Elders Are Experienced Childs

Hey, guys!

So, a couple of weeks ago, me and some people of my school went for a visit on an asylum. 

We were supposed to make a dance presentation for them and present them with some giftcards with origami tsurus that some students made throughout the week.

And it was very fun and specially emotional.

When I saw all those elders together smiling and applauding after our presentation, I quickly realized that those people have lived more than three times what I lived. How many incredible things they must have experienced?

One of my friends even joked:

- Can you imagine if some of them are war veterans?

I don't know. Maybe, hehe.

I was happy to make them happy that day. To make them feel that they were not forgotten. One of the grandmas took a liking on us and was following us everywhere! Hehe.

There was a time when we had to greet every single one of them and there was a certain lady that quickly resembled my great-grandma. So, as soon as I greeted her and I was about to move to the next, she pulled me a little, just like my great-grandma. So I felt that I needed to say a few words to her and asked my friend who could speak japanese to translate what I was saying. I told her about my grandma, that she was sick and I didn't know if I was going to see her again and that I missed her so much and some other things. I put my head on her hand and started to cry frantically. She conforted me and I bowed.

When I reunited with my friends, a lot of them were crying and the other boys were holding tears hehe. But we weren't crying of sadness, it was just...very emotional, I can't explain...I just know that it was very meaningful to everyone.

The Art of Cosplay

Hey, guys! 

So, last Friday, we had a Cosplay Party at school, and it was pretty freaking awesome! 

For those who doesn't know, a cosplay is when you dress up like a character and (not always) acts like it. 

And I gotta say, it is pretty hard to do so. First of all, to PICK a character! 

Common sense is needed to pick a character whose body profile is compatible to yours. And then you gotta arrange the costume, which an be pretty expensive to buy or to make. 

BUT these are not rules, everyone can do whatever they want. I just try to follow this because I'm kind of a perfectionist with these things.

In my case, I dressed up as Dracula, a halloween classic. And it wasn't really hard, I just put a formal red shirt with a suit vest and suit pants. I have a Vampire's cape which was originally my dad's. Then I bought red contacts and made my fangs with fake nails and painted them with nail polish. To get the fangs to look more like my teeth, I used some food coloring, and then I glued them with dental glue.

And for the final touch, my mom put makeup on me, making my face whiter and pale. 

I was pretty proud of my cosplay, the only thing I didn't do was act like the character. Well, I kinda did it when people asked me to take pictures, hehe.

There were a lot of interesting cosplays. My teacher dressed up as the Harley Quinn of the upcoming Suicide Squad movie, and it was REALLY AWESOME. My friends went as a panda, Finn from Adventure Time, Wolverine, Mulan, a Witch, Katarina from League of Legends, Hogwarts Student, etc. All of them were SO COOL! I would love to do it again!

When you get a chance to do cosplay, do it! JUST DO IT!