Awards Afterthoughts!

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Everyone go GANBARIMASU!!!!

JMC Awards Ceremony

(Ack...do I look fat.... XD)

Congratulations to all the winners!

Well, junior mangakas, 4 days have past...it has been an interesting award ceremony, ne. I hope most of you enjoyed the event and had a good tuck-in with the refreshments.

As for me....whew. I actually fell ill for 2 days with a fever (and sorethroat) immediately afterwards.

Was the food really good? (*drools)

To be honest, I didn't had anything for the whole day and if you're going to have to suck up and put on a costume like that, walk all day in killer boots with an hat AND be the emcee at the same time....gee...I can't even BEND properly that day...if you (ahem) get what i mean.

Yes, my stomach was in knots all day. You have absolutely no idea of the tremendous effort and hardwork it took to organise this event and all this we thank Flora Tan, our key organising chairperson for the ceremony.

Thank you for all the encouraging text messages I have been receiving as well. I will definitely ganbarimasu!

Overall, most of us are happy and many of you walked away with either a goodie bag or a lucky draw prize. Omedetou gozaimasu! ^_^

No doubt, there was a mix of disappointment and jubilation in the air that day.

Overcome the hurdle and continue to create mangas really....for the passion and love of it.

If you didn't win this round, never mind. Daijoubu! There's always a next time.

So take JMC with a little grain of salt. Most importantly, learn to improve your skills and prepare yourself for bigger ones to come!

Actually, all of you are winners but if everyone were to receive a PS3, the organisers will personally go bankrupt. XD

Remember that it is the journey and the process of creating a manga that's the fun part. I hope you all agree with that, ne.

Most importantly, you learn along the way whether its putting a story together, learning how to go digital, drawing or just plain meeting the deadline and submitting in time.

Dear junior mangakas, you have all been great participants in the competition. The level of commitment and dedication you have all shown in your work were astounding as I've kept repeating and repeating and repeating.

However, don't let one small competition like this get you down especially for those who believe that they deserve better.

Till then, all you have a brand spanking new copy of MY MANGA, ne?

You can always send in your feedbacks, suggestions and ideas to My Manga. Any contributions in the form of art, stories, fan art are welcome and the good ones will be publish to!

So stay tune to more incoming news!

(AT~CHOOOOOOOO~) Still sick...

Rei!