Top 25 Inspiring Filipina Cosplayers

Hi there! I'd like to introduce myself first so that you would know who the hell wrote this blog post and how dare she created a Top 25 list of inspiring Filipina cosplayers. My name is Wilonah Chan, and I am sharing some photos of my cosplay experience 3 years ago so that you'd have a pretty good idea how involved I was in the cosplay scene before. I am also a cosplayer who got inspired by the craft itself and aimed to inspire others as well. I am introducing myself to you not to show off but to give you a better understanding that I may not be the best cosplayer nor the most experienced one but I can say that I am knowledgeable and not "mangmang" to actually write about my fellow Filipina cosplayers.

I also went through preparing costumes, joining cosplay competitions, traveling out of town for a cosplay event, judging minor cosplay competitions, and showing up on TV sometimes. Have I already convinced you enough that I'm not exactly ignorant? If yes, please enjoy reading until the end! Aside from my personal choices, I asked cosplay enthusiasts via Facebook for names that they want to suggest and out of 40+ amazing female cosplayers, I did my best to choose my Top 25. The ones who did not make it to the list could still be inspiring, but since this is my blog, everything has been under my own discretion. There were some that I just kinda felt short, and I did not include some of them because I know their true colors (and they probably know already that I won't include them because they were such pretentious bitches to me, even bitchier than I am) which make them unfit to be inspirational. I'm too honest. Haha!

I spent looooong hours in checking out all of them, choosing their photos carefully and grabbing them, taking note of the names of the photographers so I could give credit to them (yes, I'm very particular on that since it's my way of giving respect to them), and I certainly spent more hours creating the blog post itself. So I hope that you get to appreciate my efforts and please do enjoy reading!

Top 25 Inspiring Filipina Cosplayers

(in alphabetical order, there's no ranking here, okay?)

Iskwater at Palaboy

Illegal settlers, squatters, o mas kilala sa salitang iskwater. Street children, homeless, o mas kilala sa salitang palaboy.

Through this blog post, I ought to share my personal thoughts regarding the squatters and homeless here in Metro Manila. I won't be discussing about numbers and statistics because it's quite risky to do the math that might lead to false information (this is still a public blog after all) but we are already talking about millions and an insane 2.something (not sure) population growth and unbelievable poverty rate.

I was never born as an iskwater, I acknowledge that, so I am not exactly the expert when it comes to describing the iskwater experience. However, information is all around us which makes ignorance an extremely irrelevant factor. Lumabas ka nga lang sa kalsada at bubuksan mo lang ang mga mata mo, malalaman mo na.

Initially, iskwater ka if you don't have a shelter that you could call your own, legally. Iskwater ka if you can barely feed oneself every single day. Iskwater ka kung nakatira ka sa masikip, mabaho, at maruming lugar. Iskwater ka kung nakatira ka sa ilalim ng tulay o sa isang bahagi ng malawak na gutter.

Palaboy ka kung natutulog ka lang sa kung saan-saan, kung saan abutan. Palaboy ka kung buong araw kang namamalimos. Palaboy ka kapag isang metro nalang taong grasa kana.

Wala gaanong pinagkaiba ang mga iskwater at palaboy. Kadalasan they are partly both. Oo, ang usual na tono tungkol sa kanila eh kawawa naman sila, kailangan nila ng tulong, responsibilidad sila ng gobyerno. But please allow me to sing a different tune instead. These are my personal thoughts, I am not forcing these to you. If you disagree and start to get pissed off, not my problem. Don't read my blog then.

So here it goes..

Wilonah Chan on Quitting Cosplay

It suddenly hit me and so I thought, "What if I did not quit cosplay back then? What if?"

This might totally seem like a personal journal entry but I am betting on it that there are also some other cosplayers out there who might have experienced the same thing as they have decided to quit. Or maybe they don't know it yet, and I hope that through this blog post, some things might become clear to them, or to you. I just realized this won't just be about quitting cosplay but more of a summary of my cosplay journey. Pero hahayaan ko nalang yung title na "Wilonah Chan on Quitting Cosplay" para maikli lang.

There are so many things to explain, so many thoughts to share. Here I will be coming out naked with the truth, reflections, realizations, mistakes, regrets, and things that I'm still thankful for.

10 Senyales na Dapat ka nang Mag-RESIGN sa Trabaho Mo

Marami nang blog ang nagtala ng kani-kanilang listahan ng mga senyales o rason para umalis na ang isang tao sa kanyang kasalukuyang trabaho. Kaya naisipan kong magsulat ng sarili kong version na ang empleyadong Pilipino ang focus ng content in Metro Manila setting. Malaking parte ng itatala ko rito ay base sa aking sariling karanasan. 

Hindi ko layunin na itulak ka sa impulsive resignation bagkus nais ko lamang ibahagi sa iyo ang mga nasa isipan ko na sana kahit paano makapagbigay linaw kung sakaling ikaw ay kasalukuyang naguguluhan. Maaaring makatulong din ang mga ito upang makagawa ka ng mahusay na desisyon at maramdaman mong para kang nabunutan ng tinik sa dibdib pagkatapos.

10 Sensyales na Dapat ka nang Mag-RESIGN sa Trabaho Mo

1. Hindi na sapat ang sweldo mo.

Sa totoo lang, ang konsepto ng mababa at mataas na sweldo ay depende sa tao. Paano? Depende sa tao sapagkat iba-iba naman tayo ng needs and lifestyle.

We don't work just to survive, we work to improve the quality of our lives. Yan ang bagay na napagtanto ko sa sarili ko nang minsan akong nag-settle for less pagdating sa category na compensation and benefits.

Dito sa Pinas, parte na ng kultura natin na nakatira tayo sa ating mga magulang hanggang sa kanilang pagtanda. Walang problema doon, kung tutuusin maganda rin naman yon dahil mapapanatili mo yung "heart" mo for your family. Yes, guilty ako for losing myself and my care for them due to my independent lifestyle. So if you reside with your parents, ma-swerte ka dahil kahit paano malaking bahagi ng sweldo mo at maaaring lahat pa ang mapapakinabangan mo para sa pansariling ginhawa. Not unless ikaw ang breadwinner.

GWAPO KA BA?

So I really looked for this particular Facebook status of mine posted on September 29, 2014 because I feel that it deserves to have its own blog post. It was just a spur-of-the-moment kind of thing when I wrote this but for me it turned out just fine. Anyhoo, here it goes!

Kailangan kong isulat 'to ngayon na, baka mawala pa. Seryosong post 'to, at oo, may ganitong side talaga ako. Sana tumagos din sa inyo katulad ng pagtagos sakin ng mga nakita at napagtanto ko.

GWAPO KA BA?

by Wilonah Chan

Kaninang pauwi ako galing trabaho, inabutan ako ng malakas na ulan habang nakasakay sa jeep. Sa isip-isip ko, "Pucha, wala akong payong. Bat kasi hindi pako bumili-bili." Kailangan ko nang bumaba, bahala na, susugurin ko nalang, at walang pagdadalawang isip akong pumara. Joke ko lang palang susugurin ko ang malakas na ulan, dali-dali din naman pala akong sisilong.

The Simple Truth Behind Love Triangles

LOVE TRIANGLES NEVER LAST.

Why?

Personal Choices: Movies to Watch in 2015

Just a list of upcoming movies that I want to make sure I won't miss any of them.

Taken 3

PH Release Date: January 14, 2015

The Boy Next Door
PH Release Date: January 28, 2015

Prologue

*thinking*
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What would be the perfect first sentence for the first blog post?

There goes the first sentence, it has to be a question of what it should be - problem solved.

Step One: BOOKMARK This Page

Hello there! First of all, thank you for spending time in visiting and reading this blog. Whatever the reason is that you are here, I do hope that I would be able to touch your lives through my eclectic way of expressing my thoughts. In this blog, I will be using two languages, English and Filipino, both modern and traditional; depende sa feels ng nais kong iparating.

As you decide to become a reader of this blog, our reader-writer relationship would be like a marriage. To become a suitable reader of this particular blog, just like in marriage, I highly suggest that you manifest TRUST.

What does it stand for?

Truth - Always remember that the aim of this blog is to express the truth about how we think and feel regarding random situations that we experience in our lives. Bawal ang plastik at sinungaling dito, bawal ang nagmamalinis at hugas kamay, serbisyong totoo lamang.

Respect - Self-explanatory. Nobody forces you to visit this page, walang pumipilit sa'yong magbasa rito kaya magbaon ka ng maraming respeto.