Blue Dot in the Distance: 2008

5tHalo

I couldn't belive my ears when i first receive the news.
My friend MSN yesterday to ask me if i know Maj Norman Ang the former OC of 1 SIR Support OC 2001. Immediately i felt something was admiss. Than the news broke on a e-mail sent to me.
Maj Norman Ang had pass away on the 14th Dec 2008 at 2145, leaving behind his wife and 2 children, he's 34. Information from another friend, he was down with stage 4 cancer at march this year. He never smoke or drink and exercise often, and he was dmn fit. But unfortunaly cancer claim him. He got so much future in front of him, soo much... but it was cut short.

I remember him as a personal who works seriously, take care of men under his charge and never cease to crack jokes. He inspired people to give all their best all the way. And he is willing to listen to people, and will not shut them off.

He was my OC during my BMT time and also my OC for support coy when i was posted to 1 SIR as a combat medic to Bravo coy at first. Ha i was suprised to be under his charge again. The last i see of him was at seralang camp at 2005. I was working under a company to upgrade all the computers of that camp. I walk into his office one day to upgrade his labtop. He was suprised to see me walking in.... we got into a chat on our daily work and he wishes me the best of luck in career and life.

Never i could imagine, that would be the last time i meet him. Sadly i didn't manage to go to his wake, as by the time i receive the mail it is 17th of Dec. I wishes his wife and 2 children luck and be sucess in life.

May you find peace in another world. GoodBye Major Norman Ang

5tHalo

Archive of Events :

October,10,2009 : AFA09 press and bloggers conference

September,27,2009 : Coverage on Super Import Nights 2009

September,16,2009 : A.C.M.E and Gundam Fesita

August,17,2009 : Cosplay at STGCC

August.17,2009 : NDP2009 and Youth Olympics Fireworks

December,17,2009 : DaiCon Review

December,14,2008 : End of Year Cosplay 2008 event

December,14,2008 : AFA08 Cosplay

November 24, 2008 : After thoughts and photos of Anime Festival Asia 2008

January 01, 2009 : Comicfest 2008 at KL, Sunway...

5tHalo

This pic of the guy who was infamous during the AFA08 event was finally release last week.

May'n is the singing voice of the char Sheryl Nome of the japanese anime Macross Frontier.
She had her very first live performance outside of Japan in Singapore at Anime Festival Asia 08 in November.

After May'n event is over she went over to her holding room to rest. A guy with a may'n concert vip pass slip pass the barrier gate.

It is until the event staffs reliase that he is going for May'n's room that they stop him. That guy even manage to westle with the staffs. He was stop than.

At the end he was let go, and he than KOWTOW in front of May'n's room... ( the above pic shows how ) he unrow a poster and beg
to let May'n sign. He even said that he is from PENANG and had travel very far to singapore.....

Finally, after looking at the SAD state of the guy and him begging... the staffs took pity of him and gave him a extra May'n and last signature board to him and ask him to leave..

Read the post where that guy call Evangel_Lim : bites back

http://ejump.wordpress.com/2008/11/2...psets-the-fan/

Is the 12th post of the comments...

Thats what he posted....

"After I get the autograph, I check with my Daimond friends again & notice some diffrent between the autograph giving on the stage & I have.

I cant said is a Real of Fake, but as long as the Autograph is really sign by May’n, than I will be happy with that, if that’s not signed by May’n, this mean I been cheated."

This incident ended without May'n herself knowing...

5tHalo

EOY2008 is finally over, after all the preparation and hardwork.
Kudos to all the Cosplayers ... job will done..!!
Besides EOY there is also a huge buddhist event going on....
any way here is some of the shots i take.

This cosplayer was awared the best female cosplayer for EoY2008

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Manage to dig this out after 2 weeks after AFA08 ended.....
Here are some of the many cosplay pic i shot during the AFA08 event
The mess of photographers, me also taking shoots created a chock point near the main entrance, that almost become a jam...but luckily it was not so serious...

I heard that there are at least 5 macross frontier cosplay groups

Cosplay contest group with Aniki..

A beautiful smile..

of Kuran Kuran Macross Frontier..

Sherly cosplayer with the cd single....

This bear bear appear at the cosplay change area. Dmn is was so cute.
With his friend handling different object to him to hold.. The best is still of the bear holding a coke can haha

Feeling embarrass after all the photo taking.. kawaii na...

Cute girl that is quite popular with photographers.

5tHalo

The first ever singapore anime convention the Anime Festival Asia 2008 aka AFA08 is finally over after a wait of months of preparations and speculations. The 2 day event ended quite successfully without any serious hitches, except for a few.

Another was a one that involved with May’n, luckily it did not case a major big hoo haa. A fan manage to get to May’n room’s door and was block by the AFA organizer people. Even try to force his way in, till he was pinned down, by a huge guy…He just wanted to have May’n to sign on a poster, but her manager says no. Than he knee down to beg for her signature. That art surprises everybody.Eventually after much persistence by this craze fan, he was than led off by security.

I can say that it is a event that almost overshadowed the Singapore Toy and Comic Convention or STCC. Many people feel that AFA08 will kill STCC right off because of its good contents that are more appalling to anime fans. But this is not the case as I foresee that STCC can still survive as it’s contents are more for fans that are into ‘western’ comics and toys. There are still quite strong fan bases in Singapore.

Not only Singaporeans, AFA08 also attracted many fans from overseas, like from Thailand, Malaysia, Indonasia, HongKong, Japan, ….
AFA08 strong point is that this event manage to invite in famous people like Yasufumi Soejima , Koji Morimoto , Kunio Okawara from the Japanese anime industry and of course the singers like May’n, Ichirou Mizuki. These two singers attracted a huge crowd. The showcases and talks are informative.
It serves as a good platform for introducing Japanese anime based industry onto the local animators, fans and others alike.

Well done to all the organizer committee and the people who get involved in this event. Hope there will be a AFA09..

These are the photos i taken during the AFA08 event..

Photo session during the press conference. These are the main guests and important people of AFA08...^_^
From left May’n, Yasufumi Soejima , Koji Morimoto , Kunio Okawara, Ichirou Mizuki