I attended the CELEBRITY FOR CHARITTY Event at White Hat in the Shangri La Plaza Mall.  Alodia and Ashley Gosiengfiao were the celebrity servers for the event which was attended by quite a number of cosplayers. 

Please await my full review of the event. 

For now, I will leave you with a picture of what is now being called the MOE COW. Be entranced!

Otaku Taiiki was held last Sunday, August 23, 2009 at SM Megamall Megatrade Hall 3.  The event is the brainchild of the organizers of Ozine Fest, Anicon, and the supposed gaming convention turned one huge cosplay event known as GX-Con.  I really don't have high expectations of the event but I am willing to give it a chance and see if there are any improvements.

I arrived at around 10:30 AM.  There weren't many people yet as the cosplayers have not arrived so there was time to go around inside the event hall.  The ticket price for the event is PhP100.00.  Sese and I had planned to go the event but she went ahead of me and was already inside.  It wasn't too hard to find her because the event space was so small.  I even wondered how the event would be able to handle all these people.

Sese in costume

The layout of the event was better than in previous events.  It was actually more spacious and they did not try to maximize the hall too much.  I have to applaud them for better layout planning.  The passageways were much more clear, there was enough space in between booths.  The stage was clear of obstruction and there was lots of room by the audience area in front of the stage.

I had attended Otaku Taiki, last August 23, 2009, Sunday.  While I am still in the process of typing up my review of the event, I will leave you some pictures I have taken of the event. 

Alodia and Ashley Gosiengfiao

LOL.  Okay, I'm not a big fan of Alodia to be honest, I just couldn't think of who to put on the teaser and considering I may be talking about her in my review, might as well put them up here.

And here is something we picked up at the convention.  Couldn't help ourselves.  XD

No explanation necessary.  >:D

The World Cosplay Summit was recently held in Nagoya, Japan last August 8-9.  The main event of the summit is the World Cosplay Championship, where cosplayers from different participating countries come and compete for the honor of being called the best cosplayer in the world.

This year, Japan won 1st place with their cosplay from the game Sengoku Basara.  This would mark the first time an Asian country and a first for Japan since the championship began back in 2005.