STGCC

:) a super tiring but fun weekend

Friday was a tough day.. I was still doing the beads and belt right till the last minute. And around evening time, leader san almost wanted to postpone the team debut because he might be stuck in camp on Saturday. It dampened my mood because I was looking forward to cosing Vanille and it's the first time I'm cosing for an event in perfect health. Yea so when I got the news, super no mood to continue rushing. I was tired, stressed, sticky and had tuition at night just super bad mood lah. Slept at 2+am that day feeling worried that I might miss something out the next day. Haha on hindsight, I should have tried on the beads asap and started on the belt earlier. The belt wasn't hard, just time consuming. The beads I couldn't have tried it on without troubling people at home but I could have thought out a better method of putting them all together. One thing I'm happy about is my 3 fishing tube necklaces :DDDD they were the first accessories I finished and gave me no trouble during the actual day too :'D

By DeathPaC photography (please ask for my permission before re-uploading)

Aiya bad things aside, we all managed to pull through and turn up at the event :)))) even though half the team was 2 hours late haha. I had so much trouble wearing the beads, it's impossible to wear without any help omg a nightmare. Extremely thankful to my 2 friends for helping me wear the beads and hooking everything up.  

I didn't realise the reason at first but I was very uncomfortable on saturday-- can't breath properly, no energy even to get food and it was all because of the bra lololol omy it was especially bad in the early afternoon when I was struggling to put on my costume. After the full team assembled I felt slightly better cos of the adrenaline rush I guess and managed to tahan the entire afternoon. At night after dinner I was almost bent double because the bra was so suffocating. Well at least it didn't threaten to slide off :/ that would have been another nightmare. 

By Tkte0408 photography

All in all, there are many improvements I can make to the costume like making the top shorter and securing the beads better. I'm glad no one pointed out that my torso was too short hahaha it was okay with just the top, but add in the belt and I look like I have no waist. I might be getting better with dealing with costumes in general but my make up seems stagnant.. No breakthrough....... 

Day 2 costume was a hundred times easier and I've never been happier to cosplay Laguna again. To my pleasant surprise after taking everything out on saturday night, my machine gun baby was doing really well and barely needed any touching up. So was the costume. I just repaired the belt a little and all was good to go. 

Didn't want to get out of bed on sunday T__T Struggled with the wig for a good half an hour at the mrt toilet and it was also the wig which gave me trouble throughout the event. I used bobby pins to stop it from moving but to no avail. Ah well. Laguna's hair style makes my face look fat, I'm a little worried about the photos to be honest haha. 

Can spot me among the amours and weapons?? (please ask for my permission before re-uploading)

Also because I was wearing relatively little the day before, I didn't realise how stuffy and hot the hall was. I perspired so much in the costume on sunday and I believe my face was like 2 shades darker than what it should be :X compared to saturday, less people asked to take photos of me LOL though I'm also a 美男 on sunday，美女真的比较有吸引力  hahaha 

Hahahaha with Kiyo as Shinkai. I'm just hoping for more photos of Laguna to pop out, fat face or not ^__^

As for Sugita......... I actually missed his actual panel because the bf arrived late with leader san's group, they were rushing props right till the last minute. That's perfectly fine! Problem was, the bf was holding on to almost all the tickets to enter the hall so the other friends who wanted to enter early to catch Sugita were all waiting anxiously for his arrival. I wanted to go see Sugita as well but Leader san had to leave really really soon and wanted a group photo so I had to go with the group. Lucky Sugita isn't high on my seiyuu bias list, if not I'd be whining alot more. 

I still managed to catch him later on by chance XD because he appeared for the corpse party panel hahahaha he's so good looking with the wig XD  didn't quite understand what they were talking about and had no interest in the corpse party game so I left after staring for a good 10 minutes at Sugita.

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

!!!!!!

Guys GUYS SUWABE JUNICHI IS COMING FOR AFA!!!

How sly of them, letting the news out through animax first ahahaha I might get a chance to have a photo with him. Oh man that would really be a great present. How long will the happiness last I wonder ^____^

-Rubs eyes-

Do you see what I see

THE BOTTOM DUO

Ok now that i've calmed down a little more things start to get messy in my head. I hope they will be making their appearance on stage after the big shot singers because I will have a better chance of getting a seat. I hope their merchandise will not be too expensive because I really want to shake hands and see them up close. I hope my hands won't be sweaty.

Imagine all the Kise cosers OMG my friend who recently did Mukami Kou from dialovers more blood has such awesome timing!!!!! I'm so jealous!! If she were to go for Kimura ryohei's handshake session in Kou's costume I'm sure he would say something more to her AHHHHHH jelly~ 

Also saw a Maoh sama duo during STGCC ahhh how nice T__T ok tbh i'm not that hyped for Ryouta hahaha but everything is lovely because the both of them are coming.

I hope the event schedule comes out soon. I will plant my butt in the stage room and scream my lungs out. In costume =/ ahhhhh cross dressing for AFA... Of all times why can't I cos a pretty girl when it really matters. Will meet them dressed as a rugged guy (very handsome ok) with a huge gun. GOod job me. 

Speaking of which I need to rush for the costume OTL photoshoot is a month away

Game rants :D

I finally understand a bit of how my prof feels when another group beats him to and publishes a paper that he too, has been working on.

Only in my case it's referring to cosplay. A few days ago I was looking at photos of Kamigami no Asobi on facebook and telling myself that I should take on this series. Today I realised that the costumes and props my NTU friend has been preparing for STGCC this weekend was for her Kamigami no asobi group T__________T just feeling like I've not been invited to a party LOL no lah, I'm not close to them and am always too shy to join in when they talk about seiyuu so they probably don't know I'm a fellow fan.

At least I have my Diabolik Lovers which I'm so happy with :') it may not be a very good cosplay but every thing feels really different when you're doing a series you fangirl over and love. I can imagine how delighted I'll be when I finally get to cosplay Aoba. Speaking of which........... my Aoba's not going to come to life unless I do something about it. All I have is the wig right now -pats back- I promise I'll get him out next year.

Also playing DRAMAtical Murder: Reconnect which is the fandisc after the initial game... I find it hard to finish the routes.. The H scenes are too much for me to handle X_X I mean I loved the game and the characters but urgh it was tough clicking through the H parts. Just give me my happy ending and a little bit more story and I'll be satisfied. I've finished Clear and moved onto Mink because curiosity got better of me. Will definitely finish everything lah, because of the voice actors as well :)) The mini game is really cute though!! XD Lovely game on the whole   

My wallpaper has changed from Noiz to the Ken ga Kimi guys. Each guy has his own wallpaper but I chose the group one. They look so lovely:

Even my mum thought it looks pretty and agreed to change her laptop wallpaper to that sweet guy on the extreme left. Wow she actually picked one of them XD 

More on my PSP, previously mentioned that I finished Hakuouki. Started on Last Escort while I was almost done with Hakuouki and seriouslyyyyyy Last Escort is impossible to complete without consulting a walkthrough. I thought I was going well with Rei (voiced by youkyan and so I went after him first) but one day in game I received a call from him saying that he had quit his job at the club and will be going overseas. Game over O_o motivation hit a new low and even when I followed the walkthrough I had to replay a few more times before I finally got his good end. 

I picked my next host using a number generator and got the Shota.. With the help of the walkthrough I managed to get all his CGs except for one but that's enough thankyou hahaha.

Then I went after Hiragi aka the sexy voice club manager who's also a host and a huge pervert LOL it was a very entertaining route and suwabe's voice ^/////^ Left with 3.5 more characters but decided to take a break lol it's really tiring

DC girls Symphony was another game I got my hands on and in contrast it's a breeze to get through I'm relieved :)) Went after Kujou sensei because he's voiced by Hirarin. Too bad he's the brother (though not related by blood) so that felt strange. Unspectacular route anyways and the ending was mehhhh. Next up was the gentle twin Kohei and I enjoyed the front part of his route very much, it's the sweet school romance I would have liked to experience myself LOL but the later half was ridiculous O_o The rest of the routes were nothing special. I'm just starting Ryohei's route, since he's the main guy I'm raising my expectations -skeptical look- Saving the strange cat boy route for last haha heard that it's going to be a tear jerker -skeptical look again-

I also managed to get HxH Wonder Adventures to work on my PSP and OMG it's so hard T____T I really tried but i'm stuck at the first stage of the hunter exam with the half beast mystical people. It took me a couple of hours of on off playing to find the swamp master thingy and defeat it to get out of whale island. This is really not easy. Will save this game for when I have lots of time and brain juice to spare lol!

End of wordy post. Journal club presentation this friday and I'm excited + nervous! My mutations are working better now :))b will start on cell work soon

Thoughts on Hakuouki Demon of the Fleeting Blossom

Hunter X Hunter episodes make me feel so depressed nowadays. I'm still looking forward to a new episode every Sunday but I always clench my fists while watching because urghhh it's too upsetting X__X 

For this season I'm also watching Free!, Gin no saji, Watamote-- short for watashi ga motenai no dou kangaete mo omaera ga warui. That was a total mouthful hahaha! That's about it! Nope i'm not watching shingeki no kyojin because I've read the manga and totally lost interest in the anime as a result. Of course Uchuu kyoudai is still on my list, I watch a new episode every saturday without fail :)

Let me gush a little about Free! It's fan service for the ladies but seriously the guys are too adorable. Fan service done right :') I appreciate it very muchy.  

I've finished Hakuouki demon of the fleeting blossom on the PSP and :))))))bbb it's a good first game. A little heavy on the history and content side and less romance than I expected but oh man I had so much feels after finishing each route. Favourite guy goes to Harada because he was the most romantic but Hijikata and Okita both made me so emotional during and at the end of their routes ;__; 

Trying not to spoil too much but I had a serious case of goosebumps when the name Hakuouki was spoken in the game-- this happened in Hijikata's route. Darn it Hijikata, you made me so worried throughout 

your route. He's such a gruff person which made the scenes where he smiles and appreciates Chiziru all the more precious. KUDOS TO MIKI SHIN for putting in so much effort into voicing Hijikata LOL so gruff and growly, I tried to speak that way and ran out of breath just after 2 words lol??! Bittersweet ending. I mean they're together and all but description never fails to remind that death is approaching and may come suddenly so there's no way I can be 100% shiawase

Okita's route was the only one which made me cry, during the happy end. The tears just flowed out so naturally OwO I was surprised when I felt them on my cheeks. Welll.... great job because I wasn't super taken with Okita, pretty neutral throughout his route and I was paying more attention to Morikubo's voice and admiring how musical he sounded. Again, the end hinted strongly of the uncertain future and how they would treasure every moment of it and express their love for each other clearly. I thought Okita died when he only fell asleep T____T that was the exact intention of the game writers I tell you urgh don't play with my heart please...

Saitou was the first guy I went after and I felt that he was too indifferent and in his own world.. Quite unwilling to admit his love for Chizuru too and that kinda turned me off XD  

Harada was my second guy and well.. you know how I feel towards him XD majority of the romance in the entire game was put into his route and he was the only one who has a happy end with no looming consequences. Ohh he's also the only guy in the game who got to bed Chizuru. Nothing explicit but yeaaa it was very clearly implied XD This is the route to go for if you're aiming for more romance and a normal life in the game lol

Heisuke was normal... His voice kinda hurt my ears so I never really got into his story. Pity because I like his character design.

Kazama, who's also hanging off the side of my psp as an accessory, was so-so as well. His route was too short to be compared to the rest so yea. What I found really funny about the bad guys was that they have this routine of leaving at the slightest disturbance in the middle of the fight with your Shinsengumi guy, or claim that their mission here is done so they'll leave for today, leaving the Shinsengumi guy fuming and swearing to become stronger to defeat them in the future hahaha it became predictable after the first route. Main takeaway-- Kazama = sexy TsudaKen voice XD

So overall-- Hijikata, Harada, Okita, Saitou=Heisuke. The bgm at the start screen and the bgm for some of the happy ends (aka the major key version of the prev song) were my favourite. Rest of the music had some really strange instrumentation but still acceptable tune wise.

School starts tomorrow T_____________________________T bye bye life

So much feels at 2am

Just realised that Ito Kanato and I go way back, since secondary 3, when I heard her 孤高之魂魄 from one of the CDs which came together with the pile of anime magazines I bought in China.

Was just re-watching the video of GOATBED performing Ai Catch during The Chiral Night -Dive into DMMd- 

One song led to another when I suddenly saw a 孤高之魂魄 video at the side and I was gaping at it for a few seconds. ALL MY FEELS PLEASE I was completely overwhelmed by the nostalgia. 

To me, it means more than just the memories of when I entered the world of anime/manga and took things seriously. It also represented a very happy period of my life-- my secondary school days (met the YYYYs and the bulk of my good friends), which was all the more precious since I didn't exactly feel happy during JC.

Hearing Midorin speak as the voices of various characters from the Nitro games gave me goosebumps. I- I really really love his voice so much. 

I may fangirl over many many seiyuu but really there is just these few I cannot resist no matter what. Midorikawa Hikaru is one of them. There's no turning back once I fell for his voice as Tomoe Yoh. 

Nakamura Yuuichi has been my unbeatable number 1 since the start. I cannot rank Midorikawa Hikaru, Hirakawa Daisuke and Fukuyama Jun but these 4 men with their voices have the ability to make me do very crazy things 8D

Okay pai seh for the rambling which no one understands haha. I probably won't post so much about seiyuu here so I figured I should just get it off my chest in this one post.