Philippines Day 4: US Navy Warship

we got up like really late... and only managed to finish packing by 11+. however we had to keep waiting for i'm not sure what so in the end we got to the place by 12+ and only managed to have a tour after that.

it was awesome we managed to meet the people in charge of the warship during our after party on our second day, so we called them up and were brought to a trip within the ship.

i wasn't in cosplay so it was still fine for me but poor niti and prangawee were in their armour since we left the hotel and wore it till the end. i really take my hat off these 2, there were like narrow passageways and steep staircases, but the 2 got through everything, in their armour!!!!

so i'm gonna just keep spamming photos since i kinda missed some explanations on what the different areas are for.

but of cos, this is obvious that it's the kitchen and restaurant area. kekek.

then we slowly got out to the deck.

hoho niti's karas is so cool here

and there's a cannon!

me and eki is just normal...

but see what the guys are doing... hahaha.

the last stop was at the steering area, where we got to sit in the captain's seat!

our leader and the 2 handyman.

and all of us at the deck!

after that we waited at the restaurant while the guys brought the costume over. we also bade farewell to the thais as they went off for their afternoon flight.

as it happens, it was raining so when the guy came they were pretty drenched. and i was stuck in the toilet for more than half an hour, so no inkling of what's happening outside. i do know that a long queue built up outside the toilet and i came out all flushed. x_x

we took about an hour or so to prepare, and i turned photog for the day, shooting for kyungmin and eki since riyo was sending the thais off. jayce couldn't make it because it was missing the stick for the weapon. it was really a waste T_T after all that chionging in the night to repair and 2 days without sleeping... GOSHHH one stick is all it takes to destroy the effort. sighs.

we ended the shoot around 5+ as the deck was closed then and it was around dinner time for the people, so we had to get out quick. we went to a neat little cafe for the most awesome dinner!

the most expensive thing on the menu, pepper steak and garlic steak...

here's my salmon with mango sauce.. looks like meat!

and pasta that christine ordered.

and the great spanish pizza that niti ordered - yep the thais came back for dinner because they missed their flight. was kinda expected though since they left at 2 and their flight was 4 and there was heavy rain.... oh well, more philippines time!

after dinner, we took a taxi to our hotel to collect our things, then bus over to manila and taxi to the airport. complicated routes. and we arrived just 1hour+ before our flight at the new airport. thank goodness it was new so christine, riyo and liui could send us off inside. we quickly checked in everything and rushed all the way to boarding gate and made it just in time!

and here's ... breakfast?

touched down at around 6+am but because the foreigner's queue is so bloody long i took an hour to check out. and it was time to go school =_=

Philippines Day 3: Subic Beach

the 3rd day, we all woke up past 11am. so much for getting ready at 8am. haaha. it was kinda expected anyway but as we had to check out by 12... then again i wouldn't say we were in much of a hurry since we were all taking our own sweet time to pack and get ready.

checked in to our new hotel at subic international. it was less grand but still livable. the toilet looks pretty creepy though.

and our room was messed up again in the night so there's only this pic i koped from eki. common situation for all cosplayers i guess =_=

so we set off for the beach, not before we had a super filling lunch. i think they understood how koreans can eat so much by now so our lunch was really really really a lot. this was at a chinese restaurant.

i swear the amount is almost 5 times the normal meals we have. and we couldn't finish it!! gawwww

we then stopped at the embassy/ govt building (?) of our sponsor and took some photos around it.

there was a little beach there so we took some photos there as well. see what waky wrote. hahahaha.

this place was actually just opposite the navy ship, where we were heading to the next day.

the weather was hot so when we saw the ice cream man we all gathered around him and bought ice creams~~

we then shopped at a shopping mall to get swimming costumes but instead of getting that i went to buy truckloads of kettle corn and we bought more food in the end. kekeke.

so it was barefoot beach then~ we went on almost an hour long boat ride! see who's leading the front of the boat

then we stopped at the white castle that was just in the middle of the seas.

since we were barefoot, climbing the rocks was a pain...

and then it was time to goooo

we ordered our dinner but since we were still pretty full it was mostly drinks. their drinks were pretty exotic and nice, especially the fruit shakes.

this is mango orange shake.

ice cream choco shake! finished in an instant...

mocha shake

you can tell what kinda fruit shakes it is by what fruits are placed on top so this is pineapple apple~

this is flambe mango, but it was pretty weird cos it's hot mangoes topped with ice cream...

only ordered teriyaki chicken and yaki soba.

at the end we were pleasantly happy to see romeo and the rest before we left as they bade goodbye to us. i'm so sorry we weren't able to play together T_T

we got some kitty ear presents from red factor team too hehehe thanks!!!

we then retired for the night... but the night our dear leader had to stay awake the whole night again to repair his armour for the next day's shoot.