Bunkasai 2015

Yesterday, 7 March 2015, was UNMC's annual Bunkasai event which is a Japanese cultural festival opened to the public organised by the Japanese Cultural Society and Anime&Manga Society (credits to the event page on FB for this description and the above poster).

I was a part of both the societies(kinda clear what I'm into, right) and I volunteered for this event! I was helping out at the Yukata Photography Department which somehow became the charity department as well lol. Basically, what I did was help people put on the yukata and let them take photos. Initially, the knots and sequences of what to put on first was so confusing ugh, but it gradually got easier. That tends to happen when you're doing it for 5 hours straight yaknow.

Anyway, compared to other departments, I think this one is the simplest one because even for the decorations and set up, we were the first to be done hahaha! Still, it was just as tiring. Standing up to help people put on yukata ain't as easy as it seems. After doing this, I really, really respect people that stand/walk the whole day for their work, like, how do you guys do this on a daily basis man, you peeps da real MVP! 

Okay, back to the event. When it officially ended at 5pm-ish, we got free desserts from the Maid/Butler Cafe! Whoot! What's better than getting free food after a tiring day?! It was all desserts, but they were so, good. Sadly, I had to leave before cleaning up and I feel soooo bad about it. Hopefully I'll be able to do something to make up for that next time! 

Overall, it was a fun and great experience! I got to learn how to wear yukata (I can say I'm quite good at it now so call me master please, lol no, I'm joking), made new friends with some really nice/cute/fun people and finally, FINALLY, I'm able to feel that I'm a part of the societies that I've joined (a lot of people like to have a sense of belonging and so do I). I'm so glad I volunteered for this event and this department hehehe. I'll most probably be volunteering again next year, but I haven't made up my mind on volunteering for which department. Oh well, there's still a year or so until the next Bunkasai so I'll have plenty of time to think, or not needing to think about it yet, ............yup. 

Extra: Me in a yukata with Gin-san's sword and feeling super embarrassed right after doing some samurai poses hahahahaha yes, I said embarrassed but the ones that I'm posing are even more embarrassing. I mean, look at the photo it's so shaky because my friend was laughing the shit out of herself from seeing me posing