And just when I thought the invites would start dying down during the middle of the year, I get invited to a Japanese themed one. I thought it was a really cool theme, and the invites were a passport and a plane ticket. Where you can dress up in Japanese costumes or cosplay if they wanted to. Also instead of the usual 18 candles, it was 18 lanterns; 18 shots became 18 kampai and 18 flowers became 18 cherry blossoms. Also, what is a Japanese themed debut without Japanese food?
One ticket to the coolest debut yet:> I'm going to Japaaaaaan!
Despite being excited over this, I never really got the chance to think of what I'd wear. I had a yukata stashed somewhere in my closet and my old cosplay costumes from my "Anime Addict" phase in high school (before I turned emo and worshiped Gerard Way). It was funny tho, when I got to pull some of it from my Mordor of a closet. The yukata looked like a curtain, the maid costume was inappropriate for the occasion, and my costume from when I cosplayed Kuno from Ranma 1/2 was well, a dude's costume. Also, going as a Japanese school girl only seemed cool if you had a sword to go with it.
But hope was not lost. I ended up mixing the obi from my yukata with the the shirt part of my Kuno costume, then I paired that with a mini skirt and heels. I became a hybrid Japanese wannabe. Thank Gerard I actually pulled it off.
I was one of the first to arrive and I was freaking in about being the only one who dressed up. Little did I know that 1/3 of the Barcelonas was going to make a grand entrance by dressing up in a kimono. And there were cosplayers! I was so starstruck because they looked so fantastic, and their wigs made me all jelly with envy. So I had my picture taken with them.
The lonely table 25
Kara saved me! She helped me tie my obi and rocked the coolest kimono ever
The super awesome people who went in cosplay :> So amaaaaazing
This kid is so fantastic! Such an awesome start to her cosplay career
Batchmates from the other table
Aaaand someone went school girl. I still wish she carried around a sword or a bazooka
Cara looked fantastic, she wore a full kimono! Amaaaazeballs.
I looks so ngeahhh, compared to her. Was so jelly of her pink hair!
Me and my beffie # 5! The last time I saw her was when I visited Ateneo. I miss her so muuuuch:(
Kara + Cara
Girly and such a cutie as always ♥
So freaking in here, they look so fantastic
Beffie # 5 looking so happy, despite the recent change in her life. I admire her and heart her so much more, because she is so strong and brave. There is so much feels from her kwento.
The debutante! She looked like a princess :>
The debutante looked amazing! She won best dressed by default if you asked me, because she really looked like a princess. One of my closest high school friends, also one of the very few that hasn't given up her love for Japanese culture and continues being an "Anime Addict"-unlike the rest of us who toned it down a notch. I was also part of her 18 Kampai and I got kind of emotional when I gave her my speech.
I talked about how we've been classmates since grade 5, and that we've been eating lunch together all the way to our last lunch as seniors. I also mentioned how she and some of my other friends back in grade 6 chased after me and how she did something I will always be grateful for. Obviously, I couldn't tell the whole story, it was her night after all. But I will never forget what she did for me.
I was twelve and stupid, and I had a weird phase going on that involved cutting up my left arm whenever someone was annoyed, or mad, or even just rumored to not like me at all. I'd slice a line, a sort of mark for every person, and by that time my whole arm was already filled with gashes and scars. It was messed up and that day I ran from them. They chased me all the way from our classroom to another building's bathroom. I can still remember that it was her who grabbed the scissors from me. That day, I knew that if there was anyone who would stand by me and be there for me- she was one of them. And that's what I said to her awhile ago. That just as she did the same for me, I would never stop supporting her and always be there for her no matter what. I think I sweated a bit from my eyes, she sort of did too.
(Got me thinking tho. I don't know what up with me always having to go through something bad just so that I can see how much people love and care about me. Gaaahhh, so messed up.)
But I really had fun last night. I piled my plate high with yakimeshi, sashimi, tempura and lechon. Got to make kwento and listen to heart gut-wrenching kwento from beffie # 5 (so sad. Why do people have to break up? They were staying strong for almost three years. Tragic), who I miss so much and need to visit Katipunan for. Also went crazy getting our pictures taken at the photobooth. I think I hoarded most of the pictures >:)
That is Karina's fork, trying to steal my sashimi!
Blueberry cheesecake I shared with beffie #5
Panda!Arielle and Stitch!Cara
I missed Cara. She deserves hugs and all the loving she can get. Heart guts died last night because of her kwento:( I still cannot believe what happened...
Happy Birthday Fatima! ♥
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Another event me and my high school friends were looking forward to is the Halloween party over at one of my friend's place. We've been planning and if I remember correctly the event on facebook was set up since May. We're that psyched for the 31st.
My original costume was supposed to be a unicorn. I was ready to order the unicorn head I saw on fredflare, until it was too huge to actually bring home. Plan B was that I go as Marceline the Vampire Queen- been growing my hair out for this, and our host is going as PB. But we aren't just going as Adventure Time characters or whoever it is we want to be for the night- we're going as SIMS! We all decided that we'd have that green diamond floating over our heads. And just recently, our host posted a picture of naked Sims... still wonder who's crazy enough to go dress up in a box with a pixilated design come Halloween.
- >:)
p.s.
Definitely posting the ultimate confession soon.
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