Friday, August 26, 2005

Time to update....

Clearly it seems it's more of self-obligation to update rather then "people asked me" to.

Well here goes.....

03/8~09/8

Business at STC is poor. Low sales and boring too. Walk-in yield low sales and every working hour is a torment and not to mention boring especially with the most 'boring' girl I ever met (Nana kept whining she was so BORING.). It was bad enough that Terin was concerned but I can never gave her an explanation. It's just poor sales.

I had to thank Yuki for coming to the shop haha. It's really boring on National Day. The frigging crowd just rushes thru without anyone walking in. Arghhhhhhh.....

10/8

Watched Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with Yuki. I decided to skip Seven Swords for this since Seven Swords is actually a condensed version of a 5 hour wuxia movie (WTH!!!!)
and thus waited for the maybe complete 5hr DVD edition.

I never read the book however even I liked Roald Dahl as a kid.

Kind of a modern fairy tale for the children but I think adults will be equally entertained. A delightful wicked tale.

20/8

Natsu Matsuri. Yay.
LoL. Since this year no one in TCSS is holding a Get Together, I took the liberty of doing one. LOL.

And like every d4thday organised thingy, nothing works out. Funny.

There's suppose to be this person called yokocha that be going with us. Then again she decided to go with her friends. LOL.

Anyway I met up with Yuki and her 2 other MSN/IRC/SHe cannot remember ppl. I remembered one is called Nika. The other, I not too sure. And Yuki brought a CD-RW along! LOL. Lucky she didn't expect me to be a gentleman and carried it for her. And we saw Nuriko and we took a bus together. LoL. She disappeared once we get into the school.

The Q this year is somehow shoerter.I thought I arrived later than last year....but I saw no significance to having to Q from 11am (as well as 2pm...suppose to be Usagi be doing it but LOL he decided to LISTEN TO GOOD SENSE which is translated...YOURS TRULY here..haha)

And I got The MEAL TIX!!!!HAHAHA....no wonder I paid $10!haha. Silly me. I exchange it for unagi-don.....I dunno...I got a fondness for Unagi.I wonder why.

Wanted to play games but when Yuki and me went to Q for Basketball (which is quite late BTW...we just want to finish the tickets sooner.) we are told it's SOLD OUT. LoL. Whatever. Haha.

I saw Reinie May there with her buncha friends and Usagi (a nice friendly big guy) and Lacus (but I didn't talk to her..AGAIN..I think it's hard to talk to someone who is the Cake of the Party LoL.) and d4thflagpole...I mean Tsukikage. They make him the bag keeper!
*angry*
I should have asked him to join me.
and there's Spiderkim. I saw him and then he disappeared. I think the crowd maybe too huge...but I bumped into Reinie twice at the flagpole area. She THOT I the Bagkeeper also
*angry*

I went back and realised I got 2 tickets left. LOL.

I went back only to see the Cosplayers making a hooha over some Goofball playing with a 'prop katana' (or some say it's a cheap toy). They talked like it's some Kingdom Come sin for the Cosplaying community. I was like HOI! There's was a chic Cross-player down there so WTH is with this OVER-REACTION over a goof with a toy sword???I meant crying out loud!Will they hang the Crossplayer???

The answer is NO.

I realised the cosplayers they involved in the bash are as closed minded as the people who judged cosplayers too quickly. I mentioned about Masamune (crossplayer) and those guys growled like hounds. I realised despite all the High and Mighty talk, these guys are just human. They shoo me off JUST BECAUSE THEY KNOW MASAMUNE. Sad state of thinking.

Masamune thought I was one ANGRY PROTESTOR. I was mistaken however there's no need to get into a fight so I wrote him a short apology and PM to him when I read his Apology post.

Then I started reading nonsense from people who are kicking a fuss again and I read something that equates Back-stabbing. Ouch. No wonder I like to observe them from a side and make friends with some. Somehow not all earthlings are good people.



I decided to make hobby post some other day. Read alot of interesting comics these days and watch 2 Asian movies. Maybe share the after thoughts later.

Tuesday, August 02, 2005

Aiya just blog lah.....

Lazy and wanted to do something else but maybe let's just recount what I read,seen,experience for the past few days....

18/07/05

Watched Sin City with Inova and Yuki from Sgcafe.
It's actually the 1st time I watched a R21 title so it kinda memorable thing to do????
Anyway it was a great movie and very nicely done.Can't wait for the DVD.I believe the book is actually much darker.Comic violence and comic violence acted out is a totally different issue.I virtually laughed at most the violence scene (esp Merv's....who deliver a punch with a punchline all the time).

I bought Densha Otoko which I wanted to read so badly after reading about it on alpha's website.

19/07/05

I read Densha Otoko whenever I got time. The book is thick but only because of the BBS styled pages (it's a reproduction of a BBS actually...omitting most of the irrelevant posts)

It's a fairytale for the Modern Otaku.I am going to get a new copy and circulate my older one to all my otaku (male) friends.

One thing about the Densha Otoko Densetsu happening in Singapore is not possible.
Singapore is so darn safe especially the MRT that a woman will not thank you and appreciate you for the moment of bravery as exhibited by Densha.
Unlike in Japan, getting on a Densha (the equivalent of MRT in Singapore except they go further and faster) can be a frightening experience. Especially for women (check out the Densha Chihan games!!!LoL)thus Miss Hermes was so impressed with Densha for his act of impulsive justice.
And Singapore women where got like Miss Hermes like that....in fact I think the Densha Otoko is just an urban tale to make us Otaku feels better.
Thank You Densha!You give me the bravery to believe again!!!

Oh ya I saw Ivy Lee......oh my god....*faints*

30/07~01/07

In a strange twist of fate (perhaps due to Twisted Toyfare Theatre or the lack of manga in Kino Bugis), I bought Marvel comics again.I was thinking what to get when I spotted Spiderman: Blue. It's a book on how Peter Parker almost didn't get to love Gwen Stacy (before all the Ultimate and Movie Makeover, Gwen Stacy is Peter's 1st Love).

It's anti-climatic because they didn't wrote in the part on how she died.

So Monday I got nothing to do and lot of things in mind so I bought another book.
It's called Marvels and what it caught my attention is Alex Ross's drawing. Man he is
good.

Never did I expected that Marvels offer what Spiderman:Blue left out....strange....

Marvels is a great book....I urge people who like the Golden Age of Marvel to at least have a look.

Oh ya I read Crying for Love at the Center of the World (the manga). I nearly cried. I think some lost memories are coming back!???Like real. I thank god I didn't watch the movie with Inova.

Wednesday, July 20, 2005

The Silly "made Known what you update" post

I changed my age from 24 to 25. I didn't realised that.

Also added Retsu's new blog link. Considered adding Inova's link but that's for some other day.

Monday, July 18, 2005

The Update when can Update and Update Post (90% Cosfest).

Not in any order. Just in recall order.

*d4 thinks hard*

10/07/05 Cosfest '05

Ah cosfest.
As usual the clueless man follows the leader.

Leader is last year's Vanillastar from Sganime ('cept she is vanilla now in Sgcafe.LoL, the identity crisis.)

She looks more cheerful than last year judging by her rainbow-color-skirt.

New friends met this year is Inova (online friend but never met), nuriko (seen her posts many many times), yuki (i setup her room thread)and drgreborn (know by avatar and nick only). Oh ya and Miss Boxian the afternoon Cinderalla (who somehow had a most similar pattern and situation as the ore-sama...who i cannot remember....*strucked*...moogle.Yah.She's moogle.Teacher to be if I am not wrong.)

*thinks hard*
anyone i missed out???

Renewing ties (as in seeing them again) are :
-shuuichi (who cosplay as Anbu from Naruto.Hmm getting prettier...why??)
-hajime (who is now more beautiful as to because of...ok...I drop the teasing)
-Shashaf + Ruki (siblings who live in Simei.Shashaf bz bcos of o's so hardly online now)
-Ref (He plus 2 more new friends...Cg-dude (Yes.That one) and Green Leaf.Jokers who lurk when they are suppose to meet up.)
-Retsu (who I am always SmSing)
-Tsukikage (The larger Mage around. Saw him with the tall cosplayer known as Nicky but I didn't say hi to nicky. I shy wat. Ppl taller than me you know??)
-Spiderkim (Impressive.I like this cosplay the most from yourside so far. Gambette!)
-Reinie May and Milu (In goth loli clothes.Ouch.Reinie.I am flabby so be so softer when you punch me!!!LoL)
-Tsukushi (Aren't you cosplaying?LoL.)
and here's a funny one....

Normally it's the people who say "Hi.Remember me??" to the cosplayers and the cosplayer was like..."hmmm.oh no..."

The joke was that we got a very cute Stellar cosplayer who runs forward to us and start talking to us (which is like...reverse of roles???)and I was very troubled because she was all that cute and I actually put my face as near as possible to try to see who she is (so cute!Damn where got I know such cute little gal one???). She didn't notice that I was looking at her because I didn't recognised her (truth is that I forgot to ask who she cosplay as!!I assume she was doing Naruto or Bleach!!!)
and she thought I was wondering about her eyes (purple contacts).

Ehh so I popped the duh-est question that might had actually hurt the fair little gal....
"who is this???" (damn d4.damn)
"can't you see I am Stellar???"(oh shit...I am so dead.)
"No,no, I am saying who are you?"(oh damn.oh damn. How can you be so insensitive??)
.....stunned silence.....
"Lenne lah!!! (angry and embaressed.)"
.....*ponked*.....
"oh Leanne ahhhh...(oh shit.I am so dead)"
"argh...Lenne lah!!!"
"oh haha....I am so sorry I thought you are doing Naruto (trying hard to cover up)"
added on
"Very good cosplay!I like your hair and I can hardly recognised you!You are Stellar!!!Haha."
Then she had to go because she had to look for group.
Damn. I gonna ask her for her photo to put up on this blog so it wouldn't occurs to me again (esp for her.)

And I really felt she did a great job because back at that moment the dufious duo of Retsu and me was transformed to Auel and Sting who couldn't recognised Stellar!!!Just like in the anime if Stellar returns without being brain-washed and met them (stop making excuses...no lah...d4 really think this way!!!)

People I saw and recognise but are too busy (or I find not to disturb them)
- Takahan. (Nice and simple cosplay. Sorry to hear that you are leaving)
- Garion. (Photographers are busy.)
- Shiro. (Photographers are busy people.Don't disturb them!)
- E2. (Busy booth.)
- Lacus/Inuran (Aiyo you look really busy.)
- Angel (Busy booth.)

Cosfest are always like that.Packed.This year like warmer and interaction space is further taken up by the chairs and a arena for Virtual-on.

It's more like a Convention this year. No one is paying attention to the stage and I missed Lenne's performance.Oh ya she's not singing solo this year.Haha.Wonder how she will sound for the Stellar Image song. The movie cosplayers are not helping either when they appeared out of nowhere. Everyone is virtually looking out for the Predator. Awesomeness. I do believe people like something different once in a while.

Cosfest 05 not as tiring as 04. In a sense, they significantly cuts down on the performance (which you know are hardly entertaining to even the cosplayers themselves...ask Yomiko...).

The TCSS strays are later handled roughly by Yours Eternally when vanilla left for Punggol (where she lived). d4 whisked them off for dinner at White Sands. There we do the usual talking session and take photos.Quite funny bcos we took a corner of the food court for ourselves.LoL.

d4 thinks hard.....nothing left on Cosfest 05. It was enjoyable. Looking forward for Natsu Matsuri and EOY 05 (If i could make it).

15/07/05 Leave me alone

No no it's not me. It's the title of a boring movie with Charlene in it. Will review it if got time.

................
no more dry twigs....
that's what you get when you aimlessly lived.
And I didn't like to discuss what other people discussed.

Oh ya I wanted the special Feng Yun figures!!!So nice!!!