BBQ Nite

Making full use of the 3 day weekend holiday, one of my colleague, Ayez organized ( leader Jin Hui the main sponsor) a BBQ session yesterday and it was mighty fun XD.

So after a week planning and last minute preparation the BBQ was held at the condominium near our studio - Sri Jati 2, starting at 5 pm. Well, not exactly sharp.. but you know lah as Malaysian do. Even the organizer team was late ( well, they prepared most of the stuff since that day's morning). Some of us still havent arrive yet, but we aready fired up and done quite a number of chicken wings.

Then, our party hit a snag. Apparently there's some internal conflict between the present and the soon-to-be manangement of the condo about our BBQing at the premise. Though the misunderstanding has settled at the end, but the whole shebang already fouled our mood of continuing there. So we decide to move the event to a more friendly place- our boss, ah loong's house, a reasonable distance from the condo XD

By around 8pm, everything was up and ready and the event went full swing. More guest arrived and everyone was clearly enjoyed themselves. As for me, I was into my full eating while snapping mode. I think I clearly ate a lot yesterday nite. Here goes my weight loss resolution this year XD

Anyway, by around 12 am, we doused the fire and pack everything up while clean the front of the house where the BBQ was held. Soon we bid good bye to our gracious host and went home for the nite. Well, some of us (me included) even decided to go "yumcha" at the nearby Steven's Corner. The boys went up and have some game of snooker while the girls stayed at the mamak gossiping. Strangely, I somewhat left beside with the girls ( I not really want to play snooker) and hear some rather amusing stuff *grin*

By 2.40 am, I finally reached home- tired, sleepy but happy.
To all, thanks for a wonderful evening :D

Comic Fiesta 2008

I cant really recall if I've to any of the previous comic fiesta or not. Maybe i might mistook it from other event I been to :P

Nonetheless, whether Comic Fiesta 2008 was my 1st or second, it was truly a blast and I really enjoyed myself last Sunday ( though I attended on the 1st day but it was work related XD ) The massive gathering of local doujinshi artists, illustrators, cos-players, anime fans, animators and the comedic (and slightly perverted) duo, Alfred and Chuck as emcees, all under one roof- the RM 15 one-day admission fee was chicken-feed to me (kinda sarcastic -_-" - Ed)

It only thing that was unforgivable was, my own lack of a decent camera (boohoo, who ask you to spent all on figurines- Ed) and working Saturday.

Animasia Booth

Not much about Day 1 though since I pretty much working that morning, manning the booth of our company along with some fellow colleagues. But it nice to see how all the other booth been set up and getting ready to face the big turnout. Took a moment too, to find my other friends whose with their own doujinshi groups - Rose Sakura, Fazuu and Noir Mystere respectively. But most of my time there i spent promoting and selling my company's artbook- Doodle 2008. By noon, time to head back to work in the studio... *cries*

Vocaloid Cosplayer

Day 2- Head back there with everything readied sans the camera with Sakura whose surprisingly was driving, with one year plus experience to boot ( better start to keep in touch with your old friends often, you hermit- Ed). Once I get there, I thought I was in some otaku event on far away eastern land with all the multiple Haruhis, Rankas, and Mikus (which you only notice, perv- Ed) walking around. At the same time brought back to reality the moment the emcees spurting Manglish. Yeah, those guys really did a good job entertaining the crowds especially veteran Alfred and his skirt rising stint (his own skirt, mind you- Ed).

While, Sakura was busy chasing around her obsession with Kaito (of Vocaloid) cosplayers with low-on-battery camera phone around the hall, I chosen to browse the doujinshi artworks one booth at a time. I was kinda surprised to see most of the doujinshi works were on D-Gray Man, Katekyo Hitman Reborn and Vocaloid while fangirl fav Mobile Suit Gundam 00 and Tengga Toppa Gurren Lagann was hardly making a presence. Before we take a break for lunch, Sakura managed to take an autograph from Kaoru during the Gempak autograph session and some pics of both of them. Not to mention Kaito's (where's those pics?- Ed).

Me, Sakura and Yanyan

Yanyan finally able to make it later in the afternoon and we also meet up with a couple of old online friends- Mahata and aDerein, as they too selling their doujinshi stuffs. Sakura spent the rest of the day sitting and doodling at the booth while Yanyan and I looked around.

Sketching something for aDerien

Cosplayers came in good variety and in better quality too, though the usual parade of Bleach and Naruto seems to be absent this year. Instead we got Resident Evil, Final Fantasy, cosplayer favs- Katekyo Hitman Reborn and D-gray Man, Sengoku Basara and a lot more. Even Kauser sama made an appearance from hell. Some were quite daring in their cosplay choice too which were quite attention seeking ( Stop staring, you ero hermit- Ed). Later that day, I managed to borrow a camera from my colleague, Yip to catch some pics of my own. Yatta.

Lady and Nero from the game Devil May Cry

Yuna (behind) and Rikku from Final Fantrasy X-2

Beauties and an Otaku

Sadana Yukimura and Dante Masamure from the game Sengoku Basara

A cute girl cosplaying as Itsuki from the game Sengoku Basara

Taking the opportunity to pose with her since she in a hurry to join back her group XD

Cool female guitar slinger cosplay as Toshiya, the bassist of a Jrock band- Dir En Grey. (Thanks to Yanyan)

Ahsoka Tano from Star War

Team Sailor Moon Complete

I didnt watch much of the stage show but i did manage to catch some of the solo cosplayer final round which were really entertaining. Though I didnt stick long to find out the winner (which was Sheryl Nome from Macross Frontier- Ed) as I did some last minute shopping. But since Chinese New Year is around the corner, I dun dare to spent too much ( not that you gonna spent it on new year clothes- Ed). With the final hour looming and it's better to get back early to rest our sour feet, we finally bid goodbye to CF '08. It's been a great day , thanks.
Before we go, Sakura and I had dinner at Sushi King as Yanyan have to leave earlier for another appointment. Well, till next time then.

P.S : Sorry for the lack of pics. you can look for more searching online :P

Comic Fiesta 2008 Countdown

In couple of days (this Sunday) I'll be attending the biggest end year event of 2008- Comic Fiesta 2008 which will be held on 20-21st of Dec at Sunway Pyramid. Too bad I can't make it on the 1st day due top work commitment *cries*, though some of my friends will be taking the Saturday off.

Anyway, I cant wait for the day to arrive and most probably I'll will spend the whole day there (arrive the moment the ticket booth opens, hopefully still available) :D
Look forward to my post on this event soon ;)



Edited: I have been confirmed as one of morning shift team to man our company booth, Animasia Sdn Bhd tomorrow (1st day). Yatta~

Back To Singapore..... Again

I went to Singapore the other day... last Saturday actually, to attend a career fair held at Suntech City Convention Hall during the weekend. So any result this time? Well, i can say it was a tiresome experience that doesnt worth the trouble i went into.

Prior to the visit, i not very optimistic about the chances that this job fair got to offer. The fact is, i went online to find out more about the companies which involved in the fair. Well, mostly from the manufacturing, hospitality and insurance industry. Almost none from the creative industry. Well, almost b'cos there one particular company with the word "art" in its company name ( as it turn out later, it wasnt worth even to remembering its full name). Nonetheless, i gave chance a chance and prepare myself to go there- portfolio burning, resume printing etc etc.

When i arrive there at noon, there was already throngs of people waiting in line to get themselves registered (which was required for any big fair like this). After registering which took a while, i went in and browse around to familiarize myself and to look around the companies' respective booths. Nothing here interest me much, which was rather disappointing. Anyway, there was a lot of people here, from different walks of life. Young parents who brought their misbehaving kids, middle aged uncles, fresh grads and foreigners apart from Malaysians like myself. The most troublesome thing that u required to do here before you apply for any job was u have to upload your resume in the main sponsor site- JobsDB.com. Since you have registered earlier, they gave out a id card with a barcode to hand round ur neck and filmsy cloth bag with the big sponsor logo to put in ur "goodies" (flyers, bousers, free angpow packets etc etc).

There were a lot of laptop booths set upped for the upload purposes but so were there hundreds of people waiting in line for the same reason too. Things didnt help when most took their own sweet time to even type out their name. Luckily there 're helpers hired to help to speed things up but not much anyway. After waiting for almost eternity for my turn, I just whipped out my id card, scan it, took out my pendrive and just load my resume, filled in some info and then log off. All that just took at most 2 minutes. I cant even believe some people can spent more than half an hour to did theirs- i waited behind one before getting off to somewhere else. And when you done you'll get a green sticker from another counter to prove you have uploaded ur resume. Did it worth it? Well, i can only applied for one suitable job of all the jobs out there. Sigh~~~ And that job was not even from the company which the word "art" in its name. The booth was there all rite, but the staffs seems to be MIA the whole time.

Hungry, tired and frustrated, i spent my remaining day McD'ing, window shopping and browsing creative related magazines which yield better experiences and worthwhileness before retiring to my aunt's house. And no, i dun even want to write what my aunt nag this time for my unemployment. Not worth mentioning them. This time i went back home the next day.

Just Back From CGO '07. Tired.

Wow, wat a day. Went to the Computer Graphic Overdrive 07 (GCO' 07) in morning and just got back. Have lots of pics to upload and things to say. Still, i need to go there again tomorrow since i have missed something.. hehe. So wait till around tomorrow or so and i'll update you on the event. :)

Edited:Next post will be very picture heavy- the largest i have ever post ;)