Friday was the first day of MCM Expo/London Comic Con. Not many people I know were going on Friday, so I mostly just went to pick up the cosplay I was borrowing from Nao. I stuck around for a little while to hang out with people afterwards anyway~
Even though I didn't intend to stay long, I wanted to wear something fun anyway, so I wore my maid uniform.
Sunday was the debut event of the maid café I belong to! The event took place in a fairly small Japanese restaurant in Kent that had amaaaazing food (free lunch for staff 8D). My job involved waitressing (obviously), being unusually friendly and talkative for my socially awkward self, taking cheki (polaroids) with customers and decorating them, dancing awkwardly, and I also had to participate in some kind of Playstation tournament haha. It was a lot of fun, and actually pretty authentic! I was surprised by how similar it was to the maid café I visited in Tokyo (one of the Akihabara Maidreamins)~
The uniform (it was a little big for me haha):
We had to make our own bows and name badges (Amélie is my maid name haha):
I also made a bow for my bag, because I had loads of fabric left:
I didn't take a lot of photos because I was busy working, but here are a few I took during my lunch break:
There are a few other maids in the group, but only 3 of us were serving that day.
I look really awkward and tall. orz
Caterpillar cakes!
Giant fridge!
Amazing katsudon!
If you want, you can 'like' our Facebook page to support us~ And please come to our events (they'll probably be about once a month) if you're in Kent/willing to travel there! 8D
I've decided to do two entries on my trip to Paris, separated by Expo and non-Expo happenings. Expo first, as that was the main purpose of the trip.
The Japan Expo in Paris is sort of like London's MCM Expo, only much bigger and better, and they actually have good guests. I went from Friday to Sunday. Friday was fairly uneventful, as my friends didn't get to Paris until the evening, and there wasn't a lot going on on that day.
One of my favourite parts of the Expo was the Nico Nico Douga booth, where anyone could go up and be interviewed and broadcast live on the Nico Nico site. The fun part is seeing the comments of the viewers, which scroll across screens shown at the back of the stage. Depending on who was currently being shown, the comments ranged from the extremely cruel to "I love you, marry me" haha, and no matter how boring the current interview, the comments were always hilarious.
I went on on Friday, then again with Dodo on Sunday when we were maids. 8D
Amazing Versailles cosplayers.
Project Diva. I played this a LOT in arcades in Japan, and was already missing it by the next day, so I was really happy to see it at Expo.
ParaParaParadise. I also used to play this a lot, but haven't since the Trocadero arcade closed. :C
Kyary and Mameshiba shops. I'd seen most of their stock in Japan for about half the price, but there were a few things I missed:
Little post-it note things
Stickers 8D
I think the bag they gave me alone made it worth it haha.
Here's the only Expo outfit shot I took (with Dodo):
As I only had a day to pack after getting back from Japan, I didn't really have enough time to come up with any new outfits/costumes. I love wearing this though haha.
On Saturday, there were two lives. First was Anli Pollicino:
They were amazing, and I was really surprised when they played their Dead or Alive cover, which I absolutely love. Shindy (vocalist) has gorgeous hair.
Right after was Kyary Pamyu Pamyu. Her set was very short (about 5 songs), but she was great. She's adorable in real life, but surprisingly short (she walked by me at one point, and was tiny).
Her backup dancers were two of the most fabulous children on this earth. I spent most of it just watching them haha. As well as being better dancers than Kyary herself, they mouthed the lyrics with such dramatic facial expressions too haha. Adorable. They were in this video:
One of them (purple, apparently), who was also Kyary's dancer, is a boy!
And on Sunday was DaizyStripper! They were also great (and most of them were super short, too).
No picture, but I also bought just three mangas (Doubt and Judge), and was given this ridiculously large bag to carry them in. It's bigger than my suitcase! I had to leave it in Paris. We put Mameshiba stickers on it and used it to decorate our hotel room haha. 8)
On Saturday night we went to Japan Underground. It was so much fun, but we had to leave early so we could get up early the next day. :C HITT performed, and I wasn't expecting to like him, but he was really good!
Not a great photo, but I really liked what he was wearing.
On Sunday I reused my Souseiseki cosplay.
I don't have any green contacts, so I just wore a grey one to make my iris the same size as the red one haha.
