I do not always come up with one-liners, but when I do, I think of compiling them.
That's why I'm presenting a new topic for this journal: "ALVINisms". I guess this is how random my mind gets at times. And for some reason, I like it more when my mind goes random like this than when deep thoughts clutter my brain. As evident in most of my entries, I usually tend to over-write. But just this once, I want to force myself to keep it short. I hope this entry is short enough. I figured that I should put weekend gaming aside for the meantime and write this entry before the clock strikes twelve tonight and we change calendars from August to September.
This will be about my experience attending Fantasy Quest for the first time. There have been three, but it was only this year that I thought of going. The main reason for my decision to go there—if it wasn't my only reason—was to reunite with some of the friends I met at Anime Festival Asia last year: I heard that they were going to be special guests in the event, and I kind of miss them, and want to see them again. I could spare some cash for the VIP event on the 24th, but it got sold out before I could even order. I also wasn't able to buy a ticket during the pre-selling, because I chose not to attend the previous conventions before FQ. I thought that I should just go to the venue early on the 25th. But still, regrets. The first time I saw TMZ's interview with WWE Superstar Darren Young, I thought that it would be another disaster, because they're known for taking interviews of celebrities—regardless of whether they're sober or not—and taking pictures like the paparazzi that they are. But when the interviewer started asking his question, I thought that this is going to be somewhat a smart discussion.
He asked Darren if a gay athlete would make it big in contact sports such as MMA and wrestling, like in the UFC and the WWE. I admired Darren for saying a straight-to-the-point and honest answer when he said, "Absolutely!", but when he followed it with "Look at me", things got even more interesting. Even the interviewer couldn't believe what he just heard. Darren had just set himself as an example: a successful WWE Superstar living his dream—who is gay. I seem to have a habit of buying stuff out of impulse, especially when I see things that give great first impressions. I easily get enticed by stuff, and that poses a risk to my bank account.
As a gamer, I easily get caught in the hype of an upcoming game under my favorite genres. The first-ever game I bought from Amazon after discovering the wonders of the credit card was Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Special Edition. I thought back then that it was special because of the steel casing, the free prologue comic book and DLC codes included in it. When they announced Ultimate MvC3 months later, down went the specialness of the game I bought. Then more pre-orders followed: Tekken Hybrid, Final Fantasy XIII-2, Soul Calibur V, Street Fighter x Tekken Special Edition, Hyperdimension Neptunia MkII and Victory, PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale and Tekken Tag Tournament. I pre-ordered them because of their collector's value, if not for the free DLCs bundled with them. When I'm starting to feel that I've spent too much, I'll see another item that will make me say, "I want that!" It's because of this impulsive buying that I inadvertently started collecting things, particularly stuff related to gaming, anime, wrestling and comics. While collecting is a good hobby, I admit that it's taxing, not to mention costly. And so began my life as a collector; not a full-fledged collector, but a collector, regardless. I would've said "Oh, and a gamer, too", but I've already established that fact about me. And so I start up a new series of journals to house my opinions on rather delicate matters. "Alvin Says..." is online!
It's been bugging me for so long to write something like an editorial. I've so much to write about in this journal; in fact, I think I have a lot of stuff lined up for writing. I may not look like it, but I'm a highly opinionated person. I'm so opinionated, that some of my colleagues think that I have a dangerous mind. Even I think I have a dangerous mind. Anyway, look forward to the things I'll write in my new journal section. The readers of my write-ups might notice that I've been updating the articles section of my site too often lately. The truth of the matter is, I at least try to. It's been hard to catch up with the latest happenings about the stuff I'm interested with—videogames, anime, movies, sports-entertainment and all that—especially since I'm not really a news correspondent nor a journalist.
I don't know, but for some reason, when I write something regarding these, I feel compelled to delve deeper. I mean, especially in the case of movies, it's as if I don't want to readily believe the things I read on the internet and then write about them as if they're already true. I want to validate the credibility of most of the sources of my write-ups, but I just don't seem to have the proper ways to do so. I left work early yesterday to attend an autograph signing event. It wasn't the first ever meet-and-greet I attended, as I had my epic encounter with Rey Mysterio last year. Instead, it was the first time I attended an FHM Magazine autograph signing event.
I've bought some issues of FHM before, but the thought of going to these autograph signing events never came to my mind—until yesterday. The day before, my friend invited me to join him in meeting the covergirl in person. For some reason, I found the urge to go and meet FHM's July covergirl, Alodia Gosiengfiao. But it's not that I haven't seen her before; in fact, our paths have crossed multiple times. And so I continue my story from yesterday.
From where I left off, I talked about having the chance to not only see Rey Mysterio up-close, but also talk to him. It was something special, something that probably not a day's worth of salary can amount to. At the end of the day, though, the meeting was too short. If I had my way, I would've wanted to ask him more stuff. I would've wanted an opportunity to interview him. Too bad I wasn't a media person, nor a part of a fan club. I was aware that Studio 23 was hosting another meet-and-greet session at TriNoma, and I knew that I want to go there as well. Good thing I was able to ask Rey that question, because I wouldn't have come up with the idea that I had. With that idea, I thought to myself that really would be able meet him for the second straight time. It sounded like a plan. This day in history: I met Rey Mysterio face to face.
The encounter happened in 2012. While it's been a year, the memory is still fresh, as if it just happened yesterday. To most people, it was a normal day in the office, but to me, it was something special—that I just had to skip work. Days before that though, there had been contests online where the prizes are the same: the chance to meet Rey in person. I joined all of them, but I wasn't even close to winning. I thought it wasn't fated to happen. But like they say, "If there's a will, there's a way." |
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