Mood: Relaxed (that’s euphemism for ‘Lazy’)
Listening to: The tiny little voice in my head... weeee....
Watched: Doraemon – Nobita and the Robot Kingdom

Hello everybody~! ^___^ I truly apologize for my partial-absence from DA lately… Haven’t been home for a period of time, since I have been running about, and leading a nomadic life for at least 4 weeks out of the past six… @__@

And speaking of absence, I want to apologize for all those messages which I haven’t replied. I’m so sorry. Also for not personally replying to all those nice comments and favourites for my pieces – thank you very much everyone~! ^__^ I truly appreciate all your support. *bows* Without you all I wouldn’t be here today with like 10k+ pageviews…

Art Block/Jam
Erm… Haven’t been posting up new art pieces very consistently, have I? >___< Feel terribly guilty… ;_; It’s not like I’m so deprived of time that I haven’t been drawing… Well, you could say I’m lazy. T___T Or I haven’t been feeling much of the necessary mood to draw… I have at least another 6 sketches left uninked, 6 pieces yet to be CGed, 2 art requests to start from scratch, and many many other creative ideas stuck in my head (since last year) which somehow aren’t coming out well on paper. Artist block? Or am I just being too perfectionist (that I rather do something exceptionally perfect or else do nothing at all)? Sigh… T___T

Back to School – August
No matter what, I have to find a way to draw as much as I need before University starts in August. As much as I dread not having the time to draw (as if I do draw when I’m free, anyway), I can’t wait to go back to hectic student life… I’ve just been growing mouldy for too long these few months, I suppose, to want to go back to school so badly…

Yea, so I’ll be going to the National University of Singapore, doing a course in Life Science. No more Art for me, but I do hope I get the University Scholar’s Programme, so that I’ll have a chance to do Digital Art or Photography, maybe. ^_~ Yea.. I decided that I better preserve my love for drawing by not overdosing on a full-time, stressful, loaded Art course.

Project Cosplay 2006 ~ …dilemma… @__@
Meanwhile, as I worry about my unfinished art pieces and other trivial issues not worthy of mention here, there looms a greater concern over my head – my cosplay project for Comic Fiesta 2006… >___< Maybe it seems a bit too early to think about an event held only in December, but then again, after last year’s rush, and being aware of the fact that I am on holidays now (with [supposedly] lots of time on my hands), I better start working on it ASAP…

So the headache is: what to cosplay?? My first choice is Kotoko from Chobits. (Love that adorable little Persocomm with an attitude… ^___^) But after staring at her picture [link] for the millionth time, I thought; “How the heck am I going to get a wig styled like that/hair extensions that long??” =__=;; The clothes in itself shouldn’t be much a problem, provided I make up my mind ASAP and get the fabric when I go to KL end of next week. The big bells… well… maybe I could get it done via papier mache – although I’m worried it’ll turn out not-so-nice. The socks.. yes.. the other big headache… @__@ Is it possible to tailor such socks? Because I doubt they sell such long versions of those Japanese-y socks. Of course, I believe, with lots of $$$, all my problems should be solved, since I can just pay Coslet (from Singapore Cosplay Club) and they might very well be able to find/custom-make the wig and socks for me. Although, despite saving me a few giga portions of headaches, that’ll deprive me of the fun of assembling the costume myself and (I won’t be surprised…) a month or two’s worth of pocket money (in Singapore Dollars).

Sigh… It’s tough being a newbie cosplayers with very limited connections, who is also trying very hard *not* to burn XL holes in both her own, and her parents’ pockets. (RM 100+ for one cosplay already screams “TOO MUCH!!!” to me) Anyway, any cosplayers from Malaysia who know where it is possible to rent wigs, instead of buying them? (or do people not rent wigs out for hygiene purposes?) Is it very expensive?

Anyway, if I don’t cosplay Kotoko, my second choice is the main character from the Harvest Moon game [link] . Costume is relatively easy, and I could add extra touches with a basket/strawberry ball/puppy doll/pineapple(imagine lugging pineapples around CF…^_^; ). I can cosplay the guy version (Jack) or the girl version (from HM – More Friends of Mineral Town [link] ). Personally, I’d like to do Jack, (since I like his cap) but I doubt I’m macho enough to play a guy. ;__; If I do the girl, I’ll have to find a blonde wig and I don’t get to wear a hat… =__=;

Among the other cosplay ideas I sifted through include: Pye from 3X3Eyes Vol. 16 (my hair’s similar to hers, problem is I don’t have the guts/figure to wear something that sexy), female Blacksmith from RO (obviously, I don’t have the figure, so big no-no), Hotaru Tomoe from Sailormoon (err… I’m not skinny enough?), Sohee from RO (Thing is, I think I’ve grown too fat to make a pretty Sohee) or Hye Gun from RO (once again, I doubt I’m macho enough to play such a charming Undead guy).

If I’m really desperate I could always recycle my Munak costume and throw in an extra Punisher, but that’s not too good an idea. Or, in absolute desperation, I’ll just go to CF2006 cosplaying as… Myself. T___T