
Ichi b-banzaiiiii : pt 2 [pics + vid]
June 10, 2008I forgot to add in the previous entry about our hotel issue LAWL~ Since mum and dad was suppose to check into the Bayview Hotel where they’ve booked 2 rooms for them, they headed off after they’re sure we’re safe and sound at the event and it seems when they went to check into the Bayview, they weren’t put in the rooms they booked as the hotel managemnet said that they are all out of rooms. Which means they gave our booked rooms to someone else “ORZ and to make things worse, they gave my parents the smoking floor. Despite the fact that our parents’ clearly had our youngest sister with them (who is 5 months old btw) i mean who gives customers smoking floors when they have little ones with them? Not too happy with how things went down, they decided to check out and find another Hotel to stay in. They went to the Hydro Majestic Hotel which was previously known as teh Batu Ferringgi Resort I think. And it was SUPER gorgeous i tell you. The pics were in my mum’s camera so I’ll upload those afterwards.
Anyways, DAY 2 has arrived for our adventures in Penang and we were woken by our dad who excitedly convinced us to get dressed for breakfast. After a satisfying breakfast (consisting of Beef Bacon, Smoked Chicken Slice, some porridge, high sugar cereals, 2 glasses of orange juice and meehoon), we went back up to the room and got ready for the event.
After arriving at the event and setting up, we immidietly got some flow of customers once again. and within a few hours of our opening the booth, we sold out our artbook~! which rarely happens LAWL. And well since we had lacking of customers at one period of time, I went to look around the event since I didn’t get a chance to yesterday. Yuiko-chan wore somewhat an Alice in Wonderland inspired outfit as she was manning the IchiBanzai Badge Booth. She was extremely adorable as she pulled the oyabin face on me when I told her I finished my money on food yesterday LAWL and later on Taicho-san showed up as Minato Arisato of Persona 3. He was thrilled I recognized his cosplay and we chatted about some P3 inspired stuff lawl. But then I couldn’t chat long as I had a whole line of commissions waiting to be done. but while at the booth, we chatted with the Benjamin (one of the emcees yesterday) and more or less explained to him about KAMCAO and stuff. But I gotta tell you the dude was super funny. We had a blast chatting with him.
The day went by with me non stop drawing commissions and meeting various people~ I met some people that were on devART and even recognized some of my pics~! I was truly touched by that ;w; it was super nice to see people appreciate efforts put into art and stuff. Not to mention that since during the second day, Cottonwings couldn’t come which leaves only Saku and I to man the booth, we received numerous support and help from Rin-chan and her friends who came and helped us at the event~! THANKS SO MUCH RIN-CHAN!!!! don’t forget to pass me that pic we took together nee!! She commissioned me on the spot of a pic of Freya from Chobits and to thank her I made RM10 sketch and gave it to her for RM5. It was the least I could do after all she helped us and stuff. I HOPE YOU LIKED IT!
SAKU SINGING VIDEO
(will be taken down tomorrow~!)
Oh and during the Karaoke Finals, Saku sang the song CRY NO MORE by Mika Nakashima. she was a bit nervous and judges caught that. They did say she was better than the first song yesterday. One of the judges pointed out that she was pretty stiff with the microphone and look somewhat Barbie Doll-ish which I shouted to him “Eh, Barbie Dolls are super sexy ya know?” which got the crowd and the judges laughing lawl. not to mention the judges were teasing the emcee for asking Saku too much questions and said that he was flirting with her which he strongly protested LAWL Not to mention I shouted to him “you better not be man!” which again got the crowd laughing LAWL. In the end though, Saku didn’t win. But she said it’s okay since she was okay being the Top 5. :”D Hopefully we’ll get to try out again next year!
Both Saku and I didn’t stop drawing commissions until the very end of the event and we got crams in our hands lawl. Though we did manage to convince some of the commissioners to do it by mail~ which they did, so now I’ve got 5 commissions by mail @_____@;;; orz~ hopefully I get to finish it soon plus the ones I already have ORZ!
the event ended with a bang with Tsu-chan performing numerous Bleach and a Naruto OP with their band which they said was put together until the last minute~! They were super awesome as Tsu-chan rocked it out with her red Nana Oosaki inspired outfit and Kon dancing on stage~! Oh and did I mention that Tsu-chan commissioned me on the spot to draw their drummer (which both me and Saku agreed that he resembles a whole lot to Neko). and after finishing her picture, she literally put a stash of RM7 on the booth table with her Hidamari no Tami shouting “TAKE IT AND GIMME THE PIC!!” LAWL!!! I had to rush to her and convinced her to take her Hidamari no Tami back LAWL!!!! She’s a super sweet girl~
We got to stay behind a bit and chatted with the members after the event since mum and dad got lost while trying to find their way college~ We chatted alot with Taicho, Red-san, Sherman-kun, Tsu-chan, and alot of other people. Since we went to alot of events overall for the past 1 year, we shared our insights about local events and mentioned to them especially Taicho how this is the first time we enjoyed ourselves at a convention. Because usually we don’t see eye-to-eye witht he organizing committee leaving us stressed out and stuff but since they were super nice people and always helpful, we told them how much we enjoyed all of them and stuff~ Taicho was so happy to hear it since he told us that they were told to smile and keep the environment positive and stuff for the people who comes there~
Mum and Dad was running late by then since everyone except Taicho and someone in the Recycling Room left so Taicho stayed with Saku and I and kept us company until mum and dad came~ And he helped with our bags (again) when they arrived and met our parents briefly. He happily waved to us as our car left the KDU Campus. To tell you the truth I reaaaalllllyyyy miss those guys at the event~ It was one of those times where you want the time to go on forever and I definitely wanted ICHIbanzai to go on forever X”D WE LOVE YOU GUYS SO MUCH!!!!!
Right after the event though, we headed to a Japanese restraunt called Matsuki and had late dinner there~ Just then me and Saku realized that we haven’t had anything much to eat for the whole day due to our busy time there. not to mention we didn’t notice we were hungry until we arrived there since we had such a great time and stuff. Anyways I had Onigiri with Salmon filling with Miso Soup. It was super delicious~

huhuhuhu my onigiri~ it looks exactly like one of those in the anime lawl..

my onigiri with the miso soup and apple juice! huhuhuhuhu
Oh forgot to mention that we didn’t come back with only memories, cash and empty stock bags… we bought some -ahem- reference for company usage LAWL aka we bought some second-hand manga from a booth there that sells good conditioned second hand Tokyopop mangas. So we bought….

All 9 volumes of Saiyuki by Kazuya Minekura annnndddd…..

all 28 volumes of Rurouni Kenshin!!! HUAHUAHUAHUA read it and weep ladies~! >”D
LAWL so back to our dinner session, the owner of the Restraunt is a friend of one of our surrogate brothers and it seems he called the owner when he found out mum and dad wanted to go there for dinner so the owner was there to talk with our parents and stuff. and before we left, I was eyeing all the manga and tankobon manga magazines he had on the shelf for customers to read. They were all Japanese of course but it’s not too easy to come by those here in Malaysia as usually the ones here are translated into Chinese. There was some Asuka mags and some Weekly Jump and stuff. The owner noticed and told me to take one home~ at first I refused knowing how much one of those cost here but he convinced me to take one since he said that he gets them for free o____o;;; so I got this one:

an Asuka issue with Shibuya and Gunther from Kyo Kara Maoh on the cover… o___o;; I hugged the owner as we left the store and headed back to the hotel to rest~ I was planning on heading straight to bed but the Saiyuki manga was really tempting so I read through all 9 volumes and ended up sleeping at 4 AM =w=;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; I know… I’m a bad bad reryu LAWL
the next day though, we still had to wake up before 10:30 since the Breakfast Buffet finishes somewhere around there~ went down and had another lavish breakfast and went up and showered and pack to check out~ Though Mum and Dad wanted to go and walk around at the mall before we head back to Ipoh so we head on over to Gurney Plaza for Lunch and some window shopping. :”D

lawl Saku and my mum figuring out where to shop… my dad and I were laughing at the back…

while my mum and saku were goofing around, I was playing with the Tetris Fish in the tank~ they’re so …. yummy looking huhuhuhuhuhuhu okay clearly I was hungry LAWL
we then went into Factory Outlet Store where my dad bought Saku and I a T-shirt each since they were half price~ :”D mine is red with a bird like emblem on it LAWL then we passed by this ring store where I saw a ring resembling the one that Prince Aram from Merupuri wore. I bought that one TTwTT LAWL and with a few other stops, we went down to the Lower Ground and had some Korean Barbeque huhuhuhuhuhuhuuuuuuuuu

+____+ it was seriously the greatest thing I’ve ever tasted LAWL i want to eat more .____.;; why don’t they have interesting food like that in ipoh =A+;;;; anyways we headed back to Ipoh and slept LAWL
anways a HUGGGEEEEE THANKS to all the IchiBanzai Committee members for putting up such a good event at such a short period of time! We Love you guys to PIECES!!! Hopefully we get to see you guys again this Comic Fiesta!!! WE’RE MISSING YOU GUYS ALREADY!! Thanks so much for taking care of us~! and to those who didn’t go to the event, be sure to go there next year kay!!! Or you’ll be missing out on a whole lot of fun!!! Until the next post!! JYA NYA!























