Reality: Mine?

Today, something from my favourite poet:

Emily Dickinson (1830–86). Complete Poems. 1924.

Part One: Life

VI

IF I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.

Wasted Perceptive Efforts or Whatever Works for You

Random post on a random anime I picked up this afternoon...

ICE- The Last Generation/ Yesterday, Today and No Future (OVA).

Japanese are the weirdest people...
they're the only ones who are capable of combining yuri and environmentally conscious themes in one anime (and quiet effectively too).
Set in a post apocalyptic world, a major bioterrorism tragedy has caused the death of all men and a large portion of women on earth. That's right. No men. Kinda like my life now.
A major part deals with how the surviving women struggle to find a way to continue the human race while living in a 'city at the edge of time'.

Anyway, the retro style of drawing was good. The voice acting was atrocious (because they insisted on getting some girl band to do it instead of professional voice actors).
If you ignore the mild Yuri moments, the plot has potential (i would have kept it). However, all in all, because yuri makes me uncomfortable and because it's against my personal principals, I'm throwing this DVD away and keeping only the theme song, which was really the only good point of the entire ordeal.

Translation

Even in the future, the palms of these hands will be familiar
One day, because I know what to hold on to,
Even if all freedom is lost,
Such things as joy and sadness won’t be controlled

To be loved
People can’t go on living all alone
To be loved
Somebody stay by me

Even if the palms of these hands are empty,
With the back of my hands I wipe away my tears
Even if the sun in the sky is forgotten,
The days when I saw the rays of sunlight won’t disappear from my memories

Just being loved
Somehow everyone becomes so kind to me
Just being loved
A peaceful tomorrow comes

To be loved
People can’t go on living all alone
To be loved
Somebody stay by me

Just being loved
Somehow everyone becomes so kind to me
Just being loved
A peaceful tomorrow comes

(Credit:AnimeThemes)

Recently, have been hooked on Korean dance videos:



Shallow stuff to lighten the burdened mind at the end of a stressful day are these.

Being a Thinking Christian

Yesterday night was supposed to be a free CG, and us Young Adults were meeting in Benny and Sara's place. I was thinking...hmmm..Sara's place. It can only mean one thing...Board Games galore !! (and she offered us a 'Mind Your Language' marathon too)
However, as me and Yune were sitting at the dining table munching leftover CNY cookies, Aaron walked in and declared that we were going to have discussions..
at first I was O_o,
but then again,
I never regretted it. It was so important that I wanted to make an entry here so that I never forget.
Plus I'm really passionate about destroying the traditional 'Dependent Christianity' concept where we just absorb whatever we're told and don't question and come up with solid answers.

Living with a Black and White Mindset in a Grey World
Christians can be the meanest people, especially to each other.
Why?
because we label everything and everyone either Black(unacceptable) or White(acceptable).
For me, growing up in church, many things were labelled as such.
I remember I was barred from watching Michael Jackson MVs because he was considered 'demonic'.
Now, i tend to look back upon those things and have a good laugh about it with my Mum (who shares some of my opinions)
Did you know, even those cute little smurfs were considered 'demonic'.

(what!?)
In reality, the world is not dualistic.
As believers, if we continue to have this black/white concept in a greyscale world, we become disconnected,irrelevant and therefore no longer effective. As Aaron put it, it's as though we're living in a parallel reality.
In fact, the only thing it does make us judgmental, unpleasant people who hurt those close to us.

For example:
A few months ago, Subang Jaya ADUN Hannah Yeoh,came to FSCC to talk about standing as one of the few Christian politicians in Malaysia today. And she really said something that hits me to this day..
We Christians spend a lot of our time praying for God to raise good, clean, God-fearing leaders for our country who can really make a difference by standing up for what is right. However, when He really does answer our prayers, and one of our own brothers or sisters want to go into politics, we say negative stuff like " Are you sure? You can fall really easily you know. Better stay away. Politics is just bad news" or something along those lines.

You see what we're doing?

How on earth can we complain that the government is full of @#*% when we label politics as "black" and don't let any God-fearing people in.
I'd say, we asked for it.

Example 2:
The Bible is full of grey situations. Jesus himself in John 7:53 onwards saves a woman who was about to be stoned for adultery. If He had a black and white mindset, He would have allowed the law to take it's course. Instead, He drew a line and asked those who never screwed up in life before to throw the first stone( sorry, this is Michelle paraphrasing the Bible, hehe).
Idea credited to:SaraKhoo

Conclusion:
Of course, some things remain obviously black. And some things obviously white. That's why God gave us a brain. We are to use it to discern and to put God's laws into the various context. Because that's what the world actually is, a greyscale ball of context.

Note: Coming Soon..
How not to believe everything you hear on the pulpit.

Shourai

And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love.

(Paul's letter to the) Romans 8:28

It's a Sunday, Why am I Working?

Hello minna-san. Everybody has been asking...

"You were in the hospital?"
"yes.."
"and you had a surgery?"
"Yeah..that too."
"What happened"
"Err..nothing..much, I had a bit of this and quite a lot of this , so they performed this on me."
"Oooh..so now you're ok-lah?"
"97 % download complete."


Random liner note:
Some of you were wondering what character I cosplayed,
it was Kaja Bergmann, from the anime version of Natsu no Arashi.

Amusing Musings

I sometimes wonder,
if I had been born prettier, with a smaller nose, smoother skin,with shapely legs and had an easier time losing weight, would life be any easier?
Would I get hurt less?
Would I have gotten what I wanted?
Would my heart be less tired?
Waiting and waiting and waiting
trying to forget.

Comic Fiesta 2009 or " How I managed to ruin a wig"

Everyone can do a review. In fact, if you google Comic fiesta 2009, you'd get a million and one reviews. So, I'm not going to do a it-was-great-i'm-looking-forward-to-next-year type of thing (although it was).
These are reflections:

I'm turning 27. Society has expectations. Job, boyfriend,kids, car, housing loan.
I have none of these.
There is a place I can be anyone I want to be. Free to express myself without judgement. Accepted in a simple manner, with like-minded people.
It happens only once a year, and I treasure the two days like air.
Sin-Lin, I'm so thankful you're around to share and understand.
And Flo, I know you don't really get it..but you accept me anyway. I'm thankful for friends like you.


I'm so glad I got to meet a bunch of spontaneous, friendly and creative people.
They were so warm, funny and original. I could chat with strangers really easily. They were like a kotatsu in the peak of winter..

Nobody turned down a request for pictures.
There were a lot of "please" and "thank you"s and "arigatou"s,
plus a lot of bowing.

Somehow, race, religion and gender became non-issues. Everyone was just in awe of the fact that there were people who shared their hobbies and interest.
"Finally...I can relax..they're all like me" was on many people's minds.


I learnt that being different alone is really difficult, but meeting other ACG community members gives strength and encouragement.

I learn't the value of team support.
I learnt to be strong. No matter what society says about us, we must learn not to be sucked into it.If we claim to be alive, it is time to LIVE.

후렴

어떻게........
내 마음을,
보고 싶어요 ,
정말 아프다.

어찌면
난 사랑에 빠졌어?

Akemashita Omedetou Gonzaimasu!*

*Happy New Year

Minna san,
So the new year has started. I've not been very well so it's been difficult to update, but I promise there'll be more coming soon.

I'm just going to share YUI's new song [GLORIA] with everyone because it fits the season.

GLORIA(translated by Fujii_Itsuki @YL)

That fascinating gateway, even the vision of the future
Becomes unstable
Does Life change during our youth?
Wanting to fall in love
Yet backing away timidly
There are loads of problems

To arrive at the answer
I can’t let go of this feeling
All my love

This isn’t a dream
The GLORIA that is almost within reach
That I lose sight of occasionally
Cry
Searching for a shortcut is useless
I’ll probably lose my way again?

The loud voices of the successful people
Speaking about an episode
As if it didn’t concern them
And now
In my small room
I am pondering over
That imaginary future…

Tried asking myself but
Bad feeling
Can’t imagine it
All my love

I have not lost
The GLORIA at that brilliantly shimmering end
I should be getting closer to it
Cry
Won’t push the blame to others anymore
I’ll take it all with me
It’ll all be a lie if I can’t become absorbed in it

Wo~ When the sakura blooms, surely
Wo~ I’ll be able to meet my new self

This isn’t a dream
I believe that it will be worthwhile
Though the truth is that I’m afraid

Cry
Because I’m feeling frustrated
Get glory day

I have not lost
The GLORIA at that brilliantly shimmering end
I should be getting closer to it
Cry
During sleepless nights
Even if I’m left alone hugging my knees
Baby there is no time to be crying


Even though she wrote this especially for students sitting for exams, I think it fits anyone trying to accomplish a difficult task in life. So everyone, let's not stop striving to do our best in life, whether it's work, studies, ministry or family.

It's very easy to make new year resolutions, but keeping it requires discipline and commitment.

Sore dewa...gambarimasu!

Note:
The single [GLORIA] will be in stores on Jan 20th 2010.
I'm still waiting for her to write a song that bores me...hasn't happened yet.

*sigh*Isn't she beautiful? I almost fell off my chair when she smiled in the video.

Fighting to Breathe

Nothing works anymore.

The burdens pile up
but not the escape doors.
What I would give,
for a place of rest.

Je ne comprend pas, Dieu.
Ce que je fait mal?

Welcome to The Real World

I am in pain. It's the kind that makes you wish for death. It starts in the back, moves up the spine, spreads through the shoulders like wildfire and then plunges down into the abdomen like a serpent from hell. Stops there for a while and creeps up to my heart where it has stayed for the past I-don't know-how-long, scrunching and pulling. Refusing to leave no matter how much I struggle. If it doesn't go away, I'm thinking of taking a knife and cutting it out myself.
Yes, you are part of the cause.
You've destroyed us and now you're paying the price. You judgemental bastard!. The island you've found yourself in is of your own creation.
Even now I have to live with the labels you forced upon me. People think I'm a timid, nerdy, incapable of public speech or confrontation. All of it changes now. NOW.
You've done worse to others. You've destroyed their reputation and their trust in their fellow believers. You've left nothing but a legacy of merciless judgementalism, narrow-mindedness and outright resistance to the work of the Holy Spirit. Which your disciples still follow to this day. They still carry your blood sentiments.
Well, I'm leaving them. Call it what you want. The 'great divorce'.
You deserve every drop of loneliness. I have no more tender feelings in my heart. They are gone. Long gone.

Bad news, Good news, Indifferent news.

Bad news:My favourite Korean restaurant closed down a month ago*sob*sniffle*sniffle*. No more 10 ringgit set lunches at Dae Jang Geum...no more toppokgi....worst of all,
Yours truly has been reduced to surviving on canned kimchi. [God], this is so unfair......

Indifferent News:

There's this discounted book fair being held by MPH at Sri Petaling's IMU campus, so I went yesterday with Jie Min. (Hmm..nowadays, I seem to pick up all my books at book fairs). Anyway, one of the spoils is shown above....

Book is not read yet, any way the point is...the acknowledgements page (soorry for the bad picture), if you can make out the first line, it says , I quote:
" My sincerest thanks to Angela Aki, dear friend and first to read this book...."

Whoa.. Angela Aki?
You mean this Angela Aki...

The Famous half Italian/American Japanese singer songwriter Angela Aki?
Actually that's not impossible, since the author ( according to the brief cover overleaf biography) "..has worked as a teacher in Japan, where he has lived on and off..."


Good news:
We have discovered ( or re-discovered) Clazziquai, house/blues/hip-hop band from South Korea. I first heard them on the series 'My name is Kim Sam Soon'. Their latest album Mucho Punk is the only album (excluding YUI) that I can listen from start to finish and not feel bored.


One male vocalist, one female,
and one extremely talented sound engineer/composer dude.

Nobody Comes Here

Dear okyaku-sama(guest),
We are fine. Genki-desu.
Thank you,thank you.

We recently found an interesting Japanese proverb....

悪女の深情け

Hiragana : あくじょのふかなさけ

Romaji: Akujyo no fuka nasake

Translated: An ugly woman is more passionate.

Eh...?
Iii..Yaiyaiyaiyaiyaiyai...yah!!
(Note: this is not Japanese, just a random sound)

What's been happening?

A lot of sadness, but much encouragement.
Yes, Ma.
Keeping quiet is a form of dignity. I'm slowly understanding this.
Silence is not the manifestation of fear....but choosing something more important,
peace.

On the other hand,
we are kept busy with research and numerous hobbies(guitar/jamming with worship team/reading inconsequential romances from Barbara Cartland/anime/cosplay costume/etc.).
As we're typing this.. Go!Go!7188 is playing in one window,while Departures on another.


Kata omoi= unrequited love.
Funny.In a totally weird way.
stuff to look out for :

00:12 = Criminal (30)
01:58= criminal's mother (32)
00:57= ouch!
01:38= cumulative dragon ball?
bracket = age
random instruments appearing and disappearing.

sore dewa, mata ne.

Zee Avi 's Kantoi

is my current favvy....


I love the manglish,it's so original. Never been done before I think..
manglish+ukelele= lurve.

I'm proud to call her Malaysian. Anyway, her namesake album is out and she's signed to Jack Johnson's Brushfire Records.
Malaysia Boleh!!
People like her are why I wanna go to a live house so badly...

Never Say Die- YUI

Finally, the video of Never Say Die is here:
(Credit: Jarekmasta @YL)
This is the other half of It's All too much/ Never Say Die double 'A' side single due for release on October 7th 2009. Both songs are featured in the upcoming movie 'Kaiji'.

The PV features over 200 extras, all girls. They were split into 2 scenes; football field and live house. Anyway there was a lot of screaming when YUI showed up at the field filming session to thank the extras, even though she wasn't involved.(This is from the 'making of..' vid)

We loves the all female concept. Maybe because I played footie as a teen, so I can relate to the whole 'girl power' mode she's on right now. If you noticed, her band for It's all too much vid and this vid are women too. Her drummer mai mai-san is actually 34 years young...rock on!

Anyway, SONY records seem to be slashing everyone who puts up her PVs on video sharing sites. *sad**sad*

Never Say Die Lyrics

Romaji (by yupeh/Rob)

YAN nacchau keredo
ii koto ga anno mo jinsei sou yatte tsudzukenda
Baby Never mind Never say die

damashiau koto sore mo aru desho
kagami no naka no kimi datte wakatteru hazu
ue wo mitetara uchuu made tonda
hatenai aozora ashita docchi da?

yan na kya nannai koto
yattatte umaku yukanakute
ochikonjau toki mo
Baby Never mind Never say die

zurui yatsura to ohitoyoshi ja
kanau wakenai demo kawarenai
kamisama ni sugaritakunatte
KOIN nagekonda It's alright

YAN nacchau keredo
ii koto ga anno mo jinsei sou yatte tsudzukenda
Baby Never mind Never say die

chikaratsukite nemuru toki ki ha makireru keredo

yan na kya nannai koto
mata tokidoki mienakunatte
tachidomatte kangaenda
demo Baby Never mind Never say

YAN nacchau keredo
ii koto ga anno mo jinsei sou yatte tsudzukenda
Baby Never mind Never say die

Translation(by Uchihamel)

At times we get sick and tired of everything
But good things are part of life too
That’s how we continue living on
Baby Never mind Never say die

Deception occurs sometimes
Even your reflection in the mirror probably knows that
Looking up, we’re flying right into outer space
Where will the boundless blue skies of tomorrow be?

Things which you just got to do
Be it accomplishing them or when it's not going smoothly
Even when you’re feeling down
Baby Never mind Never say die

Overly-kind people are just no match for sneaky ones
But nothing can be changed
I feel like relying on God
Tossing in a coin It’s alright

At times we get sick and tired of everything
But good things are part of life too
That’s how we continue living on
Baby Never mind Never say die

Though exhausting all energy and falling asleep
Is a way to take my mind off thoughts for a while

Things which you just got to do
And at times you can’t see clearly
Stopping in my tracks and thinking
But Baby Never mind Never say

At times we get sick and tired of everything
But good things are part of life too
That’s how we continue living on
Baby Never mind Never say die

-End-

This line... "kamisama ni sugaritakunatte" or "..I'm relying on God" makes me wonder if she's a believer.Although, she does constantly refers to God in her songs (Think 'HELP'). Hmm..

Anyway, just for fun...

Tips when Identifying Yui as YUI:

There are like 10 or more Yui-s in Japanese entertainment. How to know which Yui is YUI

1) All other Yuis use their surname.

2) If the girl in the pix/vid is smiling (with teeth), it's probably not YUI (hehe, internal fan joke).

3) If there's a cute, pink frilly dress involved, it's definitely NOT her.

4) If there's dancing in the video, confirm-firm it's not her.

This is Horie Yui by the way. I (very occasionally) listen to her songs.

5) YUI never reveals shoulders or kneecaps above. (There's only 2 photos very early in her career where she bares her shoulders). So...

Sleeveless tops *not her*

Tank top *not her*

short skirt* not her*

hot pants *not her*

fancy hairstyle *not her*. Talk about tutup aurat.

6) Usually a guitar is somewhere near.

7)If the person's striking a kawaii(cute) or sexy pose, you don't even have to ask.(Nope, not her)

8) If the person has vaguely blank or dreamy faraway expression, Yes, it's her.

9) If it's a love song with cheesy lyrics like " your eyes are beautiful, stay with me, let's not break up,etc', chances are it's NOT her.

10) If her head is tilted to the right, there's a 50% possibility.

11) If she wiggles her way out of personal questions like "How does it feel like to kiss Takashi Tsukamoto?" with a nondescript answer like"because I was immersing myself in the character....she was trying her best to live in her limited time" , it's definitely YUI.

12) YUI has a tendency to agree with herself when giving interview answers. ('etcblahblah'..then 'uum' with a nod)

sore dewa, jaa ne.

Random Midmorning Post

This guy is freakin' awesome,
and he's really funny too....

It's Because Life Is Not Simple...

that I can go on living
-LIFE by YUI


So reality is like this.
Rejection, dissappointments,
hurt, cheated of my inheritance.

I always believed that if I work hard and do my best in life, all of this won't bother me. But some days,

somedays they do.

Nevertheless, even if I don't talk about it..
I will work hard at living, and do my best.
I will continue to believe.
I will continue to improve myself.

ne, so deshou?

YUI's New single- It's All Too Much/Never Say Die

New haircut, new song....


(SOrNY-san leave this vid alone onegaishimasu*bows*, you've already taken all her other PVs off the tube, ne...ne?)
40 sec preview:



It's All Too Much
Romaji Lyrics and Eng Translation- by uchihamel@YL

Kobaruto iro ni kawaru yoru sa
Tsumetaku hikaru hoshizora
Kotoba nara mou iranai kara
Namida ni kakureta shinjitsu wo
Tokiakasou to suru yori
Konkyo mo nai unarai no hou ga mashi

Akari no naku natta benchi de
Miagetara
Risou bakari ukabu
Nagareboshi deshita

Nee! Oshiete yo
Arugamama ikite yukeru nara
Ginga ni hirogaru kiseki atsumete
Nori koete mitai yo

Datte karadan naka
Meguru kanjou ni
Shihai sareten da

Kon nan ja dame sa
Nee sou desho?

Saikoro furu mitai ni kimete
Koukai nante dekinai hodo
Tsugi no basho he to susundeitai

Aimai ni tsukurareta ruuru bukku
Okubyou na bun dake deokurete
Raibaru no senaka mitsuzuketen da
Sonna no mo
Tsuki akari sekirara
Suppadaka no kokoro kara hagureta
Nagareboshi deshita

Nee! Oshiete yo
Arugamama ikite yukeru hodo
Junjou nanka ja nai
Arasou koto mo sakerarenai no

Kitto karamawari
Kurikaesu kyoukun ni
Shihai sareten da

Dou sureba ii no
Nee uso desho?

Kuusou bakari kaite
Susumenai
Aisou yoku mo narenai
Naze darou?

… It’s all too much

Nee! Oshiete yo
Arugamama ikite yuku tame ni
Semaru nandai sae mo
Yuumoa ni kaete
Waraitobashitai

Datte kaiketsu dekinai
Nichijou ni uzumoreru

Dakara shinjite itai yo
Kiseki tte aru desho?
Nee sou desho?


It’s all too much translation


The night is turning into a shade of cobalt
The chilly star studded sky is glimmering
There’s no need for words of any sort

Rather than trying to uncover the truth concealed behind tears
I’m better off with baseless predictions
Sitting on the bench where the lights have already gone out
And gazing up
It was a shooting star with only idealities surfacing

Nee! Would someone enlighten me
If I were to live life as it is simply
I would gather all the miracles dispersed throughout the universe
And try overcoming them
All because these emotions which are pulsing throughout my body
Are dictating me
This wouldn’t do
Am I right?

Being as decisive as cast dice
And not ever having regrets
I hope to move onward to the next destination
The rule book which was created uncertainly
Only timidity appeared later
I continue watching the backs of my rivals
That,
As naked as the moonlight
Was a shooting star which strayed from a pure heart

Nee! Would someone enlighten me
To live life as it is simply
Innocence does not suffice
You can’t escape from conflicts too
Those lessons which I have learnt time after time
Are definitely dictating me
What should I do
It’s a lie isn’t it?

Simply daydreaming
Will not get me anywhere
It also can’t make me more pleasant
I wonder why?

… It’s all too much

Nee! Would someone enlighten me
In order to live life as it is simply
I want to change even the toughest obstacles facing me into something humorous
And then laugh it off
Because there is no way to resolve it
It is buried within everyday life

That is why I wish to believe
Miracles do exist don’t they?
Isn't that so?



The tune is still growing on me..I'm not as hot about this melody as I was when I heard [again], but the riff is catchy. The PV is awesome though.
It really catches the mood and gist of the song.*short hair,yay!**whazzup with d hoodie again**digging the white outfit**fell in love with the shooting stars*

As usual, her lyrics are deep and multi-layered. I especially like the double meaning behind 'nee, so deshou?' which can mean 'is it not so?' or 'is it really?'that she tags at every chorus end. It's like we believe in miracles yet there's a little part of our brain that doubts.

I'm looking forward to this double A side single . The other song is called Never Say Die.

Trivia-smrivia: Both song titles are related to the Beatles (John Lennon,Ringo Starr, etc.), and Yui-san has been known to name her albums after famous Beatles' songs.

The Beatle's psychedelic version of It's all too much:

Try not to get high from all those sub-surreal artwork......from the yellow submarine.

Anyway, back to YUI's song..It's the theme for the new movie 'Kaiji" starring Tatsuya Fujiwara and Kenichi Matsuyama (both from the Death Note movies) :

'Kaiji' is about a down and out average Japanese guy who is forced to board a gambling ship where he has battle his shipmates for survival in various games. Lose a single game, and it's bye bye world.
This double A side single will be released on October 14th.

GACC 2009 @ MMU Melaka Day 2

Minna-minna,
Konnichi-hua-hua,
here is the continuation of GACC 2009 report, which I was sooooo happy I attended. Day 2 of GACC 09' was filled with more cosplayers than the previous day. This time I came with Sam, my younger brother, whose main aim was to buy more Soul Eater bookmarks ( I bought Maka & Soul on day 1, he wanted to complete the set with the other weapons and Meisters)We arrived just in time for the Grand freeze;


Video credit: CammandoChaos
There was a bit of mix up and some cosplayers mistook the 5-minutes-before signal for the actual freeze signal, so we got to see the freeze twice.
Fav moment at 3:45 when the cross-player maid gets "molested"hahahahhahahha.
(by the way, those are my friends laughing and taking pictures)
My bro and i are somewhere in the middle of this video too.



Talking about the crossplayers...
At first when I saw from afar I thought..oh okay..more maids, then I got closer and found..

Ehh..? Bishonen in maid costumes...kawaii, kawaii. They're actually characters from Princess Princess.
They were really obliging and friendly..
While waiting for the duo and solo cosplay event to start...it was time to *snap*snap* away.
Mana cosplayer, which I mentioned before in this post.
This time, she's in full make-up and I'm happy for her.
Dragon ball-Naruto cross-over? Only at GACC 2009.

Uhu..A Shinigami from bleach, check out his sandals, sugoi.
Sam with Naruto the another one..
with Lloyd Asplund of Code Geass, whom we mistook for a Bleach Arrancar...oops!.

Now this is the real Arrancar, Nnoitra Jiruga, Espada no.5

Go to DMC!Go to DMC! with Johannes Krauser II, minus his wig!?
This guy was also one of the event MCs.
Once the duo and solo cosplay finals started, I was too busy laughing my head off to take any pictures. The MCs had great chemistry and all the participants were spontaneous and sporting.

In the solo cosplay finals, the best skits were inspired by Who's line..where participants acted and the MCs provided sound ...


(Video's from vampiremamoru @ youtube)
All spontaneous and unrehearsed...sugoi sugoi.

I had to leave after the last cosplay skit...and I missed the dance event, where the whole hall became a dance floor ..thankfully there's Youtube


What is love-GACC version
Parody of the famous Jim Carey SNL head shaking skit..OMG at 00:50
(Vid by ejump@youtube)

GACC 2009 @ MMU Day 1

Kon-Cosplay-ni-chiwa,
Minna-minna-san ogenki desu ka? Kawaii desu ka?
I just got back from the awesome-nest Cosplay event ever- GACC 2009 organised by MMU Melaka's EMINA club.
Taking place over 2 days from 15th to 16th August , GACC 2009 is one of the largest Cosplay, Anime, Games and Manga events in Malaysia.
I'm still high from the excitement...it was fun,fun,fun all the way.
Being a native Malaccan really helped because I didn't have to make travel or lodging plans, plus my brother is an MMU student.
I'm covering only day 1 in this post because I took a whole lotsa pictures, and I had to sort through them when I came back to KL.



I arrived rather late, and I missed the Grand Freeze event where all the cosplayers froze for exactly 3 minutes at 3pm sharp.
vid credit: vampiremamoru @ youtube

I actually came to watch the group cosplay event and had some free time before that, so I visited the Doujin booths and bought some Soul Eater bookmarks and K-on badges as well as anime DVDs...

Gundam DIY competition in progress.

More importantly, snapping cosplayers. These are vocaloids

Unexpectedly, I met my good friend and ex-classmate Sin-Lin there. She's an ex-EMINA member and comes for GACC annually. It was really a bonus to have met her.(Apparently she makes figurines too)

Cho kawaii meido-san

Naruto..his wig is so kakkoi.

Bleach cosplayers...
Shinigami-san...nan de posu wa?

Then it was time for group cosplay competition to start..there were four teams:
The Code Geass group

Devil May Cry
Air Gear

and my favourite..Haruhi Suzumiya no Yuutsu's SOS brigade.

While waiting for the Chibi matsuri to start at 6pm, the comittee entertained us with dances.



I was dancing to Caramelldansen too... uh uh uhwa uhwa


vid credit: vampiremamoru @ youtube
Full frontal.ahaiks.

Can somebody please tell me where these two are from?

Hetalia : Axis powers.

..which I haven't watched but want to..Maids maids everywhere, where do they come from?, I don't care..as long as I get Pictures..mwahaha.

There were many events going on at once..PSP and online games, as well as non-virtual gaming.


So many moe figurines...as well as a manga reading room.


Chocobanana anyone?
The chibi matsuri was really chibi. Micro-mini chibi..there were only 5 stalls.
Guppy fishing, Doko ni goldfishes imasu ka?
Ohh..the pudding was really great.

So there's that. My only regret is I couldn't really catch up with Sin-lin since I was rushing to go home. Gomen-ne?

Coming soon: Day 2 report..motto cosplayers..motto fun..motto everything.