001:
San Diego comic convention- To begin with, I arrived
in San Diego 4 hours behind the scheduled because Amercian Eagles had
problems with their planes. I got the same room
I had last year in the same hostel, and got to know some really
wonderful people.( Cat, Kathryn, Ranjala
and Kathryn with Rei)
The convention
was deliciously fun. It fed my braincurd well. So It told me. The weather
wasn't as toasty as last year. It had been reasonably merciful...but
then again I only guessed. I was in the halls during the day, all days...huhmm.
Everyone
was really nice, kind and patient
with me for having a cucumber of a memory storage
system at remembering names and faces.
Lookit the Slavelabor booth
dis year (>w<) ..(0,
0) ..(Y 3 Y) ..(>
c <) ..(+ k +) ..The
Jhonen's line ..Inside the thesaurus
of talented SLGians- John and Serena, Brian
and Jennifer, Serena and Crab, Black
Olive, and Tavi and Rikki ..This,
we had to face everyday.
This you must see. It's the
Corpse Bride's booth. Day1
..day2 ..day3 ..day4
...the stage, the bride,
him and mini figurines.
Strange
occurrences no.1: I went to Jhonen's panel which terrific,
silly dilly and buzzing with bees. One of
the most enjoyable panel I have ever attended. There I sat beside a
girl who wore a bright blue wig. She was
talking to herself the whole time in a very proper and solemn, Englishmen
afternoon tea kind of English. I leaned
to shut up after realizing she didn't even notice I was there. It was
rather... kind of... creepy.
Strange
occurrences no.2: Coming out of the toilet, I was about to
wash my hands when this Caucasian lady who was nearby doing her makeup
immediately dashed right to the other end of the restroom to continue
her powdering. It was a strange feeling,
but maybe I smelt. Or maybe She was afraid
I'd splash water all over.... that makes sense..mm. Yah?
Walking
around the halls, so much desired, only so
much I could afford and not much luggage space
at all
...Ugly
dolls, Gorillaz figurines, Wallace
and Gromit, and the curse
of the were-rabbit displays. Gorgeous.
Fullmetal Alchemist
BOoth!
Starwars and Light
Sabers = crowds congestion and indigestion. Found a cute Yoda
looking serious, and one who replaced thine own head with ay neat Darth
Maul backpack.
It wouldn't be comic
con without the cosplayers. So here they
are, crazy and a real hoot
of fun to run
into. This one is brillant. It vents awe
all over.
002:
Studio Vuduberi- The adorable
Vuduberians let me stayed with them for a fornight. They are the nicest
human beings on earth. They have the sweetest dog(Kopro)
and cats with the cutest names- Coco
and Mewmew. We did handifcafts
together. Pailin made a pocket pouch
and Sunny -being the craftiest- made these
cuties. We ate out a lot
too, where the servings were always humongous.
We went on a roadtrip
to a summer heat terrorized Las Vegas.
You can fry bright-side-up eggs and bacons for your breakfast on the
streets.
Las Vages= theme
hotels, slot machines, buffets, big paw
cats(quicktime
clip), margarita, heatwaves and shows.
Shows:
We watched the new Cirque du Soleillink
show- Ka and another old one- Mystere.
Ka
was impressive in an abstract way. It has the most stunning and magical
sets but it is more a play than and circus. Mystere
was... I think I might enjoy the old version of Mystere more. The new
costumes lacked the grace and mystique of the old one.
Hotels:
Beautiful gardens...
beautiful restrooms...
beautiful restaurants... beautiful
ceilings... beautiful people... And
Wynn being the most charming with it's
pretty artworks
all around the hotel.
Food:
Ice-cream, sorbets, and
the cute Vuduberi sisters... Scrumptious
meals, and desserts too pretty
a pity to eat. We were stuffed. We were so filled with food, We would
have floated up into the sky fizzy with
satisfaction and a bloated tummy if not for the weight of the food.
So we rolled out like a beach ball instead.
We left Las Vegas
a tad not overly well fed.
The
Winchester mansion: Lovely lovely house. Love it!(/
w \)~3... with pictures evidences 01,
02, 03,
04creepy room, 05,
06, 07,
08, 09ceiling,
10, 11the
famous stairs, 12wallpaper,
13, 14, 16,
17, 18.
PS:
We also attended the wedding of Mai
and Marcial(Mai looked really cute in traditional Vietnamese wear).
Bless the both of them.
Pps:
skyA, skyB,
skyC, skyD.
003:
Tokyo and
Comiket68- Walked around Tokyo alone a bit .
Here's a graffiti, here's a bug,
there's two spiders and their web, there's
the tree roots, and I found
them all at Harajuku. Strolled
around the less hectic areas of Tokyo
too and spotted some Cute cars,
a cute shop that sells old
candies and toys, and I think I this
is a Snowberry Clearwing Hummingbird Moth?(link)
Spotted them among a flower bush. They
were so small and so fast that I thought they were bees when I was struggling
to photograph them. Passersby looked at me weird. Here's a handsome
preying mantis.
Went to Hatoyama(HP)
san's autograph session for her new
book- Shoe maker. She is such a sweet
lady.
My host family took
me out to a summer fireworks display(hannabi)
in an amusement park. It
was simply delightful. It put everyone in a festive celebrative mood....A
cicada(semi)(link)
fell on someone. In fact several of them kept falling onto different
heads and shoulders... To spot them, just follow the ladies' screams.
Had an interview
with magazine"S"(HP)
and Manga no Mori(HP).
I was completely revolting and probably miscomprehended most of the
questions despite the aid a translator. >__<) ~3 gaa I was rubbish
at trying interpret and explain what I wanted to convey, properly too.
Writing everything down would have been so much easier... but then again
perhaps not. Drawing would be the breeziest.... so here's what and what
not happened during the interview in doodle
form.
Comiket68:
It was chaos it was fun. The last
day was the best and also the worst. Worst because
of the heat and crowd, and best because
of all the lovely and amazing people
I got to meet.
This is Ueda Hajime
sensei striking the Hibiki pose with
Oshiguchi san from Manga no Mori.( Hibiki,
the popular TV show that is all rage in Japan right now.) Here's Range
Murata sensei and Okama sensei both
in white... Lovely dainty little ladies...
Keroro!... Kanesada sensei and Sanbe
sensei in black.
I love them I love
them! They are so cute!(/
w \) They dressed up as Nata and Farllee from muZz! I was stunned. I
was speechless. You could jab me with a spork in my head till your arms
break and bleed and I'd still smile at you like a ditz twit. They were
so nice, they gave me their handwoven Farlle scarf. After that, not
a thing in the world could dampen my bed-of-sunflowers high spirit for
the rest of the day.
Got to meet some
old friends too. Theres Aya san, Sukapon-ta
san and Mokekiyo san. ^___^
Two crazy ladies
to applaud to. All the way from the
Big Apple, they travelled down to LA for Anime Expo and the San Diego
Comic convention, and now Tokyo comiket. Wonder if they went C3xHobby2005
after that...
Blunder:
On the third and last day of the convention, a girl asked me
to sketch her a "Olive" but I stupidly sketched her a "Nata"
instead.... I didn't realise it till the next morning.... that was so
embarrassing. A doodle of what happened.
004:
Sketches,scuffy and some stuff
sketches-
01,
02, 03,
04, 05,
06, 07,
08
scuffy-
01,
02, 03,
04, 05,
06, 07,
pouch, box.
some
stuff- They made
me a soap pencil holder X3, this is yummy,
paper balloon piggy and penguin,
teenies, more cool
stuff, Bear still in it's bag prison wearing the
Keroro cap, neat....etc etc
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