Damn, I haven't updated in forever. >_>
School's been stressful; I'm having problems with balancing my academics and org-related activities, but I wouldn't want to dwell on those for now. I wanna talk about the annual recruitment week! ^_^
Recruitment's been okay, but we've encountered some really, really weird people. Our most "memorable" one went like this...
Random dude: Hey, this is like, a Japanese org, right? What do you guys do?
Karura: Yeah... *proceeds to talk about NKK*
Random dude: Uh, okay. So do you guys do anime and stuff?
Me: Well, yeah... *talks about NKK's pop culture-related activities* ...and sometimes cosplay-- *is cut short*
Random dude: COSPLAY??? Did you say the magic word? Cos-frickin'-play???
Me: *a little freaked out* Uh, yeah. We sometimes hold cosplays, but it's not a competition or anything. It's just for fun, and it's not required either.
Random dude: Awesome! I wanna cosplay Warcraft, and Kingdom Hearts too... you know, Organization 13... *rants on and on* 'cause everyone was against otakus like me, straight people, gay people, lesbians... *rants more* ...can we talk about ecchi?
Karura: o_O Um, I don't think so.
Random dude: Oh well, whatever. So you'll accept me, right? *continues the whole everyone's-against-me shit*
Me: *still too freaked out* Uh, yeah, sure.
After that, we just labeled him as ecchi dude. Really, he was that freaky. Especially last Wednesday when we were cosplaying (I was a random person in a yukata [a real one, not those with the pillows at the back], Karura crossplayed Ichimaru Gin and Rian was Tifa from Advent Children)...
Us: *arrived in the booth wearing our costumes at around noon* Hi L-chan! ^_^
L-chan: Hey, may bisita tayo. Nakakatakot. *points to ecchi dude*
Karura: Shit, it's the ecchi dude.
Random dude: *sees the Lacus figurine on the table of our booth* Holy shit it's Lacus! I wanna touch her!
Us: O_O
Random dude: *spots us* You're cosplaying!
Karura: Yeah. I'm Gin *shows her captain coat*, she's a geisha *points to me* and because you like games and CG animation, you have to guess who she is *points to Rian*.
Random dude: Wait, I know you. *thinks hard*
Karura: *got tired of waiting* She's Tifa.
Random dude: No she's not!
Karura: Ever seen FFVII: Advent Children?
Random dude: *seems to be enlightened* Tifa? Holy shit, it's Tifa!
Me: *is freaked out and just wants to get away* Uy, gutom ako. Wanna eat? Samahan niyo ako!
Rian: I'm hungry. Really hungry. Judith, come with me. Now.
L-chan: I'm hungry too!!! Mommee, wait! *runs towards us*\
Karura: Sama din ako!
Rian: *once we got away* He was scary. Buti na lang hindi ako nag-Lacus. Na-rape na ata ako kung ganun.
L-chan: he was there since around 10:00 a.m. >_<
Random stuff:
- It's final; I'm cosplaying Rin Tousaka from Fate/Stay Night in July. I just hope that I could do justice to her character despite my not-so-long hair (Rin's is waist-length; mine reaches my shoulderblades), dark skin (Rin's white; I'm tan-skinned) and my almost-fugly face (Rin's pretty; I'm plain and bordering on ugly).
- I hope I would be able to do well on Monday's oral presentation for JAPALA3. I hope I wouldn't screw up my words and say something like "Juunana desu" (I'm [number] 17) instead of "Juunanasai desu" (I'm 17 years old). Wish me luck on that.
Recruitment's been okay, but we've encountered some really, really weird people. Our most "memorable" one went like this...
Random dude: Hey, this is like, a Japanese org, right? What do you guys do?
Karura: Yeah... *proceeds to talk about NKK*
Random dude: Uh, okay. So do you guys do anime and stuff?
Me: Well, yeah... *talks about NKK's pop culture-related activities* ...and sometimes cosplay-- *is cut short*
Random dude: COSPLAY??? Did you say the magic word? Cos-frickin'-play???
Me: *a little freaked out* Uh, yeah. We sometimes hold cosplays, but it's not a competition or anything. It's just for fun, and it's not required either.
Random dude: Awesome! I wanna cosplay Warcraft, and Kingdom Hearts too... you know, Organization 13... *rants on and on* 'cause everyone was against otakus like me, straight people, gay people, lesbians... *rants more* ...can we talk about ecchi?
Karura: o_O Um, I don't think so.
Random dude: Oh well, whatever. So you'll accept me, right? *continues the whole everyone's-against-me shit*
Me: *still too freaked out* Uh, yeah, sure.
After that, we just labeled him as ecchi dude. Really, he was that freaky. Especially last Wednesday when we were cosplaying (I was a random person in a yukata [a real one, not those with the pillows at the back], Karura crossplayed Ichimaru Gin and Rian was Tifa from Advent Children)...
Us: *arrived in the booth wearing our costumes at around noon* Hi L-chan! ^_^
L-chan: Hey, may bisita tayo. Nakakatakot. *points to ecchi dude*
Karura: Shit, it's the ecchi dude.
Random dude: *sees the Lacus figurine on the table of our booth* Holy shit it's Lacus! I wanna touch her!
Us: O_O
Random dude: *spots us* You're cosplaying!
Karura: Yeah. I'm Gin *shows her captain coat*, she's a geisha *points to me* and because you like games and CG animation, you have to guess who she is *points to Rian*.
Random dude: Wait, I know you. *thinks hard*
Karura: *got tired of waiting* She's Tifa.
Random dude: No she's not!
Karura: Ever seen FFVII: Advent Children?
Random dude: *seems to be enlightened* Tifa? Holy shit, it's Tifa!
Me: *is freaked out and just wants to get away* Uy, gutom ako. Wanna eat? Samahan niyo ako!
Rian: I'm hungry. Really hungry. Judith, come with me. Now.
L-chan: I'm hungry too!!! Mommee, wait! *runs towards us*\
Karura: Sama din ako!
Rian: *once we got away* He was scary. Buti na lang hindi ako nag-Lacus. Na-rape na ata ako kung ganun.
L-chan: he was there since around 10:00 a.m. >_<
Random stuff:
- It's final; I'm cosplaying Rin Tousaka from Fate/Stay Night in July. I just hope that I could do justice to her character despite my not-so-long hair (Rin's is waist-length; mine reaches my shoulderblades), dark skin (Rin's white; I'm tan-skinned) and my almost-fugly face (Rin's pretty; I'm plain and bordering on ugly).
- I hope I would be able to do well on Monday's oral presentation for JAPALA3. I hope I wouldn't screw up my words and say something like "Juunana desu" (I'm [number] 17) instead of "Juunanasai desu" (I'm 17 years old). Wish me luck on that.