Peace and Hippie Love

I went to McDonalds in Tanza, Cavite first to gather up with the gang early in the morning. I found Bea, Joyce and Shaider unpatiently waiting for the others. I thought that I was the only one they're waiting. Guess what? I was one of the first ones who arrived there. Shocking, isn't? Those people are again on their VIP mode.

This picture at the left, see what I mean?

We are all waiting for the others to come. We talked that we should be all gathered up exactly at 7 in the morning. Joyce and I got frustrated already. We decided to get in Silvercity by taking up a bus. We fled off! I was kind of embarassed to Bea since she wanted us to go with them. But, they were going to ABS Interactive in Quezon City first to get their tickets. So, we went off already.

Maybe you will just be irritated with the things they will talk about there or you're avoiding someone?
To be honest, my ears will bleed uncontrollably. I know that they will talk things regarding Amped there. It really irritates me, so I want to get in the convention as fast and soon as possible.

Second thing, I am not avoiding someone there. I think he's not comfortable having me around. The same goes for me. Of course, who would be not comfortable if you're always talked about? That thing irritates the both of us. Despite of his quiet demanor, I know of what he's thinking back there. That clears off the topic. Case closed!

What happens next?
Alright, we started off our adventure to Wonderland... I mean, to Silvercity. We caught a bus going to Manila. My gosh! It was full already and the driver still insisted to have the six of us in. We obliged to go in since we have this fiery feeling that we must arrive in the convention earlier than the other group. When we arrived at Baclaran, we caught a cab to take us to Silvercity which took us around 15-30 minutes to arrive there. I really wondered how the six of us fitted inside that cab. It is a sign that I'm more sexier. Leave the dreams alone to me, bitch.

You are now already at the said venue. What did you see?
I saw some cosplayers preparing their costumes and stuffs. I even saw Hard Gay and Jiraiya doing some Yaoi fanservice while we were in the line. Joyce is having major nosebleed as I cringed. I really don't support yaoi but I do accept having them within the society. We took almost 20-35 minutes waiting for the damned line to move out and have the convention to be opened.

As it opened, I immediately looked around to see whether there's a Mokona plush toy. Before that, Jerice saw the Naruto statue at the front lobby and it was showing off some skin. Jerice happily hugged it and laughed her head off. I remember Jin from her journal had some moments there also: [link]

Okay, we roamed around like idiots there. Well, not actually. It is a place where I belong. After all, an anime convention will only attract anime fans and otakus all together in an event. I really don't care about the Amped section there. But, I really wished that it was e-games who was with the Hero Convention since I want to play O2jam for the first time in a convention.

Jerice went off with her classmates way back in elementary, as me and Joyce roamed around and asked the cosplayers if they're kind enough to pose in front of our cameras with them. If I had more time to prepare, I will surely cosplay for myself. Having Moka in Rosario + Vampire wouldn't be that bad, right?

So, where are the others? Have you found them?
Yeah, we found them. We gathered up in the front lobby and they immediately dashed off to the Amped section where they played GetAmped. To be honest, I really don't get the essence of playing that game. I'm a RP gamer, not a combative-strategist player having exemption when it comes into Command and Conquer games.

As you can see in the picture at the right, Shaider is totally serious about that stuff as well as the other people around them. Michael even asked me to get a piece of paper in the so-called "GetAmped fishbowl" to get a specific gear needed for his character. He even placed his ID to me so I could get a piece of paper to him. He's an addict, right? I'll sue if you don't admit it.

There must be chibi cosplayers around the event?
Yes, there is. I saw many chibi cosplayers which are very cute that I can't resist to suck out their blood. Okay, I am sounding like a vampire here. I saw a chibi Naruto from Shippuuden, Kenshin from Rurouni Kenshin, Suzumiya Haruhi from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. I think I even saw a chibi Vocaloid there. Please do comment if I'm wrong.

Battle of the Bands? Cool. Did they produce good music?
Oh, the bands. They were cool. Cool enough to make me sleep despite of the speakers in their loudest volume. The sound of the speakers shook the core of the Earth that I was dozing off to my slumber. Having my Mokona plush toy as my pillow and Jerice having Kyouya plush toy as her own pillow, we slept. I didn't had the chance to hear the performances of the 3rd band up to the 5th band. I only managed to hear up to the 6th band since I already went home early.

What is the best part for you?
Cosplay Competition is what I loved the most. I loved the creativity of every person showed there. There were different tactics to catch off the audiences' attention. Next is the Dubbing Contest which made me laugh my heart out. Especially the final round wherein the contestants will dub some scene from Naruto Shippuuden having an impromptu script.

Overall, I liked this year's Hero Convention. But I still loved my experience in the Hero Convention in SM-X Convention Center last year.