stgcc 2011
Visited the Singapore Toys, Games and Comics Convention again this year, with Yish, as well as Xero, Sora and Kaya jie!
It was pretty different from the previous years where there were stronger focus on Japanese-influenced stuff like Bandai toys, animanga, etc - this year instead there were a lot more of illustrators, artists and designers all over the world. Which, at first glance, might be unappealing to most animanga fans but I actually found myself being more interested in the booths this year than before.
We bought our tickets from PlayImaginative which gave us discounts at the booth, so being the naturally kiasu people our first stop was to check out their products.
gloomy bear - one of my favourite character!
I'm eyeing that baby gloomy in a box you see in the left corner..
one of the many cool fan-designed mickey mouse figurines on display
Then came one of my unexpected highlights of the event: meeting my idol. I'd been in love with tokidoki's designs ever since I became acquainted with the design industry, and Simone Legno's story about how he started it all used to be a great source of motivation for me. I'd done a few projects in the past due to being inspired by him, and never would I have thought I'd be able to meet him in person.
when I heard that he was having an autograph session right there,
I rushed to buy a t-shirt to get it signed!
but I was too shy and nervous to talk to him in person,
so I got yish to take this photo for me
adorable doodoo doll mascot! he seemed to have trouble walking though
found this image amusing. pyramid head resting in a corner, tired of killing?
hi from day 2
Another highlight of the event: Kipi! She was one of the first cosplayers who got me interested in the whole hobby to begin with, and I came early just to see her when I heard she'd be there. Didn't manage to get an autograph or picture with her though, the queue of fans lining up for that was so long. And there'd been so many scandals in the past about how she's actually ugly and horribly photoshopped, but that day definitely proved all those rumours wrong. (☄ฺ◣д◢)☄
Went to find the scandalous Xero & Sora who were lunching at Umi Sushi.
and then all the ones with a camera started going crazy (◞‸ლ)
8)
firefox???And lastly what I bought~
gift from yish!
t-shirt that I bought to get signed
my adorable gloomy
t-shirt that I bought to get signed
my adorable gloomy
Cosfest 2011
Wayyyy overdued post, I'm sorry! I went for two events this year: Cosfest 2011 (25 & 26 June) at Downtown East and Singapore Toys, Games and Comic Convention 2011 (20 - 21 Aug) at Suntec! Here's the first!
Thinking back, this is already my third or fourth year attending Cosfest? I still remember back when I used to have lunch at Downtown East (I live nearby) I'd always be in awe of all the cosplayers in their full glory outside D'Marquee. Well this year was different, because it was my first year actually cosplaying at the event itself, whereas previous years I only attended as a bystander of sorts.
I attended Day 1 with my faithful slave, my dear Kaya jie, and also met two people - Xero & Sora! Feels a bit weird that I actually only properly met them this year, since I've known Xero through an online community for awhile.
stolen from facebook / xero & sora as shizuo & izaya from DRRR! / photographer
ooc but awwwwwwww 8D / photo by kaya jie
*touch touch* / photo by yish
saihate miku, but I didn't do it well and this is about the only shot i actually like
dinner, out of cos!
day 2! we met the most adorable charlotte (madomagi) cosplayers ever! I wanted to bring her home~
and then I met up with another bunch of friends - here's angie as colonello from khr!
I love that gun.
one of the most amazing cosplays of that day?
how pretty..
..I have no idea what everyone was looking at.
the disappearance of hatsune miku.
I'd honestly say I did quite a bad Miku that day and I probably won't be returning to Miku for a little while, but I had a lot of fun as compared to previous years. Guess the company's all that matters!
Labels: cosplay, event, outing
penang 2011 : peranakan museum
We were given a tour to the local Peranakan Museum during the trip. It was one of the other parts of the trip I enjoyed, because the place was so beautiful. There were details everywhere you looked, and the culture and history was as rich as the architecture and embroidery of the traditional beaded slippers they had.
#1 Bunch of b/w shots.
#2 Chandeliers and other pretty things.
#3 Beaded slippers and some other artefacts they had on display.
#4
Penang 2011 : Food / Shopping / Etc
I went to Penang for a short getaway early this year! It was my first time there and to be honest I wasn't expecting much, but it was quite relaxing. There are quite some bit of photos so I'm splitting them into two posts, this will be mainly the food/shopping post!
#1 Dinner first night, nothing spectacular but it was pretty interesting since we were at a roadside stall and it was nothing like what we have at Singapore.
#2 Mango pudding! It's just at some random food court but the amount of mango was so generous.
#3 Dinner, day 2. Noodles, ham, wiener and chicken wing in some random eatery.
#4 Mumsie's.
#5 More random dinner night, this was third, I think? Tiniest fried ebi I've ever seen.
#6 But they had pudding!
#7 /cue Giga Puddin' song
#8 On the last day we visited this old school-ish kopitiam.
#9 There was just this one stall selling noodles.
#10 And the noodles? Best I've tasted and they were only instant noodles.
#11 The lady apparently cooks it with broth made from pork bones so it's incredibly rich.
#12 Gotta have my old school milo peng and toast.
#13 Late night supper cos we just had to have bak ku teh. And we ended up having it for like the next 2 nights or so.
#14 Last day's dinner.
#15 Dumpling soup that I really liked, it was very light and the dumpling was very plump with fresh minced pork and prawn.
#16 Dimsum~
#17 French beans and a pretty unique carrot cake.
#18 Some of my loot from Penang. They had surprisingly 'decent' shopping, not incredibly cheap but there were pretty stuff. The bag in the corner is less than SGD$15 and the quality is pretty good.
#19 GPOY.
#20 Last two of my wonderful self.
And now I'm incredibly hungry from editing/writing this post so.. bye!