Thursday, September 28, 2006
It's finally here, or was finally here, Manifest 2006! The long awaited, pardon the cliche, event of my UniMelbourne year. Yah yah yah, that's right, the only reason I came to Melbourne is for it's anime festival!
Fu fu fu, and you think I came for you? NUH UH.....*do the warcraft dance*
/cough.
You'd notice I'm using alot of WoW commands....that shall be explained in a later post.
For now we shall concentrate on the anime goodness that is MANIFEST.
Manifest stands for Melbourne Anime Festival...work it out.
Apparently it's quite big this year, spawning some new cosplay and competitions and traders. Nice. SPGO was there of course, representing the go spirit full on. xD....listen to me crow, but really I thought it was a great success, the room was busy all day both days, new people came, played, learned, was awed, had fun, brilliant.
Of course that meant I couldn't explore much of Manifest. How sad was that -.-. I felt even worse for Connie cos she was stuck with me in the go room on both days.
Friday had a small preview thanks to Steph, collected passes and hopped over to the Fruits Cosplay. This is a new event due to the popularity of manifest goers dressing up goth lolita and jpop style, so it was for general Japan Fashion cosplay. Many created their own outfits which was interesting but.....
Taka has an aversion to fat people...fat people should not cosplay.....-.-....
If I gotto see stuff hanging out and sloshing....that's seriously too much information, yes I'm a bias fully socialised into society's love for beauty and No, I do not see beauty in everyone -.-.......I'm sure you're lovely, but I do not want to see sloshiness.....
And No, that doesn't apply to the people who I see atleast half a month, you're lovely.
Sue me if the rest of you find that preferential treatment.
Onward....Saturday came, busybusybusy. For the first time I shot awake at 8.15. Talk about dedication. Dragged Connie off and waited for the others. Davina did a fantastic job on the new banner and even baked us muffins. Then we waited...
Cheerful smiles, waves, lots of enthusiasm, fully believing we actually may have chased some people away.....ouch.
Then the crowd came. Four of us couldn't handle.....there were multiple people sent to this person that person, oi sensei what's this, oi other girl, oi committee member handle that person!
We were much amused to hear conversations outside ranging from 'oh its that black and white game', 'is that checkers...or chess', 'it look like mints...', 'can I plaaaaay....', 'that game where you use the black and white thing...'....
The gang came for several times for visits, including that one time when they couldn't get seats for cosplay competition and sat in our go room playing poker -.-.
Murfs.
Steph wore her poodle dress tho, very nice.
The others were usual otaku outfits...
I had on a gorgeously cute outfit comprised of my short black skirt, tights, black jumper and Steph's boots.......mmm....might as well...uh...sell me those boots....xD
Go room lasted until 6...which meant...we didn't get to see anything. Nyaa, hidoi. We went to the yaoi panel and then quickly to anime idol at 7pm.
Sunday was about the same, except we were adamant that we were going to take some time off and we did ^^.
Nearly died in the stampede onward to cosplay competition, which was good. Highlights were the Roy mustang, the guy who did his own sword, Rikku and Yuna, the girl who did the big claws....mmmm
And L, deathnote cosplay who came to our go room, and not the L in the cosplay competition......
Then fantrader hall where all the art is!!
So pretty...so gorgeous..people my age....goddamit, next year I'm selling art!
Then the traders hall.....ahhh, bought a Yuki mouse plushie and several pencil boards. Murfs happily. Saw a set of copic markers selling for 100 ++.
Happy...happy...happy...
We'll be back next year in cosplay, selling art, playing go and singing~
Mused by Sukunami Taka around 9:08 PM
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
This sounds familiar doesn't it? Purple Turtle. Small ish pub down that road somewhere. You can't miss it, it's very red inside xD
Beer was a buck a glass.
Spent the day warcrafting, then went out to dinner, mmmmm ravioli, altho must try the lamb kebab some other time.
Nyaa, started raining. Couldn't convince Ann and Con to come, so off we went. Colm, Thom and Jules were already there, and Louis bought me a bourbon~ Which was what again....rum and coke? The aftertaste was...unique o.0.....slightly overly strong, at that point preferred beer....though after that the beer tasted horribly bitter.
Unfortunate can't transfer the phone photos here, had a shot of the 17 glasses of beer on the table that belonged to aforementioned 3 guys, and they had already finished at least 5 glasses before that o.0.
Had a bottle of Skyy- yes slightly overly expensive taste considering 6 bucks could have gotten 6 glasses of beer. But meh. I like Skyy, and breezers...and cruisers...and mudshakes...night was abit of a blur. Just remembered alot of gasping and laughter. Efforts to convince Thom that I'm NOT getting smashed that night was rather half hearted.
The walk home saw me throwing up on roadside -.-. Very sad.
Then some other stuff.....night was very itchy...nyaa.....
ok, goodnight.
Mused by Sukunami Taka around 2:03 PM
Sunday, September 17, 2006
Friday was PFA- pirates something something......college people dressed as pirates, drinking at 1 in the afternoon and singing on Singstar. I was highly amused from the viewpoint of my bedroom window. Besides the point that I could hear them as I sketched out Ool, third and last entry to Cimeara's contest.
But Louis was sweet as he agreed to come clubbing. Of which experiment failed. We didn't even get near in. One hour and a half and we got through half the line. ONE HOUR AND A HALF AND NOT EVEN HALF THE LINE. My...jeez...
Beach club at Docklands if anyone is interested. We got a beach club back home too. The place was swarmed with asians tho. No offence, but I felt a tad suffocated.
Then discovered...left my keys at Steph's....
Saturday was poker night. Oh yeah, spent an hour fixing makeup on Ann for her med ball on friday. She had 3 other girls in her room and she called me to walk across the place where people are drunk and singing and liable to see me, to do her make up for her...gyaaaaaaaaa....but oh so pretty, I rock at make uping other people and she brought back some cute photos.
Oh right, after failed clubbing, we went over to Harry Canary, a lovely little bar where I tried out a Good Morning Vietnam and the boys had Lemon Cheesecake. Yummy~
Poker night was alright. I started warcrafting using Jenovah, night elf druid, and Kenneth and Eepin started making fun of me =(. It's not my fault, she looked cute!! I am not a ist anything!!!...sniffles
Wooot, won one dollar, lost another dollar, broke even! Boo yeah! I scout big man~ *pimps out poker playing skills*
Unfortunately Eeps not bad too >>
There fell in love with Mudshake....*drools*
Alchohol never tasted so good!
Rayner was there too. Long time no see, the boy is so cute and childish and cute~ Nyaaaa.....Found out later they went to a strip club after poker!
Nearly walked into the road while light was still red TT
Sunday lazing~ Eep called wanting to go Meccabar and then uh..I was late by like...45 mins TT.
Raid mah, going on mah, suppose to finish by 7 and it didn't!! Sowwie Eepeep....Up to Meiji in Chinatown, had ramen, it was good.
Anyhow, you sold my soul to warcraft and alchohol =p.
Mused by Sukunami Taka around 10:26 PM
Friday, September 15, 2006
Ever stop to look at something and wondered hey, when did I do that?....
Right.
Received history proposal back- a P.....freaking P. Yes I'm cursing. Because anyone could have looked at the general topic and took the line I did. War general indeed. If you're going to be looking for something, then specify and not let someone pour in work and then shutting them down.
Otherwise- H2B on politics.
4 essays due in two weeks and well.....you know the response right? Customary dear dear, why don't you work...?
Because...because why? Because I'm trying to figure out how to draw glass?
Perhaps, although the blood bath in Kill Bill looks like cordial. And the anime sequence in the middle rocked very much so.
This post is deliberately blur and nonsensical. Simply put it's how I think.
Might go clubbing tonight...hm
Oh yes, that whole Minotaur thingy. Went lunch with the nichan, nechan, nethneth, and then over to Minotaur, our local friendly comic book/sci fi store where I drooled deliciously over Luis Royo artbooks. Gyaaa, all those art....beautifully deadly....
I want to draw like that. 130 dollars for an artbook is no joke. Alas ....must think of my wallet. Humph...humph.
Ended up with a cheaper alternative. Dreams is the theme of the artbook, but inside...uh.....less than impressive. It was good sure, but.....expected something more I suppose. Then the next day I got a Terry Prachett artbook -.-
Man...
I feel uber poor now. Uber..uber poor.
Gotto stop bringing me to bookstores guys =).
Yesterday, hence Thursday, they announced the new GC and omg, it was the longest workscheme ever. 3 hours because of all the extra wine glasses and stuff and we barely had enough time to eat. Had to pour the wine, scoop out icecream , dish out food. I'd never look at icecream in the same way ever...ever again. Wrist is sore from all the scooping.
Doesn't it sound horribly complainy. Gyah, need happy things to talk about.
Hmmmm.....
Entry into art contests:-
Rainsong is the first. Followed by Pavisa. They are both for Cimeara's black and white art contest. Hopefully something goes through. I have the worst luck for contests. Also will be completing another character soon.
Darling darling, hope you love me, why can't I talk to you~
I need more songs.
Midsemester break- lots of people will be going home =(. Byebye ex roommate, nessanessa, natnat...=(
Dreams last for so long, even after you've gone. I know you love me and soon you'll see, you were meant for me and I was meant for you~
Hungry le....and I defy you people who go to the strip club next week. Poker night! Dota night! Clubbing night!
Mused by Sukunami Taka around 12:00 PM
Wednesday, September 06, 2006
MADFest on sunday was bizarre. It stands for Music, Art and Drama festival and carried an air of formality unpresent during JCR Jam, so we weren't sure what to expect. Definitely not the half naked, supposedly sexy.....emphasis on supposedly....musical dance number near the opening of MADFest.
Siobhan, our resident nightingale gave yet another beautiful performance, her opening act was a saucy french number and she finished the night with a heart trembling duet alongside shocking debutant Brendan Thornton on the song 'You raised me up' (Josh Groban).
Louis managed to elicit gasps from me and Connie with his entrance into the aforementioned jazz musical. Notwithstanding that it did kindda click that the performance was meant to be funny.
Andrew Hua and Rob did their own unique style of classical pop, with the Hua man going on to sing a rendition of father-daughter song and a performance of his own composition.
Kempo delighted with her sweet voice while we were also greeted with another unusual acapella trio on 'Eternal Flame' comprised of Harshini, Alice, and Suan Ee whose voice did indeed hold up during those lovely high notes (she had a sorethroat prior to performance and she did a great job nonetheless!).
'What a Wonderful World' and a duet with Ashley on 'Beauty and the Beast' revealed what an exquisite talent Simon Oakes had. He charmed the audience certainly with the duet.
Phebe Bicknell and AJ performed their version of 'blind karaoke', acting out hilarious scenes to songs, and a knee slapping laugh out loud performance came from Andrew Carey with the tutor Ashwini and Alex the dean. We never knew they could let their hair down......to such extreme! As they bouncd along to a Bollywood romance song.
Entrance by Julian Wallis in a Grease number that comprised of both song and dance, was another heartthrob awwww feeling inducer. Numerous performances by musical instrument playing ST Maryians were also enjoyable, to list were Megan Sykes on flute, Julie Boyer on trumpet, there was someone on ukelele I think was Michael Keefer...? Do we even HAVE a Michael Keefer?
A girl wowed us by an emotional song drama scene from Anna and the King, going all out on what will be her audition piece.....but I've forgotten her name, and that's very bad of me, but there were alot of performances and it's hard to remember names, though she was very good, so if someone could kindly remind me who that was, I'll add her name ><.
The night was abit of a blur so these are some of the highlights I remembered. I felt somewhat sick halfway and was trying extremely hard not to throw up. Con and I also attempted a rap version of 'A whole new world' while the boys were rocking it up on their drums and guitars and contemplated that we may perform at next year's JCR Jam.
We walked home singing, and shaking from the cold.
Mused by Sukunami Taka around 1:27 AM
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
The realm of singlehood is weird. Feeling as if something is missing....something's not normal yet........it's definitely weird. The first few days was spent listless and sobs everytime I thought of something. Everytime I sat in my chair, looked at the computer, walked, thought, talked, went to class.....felt tears and not exactly an ache, but a hardness in the chest.
I wondered and I thought and I debated and still I'm not really sure why.
I don't understand what love is.....I think. Some extent it's this, some extent is that......so much compromising and living with and coping and caring for another person....
Not sure what I'm looking for.....hardly think anyone else do too. Do you, or you, or you know what you're looking for? Sure I'd like a decent guy, someone funny, someone sweet, who listens yet holds a proper conversation, who makes me swoon and think of him and who thinks of me, someone who cares for me and take steps to show that care, someone who's a romantic, a gentlemen, someone who's fun and considerate, who loves to read and imagine and sit with me watching movies. And this and that and this.....
Yet when do you fall in love.....
I'm so tired of guys right now...
Effort to learn to trust someone new, to like them and wonder if they like me back, to find ease and comfort and well...happiness?
I'm just not sure anymore. Stress from work and art makes it hard to maintain making a boyfriend happy and ensuring he makes me happy too. Certainly it does not help if I have to push for things which I think, I hope, I consider would make me happy, yet who knows, right?
Why can't guys just be perfect =).
Kidding..I hope.
Their weirdness makes them enticing I suppose.....joking, yet again.
Not looking for someone who's perfect.......but rather, perfect for me. =)
How weird would it be if someone was listing down their 'ideal girl' and the description matches me?
I wonder how it'll be?
Someone who's weird, emotional, tend to cry, tend to fall apart, not really capable of much, not overly pretty or clever.....am I being too hard on myself? Surely there are positives......
It takes time....to find out about people, especially of me.
Though I'll admit, I make a hard to cope with girlfriend. Difficult to deal, difficult to handle, difficult to comfort, difficult to make happy. I got a headache...
It'll take someone special who can see all those flaws and still feel, I love her....
and I want to do everything I can to make her happy?
Maybe...
Sideline note:- finished Torts essay an hour before deadline. NOT GOOD. Quality was not even considered.
Derek dragged me out after much whining enthusiasm of boredom to a japanese dinner and Coco Black chocolate overload on Saturday. It was the 'monthly airing out' he promised my mother.
Also the fact I needed much destressing.
MADFest was on sunday and will be tackled in the next post.
A few friends did an awesome job in trying to help me feel better. It ranged from continually hugging me, letting me cry against them, massaging my shoulders and staying till 3am watching movies until I fell asleep, dragging me out to chocolate heaven (then hell), writing poems and generally saying, hey it's not so bad you'll survive.
Basically......I want to say thankyou.
There's faculty law dinner tomorrow, skirt wearing a must. I have some 'free' time until our mid semester break hits when I've to delegate time to work on essays, but until then, feel free to drag me for movies, dinners, late night chats, and numerous artwork which of course I need to finish.
Mused by Sukunami Taka around 11:49 PM
