Hi~ minna~! It's been a week since AFA ID , the second AFA held in Indonesia ended and I'm still feeling excited about it~! XD
So now, I would like to share you about my experience when I went to AFA ID last week. AFA ID was held from 6-8 September 2013 at JCC, Jakarta, Indonesia. I only could come on the third day because of... you know, school. I actually really wanted to went on the second day as well but I can't! TTATT
But I still glad I managed to come to AFA even tough only for a day. You know, I stayed there all day long~! From morning till night! So, this is my experience~!
The night before (the second day of AFA ID), I already prepared myself for the crowd that may be happen, because from what I heard, the second day was very very very crowded. But when I went on the third day, it was only a bit crowded in morning.
I went there on the third day (Sunday, 8 September 2013) with my sister, my sister's friend and my auntie. The first stop is Good Smile Company's booth. I really wanted to buy moekanji cards. When I was queuing there, the booth's staff have me to fill an questionnaire. They gave a a sticker afterwards. I also saw a cosplay team when they arrived at AFA ID for ARCC. But, when I reached the front line, I asked the boothkeeper about moekanji cards's price and I was straight out of the queue. The price was actually okay, but it's not health for my student wallet. Haah, I hope someday I can buy this...
AFA ID 2013 from ground. There was SAO booth!
AFA ID 2013 from above. Mirai Suenaga booth spotted!
A cosplay team arrived
AFA ID 2013 from above. Animax booth was near the SnK booth's photo corner
So the next stop was Animax booth where visitors could take a photo in a Japanese room + Hyouka background. I got an Hyouka clear file, free! XD (I went to this booth because I wanted this clear file, I saw many people had this when I was queuing at the previous booth). I saw an accident at this place. The divider wall (see the picture above) beside this booth collapsed! It happened because there were three children who leaned on this wall without knowing how light this wall was. I didn't know what happened after, but I realized this wall had been fixed later.
Then I went around the entire first floor. I found a booth that sold several BL (yaoi) doujinshi/book. I recognize one as Lelouch x Suzaku doujinshi. The book was a bit in a hidden place... hehe... But I didn't buy it. Not my OTP.
So I went around again. Then, I went in to a booth and bought a Domo mug and Kamisama no Memochou omamori. After that, I saw a Madoka Magica booth had a picture; Madoka and the gang with Monas (Jakarta's symbol building) in the background. I also took a photo of several cosplayer.
Me with Madoka Magica and Monas~!
Then I went to the ground floor where foods and beverages booths (including AFA cafe), meet and greet corner and non-shop/personal booths section were at. Many cosplayer were in this floor too! More than in the first floor!
At non-shop/personal booths section, there was many awesome fan art and homemade phone strap, keychain, pin, pillow, etc. SnK and Free! goods was dominating. What become memorable to me are when there was a booth that its goods was sold out, the entire section would congralute with applause and cheers of congratulations! And that was happened EVERY sold out that the booths got ALL DAY!
After that, my auntie treated me takoyaki. I was went to the meet and greet corner afterwards and there was a "Mini Game with Ying Tze, Angie, Clive and Richfield"! I didn't really know this awesome popular cosplayes but Angie were very cute in Sasha Blouse (SnK) cosplay!
From left to right: Clive, Angie, Ying Tze, Richfield
I heard the staff said that if I got a receipt from AFA Shop, I could have a chance to have an autograph of all cosplayer stars! And that means I could get Reika's and Kaname's autograph! I heard that announcement at 13.30 and the autograph session would begin at 14.00 and I hadn't bought anything fromAFA Shop! Crap! So I ran to the first floor, bought a simple bag and run again to the ground floor at a meet and greet corner. Actually at first I didn't really like the bag design. then I realized that I didn't bring anything that could the media of the autograph! So I used the bag as the media! Now, I treasure this bag very much, because there is Reika's, Kaname's, Angie's and Ying Tze's autograph! XD
I talked in Japanese to Reika and Kaname when I asked for their autograph and I also shook hands with them! They were very nice! I also talked with Angie (and shook her hand) and Ying Tze when I asked for their autograph! This time in English. And you know what? Kaname said "Mikasa..." when there was a girl that cosplaying Mikasa asked for his autograph! Kaname also hit a man who wore Titan mask TEASINGLY~! LOL~! This scene made more camera raised and fangirls screamed! Kaname was so cute~! Reika was also awesome~! They were amazing!!! XD
Reika and Kaname signing autograph
Reika and Kaname made a pose after autograph session ended
Reika with Titan after the autograph session
When I was lining up for the autograph session, I talked to two girls. They're also excited to met Reika (cosplaying Rivaille from SnK) and Kaname (cosplaying Eren Jaeger from SnK)! And one of them also love KHR like me!
After that, I had a lunch at the dining hall . It was aroud 15.20 that time. At the dining hall, suddenly there was a fangirl scream and guess what hapenned? Reika, Kaname, Angie and a cosplayer (he's popular too, but sadly, I don't know his name, he cosplaying as Jean from SnK) passed by the dining hall, NEAR to me for the lift! OMG! I was really expected to saw them again at SnK booth (photo corner) to took a photo af them, but I already saw them again! I didn't managed to took a good photo of them but oh well, I would see them again later at SnK booth. But... that was what I thought that time...
After that, I went straight to SnK booth to met my friend who was came too and for waiting for Reika and Kaname. I met my friend, but she wanted to look around. So while waiting, I took several photos of cosplayers who were posing at photo corner at SnK booth. They were very funny!
Rivaille (Levi) and Eren cosplay
"Watashi wa tsuyoi..."
Cute Titan!
"Titan yang Tertukar" (The Exchanged Titan)
(a pun of a Indonesian TV drama: Putri yang Tertukar, literally means The Exchanged Daughter)
Trio Titan
Don't fight Eren! Jean!
Sie sind das essen und wir sind die jaeger!
Me and my friend at SnK photo corner
I also took a photo with several other cosplayers. When I was talking with my friend, suddenly a man calmly passed by while calling someone on his phone. That man, wore a bra on his head. He, wore a bra, on his head. Very creative!
The creative man
Amnesia cosplays
Me and my sister with Mikasa cosplay
Erza, Lucy, and Natsu cosplay. Not so many here who dare enough to cosplay so "openly" like this
Is this cosplay from spirited away?
Me with Titan and his partner~!
But sadly, in the end Reika and Kaname didn't come. Later I knew from my friend that when I was eating at the dining hall, the cosplayers went straight to the SnK booth's photo corner even tough at the schedule they should be there in 17.00, not around 15.20! Even tough a bit disappointed, I still enjoy AFA. then I went to the ground floor again to bought an Natsume Yuujinchou pillow and I got a discount 20%! Yay!
At around 18.30, I entered the stage to watch ARCC (AFA Regional Cosplay Championship). Actually, I didn't know till that time that I could enter the stage area with my pass. But when I asked the guards in front of the stage area's door, they said I could go in! Hurrayyyy!
I sat on the second floor of the stage area because on the first floor was already full. the host was Danny Choo and a girl (that gain, I don't know her name). There was a funny moment, when Danny Choo called Kaname to made an entrance to the stage (lining up with the other cosplayer), he said, "My BL partner, Kanameee!!!" Then they made a good pose that enough to make fangirls screamed (including me). Hehe...
The judges + hosts, line up!
Aww, what's with that hand, Kaname...?
The ARCC participants were so awesome! The most interesting perfomance were from a team that have "a cosplay ride a cosplay" which was new and succesfully made a judge impressed, and a team that cosplaying as a game...ummm.... zombie...? Virus...? I forgot but they cosplaying a game that involved that words. The format of the performance was like in agame, they paused every change of weapon and moved again when the changing was finished! Wao~! It's very interesting and amusing! Reika (or Angie? I'm not sure) said that it remind her of her chilhood days~!
Cosplay riding cosplay
Cosplay of Hiiro no Kakera. His performance was very beautiful~!
Zombie... or what? Idk. What I know is this performance was amusing
Every three judges (eight judges in total) have to give a comment to every five performances. At the end of Kaname's comment, he said "Saigo no hitokoto, boku wa NO homo." ("And the last thing, I'm not a homo.")! I laughed so hard! And Danny Choo's reaction to this was made me laugh harder! (I forgot what did he say, but I remember that I laughed so hard! XD)
Unfortunately, I had to go home in the middle of ARCC, when I was outside, DJ Kazu who was performing on the outside stage was playing Secret base ~ Kimi ga Kureta Mono~! Me and my sister sang along it and I was waving my hands along the others while we walked to my father's car. But, I heard that before this song was played, some people took off their upper clothes when Free! anime song was played~! LOL~! Human and their antics.
DJ Kazu in action with the crowd (sorry the picture isn't very good)
The next day, I found out that kaname and Reika did a sassy kick live on the stage that night! I regret that I had already leave that time... TTATT
You can also watch a video (the same uploader with the video below) Reika and Kaname said Indonesian words such as "Dasar bocah" (Translation: "you brat...") by Reika, and "Aku suka kamu" (I love you) by both of them~!XD
And several days later, I found out that there was a Japanese man who lost his doll but found it again. he as very grateful and happy that Indonesian people was hepled him in his searching! I actually saw him twice but only from far. He handed out flyers to the visitors while wearing a signboard. Even tough I didn't managed to help him directly (I didn't even know, but I was curious that time), I'm so glad that he finally found it. He send a letter to Indonesia embassy at Japan, see this link to read his letter.
So, this was my unforgetable experience at AFA ID 2013! I'm really really glad that I came to that holy event for otaku! This is what I got from AFA ID 2013~!
My treasures from AFA ID 2013
Reika's, Kaname's, Angie's and Ying Tze's autograph~! XD
Thank you for reading and sorry fo my terrible grammar and not so amusing photos quality... *bow down*
I'm very happy that today (29/08/13) I can meet Mute-senpai~! She was already graduated from my high school and specially came just for trading anime, games, movies, and doramas (she did say that she also wanted to see the school)~! XD
I got UtaPri, Starry Sky, Dangan Ronpa, animes, and many more~! We chat till... about one and half hour but its worth a lot! I don't regret that I had miss my afternoon nap today. We sharing and... oh my God! I really happy that I was able to met her today~!
Nah, buat yang udah dan yang belom tahu, ini sebenernya curhatan saya nih! Aku tuh lagi suka sama Hanazakari no Kimitachi e atau disingkat Hana-Kimi! Ini ni, dorama Jepang yang menurutku manga banget! (memang ada manga-nya beneran sih.....)
Aku nonton ini tadinya nggak terlalu peduli (dikasih tau temen), tapi begitu nonton jadi suka deh~!
Dorama ini kocak banget dan penuh cowok-cowok ganteng lho! Ceritanya juga nggak terlalu berat jadinya enjoy nonton-nya! (kalo mau nonton ada di youtube sama dramacrazy kok!)
Selain itu, aktor yang main juga banyak yang terkenal! Ada Oguri Shun, Mizushima Hiro, Ikuta Toma, dll.
Sebenarnya, ini dibuat udah lama, tahun 2007 lho! Tapi sekarang lagi diputar di Indosiar setiap Sabtu-Minggu jam 14.30 (stengah tiga sore~!)! Total ada 12 episode dengan 1 episode special! Dorama ini juga ada versi Taiwan-nya! (versi Korea aku gak tau ada pa nggak! gomenasai...)
Nah, yang ingin aku bicarakan adalah tentang aktor yang aku fans-in berangkat dari dorama ini! Dia adalah..... MIZUSHIMA HIRO desu!
Di Hana-Kimi, beliau berperan sebagai Nanba Minami sang Ketua Asrama 2!
Mizushima Hiro bernama asli Saito Tomohiro yang lahir pada 13 April 1984 di Tokyo, Jepang. Ia pun sudah menikah pada 22 Februari 2009 dengan penyanyi dan penulis lagu Ayaka, dan sangat care pada istrinya ini!
Sekarang, Hiro-sama sudah tidak di dunia entertaiment dan beralih menjadi penulis novel. Ia juga dikabarkan pindah ke Osaka demi istrinya.
Nah, ini sedikit tentang yang aku suka akhir-akhir ini! Kalo mau tanya lebih banyak, post a comment please! Soalnya panjang kalo dijabarin semuanya! Hehe.....
Taukah kalian apa yang sedang nge-trend di kelas saya???
Yap, sesuai judul postingan ini, bekel!
Sebenarnya temen aku yang pertama bawa bekel, tapi karena suatu hal, gak lama kemudian, aku iseng beli bekel dan bawa dah tuh, kesekolah!
Nah, akhirnya pada seneng main bekel, ketauan deh, mana yang jago, mana yang giat berlatih, mana yang gak bisa dan mau usaha!
Pertamanya, anak cewek doang, yang w tau sih, lama-lama Juan kayak penasaran, terus minta diajarin. Ternyata setelah Juan, Gilang juga akhirnya main bekel deh...
Kalo gak salah ya, Aldo ternyata juga bisa main bekel! Sparing dah tuh para lelaki! Nah, sampe-sampe pernah adek kelas juga ditantangin lho! Keren ya!
Sekarang bekel w dah gak terlalu efektif lagi, rental bekel sekarang itu Hanna! Temen w juga! Tapi ada juga beberapa temen yang punya pribadi sih...
Tentunya, kami berusaha menutupi ini dari para guru. Waaahh!!!!! resikonya bisa-bisa disita bekel-nya! (kami hanya bermain, itukan lumrah wat anak-anak! T_T) Walaupun sebenarnya pada tau juga sih! Kelas kita pada gak keluar-keluar dan anteng di kelas padahal gak ada guru, ato pergantian pelajaran, bahkan istirahat! Walaupun ada juga yang pergi ke kantin, tapi rata-rata anak di kelas pada berkumpul di depan kelas (ato dimana saja yang enak) sambil pada main bekel! Wow! Kelas yang "disiplin" ya! Haha!
Kelas kami punya sandi (ceilah, sandi!) hehe, untuk itu rahasia! Dan kalo sandi itu sudah disebut, berarti bahaya datang! Waaaa!!! Yang pada main langsung buru-buru beresin, permainan dihentikan seketika!
Pernah ada suatu hari, temen-temen lagi pada main, eh, ada alert! langsung keadaan kelas berubah menjadi suasana "duduk yang rapi"! You know what i mean! Lalu setelah "duduk yang rapi" selesai, kelas kembali riuh rendah dengan suara bola karet yang membentur lantai dan suara gemerincing.
Namun, sekarang udah agak meredup nih! yah, wat pengisi waktu luang lah gitu....
Sedikit pengetahuan gratis nih, aku tuh dah kelas 9!
Daaaannn.... kalian pasti tau kan, apa yang akan dialami semua anak kelas 9?
Yap! Terdiri dari dua huruf simple namun akan sangat berpengaruh pada masa depan semua manusia kelas 9 SMP : UN!
Dan, sudah banyak antisipasi yang menguras otak, menguras tenaga dan menguras dompet seperti ikut macem-macem les (demi masa depan, aku akan berjuang! Ganbatte!) ditambah pelajaran tambahan dari sekolah ato yang biasa disingkat PT / PM (Pendalaman Materi).
Tentunya sangat melelahkan kawan, apalagi jadwal dan gurunya yang ngacak karena bentrok sama jadwal yang lain! Intinya, sebenarnya susah ketemu waktu yang cocok habis pulang sekolah! Maklum, rata-rata temen w juga ada les!
Pertamanya aku ama temen baikku, Maria, seringnya makan di warung mie depan sekolah, tapi lama-lama bosen juga! Akhirnya, kita coba-coba ke warteg depan sekolah (juga) deh....
Kita jadi ketagihan di warteg! Tau gak, pernah ada kejadian tuh warteg atu jadi kayak restoran pribadi khusus untuk anak 9.6 ! Seperti biasa, w ama Maria dulu yang dateng karena takut tempat kesukaan kita dipake! Eee, pas kita udah selese makan, datenglah tuh temen-temen per-rombongan! Perlu disebutin? Ok!
Sebagian aja ya! Ada Jessica n' the gank, Aldo, Gilang, Devi n' the gank (kalo gak salah), dan beberapa manusia-manusia lainnya (sori, w lupa!)!
Ada lagi kisah hari ini, karena sudah mulai bosan dengan makanan warteg, w ama Mari, (begitulah saya memanggilnya, ada yang lain, Riicchan! Banyak ya nama dia dari aku) pergi ke SD belakang tempat dimana para abang-abang dan ibu / mbak penjual membuat konser di perut menambah soundsystem-nya! Hmm, w ama Riicchan, pertamanya mo langsung beli tujuan utama kami yang mungkin lebih kalian kenal dengan nama mie sakura walaupun yang saya makan pada kenyataannya adalah indomie tapi berhubung ada abang-abang yang jual semacam jajanan dari telor, tepung, daun bawang, dan bahan-bahan lainnya, w beli dah tuh Rp 2000, begitu ke tempat abang mie, kata abangnya lum mateng, kita ngelirik yang lain dulu deh, akhirnya aku mendapatkan : jagung rebus (ato kukus ya?) + keju + susu Rp 1000 dan makaroni Rp 1000
Ternyata di saat yang sama, Pintor dan Aldo udah nampang di abang mie! Jelas aja w ama Mari langsung ngampirin! Mau kenapa? Ya iyalah! Orang w yang dateng duluan enak aja mo dapet mie duluan! (realita : Aldo yang dapet pertama setelah mateng karena beli banyak! Perut karet!) Tanpa sadar sudah banyak teman w yang berkumpul sekitar w ma Mari! Devi, Hanna, Hayyuning, Mia, Gilang, Aldo, Pintor, dan makhluk lainnya, mengerumuni si abang mie! dan, selagi menunggu, pada beli jagung juga! Aw, jadi trendsetter nih!
Haha! abis dari warteg, pindah ke abang mie!
Setelah mo ke kelas lagi, kita berbalik dulu untuk : dawet!
Anehnya, waktu w lagi di koridor, Gilang datengin w sambil nunjukin mie dan bilang "Ra, sumpit lu boleh buat gua gak? masa gua makan pake pensil begini sih!" What?! Ok, anak itu emang agak........ W masih heran kenapa dia begitu dikagumi ama adek kelas dulu waktu para junior itu MOS! Kemanakah sumpitnya? entah jatoh ato ilang, ato ketelen deh....
Nah, itulah dulu,,,, saya mewaklili kelas mohon do'a restu agar bisa lulus dengan nilai yang mencukupi, dan dapet SMA yang kita pengenin! Aminnnn....!!!!!!!!!!
