望み – What is that you desire?

Cosafe 2.0

windbell on December 9, 2007 in Japan,Local,Photoshoot

^ 「お帰りなさいご主人様！」 Welcome Home Master!

Just yesterday, I was with Zer0 of The FØØL’s Progress over at "Cosafe Maid Cafe" (ｺｽｱﾌエﾒｲﾄﾞｶﾌエ). It went through a re-boot during the end of October and now the upgraded version is called "Cosafe Maid Bar & Restaurant".

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Besides the name change, other changes such as the dresses and facilities. The costumes with the cosplay meidos don have changed as well.

The concept of Cosafe has been re-designed as well, in order to make optimum use of it’s location in CHIJMES. The interior of the shop has been re-arranged and re-modelled. The piano in the shop corner has been now moved away to make space for a bar, more tables and seats. Pretty funky concept I would say.

Instead of just the usual smoothes and floats, the drink’s list is now much more comprehensive, which include liquor, wine, mocktails etc. Good selection for both drinkers and non-drinkers.

I tried "Pussyfoot" (Non-alcoholic cocktail | mocktail) for both visits when I was there. Got to try "Shirley’s Temple" next. Not a drinker here ^^;

Patrons who have visited in the past would have remember the framed illustration from the dating-simulation game "Pia Carrot". Cosafe has still retained it and it’s currently framed near the ceiling… to prevent Otakus from grabbing it (I kid ^^;)

Besides the drinks getting expanded, the dining menu has also received a new makeover as well. There’s an enlarged version of the menu that’s placed just near the entrance to CHIJMES (The traffic crossing from Raffles City with the Big Christmas Tree). Award Winning Chef Desmond Png has also joined the ranks of Cosafe, taking charge of the kitchen.

Also, the cash register has been did away with and have brought a POS system (Point-of-Sale) under their wing. There is also a service point just outside the restaurant for fast delivery of dishes. No more slow waiting time just to do your payments as well.

If you’re worried of getting wet during the monsoon season? Cosafe has added a tent just outside the restaurant to counter that. The place was still busy even at 11pm in the evening.

And now for what most of you guys are waiting for, the meidos! Pictures below are of the two longest-serving meidos from the original cast, Livia and Nana.

^ Livia on the left, Nana on the right.

^ Zettai Ryouiki for you!

The meido in the pink costume is Cheryl. She’s was a little camera shy on that night but allowed us to take a zettai ryouiki shot ^^;

^ Cutesy expressions ^o^

The costumes have been hand-picked by Ferlyn, who’s currently studying in Tokyo, Japan. She observed that the maid cafes in Japan wear variants of the standard maid uniform, and decided to introduce this to Cosafe too. Kathleen, the director of Cosafe has also noticed this as well.

I do remember visiting the Meido Cafes in Tokyo during my Japan trip. They did the same thing as well.

And also, Cosafe will be celebrating it’s first year anniversary on 12 Dec (Wednesday). As part of the celebrations, they will be hosting a cosplay party and Cosafe will have their entire platoon of meidos dressed in their finest. There will also be a 20% discount for all checks and for those who dress up in costume, an additional 5% will be given as well.

Livia will also be donning the costume Izumi Sawatari from "He is My Master" wears. I’ve seen pictures of it an it’s absolutely awesome ^^;

I will be down taking pictures on the event itself so fellow otakus, if you do come down, don’t forget to say hi ^^; Just look for the photographer :)

\Photography Notes/

Taken using 18-55mm at an ISO of 1600 and a tripod for one or two shots. Will be using better equipment during the event itself. Possibly a 17-55mm and a flash.

Link(s):

Cosafe 2.0 by Zer0

Related Post(s):

Japanese Maid Cafes!

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Comiket 71

Comiket 71 is drawing near! It’s Winter Comiket a.k.a Fuyucomi!

For those who do not know what comiket is

Comiket, otherwise known as the Comic Market or CM, is the world’s largest comic convention, held twice a year in Tokyo, Japan. The first CM was held in December 1975, with only about 30 participating circles and an estimated 700 attendees. Attendance has since swelled to over a quarter of a million people. The convention lasts for three days. It is a grassroots, DIY effort for selling dōjinshi, self-published Japanese works. As items sold in CM are considered very rare (because dōjinshi are seldom reprinted), some items sold at CM can be found in shops or on the Internet at prices up to 10 times the item’s original price.

The continuing operation of CM is the responsibility of the Comic Market Preparatory Committee (CMPC).

Source: Wikipedia <LInk>

Well, is anyone going for this one?

^ Tokyo Big Sight, Odaiba, Tokyo

Comiket 71
Dates: Dec 29-31, 2006
Time：10:00 ~ 16:00
Location: Tokyo Big Sight Halls East 1-2-3-4-5-6 West 1-2-3-4; Ariake 3-21-1, Koto-ku, Tokyo

The location is the same as always, over at Tokyo Big Sight (Winter),on December 29,30,31 in 2006. This year’s comiket is a little odd, as it finishes on New Year’s eve. After which, there is Shogatsu (New Year) which is the most important holiday in Japan and most businesses would be closed from January 1 to January 3, and families spend time together. There is also special dishes to be eaten as well, such at Osechi ryori, otoso and ozoni.

Okay, I went abit off track there ^^.

I guess it would be cold over at comiket as it’s winter, so people who are going, do wear sufficient clothes and at least a mode of transportation home as it would be very very very crowded (New Year’s eve). You could probably grab one or two extras and hide them under your clothes :p

The catalog for C71 is out on the internets as well. I do see a couple of interesting stuff. Too bad I can’t attend any for these events as I’m not in Japan. Give me 5 more years :)

BT

[Moe]_Comic_Market_71_CD-ROM_Catalogue.rar <LInk>

No HTTP downloads for this one.

Enjoy then!

Tokyo Big Sight (eng) <Link>

Comiket (eng) <Link>

Japanese Speech Contest

January and February will be helluva hectic for me. Why?

1. NP in-house Japanese speech contest
On Speech contest, NP Advanced B students will speech in Japanese.
Also, Japanese High school students will visit us as guest judge.
We will have interaction over coffee and snack.
It’s good opportunity to talk with Japanese high school students in
Japanese!
Date: 19 Jan(Friday)
Time: 4:30-7pm
Venue: LT79
Program: Speech contest and interaction

2.Presentation of Japan trip
6 Advanced B students went to Japan last year for Language training trip. They stayed Osaka 2 weeks with host family. what they found out in Japan? Is there any amazing things in Japan? What do you need to do if you are in Japan?They will give presentation of Japan and you will find know what is “real Japan ” is like.This is lunch time talk session, so feel free to bring your lunch and listen their presentation!It’s open to every one. Of course you can bring along your friend who don’t take Japanese class also!
Date: 24 Jan(Wed)
Time: 12-1pm
Venue: Blk53#04-08
Program: presentation and Q&A session

3. Japanese & English Speech Contest in Japanese high school
Waseda Shibuya Senior High School will hold in-house Speech contest in Japanese and English.Japanese students will give a speech in English and NP students will give a speech in Japanese.After speech contest we will have interaction time. It’s good chance to improve your Japanese and make Japanese friend.If you are interested in this event, please contact your lecturer or Chishiho sensei (mch2@np.edu.sg)
Date: 16 feb(Friday)
Time: 4-6pm
Venue: Waseda Shibuya Senior High School
Program: Speech contest and interaction

I’ll be going for all 3 events :) Helping out in the first event, taking a look at the second and participating in the third.

Yes. I am going up to stage, facing a sea of Japanese Senior High School girls and guys and reading my speech in their native language whilst the Japanese students will do their in English.

I joined in without much thinking. Don’t ask me why, seriously. Sensei wants us to prepare our draft in both English and Japanese next thursday. I’ll probably talk on “My Future/Desire” or something along those lines. It’s the first for me to give a speech, and I hope I don’t screw up haha.

Date: 16 feb(Friday)
Time: 4-6pm
Venue: Waseda Shibuya Senior High School
Program: Speech contest and interaction

Do come and support me people! I think it’s free admission. XD

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Oh, and for those who were wondering why I had to wear such formal clothes today. My group had to do our presentation and we’d decided to wear the ’office attire’ (meaning long sleeve shirts, suits and all) and present.

^ The five of us. I’m on the outmost right.

18 Responses to “Cosafe 2.0”

- bj0rN

BO JIO

Posted on December 9, 2007 at 12:35 am

- Hijiko

Drink more, you must. (alcohol beverages I mean) =)

Posted on December 9, 2007 at 6:35 am

- Tiny Red Man

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG X Over Nine Thousand

HE IS MY MASTER COSPLAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*NOSEBLEED 10000LITRES!!!!!!!!!!

*instead death*

Posted on December 9, 2007 at 11:03 am

- welsper84

The maids are a bit CMI….

Posted on December 9, 2007 at 2:58 pm

- AS

Cute maids ^^. What caught my attention though was the menu lol. It caught my attention because it looks like the chef recommends everything ^^, never seen that before lol. The chef must really be proud of his/her cooking.

Posted on December 9, 2007 at 3:23 pm