Daily Life: Week Roundup~ Cosplay, Tao + Foodie

It is one rainy rainy week. 

Two fridays ago, I watched Tao, a Japanese drum performance, at Resorts World Manila with my parents. I love the overall performance. Their costumes were so clean and perfect. It was a samurai-inspired outfit in the shades of black, violet and dark gray. Their movements while performing were so fluid as if they were dancing. I think their moves were martial arts, actually. And the sound of the percussion instruments was just magnificent! Whenever they played, I could feel Pre-modern Japan around me. There were times that I think the music were reminiscent of wartime because of the Taiko. I think their lead drummer was a girl in heels. Aside from the percussions, they also used the flute and koto, a Japanese string instrument. I never new that percussion and wind instruments sounded so good together. Also, I loved their concept of interacting with the crowd. (Click the link below, the one I'm referring to is the woman in white) If they perform in your country, you should watch.

Here's a link to their website. But it will redirect you to the photo gallery.

Daily Life: Busybody Week

Hi guys! The weekend was pretty crazy.

Friday: Snatched Bag
Saturday: Painting, volunteer work and friends staying over
Sunday: Fun run and more volunteer work

Last Friday I dropped by at the office where I am currently doing volunteer work. When I was heading home with two newfound friends, my bag was snatched from me! I used a small shoulder bag which slung over my right shoulder. I tried to chase the culprit while shouting "Thief!" But he was able to escape with the help of an accomplice. They used a vehicle to escape from their deeds. While escaping they had to pass through cars which began to cause traffic. They fell somewhere along the road and was almost hit by a bus! I did not feel sorry for them and I wanted to laugh out loud. But I couldn't retrieve my things since I was afraid that they might be holding any sharp object and I didn't have any experience with self defense. No one helped at all. Well, except for the kind lady who gave me cash to go home.

Artoholic: Stress Reliever + Katniss Everdeen Fanart?

Hi my loves! How did your day go? I hope you guys didn't have a stressful day like I did. I had classes at 8am so I woke up at 5am and left home by 6.30am. But it seems the time I alloted was not enough! I was, again, almost late for class. That is my routine from Monday to Thursday. So I have to manage the stress that I absorb within those four days. So as my stress reliever, I usually create something. Either a drawing, a story, a poem, a craft or an entry in my rant diary. So two days ago, I had the urge to draw as my reliever. I wanted to look for a different style. So I went to a more detailed drawing.

Artcoholic: Trying Paper Clay and a Drawing

Recently my creative juices are just oozing with excitement. I have little cash but I have a mind mind rich of art plans. What I did? I spent my money on art materials. Crazy. But I think it's worth it. A few hours ago, I was experimenting with my new  toy: paper clay. Here was the outcome:

It's Frankenstein!!! Gone wrong, hah. But for a first timer I find it nice.

A few days ago I was hooked to sketching again. Here's what I did.

I used a normal sketchbook, pencil to different kinds of pens, and soft pastel for coloring. :)

Daily Life: Remembering Japan and Random Rants (Photography from Japan)

I MISS JAPAN SO BADLY~!!!!! :(

I want to go back to the beautiful Land of the Rising Sun. It isn't obvious that I love Japan. /sarcasm

Last time, I've posted about the trip to Japan as a youth ambassador. This post is not so different from the last.