Ok i owned myself pretty badly this time.

I just hope that things will go back to before. Who doesn't wish that things will go back to before? When everyone's wishing for the same thing, you know it'll never come true. That's a bad sign right there.

Well, i played my cards, let's see how this turns out then..

I am feeling downright crappy right now, after wasting an entire set of strings. Not because of the damned strings, it's because of some other things. I guess the appropriate word is melancholic.

No mood left at all.

I'm just overthinking :)

AFAX Day 2..

Woke up at 6.50 a.m, and i realized i woke up a little too early..brushed up and stare into blank space until about 7.20 then i went out. The queue was really short as compared to Day 1, so i queued up. Then i realized i was in the wrong queue. Can't blame me for that! LOL, it was at the same place where the ticket queue is on Day 1! So i got my ticket at the front (there was nobody buying tickets. There's no queue for the tickets at all..) and once i got my tickets, the queue to enter the place (Yes, that long one) started moving. I went to the back and GOODNESS the queue EXTENDED TILL THE NEXT CONVENTION HALL! AND IT WAS ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK, THE END OF THE QUEUE! So blah blah blah and i got in.

Inside there was yet another queue, to go into the main stage. When the queue started moving into the stage, i cut queue..HAHA. Nobody noticed anyways..it was that chaotic, and i finally got into the Main stage area, and i even managed to get a seat! Thanks goodness for the chaos. The hosts came out, but they don't matter. :P

IT WAS FINALLY TIME FOR THE LONG AWAITED MOVIE SCREENING. I can safely say that it's the best movie of the year for me. The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya is really, really good! 100/10 from me (Y) I shan't talk about the movie, go watch it for yourself. HAHA.

After the movie is the Regional Cosplay Championship 2010. The judges were Kaname and Aira from japan, Alodia from Phillippines, Clive from Singapore, and a Canon high ranking staff whose name i don't bother remembering :P The teams that made it were Malaysia, Phillippines, Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore. Out of all their cosplays, i would cast my vote for Japan, because all of them fail when compared to the judges. HAHA. Especially Aira..she's really pretty in person! Really really really :D

Next was, if i'm not wrong, a special appearance by angela, May'n, and Scandal, promoting the I Love Anisong concert Side B. It's really just them appearing, answering a few questions asked by the hosts.

I pretty much camped at the Main stage area from 9 till about 4+ i guess. Went to Mac for early dinner with Zach, and went back to the festival area after that..haha!

The festival area is pretty much the same as Day 1, so refer to that post i guess? The only difference is that most of the things were sold out. The booth selling the $100 stainless steel swords and wooden swords were COMPLETELY sold out. I ain't exaggerating when i said completely. Not a single sword is left, even the broken ones were sold out near the end of the day.

There were more cosplayers on Day 2, but i still feel that Day 1 has the best cosplayer! She's that Haruhi i saw on Day 1. Best cosplay for normal festival goers (Y) AND I FINALLY SAW PEOPLE DANCING TO HARE HARE YUKAI! Although there's only 3 dancers and they kinda ruined the dance but it's ok, since it's the only Hare Hare Yukai for the festival :) Oh there were more Mios on Day 2 too, but they all fail :)

Ok, so for Day 2 i bought 2 more figma figurines, a young Haruhi Suzumiya and a high school Haruhi Suzumiya (has ponytail hairstyle, SAIKO! (YYYYY)). I also bought a Mio plushie! You can insert batteries so when you clap, her head'll move from side to side. This is the 2nd best buy for me for both days :) The BEST buy of the ENTIRE FESTIVAL WAS THE 3 CUSHIONS! 2 from The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (Yuki Nagato and long haired Haruhi), and 1 from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (Normal Haruhi). I swear if i had more money i would buy the pillows too -.- . The 3rd best buy was the Yuki Nagato 3D poster from The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya. Ok, so most of the stuff i bought from the entire festival was from Haruhi Suzumiya. Why? CAUSE MOST OF THE OTHER STUFF I WANTED WAS SOLD OUT. The Mio handphone strap was gone, the K-ON! mug was gone, the Mayoi Neko Overrun shirt was gone, the wooden swords were gone. Frankly speaking there's really very little K-ON! stuff. HOPE FOR MORE NEXT YEAR!

So after i'd run out of money, it was photo taking time :) Photos can be found in ancient quality on my Facebook. More pictures can also be found on Zach's facebook, and they're of better quality cause his friend lent him a hell of a camera. Tch.

Before i went back, the floor below the festival was filled with cosplayers, posing for pictures. There's Sailor Moon, Naruto, Umineko no Naku Koro ni, Fate/Stay Night and more. Snapped the Sailor Moon and Umineko no Naku Koro ni, and i'm outta there.

IF, and only IF, i can find something to cosplay, i'll go there cosplaying as some character next year. No joke. (Y) Who wants to cosplay as well?!

Ok i guess that's about it for Day 2. Hopefully i can have more money by next year's AFA. See you guys there next year :P Best memory (Y)

AFAX DAY 1

P.S, I'm sorry that there's no pictures to back this post up, but the REALLY good part of AFAX starts tomorrow, the Regional Cosplay Competition! Therefore i shall bring my camera for tomorrow.
E.P.S. (-.-)

First thing anyone would notice would be the queue..the ticket queue is so damn long! Took awhile before i finally got my $15 ticket (I didn't even go into the main stage area today -.-) So at about 11+, i finally stepped into my first ever Anime Festival. My debut!~

Alright the place was wayyyy too congested. I can barely move around without knocking into somebody every 10 steps. So my very first event that i stayed on to look was the Anisong preliminaries. It's an Anisong (Anime Song) singing competition! A really small one though..haha! If i'm not wrong, the first contestant sang Shangri La by angela, the second contestant sang My Love is a Stapler from K-ON!, and 3 out of the remaining 4 contestants sang songs from vocaloid i think. (Hatsune Miku is extremely popular in Singapore, and most girls cosplay as her!) I'm really only interested in Shangri La and My Love is a Stapler, so i got bored pretty fast.. :P

So i looked through the windows of the Atelier Royale Butler Cafe, and goodness, it is totally the same as what you see in an anime. (Zenzen) So i went on to look at the Moe Moe Kyun Maid Cafe, and I AM SO GLAD THAT I NEVER WANTED TO STEP FOOT IN THAT PLACE. It's really not because of their looks or anything, i mean, nothing negative. It'll just be awkward to go in. No joke.

The entire festival area is really just like a night market. Figurines, trading cards, more figurines, a little bit of doujins, anime related merchandise and stuff like that. The most eye-catching one was the sale of katanas (or whatever you call it) from Bleach. It is a life size replica if i'm not mistaken. The blades are then split into 2 types, wooden blades and stainless steel blades. The wooden one costs $30, it's so cheap that EVERYWHERE you go, every corner you turn, you'll see people carrying the same katana. It's that popular and cheap. LOL. The stainless steel ones are wayyyyy better, but it costs $100. The blade don't cut though, but i'm sure the tip of the blade can be abit, pokey. I was really tempted to buy that, but after lifting the katana up, it was too light for me, so i skipped it. Luckily.

Cosplayers are everywhere, no no wait, Hatsune Mikus are everywhere. Yeah. I've seen Vocaloids, Luffy and Shanks from One Piece, a few characters from Hitman reborn, Star wars Stormtroopers and Queen Amidala, Final Fantasy 13 characters, Snow White, Pikachus, Mario, Sebastian from Kuroshitsuji, a few others which i totally couldn't recognize, a few others whom i've missed out/forgotten, about 2 Mios and 1 yui from K-ON!, and lastly, ONLY ONE HARUHI SUZUMIYA. WHY ONLY 1 HARUHI SUZUMIYA?! But hey, she's really pretty, and she captures Haruhi's character well in photographs, so, quality over quantity i guess! She gets a 90/100 score from me (Y)

I circled the festival area more than thrice, i bought a bunch of stuff, and that wasn't enough! I got Mio figurine ($50), Mio Keychain ($8), Tsuruya Figurine ($40), The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya's Shirt ($29), a Yuki Nagato 3D Poster ($29), a Haruhi Suzumiya 108 pieces Jigsaw puzzle ($7), and a Haruhi Suzumiya paper bag (FREE). That's about all i could get before i ran out of money. Like i said, this wasn't enough! I wanted K-ON! mugs, Mayoi Neko Overrun Shirts, K-ON! handphone straps, Haruhi Suzumiya handphone straps, Haruhi Suzumiya Cushions, and omgzwtfxbbq! I'm gonna bring more money tomorrow. Hopefully i can get most of it..ALL THE BEST TO ME! Oh yeah i'm also gonna upload the pictures of the stuff i bought into facebook. I will take more pictures for tomorrow's festival, and the Regional Cosplay Competition! Look out for it :P