MASQUERADE My little collection of costumes. Being from the College of Fine Arts in UP means joining the Lantern Parade every year, and after the first three times I started getting the hang of things. This is a small documentation of all the times I dressed up (either for the Lantern Parade or for Halloween) and the impossibly wanky situations I get myself into. ................................................................. Halloween at Eastwood (Neutral Grounds GameCon) (Left to right: Samurai of the Pale Curtain (Fatima), Desolation Angel (me) (Left to right: Serra Advocate, Desolation Angel (me), Defiling Tears) ................................................................. Lantern Parade 2003 (UP Diliman) (Left to right, top to bottom: Gimli, Aragorn, Legolas (me), Boromir, Gandalf the White, Merry, Sam, Pippin, Frodo) (Left to right: Gimli (Cookie), Legolas (me) This was especially memorable year for me as I wasn't required to join the Fine Arts parade. I got the arnis club to go as the fellowship, and with the help of some of my Fine Arts friends we were able to get a cast of 20 people playing out a Lord of the Rings skit. (We had Ringwraiths and Elven warriors as extras.) It was a brilliant feeling at the end of the parade when we won the Judge's Choice award, and I got to keep the little plaque we were presented with. :) (The cash prize went to buying new armor for the club, though. Lol. Oh well.) ................................................................. Lantern Parade 2002 (UP Diliman) (Left to right: Random Samurai Guy (Alan), Rinoa from Final Fantasy 8 (me) (Left to right: Rinoa (me), and my friend Mishel who didn't go as anything that year.) :) (The theme of the College of Fine Arts at the time was Superheroes and everyone just had a fantastic time. There were students costumed in everything from Voltes V to X-men to Harry Potter. Utterly brilliant year.) :) ................................................................. Lantern Parade 2000 (UP Diliman) My very first Parade. My class at Fine Arts was required to make a ten-foot float for every 3 people, so Mishel, Carla and I grouped to make this Liquid Correction pen. (Our theme at the time was Art Materials). Unfortunately, I don't have a pic of it when it was 100% finished, but by the day of the parade the "tummy" of the pen lit up with white light from the inside. The gimmick we concocted was a tip that really spurted white liquid, and we ended up using a spray pump for gardening and non-fat milk. It wasn't the best float we ever made, but it was my very first one nonetheless. Incidentally, I have no pictures of the Latern Parade in 2001, but we all had to go as Fireflies (I had a light-up butt). :P