Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Cosplay!

Hello mah lobves!

So if you didn't know already, I do some cosplaying!

My first cosplay was in 2010! I had bought this one because I had no idea how to make anything at the time haha~ I just wanted to have the experience. It was probably one of the most fun times I've had at a con!


The lovely girl on the left cosplayed as Len! When I went, I didn't have a Len cosplaying with me, and her Rin wasn't able to come. I first saw her in the dealer's room and she said that we should totally meet up at the Vocaloid photoshoot. Later, we met up at the photoshoot and we ran into a huge hug as if we knew each other for years :'D It was great! I also spent the rest of that day with her and her friends (who also cosplayed from Vocaloid!). Ah~ it was so fun (っ´ω`c)♡ 

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Asami was the first cosplay I made parts for! The jacket was made by Chinasaur- a really awesome cosplayer that I love :'D But I made everything else! It was big cosplay milestone for me! I'm proudest of the Equalist glove I made! It's mad rout of cheap materials but hey~ it looks awesome ah ;w; I even got Janet Varney (the voice of Korra) to sign it! 


I used my real hair for Asami~ I had grown it out to be the perfect length xD But I recently cut it so..... if I want to cosplay her again, I'll have to get extensions or a wig~ or grow it out again :p

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Vanellope was the first costume I made all the parts for- yet another cosplay milestone . For me, it's my best cosplay and the most comfortable by far! My favorite part of this cosplay has to be the candy pieces! The gummy bears and mints are real candy that I sealed with gloss and glued to a bobby pin! ^-^




Someone was nice enough to edit this image for me!!!!!


They stayed anonymous though ;A; I wish knew who it was so I could give them credit!

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A recent cosplay I did was Sasha from Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan)! This is really uncomfortable to walk around in because of the harness straps xD But! I'm proud to say that I made the straps myself! Everything else is store bought xD Ah I need a new wig~



That's me on the far left!
I also made my boyfriend's harness~
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Right now, I'm working on Anna from Frozen! By now, the Frozen hype is dying down ever so slightly xD But I'm really excited to be her! 


I really lucked out on the fabrics for her. I found the majority of them in the discounted fabric scraps! And Joann's coupons omg~ they help SO much! So much discounts!!!!!

I also want to do Nagisa from Free. I WANT TO BE SWIMMINGU ANIME


It'll be my first time crossplaying! I'm so excited xD Oh! That cosplayer in the print is Jin from Tuxedo Team~ a Filipino cosplay group I've admired for years!!! If you look on my old blog, you'll see me fingerling about them!

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I hope you enjoyed reading! If you have any questions about how I made some parts of cosplays feel free to ask me on my ask.fm! Or you can view the construction notes as well as see more pictures and work in progress shots of other cosplays (including Anna) on my cosplay page!


Sunday, April 6, 2014

I miss Buono!

Hello mah lobves!! How's everyone doing?

Lately, I've been really missing making dance videos! Actually... just any videos really xD It's so hard to do here in University D; I can't wait until summer when I can start up again. I hope you all are being patient with me OTL

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I was browsing on youtube when Buono! started showing up! Oh gosh, I remember when they were first announced ;A; I can't believe it's been about - what - 7 years??


They are probably my top favorite H!P group along with W. I always loved their songs! The songs themselves were very catchy and had really cute and cool dances. Cool and spicy much? ;D Their voices blend extremely well, and they are among the best vocalists in the H!P Kids IMO! The PVs were also awesome. I always enjoyed watching them! And their outfitssss! They were always so amazing and different than what H!P usually wore back then.

Aside from that, their live performances were TOP NOTCH! The quality of their live singing combined with the energy both they and the audience had... it was simply amazing! I truly miss that nowadays!

I always thought that Buono! brought the best of each of the members. As the years went on I could see their progression in terms of singing as well as overall performance :'D It was so great to watch them improve! 

Momoko has always been my favorite member- though I love the other two a lot as well! She was always the most energetic! I would always watch her in the dance shots and learn her parts xD I'd also sing her parts in group covers of their songs! I remember loving how she began singing with a deeper, more mature voice. I reeeally liked that xD It suited her very well and brought out some of her best vocals. In my personal opinion, Buono!Momo was the BEST. If you follow H!P currently, you'll see that Momoko has begun using the chara "Momochi" often, which is signified by her sculpted twin tails. "Momochi" is super cute and everything, but I just prefer how she was in Buono!. It was more natural and, like I said before, brought out the best in her. That being said, I always love Momoko no matter what!

If you don't know who Buono! is, then you should totally check them out! They are a Hello!Project side unit consisting of 3 girls from other H!P groups: 



Suzuki Airi from C-ute, Tsugunaga Momoko from Berryz Koubou, and Natsuyaki Miyabi also from Berryz Koubou

They were originally formed in 2007 to sing the opening and ending songs for the anime Shugo Chara (my favorite manga at the time, so that made me even more ecstatic about this group!). They sang the openings and endings for the first season of the anime and then only the endings for the second season. The openings were sung by other side groups from H!P made specifically for Shugo Chara. 

Even after they stopped singing for Shugo Chara, they continued to make singles, which made me very happy! Their last single was back in 2012, and they haven't made a new one since. I really hope they make a comeback. I love the group's dynamic ;A;

If you want to see a recap of their singles, this video is super helpful!



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I wanted to share two Buono! videos I did! You can probably find more Buono things I was in if you search around on yt xD

Here is an old group cover I did with some friends back in 2009! I was singing as Momoko (the first girl who sings) ^-^



Ah blast from the past. I always loved singing with these girls! I'd love to cover their songs again!

Here's a comparison video of a Kokoro no Tamago dance cover I did in 2008 and 2012!


There was a group dance cover that I participated in for the song Bravo Bravo, and I LOVED it! It turned out SO well! It's not on youtube anymore though! I have the video somewhere though ^-^ It brings back good memories ;w;

This summer, I'm hoping to cover more Buono! dances! I learned them years ago, and they used to be on my previous channel~ I can't wait :'D

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Is this your first time seeing Buono? Tell me what you think in the comments below!

Already a fan of them? :'D Tell me your favorite song in the comments below!

Thank you for reading!!

Saturday, April 5, 2014

April 3- Happy Birthday to Mehhh

Hello mah lobves!!!

So this past Thusday was my birthday! I have finally entered my 20s, oh my goodness :'D I don't feel much different though haha. I still act like a kid a lot (and people still think I'm 12 years old so... :T).

I had classes on Thursday, so I couldn't really go out and celebrate xD But my family was very sweet and had a fruit basket sent up to me!




Oh it was so delicious (っ´ω`c)♡ I ended up eating all the chocolate strawberries haaa. Those are my favorite kinds of sweets (aside from macarons~ ohoho). I do think I ate too much though xD I wasn't hungry for dinner afterwards. This really meant a lot to me! I live far away from them because of university, and I can't spend my birthday with them :/ but they still find a way to give me something and it just makes me so happy! I'm so blessed to have them :'D I miss them so much!

Later, my friends got me a cute cake!!


It was good! At first we thought the elephant and giraffe were candy, so they made me bite into it. Mm hm. Nope. It wasn't candy... (- w -)

Then today, another one of my friends gave me a cute basket full of cute goodies :'D I didn't take a picture of the things inside it, but aahhh I love everything so so so much! Thank you Yoyo-chan, I love youuuu!!!!  ❤  


And thank you guys for your sweet messages! I really appreciate them!!! :D

Welp~ I'll end this post with a baby picture my mom posted on Facebook hahaha. She always does that??? xD 

I was such a happy baby pft

Thank you for reading~!! 



Wednesday, April 2, 2014

My Talented Friends aahhh

Hello my lobves! (っ´ω`c)♡

Thank you so much for the kind words and feedback :'D Ah, I love you all!

This will be a short post, but I wanted to share something! My friends entered the pillows 25th Cover Contest! The first round is view based, so watch and share please! It counts a lot! Both of their videos are SO amazing! And their voices, hnnnggg~~!

REMOTE GIRL

Four of Spades

I'm so proud aaaaa

They're also very inspiring~ I would like to do something similar one day!

Again, this is a short post ^^; Sorry about that! I'll have more interesting blog posts later! Please bear with me!

Thanks for reading!






Tuesday, April 1, 2014

New Blog and About me!

Hello, my lobves!!

Well~ for my long time followers, it's been a while! I used to blog often, starting from age 13 in 2008. Looking back at my posts, I realize they're so cringeworthy xD Eventually, I stopped in 2012 because I just lost motivation and got lazy. I did try to start up blogging again on tumblr, but again, my motivation died.

So, for the hundredttttthhhh time…. I've wanted to start it up again! I really missed just blogging about my day and stuff ^^;

Hopefully I can keep this one up! It won't be fancy at the moment- I really never delved into the whole html stuff. But I hope my posts can keep you all entertained! My motivation for keeping this up depends heavily on feedback :'D If no one reads or comments or anything, I feel like I have no reason to post OTL! SO! Your feedback means so much to me! Please leave some if you can!

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That being said, I think should make some kind of introduction/history recap post for my new followers! I've been on youtube for a long time! So mah lobves, if you're just now joining me on my journey, WELCOME~! It's so nice to meet you!


My name is Micchi, but I also go by Michigo! I am 19 years old (turning 20 this Thursday actually) and I am Filipino. I started on youtube in 2006 posting AMVs and occasional song and dance covers. In 2007, I made a new account under the username "micchichanpyon" to fully begin being a youtuber xD I still remember my join date: August 16, 2007. I started out making song covers of Hello!Project and anime songs using a crappy computer mic haha.

Would you like to see my very FIRST group dub I was in? KEEP IN MIND that the standard for covers back then were very low xD At the time, however, I really think this was one of the best! It's interesting how much youtube covers have evolved since then. Here it is~ a haha! I sing as Momoko (the second girl that sings)!


Well, I certainly have improved since then! xD This was the time I had the most fun on youtube, to be honest with you all. Everyone was so great, and making these covers were extremely fun!

About a year later, my channel got taken down due to copyright on one of the songs I made a cover of. ...sigh… It was awful for me honestly. But~ I got right back up and started another account, Michigopyon. Luckily, the followers and friends I made in that year followed me to this account and I was motivated to start over again. Around the end of 2008 (I think xD), I started up with dance covers! Originally, I had filmed dance covers and put them up on private, but I finally gained enough confidence to start posting publicly. From there, my dancing days began!

I continued posting singing and dancing covers for almost 3 more years! I got up to a little over 3,200 followers which made me the happiest ever :'D But then….. DUN DUN DUN… in March of 2011...

My account got taken down again. 

It was a singing cover again that caused my account to be taken down. Since this was the second time this happened, I was devastated. All my hard work… all my videos and followers… gone. I was really wary of making a new account, but I did anyway. This time, I wanted to focus on dance covers since singing covers were the problem.

Now, 3 years later, here I am~ making dance covers and dabbling in singing covers!

My latest dance cover is Morning Musume '14's "What is LOVE?":


And my latest song cover is Do You Wanna Build a Snowman from Frozen:




I also love drawing~

And I cosplay!


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That's my history and a little bit about me! If you want to know more, click here to ask me questions on my ask.fm! 

Again, I'd love to blog more! If you want me to blog more, let me know in the comments what you'd like to see or drop an ask at my ask.fm!

Feel free to reach me on all my social media sites! I have so many, it's crazy o.o I always end up using them though!

♥My MANY social sites~ xD♥

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