Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Novi Sad :)

Ovaj vikend sam provela kod Vladimira u Novom Sadu. Bilo je divno! Imali smo srece da ne pada kisa, iako je bilo bas toplo i tmurno. U subotu uvece smo izasli da se prosetamo. Prvi put sam videla Novi Sad po mraku. Divan je! Katedrala u centru izgleda prelepo sa vitrazima na svakom staklu *O* Ima mnogo kafica i svaki je u svom fazonu. Iskreno, svi su mi se svideli. Atmosfera je drugacija nego u Beogradu - sve je nekako mirnije i malo tise. Sutradan smo otisli na Strand ( to je plaza na obali Dunava). Odusevila sam se kako je lepo uredjena i koliko ima ljudi. Zaista je lepo, steta samo sto ima jako malo mesta u vodi jer su postavljene bove koje ogranicavaju kupaliste (s razlogom, Dunav je jako brz!). Malo smo se prosetili po pesku, usli donekle u vodu, posle posedeli na plazi i uskoro krenuli nazad u stan jer je sve govorilo da ce krenuti oluja. Jedva sam cekala da napravimo rucak/veceru jer sam bila jako gladna! Tog jutra mi je bilo toliko toplo da nisam mogla da doruckujem nego sam popila kafu i pojela par keksica T_T  Do momenta kada je trebalo da krenemo na stanicu temperatura je malo opala, a kise i dalje nije bilo. Sacekala me je kad sam se vratila u Beograd XD Zaista mi je bilo divno :3

I spent this weekend in Novi Sad at my boyfriend's place. It was great! We were lucky that it wasn't rainy even though it looked like the storm was coming. On Saturday night we went out for a walk.It was my first time seeing Novi Sad by night. It's so beautiful! The cathedral in the center looks stunning with all the stained glass on the windows. *O* There is a lot of cafes and bars and each of them has some unique style. Honestly, I like them all XD The atmosphere is different than in Belgrade - everything is somehow more calm and quiet. The next day we went to beach called Strand (it's on the river Danube's shore). It was beautiful! There was a lot of people and everything is nicely organised. It really is beautiful, pity there is fairly little space in the water because of the buoys which were placed (with a good reason, the Danube's current is rather strong!). We walked a little on the sand, got our feet wet a bit, afterwards we were sitting on the beach and soon started going back to the apartment because there were talks of the storm. I couldn't wait for us to make lunch/dinner, because I was soooo hingry! I was so hot that morning that i couldn't even eat breakfast so I just drank coffee and ate a couple of biscuits...Till the moment we had to set off to the station the temperature decreased just a little, and there was no rain. She waited for me on the bus stop in Belgrade XD
















Monday, July 14, 2014

So much fun!

Ovaj vikend smo provele sa Milanom :3 Najpre smo se u petak uvece nasle sa njim i Milicom pa smo seli u kafic i pricali. Bilo je vrlo zabavno! Mislim da nas je pola kafica culo kako se smejemo XD Milica nije mogla da ostane do kasno jer je imala jos obaveza, a nas troje smo uskoro krenuli ka Milanovoj kuci. Padala je kisa tako da se nismo previse setali... Celo vece nam je proslo u pricanju, slusanju muzike i smejanju. Dugo nismo izasli nas troje ovako sami... Ostali smo budni do 6 ujutru,  a poslednja dva sata pre spavanja smo proveli smejuci se do suza :'D Nismo mogli da prestanemo! Kada smo ustali (posle nekih 5 sati sna) bili smo blago (khm "blago") pospani ali nismo hteli da nam propadne dan, tako da smo popili kafu, spremili se i izasli. Milan je poneo fotoaparat i slikali smo se na svakom koraku. To nas je podsetilo na neko proslo vreme kada smo se stalno slikali, kad god izadjemo i sta god da radimo. :3 Otisli smo u park, pa do neke crkve, trcali po travi, smejali se... Bas je bilo lepo ^^ Stigle smo kuci tek oko 18h, preumorne i odlicnog raspolozenja. Sto kaze Milan - uvek nam fali jos vremena, svaki put se zalimo kako opet nismo dovoljno pricali XD Inace, ovo kucam preko telefona, cekajuci Milicu da dodje XD

We spent this weekend at Milan's place :3 On Friday we first met with him and Milica and then sat in a cafe. We talked a lot and laughed even more, I think the whole cafe heard us XD Milica couldn't stay for a long time since she had some other places to go so the 3 of us soon went to Milan's place. It was raining so we didn't walk too much... The whole evening went by in talking, laughing and listening to the music. It has been a long time since we last saw each other alone like this. We stayed up until 6 am and the last two hours were filled with laughter. We just couldn't stop XD When we woke up we were still a bit ("a bit ") sleepy but we didn't wanna spend the day in bed. So we drank coffee, dressed up, Milan took his camera and we went out. We took pictures on every step. This reminded us of the old days when we always took tons of pictures everywhere :3 We went to park, church (actually we only climbed up its stairs and took pictures there XD) , run around the grass, laughed... It was really nice ^^ We came home at around 6pm, dead tired but in high spirits. As Milan says - there's never enough time for us to talk, we always complain about it XD Btw,  I'm typing this on the phone, waiting for Milica to come :'D




















Monday, July 7, 2014

Japanizam day 2nd and 3rd!

Japanizam je ove godine bio zaista divan! Uzivala sam sva 3 dana, koliko sam bila. Treceg dana sam bila u Domu Omladine vec u 11 prepodne *imala sam neke obaveze na faksu pre toga, pa...* Nasla sam se sa Vladimirom pa smo se muvali okolo, namestali njegov kostim, pricali sa ljudima i tako. On je trebalo da vodi tribinu sa gostima iz Madjarske, Bugarske i Hrvatske. To mu je bio prvi put u ulozi "voditelja" ili hosta ili kako god :'D Tako da je malkice bio nervozan pre pocetka, ali moram da kazem da je bio odlican! Zaista se snasao i bilo je interesantno slusati celu pricu o Cosplay-u i tome kako su nasi gosti poceli time da se bave i stigli ovde gde su sada. Posle toga sam se pridruzila Hristini, Ljubici i jos jednoj devojci (cijeg imena ne mogu da se setim, IZVINI! ) da bismo sminkale posetioce. Upala sam na Katty-no mesto i u stvari pojma nisam imala sta treba da se radi XD Ja inace ne sminkam nikoga sem sebe tako da me je malo bio strah i ruke su mi uzasno drhtale dok sam sminkala prve dve osobe. Posle sam se vec opustila i postalo mi je interesantno :3 Tri sata su prosla dok sam trepnula ali su me zato noge uzasno bolele XD Zaboga, ceo dan sam provela u stiklama...Nakon toga sam otisla sa Ljubicom da jedem nesto, dok je Vladimir isao sa strancima da im pronadju hostel. Uskoro sam krenula kuci jer nisam imala snage da stojim (vec je bilo 9 uvece).
 Juce je bio cetvrti i poslednji dan Japanizma. Stigla sam u 14h, taman pred pocetak nastupa. Obzirom da je ove godine broj karata bio ogranicen, guzva nije bila strasna i ljudi nisu gazili jedni preko drugih da bi usli u salu XD Sve je bilo u najboljem redu. Host je bila Hristina i ona je najavljivala izvodjace. Nastupali su pevaci, pevacice, beatbox-er, plesna grupa Ultimate dance, Masha koja je pevala i igrala i bila preslatka *svaka cast!* i tako dalje. Bilo je zabavno! Nakon toga smo imali pauzu, nasla sam se sa Vladimirom i onda smo setali i slikali se. Uvek je najveca guzva poslednjeg dana Japanizma zato sto se tada odvijaju glavni dogadjaji. Bilo je divno videti sve te ljude koji vole Japan, japansku modu i uopsteno njihovu pop kulturu :3 Nismo mogli da docekamo da krene samo Cosplay takmicenje.U medjuvremenu sam upoznala Miyu Myau - devojku iz Hrvatske koja je ucestvovala u reviji prvog dana i koja je imala svoj stand na Artist Alley. Zamolila sam je da se slikamo i malo smo popricale. Mnogo je fina i drago mi je da smo se upoznale. Dopadaju mi se stvari koje pravi, a ocigledno su se dopale i ljudima koji su posetili Japanizam jer ih je mnogo nosilo njene macje usi :3 Svi su bili vrlo uzbudjeni i onog trenutka kada su vrata sale bila otvorena ljudi su pohrlili unutra. Na binu su izasle Isidora i Jelena, u punim kostimima. Izgledale su fenomenalno! Volim kada one vode program zato sto umeju da zabave publiku. Sve vreme su se medjusobno bockale i koskale, prosto je izgledalo kao da ce se svakog trena zaista posvadjati. Bilo je vrlo interesantno :D Ove godine je bilo dosta mladih kosplejera koji jos nisu punoletni i ne mogu da se takmice za odlazak na evropsko prvenstvo. Medjutim, i oni su se zaista potrudili oko kostima i nadam se da ce i sledece godine ucestvovati. Seniori su bili odlicni! Sudije se imale problema da odluce ko je najbolji jer su im kostimi bili vrlo dobro uradjeni. Prvo mesto je zauzela Mona Popovic - imala je genijalan nastup i kostim lika Jinx iz igre League of Legends, cestitam od sveg srca! :D Kada se obajva pobednika zavrsila svi volonteri su se popeli na binu i publika im je tapsala jer bez njih nista od ovoga ne bi bilo moguce. Bilo je zaista divno, sa sve konfetama :D Svaki put kada se Japanizam zavrsi imam osecaj da se budim iz sna i vracam u svakodnevni dosadni zivot. Sada ne mogu da docekam Chibicon koji ce se odrazti u jauaru :D Nakon sto su svi izasli iz sale u holu je napravljena zurka. Svi su igrali, skakali, pevali i bilo mi je toliko zabavno da ih gledam :3 Pravo druzenje i zabava bez negativne energije, mala oaza za odmor od svakodnevnih problema...

Japanizam this year was really awesome! I enjoyed these 3 days that I spent there. On the third day I was already at 11am at Dom Omladina * I had some things to do for faculty before that so...*. I met with Vladimir and then we walked around, did finishing touches on his costume, talked with people around...Vladimir was supposed to be a "host" for a tribune with foreign cosplayers that came from Hungary, Romania and Croatia. That was his first time as a "host" so he was a bit nervous, but I have to say he did an excellent job! It was really interesting to hear about how these cosplayers came to be engaged in it. After that I joined Hristina, Ljubica and one other girl (whose name I can't remember SORRY!) and started doing makeup for visitors. I usually don't do makeup for other people but only for me so my hands were shaking really bad for the first 2 people XD After that I relaxed and it became fun! Three hours have passed in a flash but my legs were hurting really bad XD For god's sake I was in heals all day long! After that I went with Ljubica to eat and Vladimir went with our visitors to find their hostel. Soon after that I went home since I was really tired and barely standing.
Yesterday was the last day of Japanizam. I came at 2 o'clock, just in time for the performance. Given that this year the number of tickets for the last day was limited, the place wasn't so crowded and visitors didn't step over each other to get into the hall XD Everything was in order. Hristina was the host and she announced performers. There were singers, one beatboxer, dance crew Ultimate dance, Masha who danced and sung and was so cute, and others..It was so fun! After this we had pouse, I met up with Vladimir and than we walked around and took pictures. Crowd is the largest on the last day of Japanizam because that's when the main events are held. It was lovely to see all those people who like Japan, japanese fashion and their pop culture overall :3 We couldn't wait for the Cosplay competition to start! In the meantime I met Miyu Myau - the girl from Croatia that participated in the fashion show on the first day and that had her stand in Artist alley. I asked her to take a picture with me and talked a little. She is so nice and I'm glad I met her. I like the things she makes, and other visitors like them too since a lot of them were wearing her cat ears :3 Everyone was so excited and the moment the doors to the hall were open the crowed just rushed in! Isidora and Jelena came out all dresses up in awesome costumes . I love it when they are leading the "show" - they know how to entertain the crowd. They were picking on each other and made us laugh, and at some point it looked as if they were really going to start fighting :'D It was so interesting! There was a lot of junior cosplayers this year that couldn't participate in the competition for European championship. Nevermind that, they still made great costumes and I hope to see them again next year. Seniors were great! The judges had problems deciding who should win since they all had great costumes. In the end the first place was won by Mona Popovic in costume of  Jinx - League of Legends, congratulations Mona!! :D When that ended all volunteers were invited to come up stage so that we could see them. All of this couldn't happen without them. It was really wonderful, together with confetti :D Every time Japanizam ends I have a feeling like waking up from a dream back to the boring everyday reality. Now I can't wait for Chibicon that will be held in January :D After everyone came out of the hall a little party was held in the main lobby. Everyone was dancing, jumping and singing, I had so much fun watching it. Real fun, hangout without any negative energy, like a little oasis for escaping from daily problems :3







These are Jelena (left) and Isidora (right) :D

 On the right picture is Miyu Myau :3

 And some funny faces while waiting for the show to begin XD 

These were taken by Predrag Bojkovic :3



And the rest of the pictures can be seen here  *all credits to Predrag Bojkovic! :)

Friday, July 4, 2014

Japanizam day 1st!

Juce je bio prvi dan konvencije Japanizam. Na zalost, moj dan je poceo u 6 ujutru i do popodneva, kada sam u stvari otisla na Japanizam, vec sam odradila 3 ispita T_T Iskreno, nisam mislila da ce mi biti toliko naporno da odradim to u jednom danu ali sam se prevarila. Do trenutka kada sam zavrsila sa poslednjim vise nisam mogla da mislim i ruke su krenule da mi se tresu...Ali sam onda konacno mogla da odem u Dom Omladine gde se sve to odrzavalo i da malo uzivam :3 Nasla sam se sa deckom, sestrom, prijateljima i konacno na kratko zaboravila na fakultet. Ah, da, pre nego sto sam stigla nasla sam se sa Milicom, na Trgu, pa smo par minuta sele da popricamo. Htele smo da se slikamo, u jednom trenutku sam slucajno okinula i ispala je najbolja slika ikad :D Na Japanizmu je bilo puno ljudi, mnogo divnih standova sa raznoraznim rucno pravljenim stvarima, po zidovima su izlozeni crtezi i bilo je vrlo zivahno. Katty je ucestvovala u reviji tako da je veci deo vremena provela u backstage-u sa modelima dok sam ja sa Vladimirom, ili sama, setala uokolo. Volim sto je ovaj dogadjaj svake godine sve popularniji i sto se sve vise ljudi interesuje za Japansku kulturu :3 Nisam mogla da docekam trenutak kada ce krenuti revija! Za vreme probe sam sa Yuki, Katty, ostalim dizajnerima i modelima bila iza scene i gledala sta se desava. Yuki i ja smo u jednom tenutku uzele drugaricin telefon i posteno se islikale XD Bilo je zabavno...Malo pre nego sto je pocelo zvanicno otvaranje Japanizma sela sam sa Yuki ispred bine sa ostalom publikom i onda smo cekale da sve pocne. Prvo su organizatori i ambasador Japana odrzali govore a zatim su nastupile devojke sa bubnjevima. Bile su fenomenalne! Zaista sam uzivala, volim da slusam kada nekko udara u bubnjeve, a i sam nastup je bio odlican. Nakon toga je Isidora najavila reviju i dizajneri su jedan po jedan predstavili svoje modele. Ucestvovali su Danijela Danny Kovačević, Katty Ankoku, Ljubica Dolašević i gosti iz Hrvatske MyauMania i A.Revolver. Nakon toga smo se spakovali i uskoro rastali jer smo vec bili umorni. Mi smo pre povratka kuci otisle na kratku kafu sa Milanom i Kat, da se malo oporavimo XD U stvari nam se nije islo kuci, koliko god da smo bile umorne...Sutra ponovo idem na 3. dan Japanizma, opet cu ceo dan biti u Beogradu i iskreno jedva cekam! :D Za sada imam samo ove slike,ali bice ih sutra jos...

Sorry guys, I'm too tired to write in english, so I will just explain in short :P This event is called Japanizam and it's about Japanese pop culture :3 It has been held every year in Belgrade, for the last 7 years. Last year it turned into a Convention and every year there are more and more people interested in it :D Yesterday was the first day (it will last 4 days in whole) and there was official opening followed with girls playing drums and little fashion show - in which Katty participated as well ^_^ It was very nice and I had lots of fun. I will post more about it in the next 2-3 days since I will be going. That's all for now~



Slike sa revije je slikao Predrag Bojkovic