The day before Halloween and everyone was dressed up for the costume competition. I was greeted by a sober Jack Sparrow in the kitchen this morning (Lucas). Walking up to the CIE building, there was a horde of fantastical (and not so fantastical) beasts, socialising, posing, and signing up for the event this evening. I think by far the most popular outfit was pikachu; I must have seen at least 3. Other noteworthy costumes were: a foursome of cross dressing guys dressed as geisha, Waluigi, Kitsune in kimono (Fox spirit - my friend Christina), Jack Skellington, and a girl in a banana suit (phallic symbolism apparent). I went to the post office to send off postcards, and then went to my Speaking class. Jo had dressed up as the Mad Hatter, and with Alice, and a Cheshire cat, would be participating in the competition. Class was fun. We learnt the verb ending used when commanding someone to do something ～ ブロッグを読みなさい。－ "Read my blog!" After class I went home, had lunch, and worked on my Japanese assignment. I actually got a decent amount done before going out at about 5:30 to get to the competition.
Originally, it was going to be held in the CIE building, but due to the vast number of people participating, they had to move it to the outside auditorium; indeed, the crowd of spectators was vast. I sat with Diego and Jessica. It actually took them quite a while to get started. We expected it to start at 6, but it didn't end up starting till 7. There were four sections: fantasy, group, funny, and general. Basically, there was a panel of judges (mostly professors), and contestants had to walk on and present themselves, in a cat-walk-like fashion. First to come out was Snow White (Niky from koto club), who banana lady (the MC) kept on referring to as Cinderalla. Lucas pulled off the Jack Sparrow act really well (he'd actually gone out to get drunk in the day with a bunch of other people from the dorm, which I'm sure helped, lol). Niky, and Lucas, along with Kaonashi ("Faceless" - from Spirited Away) got into the final three for that category. Out of the group category came the Gaijin Geisha (the four guys), CIE power rangers, and a group of mismatched plushie suits (Donald Duck, Elmo, Sunshine Care Bear, and another iconic Japanese Bear). In the funny category, a guy dressed up in a cardboard box (a robot from Gundam), No name, and that crazy guy from Saw who I can't remember the name of (Kelly was with him in bloodied and tattered clothes - I thought they put on a really cool act), were in the final three. And, in the general category, Christa (dressed as a maid), Eddy as a Yakuza, and a girl in traditional Maasai dress (who sang for us as well), made it through. We also received a dance from one of the girls (from a dance club presumably), halfway through the four categories. I got the majority of the event on camera, but unfortunately my batteries died toward the end. I switched over to my camera and recorded the rest.
The finalists all presented themselves one last time, and then the Judges, along with the audience, voted for a winner from each category (the audience was split in four, each group voting in a different category). We got the funny category, and I voted for Kelly and his friend in the mask. In the end, Kaonashi won in the fantasy category (Jack Sparrow came second); the Gaijin Geisha won in the group category (that was obvious); No name won the funny category (Kelly came in second); and in the general category, Maasai girl won (Eddy came second). I thought it was cool that Kaonashi won - the costume was the most innovative - even though he (or she), had a hard time moving around. After the competition ended, I left with Jessica and Diego to go to dinner at a nearby yakitori place. The food there was reasonably priced and quite tasty. We spent about an hour there; by this point it was about 10. Getting home, I was very tired and soon went to bed. 
No comments:
Post a Comment