Anime, Otakism and the Rantings And Ravings of Japanese Popular Culture
Since Day 2 wasn’t much different from Day 1 except for the concert and some other stage events, there wasn’t much of a reason to arrive early today. In fact, there wasn’t much of a reason to come, besides May’n’s Live.
Before I begin on the nitty-gritty details of today’s highlights, here’s my favourite cosplayer of the day. If only I had requested for her to pose with the revolver.
She has the Kino feel
Day 1 of AFA08 had crazy queues, mainly the entrance ticketing booth. And so, I patiently queued up with my sister to get our normal tickets.
Speaking of tickets, I was only told by those who had media passes that my name was on the media pass list after I paid for my ticket and entered. I didn’t expect my name to be registered, since I submitted my application merely 3 days prior to the event and didn’t receive a reply of any sort. So, I wasted 8 dollars for nothing LOL. I ended up giving my ticket away to someone who might want it, since there it isn’t of any use to me anymore.
Due to my Japanese lesson, I missed the mini announcement session Dentsu had yesterday, which almost everyone from the local otaku scene attended. Drats!
Anyway, despite not being able to attend the event, information does spread fast over the net, and now everyone and their loli knows that May’n’s heading over to Singapore for the AFA08. Hurray! Looks like I’m going to fork out some cash for something more than the normal seating.
Continue reading ‘Wow, May’n’s Going To Perform Live In Singapore!’
The past 16 days went by me so swiftly, it felt so surreal. Just slightly over 2 weeks ago, I was at this same desk, posting about heading off to Japan. Yet, in just a flash of an eye, I’m back here again, typing.
This round’s loot is pathetic. Really…
At the time this post is published, the exchange students from HITP will already be slacking comfortably in their homes back in Hiroshima, so the title’s lagging.
On Monday night, together with our Japanese friends, we left the school apartment and headed for Changi Airport to bid them farewell before they head back home. This is probably the first time I’ve sent friends off at the airport, since I left for my Japan trip in late March before the previous batch of students from Kumamoto did. Most of the time, I’m at the airport either to leave the country, or to welcome someone.
Surprisingly, no one cried. I guess it’s because there were no female Japanese students. Hur Hur.
As briefly mentioned in my previous post, I hosted a Japanese student who came all the way from a Polytechnic in Hiroshima, Japan, over the weekends. It was a rather good opportunity to practice some casual Japanese, as well as to expand my contacts.
It turned out that my homestay student studies Architecture, practices boxing, and loves motorcycles. That’s the exact opposite of what I am. Still, he told me that he was glad that I could speak Japanese, since he was rather worried about communication problems before the homestay began.
This time, unlike the previous exchange program I experienced in March earlier this year, most of the time we spent going out was in a pair of 2 hosts and students, or as a huge group. This time, however, almost all the hosts could speak some Japanese. Most took classes in school, and could manage with asking if they wanted to eat, or what they wanted to do.
The latest Lupin III special, Sweet Lost Night, happens to have the story set in a tropical island the size of a tiny dot on the equator of the world’s map. Now, this miniature sunny islet has been featured a couple of times in fictional media. Cowboy Bebop has a Singaporean bounty hunter, and the last installment of Pirates of the Caribbean portrays Singapore as a pirate island.
Welcome to Singapore
This time in Lupin III, the portrayal is rather amusing, considering that some portions were actually decently featured.
Just in case you were wondering, I’m back in Singapore. In fact, I came back almost 10 hours ago at around 2am. The first thing I said when I stepped out was “Damn, why the hell is it so hot?!”. I need natural aircon, LOL.
Anyway, the weather aside, here’s my leftover ammunition from Japan.
5071 yen
I don’t really have much time to blog for these few days, and almost all the time I can spare now is pretty much to upload the following picture.
This appeared in The New Paper on the 6th of August 2007.
I laughed upon reading this letter.
Someone please tell the guy that there’s no such thing as privacy in our sunny little island. Who’s going to give a damn about a normal citizen’s privacy, especially here.
GG, Citizens of Sunny Little Red Dot.
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