I didn't like Gaara when I first watched Naruto. He just wasn't likable. He killed people as if he was disposing garbage and didn't cared about his siblings. It was until I watched the episode on the story of the sad childhood which Gaara had. That made me changed my mindset about him. I grew to love him as a character as time goes on knowing what made him behaved that way.
I just felt like watching some AMV about Gaara today. So I went to the famous YouTube and search for some Gaara AMV. I found one AMV made by a YouTube member named drift07 pretty interesting. The song this member used was Everything Burns sang by Ben Moody ft. Anastacia. The song lyrics matches Gaara's life except that the only flaw was that in the song it was mentioned that it was a "she" while Gaara is a "he". But that doesn't really affect the impact which the AMV made on me. Below it the AMV I been speaking about in this post. The song lyrics is also below for better understanding. Please watch the video and read the song lyrics!
THIS VIDEO IS PURELY FAN-MADE AND IS IN NO WAY ASSOCIATED WITH THE MUSICAL ARTIST OR ANIME COMPANY IN ANY WAY
Gaara - Everything Burns
Made by drift07
Footage from Naruto
Song Everything Burns by Ben Moody ft. Anastacia
Everything Burns (Ben Moody ft. Anastacia) lyrics
[ANASTACIA]
She sits in her corner
Singing herself to sleep
Wrapped in all of the promises
That no one seems to keep
She no longer cries to herself,
No tears left to wash away
Just diaries of empty pages,
Feelings gone astray
But she will sing
[CHORUS: Ben Moody / Anastacia]
'Till everything burns
While everyone screams
Burning their lies
Burning my dreams
All of this hate
And all of this pain
I'll burn it all down
As my anger reigns
'Till everything burns
[ANASTACIA]
Ooh, oh
[BEN MOODY]
Walking through life unnoticed
Knowing that no one cares
Too consumed in their masquerade
No one sees her there
And still she sings
[CHORUS: Ben Moody / Anastacia]
'Till everything burns
While everyone screams
Burning their lies
Burning my dreams
All of this hate
And all of this pain
Burn it all down
As my anger reigns
[BEN MOODY / ANASTACIA]
'Till everything burns
Everything burns
(Everything burns)
Everything burns
Watching it all fade away
(All fade away)
Everyone screams
Everyone screams..
(Watching it all fade away)
Oooh, ooh..
(While everyone screams)
Burning their lies
Burning my dreams
(All of this hate)
And all of this pain
I'll burn it all down
As my anger reigns
Til everything burns
(Everything burns)
Watching it all fade away
(Oooh, ooh)
(Everything burns)
Watching it all fade away...
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Sunday, December 23, 2007
The MATSURI *(pending updates)* & The Beginning.
Besides The Beginning Cosplay Event at Ngee Ann Polytechnic (The Beginning Official Site for more updated details on the event) I talked about on my blog last time, there's another upcoming cosplay event during the February called The MATSURI. Many of the details are still unconfirmed so I will post a new blog post to update about this event.(I may update in a new post about "The Beginning" along with "The MATSURI" too.)
Details below ripped from forum.
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The Matsuri (tentative updates)
Venue: Vivo City - Rooftop Amphitheatre & Sky Park
Date & Time:
23 Feb 08-Sat (JRock/ Goth/ Visual kei/lolita)
4-9 pm - Jrock Matsuri
&
24 Feb 08-Sun (Cosplay)
4-8 pm - Jrock Matsuri
OR perhaps it might not be held on 23-24 Feb 08 and instead it might be on 15-16 Mar 08.
booths & exhibition open at 11am
any equiry can pm or email to matsurisg@pathz.com, admin@pathz.com, cosplay@pathz.com
Highlights:
JRock Matsuri: Jrock bands, punk/ lolita/ gothic retail...etc
Cosplay Matsuri:cosplay, booths, mass dance...etc
others..
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I think that this is going to be a bigger event than "The Beginning" for it is at a shopping mall and perhaps more public will get to know about it. Is there anyone who's going to cosplay there?? I am not as usual due to the same reasons.....
Details below ripped from forum.
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The Matsuri (tentative updates)
Venue: Vivo City - Rooftop Amphitheatre & Sky Park
Date & Time:
23 Feb 08-Sat (JRock/ Goth/ Visual kei/lolita)
4-9 pm - Jrock Matsuri
&
24 Feb 08-Sun (Cosplay)
4-8 pm - Jrock Matsuri
OR perhaps it might not be held on 23-24 Feb 08 and instead it might be on 15-16 Mar 08.
booths & exhibition open at 11am
any equiry can pm or email to matsurisg@pathz.com, admin@pathz.com, cosplay@pathz.com
Highlights:
JRock Matsuri: Jrock bands, punk/ lolita/ gothic retail...etc
Cosplay Matsuri:cosplay, booths, mass dance...etc
others..
================================================
I think that this is going to be a bigger event than "The Beginning" for it is at a shopping mall and perhaps more public will get to know about it. Is there anyone who's going to cosplay there?? I am not as usual due to the same reasons.....
Friday, December 21, 2007
Cosplayers I hope to see there???
As some of you knows, there's a 99.99% that I will be going to the SOY cosplay'08:"The Beginning" at Ngee Ann Polytechnic. I think that a good cosplay must seems to be quite natural and not over the top. In my opinion, having a good cosplay must have excellent choice of costumes and equipments using the correct materials and colours so that it looks as close to the anime/manga/game as possible. Also, you must be of the same kind of build. I hate it when hair and makeup are over the top so that it looks hilarious. The way you speak,act,expressions you have, and the aura you give out must be the way the character does it. I think sometimes less is more and being more natural might be better than one of which is not.So I am hoping that lots of really good Cosplayers will go there...then at least I will be able to get lots of pictures!!! What characters do I hope to see at the event? Below are just some of the characters that I hope will be cosplayed nicely. Hoping that the number of failure cosplay will be very low...
Final Fantasy VII Advent Children
Cloud Strife
How could you do without Cloud? He's so handsome!!! But it might be tad tricky to pull him off for you must be handsome(at least the features must be evenly spaced) and your hair must not be overly gelled. Some of the cosplayers I saw who cosplayed as Cloud out way too much hair gel in their hair making it look incredibly weird and sticking out all over the place. Your hair needs to look soft and touchable...not rock hard!!!
Tifa Lockhart
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Nice cosplay of Tifa
This one tries to mimics the original pose in the movie as shown in the picture above.
Another nice one...
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Tifa is quite a beauty and she has a incredibly unique aura that I just can't put my hands on. You have to have that type of aura in able to really be like her.
Vincent Valentine
Always the mysterious one. Once again, I tend to find that people with an mysterious aura might do well for this for its not just about the clothes and costumes cosplaying. You have to act like them. The expressions and the aura will undoubtedly help.
Reno
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Nice cosplay of Reno
I think that this one is quite well done for the hair is not over the top.
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I find him as the "action guy" in the movie. It seems that he is always the one who talks the most and yet does not really gives not a lot of help. He's quite a laugh. You just can't find a moody person cosplaying him ....
Naruto
People who are cosplaying as characters from this anime/manga are commonly found and yet very little of them have totally outdone themselves.
Naruto Uzumaki
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Nice cosplay of Naruto
The hair colour and style is not exactly the same but I love the fact that how its not so full of gel and looks really natural.
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A very bubbly and optimistic person and thats what makes me love Naruto. His keep trying attitude makes me really admire him.
Gaara
He used to be a child who had hopes for the world. But when the situation make him realized that nobody loves and care for him, the only way was to only love and fight for himself. Thus, a teenager full of hatred for the world.(But of course in the later part of the story he learned to love again.) I actually despised Gaara when I started watching Naruto. But after I watched the episode on Gaara's sad childhood life, I pity him and finally understand what made him behave that way. I admire him one way or another.
Rock Lee
Another one who is so optimistic and have the never say die spirit. Very cute and bubbly....enough said.
That's all the characters I can currently think of...below are some good cosplays of characters from Naruto...
Shino Aburame
Neji Hyuga
Devil May Cry
I got to know him when my brother bought the PS2 Devil May Cry game. He was on the cover of the package he's just so cool!
It's incredibly hard to look and be exactly the same as the character is. But if you want to cosplay, why not try to strike lottery first? But it's still possible to cosplay by stretching your budget if you do know how to sew incredibly well. Then you can make your own costumes.
Final Fantasy VII Advent Children
Cloud Strife
How could you do without Cloud? He's so handsome!!! But it might be tad tricky to pull him off for you must be handsome(at least the features must be evenly spaced) and your hair must not be overly gelled. Some of the cosplayers I saw who cosplayed as Cloud out way too much hair gel in their hair making it look incredibly weird and sticking out all over the place. Your hair needs to look soft and touchable...not rock hard!!!
Tifa Lockhart
=====================================================
Nice cosplay of Tifa
This one tries to mimics the original pose in the movie as shown in the picture above.
Another nice one...
====================================================
Tifa is quite a beauty and she has a incredibly unique aura that I just can't put my hands on. You have to have that type of aura in able to really be like her.
Vincent Valentine
Always the mysterious one. Once again, I tend to find that people with an mysterious aura might do well for this for its not just about the clothes and costumes cosplaying. You have to act like them. The expressions and the aura will undoubtedly help.
Reno
================================================
Nice cosplay of Reno
I think that this one is quite well done for the hair is not over the top.
================================================
I find him as the "action guy" in the movie. It seems that he is always the one who talks the most and yet does not really gives not a lot of help. He's quite a laugh. You just can't find a moody person cosplaying him ....
Naruto
People who are cosplaying as characters from this anime/manga are commonly found and yet very little of them have totally outdone themselves.
Naruto Uzumaki
============================================
Nice cosplay of Naruto
The hair colour and style is not exactly the same but I love the fact that how its not so full of gel and looks really natural.
===================================
A very bubbly and optimistic person and thats what makes me love Naruto. His keep trying attitude makes me really admire him.
Gaara
He used to be a child who had hopes for the world. But when the situation make him realized that nobody loves and care for him, the only way was to only love and fight for himself. Thus, a teenager full of hatred for the world.(But of course in the later part of the story he learned to love again.) I actually despised Gaara when I started watching Naruto. But after I watched the episode on Gaara's sad childhood life, I pity him and finally understand what made him behave that way. I admire him one way or another.
Rock Lee
Another one who is so optimistic and have the never say die spirit. Very cute and bubbly....enough said.
That's all the characters I can currently think of...below are some good cosplays of characters from Naruto...
Shino Aburame
Neji Hyuga
Devil May Cry
I got to know him when my brother bought the PS2 Devil May Cry game. He was on the cover of the package he's just so cool!
It's incredibly hard to look and be exactly the same as the character is. But if you want to cosplay, why not try to strike lottery first? But it's still possible to cosplay by stretching your budget if you do know how to sew incredibly well. Then you can make your own costumes.
Monday, December 17, 2007
SOY cosplay'08:"The Beginning" Presented by Japanese Tsubasa anyone??
Yes yes yes!!! My computer was returned back to us on around 14 Dec 2007 after being sent to the shop to reformat(T.T)....I lost all data but at least I got my computer back!! Almost two weeks of no internet access!!!
By the way, I am very very sad to announce that I had yet missed another Cosplay event!! GRRR!! Just when I vowed to attend the very next event! It was held in the EXPO on 15 Dec 07 (Sat) and I knew nothing of it until the very next day when one of my friends asked me if I did attend the cosplay event which I knew nothing about. Gosh. Luckily she was kind enough to send me photo....and I am glad to say that I found a forum that have all these cosplay events updates so I will not miss another cosplay event again! There's a cosplay event going on 26 Jan 08 (Sat)! I think that I am going and I hope that Elie will go with me too! Of course if you wish to go with me as well, just contact me! =^0^= I am not going cosplay by the way!! I wish to but its too expensive and my parents will not allow me. T.T I will just go there and take pictures using my camera!!!(MUST remember to charge it) My first ever cosplay event ever!! I am so excited!!* *as you can see by my high number of usage of exclamation marks... (^.^)Y*
Details below:ripped from forum.
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Hi everyone!! We, the Japanese Tsubasa Club in Ngee Ann Polytechnic, are proud to present, SOY cosplay’08: “The Beginning”!!!
And yes, SOY is pronounced as soy in soy bean, but we ain’t related to any soy products. SOY means Start Of Year as it should be the first cosplay event of the new year. And why “The Beginning” ?It is due to the fact that, this will be the first standalone cosplay event that we are hosting. We hope to make this a yearly or bi-yearly event, so please come down in your costumes or with your cameras and support us.
Some details about the event:
It is a FREE event. NO entry fees and it is open to all! You dun need to be a student from Ngee Ann to come and join in!!
There will be a solo and group cosplay competition. And there will be prizes!!! The rules and more details about the competitions will be up soon.
And like any other Cosplay events, there will be booths set up for rent. Rental fees and more details on it will be up soon.
There will be a bag storage system so you can drop off your bags with us while you have fun at the event, but note that there will be a fee for the bag storage, details in the time to come.
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Date: 26th Jan 2008 [Saturday]
Time: 11am to 7pm.
Location: Ngee Ann Polytechnic, The Atrium [block 1]
No entry fees!
Website: *not ready yet, will post it up when it is ready!*
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How to get there?
Please try to come by the Main gate.
These buses stop near the main gate: 74,151,154,61,75 and 184
You can take 74 from dover MRT (heading to towards Hougang/ west bound)
154 and 184 from Clementi MRT (opposite of the Macdonald)
If driving, Come by Clementi Road.
If there are any personal, private or official queries and questions, Please email pr[at]soy-japtsubasa[dot]net
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By the way, I am very very sad to announce that I had yet missed another Cosplay event!! GRRR!! Just when I vowed to attend the very next event! It was held in the EXPO on 15 Dec 07 (Sat) and I knew nothing of it until the very next day when one of my friends asked me if I did attend the cosplay event which I knew nothing about. Gosh. Luckily she was kind enough to send me photo....and I am glad to say that I found a forum that have all these cosplay events updates so I will not miss another cosplay event again! There's a cosplay event going on 26 Jan 08 (Sat)! I think that I am going and I hope that Elie will go with me too! Of course if you wish to go with me as well, just contact me! =^0^= I am not going cosplay by the way!! I wish to but its too expensive and my parents will not allow me. T.T I will just go there and take pictures using my camera!!!(MUST remember to charge it) My first ever cosplay event ever!! I am so excited!!* *as you can see by my high number of usage of exclamation marks... (^.^)Y*
Details below:ripped from forum.
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Hi everyone!! We, the Japanese Tsubasa Club in Ngee Ann Polytechnic, are proud to present, SOY cosplay’08: “The Beginning”!!!
And yes, SOY is pronounced as soy in soy bean, but we ain’t related to any soy products. SOY means Start Of Year as it should be the first cosplay event of the new year. And why “The Beginning” ?It is due to the fact that, this will be the first standalone cosplay event that we are hosting. We hope to make this a yearly or bi-yearly event, so please come down in your costumes or with your cameras and support us.
Some details about the event:
It is a FREE event. NO entry fees and it is open to all! You dun need to be a student from Ngee Ann to come and join in!!
There will be a solo and group cosplay competition. And there will be prizes!!! The rules and more details about the competitions will be up soon.
And like any other Cosplay events, there will be booths set up for rent. Rental fees and more details on it will be up soon.
There will be a bag storage system so you can drop off your bags with us while you have fun at the event, but note that there will be a fee for the bag storage, details in the time to come.
----------------------------------------------
Date: 26th Jan 2008 [Saturday]
Time: 11am to 7pm.
Location: Ngee Ann Polytechnic, The Atrium [block 1]
No entry fees!
Website: *not ready yet, will post it up when it is ready!*
-----------------------------------------------
How to get there?
Please try to come by the Main gate.
These buses stop near the main gate: 74,151,154,61,75 and 184
You can take 74 from dover MRT (heading to towards Hougang/ west bound)
154 and 184 from Clementi MRT (opposite of the Macdonald)
If driving, Come by Clementi Road.
If there are any personal, private or official queries and questions, Please email pr[at]soy-japtsubasa[dot]net
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Monday, December 10, 2007
My computer is spoilt!!!
Everyone out there! Just for your information, my computer is spoilt so I wouldn't get a chance to go online unless I use my school libraries computer or I get my computer fixed(which I hope that its soon). But as for now, I am either waiting for my brother's friend to get it fixed(but he's busy at the moment)or for my dad to bring to to some shop and get it fixed. So I wouldn't be able to reply to your emails or tags so quickly and if you have anything to ask me, its best to call me(you know my number)or sms me. One major bummer about this is that if I have to get my computer fixed, it seems that the only way to get it fixed was to reformat it. Guess what? Idoitic me didn't do any backup for my newer files even after that last lesson which the computer was spoilt by the very same person(or so it seems) and I lose all my files. Noooo~~!!! I do not wish to lose all my UGLLIES news,series pictures,wallpapers etc,songs,bookmarks and files!!!
By the way, the only thing that can comfort me is that I have bought and finished reading EXTRAS from Borders using my brother's gift card. But that would be another story to tell in another post...probably when my computer is repaired. Then I will post the pictures of my trip to New Zealand up too...
P.S By the way, EXTRAS is indeed an excellent book(although I couldn't get use to the idea of e new main character at first However, if I were to choose between UGLIES trilogy and EXTRAS, I would choose UGLIES trilogy. I am sort of undecided about EXTRAS...however if I was given the choice to choose to or not to buy it, I would buy it for it worth the read and this let you see things from a different point.) and guess what, some of the events take place in the future Singapore too!!! ^0^
By the way, the only thing that can comfort me is that I have bought and finished reading EXTRAS from Borders using my brother's gift card. But that would be another story to tell in another post...probably when my computer is repaired. Then I will post the pictures of my trip to New Zealand up too...
P.S By the way, EXTRAS is indeed an excellent book(although I couldn't get use to the idea of e new main character at first However, if I were to choose between UGLIES trilogy and EXTRAS, I would choose UGLIES trilogy. I am sort of undecided about EXTRAS...however if I was given the choice to choose to or not to buy it, I would buy it for it worth the read and this let you see things from a different point.) and guess what, some of the events take place in the future Singapore too!!! ^0^
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