Fanime 2011 Photos

Fanime for 2011 has come and gone. Fond memories have been formed and things that can't be unseen have been seen. Check out the events section for photos from Fanime.

Soompi Summer Memories Meet 7/10/2010

Yesterday, I met up with the Norcal Soompi guys and girls for another fun Soompi meet. The first part of the meet took place at John D. Morgan Park in Campbell and ended at the same house as last time. Considering I don't feel like making thumbnails for the pics I took, I'm just going to post all 20 straight and do running commentary for the photos(if needed).

Note: Camera was in malfunction mode again while I was at the park.



Caroline brought donut holes. Which ended up being the first thing most of us ate there. We did this because we were still waiting for Yuna, Gabe, and Sayoko to get there.



I took this pic so quickly that I didn't notice that that backpack ended up being so prominent in the photo. But yeah, we're all still waiting for everyone to get there.

Eventually all the people were were specifically waiting for showed up, so that's when I started focusing on taking pics of the food.









So Gabe says the trio of him, Yuna, and Sayoko slaved over the creation of these cupcakes. Also he "allegedly" stated the cupcake icing is essentially pure sugar O_o.



This specially cupcake actually had one of the Soompi "mascots" on it. Although, a couple people joked that she kind of looked like a pirate because her eye looked like an eye patch. I don't know.



For the record, they were both posing for a shot for Taylor. Due to difference in time between me pressing shoot and the camera actually going off, it got them when they thought they were done posing.



This one of the few shots of the whole group I was able to get and probably the only decent one.

So at the park, we introduced ourselves to the group in a circle. Then we played games like not looking at each other, getting untangled, and figuring who the leader was. I lost the last one and ended up doing a bad interpretation of "the robot". So after the park, we all headed off to Calvin's house. There one of the first games we played was Taboo. Which didn't really pan out for the guys team -___-".









For some reason, Ray was on the girl's team and Shirley was on the guy's team. I think it was mostly due to them being on the corresponding sides of the room at the time teams were made.



So after Taboo, they were going to play Pictionary, but ended up playing cranium. Though at the same time, a portion of the group went to Tapioca to grab some drinks for those who wanted some. I was part of that group, but don't have photos to show that excursion. So after that we get back and I spend some time playing PS3 with a couple of the guys. Then we joined in when everyone to play the classic Soompi meet game, mafia.



Mafia lasted several hours, it was intense, heated, humorous, although a bit drawn out due to the sheer number of participants. I want to know though, who killed me that one game? Was it Gabe or Karen O_O? Also at the end, the prostitute position was finally given an official role in the game. Thus another moment in Soompi history has been made. So at around 12:30ish most of us decided to call it day, but before that a group of us decided to hit up a Denny's for some food. Although, that was a bit delayed because a number of us decided to ogle
John's BMW M3.








I thought this was hilarious, but across the parking lot from Denny's was a kid's weight loss center. I mean of all places. So we got some food, talked, talked some more and then called it night. So that was it for another great Soompi meet. Saw some old faces, meet some new people. Can't wait for the next meet ^_^!

Soompi Bay Area's March Madness Meet 2010

So Saturday(March 20, 2010), I attended my first Soompi,which is a Korean pop music based site/forum, meet. It was held at Eden Shore Park in Hayward, CA. It started at around 11:00AM(granted I was there since 9:00) and lasted till like 4-5PM. Which is when we all attempted to caravan to the Union City Tapioca Express. Then after a quick stop we reconvened at the James Logan High School Parking lot and then caravaned to San Jose to go the house of one of the members named Calvin. There we continued the festivities and I finally head off for home at around 11:00PM. Fun times, indeed.



So at the park, we ate, introduced ourselves, and then did some icebreaker type activities. After which, we just pretty much hung out the whole time either eating some more, playing cards, basketball, tennis, messing around on the playground, and chatting up a storm. Although I will tell you this, the playground thought me a very important life lesson, I suck at Ninja Warrior. Yeah, I don't have very good upper body strength. Other than that, I mostly watched or took part in the card games. Oh and there also were some photo opportunities that came up as well.

So after the park, we went to a tapioca express. There people got some drinks and then we all headed off to Calvin's house. There we pretty much spent the time playing a game called "Mafia". Where every one gets a playing card. Kings are the killer, Queens are the Medic, Ace are the detective, 8's are prostitutes, and everything else is a civilian. The point was for everyone to try to figure out who the killers are round by round via a process of elimination. So after that game which spanned several hours, we pretty much hung out until we felt like going home. That's pretty much what took place.

Oh and last but not least, I would like to say, nice meeting all of you guys ^_^!

Happy Chinese New Years And I Guess Happy Valentine's Day

Today is the Lunar New Year for all you Chinese people and half Chinese people like myself. So have fun with your red envelopes, dragons, and Chinese food. Happy year of the tiger! Oh and it's Valentines Day, if you're into that kind of thing. I'm almost 26 and have never been on a date. With that in mind, you can guess how I feel about that "holiday". Also I saw on the news that the Vietnamese are having a Tet Festival in San Jose today, I don't know what that is but yay for them. Happy whatever holiday that is related to. I guess today's going to be a very red day.