First off, this month, has been such a whirlwind, what with having done so many random things!

Well, i must mention here the Death note Random cosplay we did 2 weeks ago. Being at work is rather boring and i'm on chat with Aly most of the day, and each time, there is generally a topic of squee...and it happened to be Death note.

I had read the first 1 shot/prologue manga of Death note that came out a couple of years ago (perhaps 2003), and I'm guessing by then the manga was already established, but I didn't know of it then. Ryuk freaked me out, but it was such an amazing story that I wanted more. So it's been a little love of mine which has been hiding for about 5 years...but now - I am fully going to start reading it fully!!!

SWANCON REPORT - 2008
The weekend after this was Swancon 2008 - this was my very first Swancon, and I must say, how awesome it was! I can't believe how comfortable & at ease I felt there, with all the other fans, discussing series, cultures, concepts of different books, films and genres, playing stage-theatre sports and sitting in on panels - like the Metagame, craft panel and the Harry Potter Panel!

But the best thing was - THE DOCTOR WHO THEME OF IT!!! It wasn't the official theme, but there was so much of the series focused on in panels; having a life-size Tardis in the main hall, Rod Shearman, one of the writers from the series, being there as one of the Guest Speakers of Honour...FREAKING AWESOME!! He told us some great stories of David Tennant and John Barrowman (zomg I love John Barrowman) and the whole time...for the 4 days of the convention (minus the ball) we were dressed from the Dr Who series! I was Captain Jack Harkness, and was The Doctor. So much fun, so much fan service! And for the whole weekend, I acted like Captain Jack - to girls, guys and Daleks alike! Photos to be posted soon took this awesome photo of us:
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On Sunday we also had a Master, A master's wife, K9, a life size Dalek, and the Cathy-Dalek; who wore a home-made kitchen utensil interpretation of a Dalek. We also got to train using Light-sabres (both double ended like the Sith, and also the single light-sabres) in the Jedi Boot-camp! I'll actually be joining their group as one of the characters soon, so the trainer ( Darth Cerberous/Kaneda) said he would do some choreography with me! V V

For the ball, I dressed as Toby from the Labyrinth 2nd Manga cover. His character is the same as the baby from the movie, however in the manga series, he is 14 years old and looks remarkably Jareth-esque! (I will put up photos soon) I was there with Jareth (Aly) my sister Sarah (Shasta) and Cathy and Lisa who were in their amazing Serenity costumes! I am very proud of having done Aly's make up to complement her awesome Jaerith Costume - she has the perfect facial structure to pull of the Jareth eyes!

It was a great night with the highlights being the epic dance I did with Lisa to the "Once upon a time in Mexico" song, watching Aly and Shasta do their dance to "Magic Dance", taking pictures (Lisa you are AMAZING!!!) AND the conversation:

K: "Hey Jareth, do you have my breast-icals
Aly: "Yeah, they are in my crotch"
Lisa, Cathy & Shasta: .....*silence*......


But now, *like before* its World Cosplay Summit Preparation. I can't say what it is yet, but when I can, there will be many photos of progress and explanations of how I made props and other bits of the costume...all ican say now is it is going to be Big! Keep an eye out for updates.

On that note; to and ...Congratulations for getting into the Final for WCS! I'm looking forward to competing in the Melbourne prelim with Aly, and if all goes well....have the chance to go to the finals in Sydney come August!


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1. Write these rules.
2. Each tagged person must write 8 things about he/her-self.
3. And s/he has to write a journal about these things.
4. Finally s/he has to tag other 8 people.
5. Go to their dA's page and write they've been tagged.


1. I love Cosplay, acting, writing skits and doing full-on performances in many different genres, genders and situations - been doing it for my 8th year now!
2. I am a Japanese Interpreter/Translator & have lived in Japan
3. I was born in Malaysia, grew up in Australia
4. I am an Australian Women's Saltwater Fishing Record Holder & a gold medal winner for Junior Fishing
5. I don't like eating Mushrooms...>_<...
6. Random fact - My second toe is longer than my Big toe!
7. I like to climb, do martial arts, flip, kartwheel, ballroom, hip-hop...anything that allows me to be active, fleixable and basically just keep pushing my body until past the point of pain until i'm satisifed that i got it right.....or until it looks cool!
8. My friends are my family...they make me a stronger person, and I treasure them! I am so greatful that the make my life so much brighter...and more interesting


So there you have it! If you want to know more...then coment (and i'll see what i can do )

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