3 More Days to CF | Long Day of Frustration
Stupid comic/toy store called "Comic Paradise" at 1Utama refused to change the L-Nendoroid I just got last week (where when I JUST opened the box, I discovered his neck mechanism was broken neatly INTO 2! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!?! It's supposed to be new but it's already broken even before I can use it >___<), and told me to wait until next week to get the replacement.
And then they didn't call me to say they can't change it but told me to walk a few hours 'round 1U with my classmate in tow - ONLY when we returned, did they finally say they can't change it. Bad service is one thing, but stupidity is certainly pushing my levels of tolerance today.
Don't they know the simplest phrase of, "We're sorry that this happened, will you be able to come by next week to get your replacement?" instead of making me wander around for 2 HOURS for NOTHING! when we could have used the time to go seek stuff at Times Square?!?!
Okay, at least I tried to use that 2 hours to find a pair of decent gloves for this coming CF - my black gloves were slightly frayed at the tips, warranting the search for a new one, and the only shop I know is aaaaalll the way to Sg.Wang =.= Big 1U with all the new floors and new shops didn't have any vendors selling accessories like this - and I've searched from crafts store to tailoring shops to even fashion stores, and nothing yielded.
Later at night, Mom passed me the stuff that the Lady Boss helped me to find/buy - three wholesome bunches of WHITE ROSES. It was fun while it lasted, when I sat in the room arranging the flowers into a rose-ball-
-only to have Mom come in, saw what I'm doing, said my flower arrangement sucks, and she took it, and remoulded it, and became...a bigger bunch of bouquet, but Gone was my rose-ball form - after all that effort....*sigh*
AND then I gave up trying to wrap the bouquet according to the way I want it. How did those florist people managed to wrap it with the corners of the wrapping paper nicely covering all the sides of the bouquet, and yet retain a comfortable grip-area on the stalks (like those wrapped bouquets that people buy for others)????
Coming online, there's the name-card thingy - though at least, it was settled (for now) without much hassle.
And then DeviantArt had to spoil my night.
...because I am just fed up of commenting on those stupidly-talented Malaysian comic artists that I looked up to (hell, I used to buy their works when it got published in the local mags), and despite my best efforts to sound friendly and ask polite/easy questions, they JUST never reply to me, and YET find time to reply to their closest buddies of the same race - and most of the time, it's spam-messages from these so-called buddies.
If you know who I'm talking about, good. If not, it's okay.
It's nothing to do with peeps on my friend list here, rest assured.
I'm just annoyed because I don't see what's wrong with trying to talk to fellow Malaysians, even if we're from a different race. It's not a crime to get to know your local artist better, right? Or is it what, TABOO to get to know other races in the comic industry? Do they turn into this one-kind of people upon achieving fame?
Or they find that they themselves are JUST way too good for lowly amateurs like me.
If that's the case, they have to remember that, THEY started from the lower-ranks before too. An unknown like me, before making the mark in the local scene. We go to college to pick up illustration skills. We slog like hell for assignments, and we savour and enjoy our own work that we've done - and proud to even upload them on dA. I don't see what's wrong with replying to a simple question of "Where can I find you in CF?", "Where's your booth?"
It's not that hard. Or if said person refuses to divulge the location, a simple "Sorry it's SECRET" suffices. I wouldn't be pissed or mad - BUT if I get ignored just like that without any reply whatsoever EVEN after leaving a couple comments/messages as courtesy, well, I'm not happy.
........but maybe I'm overreacting. A long day and then a frustrating result online had turned my sight into a tinge of red.
I apologize if what I've said above has hurt anyone's feelings, I just want to let my thoughts and feelings out, that's all. Keeping it bottled up will fuel my rage even further, and I don't want that to happen. Not now.
I don't want to start hating dA, when I've just started a new beginning there.
...Aleks is right. I should not place too much high hope / expect a lot from anyone. Just be myself, and most importantly, always stay the same, regardless the situation/circumstances.
...I should stop dA-ing, stop feeling frustrated with myself and other people, and stop expecting so much from CF. There's only so much I can do and hope for.
Sure, the experience might not match up to all the fun I had in the UK, but at the very least, I want to enjoy my return to CF after a year lapse.
-L
P.S. Versailles have released a new PV entitled Serenade. Kamijo-san looks sad.
And then they didn't call me to say they can't change it but told me to walk a few hours 'round 1U with my classmate in tow - ONLY when we returned, did they finally say they can't change it. Bad service is one thing, but stupidity is certainly pushing my levels of tolerance today.
Don't they know the simplest phrase of, "We're sorry that this happened, will you be able to come by next week to get your replacement?" instead of making me wander around for 2 HOURS for NOTHING! when we could have used the time to go seek stuff at Times Square?!?!
Okay, at least I tried to use that 2 hours to find a pair of decent gloves for this coming CF - my black gloves were slightly frayed at the tips, warranting the search for a new one, and the only shop I know is aaaaalll the way to Sg.Wang =.= Big 1U with all the new floors and new shops didn't have any vendors selling accessories like this - and I've searched from crafts store to tailoring shops to even fashion stores, and nothing yielded.
Later at night, Mom passed me the stuff that the Lady Boss helped me to find/buy - three wholesome bunches of WHITE ROSES. It was fun while it lasted, when I sat in the room arranging the flowers into a rose-ball-
-only to have Mom come in, saw what I'm doing, said my flower arrangement sucks, and she took it, and remoulded it, and became...a bigger bunch of bouquet, but Gone was my rose-ball form - after all that effort....*sigh*
AND then I gave up trying to wrap the bouquet according to the way I want it. How did those florist people managed to wrap it with the corners of the wrapping paper nicely covering all the sides of the bouquet, and yet retain a comfortable grip-area on the stalks (like those wrapped bouquets that people buy for others)????
Coming online, there's the name-card thingy - though at least, it was settled (for now) without much hassle.
And then DeviantArt had to spoil my night.
...because I am just fed up of commenting on those stupidly-talented Malaysian comic artists that I looked up to (hell, I used to buy their works when it got published in the local mags), and despite my best efforts to sound friendly and ask polite/easy questions, they JUST never reply to me, and YET find time to reply to their closest buddies of the same race - and most of the time, it's spam-messages from these so-called buddies.
If you know who I'm talking about, good. If not, it's okay.
It's nothing to do with peeps on my friend list here, rest assured.
I'm just annoyed because I don't see what's wrong with trying to talk to fellow Malaysians, even if we're from a different race. It's not a crime to get to know your local artist better, right? Or is it what, TABOO to get to know other races in the comic industry? Do they turn into this one-kind of people upon achieving fame?
Or they find that they themselves are JUST way too good for lowly amateurs like me.
If that's the case, they have to remember that, THEY started from the lower-ranks before too. An unknown like me, before making the mark in the local scene. We go to college to pick up illustration skills. We slog like hell for assignments, and we savour and enjoy our own work that we've done - and proud to even upload them on dA. I don't see what's wrong with replying to a simple question of "Where can I find you in CF?", "Where's your booth?"
It's not that hard. Or if said person refuses to divulge the location, a simple "Sorry it's SECRET" suffices. I wouldn't be pissed or mad - BUT if I get ignored just like that without any reply whatsoever EVEN after leaving a couple comments/messages as courtesy, well, I'm not happy.
........but maybe I'm overreacting. A long day and then a frustrating result online had turned my sight into a tinge of red.
I apologize if what I've said above has hurt anyone's feelings, I just want to let my thoughts and feelings out, that's all. Keeping it bottled up will fuel my rage even further, and I don't want that to happen. Not now.
I don't want to start hating dA, when I've just started a new beginning there.
...Aleks is right. I should not place too much high hope / expect a lot from anyone. Just be myself, and most importantly, always stay the same, regardless the situation/circumstances.
...I should stop dA-ing, stop feeling frustrated with myself and other people, and stop expecting so much from CF. There's only so much I can do and hope for.
Sure, the experience might not match up to all the fun I had in the UK, but at the very least, I want to enjoy my return to CF after a year lapse.
-L
P.S. Versailles have released a new PV entitled Serenade. Kamijo-san looks sad.