Kitty cafe

I went to a cat cafe kyaaaaaaaa~~

Guys the cats at this cafe are really sweet. While at the entrance, I peeped in and saw this unbelievably marshmallowish kitty sitting under a table by the window and it was love at first sight. I chose to sit at that same table without hesitation even though the kitty had left by then.

My friend and I then proceeded to squeal over the cats and spam photos. Cats are cats lah, they don't quite like to be stroked. The complete opposite of zaizai and almost every dog I've encountered. It was a fun struggle to get the cat's attention and keep her from moving away. I was literally making the strangest and most embarrassing sounds trying to catch their attention and draw them closer. Scratching the floor works, meowing back at them doesn't hahaha

One of my favourite photo.. Playing with this kitty and all was well then all of a sudden she extended her claws and bit me. The claws were painful so I went ouch! And my friend captured that magical moment hahaha -gives award-

Later as we were having lunch, marshmallow kitty came back to the table!! Hehe I was right to choose to sit there!!! Marshmallow sniffing at katsura

She even went back to the same spot where I first saw and fell in love with her. My friend snapped a photo

                                               

HAHA marshmallow looks incredulous here

Met up with the YYYYs on wednesday night, grats to Fei for starting work!! My turn soon I hope hehe janice should already be back for our next meeting! 

updates

I'm so broke!!! I need to earn some money!!

I knew something like this was going to happen when my friend said "Hey let's go to Faceshop!" It was only $2.90 -cries- it's so cute! Guys let's meet up on a nice day and do make up + nails for each other. I have a lot of fake lashes and nail polish

From funan anime matsuri.. First day was quite bad for me because I was hoping so hard to get a selfie with Hana and Baozi-- because it's Aoba and Koujaku!! I didn't even get to go within 1 meter of them even after camping outside the meido cafe they were eating at lolol. Second day was much better cos I saw more cosplays I was interested in, but I had to leave early to celebrate fathers day at my grandparents' house.

            

I also realised that I won't be able to go all out during cosfest in July because my relatives are visiting... They were supposed to come last week but kept delaying until the dates right smack clashes with cosfest. It's no one's fault..... But I'm still angry. Come on....................... My mum got so rudely adamant that I bring them around. I was so irritated with her attitude. Now that things have come to this, of course I will bring them around and take care of them hello am I that disrespectful or blindly engrossed in cosplay? At the same time can't she understand that cosfest is a major event in the cos scene and can't she try understanding my disappointment?????? I had planned to stay over at a chalet and even paid for it ages ago, my plans are being disrupted now okay..... 

I guess it's a good thing I didn't have plans with any teams during cosfest (too busy during FYP to join teams), I was feeling oddly unsettled before but it turned out to be a blessing in disguise :/ Actually I can see things working out.. I'll bring my relatives around during weekdays no problem, shop at orchard on saturday and my mum can take over after she ends work in the afternoon. Then I'll go down to the event see see look look and sleep over for one night and go home on sunday afternoon.

I'm not so upset about not being able to cos for the event, but if I don't get to see and hang out with my cosfriends that weekend I'll feel terrible hehehe it's like being left out from the party. Not to mention, there is news that this will be the last cosfest before some major changes take place.

WIP

I've started theory lessons! Hope to get the whole thing over and done with before the end of the year.... I've put off learning driving for too long! So long that everytime I go back malaysia, my relatives ask not about having a bf but whether I've gotten my licence LOL

Went to J's house yesterday with Kai and another new coser for a prop making session. I brought the materials to make shal's handphone. It isn't a very tough prop and I have plenty of motivation for it (my hubby since sec school leh hehe) but I've not been able to sit down and get started on it. I was able to yesterday!! The rest could all sense my happiness because I will be looking at my work in progress and smiling to myself, or squealing silently at my phone while looking at the reference picture. 

At first my symmetry was off and one side was larger than the other and it looked so cute!!! Like a swollen cheek but I forgot to take a photo.. Then I stuck on a piece of foam and painted it the magenta colour which looks lovely XD I spent quite some time at art friend choosing the colour to match my reference photo ^_^

Most of the afternoon was spent carving out the number pad and cutting the buttons. I've not fixed them together so no idea how if the final thing will look okay. I've also remade the wings at the side from cardboard :Db Was telling my friend that it seems like an android phone because its quite a large phone.. and it's good for lao hua ppl because the number pad is huge haha

I'm getting my wig this weekend! A little worried about the wig because I chose to get a wig meant for another character. Hoping to modify it from there.

Going back to singapore tomorrow....

XDXD I had a very nice date last wednesday hehe Xmen was wonderful, dinner was great, we also walked from bugis junction to ps, browsed daiso and looked longingly at the $1 manga at comics connection. We had dessert too during which my mum called to ask when I was coming home (cos going malaysia the next day) I was very bold and initiated a hug when my train came into the station and LOL we were so awkward. I blurted out "你太高了!" because I thought my chin could reach his shoulder but nope. I think he ran away after I entered the train and the guy who was queuing behind me totally gave me a weird look :/

Zaizai is so cute seriously I just want to cuddle and carry him around like a baby. Selfie with zaizai hahaha he's touching my arm!!!!

Lessie is so sweet too!! She's the perfect hot water bottle because my uncle's house is on a hill and it gets chilly when the wind blows. She's like thrice the size of zaizai -- a mini bear.

My favourite blush fell apart last week during the shoot..... Oh wells. Visited sephora in malaysia and bought this lip balm because I didn't want to keep using the super expensive one my mum usually gets when there are cheaper alternatives. Shun bian signed up for a sephora member card :D 

Wanted to try this shot with the first photographer but my posing was so bad I didn't dare to attempt this higher level shot. So I tried it out with a closer friend Makoto who was shooting for fun that day. I didn't prepare a reference photo...Took so many tries cos my right hand was forever looking awkward until leader sama came to correct my pose. Got so tired and sweaty trying to get this and I don't know how to remove the shine on my face so I slapped on a filter hahaha quite a few things I can improve on but I LOVE THIS PHOTO!!! It's another dream pose come true

A confession

Met with the YYYs on thursday night!! Yufei and I had korean spicy pork and oh.my.god. I couldn't finish my rice because the gravy was so spicy. Then we went for dessert at the usual place but taken over by a new store which didn't offer my usual strawberry sago thingy. I ordered papaya sago coconut thingy and it wasnt really nice :( getting other stuff next time. Time to retire some super old jokes and make new ones guys hahaha we also spoke about body image which really struck a chord with me.... 很多感触但当时说不出来

And oh yea I am finally able to paint my nails now that the shoots are over for the month. I trimmed my nails and made them short to get the cute effect hehe faceshop purple glitter polish with larger glitter from another bottle I got in school.

The shoot was an afternoon and night shoot-- Went through so many cycles of perspiring and cooling down. I still think that good lighting is the best thing a cosplayer can ask for; the day shots were gorgeous. Night shots were pretty as well but not as stunning XD

I was looking forward to shooting with both the photographers because I've only worked very briefly with them during the CCS bubbles period. One of them makes the cosers look like super models ahahaha

As usual mum was complaining about how slow I was on sunday because the family was waiting for me to get ready before heading to bugis for lunch. I was much faster with the make up and packing this time but stuffing my boobs took so long and I wasn't even happy with the end result because I couldn't get a photo obvious cleavage. Had better results during my 'trial run' :( I'll be honest here and admit some stuff... This will also be the last time I take on a major character with in-your-face boobs. 

I was more than a little stressed after last sunday when some people asked (kindly) where the signature cleavage was... Was crying inside because I had hoped that people would not take note of my chest. I guess my weapon wasn't impressive enough the draw the attention away sigh. 

When the team was formed last year, Yang was my obvious choice because my favourite colour is yellow, and she had a manageable weapon by my standards. I had totally neglected her boobs and did not identify them as a notable trait of the character. I mean I had cosed a Fairy Tail character before and the chest size was out of the world but she was a minor character whom no one pays much attention to. For Yang this time, there were more people around me who were interested in the series and the character herself -- with that comes expectations. I even had friends who offered to help me enhance my assets, for which I'm really thankful but it stressed me out as well X__X 

Aish.... okay I don't want to say too much here as well but long story short.. Body parts I don't mind showing for cosplay: Legs, stomach, arms. Parts I will never want to show too much of even in daily life: Chest

Anyways back to the shoot!! As usual I was the first girl to be ready and I had so much time so I added some pink eye shadow to the outer lower lashes. It looked lovely *__* I will definitely try it again. May not show in the photos because I didn't touch up at all and my eyebags might have overpowered the colour but from what I first saw from the mirror, the pink was very sweet XD

Sometimes I admire characters with masks XD he was teaching a friend trigo the whole time while the rest of us girls were rushing our make up (except for me cos I was done early). We don't stick together much during events and shoots and I think only 3 or 4 common friends know that we're dating. So it totally surprised me when Li asked on our way home if he and I were together. She also tried to verify something about another friend haha Li is so perceptive it scare me because both her speculations are correct.

Unbelievably perceptive friend aside, the photos are so so so gorgeous, every single one of us. I shouldn't post any photos so soon but hehe not many people visit this blog so it should be okay

By JP on the left: Blooper shot because someone else who was supposed to look serious cracked a smile. By Xe on the right: One of my favourite shots of the day, I've always envisioned this pose for Yang ^__^ it's like she's saying "bring it on!!" Only took one try to get it right whee

Kai also helped me buy this glitter thingy. I've been using hers since last week and I love love love it. The particles shine so beautifully. I'm mesmerised and always apply too much ahahaa the only draw back is that it tends to peel off unpleasantly after some time. 

Going to malaysia on thursday! Will eat lots of ba zhang and good food and pray that the fats go straight to my legs and chest. 

ACM 2014

It was raining so heavily on the day of the event. BUT nothing's going to stop me from cosing since I was already feeling better and had been working so hard to complete the costume and props. 

Seriously though, I guess I can blame it on being sick but I hope to never rush a costume right till the day of event itself 

I discovered this very useful item called the iron on adhesive which was my favourite item in the world while I was making the skirt. I had sewn the skirt using at my friend's house a week ago (my first time sewing) and I had realised that it was not wide enough to reach both sides of my thighs but chose to ignore the problem and threw it aside. 

Alas while trying to finalise the skirt, the problem came back to haunt me because it just would not do! I tried all sorts of methods without resorting to velcro to stick fabric onto the side to widen it-- double sided tape, white glue, tears.. Which all worked quite well lololol except for tears duh. But this iron on adhesive was still the best.. I was determined to get it after using it at my friend's house. Found it at art friend at a reasonable price yay!! That last minute shopping trip also saved my ass because I picked up light brown paint and the beautiful reflective cloth which is also part of the skirt. Even got a pair of $10 shorts which shorter and better for the costume than my previous pair. 

Anyways here's the final skirt-- stuck on 3 pleats

I'm so so so glad it turned out alright. So relieved *___*

My favourite part of the costume is this small pouch at the side.. I initially wanted to buy a pouch but couldn't find an accurate one online/ daiso /the neighbourhood shops. Resorted to make one myself using painted foam sheets and jumping clay for the details. I kept my cough sweets and tissue paper inside which turned out to be life savers during the event *__*

So yea back to actual event day, I was stupid and wore a thin button up top and shorts. My nose was already blocked when i left the house because of the cold. Continued being blocked for most part of the event and though it wasn't runny, I couldn't breathe properly.. Had to reapply my foundation each time I blew my nose -_- 

The costume itself wasn't helpful either since the stomach was exposed. I just walked around with my hands covering my tummy until someone asked for a photo LOL my cosfriends aren't forgiving at all--- they would just suddenly attack and touch my stomach T__T hard to guard against these attacks tsk tsk. My character is Yang from RWBY and is supposed to have ample boobs but I don't have any, sadly. Will try to do better for the photoshoot this sunday XD 

You have no idea how much I screamed when I saw yx as danchou. Despite my blocked nose and the risk of inducing a coughing fit, I was squealing and screaming away LOL turned a few heads but I don't care. It looks like i'm punching myself here but nope i'm just fangirling.

Anyways to sum up, my first event of the year went relatively well!! I've forgotten how hot and crowded it can be during events. And how tiring it is when the photogs come one after another. But yea it's a really nice feeling to meet up with friends and go for dinner together after dressing down. 

I've also learnt many things from making this costume, including fabric painting, sewing (a little) and mainly more insights into dealing with cloth. The prop was alright, no new challenges though I exercised my resourcefulness when looking for materialas haha. It feels strange to not hold anything because the weapon is already part of your arms XD

Meeting YYYYYs tomorrow, helping out for nus shoot on saturday and photoshoot on sunday!!

Fabric painting wheee~

I've been sick this week, especially yesterday and today, hao nan shou...

But feel better already, maybe it's the med I took in the afternoon or the liang cha. Went back to lab on monday to sort out all my samples and pass them to the lab ppl and I've been rushing costumes the rest of the time, and anime too ahaha

Went to the tailor auntie's house and to art friend with him on tuesday, the silly guy apparently doesn't think he can ask me out if it's not for dinner or a meal -__- i know he's trying to fatten me up but aish. I felt so despo okay, saying that I don't mind following him to another friend's house to collect props and then to auntie's place since I also have cloth to pass to auntie. Hope he doesn't think i'm an overly attached person LOL He suggested having dinner after that but I didn't dare to eat outside food so I had to say no -cries- we didn't even sit down to chat over a drink or dessert because I couldn't eat any outside food T____T Suddenly thankful for long mrt rides. He's as sweet as ever.

I took on the task of painting on the crazy designs on his coat for the event our group's attending this sunday because he's tanking the props for another member. Was still nuaing after I got home until I realised that the event is this coming sunday OMG broke out in cold sweat

I'm proud of my work though :)) But I have to admit I was cursing while painting the rose and white swirly designs. The rest were still okay.. kinda.. Haha I initially wanted to use white to draw out everything and paint the red on so it'll be more vibrant but that was too much work so I painted the red on directly.

The shoulder part was the first place I started and I was trying too hard to make the lines thin and clean, when I should have made sure the lines were pigmented and nicely swirled. Lesson learnt.

Bottom part was supposed to be black with red swirls but the auntie made it red because they thought that it'd be easier to paint black on red rather than the other way round. Big mistake.. Because I had to paint the negative area which is not easy for someone as unartistic as me. You guys get what I mean?? Haha it's like drawing the background instead of the subject itself. I took much liberties and simplified the design a lot, there wasn't enough space anyways XD

This rose.. the rose was okay. The white swirly designs urgh. Why must they be symmetrical why?! I thought it'd be easier to paint on the rose which is the main subject before filling in the white parts in the background. I still stand by my opinion.. though painting the white parts and trying to make sure they match on both sides was really killing me because the asymmetrical rose was in the way. Again, I took liberties with the swirly design because my final rose proportion differed from the reference picture. I didn't have space to add in 60% of the original details, fortunately XD

Mum: 这件衣服这么大！不是你的啦！

Me: 当然啦，我的已经好了

Mum: 是那个XX的啊？

-omg she remembers his name so clearly, has she been stalking him on fb omg- 

Me: 是星期天一个组员的！我帮他！

I wonder if she'll notice who eventually wears it. I think she will.

Totally felt like crap while painting these on tuesday and wednesday because I was sick but not a bad job! My own stuff.. maaaahh more or less done. I just need to stick things together and do a little more painting and I'll be good to go (easier said than done OTL)

Despite me being so sick, mum didn't say a straight out no to attending the event when I dropped the bomb on her just now, that's a good sign!!!! She also didn't tell me to not go for the lab farewell dinner tomorrow night!