TAF 2009 (Personal experience)

Can't really comment on the event itself, since I was part of the committee, so I'll be telling it as my own experience.
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The good parts were the friends.
If Feli, myst, Jac, ML, Shukri, Shawn, Jun, Wani, Aster and others weren't there, I'd probably have destroyed something.
Yas couldn't make it due to personal issues.

Went to Feli's house first since I was following her to TAF.
As a committee member, I was asked to reach at 8am, but like I had already told them, it was quite impossible since I was busy till after 9am, and Feli's friend, who was to drive us there, came at around 10am.
At first, since I reached Feli's house at 10, we thought that there'd be enough time for me to wear my contact lens, but my overly sensitive eyeballs took me more than ten minutes, so even after Feli's friend had reached, she had to wait for us.
OTL
Thank you for driving us around that day, and sorry for having to be dragged around selfishly.

Then when it neared 11am, calls and SMSes started spamming in.
Basically, they're all 'WHERE ARE YOU!?'.
orz
Apparently the committee needed me there, but some friends called to see when I was reaching.
Also, since I was lending one of my costumes to a friend who'd be in the cosplay cafe, and NO ONE IN THE COMMITTEE KNOWS HOW TO WEAR A WIG, IT SEEMS, so I was a bit panicked.
Thanks to myst who helped with the wig in the end.
Thank you too ML, for helping to keep the stuff and passing it to them, and sorry for having you to wait so long for me to reach college.
m(_ _)m

Upon reaching, I was asked to deal with the cosplayers (I'm in the cosplay department for TAF), since it was supposedly a HAVOC (purposefully in bold, capitals and enlarged).
But when I asked around to see who needed my help, no one responded.
=.=
So, I did my best to do some explaining to another committee member, then I went to change to my Rin cosplay.
Oh, speaking of which, I finally completed my Rin costume.
*stands firmly in place with arms wide open and wait for bunz to attack mercilessly
But since I reached college after 11, the cosplay competition started at 12 and I can't get myself in costume within half an hour, the cosplay competition had to be postponed, also due to some other conflicts and misunderstandings.
Oh, Feli, her friend and I had to be the judges.
-.-

Preliminary round went quite alright, but the finals was a nightmare.
Before the finals could be held, we were already behind time, so suddenly the sound system, equipment, everything, had to be shifted away to prepare for the Matsuri event.
=.=
It was after a while that they managed to arrange for the sound system to remain in the hall for another hour, but by then, most of the crowd was gone.
In the end, the finals had to be cut down as well.
There was actually four parts planned out in the very beginning, but only two could be carried out.
It was also quite frustrating, since I had tried my best in explaining how the finals would be run to several people, but when it was actually happening, the contestants were not briefed beforehand, and in the end, I had to explain to them, and it wasn't fair to the first contestant who had already went, and wasn't given proper instructions.
Basically, it was the cosplay competition which was the most stressful, and for me it was a horrible failure.

That aside, that day was quite okay.
Feli was extremely popular.
Hordes of photographers went after her, and in the cosplay competition, a contestant kept hitting on her.
Why am I not surprised, though.
Got to play Project Diva on Shukri's PSP~
Mm, to put it short and sweet, it was fun hanging out with my friends after not meeting for so long, but the event was stressing.
Not much comments on the Matsuri event, since I was there for a brief moment only, but it seemed pretty alright.
Oh, and as you can see, no pictures, since it was too hectic for me to take any.
All the pics in my camera was taken by ML, and there are not many, most of it being on the cosplay preliminaries and figurines.

ML :: Sorry I literally abandoned you there, and even made you do some stuff for me, which by right you shouldn't have. OTL
Aster :: Didn't expect seeing you there~ Pleasant surprise~ I still like your contact lens a lot.
Feli's friend :: Not naming you here since I don't know you well enough to give you a nickname, and I don't know whether to post your real name or not... Thank you for driving us around and willing to be a judge.
Jun :: COSTUME!!!!!!!
Shawn :: You're the most pitiful that day. D:
Feli :: *laughs at how you were chased around by adoring fans and photographers* Anyway, thanks for helping out at the cafe and being a judge as well.
Yas :: D:
myst :: Thanks for helping out at the cafe~ Sorry I misinterpreted your SMS and didn't bring the boots though.
Shukri :: Project Diva's addictive. That aside, sorry for abandoning you a lot. >:
Jac :: It's really good to see you after so long. TwT Sorry I couldn't spend much time with you. orz
Wani :: GRAR I COULDN'T SPEND ANY TIME WITH YOU!!!! OTL

Anyway, sorry that I kept ditching you all and that I was acting selfish and annoying then.
I had some fun with you guys though.
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Side note:
I don't think I'd be lending my cosplay stuff so easily anymore...
orz
It's not that the people I lend to doesn't appreciate it, it's just that that sometimes people, especially those who have no experience in managing the stuff, don't understand what it's like to maintain the wig and costume.
Sure, they'd say 'thank you' and mean it, but they probably don't understand what it's like to take care of the wig, groom it, wash it, style it, make the props, care for the costumes, et cetera.
They know that the costume isn't cheap, but that's the end about it for them.
Cosplaying isn't about being in a costume.