Cosfest XII

Cosfest 2013 is over.. The best event I've attended yet-- in terms of the quality, variety and choice of cosplay I saw over the two days and my learning experience. Taking the time off my psp to type a full recount because I want to record the experience down properly.

Initially I had 2 costumes, one for each day of the festival. Was rushing them up to the day before the event before I checked the facebook group post and realised that the Hunter X Hunter team on sunday had been postponed. 

Well.. honestly it was a rather irresponsible of the team leader to not announce the news separately in a new post but I understand that he was caught up in the WCS so all it's ok~ 

Could have saved me a lot of stress though :( because I was really dreading Hisoka and lost sleep trying to rush out his arm bands and styling the hair. I still don't look good for Hisoka, probably the wig's fault :/ At least i'm done for his costume minus the lower arm bands.. might get a new wig too.

So I arrived at the chalet on saturday morning and did up the make up Also helped another team mate with hers yay. It was the first time I did my make up without my big house mirror and I took my own sweet time. I actually messed up on my eyeshadow because I used the wrong colours and used my eyebrow brush for the purple, making my eye make up look darker than I wanted. Lashes went on ok and I didn't put on lower lashes. 

                                                   

I was in full costume when i first set off to the event grounds with part of the team. Could not make it out of the chalet area -_______- it was next to impossible to cover much distance in that mermaid tail. In the end I hobbled back to the chalet and changed back into my shorts. Some team mates were still there and I stayed a while longer to help as much as I could with their costumes and wigs. Then I set off before them because I still needed to change.

When I finally changed into the tail, it attracted an auntie's attention in the toilet.She asked which country I was from, followed me out and literally stared in horror at my inability to walk :(((((((( omg I was drawing stares from everyone along the way not because my cosplay was awesome/beautiful but because I was brisk shuffling. Super embarrassing....

I totally regretted changing into the tail at that toilet because it was still a short distance from the actual place... I miscalculated haha. The funniest thing was that I  bumped into the rest of the team whom I left behind at the chalet and they laughed so loudly when they saw me LOL quite glad they caught up because it was much less embarrassing when I was with them.

My team mates later told me it was the cutest sight to see my curly wig bounce with every shuffle XD I wish I saw it.

Long story short, I had to shuffle in small steps everywhere. When I saw a cosplay I wanted to take photos of, I had to painfully shuffle over and ask for a photo. Thus every photo I took on the first day was the result of my hard work and aching calf muscles. 

I might have been wearing relatively little clothes but boy was it hot... Can only imagine how the rest of the team felt in their wings and gowns OTL

                                     

Took photo with my Sano dono ^^ very nice of her to put her arms around my shoulders without having to ask. Ahhh my fangirl heart XD

             

There was DRAMAtical Murder as well! In total I saw 2 Aoba, 2 Noiz, 1 Clear and 1 Koujaku. I heard there was a hot Mink but didn't see him ;__;

At night I had expensive chicken rice, macs vanilla cone and kfc supper cheese fries wheeee. Also managed to catch the 1st episode of Free! at the chalet. Squealed like nobody's business. I barely had time to watch any anime the past week cos was too busy X_X

                                              

Day2 was relaxing for me. As relaxing as it can get because honestly I could not forget about my lab presentation the next day and I had planned to go home early since I wasn't going to cosplay anyway. The highlight of the day was to see the X team.

It was all I could talk about the night before LOL and I was like: Omy I might see Kamui and my X guys later, what should I wear 8D

Bimbo ttm but yes I was that excited and hopeful.

Was kinda saikang warrioring for yifen and andy as Sakura and Syaoran but I was super distracted, kept looking around in hope of seeing the X team hehe

Needless to say I was extremely disappointed when I didn't see them. Went back to the chalet to get my belongings and returned to the event grounds to return the key to Yifen when I saw the Clover team:

                 

They were swarmed by photogs and I waited patiently until I got to them T______________T was crying tears of happiness in my heart. I told them that I was really happy to see a clover team and that they did a great job. Then I saw more members of the Clover team and I was clutching at my chest to keep my feels at bay.

                  

                 

ASDFGHJKLKLASDKJHASDJHGLAKSDHLASKJDHLAKJSH they recruited a pair of twins to cos A and B. LOVELY i spotted the twins walking around previously and was staring at them because they seemed clamp-like but they were not Kamui and Fuuma so I didn't pursue it. When I saw Sue and Ora, things started falling in place T_____T no idea how to describe my feelings

Finally met Yifen to pass the keys and when I went to check on the clover team again, my dream came true.. 

I saw a pair of figures clad in red jackets and holding swords. 

I ran up to them and made eye contact with Kamui. He has lovely blue eyes.

Fuuma was busy so I took solo shots of Kamui my love. He was really sporting and asked me to wait so he could give me his coscard.

Fuuma walked up, I stared at him and his earring hanging so alluringly from his ear. The only thought which flashed repeatedly through my mind was 'Hot stuff'' 

"Fuuma?"

Fuuma smiled "Ahh yes!"

"I've waited so long for the both of you" T ^T

                                                                         

The last photo below is a bonus, I never intended to take a photo with them because I was already saturated with happiness to see them and take photos. Also I was dressed down, looked really red/black faced because I was running around, so excited and the weather was boiling. Then Andy asked why I didn't ask for a photo with them and before I could state my reasons, he went up to them, leaving me gaping and flailing my hands at his retreating back. I didn't know what he said but Kamui and Fuuma turned to smile at me. Everything was a blur, I found out that Fuuma was from Australia though. Before we could take a photo, Fuuma had to answer a call, then Kamui received a call too so I was standing between them blushing hahaha and then this :))

Fuuma also had his arm around my shoulders though you can't see it here ^_________^ this photo really made my day, or possibly even my week. It's now my iphone lock screen.

I received both their coscards. Was really paiseh that I didn't have one to exchange. Should really consider making one hmm.. Never thought that this day would come ahaha it's a good thing I guess!

After I left, KaiLin sent me a photo of another X team, the one I was waiting for. I regretted leaving early of course but just seeing the photo above put me in an unbelievably good mood again. I will settle for photos ^^

Ending off with a loving photo of Yifen and Andy ~~

In all, cosfest XII with the CCS team was a great experience! I was hesitant when I agreed to join this group, mostly because I was not interested in the character nor the series but I agreed in the end because I knew that I would learn a lot from being in such a big team with many excellent cosplayers. I was right :'D

Clover CLAMP deluxe edition

Sooo i started on koukou debut which Bao recommended. It's... nice, better than some other shoujo series i've tried last time. But 'Beauty is the beast' still ranks number 1! XD I'm sure Janice agrees haha.
I dont understand this feeling.. why am i reading shoujo manga now?! The plots are almost 70% similar to each other and some parts can really bore me to tears. The amazingly good looking male characters obviously play a part in this attraction, they may not be perfect like edward cullen but i still glomp at them. I suppose it's my own imagination and fatasy that keeps me reading. ^///^ yes, i want to meet someone like that and fall in love. Doesn't have to be so drama lah, but isnt it nice haha =)

Oh man, i found this incident so amusing lol. Long long ago when my pw group was practising for OP, midzung popped over to hand me my birthday present (thanks midzung *love*) and she was frantically looking for a smaller box to put the present in cos she had this ridiculously large plastic bag containing the present haha. She acted quite secretively and refused let me see it or tell anyone what it was. Zhung How offered his empty pocky box and she used it. Zhung How was like 'what is it! come on, let us see it!' -__- it seemed like the guys were more interested in the present than gowri or I were. After Midzung left, Henry suddenly asked 'is it a panty?' OMG ROFL hahahaha he said he got the idea from anime. Then i must say he watched too much anime haha even then i dont recall any anime where a girl passes a panty to a friend in a pocky box. Haha the others were shocked too XD

Haha speaking of birthday presents, here's my bday present from Janice!!

Clover 1 deluxe edition! Rare rare rare!!! And nope, she didn't get it from comics connection =D

Isnt t pretty! Suu on the cover page

Kazuhiko at the back

Here's my CLAMP collection. Only X and Clover haha. Bao gave me X book 4 in chinese which her senior found in school. It's super old and yellow. I bought the other X from a second hand sale in school. The X illustrated collection was the 1st illustrated collection i ever bought, it's also my favourite =D

Trinity blood! Anime and books 1-5. Maybe i'll get 6-10 in the future =D

And cowboy bebop whee~ You might be wondering why i have 2 sets of the anime. That's because the 1st set (right) ceased to work one year after i bought it =(( And look at the beautiful illustrated collection at the back... *love*

Ahh hunter x hunter. My favourite but i seem to have the least stuff for hxh. The official guide book was also given by Janice who bought it in japan!! Thanks again janice XD. Hxh book 9 was also the 1st ever manga i bought, in sec 2. So it's also yellowish now hehe

These are the single items. From top to bottom: Samurai7 anime, Hellsing dvd, Mushishi dvd +soundtrack, 12 kingdoms dvd, black lagoon dvd, rave dvd. Vassalord manga, lonesome eden manga(one shot) and naruto book 27. At least, i think it's book 27

Saiyuki reload books 1-7. I remember Bao was the kind soul who helped me buy books 2 and 3 from popular. Book 1 was out of stock so i had to get it myself from comics connection =D Thanks bao!

There's also this gintama illustrated collection i got recently. Lazy to post the picture haha. It's quite a scary pile if you put my anime manga stuff together eh? I also have the anime magazines posters and cds (all not shown) from china! Mum will freak and forbid me to buy anymore if she saw my collection T__T

I want to stop dreaming about weird things X Clover CLAMP

Not worth mentioning here but the dreams were rather nightmare-ish for a period of time.

Op ended on tuesday and i did ok, just didnt answer the question well =( Had a pw group outing after that and we went to orchard. Zhung how couldnt join us cos he had training. (note to self: never allow my children to join canoeing).

So it was just henry, kokwah, gowri and i! 1st stop, we went to kino at takashimaya. Chionged straight to the manga section and searched for the CLAMP stuff. And i spotted my birthday present there: CLOVER 4!!!! Wheeeeee~ 9bucks, slightly ex but who cares XD Walked around more and no one found anything they want so we went off to have lunch. Had the teriyaki chicken student meal at yoshinoya, the waffle fries tasted weird..

Visited HMV next and glomped at the super expensive ost and jap singers albums. The special chemistry song collection album with live performances recoreded in a dvd made me drool but it was $55 and i have most of the songs in there.. so maybe another time =) No one bought anything haha we're just a bunch of penniless school kids.

It was near 5 when we headed home. The guys took bus while gowri and i took the mrt. Unwrapped clover4 on the train and amazed Gowri with the plot and beeeeaaautifuuulll drawings. Hahaha honestly i think she was very interested. Perhaps i can get her to read another manga soon. Here are some pics of clover2 and 3. The full version is on facebook.

That's clover3 on top and clover2 behind

Lookie at the transclucent cover XD

Suu, dont cry!

Only Hunter X can have this effect on me

The long awaited chapter 281 is finally out and it focuses on killua. I've missed you so much!

/T ^T/ Taken from the manga itself. Go killua! His hair still looks normal here but it became kinda weird in the middle.
Oh gosh i have so many pictures.. including funny typos from my notes. I only noticed them while mugging haha. Guess i'll leave them for another day.

Went to get manga with Janice yesterday after band! We had delipotato for lunch. The trip from nj to paragon didnt take as long as i expected but the amount of time wasted on getting delipotato was crazy -__- nevermind XD i enjoyed delipotato very much! Cos i've not eaten it for months.
Went to kino at taka and hunted for twilight which was moved to some ulu place. The price was still high.. i thought it had dropped to below $30 the last time we saw it. Anyway, went to the manga section which was quite crowded and got my saiyuki book7 and trinity blood 6,7,8 as planned. Wasnt planning on getting anything else (my poor wallet T_T) but who can resist the shelves of manga calling out to you XD So janice and i wandered around that area ooing and ahhing at random titles. I dont understand why the CLAMP books were placed separatly but i was kinda disappointed to see only tsubasa and xxxholic at the 1st clamp section. Not even X O_o
Went to another shelf and was looking at some prince of tennis manga then i spotted more xxx holic and tsubasa. I bent down. I saw Wish, a less known CLAMP title. I saw magic knights rayearth. I saw RG veda. AND THEN I SPOTTED CLOVER

KGN@$*&@LKKL@$#JF*Q#@$ Clover, which i've been hunting for since.. dunno when. I've finally found it! $8+ for one book which is thinner than the usual manga but it doesnt matter. Volume 1 and 4 are missing but it's alright too. I've finally found clover ~~ =D I've taken lots and lots of pictures of the precious 2 books that are now on my table but i'll post them another day so be patient k! XD So much for being out of print. I dont know why new books are being printed again but i guess clover manga should still be considered rare.

Oh dear i seem to be neglecting saiyuki. Here's a paragraph on it. Quite disappointing actually. I would consider book 7 a filler volume cos nothing significant happened. Goku went into his Seiten Taisei mode and fought with hakkai and gojyo who managed to get goku's limiter on again. Sanzo went off to look for nii to kill him so the gang kinda splitted. The drawing seemed slightly off standard and there was a lack of close up pictures which make the characters look so good. The previous volumes all had enough of these drawings, i call it the 'swoon factor' haha nevermind, i will continue to support the saiyuki reload manga and cant wait for book 8!

XD SUZAKU HAHA he should just go and die.

Yea please come back alive even if you die

Worse than terrorists, we have the badass air conditioner

Clover CLAMP

Reading Clover manga now. The english version has been out of print since... 2 years ago? Lessons will start officially tomorrow, no more orientation =( That's too bad, though the orientation activities weren't particularly fun. They just tired me out and made me sleep early.

I don't think i will have the time to go online often anymore, so i plan to dedicate almost all my time online to reading manga, watching anime and perhaps blogging. ^^ I'm still not done watching my trinity blood anime, much less black lagoon or mushishi T_T Oh dear this is bad.

Clover is such a nice manga!! Quality drawings!!
Look at Ran san's sexy back! He's going to show his shoulder XDXD and nope sorry, I'm not going to put a picture of his beautiful face here =D

Clover has only 4 volumes. I just can't get enough of CLAMP mangas.