!!EOY09: "An Extraordinary Journey"!!
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 @ 3:24 AM
::26th Dec 09::
Looks like a sudden flash back for this post.
Finally I'm able to complete and combine all the edited pictures.
Hurray for collages! & phew, it's time to blog this belated post of mine.
Finally I'm able to complete and combine all the edited pictures.
Hurray for collages! & phew, it's time to blog this belated post of mine.
Finally, it’s time to blog about my experience of EOY09: "An Extraordinary Journey". The location held at was pretty different from all the previous EOYs. It’s not longer at the Expo but at the National Library; Drama Centre level 3.
Anyway, I met up with ShunAn and XueNi first at Bugis before heading over to Shaw Tower at 12noon. We were supposed to dress up first and then help Puikwan with hers later when she reached. She had work and will be joining us later. Why we chose to change at Shaw Tower? Because we kinda expected the toilets for Parco Bugis and the library to be packed with cosplayers and other people. I certainly do not want to waste my time walking about, finding empty toilets. And during the whole period, my friends and cosmates kept smsing me to ask me where am I! ShunAn and XueNi were getting pretty annoyed by my ringtone :X
And yay, my EOY team is up and ready! After months and months of hard work and planning. Ahem~ We are pleased to announce that we are cosplaying Gakuen Alice for EOY09!
Me as Imai Hotaru, Puikwan as Sakura Mikan and ShunAn as Ando Tsubasa.
Team GA all ready! :D
Anime: 「Gakuen Alice」
Character: Imai Hotaru
Location: National Library; EOY
All dressed up, we made our way to the National Library which is diagonally opposite and promptly up to the 3rd floor :) XueNi left us at this point. Her task was done and we solemnly thanked her xD I met up with Yusri who was cosplaying as Uchiha Madara, before proceeding into the Drama Centre. I bought my tickets at the SAM which was supposed to be cheaper. As they state in their website, “[ Admission ]$12 (Pre-sale), $15 (Door)”. They forgot to mention about the $1 booking fee. So I paid $13 which is only $2 cheaper. Not very much a big deal…
The booklet given.
1. SAM pre-sale ticket; 2. Door ticket.
The location was horrible, IMO. It was too small. Much smaller as compared to the previous location at Expo. Everyone; cosplayers, photographers and others were pretty much in a tight situation Dx No space to take photos, too much background noise, bad lighting. I almost suffocated in there. I had that heavy oppressing feeling whenever I felt too claustrophobic. Anyway, I was out of there after a mere 20minutes and never went back in again. What a waste… that $13 :( Oh ya, I found ashie and Yehoshua; and I saw Violet there too in that overcrowded space! :P AND I FORGOTTEN TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH ASHIE AGAIN! Dx
Look at the crowd :(
We went down to the first floor and met up with my cosmates; TingYu, Wendy, Angie, Jasmine and photographer; JiaQing! :D This was when the fun truly begins! Cosplay to me is not all about posing for people/photographers to take pictures. That’s just part of the package. But is to hang out and enjoy this activity thoroughly with your fellow cosmates! The best thing is you don’t have to be yourself for a day! xD
Anyway, there’s nothing much to type about at the moment. We spent almost 4 hours taking pictures :D Real amazing xD Although the lighting there wasn’t very good and it was drizzling almost of the time. Couldn’t really go anywhere at all, due to the rain.
Trying real hard not to spam pictures ahead… Collages :D?
& the pictures are not posted in any specific order...
First up, would be pictures of my team Gakuen Alice :P
Individual full body shots xD
I like this set of individual shots! :D
Ahh!~ I love the pictures that I took with Puikwan!! My Mikan~~ xD
I realized I didn't really take pictures with ShunAn @_@
Apparently only group pictures...
Next, are pictures taken with my friends who came to find me/us! :D
So happy to see them! :)
(Tsuki, Teddy, Sally, Yokie, Sheryl, Joanna, Arif & Yehoshua!)
Ahh, next up would be... I can't think of a caption!! T_T! Too many pictures Dx
But most of them taken with fellow cosmates and cosmates-to-be! :)
Some pictures were taken with other cosplayers~
Most of the pictures were us doing random stuffs xD
With Eclair as Ichimura Tetsunosuke; PeaceMaker Kurogane
We just threw our bags on the floor! Heh!
All pouting~~
Can't tell whether Madara is pouting or not :X
Not forgetting the jump shots we did!! xD!
After Thr3e reappearance!!
Limited edition photo of the After Thr3e's jump shot!
Caramell Dansen!!~
Eh!! Madara doing Caramell Dansen as well! O_O
Madara is everywhere!!
Bully the Madara!!
Wow, right? :X
Pop! Goes the bunny!~
But most of them taken with fellow cosmates and cosmates-to-be! :)
Some pictures were taken with other cosplayers~
Most of the pictures were us doing random stuffs xD
With Eclair as Ichimura Tetsunosuke; PeaceMaker Kurogane
We just threw our bags on the floor! Heh!
All pouting~~
Can't tell whether Madara is pouting or not :X
Not forgetting the jump shots we did!! xD!
After Thr3e reappearance!!
Limited edition photo of the After Thr3e's jump shot!
Caramell Dansen!!~
Eh!! Madara doing Caramell Dansen as well! O_O
Madara is everywhere!!
Bully the Madara!!
After looking at all my pictures, I realized I took most of my pictures were taken with TingYu!! xD
Wow, right? :X
Pop! Goes the bunny!~
Ahem, now time for my individual shots :$
This is my favourite of them all! ♥~
Maybe I could cosplay Saya from Blood+!!! xD
Now now, do we actually have to queue to watch a card game??? Dx
Last shot of Team GA before we change out.
This is my favourite of them all! ♥~
Maybe I could cosplay Saya from Blood+!!! xD
Now now, do we actually have to queue to watch a card game??? Dx
Last shot of Team GA before we change out.
My dinner! :P
X'mas present from Yokie :D
After that, we all retreated back to our homes to rest. I really enjoyed my EOY09 except for the fact I wasted my $13… I really glad I could meet up and bond more with my cosmates in this event, since our previous meet up was the flyer trip. I’m super happy that Puikwan cosplayed together with me for this event! Although it was her first and last cosplay T_T~ I’m glad that ShunAn finally has his chance to cosplay :) I’m really sorry to Eclair because I was supposed to be in her team for the EOY09 :X And I'm super glad that our early preparation really paid off!! :D
Appreciation List
Thanks to XueNi for helping us with such efficiency in the background!!^^
Thanks to JiaQing, TingYu for the pictures!!
Thanks to my team for making it happen!!
Thanks to all my friends who went looking for me!!
Thanks to Yokie for the x'mas present!!
Thanks to everyone for making this a wonderful, extraordinary event for me!!
NEXT UP! SOY'B' COSPLAY EVENT: 2010~~
*P/S: It was pretty fun washing my black and purple wigs :D
Really need to wash off all the hairspray from them :\
& I spent around 184sgd on this cosplay includes costume, wig & props!!!
Really need to wash off all the hairspray from them :\
& I spent around 184sgd on this cosplay includes costume, wig & props!!!
Labels: cosmates, cosplay, EOY, event, fun
--xoxo,
Akira Star
Akira Star
Random Stuffs
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 @ 2:36 PM
::17th Dec 09::
Went out with Edmund, Rebecca and ShunAn to meet Rebecca's friends, LongTing and Kenny @ one of Ang Mo Kio's hawker centres. Ate at Astons Express :)
With my closest GV mates :D
Black Pepper Chicken Chop with 2 sides; baked potato and onion rings.
After that, they went to AMK hub. As for me, I went to meet Daphne for our first yoga trial at Sivananda. It was pretty fun, except for the breathing exercises. Those made me felt light headed :\
& I didn't go :P
::20th Dec 09::
Finally the day has arrived to complete the final task of our EOY cosplay!! Altering of bibs and cutting out the stars for the girls; for ShunAn was making his star sticker. Went over to XueNi's house to do so; with ShunAn and Edmund. Puikwan wasn't free on that day.
Thanks to XueNi's mama for helping us alter the bibs!! And I helped cut out 4 small stars from 2 big stars. My chara is in need of 3 stars, while Puikwan's chara is only in need of 1 star. I had a really hard time drawing my perfect star on paper first before cutting out.
Still looks pretty awful to me :(
Yay! All done! :D
Bought 2 accessories while walking at Anchorpoint :(
Total: $10
I really like the pendant; reminds me of some game quest item :X
::19th Dec 09::
The Doll Affair event.& I didn't go :P
::20th Dec 09::
Finally the day has arrived to complete the final task of our EOY cosplay!! Altering of bibs and cutting out the stars for the girls; for ShunAn was making his star sticker. Went over to XueNi's house to do so; with ShunAn and Edmund. Puikwan wasn't free on that day.
Thanks to XueNi's mama for helping us alter the bibs!! And I helped cut out 4 small stars from 2 big stars. My chara is in need of 3 stars, while Puikwan's chara is only in need of 1 star. I had a really hard time drawing my perfect star on paper first before cutting out.
Still looks pretty awful to me :(
Yay! All done! :D
Lemme go through my checklist again :X
What's left to do now is... wait for the day to arrive! xDEOY Updates:
Costume: DONE!
Props: Completed
Boots: Arrived
Wig: Arrived and ready!
Contact lens: Arrived
Costume: DONE!
Props: Completed
Boots: Arrived
Wig: Arrived and ready!
Contact lens: Arrived
Bought 2 accessories while walking at Anchorpoint :(
Total: $10
I really like the pendant; reminds me of some game quest item :X
Random dateless stuffs xD
"Where the Wild Things are" standee!
Apparently this movie is not gonna be show in Singapore anymore...
Finally received my bagpack that I ordered from Melinda...
But at least I received... 7 weeks later... T_T~
"Where the Wild Things are" standee!
Apparently this movie is not gonna be show in Singapore anymore...
Finally received my bagpack that I ordered from Melinda...
But at least I received... 7 weeks later... T_T~
Pets post now! :D
At last, I got to meet Winterbell, Sally's hamster!
So hard to get a clear picture of it! Hamsters can't stay still D:
At last, I got to meet Winterbell, Sally's hamster!
So hard to get a clear picture of it! Hamsters can't stay still D:
Damien's friend, Gavin, bought a 2 months old Lutino cockatiel from the same guy we bought Koko. Gavin brought over to my house and yay! I got to see it :D
So fat! Still having its big crop! Short crest feathers!
Its name was actually nameless, then it changed to Pikachu, then finally it remains as Dodo.
Comparing to Koko.
Dodo and Koko are not on good terms... :X
So fat! Still having its big crop! Short crest feathers!
Its name was actually nameless, then it changed to Pikachu, then finally it remains as Dodo.
Comparing to Koko.
Dodo and Koko are not on good terms... :X
However, there's a really sad news... Dodo might not live for long. Apparently there was a small hole found around 1cm above its anus. You can even see its guts moving in there D: Its perch in the cage was covered with blood. Damien and Gavin brought Dodo around Singapore to find a vet for it. When they finally found one, the vet stitch the hole up and gave it medicine to take. It cost $150! Using that money can buy you 2 cockatiels! D: But due to feelings for Dodo, Gavin is willingly to spend that money.
Anyway, the next few days, Gavin came back from school and found the perch once again covered with blood... Dodo had pull the stitches out and the hole was once again there. Bigger this time. Poor Dodo!! T_T~ Hope it will be able to live its full age of 25 years. Hopefully the hole will heal on its own.
Bringing Koko out for the first time.
I'm not going to bring it out anymore. Once bitten, twice shy.
Koko will fly if it got startled by cars and strong winds.
And it can fly very far and high. It's really heart-stopping D:
Sky with 4 eggs.
Right now, she has a clutch of 6 eggs!
I have no idea why, but I seriously doubt they will hatch...
And that's all! :)
Anyway, the next few days, Gavin came back from school and found the perch once again covered with blood... Dodo had pull the stitches out and the hole was once again there. Bigger this time. Poor Dodo!! T_T~ Hope it will be able to live its full age of 25 years. Hopefully the hole will heal on its own.
Bringing Koko out for the first time.
I'm not going to bring it out anymore. Once bitten, twice shy.
Koko will fly if it got startled by cars and strong winds.
And it can fly very far and high. It's really heart-stopping D:
Sky with 4 eggs.
Right now, she has a clutch of 6 eggs!
I have no idea why, but I seriously doubt they will hatch...
And that's all! :)
Labels: EOY, GV friends, meet up, new, online purchase, pet, preparation, updates
--xoxo,
Akira Star
Akira Star
Online purchases~
Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 2:28 AM
I really like to buy things online :X Either from forums or sprees~
And and and... the Mayuki Taiwan clothes I ordered with XueNi finally came!! :)
I bought a dress and a long jacket thingy :X
Testing them out~
Only spent like SGD26.42 for both of the clothes including shipping. Awesome, eh? xD
And and and also, I have received my contact lens for my EOY cosplay! Why did I get another one? It's because my FreshLook contact lens suck and luckily they are free :\ The colour is really light and not at all obvious when worn. So I bought geo lens at $14; with postage, $15.50.
Tata~ Purple lens~ :D
And and and also, I have received my contact lens for my EOY cosplay! Why did I get another one? It's because my FreshLook contact lens suck and luckily they are free :\ The colour is really light and not at all obvious when worn. So I bought geo lens at $14; with postage, $15.50.
Tata~ Purple lens~ :D
& & & Thank you Eisha for your card and birthday present;
and also to Sakina for her card as well xD
AFA Updates:
Lastly...
and also to Sakina for her card as well xD
What other stuff to say?
Oh oh! I would be most likely cosplaying on AFA day 1, 21st Nov.
Well, if everything turns out alright and on time! ^^''''
Oh oh! I would be most likely cosplaying on AFA day 1, 21st Nov.
Well, if everything turns out alright and on time! ^^''''
AFA Updates:
Costume: Tailoring~
Props: Still deciding :\
Shoes: Maybe borrowing from Joshua; need to try first
Mittens: Searching/Making...
Contact lens: Ordered/Paid
Wig: Collecting on Tuesday, 10th Nov
Props: Still deciding :\
Shoes: Maybe borrowing from Joshua; need to try first
Mittens: Searching/Making...
Contact lens: Ordered/Paid
Wig: Collecting on Tuesday, 10th Nov
EOY Updates:
Costume: Bibs not yet alter
Props: Completed
Boots: Arrived
Wig: Done
Contact lens: Arrived
Costume: Bibs not yet alter
Props: Completed
Boots: Arrived
Wig: Done
Contact lens: Arrived
Lastly...
Labels: AFA, EOY, online purchase, presents, random, updates
--xoxo,
Akira Star
Akira Star
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