From x_evelyn_x P.S. - This entry have more info that the one posted elsewhere due to the 4300 word limitation. This is the original Rules, *just copied from her LJ* 1. If you're on my friends list, I want to know 35 things about you. I don't care if we never talk, or if we already know everything about each other. Short and sweet is fine. 2. Comment here with your answers and repost the questionnaire and answers on your own journal. Or yeah, post your answers here. Whichever one you want. QUESTIONS ( Click To Check ) MY ANSWERS ( Click to Check ) Okie Dokie...That's it from cikgu-san for now.

I've been an ardent PC GAMER since I learn the use of the computer keyboard back in my primary school days but Electronic Gaming started earlier than that...during my kindergarten years ;]

So goes to show that I've been into GAMING before COSPLAY and PHOTOGRAPHY came. However, I've lost interest in it since PC Gaming is somewhat tedious due to the fact that

1. You must have the NEWEST HARDWARE to play the NEWEST GAMES.
2. You must have your newest OPERATING SYSTEM to operate the NEWEST HARDWARE
3. You install the GAMES into your PC (not like the consoles where you pop the DVD in and you're GAME), which takes time.

So far I'm having a simple P4, 1GB Ram and a basic ATI X1650 Display card which made me unable to play any game that came out after 2007 but...

THAT HAS CHANGED SINCE 27TH OF MAY

I replaced my old hardware with the following

My P4 2.4Ghz(Single Core) ----> AMD X2 7750+
My 1GB DDR Ram ---------------> Kingston 4GB DDR2
My X1650 Display -------------> Sapphire Vapor-X HD4850 1GB

and I've just reawaken my PC GAMER again...now I've been spending my time with

( GAMES GALORE )

And due to these Games influences, I've though about possible cosplay plans thanks to them

( PC GAMES COSPLAY PLANS )

Okie Dokie, that's de update from me after such a long long time!!!

There goes a time when a man's gotta take into account of the things he missed out when he was a kid and somehow regretted missing it.

So I make this post just to tell you just that. I somewhat regretted not learning the bicycle and ultimately not learning the motobike let alone have a license to ride one. Usually this would not be a problem since I drive car to work and practically everywhere I go.

But for my photoclub's incoming photography outing to Pangkor Island this weekend, riding a motorbike is essential since it is convenient and a fun way to travel around the island. And without it, I could not travel easily across the island to shoot photos...so far no one have offered to take me along. Maybe its dangerous to travel on a bike with a 230++ pounds load on your back.

DEFINITELY I COULD NOT LEARN THE BIKE AND GET A LICENSE IN A FEW DAYS TIME. EITHER I MANAGED TO GET A BIKER ON THE DAY ITSELF OR HITCH A RIDE SHOULD ANYONE DECIDE TO RENT A CAR OR VAN. WORSE COMES TO WORSE, I'LL WALK AROUND THE ISLAND AND HOPEFULLY BURN SOME FATS IN THE PROCESS.

NO TIME TO CRY AND BE REMORSEFUL ON THIS...I CANNOT CHANGE THE PAST BUT I COULD TRY MY BEST TO MOLD THE FUTURE!!!

BY JUNE(IF MY FINANCES IS OK), I'LL GET MYSELF A MOUNTAIN BIKE AND LEARN THE ROPES OF THE TWO WHEELED VEHICLES FOR THE NEXT SIX TO SEVEN MONTHS. AFTER THAT, I'LL GET THE MOTORBIKE LICENSE SO THAT I WON'T NEED TO DEPEND ON OTHER ANYMORE.

GANBATTE!!!

As mentioned previously, there's many a thing happening to me and tons of things to do.

First at the 18th FIP (Foto Imej Perak...my photoclub) Annual General Meeting 2009 on the
21st March 2009 where EXCO and Committee members are elected and voted into office.


I got nominated


And I got voted into office as FIP Comittee Member.

So, I'll be busy as a Committee member...helping the club as it organizes things...heard that I'm gonna be doing the club activity emails to all members.
Also hopefully, I hope to learn as much as possible on photography within this time frame.

Several things happened since my previous post. My post on my cosplay plans for 2009, I've decided to

SCRAP THEM

So I come out with the following plans for the following cosplays...one of them I've made it already.

1. GLADIATOR MAXIMUS DESIMUS MERIDIUS

For ACGC(DONE) and Anicom(Chainmail version)

2. RADITZ or TOMA



For GACC

3. SID BARETT and EX-DEATH




For COMIC FIESTA 2009

So hopefully all these would come to Fruitation. Ganbatte!!

I've been missing from LJ for many months since the beginning of the year with the previous post. Now with my Lappy back in business again....I'm gonna revamp my LJ once more.

Everyone...STAY TUNED!!!

Now I'm feeling a little drenched out and sick due to Weather induced FLU and Stomach Upset..might be mild food poisoning also. But I'm strong enough to go to work and post this journal. A little rest and relaxation with lots of PATIENCE will be my Remedy of the day.

OKOK...to start off my first journal entry for 2009, I'm gonna talk about my cosplay plans for 2009.
For starters, I'm going to do many cosplays this year. Two of them gonna be Recycled ones

1. DOC OCK



DOC OCK is not pleased with his debut at Comic Fiesta last month and wants to ENCORE this GACC in August but repairs need to be made on his tentacles and mechanical robotic fingers at once for that to happen.

2. DOCTOR DOOM



After THREE years in Hibernation. DOCTOR DOOM will return as his movie persona at Cosfest 2009 hopefully to turn heads as he did last time in 2005.

Apart from recycled ones, I also planned to do three new ones which I've been planning...one since before the advent of DOCTOR DOOM while the other two, just recently.

3. RADITZ OF DRAGONBALL



After watching Dragonball Z's newest OVA, I got the urge to do Dragonball cosplay and the only one with I could think off is Raditz...Goku's Evil and Bad Ass Brother.

4. PHOENIX IKKI OF SAINT SEIYA



I've been watching Saint Seiya again recently and it suddenly occurred to me. I should do a Saint Seiya Cosplay since it is also one of my favorite Anime series since Form 1. So gonna plan to do my favorite character...THE MOST POWERFUL BRONZE SAINT OF THEM ALL, PHOENIX IKKI.

5. DEATH KNIGHT LORD SOTH OF DRAGONLANCE



And for the great FINALE...The Mother of All Cosplay Projects of 2009. The Character which fascinated me since I was a child when I saw for the first time his image on a T-Shirt. The Fallen Knight of Solemnia, Lord Laurent Soth of Dragonlance Saga.

GUESS FOR 2009, IT IS STILL A YEAR FOR BAD ASS AND EVIL CHARACTER FOR ME. HAHA
STAY TUNED FOR UPDATE SHOULD ANY OF THE EMERGES!!!

Now I better get some rest before I start these projects

Just got back to Ipoh from ComicFiesta 2008. Have not processed any of my photos for CF2008 but just a few of my costume for the 2nd day

( A FEW DOC OCK POSES )

I'll be making a detailed report for CF 2008 after I've done with the rest of the pictures. One thing I could say is Doc Ock is the Most Evil and Deranged Character I've ever cosplayed.

STAY TUNED.

But a short video of myself

Dear Santa... Dear Santa, This year I've been busy! Last Wednesday I signed my organ donor card (28 points). Last Monday blood_angel12 and I robbed a bank (-50 points). In October I donated bone marrow to fox_sama in a life-saving procedure (300 points). Last Saturday I bought porn for hisashi_glay (10 points). In February I helped sky_pegasus hide a body (-173 points). Overall, I've been nice (115 points). For Christmas I deserve a new bike! Sincerely, cikgu101

Write your letter to Santa! Enter your LJ username:

With some parts of my DOC OCK Cosplay project on hold due to lack of materials...I sketched a few things lately

( BIG PICTURES )

WELL, THAT'S IT FOR TODAY. I'LL NEED TO BRUSH UP MY DRAWING SKILLS AND PROBABLY LEARN HOW TO DRAW.
BE GETTING A SET OF MARU OR G PENS WHEN I GO KL FOR CF THIS DECEMBER, JUST FOR THAT.

With regard to my previous POST...I've an infatuation with the story of Joan of Arc AKA Jeanne De Arc. Last night, my fingers suddenly act on itself and I produce three of the following, which would be the main characters of my possible doujin for 2009...the continuation of my 2004 Doujin...THE GOD`WARRIORS


[Click on picture for a Bigger View]

Gladiator Blanche ---> Click for Bigger View
The new character I've mentioned. She is under the service of a cowardly lord who hired her to protect his miserable life. Even with a pathetic employer, Blanche is loyal to him to the very end.

Dark Jeanne ---> Click for Bigger View
After regaining her memory...she returned to her hometown of Domremy only to be greeted with Carnage once more.

Lady Ashika ---> Click for Bigger View
She fought her captors until as always got herself employed by them. As her first assignment, she would accompany a Burgundian noble to the town of Rouen where the inhabitants know her too well there.

So that's about it...after brainstorming for the past few days.

something just came up and it somehow distracted me from my DOC OCK Project at least in my mind but the work is still continuing even with this distraction.

I've always been an admirer of Warrior Women and Tough Chicks(just a satire...not in anyway insulting the fairer sex). And no one better to fit that bill than JEANNE DE ARC aka JOAN OF ARC...the French Heroine who don male attire and armor when she heard voices of God to aid the French King against the forces of the English and its allies. However, she was struck down, capture and burnt alive for her 'crimes' against them.

This had been an inspiration for my 2004 Comic Fiesta Doujin(THE GODWARRIORS) btw. And after so many year, I've not thought of that till I bought this PSP Game


Courtesy of gametab.com

Which is the reason I bought the PSP in the first place but I didn't play it that much(the collect more Games Syndrome) till the past week and I was hooked after playing it for more than 5 hours per day.

Suddenly, I have inspiration to continue where my Doujin have left off.

For those who don't know the story of that here it is

A FEW YEARS AFTER THE EXECUTION OF JEANNE, A MYSTERIOUS FEMALE WARRIOR NAMED ASHIKA APPEARED IN A FRENCH FORTRESS BUT DUE TO HER FIGHTING PROWESS, SHE WAS RECRUITED TO FIGHT FOR THEM...AND FIGHT FOR THEM SHE DID, FOR A PRICE.

AFTER A FEW MISSIONS, IT CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF THE FRENCH KING, SHE WAS INVITED WITH HER HOSTS TO THE CAPITAL CITY OF CHINON WHERE DARK JEANNE, THE EVIL RESURRECTED FORM OF THE EXECUTED JEANNE DE ARC SUDDENLY ATTACKED THEM. AFTER A MUCH HEATED BATTLE, IT WAS REVIEWED THAT BOTH OF THEM ARE DESCENDED FROM GOD-WARRIORS, BODYGUARDS OF THE GODS THEMSELVES AND DARK JEANNE BECKONED ASHIKA TO JOIN HER IN KILLING THE FRENCH KING WHO HAD WRONG HER IN THE PAST.

HOWEVER, ASHIKA WOULD NOT HAVE IT AND BATTLED WITH HER TO THE VERY END RESULTING A MASSIVE EXPLOSION THAT DESTROYED THE CASTLE'S KEEP. IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE BATTLE, BOTH OF THEM ARE NOWHERE TO BE SEEN AND THE FRENCH KING WASTED NO TIME IN REPAIRING THE DAMAGED FORTRESS AS HE HAD MORE CONCERNS OF THEIR OWN LIKE THE ON-GOING WAR WITH THE ENGLISH.

THE FINAL BATTLE DID NOT DESTROY THE GOD-WARRIORS HOWEVER. ASHIKA WAS CAPTURED BY THE BURGUNDIAN, ALLIES OF THE ENGLISH AND JEANNE HAD LOST HER MEMORIES BUT WAS RESCUED BY MONKS OF A NEARBY MONASTERY.

BOTH OF THEIR FATES WOULD SOON BE INTERTWINED AGAIN FOR DARKER FORCES BEGINNING TO EMERGE TO DROWN THE WORLD IN THEIR CONQUEST.

So I suddenly have thoughts of their upcoming story as well as a new character to join in that story as well. Apart from that....I also was interested in the following


Courtesy of tycromedia.com

But I do not have a PS3 yet but it is guaranteed that this would be my first purchase if I do get my hands on it. hehe

Okay Okay...that it for my mumblings...time to get back to my DOC OCK project and if possible, I might want to upload my previous doujins for all to see.

Its been a while since I've written about THE COSGRAPHER and here it is again

DISCLAIMER
The following story is based on my own personal experience as a Cosplayer and Photographer all rolled into one(COSGRAPHER), as I perceived it as I went along. Should anyone be offended by this, please accept my humblest of apologies.

THIS IS NOT A RANT JOURNAL. JUST A DRAMATIZATION OF MY LIFE
DUE TO MASSIVE GOING-ONS IN 2006, I'LL SPLIT THIS YEAR INTO MANY PARTS

THIS IS PART IV

Warning : Extremely Long Post with Pictures(Caution For small Bandwidths)

( YEAR 2006 - PART 4 : AFTERMATH OF THE STORM )


THAT CONCLUDES PART FIVE(D) OF THE COSGRAPHER.
That's it for Year 2006...My Turbulent Year as well as the one that opened my eyes on many things.

Before starting my one week Deepavali Break starts...gotta straighten up my cubicle before then. But I do have a little time for these

ART QUIZ

Your result for What Your Taste in Art Says About You Test...

Conscientious, Fulfilled, and Spiritual

Take What Your Taste in Art Says About You Test at HelloQuizzy

COLOR QUIZ

you are aquamarine #7FFFD4

Your dominant hues are cyan and green. Although you definately strive to be logical you care about people and know there's a time and place for thinking emotionally. Your head rules most things but your heart rules others, and getting them to meet in the middle takes a lot of your energy some days. Your saturation level is medium - You're not the most decisive go-getter, but you can get a job done when it's required of you. You probably don't think the world can change for you and don't want to spend too much effort trying to force it. Your outlook on life is very bright. You are sunny and optimistic about life and others find it very encouraging, but remember to tone it down if you sense irritation.

the spacefem.com html color quiz

THAT'S ALL FOLKS!!! NOW GOTTA CLEAN MY ALUMINUM SCRAP FILLED DESK!!!

Been searching high and low on something on Cosplay Photography over the net. Finally I stumbled upon this article on it from UK...from this cosplay webpage ---> cosplayisland.co.uk

Here's an excerpt from it

With the ubiquity of cheap digital cameras today, any given anime convention is awash with people photographing the costumes on display. Traipsing through the aftermath of conventions on forums and photo sharing websites one would be perhaps forgiven for being a little disappointed at the thought that goes into some of the photos on display. They can often be hurriedly composed, one-shot affairs taken more as a record of the event - a reminder of a costume - than an honest effort to record the quality of it.

Cosplay photography can make or break a costume. Although the costume is worn for only a day or two, the photographs live on long after the original clothing has been stuffed in the back of your wardrobe. The photos end up in cosplay profiles, blogs, forums and photo sharing sites for months and years to come. As someone who is photographing someone else's costume you should do your best to make the outfit look as good as possible. Here are some tips on how you might make those photos a little better and maybe help them stand out from the crowd.

The Rest of the Article --> [LINK]

It's an interesting read and may help us with better understanding on how to shoot cosplayer or people in general.

SO HAPPY SHOOTING!!!

RULES
01. Post the rules

02. Answer each question truthfully

03. Tag 3-5 people at the end

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( HERE'S MINE )

Now back to making my Chainmail and Robotic Fingers

Was going to cancel all my credit cards except for one on Tuesday but i found out I got about 35K++ of points after 8 years of usage...I could have redeem cash which would be credited into the credit cards for my usage but I ended up with this instead


Wacom Bamboo Tablet

All the points GONE and have to top up another RM170 for it...I need double the points if I want it for free. Anyway, I'll need to wait for another three weeks for it to arrive. Guess I won't be getting rid of the credit cards that soon...at least until after getting the gift har har har

Anyhow, I 'll be sleeping soon...tired after the whole day SCREAMING at the top of my lungs INSTRUCTIONS during my College Sports Week Badminton match. Finally, its over....okie dokie, be enjoying the rest of the week and Hari Raya Week Break after that with PS2 gaming, Cosplay making and Photography. ^_^

Take a picture of yourself right now. Don't change your clothes, don't fix your hair...just take a picture. Post that picturewith NO editing. Post these instructions with your picture.



Back from photo outing since morning till late afternoon
Tired but managed to Pump some Iron before posting

DISCLAIMER
The following story is based on my own personal experience as a Cosplayer and Photographer all rolled into one(COSGRAPHER), as I perceived it as I went along. Should anyone be offended by this, please accept my humblest of apologies.

THIS IS NOT A RANT JOURNAL. JUST A DRAMATIZATION OF MY LIFE
DUE TO MASSIVE GOING-ONS IN 2006, I'LL SPLIT THIS YEAR INTO MANY PARTS

THIS IS PART III

Warning : Extremely Long Post with Pictures(Caution For small Bandwidths)

( YEAR 2006 - PART 3 : THE STORM IS ENLEASHED )


THAT CONCLUDES PART FIVE(C) OF THE COSGRAPHER.
Stay Tuned for the Next one soon.

DISCLAIMER
The following story is based on my own personal experience as a Cosplayer and Photographer all rolled into one(COSGRAPHER), as I perceived it as I went along. Should anyone be offended by this, please accept my humblest of apologies.

THIS IS NOT A RANT JOURNAL. JUST A DRAMATIZATION OF MY LIFE
DUE TO MASSIVE GOING-ONS IN 2006, I'LL SPLIT THIS YEAR INTO MANY PARTS

THIS IS PART II

Warning : Extremely Long Post with Pictures(Caution For small Bandwidths)

( YEAR 2006 - PART 2 : THE STORM IS BREWING )


THAT CONCLUDES PART FIVE(B) OF THE COSGRAPHER.
Stay Tuned for the Next one soon.