finally had time to upload all my works (since i took my laptop home supposedly for work... xp)

shall start with the oldest, my yasuaki WIP. (well it's actually done so oh well)

the inner top with orange sleeves (added a black sleeve over the orange one but have yet taken the picture)


the outer black white onepiece collar


and the onepiece as a whole (ok onepiece is supposed to refer to a dress in japanese, but i think in english it can refer to anything that's well... one piece)


black belt made of satin


and finally the buddha bead i made using ping pong balls. tried styrofoam ones and wasted my money... cos it shrinks and deforms when you use spray paint on it (-_-`) sucks. the white furry part i used my furry ball maker and the feather - i just stuck orange feathers underneath the white ones.

shi ryuuki (saiunkoku) shopping list

for the cloths

light lilac: $3.50/m x 2.5 = $9 (rounded off)
medium purple satin: $4/m x 2 = $8
lilac satin: $3.50/m x 1 = $3.50 (i lost my sample and ended up buying the wrong color. gosh)
purple satin (the correct one): $4/m x 1.5 = $5 (rounded off, last half metres anyway)
darkest purple hard satin: $4/m x 1 = $4
white satin: $4/m x 1 = $4
white hard satin: $4/m x 1 = $4 (yes, bought the wrong satin. wth. always bring your samples...)
lining: $1.50/m x 3 = $4.50
dark blue satin: $4/m x 1 = $4 (got extra for this cos it was leftovers haha)
red velvet: $2.50 x 1 = $2.50
yellow satin: $3/m x 2 = $6
green satin: $4/m x 0.5 = $2
brown satin: $4/m x 0.5 = $2

total: $59.50

accessories
gold ribbon: $5.90/roll
crystal teardrops: $3.90/ 6 drops
purple diamante: $3.50/ 6 diamantes
gold buckle: $1.50/piece
silver rope: $2.50/m x 2 = $5
threads (various colours): $0.70 x 12 -$0.50 discount = $7.90
gold sequins: $0.80*4packets = $3.20 (with one packet free!)

total: $30.90

others
fabric paint (pearlescent yellow): $4.70 x 2 = $9.40
grease paper: $1.20
inner fabric paper (for collars, etc): $1/m x 1 = $1
vaseline paper (for tearing off after embroidery): $8.95/m x 1 = $8.95
blonde zephyr wig: 3800yen/65=$58.50
hazel encore lens: $18

total: $97.05

grand total: $59.50 + $30.90 +$97.05 = $187.45

reflections/lessons learnt
whee! so i started shopping around in arab street with my sister for the first day and spent a BOMB. the next day i realised i had a lack of colored threads so i went to the craft shop inn amk. following that, i went to arab street again the next day to shop for the shortages.
and man. cosplay is really expensive.
and yeah, i've hit the $100 mark. anyway i think i still have some more cloth to buy for the clouds. sighss.
very very happy to have discovered the hard paper to put inside for my collar and pattern embroidery.
golden thread should be used singularly for sewing, it was disastrous since it kept getting snipped off, though triple threads would show the pattern clearly (compare collar to sleeves)
fabric is important in relation to the character (this was a kingly character, so i selected satin and velvet)
to make it as exact as possible, i did the inner and outwear even though i could have attached the extra layers to the outer wear easily. but you can reuse this kinda things so it's ok! it's like detailing down to things you don't see.
i underestimated a lot of stuff this time and had to pay for it with extra trips to arab, extra seam sewing, resewing, attachments, etc, which is NOT worth the effort if i could measure correctly in the first place.

kimimaro (naruto) shopping list

purple cloth: $2/m x 2m = $4
wiring: $5
white wig: $40
black soles: $1.50
bandage: $1.55 (90cm x 1m) + $1.20*2 (2 smaller rolls)=$2.40
white welt: $21.20
green contact lens: $22

total: $97.65

min jeong ho (shoujo changumu no yume) shopping list

navy brocade: $10/m x 2 = $20
pink thick lining: $3/m x 4 = $12 (damn good quality, and as said by the uncle, can't tear if bitten)
maroon velvet: $2.50/m x 1 = $2.50
navy velvet: $6/m x 0.5 = $3
light blue satin: $2.50/m x 1 = $2.50
tassels (2 red, 1 yellow): $1.20 x 3 = $3.60
giganto pearl clip on earring: $3.50/pair
jade nail polish: $1
black ovals: $1.60
grey contact lens: $22
hair extensions: $9.80 (weft) + $15.90 (ponytail) = $25.70

total: $97.40

yasuaki (harutoki) shopping list

green zephyr wig: 3800yen/65=$58.50
white cloth: $5 x 2.5m=$12.50
black cloth: $5 x 1.5m=$7.50
black lining cloth: $3 x 1.5m = $4.50
golden medium beads: 20pcs for $5
christmas balls: $2 x 3 packet of 6 = $6
styrofoam balls: $0.50 x 2 = $1
ping pong balls: $1.95 x 3 packets (18pcs) + $1.55*2 packets = $8.95
colorful feathers: $3
green wig from taobao: $63. sold off at $40. $23 loss... bought a new wig at $35 from tb again.
2green+1black permanent marker: $8.15
maple green-grey extension: 1050yen = $17

total: $190.10

sa sakujun (saiunkoku)shopping list

pink zephyr wig: 3800yen/65 = $58.50
jade green satin: 1.5m x $2.50 = $3 (got some discount)
light yellow satin: 2m x $2 = $4
navy brocade: 2m x $10 = $20
blue teardrop jewels: $2
orange round iron-on jewels: $2 (8pcs)
orange swarovski round jewels: $5 (8pcs)
pink eyeliner: $2.50
purple pink diamante: $1.90/2pcs

total: $98.90

iljimae shopping list

0.02" styrene A4 size: $2 x 2pcs = $4
washable poster paint (black, 59ml): $2.07 (gosh it turned out to be dark purple when it says black. ackkk.)
1 brass ring (big): $0.81
invercote bristol (looks like styrene but a bit thicker): $4.50
foam (black): $2.90 (10 pcs of A4 sized in a pack)
recycled cellulose mask: $2.88
rings (small): $1.20 (5pcs)
magnet buttons (black): $1.50 (5 pcs)
paper fasteners: $1.25/box
plates: $0.40/2pcs
silver spray: RM6 = $3
chrome spray: RM10 = $5
silver PVC: RM8.80/m x 2m = RM16.60 = $8
red cloth: RM7/m x 1m = RM7 = $3.50
eyelet puncher: $5.95
black elastics: $0.40x2m = $0.80
silver buttons: $2.60 (set of 4)
triangle hooks: $2.50/packet (over 1000s of them inside!)
black ribbon roll: $3.50/roll
paper backing: $1/m
silver buttons: $2/4pcs
pink petals: $3.50 + $4 = $7.50

total so far: $66.86

i recently got very very very hooked on iljimae.
so i'm gonna make it a permanent project. why? because i don't have the skills to make armour yet so it's gonna take a very very long time for me to complete it. (;_;)

here's some photos of my love <3




ahhh ok ok i know i'm adding too many photos of him but so what? i love him :D

and here's some good videos i found off youtube.
his very very cheeky side in the show

his love with eun chae


iljimae in action!


i love lee jun ki!!

following yasuaki is sakujun from saiunkoku monogatari. will be doing the novel version though! there's already 1 japanese who has done it so i'm more or less going to take her as an example since there ain't a lot of pictures on sakujun of the novel version.


my favourite video dedicated to this mad, but supremely charming and gorgeous man <3

and some pictures of him (fanart, though)


this is picture from the novel

cosplay project beginning immediately after my return to singapore! showcasing... abe no yasuaki from harukanaru toki no naka de (harutoki for short). some photos of this emotionless man...

1st nov
we reached home and slept around 6am, then woke up at 10am to meet mingeong for breakfast/lunch around sakuradai.


had sukiyaki udon

and oyakodon/soba set

not so bad for my last meal in japan

stella looking chui

then i went to cancel my softbank account only to realise i couldn't access the data inside anymore with the sim card gone... sighsss. so all my contacts are gone gone gone.
around 1pm, stella and mingeong sent me off to ikebukuro to take the airport limousine to narita.
my luggage was horribly overweight but through an hour of discussion with the supervisor and my travel agency (mandarin world, DON'T ever ever buy from them, they like to shirk responsibility and are damn rude. located in orchard) i was finally granted 30kg, but i had to hand carry the rest. ughhh.
and so my 6hours long flight began... i was sad that i couldn't taken pictures (it was in my luggage above, and i didn't want to trouble the people to move away so i could take it...) of the plane food because there was an appetizer which had a hotate and salmon. i love flight food.
and i finally reached singapore at 12am, my family being there to fetch me.
we went to eat roti prata at this crispy prata house and went home around 230am.
i'm finally back in singapore. so i guess this blog would have less and less updates since i won't be snapping so many strange photos again.
it's back to my singapore life (;_:)

31st october
stella took the day off to accompany me on my last day in tokyo. we decided that it would be a eat-a-lot day so we started off wandering in ekoda (cos we saw a good ramen review in a ramen magazine)
bought a yakisoba bread (it says okonomiyaki bread actually...) at a random bakery

we chose this ramen restaurant cos it looks pretty appealing




ordered the limited autumn edition

it looks really awesome but actually it's one of the worst ramen i've ever tasted. it's supposed to be a thin shoyu flavour but the soup was horribly salty and stank of tonkatsu (pork). luckily we shared a bowl if not i would have died.
after lunch, we headed to ikebukuro and shopped around tokyu hands looking for stella's big birthday card. i saw a couple of posters which i took a liking to and started snapping them. luckily i wasn't caught ;p

they just look so marvelous... i wish i could create something like that...
we then stopped at a cream puff cafe and slacked there for a while. stella was again studying her menu as usual.
she had a cream cheese ice cream puff with mixed fruits, and a matcha bubble tea

while mine was a matcha puff with mixed fruits

we stayed there till we felt there was too much smoke polluting our personal space and left for dinner at this tendon ya. i hate restaurants which allow smoking, it doesn't really make a difference whether you have non-smoking spaces/smoking spaces because once someone smokes the whole place becomes a smoking area.



shared a bowl of tendon (lots of mixed tempura), it only costs 500yen and it tasted great

stella finally drank her chocolixir but she said it wasn't very good. i find it not so bad, just a tad too sweet.

back at sakuradai, we found a ramen shop that has a lot of people queueing for it


wowwwww... we didn't to eat it eventually cos it was closed the next day (;_;)
later on, we went out again to meet stefan and daeyoung for karaoke till dawn xp
we bought lots of food in

the new mac's corokke burger was great

the manager of the store realised we had a lot of outside food and gave us a warning. seems like there are cameras in every room... scary.
we still had fun singing anyway.
stefan's german song

daeyoung's korean song

and stella's chinese song (ye zi by the twins, quite nice)

and my blood+ i was too excited with the animation scenes :D

no idea what's with stella and her raise-your-hands though.