpose...those kind of scumbag friends.....useless perps...)

Listening to : Saiyuki Burial - Shiny Moon
Mood : Sickly *sniffles*

Last day of 2012

And so we reached the end of 2012. So much for the Mayan Apocalypse eh? XD
2012 was a fun filled year for me. There were ups and downs, but nevertheless a truly wonderful year.

I've had my tooth extracted, went to soooooooooo many places (in fact, this year was the year i travelled the most! - Started off with Hong Kong, then Vietnam, then Kukup and finally Taiwan)
Next year it'll be Bali and JAPAN~~~~

so, Comic Fiesta 2012....(obviously this would pop up)
i really did enjoy it really much. With bless4 gracing our event (and what i heard from most people, they are a bunch of humble kids) and having a concert for us. Truly one of the best CF events ever.

I didn't really enjoyed cosplaying as much this year... mainly because i hurt my arm the morning of the day 02 event. (had a nasty fall in the toilet, bumped my head and 'acquired' a deep cut on my elbow) I couldn't move much and i felt crippled during the event. It's not helping much that i went and crippled my dominant arm.

But, in any case.....
Day 01

Prince Diamond of Sailormoon R

This was the dude that i cosplayed on day 01. Not many people recognise the Black Moon Clan though. I guess it's too obscure? lol....but i enjoyed pretty much cosplaying him. Especially with my team.

Me, Tsubasafan, Michiru and Riko

During the event, we split up to get our secret santa gifts. Reason why we had it during CF was because we thought it'd be great that everyone got something from our ACG fandom. 

We originally wanted to have our secret santa on the first day, but hui ching had a nightshift the day earlier, so she practically slept through the event. LOL....

and then later the night, Tsu and Riko left, leaving me, relyss and michiru to enjoy the concert.

high 5 session with the bless4 members!

EVERYONE went up on stage and high 5-ed with them. They were so humble and down to earth people. Truly one of the highlights of the event. I was thankful that i stayed back and listen to their concert. When they sang Genesis of Aquarion for encore, i couldn't contain my happiness.
THANK YOU FOR GRACING US WITH YOUR PRESENCE ~~!!!

Day 02

Sebastian Michaelis of Kuroshitsuji

I was in pain the entire day because of the fall. I almost couldn't make it for the event. But thank god Relyss and Michiru was with me. Thank you so much~~~!!!

That aside, i'm really glad i went. I finally cosplayed one of my dream characters. I feel i could retire now with no regrets. (3 characters that i really wanted to pull off before i hang up my hobby - Sanzo, Yue and Sebastian)
not that i'm retiring anytime soon, but will most probably NOT suggest anymore new teams to cosplay. I'll probably be riding on people's plan starting from now. and a bunch of recycled costumes. LOL

Then, come the night of secret santa exchange..!
I dunno about the rest, but for me, i feel it's great that we all exchanged gifts of our fandom so that we can all gush about it when we receive it. My secret santa, i still don't know who was it, gave me this awesome supercute Nyanko Mug.

My reaction when i received it........i totally couldn't explain. I was screaming like a mad person. Up to the point Relyss had to say ' CALM DOWN. HOLD YOUR EMOTIONS!'

Yes, it shows how much i love the gift. It's now in my glass cabinet casing. Only to be used for special drinks (coffeee la.what else...haha)

but, THANKS AGAIN MY SECRET SANTA~~~!!! <3 nbsp="nbsp" p="p">

Also, my loot during CF...i spent almost RM300 on the stuffs there. Mainly because i bought 4 'Betrayal Knows My Name manga'

Also, thank you so much MICHIRU for the kuroko calendar. And LETS SAMA SAMA PAKAI NYANKO when we are on our flight to JAPAN~~~!!! <3 p="p">

That's that for Comic Fiesta.....

Cosplay Ball was another fun event i attended this year. 

To me, the cosplay ball is more of catching up with old CF members.

I was surprised people remember me. Shaun was sitting the same table as me, and when he saw me, he went ' hitokiri sien!?!? THE hitokiri sien!??'....i was like..yeah..haha...

then he went on about how we knew each other back during when i was a college student and stuffs..It was cool catching up with Shaun. (FYI : he was known as Hisashi Glay back then. which is why i never really added him on FB....couldn't find him..hahaha)

Then Chibineko and Swing (OMG YOU CUTE CUTE LOVEY DOVEY PAIR~~~!!) came and sit with us and started chatting away. I didn't know that many people in the ball, but surprisingly, all of us could just conjure up a conversation.

Then Dei came over and we had a long chat. It's awesome that he is releasing a movie in Aussie soon. It's really just.....nice and warm to have all the old friends sit together and chitchat.

And lol, once again with the coscard. Shusuke was going all 'YOU HAVE COSCARD? DUN LIE~~~~~ I KNOW YOU HAVE~~~'..

i was like..errrr..i really dun have. i have my business card though. LOL

Shusuke was the uber GENKI uke....like omg..i could see myself 5 years back in her...hahaha....

and my secret santa gift from the ball??

DORAEMON~~~~!!!!!
so uber cute..~~!!! XD XD
so yeah....2012 was a blast.

i'm going out in for my NYE countdown with my fellow colleagues in a bit, so i guess i'd better say it now..

HAVE A HAPPY EXPLODING 2013 YEAR~~~!!!!

Mood : XD

Listening to : Camus & Ren - Baby! My Strawberry!

Animangaki 2012 : Aftermath

Day 01 - Cosplaying Kurosaki Ranmaru of UtaPri Debut
I was actually kinda worried about bringing all the musical instruments......it was a rather huge keyboard and also heavy electric guitar to be lugged there, and also there's the keyboard stand.
It's no easy feat bringing these to the convention center.
Good thing i have the entire team to help me out. (thanks guys, you are all lifesavers!)

Usually i wouldn't bring all these to events (i tend to cosplay more 'easy-less-prop-not-so-many-things-to-take-care-i-want-to-keep-my-hands-free' type of cosplays. LOL)
But since Himawari is leaving soon, and it'd be difficult to have a shoot with her in the near future, we were like...OH WHAT THE HELL YOU GUYS HELP ME LUG THOSE INSTRUMENTS LA I BRING....LOL
It was as little bit of a confusion at first (for me) because i've never really done any shoots with other photogs that much before. I have no idea how they work, so i just went with the flow.

Himawari - Reiji Kotobuki
Kas (my distant-senior from college) - Ai Mikaze.
We were all cosplaying characters from the game

Uta no Prince Sama : Debut. 

We were supposed to cosplay Ren, Masato and Shou...but somehow, it switched to the seniors because we were brainwashed by their songs as well as their appearance in the game. haha...
I originally wanted to take Camus's slot, but seeing that i'm not familiar with the cello (and i do not have one), i eyed on Ranmaru. Ranmaru is a little bit like Adam Lambert IMHO.
He is punkish, his make up and everything....and his songs...it's so rockish! (so totally my type!)
Well, he IS a little grumpier, but he is SOOOOOO CUTE in the game. (especially when he is with Masato.....LOL)

As for the event itself, i only bought Day 01 tickets.
This was the first time, i have NEVER spent any $$$ on doujins during an event. Most of the stuffs on sale were button badges and bookmarks.
Also, there weren't any fandom of mine which was on sale. Though, i almost spent on a Nyanko jacket, but seeing that it wasn't my size (XL..T^T WHY YOU SO BIG?!?!) i had to put it back.....
Also, i apologise if i couldn't recognise anyone during the event. Whenever i wear contact lenses, my vision tend to be reduced by 30%....

1st day cosplay really gave me arm training from all those instrument lugging. But it was really fun! It was in fact my first time posing with an electric guitar.
Many thanks to my Crimson Cross-mates for being there the entire time. Love you guys lots!
and also to my UtaPri Quartet (minus Camus T^T), YOU GUYS WERE AWESOME!!!!
Kas's Ai Mikaze is so CUUUUTEE!!!!! (And then damn yeng also lor!!)
Himawari's Reiji is so Kira kira!!! her chachacha (maracas) was so fun to play with, and i shall forever salute you for being able to complete your costume in less than a day.......*kaotaos*

Here are some pics of our UtaPri ★ Debut group.

 Photo Credits : Razrig

 Photo Credits : Xanthe

Utapri ★ Debut

More photos will be posted up on my DA, FB or Cure account. I haven't had much time to edit it because of my current work, photoshoot preparations and also my freelancing wedding animation.


Day 02 - Cosplay Izaya Orihara of Durarara!
THE EMB IS BACK!!! I couldn't express how much love i have for this character.
It just comes so natural and i totally enjoyed it.
Also, to add sweet and sugar to everything, Xanthe WAS MY SHIZUO!!!
I forever happy...my OTP is fulfilled. But she was a less angry/grumpy Shizuo..haha..
It was much fun cosplaying with her, and it was  MY VERY FIRST TIME AFTER ALL THESE WHILE TO BE ABLE TO PAIR UP WITH HER.....FIRST TIME AFTER ALL THESE TIME!!!
Tsu was Kida Masaomi. I totally enjoyed looking at the photos from those 'running-you-chase-me-then-i-chase-you' comic strip. I had no idea what they were doing, so when i was told to run, i just...er..ran..LOL..
then after i saw the preview shots in the camera, ONLY i knew what these people were doing..hahahaha...

OH and one memorable thing that happened during the shoot was being locked in the emergency exit stairway...
Somehow, Jia found a stairway, which was quite suitable for our theme shot.
 We didn't full shut the door tight, first was to let the aircond in, 2ndly so that we could exit from there.

So halfway shooting, Usagi(Hexlord) opened the door and we were all like 'HEEYYY!!! FINALLY I SEE YOU!!!! HELLO!!!! *waves*'..then badum...the door shut tight.
We were all clawing the door because there WERE NO DOOR KNOBS for the emergency exit door.

We sort of...panicked a little (i think), and then we started to hunt for a way out...
GOOD THING there's the basement exit....after that we were like...NO MORE...LEt'S GO ROOFTOP AND SHOOT.
so yeah, basically that was one of the most 'memorable' incident that happened..hahha...

Here are some preview shots of our...running around....^^;;;

I~~Za~~~YA~~~KUN~~~~~

By the way, here's a trivia, at the below pic, what resemblance do you guys see?? hehe....

Photo Credit : Jia

Had totally awesome fun during Animangaki 2012. We shall wait for our Shinra to come down from Penang, and well...maybe after that we'll plan a shoot for our Durarara!! Team.
I'm still trying to get Michiru to cosplay Anri or Celty though...but..she doesn't seem to show any interest in this series...T^T

Oh well.....^^;;

Listening to : Monochrome Factor - Awake ~Boku no Subete~

Mood : ^_^

Workout and Motivation

Workout and Motivation

How often do you workout?
- Almost everyday (except 'that' particular time of the month)

How long do you workout?
- hmm..depends....if i have a run or marathon coming up, i would run more in the gym. Most probably 1 hour or so to build stamina.
- Also, if there's a cosplay event or photoshoot, will most probably put in an extra 30 mins.

Where do you workout?
- Usually i'll hit Fitness First after work during the weekdays. (except wednesday, that's the time i play badminton with my colleagues)

What do you do when you workout? (run, cycle, resistance, etc)
- I run most of the time. Occasionally i row the boat (there's this boat rowing machine in the gym) and i cycle (my very own RPM with my anime songs.... :D)

What is your motivation?
- Cosplay.......that's the one and sole purpose i'm putting in so much during gym. Works wonders!

What is the hardest part of working out?
- hmmm....getting started? the first 3 minutes into the run, you'll feel like....meh, can i stop now? Maybe coz the muscles are just being lazy? but then when i hit the 6th or 7th minute, i start to hasten up my pace......sometimes completing 10km in a run without even knowing it...haha...

Are you the talkative type?
- errr....not exactly. I usually shun myself out of the environment during my workout period. 2 earphones stuffed into my ears. That's all i can hear. Which is why, i prefer to hit the gym alone. I do go with friends, but then they know my routine. ^^

Any favourite quote for working out?
- Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what gets you going. You've gotta turn working out into a habit. Just having motivation is not enough.

Well, i guess that's that for my workout Q and A.
I saw this from myfitnesspal, and thought it's a good way to make myself realize certain goals when i workout.
Hope this helps you guys out there....XD

Listening to : Nana - A little Pain
Mood : XD

The Millenium Shoot

Last weekend was an exhausting, but a totally enjoyable one.
You see, me and tsu joined a team of awesome people for a shoot cosplaying from a classic series that is, i would say, kinda well known but underloved...
We all donned our costumes and cosplayed characters from..

'Yu Gi Oh! - Dominoe Battle City Version'

Classic eh? yup....i've always wanted to have a shoot on this series since 2009, when i first got my costume. But i believe not many people were willing to cosplay that series...mainly because of the difficulties of getting the duel disk and also the gravity-defying hairstyles.

I myself went through some headache getting that duel disk.

OH, if you're wondering what's a duel disk....here's how it looks like...

*credits to Fahimi Sparda for pic*

So yeah, 2 years later, i got a message from the organizer of the group asking if i was interested to join their shoot as Kaiba Seto.
I had some troubles during the first shoot, and something popped up last minute which made me have to pull out of the team.

And then once again they decided to have the shoot again, this time with an even more near-complete group, i told myself to clear whatever i have on that day and go for the shoot. It's not everytime you get near-complete group for classic series like this.

So yeah, it was a little bit stressful at first..i didn't really know everyone in the shoot, it was a good thing Tsu joined the shoot as well. At first Riko had wanted to come along too, but the 'royal pain-in-the-ass majesty' colleague of hers had to go and spoil everything by taking leave and blablabla......AND also last minute i believe Riko had some Kursus to attend.

ANYWAY~
Prior to the shoot, i was sooooooooooo worried about the condition of my face. Acne, pimple and all those...ugly spots began to pop out 1 month before the photoshoot date, which really turned me off....I totally had no mood to go into the shoot with that kinda of face condition. So i had to spend money on facial products...from RM15 product, i went all the way to DR.G's facial wash (costed me a hefty RM60) and also some exfoliating mask thingy...i have no idea what those are..
So yeah, condition improved and with proper diet, the marks on the face began to subside ENOUGH for make up to cover.

OKAY~~enough digressing....ON TO THE MILLENIUM SHOOT!

Cast
Yami Yugi - Fahimi Sparda (Organizer)
Jyounochi Katsuya - TsubasaFan aka Reddo Gurin
Kaiba Seto - hitokiri_sien (ME! XD)
Mai Valentine - Hammi Lye
Ryo Bakura - Zheok Kite
Malik Ishtar - Nero Vi Kazama
Dark Magician Girl - Shine Ng
Dark Magician - Prince Siao Wen

Photogs & Helpers (these awesome people behind the lense *salutes*)
Xanthe Yeoh
Elle Yeoh
Shun aka Fritz
Usagi aka Hexlord
Teh Chia Yi
Kazami Shintaro
Gems
Chris
*please forgive me if your name isn't here...do let me know ya? forgive this obasan's memory*

And the end result of the shoot?

Photo credits to Shun


Photo credits to Elle/Xanthe


Photo credits to Elle

So yeah, basically we had massive fun during the shoot, and the weather was kinda merciful on us. (i think most probably because we were shooting at the shaded areas.)
Also, the classrooms were opened with AIRCOND!! so everytime we felt as if we were baking (especially me..=_=) we ran into the room for some cool air.

OHh....did i mention that the wind trolled me? when i was ready for a shot, the wind will be as dead as a leaf....but when i wasn't ready, the wind will be blowing so strong it could bring a tree down. I wanted to get the whoosh whoosh effect, but then we weren't THAT successful in getting it. We had to resort to HUMAN FACTOR, which is, throwing my cape, and then the person had to summersault or backflip so that the camera could get a snapshot of me with my whoosh whoosh cape.

all in all, it was a fun experience shooting with these people. Usagi's lense were AWESOMELY AMAZING!!!! it made me, elle and xanthe felt like WTF WE NEED TO GET THIS LENSE IT'S SO NICE......LOL...

THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN PEOPLE FOR THE WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE. It was a fun and awesome shoot. you guys are all amazing, you guys are superstars...!!!!
oh..btw...before i end, here's troll kaiba...XD

Looking forward to my May shoot now. XD

Listening to : Masato Hijirikawa (Kenichi Suzumura) , Ren Junguji (Junichi Suwabe) - Blue X Prism Heart
Mood : ^^

Comic Fiesta 2011 : Post Event Report DAY 02

DAY 02....well well well...what can i say about it..
The mess that the KLCC management did for the first day was cleared off and well handled by the CF Comm...The crowd control went even more smoothly and there was hardly any crazy lines anymore......

I'm not entirely sure if there are any lines..(i'm sure there are a few long queues every now and then) because i was couped in hall 4 the entire day....
WHY? because mobility was.....hazardous...(no, not for me...for the people around me)
because i cosplayed.......
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Yeah..Uber Big huge wings.....=_=
If you've guessed it rite, then give yourself a pat on the back....
i cosplayed Yue from Cardcaptor Sakura...^^

I was with Team Clow the entire day.....and it was my first time at an event..BAREFOOTED...
wasn't a very good experience because i scrubbed my legs like hell when i got home..LOLOLOL!!

Still, here's my full team...

Photo credits : Izumi Fcf

Cosplayers :
Riko Kojima - Kinomoto Sakura
Kikyo Leng aka TPL - Li Shaoran
Diyana - Tomoyo
See Wah aka Michiru - Eriol
Yue - me!! XD XD

As usual, day 02 was when EPIC cosplays appear..(most probably because of the Competition....)
I was particularly awed by the CLAMP team....especially Himawari's Sakura because of the firey designs on her costumes (she cosplayed Sakura from Tsubasa Chronicles, fire kimono version) but it was regrettable that i couldn't snap any of her shots because i only saw her at THE END of the event.....

It was fun meeting up with old friends and getting Coscards..(SO SORRY I HAVE NONE TO GIVE OUT..!!! I'LL CONSIDER MAKING THEM...I THINK...><;;; because i feel no one would want my card, so i just figured..AIYAH..no need to make them la..hahahhah)

I didn't really collect a lot of coscards, but man, i have an awesomely great time during CF this time...

It felt almost like CF2005 - 2007 again..when cosplay was all about fun fun fun....(no drama, no politics, etc)

Here are the few shots i got (while running around like a CLAMP-ed up Yue)

DOMOKUN!!! <3<3<3

There were a lot more other AWESOME cosplayers, but then i only manage to snap these few....
Anyway, kudos to the CF Comm for being able to pull off an event of such international scale....
It almost felt like AFA.......XD
Still, the amount of attendees scared me a little as i ponder to think, how are they to get an EVEN BIGGER venue than this next year??
there were approximately 20,000 (if i'm not mistaken) attending this event this year (over the span of 2 days)

but all in all, i enjoyed this years CF A WHOLE LOT..!!
CF COMM, all of you, from President to the helpers and volunteers, you all deserve a pat on the back and AWESOME JOB!!!!! *thumbs up*

And here's to my awesome Team CCS...you all RAWK OKAY?!?! WE BE COSPLAYING CCS LIKE A BOSS~~~~!!! XD XD




Let's now start to plan for our photoshoot...XD XD XD
also, i apologise profusely should i bang into people or poke people with my wings during CF day 02.....I couldn't see, and it wasn't on purpose.....Sorry Sorry and Sorry again..!!! m(_ _)m

With that, here's a pic of my tako Clamp-ed up look..!! (courtesy of Ya Tze's iPhone..XD)


Listening to : Kuroshitsuji - Lacrimosa
Mood : Jingle Bell~~~~ XD XD

Comic Fiesta 2011 : Post Event Report CF Day 01

Comic Fiesta came and passed us by in a flash...
It was so fast...i mean like really..to me it's like..
WHAT WHAT WHAT?!?!?! WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE WEEKEND?!??! WHAT?!?! it'S OVER???!?!?!?!

ahem~
anyway..
let me start off the report.....

Day 01
Our team debuted Team Reload....in our default outfits.
The roles were mainly :

Genjo Sanzo - me! XD
Son Goku - Riko
Sha Gojyo - Michi
Cho Hakkai - Tsu

Also Relyss reprised her role as Saitou Hajime from hakuouki but the Calendar version..^^

Well...i'm sure right now, everyone would've known how superbly messed up the queuing system was on the first day....
heck, it was so long.....the queue wasn't even in KLCC anymore..!!!
why? well...the KLCC management took over for crowd control and man...it was a mayhem....they should've left it to the CF commitees to do it...and the KLCC management staff showed no respect to both cosplayers and the event attendees.

I heard one of them scolding...like really SCOLDING the attendees......it was so rude of them..
i felt so much like twacking them with my harisen.....

The overall placing placing of the booth were not bad....as you entered the hall (if you managed to enter THAT IS..=_=), on the right side were the sponsor booths (which sold an array of ACG merchandises....) straight on was the stage and then on the left was the doujin booth...
It was easy and straightforward. It wasn't as packed as last year too....(maybe because of crowd control?? i dunno...=_=)
I bled.....i bled well at the doujin booth.....spent RM50 on mugs, but those were for my colleagues's farewell gift.....and i spent another RM45 on the CF T shirt.....><;;;; (it was compulsory to get the t shirt..!!! it's an annual thing okayyyy..!!!)
Kinda sad because most of the doujin booth sold only button badges and bookmarks...

However, my overall experience during the event was awesome because Ceui and Mikuni showed up almost on time...

Ceui sang 5 songs...all of which i'm not very familiar with..most of them were from the anime 'The legend of the Legendary Heroes' (i think)....an anime i've not seen yet...but maybe i would after this..haha...
Mikuni on the other hand sang songs from Full Metal Panic and Genso Saiyuki (WOHOOOO!!!!)
she sang her album rendition of 'Alone', 'Sore Ga Ai Deshou', 'Tomorrow' and one song i'm not too sure...
I left the hall when she did the duet with Ceui...T^T (we were hungry..T^T)

When the mini concert was ongoing, our team stood at the far end of the doujin booth's side, because that place wasn't too crowded plus we could see the stage from there...(perspective ppl...i could see mikuni and ceui dancing around on stage from there..and there weren't any crowds around)

We werent posing or whatever, we were actually watching the concert..but we have a lot lot lot of people coming up to us asking for photos..
As we were all very well aware of the rule 'NO PHOTOGRAPHY AROUND DOUJIN BOOTH', we had to decline a lot of them......SO VERY SORRY FOR THAT!!!! THE COMMITEES TOLD US NOT TO HAVE OUR PHOTO TAKEN...so we had to keep our promise..!! ><;;;
(we can't do anything about 'snipers' though...=_=)

After that, we went into hall 4.....and OH MAI GOD..there were so many people around HALL 4..!! cosplayers AS WELL AS event go-ers....
(well, the KLCC management did a 'GREAT' job keeping everyone locked in hall 4..=_=)

However, this CF was a different one for me.....usually during events, our team would've NINJA-ed through everything....without being able to meet friends and take photos of other people...
BUT, this CF..i met a lot of old friends, as well as spoke to some random strangers regarding our fandoms....
it was like..CF 2005 all over again.....^^
There was a Singaporean Dude who i spoke to regarding our fandoms on Saiyuki....it's SO DIFFICULT to find a guy who loves saiyuki..and that guy was very friendly....LOL..
ALSO, i had a cosplayer expressing her love to me..=_=....i went WTF????

LOL...so all in all....it was an awesome CF2011 for me.....yeah well..parking didn't kill us that much because it was RM20 shared out with all of us...so we didn't nearly died..hahaha...

Do look into my FB page for pics....
COMIC FIESTA 2011
(though, it's more of Syiok Sendiri photos...=_=)

stay tuned for day 02's report..!!!

Listening to : Miyano Mamoru - Ai ni iku yo
Mood : XD XD

Comic Fiesta 2011...EPICLY HUGE EVENT!

17th and 18th December...the day where you'll see lots and lots of colorful heads and extravagant costumed people walking around KLCC...

Yup, next week is Comic Fiesta....one of the biggest ACG event in Malaysia. This year, the event will be graced with the appearance of artists Mikuni Shimokawa and Ceui.....
I dun really know anything about the latter, but Mikuni Shimokawa has sang one of the best songs in anime history, and to have her come for our Malaysian event is like a dream come true.

Well, it wont be a full blown concert, but hopefully she'll sing a song or two..
hopefully she'll sing 'Alone' from Gensomaden Saiyuki.....somehow, comparing FMP's songs and GS's...i kinda prefer her 'Alone'....

ANYWAY~~~~
why did i say CF2011 is a HUGE event?
first, they managed to get 2 international artists here..(kudos CF TEAM!!)
secondly, it'll be held in the heart of KL, and one of the most prominent venue in Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur Convention Center...
(though, parking would definitely kill all of us, but oh well....^^ once a year..i suppose it's worth it..XD)
3rd...
HOLY THE PROPS FOR THE TEAM IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST EVER IN OUR HISTORY OF COSPLAY.....
well, i know it's miniature compared to the rest of the AWESOMEWTFBBQPEWPEW cosplayers out there, but for us...it's considered huge..LOL..

and this year we are lack of 2 team members (the Yeoh sisters flew off to London for their brother's convo....)
so we're a bit SHORTHANDED...LOL..hopefully all goes well next week..LOL..

AAAAA........my costume is still not ENTIRELY 100% done yet, because i need Riko down to help me sew it..(i HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO SEW INSANG PARI....=_=...the only sewing i know is Jahitan Kia...=_=)

so err..yeah..
and i can forsee, the least i'm spending at CF this year, is RM100..that's the least....oh boy~~~~~

Listening to : Tiger & Bunny - Missing Link
Mood : EXCITED~~~~~ XD

AFA 2011 - my thoughts....

hmm...this is more of a OPINION blog rather than a rage one....
why did i say this?

well, first off....i didn't experience this myself, rather, i read this from misc blogs and notes around FB and the net.....
OKAY...
the whole issue with AFA 2011....and why the Malaysian Community is raging over it...

Apparently, in a video on youtube, when they were introducing the teams (i'm not sure if it's an official video though) there were only 4 Teams, when there should be 5...
BINGO~~ they left out good old Team Malaysia........

Apart from that, other countries were given at least 2 months to prepare for their regionals, but Malaysia only had..what..like..3 days?
Other countries had stages, halls, proper events for their prelims, Malaysia had.....a Shopping mall, and a SMALL connecting bridge at that...no bigger than a normal school classroom....
Stage? WHAT THAT?

Come AFA, ALL contestants were dumped aside at a corner of the hall where it is DARK and had NO LIGHTS...there was a toilet (DING DING!!!) but wait.....THAT TOILET WAS LOCKED!!! =_=

THEN, i came across an article that said Team Malaysia did an 'ORIGINAL COSPLAY'.......er...i thought that if it's original, wouldn't they be DISQUALIFIED in the first place?
And then, during the Q and A session, Usagi, one of the judges, mentioned that it'd be better that Team Malaysia's performance were longer.......

But they kept to the criteria, and that was a 3 minute skit.....i believe only Team Malaysia and Singapore followed the 3 minute criteria......
The rest of the finalist had more than 3 minutes, and no penalty points was taken....(or so i've heard)
So there might've been some miscommunication with the judging criteria? no?

But no doubt about it, Team Philippines was AWESOME with their performance.....but truth be told, Malaysia did their fare share of fighting too....it's not always Armory cosplays that require more work...sometimes, props that aren't armor based has LOTS to do too.....
It's good that one of the judges noticed the hieroglyphs on Team Malaysian's props....GOOD JOB JUDGE!! (lol..i dunno his name..hahahah..)

but all in all, there were lots of miscommunication from what i've read from the wallpost of FBs here and there..

HOWEVER, i still did not regret going down to AFA 11....in fact, i feel even more proud now because i was there, giving support to our fellow Malaysian team.....(though, i was sitting WAAAAAAAYYYY behind...i couldn't move around easily because i was wearing heels..><;;;)
I just wanted to say....TEAM MALAYSIA.....you guys RAWKED THE HOUSE..!!!! awesome awesome awesome performance from you guys.....
*standing ovation*

Listening to : Brave Story - Ketsui no Asa ni
Mood : - _-

Prop Tutorial : Black Moon Clan's Earrings (Sailormoon R)

Yup..i think i'll start to compile my tutorials on prop making here.....It's a way for me to remember how to make it in the future, should my current one gets busted...LOL..

Disclaimer : I'm making these props based on what i work with best..it's not EXACTLY the BEST way to make it (IMHO) but it works.....i'm sure there are better tutorials out there on prop making and what nots, but seeing that it's kinda limited to get materials around my area (without having to drive out for at least 30 mins), i work my way around what i can find nearby...^^

ANYWAY~~~ here goes....

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Tutorial #1
- How to make Black Moon Clan's Earrings (from Sailormoon R) -

OOOOOOO.....Prince Diamond..!! <3<3<3

You'll need
- Diamonds (refer to picture)
- Earring accesories (the thing to be pierced through your ears)
- Print out patterns (refer to picture)
- UHU glue
- Gold Dust
- Fishing strings
- Black Spray Paint
- JPOP n KPOP SONGS! (LOL!)

First, you'll need to to have sketched out drawings of the top pattern of the earrings..
(i can't draw freehand on a symmetrical pattern, so i resorted to Adobe illustrator for the pattern..LOL)
Then i printed a whole lot of it out on Hard Card (this is to prevent the paper from tearing when i'm cutting them)

LOL...printed these out in my office.....XD

After that, cut out AT LEAST 3 of these and glue them together (here's where the UHU glue will play it's part ^^)
Have 2 sets of these for each side of the earring..(meaning in total you'll need 4 of these pattern thingy...)
Be generous with the UHU...it's ok if it overflows because that way, it'll be sticky enough for the gold dust to be stuck on...
After you've glued those cut out patterns together, it'll look thicker and somewhat not-so-fragile...LOL..

Apply another coat of UHU onto the pattern and then SPRINKLE AWAY..!! (be the toothfairy..!! XD)

it'll look something like this....

Be prepared for pixie dust all over the fingers....LOL

OKAY..that's the pattern part...
Now for the diamonds........It was a real pain in the neck to find the diamond shape that i want, i almost ripped apart my Sheryl earrings until one day, my colleague told me she found the shape that i wanted...only thing was, it's was transparent..not black..
WOOOT..i went..NVM..!! whatever color is ok, i'm gonna spray it black anyways..!!! LOL..
So here it is..the before and after of the diamonds...

The left image is the measurements i had for the pattern....
sort of measured it with the diamonds before i actually print them out....(worried they'd be too big..haha)

Once the paint dries up, attach those earring hook thingy onto the diamond (the little silver looking thing you see on top of the diamond)...I got mine from Art Friends for RM5.....and there were 8 pairs in that small pack...XD

After that, i took apart one of my older earrings and fixed this diamond onto it.....Glue the pattern you have sprinkled gold dust on both sides to create the 3D illustion.....
It'll look something like this...XD

One side done....another one more to go..!!

Do the same for both sides, and WALA...you got your Black Moon Clan earrings....XD

Yeah well, not exactly the PRETTIEST THING IN THE WORLD......but it works..!! XD

Will be using this for my upcoming photoshoot.....I know it isn't the PRETTIEST thing in the world, but it's as close as i can get...
I'll still go hunt and see if i could find the pattern (the gold part) for the earrings.....but for the time being....this works..!! XD

Listening to : Meine Liebe Weider - Kioku no Shandelia
Mood : ~_~.....lazy...

Bukit Jalil Park

well yeah...whilst everyone else is busy enjoying themselves at CosFest in Singapore, a bunch of nutters decided to drive ALLLLLLLLLLLL the way from Klang to Bukit Jalil Park..for the fun of it....LOL..

Okaaayy...maybe i lied for the 'for fun' part...but we really did drive all the way from Klang to Bukit Jalil park....
Why you asked?

well, we'll be having a shoot in the near future there, and none of us has the slightest bit of idea how the park looks like..
So what better way than to go there and see it for ourselves?

Hmm.....lost our way a little on the way there, because our human GPS, strayed from her position...instead of directing us where to turn and what nots, she decided to talk on the phone....=_=

So i missed the turning into the park and then we had to go out to the main road and make a U turn....LOL..
oh well..the fun of searching for a new place is always the part where we got lost..hahah..

ANYWAY~~~~~
finally we arrived at the place...(yay!!) but gosh..the place is so freaking huge, and walking under the sun at about 2pm is NEVER fun....=_=
we were fried alive...hahaha.......and the umbrella has never been such a good friend before..hahaha..

so we did find the area we wanted to have our shoot...i was a little bit TAD disappointed because i expected the area to be a little bigger....(the international parks)
but nevertheless, it's a start.....
We moved to ALL the countries's parks and started snapping photos.....it was freaking hot i tell you..!!!

But anyway...here are the pictars..!!! XD














Yeah...as you can see.....it was FREAKISHLY hot there...
and to think that we had to hike up to the area after we parked our car........
OMAIGOD......>,<

Please, for the love of god.....remind me to bring umbrellas and my bon odori fan when we're having our shoot.....
It's a nice place to have photoshoots though...
just that....the weather might kill us all..hahaha...

now, why can't the temperature in Malaysia drop by 5 - 8 degrees? i'm not asking for it to start snowing..just..drop by 8 degrees Celsius...then i'll be contented...><;;;

Anyway.......*prays that all will go well for the shoot*

Listening to : Saiyuki - Tightrope
Mood : SLEEEPPPYYY

C2AGE...it came and went...in a flash!

WELL HELLO ABANDONED-BLOG-FOR-ALMOST-A-WEEK..!!!
i told my self to update this blog AT LEAST once a day, but oh well...^^

ANYWAY~~~
yup, my VERY FIRST event for 2011, and my very first Cosplay of the year..LOLX!!

ok, first...lemme talk about the event first...XD
I m not sure whether it is because there hasn't been any major events in these few months or what, but there was a sudden surge of cosplayers in this event....it's like..HOLY BANYAK ORANG..!!!(though, still short of the scale of what CF was...i mean, come on, it's still in a shopping mall..^^)

Anyways, i think for this event, give it a year or two, it could pretty much be on the same scale as Comic Fiesta....i'm not too sure how the event went during the competition (mainly because i was suffering from migraine due to lack of sleep, and also...hunger -- no really, i don't know i was hungry at all, until i had supper and the migraine finally stopped....I AM A PHAILURE AS A HUMAN BEING..!! NOT KNOWING WHAT HUNGER IS...!!! AAAAaa.....)

The booths were selling rather nice stuffs (merchandises from Taiwan, Japan and Hong Kong -- GOT MYSELF A VERY CUTE AND FLUFFY HIBIRD!!!) but well, as usual, it was at a wrong time. I don't get my pay until a week later, and that booth doesn't accept credit card (which, was a good thing, else i think i can sing HALLELUYAH when my credit card bill arrives..LOL)

so, all in all, i would give the event a 7 /10...why 7 you asked?
hmm...it might be my mistake, but there werent' any clear agendas on the event. I had no idea when the competition was (wanted to have a look).....
Apart from that, well, there's something missing from the event...the UMPH-ness..i dunno how to explain, but you just don't wanna stand there the whole day...i dunno? i might just be me...^^

but it was still a good event nevertheless (it satisfied my cravings for cosplays...hahaha)

PHOTOSHOOT!
ok, first of all, i almost died from the heat....it's been 6 months, and then i went and put on that costume which covered my TOP to TOE....all in black....
i had no idea the migraine came from the heat, or the hunger...really..my brain was confused...

It was a good thing that the team managed to find a stairway that NOT MANY people used....so we could have our own time there..(except, we had to stop occasionally because our make up melted......Msian weather has always been VERY HARSH to cosplayers....(-_-;; )

OH..btw, i got some shout outs saying that
'WHERE THE HELL WERE YOU DURING THE EVENT!??!!? DIDN'T SEE YOU!!!!'...
lol...first day, i was at some emergency stairway near the car park at B1...so lol..doubt anyone could find our team....
and on the 2nd day, we were at this abandoned-because-it-was-a-sunday-no-one-was-working office lift doing our photoshoot....LOL..
so there, hahahahahah....
and then after that, i changed, went and had an early dinner...and went home..LOL!!!!
Also, on 2nd day, i was a bit blind.....couldn't get use to the contacts, so everything was practically PURPLE to me.(one eye was red, one eye was blue....LOL)

So I M SO SORRY IF I DIDn'T SAY HI..!!! I JUST COULDN"T SEE.....><;;;;

on a sidenote, heres what i cosplayed. didn't take any photos of the event though....mainly because my camera wasn't with me, and on day 1, i was wearing a pair of leather gloves...so i can't possibly use my iphone...=_=

So for day 01, i was BK201 Hei from Darker Than Black. I had Riko as my cute and adorable Yin. Unfortunately, our photoshoot was cut short because of the heat and stuffiness of the venue. Not much to choose from, but at least it was better than the parking lot.....

The Black Reaper

As long as we're together, we can continue living.

And for Day 02, one of the most disastrous cosplay ever, i give you......

ROKUDO MUKURO..!!! (i swear i'll never cosplay Mukuro in this version again)
And also, my uke-ish Riko as my Hibari....though, she was kinda pissed halfway through the shoot....i'm not sure whether the rest could feel it, but i sure did....

Ruler of the Pineapple Kingdom

Kufufufufu....having fun....kyouya kun?

There are more pics uploaded in my DA...but be warned.....quality of the photos are below average.....><;;;; (no choice..!! we're just newbie photogs, and the lighting practically killed us!)

OHH..on a sidenote.....I just remembered a stupid joke i cracked on the 2nd day.....After lunch, i had indigestion and i was walking around with this.....painful look on my face. And when we met up with TPL (now known as Kikyo Leng LOL), i told her...' UGh.....i'm having indigestion....its like..i'm gonna give birth...i'm pregnant...it's Hibari's'....

LOL!!!! Xanthe and her sister immediately asked ' I THOUGHT MUKURO WAS THE SEME?!?!?!'
errr...well, things happen....Hibari can get PRETTTYYYY scary..LOL!!!!

but yeah...as lame as it sounds...it was hilarious at that moment..hahha..

Also, i would love to go to CosFest next month too, but somehow, it's a cursed event...I can't seem to go down....The situation now is, THERE ISN'T ENOUGH SPACE FOR ME IN THE HOTEL ROOM WITH RIKO AND GANG..!!! T^T
WUuuuu........oh well..there's AFA....XD

Listening to : Yuna Ito - Urban Mermaid
Mood : ~(-_-)~

Prop Tutorial : BK201 Dagger (Darker Than Black)

okayy....once again, before i start, it's not entirely
the BEST prop out there. I have limited skills in making props for cosplaying, but at least i do it myself instead of buying it...

SO, on to the WIP...XD

First, i started by gathering materials like :-
- Mounting Boards
- Masking Tape
- Double Sided tape
- MORE Mounting boards...LOL

I got the blueprint of the dagger online, so much thanks to whoever who drew that out..really, thank you so very much..!!!
Then, i printed them out on A3 (actual scale) so that i don't screw them up on the measurements..(numbers are never my forte...^^)

So here it is...the actual size of the dagger...

It's kinda detailed, so really....my thanks to the person who uploaded this blueprint. You have my eternal gratitude..!!!

Then, i proceeded to work on the hilt first....so, i cut out the hilt part and traced it onto the board (seriously, i have no idea what this board is called..=_= it's those with spaces in between)

It's kinda straightforward....This is the middle and broadest part of the hilt, so i only needed to cut out 1 piece for this.


I made a mistake using the wrong board, so i replaced this with mounting board instead because the white one is much too thick...

ANYWAY~~
i proceeded to cut out the thinner part of the hilt which. I cut out 4 pieces of the exact same thing because i needed to glue this on on both sides of the hilt.


(ok, it was around this time, i noticed there were blood around my arms....and i didn't know that my thumb was actually bleeding from a cut...LOL!)

SO, next i glued everything together in the correct order and i noticed there was this metal thingy at the bottom of the hilt. So i decided to use wires instead of cutting out mounting boards for it......i could also secure the hilt with the wires to make it more sturdy (instead of it being...er....flimsy and...limp? LOL!! i know~ i know...bad word to use..LOL!!)



To make the thing look...er...slanted at the sides i used masking tape. Originally i wanted to use polysterene foam to make the hilt, but i'm no good in controlling the blade. LOL...
So yeah, that's that for the hilt....
I had to wait a day later to spray it because it was already 1am in the morning and it was raining ...=_=

I couldn't do anything much to the hilt now (no thanks to the rain =_=) so i continued on by cutting out the blades. I cut out 2 huge blade, and 3 smaller ones.
and then i placed 2 strands of hard wires in the blade so that the blade would be straight instead of being...er..limp? LOL!!!



LOL..it was around 2am after that, so i decided to stop......And after sitting on the floor for the whole day doing this, my back was SORE and aching!!!!
So i continued it the next day...which was a BRIGHT AND SUNNY DAY!!!
perfect for Spray painting!!!!



This is how it looks like after i spray painted the hilt. Not much yet because i have yet to mount the blade....XD
It practically looks something like this once mounted. But then this is just temporary...the blade could just slip off the hilt...because i didn't apply any adhesive on it yet...XD

So yeah, proceeded with the masking taping again......for the sharp blade effect...
Then i spray painted the blade, and TADAH...looks like this..!!!


Then i sprayed 2 strips of the thinner area of the blade, and taped it onto the blade. I get something like this...XD (man, i'm starting to sound like Art attack...=_=)



Yeah, i know it's a kinda crumpled on the sides, the couldn't be helped....i was working with a plastered finger..LOL!!

So basically, before mounting these 2 together, it'll look like this..

LOL...like a broken blade...XD...
After this, i was running around the house asking if anyone has UHU glue...i went WTF when everyone said no...i was like WTF?!?!?! no UHU GLUE AT ALL IN THIS WHOLE HOUSE?!?!?!?!?

then i went on a digging rampage...i dug for whatever liquid adhesive stuffs i could find in the house...originally i wanted to use PVC glue, BUT WHAT IF I SWING SWING THE BLADE AND THEN THE HILT AND THE BLADE GETS SEPARATED?!?!!? it's BLASPHEMY!!!!

TADAH...i then found my glue gun..!!! WHOAAAa.....good thing it was still working...and i still had glue tubes.....So i heated up the glue gun and fire away..!!!!!
And the result....XD




It's DONE!!!!!!
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEE...!!!!!
Okay, i admit it's not the BEST looking dagger out there, but still....ok ok la? XD

So now, the only thing missing from my project is the costume.....props i can make, but costumes....better leave it to the pros...LOL!!!
Most probably i'll make the mask again (if time allows) because compared to the dagger, the mask is a complete PHAILURE....=_=

Listening to : Darker Than Black - Kakusei Heroism ~The Hero Without A Name~
Mood : WEEEEEEEEE..!!!!!! XD