- Friday Afternoon- Gladys' house to style my wigs plus borrowing stuffs for the my Shibuya Gyaru Makeover before she flies off to Taiwan
- Friday Night- WenXiao's house to stayover because Tricia is not going to be home on Saturday
- Saturday Morning- Following Wenxiao to take bus down to Kenneth's house to help with the makeup for ppl staying there
- Saturday Afternoon- Arrived at event ground
- Saturday 6.30pm - Took direct bus back to WenXiao's, washed up and wait for Tricia's "OK" signal to pack and head down to her house
- Saturday 11.50pm- Arrived at Tricia's house to camp over
- Sunday Morning- Prepares for event
- Sunday Noon - Arrived at event ground
- Sunday Evening- Wash up and had dinner at WhiteSands
- Sunday Night- Arrived back home
So from Friday to Sunday, I had hopped 5 houses, including hopping back home.
I brought 2 bags and one hand-carry paper bag for the 2-day event. Both costumes were re-cos so I do not need to do anything else ( UHU-ing props/costumes like the Cosfest last year)
Saturday (7th July)
Cosing as: Shinku from Rozen Maiden
Tricia found a post wanting a Shinku on Cosfest so she ask me if I wanna do it. Since my costume for Trickster hasn't even started yet (I am so sorry I forgot it was due on Cosfest OTL), I agreed since I do not really need to do much :P
We took a long time to find each other because 1. I was late to the event (as usual) and 2. I never met them before. After we met up at Fish & Co. I realised that they were all 14-17 years old! Omg, I feel so old.....
And they looked so cute~!
Rozen Maiden Group pic
with Jun too!
Actually, the full team is on Day 2 and due to mis-communication (I think), I did my Shinku on Day 1 instead >.< What a pity since their Shinku didn't make it on Day 2!
I am glad to have met them. They are such a friendly bunch! They even offered to help me re-curl my wig! (since, to be honest, I never dared to comb or fix the wig as I was afraid of what will happen to it and it had turned into a huge mess >.<) ME! A stranger who they just met! I really feel ashamed of myself seriously...OTL
Sunday (8th July)
Cosing as: Azusa from K-On!
Something occurred to me before we packed to travel down to Tricia's- my Azusa wig base wasn't thick and long enough for the tie-on extensions that I brought, which was the only extensions I brought! So, I decided to use my own hair as a base (although I kind of regretted it because my fringe (that was cut on Friday at Gladys') was not long enough to pull off Azusa's M-fringe).
Photo by Xeno
This time, I skipped a lot of eye-makeup steps. For my eyes, I only put eyeliner and stick my lashes on. Should had made it more cutesy OTL
-WARNING: Long ranting Ahead!-
Overall, I feel that I did not put in effort during both days. I woke up in both mornings whining about how I don't want to put on make-up and the costume. I think I had started to reject Cosplay.
I had this mouth that has been going "Am I in character?" "Is my pose accurate?" "How is my fringe/wig?" "Do my eyes looks weird?" "I look cui, don't I?" and I know I was really pissing my friends and other people off. I could not help but kept being obsessed about being in the perfect cosplay of the character.
I lost the joy and the point of cos-ing a character that I liked. I knew Shinku don't smile much, yet I smiled to hide my hideous eye-bags. I was more concern about my looks rather than my character's personality. Except for Nanami, all the costumes I have were all tailored or brought online. I forgot the feelings of accomplishment I had when I did Nanami's costume completely by hand (and machine). I felt totally ashamed.
Maybe I should stop for a while and try to find my way back.
Cosplay is my hobby and even though it seems like "dreaming" to others, it is something I (used to?) find joy with. I had never been able to make so many friends due to my hobby.
Cosplaying is suppose to be fun and enjoyable, like how a hobby should make you feel in the end. However, I had been making it an unspoken rule that it is a MUST to look pretty, thus stressing myself before event- making/buying/makeup, and after event - looking at the photos taken during events.
I complaint a lot, but there was rarely any actions from me. How naive of me to think that one simple "I don't know how" is gonna solve everything. I should really start making my own costumes, stop complaining and actually get some sleep to get my dark circles off my face.
Sorry for ranting out like this. >.<
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