FINALLY FREE!!!

5 bloody months of the same project is enough to kill me literally. No, seriously. You have NO IDEA the amount of pressure and daily mental battle(s) I have to face in order not to go insane and start screaming over the huge amount of workload that threatens to tip my unstable mind straight into the abyss and never see the light again.

The first two months was fine, the third month the lecturer was trashing my hard work (three times, last count), and the last 2 months is just pure hell when everyone has to rush not only to finalize the design, but to do our 100-page degree book as well, detailing everything about the project from the beginning till the very end.

And after I got into a fight with some shitty bookbinders (if you're in the UK, NEVER EVER GO TO BLISSETTS to get your books bound - they give it late and they make it bad, not to mention lousy treatment - all probably just because what, I'm a goddamn Chinese?! UGH!! I'm NOT FROM BLOODY MAINLAND CHINA GODDAMNIT I'm from MALAYSIA!!!), I managed to finally submit everything right on time - and all that after a few breakdowns, screaming sessions in public (a fellow classmate who was with me was scared shitless, I had to apologize and reassure her that I am still sane), and as mentioned, daily mental battles.

Thank. God. It's. Over. FINALLY.

Now I'm scared of the results =.=; It's like, I poured more than my blood, sweat and tears into it, and if I don't get the grade I expect, I think I'm gonna break and howl.

But that's a matter to deal with later. *fingers crossed that no weird shit's gonna happen*



FAIRYTALE = LOVE!
My Russian mate and good friend Aleks showed me her idea of combining water with my light + shadows concept for our upcoming Truman exhibition. After showing me the Water Show of Eurovision 2009 (which is really really AWESOME!!! ZAZHIGAI, MOSKVA! ), she showed me the video of the winning entry for this year's Eurovision.

The song immediately caught on to me, and I'm immediately hooked to the boyish charm of Alexander Rybak It's a simple song really, almost like a folk-song in beat, but the violin riffs are just plain wicked (heck, his bowstring broke while halfway performing! But he still kept on playing! That's how cool he is!) and the song...is very, very addictive.

So addictive, I actually sat down to transcribe them by ear. Because the Net wouldn't cough up a single complete music sheet for me to play it, I had to write them out by hand - yeap, I'm scoring [Fairytale] for the keyboard (since now I only have a keyboard, and it's loaned to me from a fellow classmate/musician).
Sure, I'm doing it slooowly, but at least I'm halfway there now.



What Mischief Am I Up to Next
Seeing I'm officially off uni work (still need to handle the exhibition, but it's a class effort so it's ok), and my Japanese classmate's gonna leave the UK for good (NOOOOO! Don't go!!~~), she had a special request from me.

Which is to see me in cosplay - in real life - for her. All she ever saw was my photographs I'd posted online, but never in real person. So she wants to see me cosplay in real life - donning my Victorian gear @ cosplay as Zails Abigails, before she goes back to Japan.

So I'm doing it for her, sort of as a farewell gift + good memories + fun times for the last time while we're all still here. Normally I would not do it - I cosplay to blend in with the crowd, and usually only during conventions e.g. Comics Fiesta back home, London Expo here in the UK. Heck, I wouldn't dare to walk in broad daylight in full cosplay - people always give me the stares, and back home, I've seen my own people called me a freak ("orang gila") under their breaths.

Call me crazy, but I'll still do it NOW. This time. And all for her.
And therefore, a photoshoot (my first actually) is in order.

BELOVED LONDON!!! I'm COMING FOR YA!
Since Zails Abigails is the Dark Magician / EGA (elegant gothic aristocrat), all I need is the Victorian-era settings - which is, well, London itself I have my haunts in the city, and I know the perfect place(s) to go ^_________^

The story - no exact storyline, until I get to the place and trace my journey around. But 3 pretty Gothic Lolita ladies' tagging along for the ride , so expect much hilarious ongoings, mischief-making and probably some..."special" moments? (according to one of them...I think she had something planned in mind, but I hope I don't get into too much trouble - you know how it is with girls )

And yeap - I'll post all of it up here on dA. ^_________^

If you've done photoshoots before (I'm thinking along the lines of ), feel free to share some of your experience I hope this photoshoot'll be a BLAST!

Other than that, hope you have a great day, and keep on rockin'!

-L