Extreme Moments 3 part 1

Random: August used to be one of my favorite months, but now I really can't say that I still feel the same. Ahehe. ƪ(‾ε‾“)ʃ

Since I only created this blog last week, I only have this time (since I only felt like posting now) to post about recent life events. I started August this year with one amazing out of town cosplay shoot. (I am actually very delighted and grateful to be invited by the organizers of eXtreme Moments! :3) They invited me to eXtreme Moments 3, the third installment of the out of town cosplay shoot series. I was actually invited to join eXtreme Moments 2 last May (?), but due to some circumstances, I wasn't able to go. (⌣_⌣”).. Too bad because I was supposed to cosplay one of the characters I love, Nora, from Noragami! (´；д；`)

Well this time I made sure that I'd be attending. I thought of who to cosplay and made preparations as early as June. I decided to cosplay Kotori Itsuka's spirit form Efreet/Ifrit from Date a Live. This was actually suggested by "Yato" (the person I am currently dating). I was already familiar with Date a Live but prior to his suggestion, I haven't actually watched the series. XD When he suggested Kotori to me, I actually fell in love with her at first sight... so I thought, why not? I then made a conscious effort to watch the entire series to further familiarize myself with Kotori and the series itself. (I know how off it is for other cosplayers to cosplay a character you don't know..so I made an effort 'cause I also have that 'principle', just not as strict as some of the cosplay purists ehehe ^^;; ). I had an anime marathon and watched both seasons of Date A Live straight!!! I fell in love with it and almost all of its female characters, but I do hope that they can continue the series! The ending was too erghh for me. If given the chance and resources, I'd even want to cosplay almost all of the characters because they all have this unique charm to them <3.

Anyway! With that decided, I asked the help of Tita Irma Espinosa and Karen for my costume and Spark Creative Works for my weapon (Kotori's angel in halberd form: Camael). I ordered dark pink/red lenses but they didn't arrive on time :( So I only used the pink lenses I have in stock. I am blind without graded lenses, so I can only rely on pre-ordered ones. As for my wig, I initially bought a bright red wig.. but my cosplay wouldn't be that accurate if I wore that one. It was honestly very difficult to look for a wig that has the exact color as Kotori's (Kotori's hair is pinkish red-- not just merely red). Luckily someone was selling a pinkish red wig from the CNPH cosplay market, so I used that~ Unfortunately, when the photos came out, the wig looked more pink than red. :( But it's fine, I guess since I had no choice.

So back to the original event! eXtreme Moments 3 was held in Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar in Bagac, Bataan. It was a really lovely place, but a little isolated though! To me it was a perfect spot to relax and unwind if you want to stay away from the busy-ness and the noise of the city. What's more amazing is that it looks like a mini Vigan. It was a tourist spot, beach, and resort all in one place. I, along with other cosplayers and photographers rode a rented bus to the said area. I was lucky enough to make new friends in this event! (e.g. Angel [who was my seatmate in the bus], Mika, Kach, etc).

I really really loved this event because aside from cosplaying, I was able to travel and make new friends and meet new people from the community! :) I really hope I can continue joining these kinds of events. It really hits two birds with one stone. :)

Thank you once again to the organizers. I will be posting the photos of my cosplay in my next blog post :3 (because this one is too wordy).