MCM Expo!

Yesterday went to the MCM Expo as a club trip with other members of the SAM society

Woke up at 6.30am - thankfully at midnight the clocks went backwards so I had an extra hour of sleep

But I was still ridiculously tired but ended up getting ready on time and met up with them in front of the tube station

Met a new guy whom I haven't met before and also the leader and skateboard guy

Whilst waiting for the tube to come I asked whether the leader knew what to take to get there and he didn't sound very certain so I started to worry XD

We pretty much chatted and got to know each other more whilst on the tube

When we were nearly there (had to change once more before we got there) we finally saw some cosplayers and there were quite a few of them!

We met up with a girl who was wearing sharingans which looked really cool! :D

And then we went to get in and along the way saw so many awesome cosplayers

And when we got to the bit to line up....geez there were so many people!

There were two lines: one for getting tickets and another for the ones already with tickets

Thankfully we already got our tickets online (thanks to leader) but the line was still amazingly long

Although the wait wasn't that long and we soon went back out again - which really confused us first-timers (me, skateboarder and sharigan) but the expo was just in another part

We finally entered and pretty much started looking at the stalls and there were so many plushies

I saw some album but they were mostly anime CDs and quite a lot of GACKT and Miyavi (and more GACKT XD)

We were pretty much just looking around

We arrived pretty early so there weren't so many people but it soon got very full!

The group started getting hungry so the great leader bought us some Takoyaki which was so nice!♥

As we were looking around I spotted a tablet playing The Gazette (strange that I recognised them right away even though I'm technically not really a fan) and....there was kpop CDs!

I saw G.Na first and then 4minute then looked through a box and found Cube United (this stall was cube-biased XD) and then....I found B2ST's "Fiction and Fact"

Picked it up straight away and knew that I had to buy it but they didn't accept card and I only had £5 on me so I had to go to the cash machine

Two others needed to go to the cash machine as well so we went and after I got some cash out the dude them decided to get cash out which meant I had to wait for him and the line for the cash machine had suddenly increased

Then I started thinking selfishly for him to hurry up or else my beloved album will be gone :X

Once he finished we went - I pretty much power-walked and me and leader ended up losing the others...(I'm sorry for my selfishness...)

Bought the album in the end and then I found other kpop stalls and one even had 2NE1 playing :O

tbh they were pretty much SM biased (and YG biased) with the odd Inifinite and B2ST - they all had Exo-K but no other groups (not BAP or BTOB or Nu'est) so I'm saying they're SM biased XD

I swear I was looking for J-rock album - preferably SID, YUI or even UVERworld but i couldn't find any at all and there were only K-Pop and GACKT XD

Although I did spot AYABIE's single "Merry Go Round" and a few Hikki and a Ayumi Hamasaki album but that's it :(

We did some drawing and origami (which failed badly XD) and watched a Taiko drum performance

Also ended up buying to phone charms since I felt bad for going on an Anime and Manga club trip and ending up buying something kpop XD

So I had to buy something related to anime or just something Japanese

Ate some more takoyaki (paid by the dude) and then decided to go out and sit by the entrance

Saw Jack Sparrow saw I had to take a picture with him XD

Also whilst we were sitting down I saw a robot thing and decided to wave at it

It then decided to come over (I was still waving) and stand really close to me whilst pointing it's gun at me

At that time I still laughing and waving at him still and then decided to take a picture of him (he still didn't move)

He soon left though...

We then went outside (same thing happened again but with a different cosplayer - we pretty much had a staring competition XD)

and we saw a lot of cosplayers and there were so many amazing ones that I really don't know how they can pull it off so well!

I then spotted No-Face sitting by himself so I took a picture of that as well XD

Near the end there was a massive horde of people coming outside and straight away I recognised the music they were dancing to...GANGNAM STYLE!

Dance a bit along with them (it was mental) and then it finished and they started dancing to Caramel Dansen and went back inside

Then we left

That's pretty much it XD

It was a great experience, just looking at all the cosplays was enough

It was lively the people were really friendly, you could go crazy and no one would bat an eyelid

There's a Hyper Japan at the end of November

I want to go

XD

A month anniversary!

It's been a month since I first moved into the Halls of Residence
Time really has past so quickly, but at the same time...I feel like it should go a bit faster?
I really can't wait until Christmas when I'll be going home for the first time since moving here...
Is that bad? XD

I haven't updated in a while - I'm sorry T_T
Guess I should pretty much summarise my time here so far?

Well I guess the first week was just me adjusting to the whole living independent thing
And I really didn't make any friends in the first week until the Friday XD (I'm socially awkward after all *putting myself in a box*)
Well the Friday was a little fair thing for people living in the Halls to meet each other and make friends
At first I was really awkward since I was by myself and I saw everyone else has probably already made friends (or the ones that haven't made any friends are just staying in their rooms)
So I was walking around - got an caricature of myself done - and then lined up to get food (the real reason why I decided to go in the first place XD)
As I was standing there, my eyes met this asian guy and he came over to introduce himself to me
I thought he was a bit odd but at least I had someone to talk to I wasn't a loner :P
He then introduced me to the rest of his friends and we just hung out together
Went on the dodgems a couple of times, got some freebies (mostly leaflets though...)
And got a balloon squirrel made (decided on squirrel because of my current obsession with BTOB *minhyuk*)

Then the Saturday they asked me whether I wanted to go out with them, and since I really had nothing to do and needed to socialise more, I decided to go
We went to eat at a Korean restaurant (bloody expensive and customer service was terrible, but I got to hear Gangnam Style twice [first time in UK] and MBLAQ!)
Then we just walked up and down the streets - a little incident involving the smallest of the group crying because the others were talking about her being a violent drunk - and also met a girl who was also from the same city as me (haven't seen her since though)

After that....I haven't seen them since (maybe bumped into a couple of them and said hi and stuff) so there goes me making friends XD
Although on the next monday (a week from moving in) I met up with a guy who was part of the group and did a similar course to me
So we've pretty much became friends (I'm not friendless after all!)

Also should talk about my flatmates
Well the one in Room 1 moved in on the same day as me and he's a nice kid, but I'm not too keen on his friends which is why I haven't tried to hang out with him
Then Room 3 guy moved in a few days after and I found he extremely creepy (though he was like 40 at first) and I kinda still do find him creepy...so I don't talk to him unless I have to - although I do say hi (sometimes) when I see him
Room 4 then moved in and it was a female this time (woo! not alone XD) but she's form Nigeria and I don't see her around much, so far I think she's pretty nice and I don't mind her
Room 5 and 6 then came on the same night (a guy and girl) they're both also from Nigeria, the girl seems a bit stuck up and doesn't know how to work the oven (like seriously) or the internet
The guy....was very friendly at first (he's only 17, bless him) and he always talked to me when I saw him, until...that day he bought a friend and introduced me to him as his "girlfriend" and I pretty much spat back "I'm not your girlfriend" (I was pissed off at the time since the wi-fi was playing up the whole day) and since then he hasn't been talking to me as much XD although there was an improvement last night (he seem quite depressed but I didn't want to prod)
So I'm not really buddy buddy with my flatmates and I'm still pretty much friendless except for the guy who I walk to the campus with sometimes

I have, however, joined the anime and manga club (don't judge me) after searching for other clubs I couldn't really find one that really interested me
I wanted to join karate but damn guy who I walk to campus with joined it already and I really didn't feel like joining after I knew...
The SAM (society of anime and manga) didn't put up a stall at the fresher's fair so I had to email them
Then I went looking for them last Monday to sign up - couldn't find them at first, but when I eventually did I was surprised to see them all being Indian (ok I kinda judged them based on their looks) and wondered whether I should join or not as I didn't want to be the only girl and be surrounded by Indians (I'm sorry for being shallow T_T)
But I put that aside, and decided to talk to the main guy (the others left) and then I found him to be a friendly guy, then another guy (from Sweden) was also signing up and he joined our discussion of all things anime
One of his friends joined us again and an asian girl (who's the treasurer) also joined
In the end I thought it wouldn't hurt to join and it seem really cool (it might've been the fact that he said that we'll be going to the MCM Expo that made me want to join XD)
So I guess the moral of the story is "don't judge the book by it's cover" and don't stereotype people and be racist (I'm sorry T_T)
There hasn't been a meet-up since then (so I don't know who else joined and who the members are) but we are going to the MCM Expo on Sunday! :D

I guess that's all for now...
I guess I could write about Asda and Tesco and familiarising myself with the place but it's not that interesting

I'll try and update more often (not a promise) but I'd like to look back at these in the future to find how stupid I was :P