Impossible backlog~@_@

Just realised that images due for the galleries have been piling up as I've got no time to create a gallery for all those shoots I took. The upcoming one should be the Gothic Lolita Angel but I'm having too much fun (to be honest) in this new year season to find some time to sit down and design web pages and images and buttons....etc.

Now I kinda get, why many kigurumi cosplayers on the internet doesn't actually use the "gallery" system. Not all, but more and more nowadays I find just post their picture on their main pages or a small column with very few images. Writing in my blog frequently isn't a problem, but making galleries can take hours from start to end with checks and all.

But still I really like the gallery style so that I can somehow archive my pictures online. In an average shoot, I try to take about 100+ images and then pick half of the nicer ones to be posted. I can't just post 50+ images on my main page, so I guess galleries are still necessary (and fun to use). I used to try and make full galleries consisting a video and omake in the past, but I think I'll just make image galleries from now on. And when I'm free I'll add videos if I have any. Phew~ the videos takes the longest time in the gallery update process... well not like ages kinda long... but its long. I take an average video length of about 4-5 minutes and then cut away the pose shifting scenes, the hair brushing and limping(from aching toes in heels >_<) scenes and then join the better parts from end to end to make 2-3 minutes. Then rendering and then followed by Youtube commenting and uploading... hehe. Almost feels like a uni assignment. Anyway I'll find time to open up the Gothic Lolita Angel gallery soon. Do stay tuned and please remember to write in the forums~^_^

Happy new year everyone, have you made your new year resolutions yet?
May all your new year wishes come true~<3

Anata Baka~!??! >_<

I think there must be many anime lovers today who started watching anime during the craze which Evangelion brought about more than 10 years ago. I still remember that even though I've seen anime series often then, Evangelion was the first one which I've been really keen and serious about. Its story and theme was truely ahead of its time, and I think many find its religious setting extremely captivating. I still remember that the internet was overflowing with debates and theory discussions on the Evangelion TV series.

During that time, anime isn't as readily available, especially for translated subtitled ones. The titles are extremely limited and releases takes a long time to arrive. I still recall that I bought the Evangelion episodes on VCD, one episode at a time, in carboard wrapped CD jewel cases. Some episodes took soo long to get released and the standards vary very often. And yes Evangelion was the first anime title which I actually spent dollars and cents acquiring. I really treasured them, and I remembered watching each episode on the VCDs many times over.

Amusingly, the first episode disc I got wasn't episode 1 as it wasn't available then. I got disc 9, as I still recall was the fight between EVA-01 and EVA-03 (13th Angel Bardiel). If you've watched that episode, imagine thats the first serious genre anime title you're ever watched and the gore when EVA-01 tore up EVA-03 was... overwhelming, mind boggling even... for a 16 year old kid that I was then. The impact was so great, I had an urge of puking then when I saw(for the first time) gore of those levels in anime(for the first time remember, imagine the impact). Thereafter, the impression on Evangelion was "intense", "serious stuff"... like none other(in those lines). Like I said, Evangelion was way ahead of its time. That episode captivated me and made me an Evangelion fan eversince. Those were my secondary school days, it was almost as if I studied Evangelion for my exams. Hehe... no worries I still did outstandingly in my proper studies~

One of the things that attracted me to Evangelion was the design of the plug suits worn by Rei and Asuka. They were one of the first few "semi-naked" anime girls I've seen... in the mid 90s, anime hasn't got much of "scenery" like these. I did wonder then how I would love to get a pair of their plug suits. But its a far-fetched dream since cosplay isn't that well known those days and costumes like that were unheard of. Not to mentioned kigurumi cosplays.

10 years later today, in a short and rapid chain of events, I've done dozens of kigurumi cosplay. One after another, getting my dreams come true to cosplay as some of my favourite anime characters(and actually looking like them~^_^). Its by kigurumi cosplay that I'm able to cosplay one my oldest favourite characters in one of the most infamous costumes known. Well, those are the words which came to my mind upon finally completing the cosplay. Here I present you, my Soryu Asuka Langley... Anata Baka~!?!? I'm the best EVA pilot in the world~^_^

Equipments up & ready~

Finally, all of Soryu Asuka Langley's equipments are in place and good to go ~^o^
The above you see are the plugsuit's life support backpack and the suit interface wrist cuffs.
All that done, it will ensure optimum synchonisation with the eva unit inside the entry plug.
There is no way she'll lose out to baka Shinji and baka Rei now ~^_^
I wonder when the next mission for her will be~

Christmas gallery is up~^_^

Today is the 25th December 2007, Merry Christmas everyone~Hurray!!!
The Christmas'07 mode gallery is open, do drop in to take a look.
It is also the debut of Asuka, in red and white santa girl outfit.
More will be added into the gallery shortly I guess, but for now, it is open to mark this festive day~
Once again, have a wonderful Christmas day and an amazing New Year in a few more days~
Have fun~^_^

Merry Christmas all my dear friends~^_^

Yu, Meer, Santa girl>_< and Asuka will like to say to everyone, "Merry Christmas and a wonderfil and happy new year~!!!" Wishing all your Christmas wishes come true~^_^

I'll be updating the gallery soon with Christmas related pics soon, do keep a lookout and remember to write~^_^~<3