hatsune miku

Okay, okay, this is late.  I got busy and a tad bit lazy.  As you may already know, we recently went to Singapore to attend and have Ice compete in Cosfest VIII A Very Happy Event.  The event was held last July 11-12, 2009 at the Downtown East center in Pasir Ris.   Entrance to the event was completely free so anyone can come and join the festivities.  We were lucky because Sese's sister came with us so we wouldn't get lost.  We were however still late on the first day.  No biggie though as we really just wanted to see the layout of the event space and see some cosplayers.

Even before we reached the event area, we were already starting to see cosplayers outside.   There were so many cosplayers and they were all just posing for pictures.  I noticed that most cosplayers found a certain spot where they could showcase their costumes and pose for pictures and for the most part did not move from their spot and waited for the photographers to come to them.

The nice thing about the community there is that they know how to practice etiquette.  When cosplayers are busy fixing their costume, eating or on the phone, photographers don't bother them.  In fact, some photographers will sit and wait till you are ready and they won't even take pictures right away.  They will ask first.  Even Ice noticed that there were some photographers that would be hesitant to ask you for pictures.  They would even wait for somebody else to ask so that they can join in taking photos.