Sunday, August 02, 2009

SHINE YOUTH FESTIVAL

It's been a month or so.. Havent blogged about this..
Forgot some of the details, luckily i've YW's pictures (I borrowed her camera to take 99% of the pics... the 1% refers to pictures with me inside LOL)

So here's the picspam to narrate the event~~

The event supposedly starts at 10am outside Ngee Ann City, but YW overslept --I sms her that i gonna be 5-10min late, then she called me said she just woke up... *i faint*
Made me wait for 1h, next time must give her morning call..

Wanted to join in the youth mascot parade initially, cos i see from the website that there's many free costumes available.. Turned out that those costumes are so crap la! Superheroes... But not nice.. Quite cheap-looking stuff. The Wolverine suit's actually yellow in color! (-.-''')
Then the most interesting on the list, pirate suit's alrdy taken.. The girl's costumes are mostly sexy, like race queen, catwoman, wonder woman...
Walau A! Like that how to choose?

So the next best thing is to take pics with and of the other people in costumes.
COSPLAYERS!~^^



Woooo.. I luv their cute cute furry tails^^
So secretly took a snapshot of their backs..



I found this Lolita very special... Cos she's TALL! Can tell from this picture?

Different from normal Lolitas who are petite/pint-sized/friggin' skinny/childish-looking..
She's one cool statuesque Lolita..



This girl's not very pretty la, neither her costume's very special.. But she simply enjoyed posing..

At the festival, there's many photography buffs/geeks (whichever u deem fit to describe) trotting DSLRs and snapping at every photo opportunity. So whoever's posing, the surrounding area will 'automatically' have a semi-circle formed by photographers.. Very funny sight!

As to why i posted this photo here..
Can u tell why?

GUESS..^^


The lil girl in pink jacket, together with matching shoes and hair accessories.. is so kawaii!~ Wahahaha..

Next up, a wacky photo..


That girl in red's good at posing too, but there were just too many people surrounding her.. By the time i found myself a nice position to shoot, she already stopped posing with her 'weapon'..
She looked so cool wielding the weapon..

The 'feel' or aura's totally different from this photo where she's goofing away with a Star Wars trooper/soldier (forgot the name)



Spotted this thin, pint-sized girl cosplaying as ? (i duno cos i arent into anime/manga.. not sure about it) She just look nice & cute with the cat ears and mini short dress..

Asked to take a pic with her b4 she left, as they're always moving around...

Yes, i look like a giant of some sort beside her..


Soon after, eagle-eyed photographers spotted this cute, sexaye kitty posing..
Many of them went forward and formed a big semi-circle in front of her..

I'm amazed at their formation speed^^

So she continued posing............. until the emcee for the event pulled her onstage (dunno for what)... Then the photographers (99% male) protested.. With sounds of 'Oei!!! Hey!!!' all around
Keke..


This girl's crossdressing as a schoolboy.. But her pose with the soft toy blocked the school crest on her blazer.. The hair color's really striking!~


Hoots.. in the middle of this picspam..


Actually, YW and i didnt catch much of the performance at the festival, wanted to watch dance & cheer competition.. But YW's busy shopping, so we missed it..
All these pictures were taken during the parade, if according to plans, cosplayers/paraders are supposed to walk down a short stretch of Orchard Road, but there wasnt organised gathering of cosplayers.. All were busy taking pictures or having pictures taken.. Some actually packed up and left.


Shall try to describe this funny sight:

A girl cosplaying as some cool 'catty' lolita with long hair (wig?) with big curls ( & she has a furry tail behind her) carrying a backpack and holding a motorcycle helmet.. Walking away into the Orchard weekend crowd ALONE..

Weirdness..
She came on a bike?

How is she going to sit on the bike with that furry tail?

LOLs..
Catty Lolita on a cool bike *imagines* definitely a traffic stopping sight =p



Another team of cosplayers^^
Gamely posed for us..


Girls who are waiting to go onstage for the Kurobata fashion parade.. Kurobata means 'Black rose' that's why all of them're holding roses..

Gosh! Love their cool platform boots!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*wants*


Looking at the photo again, I find the girl in pink bear some resemblance to 水蜜桃姐姐/Momo jie-jie --a popular kids' show host from Taiwan..

She suits the cute Pink Lolita look!

The girl on the left's wearing a lanyard given out at the event.. I also have that..

Hehe.. I wonder how old is she.. She looks 2 sizes smaller than the Pink Lolita who's already size XS.. LoLs..



I went near the stage to take pictures of the 'fashion models'~

Some of their costumes are nice, some of them are good posers, enjoyed the spotlight on the catwalk.. Some are more shy, didnt even pose for a split moment longer for me to take pics.. Hehe.. See for yourself:




The purple dress looks nice, but i didnt manage to take the closeup... She walked off already! =x


Enough pictures of girls... The fashion parade ended with guys sauntering down the catwalk~


Finale: All standing in a row.. NICE!~



Kunio! The vocalist of the J-inspired rock band... Taking the catwalk as the 压轴^^
Those who watched Ch U's SuperBand II, do yall remember his band Ethereal?
Yes, he's real tall, towering at 1.90m... But a tad too skinny-lookin..


XZ came to join us at Orchard at night... Watched J-Rock Concert.. Ethereal kickstarting the J-Rock Concert! I thought they would reserve the biggest name for the last or something.
Anyway, it's the first time i'm watching a rock concert/performance.. So CLOSEUP~~ Very loud volume~~
But the crowd's not very high ---typical S'poreans la, except several girls who're very high.. Head-banging to the strong tempo.. Heehee.. They got their hair messy~~

XZ & I had to shout just to talk to each other, while YW left halfway (she's craving for shopping though we'd spent much of our time shopping that day)
Ethereal performed several Japanese & Mandarin songs.. I've never heard of them all... Kunio's Mandarin pronouniciation's improved, but i reckon he would be better off singing in English =p


It's dark (at night... duh!) so the pictures dun turn out well even with flash..
Can't really see Kei at the back with his bright red guitar.. Kei's cool as alwayz^^
After Ethereal's performance, there's other J-Rock bands.. Liked one band's female lead singer's voice.. Quite unique... The song sounded familiar, like some anime song.... But i cant tell which as i dun watch anime..
Although this post is mainly on the Youth fest.. Most of the time wasn't spent watching/participating in the activities, but in many shops that YW wanted to visit..
Eventually, YW managed to buy clothes for her work/attachment... That long sleeved blouse/shirt look just dun suit her.. Hehehhehe..


Cloud's glad that she has finally managed to update her blog..
On the other hand...
Not too glad as she got wind of news that her all-time FAVE DBSK is having a lawsuit against their management company, while typing this post..
5 members.. Now 3 aren't happy with their contract terms =x
Are they going down the road of other popular Korean boybands like Shihwah & H.O.T?
No one's sure for now..
May all be well..
Pls dun give me heartache..

yunn. at 4:27 PM