Waku Waku Shop

I was such in a good mood today because I saw one of my major campus crushes, that I have been emitting major GVs (GV: Good Vibes; opposite of BV: Bad Vibes). Example, I gave my friend an opportunity to choose any Lelouch sticker she wanna get. Before, when she was asking me for a particular sticker that she likes, I didn't give her any of them. :)) But since I was really happy a while ago, she got what she wanted. Plus she accompanied me during my "stalker-mode." :)). Okay, so much for the side story.

Anyway... After school, I went walking around Katipunan to go find the anime hobby store whose Ad I saw in Ministop. It's called the "Waku Waku Anime Hobby Shop." Here's the Ad that I saw:



So I got there and it appears that this FBR Arcade is the same building in Katipunan that houses Yellow Cab and Game Crab. I went looking for stuff, and the store is pretty much interesting. They have toys, figures, CDs, phone chains and more! There are even Stack-Up Cups -- a really popular hobby in Japan, and Pens specially designed for the art of "pen spinning." Yeah, I found out there's such a thing. :)) However as of today, the collection of items that they have on-hand is considerably small. The shop just opened 2 weeks ago.

About J-Pop CDs...they have original anime soundtrack CDs averaging at around 300php. Pretty cheap huh? They also have artists CDs, but sadly no JE. The owner said he has KAT-TUN's album, but he's not selling. He added that JE CDs are pretty expensive. Anyway, I hope they get into the business of importing JE CDs soon! [And I cross my fingers for them to be cheaper than online sellers!]

In the end, I only got daikon stickers..'coz I got no more money. :)) So to make up with it, I promised the owner I'd advertise for them, and blogging about this is the least thing that I could do.

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For more info about the shop and to view some of the items they have, I think this link would help.

Ranting on YamaNade Live

Warning: Contains rants. If you have a different opinion regarding Kame as Kyouhei, I suggest that you need not read any more of the contents here. No disrespect meant. I am just a loyal JE fan like any of you -- not to mention, a YamaNade fan. :)

Just yesterday Lexie, a friend of mine from school, told me that Kame as in Kamenashi Kazuya will be starring in a new drama together with Tego as in Yuya Tegoshi, and another JE person. I was excited for it until I found out that they would be remaking the best-selling Yamato Nadeshiko (The Wallflower) manga/uber-popular anime.

Which means that:
1. Kame is playing Kyouhei. The guy who is uber-pretty; the epitome of a bishounen. Which of course, in my personal opinion, wouldn't fit Kame's image. Why? Kame has been building up on his "rockstar-ish" image (consider Lips PV, One Drop PV) and now you're telling me he has to play as this really pretty boy who went away from home because he can't stand the people who admires his beauty? Rant. Rant. Rant.

2. Tego is playing Yuki. Which of course, is okay. He suits the role best. Tego's one of the prettiest boy in JE, so I guess playing as one of the prettiest boys in YamaNade would fit him best. :)

3. Guess who's playing Takenaga? Uchi Hiroki is making his major come-back. I don't really like Uchi as a JE guy. But let's just see. I like his pretty face though.

4. Yamapi's younger sister in Buzzer Beat is playing Sunako. She didn't really show much of her acting in Buzzer Beat 'coz it's a really minor role, but I guess she'll do fine. Plus, it amazingly fits her image (I kinda noticed the 'dark aura' Sunako should possess while I was watching Buzzer Beat last week. Call me crazy/weird but I really did. Or maybe it's just because of the full bangs. Haha)

Anyway, I don't know who's playing Ichimaru. I still have to check.

All-in-all, I guess this drama would do fine. I'm excited for it, but I can't still accept Kame as Kyouhei. Believe it or not, I think Jin would play a better Kyouhei than Kame, appearance-wise. Or MatsuJun. Oh well. We'll see with Kame's performance. :)

AOF '09: Con Report

I've previously attended 3 Anime Conventions after a long cosplay hiatus~ :) Too bad I haven't had enough resources to have new costumes made. :(

Anime Overload Festival '09
My cousin Setti had to leave Cavite earlier than me so I got to the venue by myself at around 3pm. It was our first con that her whole family (with her mom and dad, and 2 little brothers) went with us. Come to think of it, that was only our 2nd con together, after last year's UP AME 8th Ave. :))

A few highlights:

(L-R)
Rayvin who was pretending to strangle me.
Me in my incomplete 'Harajuku' street fashion interpretation.

And Setti in her VK costume.

And then, there's the Pinoy Jun Pyo guy.
I actually didn't know he was cosplaying Jun Pyo until I saw his FB fan page.


Of course, we gotta love Harry Potter. :)
Who says Anime conventions are just for the Japanese?

But this cosplayer also got my heart. :D
I love everyone who cosplays Zero from CG.
(Not to mention really cute L, Zero of VK and Lelouch cosplayers) :DDD


However, this one's probably the best shot that we had, considering that the right configs on Setti's camera is so hard to figure out and I'm too lazy to edit 'em.
Anyway, with us are Mr. Vampire-looking guy and Mr. Butler from the maid cafe.

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This doesn't seem to be a proper con report. But still a con report. Oh well. It's 3:57am and I still have class at 830am! What the H am I still doing? :))

Maybe I have to expand this entry some more..or next time or not. :)