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HEY THERE BUNZ AND POTTER LOOK I'VE UPDATED MY BLOG FIRST~~~

Inside joke.
m(_ _)m

Nya~~

My Yuuki costume would arrive by (hopefully) Tuesday or Wednesday~~~
TwT
*goes off to worry about the wig
Apparently sewing clothes are harder than expected.
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It's quite difficult getting the size right.
But I won't give upppppppppppppp~~~~~~~~~~
D<

Things to do...

1) Read Vampire Knight manga to research on Yuuki.
2) Search for Vampire Knight cosplays.
3) Learn the lyrics for Macross Frontier songs (and may as well for Vampire Knight).
4) Practice applying make up.
5) Hunt for shoes for Yuuki and Sheryl.
6) Re-read Air Gear again to research on the character I'm supposed to cosplay. (can't even remember her name... OTL)
7) Learn how to sew. (practice by making clothes for my new teddy *w*)
8) Hunt for bracelet, necklace and sunglasses for Sheryl.
9) Sort the pictures to post on the blog.
10) Practice editting pictures.
11) Check whether Feli's back from camp yet and update her on the Vampire Knight shoot.
12) Meet up with friends to get wig and to pass the pictures.
13) Check up on the date of delivery of the contacts, wig and clothes.

......
WHY IS IT ALL COSPLAY RELATED???????????
OTL
Yes, I'm an insane person, I know.
-.-
More cosplay pictures coming soon.


15/04/2009
Managed to complete nearly all...
*w*

Nooooooooo... TwT

I'm a cosplay maniac.
m(_ _)m
Because the shirt which I planned to alter for Yuuki's dress wasn't that suitable (a bit short, lacking certain details and can see the buttons mark), so I decided to make it.
And cause I didn't finish watching Macross Frontier (only managed to watch three episodes before I gave up OTL), I'm listening the songs over and over again to get the anime and character's 'feel'.
NOW I'm learning the lyrics for Sheryl's songs...
And because my printer's out of ink, I'M COPYING ALL THE MACROSS FRONTIER SONGS BY HANDDDDDDDDDDDD.
TwT
And Vampire Knight songs too, cause I'm having the shoot soon.
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I'm a bit worried for the shoot, since the costume and wig are may come too late, I can't find a good pair of shoes (the one I wanted to buy is out of my size m(_ _)m) and my mom may rip my head off soon because of cosplay.
*sob
But I tend to be able to manage to go for such stuff anyway.
-.-
*sigh
*goes back to copying Diamond Crevesse

I wish I was as pretty good a cosplayer as my friends so that I wouldn't stick out like a sore thumb during our private photoshoots, or that I can at least take good photos and edit them nicely.

D<

So...
Starting off...
VOCALOID PHOTOSHOOT PICTURES!!!!!!
Yeah, I didn't forget.
m(_ _)m
SO LET'S BEGIN~~~


...With this picture which make words fail me.
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Muhuhu~
Marker pens are our friends, along with double sided tape and masking tape.

Now proof that Rin and Len are obsessed with each other...

Oh no, our camera models are now exposed.

Now for a picture of the fridge.

Yeah, it's the fridge.

Now for the other pictures...

First off our main star (or is it?), Miku~

And now for big sis to take the stage~~

And now for Len~~

Len does not know what to do.

So he decides to eat the innocent microphone.

*w*

Miku is either trying to act high and mighty or she is having perverted thoughts.

m(_ _)m

Do not be fooled by the picture.

We're all of the same age.

-.-

Len looks so short and chibi and kiddy and cute~~~

Len goes to sit.

He poses~

...What are you doing.

=.=

Rin thinks it's a nice idea and follows~

...You insane person.

=.=

Now for paired shots...

...This may be a good time to say that Rin didn't complete her costume.

=.=

Rin gazes into the distance, searching for true love.

...While Len sits back and smirks knowingly?

D:

Rin finds true love!

Len is happy!

Got a problem with sibling pairing, huh?

Rin shows the international sign.

(By the way, Rin was actually pointing the SECOND finger, NOT the third. m(_ _)m)

Oh and you noticed how seme Len was in that picture?

Compare it with...

...THE UKENESS OF THIS ONE!!!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA-*hacked to death*

So *ahem*, to be more serious...

Here's Len~~

Foot shot.

:D

How long were you expecting the seriousness to maintain.

And now for Miku~

With Len.

Sort of like a buy one free one promotion.

*stabs self

Anyway...

And now for Miku (again)~~~

Miku, your ears red ribbons are falling off.

Now for Meiko~~

Wine promoter.

Wine and tattoo promoter.

Wine and sofa promoter.

Wine bottle lent by my uncle.

-.-

Can I just say how pretty our Meiko is?

*w*

Now for Rin~~~

...Who is throwing a tantrum

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Cool pose attempt one.

Cool pose attempt two.

Now watch as we use a piece of cloth and random CDs and change them into our next background.

Turned into this...

This photo is either taken at night, or my photo editing skills are terrifyingly horrible.

-.-

I may as well mention that all the photos at this post were edited by me, and this is the first time I've ever edited photos.

......

YES I SUCK AT IT I KNOW LET'S GET ON WITH THE REST.

TwT

Sweet sweet Miku~~

Our dear Meiko~~

I will not comment on this photo to avoid being lame.

-.-

Different angle for our dear Len.

Going to plan the pictures for the next picture post now.

I want photoshop.

I'm working on it!!!

Seriously!!!
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I'm sorting out my pictures, which is the reason why I'm posting this...
I really can not wait for the next cosplay photoshoot.
Seeing the pictures I have (maniacally) took, I can't help thinking that I have such handsome pretty friends who are gifted with looks, talents and personality.
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As cosplayers, I have to honestly say that they amaze me continuously by being able to play out the character better than expected.
They manage to cosplay and crossplay different type of characters (as in personality), and can pull it off amazingly well.
And I must say that they've managed to improve a lot in sense of posing, getting in character, etc.
Yeen manages to improve a lot in a short amount of time (she manages to unknowingly improve within the time span of a single photoshoot), and is willing to improve.
Feli cosplays characters which are of very different personalities (take Kanda and Miku for example -.-), but can pull it off beautifully.
Being honest, I wasn't sure that Tian is suitable to cosplay, but she totally stunned me when I saw her wearing her costume.
She's still the best Basil cosplayer I've ever seen, and undoubtly has good cosplay features.
Which leads to Elrin, whom I also thought wouldn't be suitable to cosplay, but proved me totally wrong by being a SUPER BISHIE/MAN BYAKURAN ELRIN IF YOU'RE READING THIS I WANT TO TAKE YOUR PICTUREEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Not forgetting Ling, whom I don't think she knows that she's a very good cosplayer.
She really surprised me when she cosplayed her very first female cosplays.
She somehow manages to... produce the suitable aura for the character she's cosplaying.
......
I don't know how to make that sentence right.
m(_ _)m
They are cosplayers whom have my respect.
They are also good friends whom I've shared insane moments and fun times.
As well as bitter arguements, sour moments, violent outbursts, silent treatment...
...We are all females who are prone to PMS anyway.
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I wonder whether we are close friends because we are of the same gender.
Would we still be close if one of us were male?
If we were still close, would the male friend be suitable for cosplaying!?
Would we have a bishie male cosplayer!?!?
*stabbed
Oh shoot someone chatted with me on MSN and I now forgot what I wanted to type.
=.=

Half an hour of being distracted later...
In the end I think I'm blessed with great companions in life, both mentioned and not.
TwT
And I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Ling on getting third for the Junior Manga Challenge.
Much memories were made while making that manga (especially since it was SPM period OTL), and you truly deserve it.
I wish you good luck, and may this be merely a speck compared to the achievements you will make in the manga industry.
*is starting to type out scary stuff and shall go back to sorting out pictures...

Rar.

So I'm back.
-.-
I don't feel like saying much at the moment, so I'll just say that I'll be posting my pictures when my mood's better.
I'd probably use a few posts.

Distance does not make the heart grow fonder.

Nyo~

So today's the end of my stay in Singapore.
TwT
I'd miss this place~~~
Maybe I'd come back for Cosfest~~~
But my mom probably wouldn't let~~~
But I'd still want to come anyway~~~
And I want to drag Feli along~~~
To show her the cosplay shops~~~
I'm not singing, by the way.
Anyway, hopefully I'd be able to receive the cosplay stuff I ordered soon.
TwT
I'm waiting eagerly...
D<
Oh!
Feli hubby I found another red tie for $29 but since I'm already coming home and did not have money so I decided to not buy~~~~~
And I'm sure that it's cheaper back home.
=.=
I shall call my Maple ex-daddy.
'Ex', because he gave up Maple.
TwT
And he gave me his account.
>D

D: *is running out of titles... m(_ _)m

Eh...
As I'm busy playing Monopoly (on the computer), I shall do this real quick...

-HAPPY belated BIRTHDAY, HITO MOMMY/HUBBY~~~
XD
Don't think you read my blog, but...
TwT


-My cousin gave me my first facial~
XD
*happy happy
^^
But halfway when I had a mud mask on, my younger cousin (twenty months old) opened the door...
...And I think I gave her a shock.
OTL


-Another two cousins (aged ten and five) helped paint my nails.
And choose nail polish for me.
*sob
So my finger nails are brinjal purple and my toe nails are bloody red.
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But they chose two pairs of teddy bear earrings which are absolutely adorable.
*w*
Going to visit them again this weekend.


-Went to the Singapore Art Museum where my aunt works.
:D
It was thought provoking.
D:
The place isn't that big, but the art there is interesting.
>.<


-Bought Monochrome Factor manga~~~
XD
I'm really happy that I decided to~~~
The price is about fifty percent cheaper, and I like the plot and characters~~~~
Shirogane~~~~~~~~~~~
Kyaaaa~~~~~~
TwT
Can't wait for the next volume...
T.T
Bought Kingdom Hearts manga for my cousin too.
:D


Well, I'd be leaving Singapore soon, and I must say that I've fallen in love with it.
TwT
I shall miss you, Singapore~~~

Oh yeah...

FELI HUBBY I FOUND ANOTHER RED TIE FOR $49, BUY TWO GET ONE FREE~~~
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And...

LING I FOUND BLACK LEATHER GLOVES FOR $20~~~
OTL
Why do we find things too late...
*sigh

*dances~ X3

So...
I love you, point form.
TwT


-After suffering from dry skin, I asked my cousin for antiseptic cream.
And...
HE GAVE ME SAVLON~~~~~~
(Savlon is a brand of antiseptic cream. -.-)
Last time, I used to use Savlon for my face (it works for me :D), but then it WENT OUT OF STOCK BECAUSE THE COMPANY DECIDED TO CLOSE DOWN (*insert Hibari's 'HUWAIIIIIIIIII'*), so I couldn't use it anymore (obviously).
TwT
......
Before I go back into self-pity.
=.=
He gave me an entire tube~~~
TwT
I applied it, and now my face has abruptly stopped being so dry~~~
*is happy although the sentence above has a weird structure~~~~


-Went to Chinatown by myself.
:D
(Shh, I'm seriously not supposed to. =.= I was supposed to be going with a friend. OTL)
I went to Pan-in-the-Box to help check prices, etc.
Apparently the Kuran Kaname (Vampire Knight) costume (day class uniform) came only in guy's cut, so the size has to be XS (The costume's for a friend. Not me. -.-).
But...
IT COSTS $238!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*faints
So I went to another shop.
IT COSTS $258!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*dies


-Then while loitering around, a random salesgirl approached me...
Let's do this dialouge form!
:D
SG: Hi! Can you show me your nails? :D
Me: O.O *extends hand*
SG: *grabs hand and observes nails* Hmm, your nails are quite nice, but watch... *proceeds to file my nails*
Me: ...... o.o
SG: There! See and compare! :D
Me: ...... *smiles unsurely*
SG: Come let me introduce to you my other products! *drags me to her stall*
Thank goodness I was killing time...
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So I was introduced to the (*noob mode ON! D<) wonders of oil for the cuticles of the nails, body scrub, face mask, lotion, eye cream, and hey, you need to put moisturizer before putting on make up.
m(_ _)m
Then...
SG: So which product do you like the most? :D
Me: Uh... *points randomly* :D
SG: Well, I must tell you first that our products are of the higher end. This one costs $180. This one costs $180 too, and the others here cost $150.
Me: *has seen price tags of more digits (without the dot), so isn't really shocked*
SG: Are you scared by the price? :D
Me: No. :D
SG: Cause usually when I show the price, they usually get a shock of their life. XD
Me: ...... XD
Then I think she was expecting me to make a purchase, so I didn't know how to react but to stand there awkwardly in silence...
Which resulted in this.
=.=
SG: So what's your concern?
Me: *100% sure that she wants me to buy OTL* Uh... Money. *unsure smile*
SG: Well... I can give you a discount...
To say what exactly happened will take a lot of time.
So to shorten it...
$180 -> $150 -> $100 -> $60
......
And all I did was to stand there, look at her and smile unsurely.
m(_ _)m
Mom, I've inherited your amazing skills in getting discounts!!!
:D
Then later on...
SG: What do you use for your face? (as in what cleanser)
Me: *misunderstood to what oil/lotion/etc* None. D:
SG: O.O (either that or she was looking at me in sheer horror... OTL) *takes a cleanser* If you want, you can try this. I'll cut the price down to $10. (original price is $35)
m(_ _)m
Conclusion:
If you ever want a discount, just stand there and smile awkwardly.
......
:D


By the way...
Feli hubby, I managed to find a red tie for the AMAZING price of ONLY $69!!!!!
OTL
Why is everything so expensive nowadays...
TwT


I'm going off to another aunt's house till next week, so I won't be on the computer much.
Bye~~
^^

Ack!

My face is getting really dry!
TwT
It's starting to hurt, and it's red all over.
*sobs in the corner
Whenever I stay over at other people's house, my skin would surely become worse.
orz
My cousin wants to use the computer.
Bye till then~
My face...
T.T

D:

So Ling, Jasmine (Ling's brother's friend -.-) and I went to Suntec to have our photoshoot.
XD
Will post pictures later...
In the end the characters were Miku, Chrome (uniform version) and Haruhi (Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu).
:D
Took around three hundred pictures only...
Interesting thing was that the shoot ended earlier cause security came by to shoo us away.
Apparently it was a restricted area.
-.-
Before the shoot, we went to Pan-in-the-Box at Chinatown in the morning to meet up with Jasmine, who would buy her costume for the shoot.
(Aren't we amazing? =.= Jasmine's a first-timer in cosplay by the way.)
So while waiting for her, we were offered a seat.
And I bought Vampire Knight accessories (which are neccessary for the Yuuki cosplay) and an artbook (not the type you're looking for, Shukri. =.= I can't find any for you m(_ _)m).
:D
......
And something amusing occured...
Owner: Here, try some. *hands over a jar of cookies* Don't be shy.
Ling and I: Ah, it's okay. Thanks.
Owner: *insists* No. Try it. I made it myself.
Me: ...... o.o Ah... Thanks... *takes a piece*
A while later...
Owner: *hands over a jar of chips* Here try some of these too. It's vegetables.
Me: *starts to politely decline*
Owner: I fried them myself.
Me: ...... *takes a piece*
OTL
So after Jasmine came and bought her costume, we then left to our photoshoot location.
:D
While I was carrying a luggage bag, containing wigs, costumes, cosmetics, cameras, etc.
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And it was heavy, so Ling and I had to take turns carrying it.
TwT
And upon reaching the location (convention halls area), we changed and put on our make up at the public toilet.
Good thing there weren't much people.
*sob
Then yesterday we were supposed to have another shoot, but due to lack of time, it was canceled.
TwT
But Ling and I went to a concert performed by two singers promoting their albums.
They're Chinese singers (as in they sing Chinese songs), so don't expect me to tell you much about them.
=.=
It was Wong xxx Jun and...
A girl.
*fails.
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It was held in my cousin's university, Nanyang Technical University (correct? D:), and THE SCHOOL WAS TOO BIG.
D<
Seriously, big.
And there was a 7Eleven, bank(s?), fourteen canteens including MacDonald, Subway, Canadian Pizza, several other shops...
OTL
There's too many to remember.
*sigh
For some reason I can only remember the food.
=.=
Hmm hmm~
Then Ling went back today (Yesterday actually. D: Since it's nearly 1am OTL).
TwT
Thus marks the starting of me to look for school.
*sob
*dies
By the way I opened another cosplay account in dA.
This one is a personal account.
*has four dA accounts
OTL

KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-*deep breath*-AAAAAAAAAAAA

So I've been in Singapore for a few days already.
:D
And I'm still alive.
:D
And happy.
:D
As I'm lazy, I shall do this in point form.


-The first impression I had of Singapore was when I was at the MRT station.
I was thinking "Wow, the escalators here are fast."
-.-
Then later on when Ling and I were buying MRT tickets, I asked the ticket seller(?), and he said to go to the ticketing machine.
Then it went something like this...
Me: Does the machine accept fifty dollar note?
Guy: *didn't hear properly* Yeah, yeah, sure.
Ling and I: *attempts to put in the fifty dollar notes a lot of times, changing the directions several times, using about three notes*
Me: *goes back* The machine doesn't accept the note. D: *shows the fifty dollar note*
Guy: o.o Fifty? No! It's two dollars! D: Come! I change for you! *changes the note*
Ling and I: ...... :D
AND THEN.
*while going into the station*
Ling: HUH! WHERE TO STICK THE TICKET IN? D: *frantically searches for slot to enter the ticket* (back home, the ticket's meant to be slotted into the machine)
Me: D: *stares at ticket* *takes ticket to scan it*
*access granted*
Ling and I: ......
Then when we saw the train...
Me: Wow... The train's so long... :D
Thus, I feel like a country bumpkin.
OTL


-The reason we went to the MRT was to attend Chingay.
:D
As my cousin is performing, he managed to get two free tickets.
XD
So Ling and I went alone.
......
:D
And I was surprised/amused that before entering the event, there was a metal detector to pass through.
-.-
Then later on I got the reason why.
The president was there.
:D
Chingay's basically a parade, so there were lots of floats and dances.
Ling and I were sitting at the second last row, so we couldn't really see the performance clearly.
>.< -SOYA~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OTL Ling and I cosplayed as Miku and Chrome (guess who is who -.-) and Ling opened a booth (which I took advantage of the extra seating >D).
There weren't much cosplayers as compared to Comic Fiesta, etc, BUT!!!
BUT BUT BUT~~~~
There are more MALE cosplayers~
*enters into 'kyaa~~~' mode
And the costumes are 'better' (speaking about the majority cosplays), but they have cosplay shops, so it's easier for them...
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The series cosplayed are different too.
There's Cardcaptor Sakura group, Code Geass group, Vampire Knight group (GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I shall tell you later *SOB*), Vocaloid group, a female Ciel cosplayer (Kuroshitsuji), Togainu no chi (I think there were only two of them? I don't know the series so I don't know. '.'), etc, etc, etc...
*w*
There weren't only art booths.
Some sold cosplay clothes (Ling bought one :D), wigs, cosplay props (swords, necklace, etc), handmade products (keychains, etc) and food.
:D
Made friends with the Togainu no Chi cosplayers.
:D
WE MADE LOTS OF YAOI POSES ALONG WITH A GINTAMA DUO~~~~~~~
And being the obsessed fangirl, I took pictures like mad.
XD
Some are good.
>D
Pictures would be up if I feel like it when I get back~~
^^
(As my cousin is beside talking to me, he had caused me to forget what I wanted to type.)
I was quite impressed with some of the cosplayers.
TwT
Pray that I'll post some pictures~
>D
Oh!
The Vampire Knight group.
When I was taking the group picture, I thought that one of them looked familiar.
Upon thinking, I suspected that it may be unlimystic.
http://unlimystic.deviantart.com/
Then when I told Ling, I was half convinced that perhaps it wasn't her cause I thought that she'd go to Cosplay Challenge instead.
BUUTTTTTTTTTTTTTT..............
*SOB
IT REALLY WAS HER!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AND I WAS TRYING TO CONVINCE MYSELF IT WASN'T!!!
OTL
I was secretly hoping that I'd be able to meet her, but I thought that I wouldn't be able to, and when I did, I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!
TwT
So Ling and I sent her a note on dA.
*sob
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-Went shopping with Ling's brother's friend.
She's around the same age as us.
:D
We went to two cosplay shops, and they have nearly anything.
>D
AND I BOUGHT A BLACK TEDDY BEAR~~~~~~~~~~~
:D
It's really hard to find a teddy bear which is black in colour, so I'm quite happy.
^^
The bear's name is Mocochang.
......
:D


-Then on Tuesday and/or Wednesday, Ling, Ling's brother's friend and I would be having a photoshoot.
XD
The characters would be Miku, Chrome, Chrome dream version and Haruhi (Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu).
*has yet to finish sewing the buttons...
TwT


So I shall now hand the computer to Ling.
:D
She's going to read this soon~
I'll be going to bathe now~
Oh, by the way, Ling and I may be cosplaying Air Gear.
......
:D
*hopes that didn't forget to mention anything
Till then~
*bows