ACGC 2009

DAY 1

OMG... I can't believe it... You have no idea how long I had to wait for this thing to come and now... its over...? Hahahaha well its been 3 months since I cosplayed at my first ever Comic Fiesta last December. Well ACGC 09 has come and gone. Nevertheless it was one of the best weekends I've ever had (cosplaying of course! =D).






So yeah, I got sick.... before, during and after the event but I'd rather not talk about that since i'm healing up good. Anyways, so saturday morning was a slow one... me and Dei were up late recording skits for our performances and by the time our alarms went off, we didn't feel like getting out of our beds XD so yeah... we eventually got ourselves together and followed our friend Aoshi to the venue. Thanks for getting us there man!



So we got there and met up with a couple of friends. The mall is pretty new so there wasn't much to see. What we were glad to find was a fully stocked Toys R Us where I happily found and bought my Double Barrel Nerf Shotgun from. (Shotgun guy cosplay here I come!) Called Dante afterwards and before long I was ready, suited up and walking around as Vergil along side my "brother" Dante >D



The event hall's lighting was what really caught my eye. THE LIGHTING IS EPIC!!!! So much natural light. So for once in my cosplay life, I didn't hear photogs whining about the bad lighting in a con venue lol! Sadly though, I felt our portrayal of the characters were impaired by our props... my sword was broken at the hilt (thanks to Dante's friend who was horsing around with it) and Dante's sword kept bending at the base of the blade due to the weight. So i couldn't unsheath the sword like I needed to and Dante had trouble doing overhead slashes.... Heck he couldn't move the darn thing without worrying about it breaking... all in all I suppose we had a good time. I still can't believe I cosplayed one half of a twin with a guy who shares the same birthdate with me (except he's a year older)

Nothing much else to mention about the first day except for the competition that the DMC group won. GO TO DMC GO TO DMC!!!! XD Man was I ever tired once I got home.... owh... and there was that J Rock No Tamashii concert I went to with Dei, Akiko and Sky.... Silvenia was there too as well as Dustyhawk who all seemed to have a brill time. I on the otherhand kept falling asleep from the exhaustion and frankly.... the music wasn't really going with me at the time... half the songs I'd rather listen to at home on my Sony Speakers.... guess it got better after I left early but whatever...


DAY2

I went to Sunway in the morning for a DDR comp. I lost.... first round.... but she was at my level. My stamina wasn't as good as it used to be.... at least I styled my way through XD the audience loved it lol! If I had stayed I might've gotten an award.... owh well.... So I rushed to ACGC right after that.....














I got dressed and brought everyone their things. Vodka bottle for Tsubasa and the bath robe for Sky Peg as well as a few other things for my skit. Found Chris and he passed me the wig he'd cut and styled for me. Finally I looked into the mirror and I saw a familiar face staring back. Spiked Reno was back ;P he's no longer down XD

Come on!!!!

ORRRYAAAAAAA!!!!!!

So it was time to walk out and pose pose pose!!!! WHEEEEEEE!!!! Of course theres also girls girls girls!!!!

Two Kawaii Girls that are fans of my friend SS/Nakamura

Reno and KlanKlang

Met up with some goth people from HELP who were promoting C2AGE. They were cool, posed with me for some photos. Surprisingly Reno fit right in with them... guess it was the whole suit thing... but anyways.... I like the shots I got off from the net. Here are some

I didn't get to talk to them much but they seemed like a cool bunch. Hope to see you guys in the future ;) On the competition..... guh..... I failed...... the first 2 rounds went well. I was Reno in speech and in form..... judges even booked me in the master catagory (the highest one above journeyman and novice). Sadly, my skit failed due to technical difficulties on my end (the PA guys aren't at fault.... my recording just wasn't loud enough for it to be heard sadly....) I was devastated..... but I guess everyone has their bad days right? Hurm....

Just being Reno~

ORRRYAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!

I'm not hungry.... just chillin~

Well the competition ran for quite awhile... took like 5 6 hours... we were all tired.... but despite that, we all were in high spirits to take shots like this






































I kinda EMO-ed after the comp coz of what happened to my skit.... so uh... if anyone needs to see Reno in EMO-MODE here's your chance and near the sakura trees too~

The Flowers.... Simply Beautiful~

I got happier later tho ^^ everyone comforted me and cheered me up so I could go on to pose all cute like this

PUUUUU~ <3<3<3<3>

So yeah, great event and I had fun despite getting really sick afterwards. I'm tired of typing so i'll just end it with a few more joyful pics.

Owh and for those of you who were wondering.... I DID TAKE THAT DARN COSPLAY REST AREA SIGN HOME!!!! XD


I GOT A BIGGER SIGN THAN THE WINNERS!!! XD

Sayonara~ <3<3<3<3>

Splurge much.... I'm spoiling myself for once in my life!!! XD

Okay so yeah most people see me as a rich kid. Born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Has mostly everything an average guy doesn't materialistic wise. Well technically I wouldn't argue with you. I do have some luxuries others envy but I don't have it as good as others I know. As my grandma would always say to me, be humble and respect others. Help when you can. You'll earn friends who respect you for who you are and not for what you have. Wise words. I've tried to live by this and not be too showy with the things I own. However, sometimes you just can't help it XD a PS3 itself is a showy thing lols! The same goes for a PSP, everyone just awes at the very sight of it. Anyways, i'm just blattering on here. Let me get to the point.

Last month my monthly spending money (for education and living expenses provided my grandpa) came in late. VERY LATE. I had to borrow some cash from close friends to scrape by. So yeah, eventually the money came in and by then the money for March had come in as well XD so I had 2 months worth of cash lols! So I paid off all my debts and was left with a wad of cash to spend. I got myself a set of Yukata (a traditional japanese outfit) that I had always wanted as well as a game called Killzone 2 for the PS3 (a game i've been waiting to play for 2 whole years to be released). You know the feeling when you finally get something you've been wanting for a LONG LOOOOONNNNNGGGGG TIME!? Well i had that feeling twice over with those two purchases XD It felt good! So there went close to a 900 ringgit in two days (inclusive of my rent for the month which was 540, not so bad I guess XP).

I then went grocery shopping to restock the supply cabinet (food and snacks for those desperate times). Maggi mee and Milo as well as other tid bits were on the list of purchases as well as some JD cola =3 awesome stuff. That night I surfed my cosplay website and found a wig I've been looking for. I got in contact with the owner and I banked in the amount the very next day. Another hundred plus out of the bank account... this week i'm gonna have to pay for an Ouran Highschool hostclub costume which I agreed to purchase from another forumer who wants to get some cash. I've also gotta budget some money for my birthday (although i'm the one who's gonna be celebrated I figured i'd treat a few good friends to some desert and some drinks) wouldn't be a bad gesture to make em feel happy too right?

I gotta get myself a new phone too.... gawd.... why did my old one have to fuck up now!? >_< I like the size of my current one and for it's simplicity in design. Guess i should get a new high end model with them latest features huh? Sony Ericsson.... but which one though... owh well.... i'll figure it out some other day. I've splurged so much this month I think i'll be out of cash if I keep it up. But hey, its not like I do it often right? I think i'm begging to know why you gals like SHOPPPPPPPIIIIIIINNNNNNGGGGGG XD I loathe the impulse buyer in me but mehhhh... He doesn't come around much lols!

Birthdays...

So my birthday is coming up (that time of the year already?) and its at the end of the month (29th to be exact!). So i'm expecting a few goodies from friends and family this year XD (nothing much, just something to show you care!). I'm planning my own party as well and but a venue for everyone to meet up at and the place to eat have not been decided... darn... well at least theres a skeleton of what'll happen. A dance party the night before to celebrate with friends (possibly at M.O.S or Barce) then a casual get together lunch/dinner someplace nearby to just hangout and chill.

TGI's? A japanese place? Pizza hut?... any suggestions guys? I wanted to buy you guys some food but apparently you'd feel bad since its my birthday so tell you what. You guys pick a venue and pay for your own meals while I get you a decent desert whilst we digest and joke amongst ourselves after a hearty meal ;)

EPIC weekends!

So yeah, weekdays are almost always a drag these days. "You almost feel like killing yourself for just being in college" Said a friend as we were discussing something to do with the education system one morning in class. Well it isn't all that bad I guess. ICPU is an interesting course. You do something different everyday and its not just boring old lectures so it's fine. I won a law debate last week, well me and my AWESOME team did XD we debated about the justification of ISA in singapore. Rest assured, as the opposition we WON =D EPIC WINZ we pwnz!

Didn't have HW this week either which is a godsend. More time to chill out and socialize with friends for once. You're not gonna get many opportunities to do so with the hectic lives we lead. Plus, most days we spend the evenings sleeping from exhaustion. Who knew a few hours clocked in the morning could take so much out of a person. Then there are those sleepless nights doing assignments (often last minute) since we'd rather do other stuff like play games and go out with friends the days before XD

This week I had the chance to go clubbing with friends, two nights in a row. Safe to say, my dancing has improved and I've gotten the hang of attracting girls to open up to being my dance partner while still respecting the unwritten boundaries they may have. After all, these girls aren't your girlfriends and there's only so much you can do. If i'm lucky enough, they'll realize i'm just out to have a good time and warm up to me (hip action anyone?). Thursday alone I managed to have the pleasure of dancing with 3 seperate girls (they weren't that shy and they knew what they were doing XD). I came out pretty satisfied, tired and sore all over.... but satisfied.

Friday I went again with a different set of friends to Bar Celona. Attendance was pretty.... Ugh.... I had to fend off loads of stiffs to get to some girls. They'd even attempt to get em off me at times which prompted both her and me to move around several times XD not as enjoyable as the night before but it was fun. My advice holds true tho... Pak Yew should know this better than anyone lol! "Warning, if you don't already know... You're screwed if you can't get a good dance partner between 11.30 and 1 as after that time period, the party will turn into a sausage fest". Hope you enjoyed yourselves guys! Safe to say we're never going on a friday ever again XD

Brainwashing...

You know I've always been interested in society. Guess it's the main reason why I took up sociology and psychology. Wanted to learn more about people and why they are the way they are. What causes em to act a certain way. Well, after about 2years of such education I've found that groups of people (society) play a big part in a person's life (upbringing as well). We are the way we are because someone influenced us in some way to act that way. It may be conscious or sub-conscious. Influence can have a great effect or a very little one (but may increase with constant influence).

One interesting point I studied was gender roles. Take for example someone who's grown up in a family totally made up of the opposite sex. Lets say a boy is brought up by a group of women (girls included), he will grow up to act just like them. Vice versa for girls in a family totally made up of boys and men. It's not something that's certain 100% but you get what I mean right? Our whole lives... we've been brainwashed into literally almost everything related to social relations. I am the way I am because society made me this way. Even your sexual orientation can be influenced by others.

What makes a man like this


Over this?


I can think of many other things like... the perception of beauty. In the more developing countries, thin is beautiful. In less developing countries especially ones that go through poverty, being thin is the last thing anyone wants to be. Coz it signifies malnutrition and sickness. So all the women (especially those who wanna get married) try to get as fat as possible. Coz that's whats beautiful there.

You see how much impact a society can have on a person? It starts with family, moves on to friends, then society at large... heck, the random person on the street can have an influence on you. It's just that you don't realize it @_@

Anyways, I know my friends have had a HUGE influence on me in the past few years =P Appearance wise, i've changed a heck lots since I left secondary school and I'm in to a lot of different things now thanks to them lols! For the good and for the worst I guess XP

What a valentines day.... not to remember....

I dunno why we put up with made up days created by corporations to brain wash us into spending more money than we should on things just for the sake of showing how we feel towards those that we love through material gifts. I mean how is V day any different from any other day? Take away the up priced presents and the idea that we're forced to buy a rose or some chocs for that special someone and its just like every other stinking day. If you're wondering why I'm poking at it so much then I'll tell you why. Yeah I was unhappy on that stupid day of yours. No i didn't stay in despite waking up later than usual, I did go out but instead of going out and seeing that particular someone with a group of friends I was forced to go out with my housemate and was subjected to 7whole hours of COD4 just to bury the memory that the person got called off for something and couldn't go for an outing.

Don't even mention the thought that I now realize more than ever that I'm single and have been for the past 4 months or so... what hurts even more is that I've begun to realize is that I'm the type of guy who's just owh so perfect as the third wheel. The one that seems okay and all, reasonably attractive but never gets the girl. I'm the one that always gets to be the third wheel when a pair of my good friends who're together wanna go out and they need a ride. There's nothing wrong with it, its just that some of the time it gets really hard not to notice the intamacy between the two that you so long to have (have again?) and seeing it up close.

Call me emo, call me jealous, call me irrational and a blind fool. A blog is a blog and this is the only place i'll be able to write out my raw thoughts and emotions without having to feel guilty about it or to hide it. Yes I'm an attention seeker it's true, sue me... I like attracting attention even if it is the bad kind coz I can't survive being alone and quiet without human interaction. GAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! fuck the world and it's complexities. Its injustices, imperfections, expectations, and all that....

I miss Y.... we all make mistakes right? We both did... both overreacted... ha ha... maybe I have regrets over what happened... but even if she would take me back I couldn't bring myself to let her. I'm too erratic... too emotional... naive too in my own ways. I'm so out of it that I don't even know what I'm writing about in the first place =D ah yes V day... I just wanna be held again... to feel that sense of security, that illusion that when that person takes hold of me, I am theirs and theirs alone... safe from all that may do me harm...

*Sniffle* Anyways, Happy Valentines people. Congrats to those who've finally gathered the courage to get together with their significant other and all the best to those who've already long been together. I pray for your happiness. As for me... I guess maybe the deities of fate have me on their leash. At least i'll still have cosplay partners right? Sigh...

Reno's holidays over yet again~

Gosh, the 9 days i got off of college have come and gone like a flash and... I didn't do much to show for it *squints* Well... lets recap... There was that LAN party I attended at Asia Cafe's FTZ along with Dei dei and Connman. Haha good times playing Left 4 Dead and COD 5 (I owned in COD5 but the opposition made me their bitch while playing L4D... I'm always the goodie two shoes who helps my friend but they leave me for the friggin zombies!!!!)

Hurm.... Come CNY day, I slept in till about 3 in the afternoon -_- yeah yeah I ain't proud of myself either and I missed the eclipse that happened thanks to the friggin cloud in Subang area.... thankfully Dei dei was free that day and he and his brother were planning to go to the movies (I tagged along and drove us over to 1U to watch InkHeart).

It was pretty lonely in the apartment during this entire week without my housemates. I felt miserable some days to the point of being Emo... Going back to my grandma's home didn't help either... despite having familiar faces around I felt horrible and even anime's that seemed comedic to friends were intrepretted as sad and sorrowful to me.

The week picked up bit by bit. Went to have some shisha with a handful of Comic Fiesta forumers and danced in the arcade on the machines. Celebrated a friend's birthday and caught up with the school mates I knew so well in the past (it was great seeing them again after so long). Cappy and Itomaki even dropped by to join me in a short anime marathon in my room (bet your brains are fried now after watching that one episode of Macademi Wasshoi huh girls? LOVE AND PEACEEEE!!!!)

Yeah... most of the other days were spent in bed, sleeping, surfing on9, watching funny vids like Achmed the Terrorist and FaceBooking... not a lot... well I did find a 100ringgit bill the other day which made me jump for joy and I finished one of my college projects which is due after the holidays so all in all it can't be as bad as some other people's CNY week right? Can it....?