Sunday, September 14, 2003

7 Days of School

Not really, but for the past seven days (including today), I've been in Ateneo (despite the fact that it's the ACET). Yesterday, after all, was Carlo Vergara's talk on paneling for comics. Had to leave early though because I had to meet a friend for her cosplay.

1 Apartment, 6 Residents Who Smoke

My natural reaction to that is to cough, even though no one was smoking at the time.

Ria was there with one of her dormers applying makeup on her face. I suggested taking the LRT2 and MRT to the cosplay at Glorietta but Ria, in a black tightfit suit (not including monster props), didn't want to get seen by people. And of course, her "cosplay defense" is that in Glorietta, she'll be with other people dressed up in similar costumes.

The Taxi Driver

He's currently in love with that girl from Endless Love, has a discman connected to his speakers, and has a cellphone holder connected to the aircon so that they're all facing him.

Level Up's Convention

The place was tightly packed since it is the activity center of Glorietta where there are a lot of walk-ins and probably even more gawkers from the 2nd and 3rd floors.

I must admit, they do have a budget with all the technological equipment around plus the models they hired to dress up in costume.

Said models involved skimpy outfits not unlike those of I Dream of Jeanie. There was also something like half a dozen of them in the same outfit dancing on stage. Not that they were synchronized but the rest of the people were just oogling, especially at the hostess.

Small people were also there, one of them from local TV if I'm not mistaken.

It was probably the smallest cosplayer turnout, since people were limited to Ragnarok costumes, plus the fact that some of the existing cosplayers are part of Level Up's staff. It's probably the one with the biggest budget though, even surpassing C3 last year.

Anyway, there were five prizes: one for best male, female, best monster, best craftsmanship, and best boss. I was pretty happy with the winners, except the last one, for even though I know the guy, the costume wasn't exactly the best one since he was dressed up as a whisper (a kind of ghost) and his costume involved only a mere drape (with a hole for him to see plus eyes and ears) plus an umbrella inside. Of course it so happens that he was the only one who dressed up as a monster so...

People were from Korea were also there, with the head honcho saying "magandang gabi" at the beginning and "maraming salamat" at the end. His entire speech was in Korean though and the nine-system monitors behind him showed the translation.

Left at around 7:30 pm though, before Moonstar 88 could perform. The friend I accompanied won twice, one for best monster, and another for best craftsmanship.

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