Updates on life

Finals are almost over, but this is the first time there's no significant sense of relief because real holidays aren't coming until next year.

Nevertheless I'll be able to take a break from studying after getting home from lab after the coming monday. A break from studying but I also need to rush my gun and style the wig!! XD at least I'll have more fun with that I guess.

Totally packed december, I don't have time for the dialovers shoot we initially planned to have in december, the rest of the team are busy too... My weekdays are completely tied down because of school.... Really really miss my freedom and the days of playing games the entire day at home.

Visiting the tailor auntie next sunday with the school cos team for a team bonding outing hahaha in preparation for eoy which is 3 weeks away. Also digging out my Bisca wig and shotgun because I'm having a farewell shoot with Liz before she flies overseas for 2 years :(

Then I'm going Malaysia for the last week of december :)

Went with Mum to imm yesterday because I wanted a short break from all that mugging. Bought new sony earphones because the left earpiece of my previous pair died on me on the day of my tumour bio finals. HOW TO LISTEN TO LECTURE RECORDINGS??! 

Pretty happy with the new pair :) which is slightly more expensive than the prev one so I hope they'll last longer and sound better whee~ 

My mum was so cute, she actually wanted to go Daiso at IMM because my uncle bought a pair of slippers there and she wanted to get a pair for my dad. She also wanted shower caps lololol. In the end she didn't get any because the shower cap quality felt too cheapo and they didn't have a suitable shoe size. Instead she got some dry wipes for the mop thingy and I got this!!!!

Just 2 dollars and the colours are lovely. I swatched my hand and the 3 lighter browns look especially lovely. Can't wait to try them on properly with the primer and all ^_^ Quite shimmery and the pigmentation seems ok given it's just $2. Hope there won't be too much fallouts on the face though, can't tell yet. 

Had time some weeks ago to try on this particular wig which will be used next year. It's freaking heavy omg, the heaviest wig I've tried on. Very pretty curls and volume, hopefully with some trimming it'll look even better. Got to make an ahoge too, might document the process :D

Roadshow thingy at the med block last last week ^___^ these were prizes for a lucky dip. I tried twice, got kimwipes (aka tissue paper) and a bag of 50ml tubes. Aish.. Really taken with the sweet white shark at the top. 

AFA this year

Finally finished my test and presentation and submitted 2 essays on tuesday. Time for event recount!

Woke up with a stomachache on saturday which bugged me the entire mrt ride from the west to pasir ris X_____X it was really bad I even considered getting off early to use the toilet somewhere. I think it was because I was excited to see Suwabe LOL and just nervous on the whole.

Took me some time to get to the chalet, had to ask for directions twice and didn't manage to find the way until this kind uncle walked with me to where I could see the entrance XD that was certainly an ulu place.

I was one of the first few to be done with the make up and preparations so the leader asked me if I could help the others with their make up, and that he would 'send someone over' to have his make up done. Before that person came over though, I was given the task of cutting our coscards which were beautifully printed. I wish I had a clear photo to show here but I have yet to receive my set so yeapp XD soon my friends.

I was there, kinda struggling with the pen knife, ruining a few cards on my first stroke and switched to a scissors. Then this coser whom I find rather good looking but have never spoken to poked his head into the room and asked if I could put on make up for him, addressing me by my name 8DDDDD

Well, maktub. Becuase leader thought I was busy and very good at cutting the cards so he asked another guy to help mr bishie with his make up. I vented my frustrations through the cutting. LOL

Ok jokes aside, it started raining and to make things worse, the chartered bus left without us because we were late and the driver needed to fetch another group of people. GAHHHHHHH I was shocked when I heard the news but nothing else could be done.. In the end we went down in cabs, 4 by 4.

The time was already 2+ and I had planned to be at the ministage at 4pm to catch Suwabe at 4.30pm. Starting to feel anxious.. Fortunately there was no queue for the tickets so I bought the tickets for saturday and sunday and quickly went back to help the team prepare. Wasn't of much help though, cos it was mainly the amours which had to be pieced together and I was awful at doing those X___X and I was too jumpy about meeting Suwabe and being early so I couldn't focus on helping with make up and stuff.

I got to the stage on time, but a crowd had already formed... I was rather at the back. People were sitting on the floor, squeezing around. 

There was this girl on the phone who pushed past me, trying to find her friend. Got irritated with her and to make things worse, her bag zip caught the wig of a Miku cosplayer who was walking away. Miku started screaming -__- and I told her to calm down while untangling the wig. The other girl stayed on her phone the entire time. Seriously pissed off man.. After that I sternly told her that she needed to be more conscious of her surroundings 

Anyways I was still rather at the back of the crowd :(( Because of this, I wasn't chosen to answer any questions to win a gift bag which Suwabe and Yurin would sign. The lucky 20 ppl who were chosen were all standing nearer to the stage than I was. I waved my hands so wildly, to the extent of taking off part of my outfit and waving it to attract attention. Haiz.... disappointed. 

Suwabe was very charismatic on stage and did his best to answer all the questions in english which he wasn't particularly good at XD it was funny though, and almost everything he said made us scream. Yurin of course wasn't so popular but we politely cheered for her as well :)

All the jumping I did made my wig slide off OTL I later realised I must have looked hideous, which was perhaps why the emcee didn't pick me to answer questions LOL also my left contact lens started acting up X___X omg that was my worst nightmare. It was perfectly fine the whole morning so I didn't bring my contact lens case with me.... No choice.. there wasn't much I could do about it. Beared with the discomfort for the rest of the event, IT WAS HORRIBLE.

After the suwabe's segment I met up with CM for a short while before rushing to the toilet to fix my wig (with so many people staring as they queued for the cubicles) I just put on my dao face and did what I needed to do ahaha

Took lots of group shots after that and as expected...... my red left eye was evident in some  of the zoomed in photos taken later X___X not sure how many people noticed but since no one mentioned in the comments I'll  just keep quiet as well haha

Cabbed back to the chalet after that and had pizza, celebrated leader san's birthday XD i took some photos of him making a wish with the lighted candles in the dark and it looked like some horror movie ritual LOL

Even after taking off the contacts, my left eye remained sore and hurting so I kept them closed whenever I could.. Had a ride back to clementi by one of the team mates who also drove a few of us back to cck so I didn't reach home too late despite the busy day :)

Sunday's events have been accounted for in the previous entry :)

Somehow, AFA seems incomplete for me this year, and I know exactly the reason why.. I did not take photos of any cosplays at all. None, nil, zero, except for one single camwhore which I've already posted in the previous entry. Didn't say hi to many people and I'm really really sad I didn't get more time to explore and look at the cosplays :(((((( It's not anybody's fault. When you're in a big group, it's bound to happen. Those in amour didn't even get to sit down and rest haha.. I'm in no position to complain. I did some time to explore the exhibits properly on sunday but it was still early and I wasn't able to meet my friends nor stay back long enough to say hello..

It was a really bad time to have the event I guess.. Took so much fun out of the entire thing because at one big corner of my mind the words 'test and essays' kept flashing.

I will make sure that I take more photos of other people next event and say hi to everyone I know. Also, get a bottle of eyedrops and keep my contact lens case with me all the time :)b

AFA 2013

Such a tiring weekend, I felt like I did so much, but can't remember anything clearly... I really need to write all these down or i'm afraid I'll forget more as the days pass.

I'll talk about the cosplay in another post, here's a photo to tide you over LOLOLOL 

Since the event is over I'm finally able to announce my character! Final fantasy Dissidia, as Laguna Loire and that's Zidane beside me ;)

Today I will be recounting all I can remember about sunday's events because I know I'm going to forget bits and pieces if I wait till tuesday to blog. 

PHOTO WITH SUWABE!

It was obviously going to be a tough fight to be within the first 20, from the mini stage experience on saturday which was an uncomfortable experience (elaboration together with the cosplay post next time) 

I set my alarm at 7am and went to sleep at 1am+ but it was a very light sleep.. I think I wasn't used to my new pillow and overall worried about not getting the photo and my test and essays blablabla.. When the alarm finally rang at 7am, I felt dreary.. Just very pessimistic about the whole thing. Luckily my friend was on whatssap and continued a convo we had the day before, which woke me up and got me out of bed, albeit 20 minutes after the alarm rang. 

As I suspected my left eye was swollen again so I didn't bother putting on contacts, just basic make up, did my eye liner and left the house.

When I got to the convention area my heart sank like nobody's business... There the area closest to the doors was filled with close to a hundred (?) people and already closed off. I was in the 4th row of the second freaking half of the queue. GGfmlbbq. Mostly guys though, at least the area where I was at. But all I could think of was that there were definitely more than 20 enthusiastic Suwabe fangirls in front of me and I was never going to make it.

It was exactly 9 when the event helpers allowed the first half people to stand up, and when I finally started moving, I jogged and dodged my way to the front. The guys didn't seem to be in as much of a hurry and were ok with me passing through hahaha. What were they there so early for O_o oh well thanks anyways, for letting me pass without fuss. 

The moment I got into the hall I just started running LOL I had studied the floor plan while waiting and knew where to go. Could have run faster but my bag was kinda in the way and didn't want to seem too crazy X____X yes I held back and just kinda matched the speed of the two utapri cosers who were running as well. I still reached before they did and queued behind two japanese ladies who in a way.. cut my queue. Oh wells I did a rough estimation and figured that I was still within the first 20 so I didn't insist. LUCKILY I WAS NO. 16 muack muack this is my new favourite number :DDD I couldn't bear to look at the people who were told by the staff that they didn't make it :( it must have been terribly disappointing

Messy wind blown hair hahahaha

Finally received the ticket number after 10 minutes of waiting and almost thought I had to stay there the entire time till the actual photo session. Fortunately the animax lady told us that they had to clear the area so we were free to go but needed to be back by 10.30am.

I went to take a photo alone at the animax booth using the HxH background. I think I looked terrible LOL why won't the photographer guy let me do my own head adjustments XD nvm went to the toilet to touch up on my make up after that and walked around the rest of the booths. The one and only merchandise I bought:

Tokyo encounter!! Now I have Sugita and Nakamura on badges :D where should I pin them :DD

The Asia Kawaii Way booth also caught my eye because it was so pink and pretty and full of cosmetics. I kept looking at the nail polishes OWO so pr:etty!!! Wanted to try but there was no one there yet and when the lady was there, she was doing a manicure for another person so I moved on :) will check those out in stores if I see them.

Reported back at the animax booth and we all started hyperventilating, the crowd started forming which ironically blocked suwabe and yurin from view when they arrived. Was peeved that I couldn't see him over all the heards but nevermind, let them off this once because I'll get a photo with Be-sama XD

Took a test shot before the actual session to see if I looked ok. Was too excited hahaha look at my grin.

The actual photo taking happened too quickly before I could register much OwO I handed my bags to the lady who passed them to another lady at the other side of the green screen when I walked to stand between Be-sama and Yurin.

Me smiling widely at the both of them: Hello! Welcome to Singapore and nice to meet you!!

OMFGKILLMESEXYVOICE Suwabe: Thaaaank yooouuu and nice to meet you toooo~~~~

Only he said it in a looong drawn out way which allowed me to enjoy a few more seconds of his live voice right beside my ear LOLOLOL I was like asdfghajsdggasjhgd and since my glasses were off, I couldn't see the camera really well and Suwabe very nicely gestured to the camera lens. It didn't help much, wouldn't have helped much unless he were to cup my face or touch my head and angle my head to look at the lens properly but omy HAHAHAH omg what am I typing.

It was over so soon! I said thank you, bowed and stepped off the green area. I wish I looked at Suwabe more. After waiting forever for the photo to be printed out, I wished I stood closer to the both of them:

Comes in a nice clear plastic sheet :) I'm so attaching another layer of clear plastic over it to draw on decorations before bringing it to lab to put it on top of my desk. 

SEEING KIMURA RYOUHEI AND OUSAKA RYOTA (AND CAMEO BY A CHEEKY FUKUYAMA JUN)

Typed it out here on my tumblr :D

When Jun jun appeared on the screen and all the girls started screaming, it just dawned on me that if my top seiyuu biases came to Singapore, and there's an interaction opportunity on a first come first served basis, I would never stand a chance against the rest of the girls. There are just too many. I just got lucky for Suwabe (and AFA didn't announce the photo taking segment, it was only posted on the Animax page so the awareness wasn't as great)

SEEING NANA MIZUKI IN SINGAPORE. AFA BANZAI!!

I also saw Angela, Elisa and Takanori san!! Angela was very funny and lively while talking about 'Boku ja nai' and made the crowd laugh XD Elisa was lovely OTL so pretty and just gave off an air of elegance :) Nothing much needs to be said about TMR and Nana, the crowd (myself included) was already screaming at the mention of their names LOL Nana looked so pretty as well, just like the photos I've seen.

It was a real pity they didn't sing during that meet and greet segmen, not that I was expecting them to but one can always hope yea?? XD

I had a great birthday :')

Thanks guys for all your wishes and treats :))))

I spent sat night with the YYYYs and had a wonderful dinner + chatting session at Watami. The birthday bread with fruits and icecream was really yummy and special :D still waiting for photos from YZ wahaha THANKS GUYS!! If you had ordered the purple sweet potato drink I would have drank it happily lah XD

Sunday lunch was with my parents and I had a short shopping trip with mum after that ^___^ didn't buy anything but I LOVE MY MUM. I've been so busy these few weeks, barely spending any time at home with my parents T__T I feel so guilty especially since my mum fell sick with a cough last week. 

Sunday evening I went for the band's bbq at utown and my section surprised me with a cake! Black forest and it was really lovely eating in the dark with only my phone's flash light and the red charcoals to light up the place haha. Had lots of marshmallows and cheese tofu. I'm so glad that even though I didn't play for the concert this time, I'm still able to celebrate my birthday with my dearest section and the band this year :) 

Today I was really really surprised when my fyp mate woke me up from my nap and lured me out of the lab using the excuse of accompanying her to get pipette tips from one level down. Instead of walking to the stairs she walked to the side where the chairs are and I saw another friend with the cake XD HAHAHA the cake was sooooooooo good but too big for one person to finish off so we kinda shared it. I ate most of it though and was really full. Celebrated with the new phd girl in my lab whose birthday is one day after mine aka today. I also received capital mall vouchers from them. So sweet! 

So yup I had a very meaningful birthday and weekend. 

I also confirmed my suspicion of losing my black bra. Really don't know where it is... Hope I didn't leave it in a toilet after changing out last week for the ff shoot.. or it could have dropped out from my bag during the ff shoot. (sorry to those who saw it after the shoot and had to ask around for the owner) I really can't remember what bra I was wearing that day. Yes I was too tired to change out of my shirt and binder so I went home like that ehehehe