Popcon Asia 2013, 5-7 July 2013

FINALLY.
after crashing and burning last year, i finally visited Popcon Asia 2013!
went there twice, on the first and last day.

FIRST   DAY

went to Master Kim Jung Gi's Masterclass

 the guy is wearing an 'Amazing' t-shirt. how can you not like him? 

    
and then he drew a horse. starting from the ass up. repeatedly. and each in under 3 minutes.

 after humans, animals, and transportation, he decided to draw...a dragon.

 my friend got an autograph on kim jung gi's 2011 artbook. lucky bastard.

hahahahahahhaha found this at the nostalgia display at MBDC's booth

First haul: Carpe Diem comic by Rhoald Marcellius, W.H. Rauf & Sakti Yuwono from Stellar Labs + 2 bonus posters (i've been looking around for this comic and stupidly forgot that the creators were from Stellar Labs--yes i didn't do my research--, so i was lucky that Ata's seat was right next to theirs or i'd missed it completely); a cool detailed print by Putra Kristiawan and water colored cute bookmarks by Sandy Lee.

SECOND   DAY

 a seriously pretty Rouge cosplayer and met Budi!

 

                Mr. 2!!!  (stabs asshole who un-politely passed by)          

 

Gorgeous figures from Fox Box Studios.one day you shall be mine.yes. 

the artist for Fox Box Studios...and i forgot to ask his name.tolol.

terribly proud of my friends :D

Kim Jung Gi's drawing "to decorate his booth at the last minute". 
and i was told he only just went to the Wayang Museum the day before.wicked.

got a sketch of Poison Ivy from Ario Anindito!! i bought an x-men print from him and his psylocke is super hot. but again, stupidly didn't do my research (sue me) and only found out then that he's one of my favorite comic artist. John G. Reinhart was fun to interact with and he was nice enough to sign the small prints i got even though i didn't get his The Raid comic because at that time i ran out of dough.crap.

randomly found this guy's t-shirt.bahahahahahhaha

after that was Kim Jung Gi's Drawing Show. 

the guy drew on a 2m x 1,5m canvas with regular snowman whiteboard markers.

 

regular snowman whiteboard markers.

regular snowman whiteboard markers.

regular snowman whiteboard markers.

 last minute snap (and zap.seriously.i got electrified by the guy's skin when i wanted to ask for a picture)

 with Artgerm~ the guy was seriously tall.

Second haul: X-men print + sketch from Ario Anindito; 3 John G. Reinhart prints; Ata's print + sketch; ClogTwo stickers (wanted to get a print and sketchbook, but alas, my pockets were empty.again.) and Stellar Labs' personalized namecards (not yet completed though)

besides meeting artists i wanted to meet (Ata! there was Ata :D!!) and those who i've just discovered, visiting that event helped boost myself to become more productive so i won't get left behind anymore, so yeah, i enjoyed being there big time :j

reminder

Mia posted this out of the blue and got me thinking why i had this in the first place. 

think i actually wanted a media to keep myself disciplined and writing seemed like a good option (and keeping my laptop memory from blowing up). i was actually thinking about posting something before this cam out but got too lazy then stopped. hahahaha. 

ntar2 ya Mi kalo udah tertarik lagi~~ tunggu mereka yg lebih rajin2 dari gua aja bahahahahahha

those pictures that never existed.

it's kind of sad to not have documented memories just for the sake of not having them because of past stupid unrealistic ideals that didn't even make sense and was beyond hypocritical.

yes i do regret them deeply and will try to make new ones in the future. 

love it best when i end up at new dance videos.

while looking for NappyTabs live choreo for SNSD - I Got A Boy. 

still haven't made up my mind which NappyTabs video i like most to post but found these instead. 

(note to self: will also explore the group and the long abandoned ABDC thoroughly later on)

 

Leverage 5 - Season Finale

though i know it would be best if they didn't prolong this series like others who do it for so long we end up hating the series, it's still sad to actually see it end and that we'll never see this kind of scene again (above).

but it was definitely awesome while it lasted. thanks for the good show :]!

get.a.grip.

Bangka & co.

lucky blue~

Pacific Place for @america's comic convention...disappointingly there wasn't much to see and the only comic stand was only as a collection display (but, we can become members and buy discounted comics.nice.). So we only stopped by a weaponry store, Go!Curry for lunch and ice cream before heading back to Bangka.

Lazed about and Agus showed us some promising trailers.

This is The End 

Spring Breakers

(the only reason why this piece of garbage is here is because we wanted to see james franco all pimped out. seriously kids, titties 24/7? classic.)

oh, a bonus: remembered he had this ad. HAHA-

The Lone Ranger

Now You See Me

gadis garis-garis ber-mug kuning mengapit om-om berbaju kuning :3

...oy.

-- woke up panicking about mishap on fabric measurements

-- visit to tailor was postponed to tomorrow (better be)

-- goddamn JNE had the nerve to charge me for re-shipping. 

   i did admit that i didn't insert the destined home number (which, i also did explain that

   the last time i sent it there, the receiver got it no problem, on time. but whatever, was

   still at fault.) but they didn't call me the minute they found out that they couldn't find

   the house--then  what's the use if we enclose our own phone number as the sender if it

   isn't for any form of confirmation??? tolol.-- and the damn package was sent a month

   ago. OY. 

   But as a 'diplomatic' sign of good faith, i offered to pay half-price for the re-shipment.

   of course, i still reminded them that they still share the other 1/2 of fault. enak aja.

   (seriously fuckin' pissed.obviously.pff-)

-- re-organized junk compartments in room. finally made the final arrangements.

-- got ready to leave to elementary school reunion, until...

-- ...yeah yeah, just like every other Jakarta people moving about today, i (and the rest

   of them) had to cancel said plan because of the flood everywhere. but that wasn't

   before i tried to reach our meeting point, PIM, first...

• got 1st angkot w/o trouble. oh, except that the jackass tried to rip off the usual fee. bitch, seriously?
• 2nd also. met high school religion teacher who most of us hate but was actually quite civil there. her child, though, i wanted to strangle. going all ''kakak! kakak! [insert some shitty sule joke]! HAHAHAHA!!" cutting her mom's convo with me all through al-izar - rs fatmawati.
• stopped for Express taxi at fatmawati who refused me. as it was starting to pour hellish rain. why turn on your vacancy light then you TWAT???
• took angkot to lebak bulus terminal instead (contemplating busway to PIM or taxi home? home won.). ngetem nyaris 30 menit, ibu2 sebelah udh protes2 si mas blaga budeg. seriously considered jabbing my umbrella into his ear.
• bought gorengan otw down from terminal to get taxi
• ...still no taxi. bought ginger milk. walked further down.
• ...still no taxi. bought jamu kunyit asem. walked further down.
• ...still no taxi. walked further down to point square
• TAXI!!! (so a total of nearly 45 mins)

-- home sweet home. got hot bowl of soup from mba minah and made the coffee i just

    bought at the warung~
-- watched leverage 5 ep 3 & 4
-- dinner
-- drew a little
-- called ayah
-- helped out my friend's letter of approval translation
-- yeah ok i really need some sleep now. must make 'rounds tomorrow *blargh*

pff-

HAHAHAHAHHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAOHMMYSTARSANDGARTERSHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHASICKSICKHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAHAHOLYJEZUZSHITTINGLIGHTBULBSHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA---

beloved uncle & ata's comic books loan!

aaaand this is basically my verdict of 'activities' for the whole month--unless i have more urgent things to do (pff) and he's  doing his own shit--until he goes back to aussie. yay~

over the left shoulder.

it was raining.
not pouring, drizzling. with evened out grey clouds.
favorite black light baggy t-shirt with its yellow sketchy palm tree.
white high school softball pants.
left knee stained with grass and dirt, a little ripped.
a practice session.
cold bat heavy over left shoulder.
reversed position, hitting inward the diamond.
first hit.
a satisfying thwack noise.
some of the guys on my left turned their heads.
and then the coach said, "move further back guys, we have a power hitter!"
and they all moved back simultaneously.

one of the best moments in my life. 

from online games to art

never in my life did i think i'd ever say this but oh well: it started from wondering onto Anthony Bourdain's twitter 

to this guy's account, David Choe

aaaand onto his website and blog where all hell broke loose and then i was lost-

 

all sources from said web & blog and these pages:

Bio (redirected to wikipedia from official website)

2012 Ion Magazine interview
Barbara Walters interview

2007 Fecal Face interview

"Death Blossom" Exhibition at PYO Gallery Beijing 

**ended up on a a comic con 2010 review along the way by a David fan.shit.must.start.planning--

-- W  A  N  T --