Seiransai 2007 @ Waseda Shibuya Senior High (West Coast Road)

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Seiransai 2007 is Waseda Shibuya Senior High's 17th School Festival. It would be held on 16th Sept, Sunday from 9.30am to 16.30pm at 57 West Coast Road. (post updated) (fotos removed cos unnecessary bah..:P)

Description
I have never been to this school festival before, but from the pictures and forums, I gather that it is quite interesting. Probably more things to do than the earlier Natsu Matsuri. Some known events of past years include, a Japanese Tea Ceremony, a Play, the famous Haunted House (which is supposed to be quite scary), a guided tour around their school by students who don't speak good english, a jpop jrock jam band performance, and many jap games(eg. water balloon yoyo) and silly games. High schoolers are 16 to 18 years old bah, and the students go back to Japan for their Univarsity study. You can also wear their school uniforms to take photos, but think they come in larger sizes. They also place their drawings, essays, calligraphy for your perusal. The school is also decorated with fake sakura trees. Some people commented Omu rice or garlic rice with egg is nice. So can try that.

The webpage to locate the details is http://www.waseda-shibuya.edu.sg/.

Pics for the event in previous years can be found at link1 link2 link3 link4 link5 link6(check out the clip) link7 link8 link9.

Attire
Come in Casual attire. People do wear kimonos and yukatas. Probably mostly students and teachers. Sel did mention something about coming in Gothic attire...:P..so you all can give her some ideas bah. haha.

Tickets
Entrance is free. You just pay for the tickets to play the games. The tour and trying their school uniform on are both free.

The Plan
It should be good to go earlier, less you miss some events due to long queues and waits. 10.30am should be a good time to look at. That would give most of you enough beauty sleep as well. Assemble 10.30am at the enterance of the school. There will be 20mins leeway for latecomers, then we proceed.

Participants
Aihua, Sel and myself are going. (That's three good enough reason rite?..haha..don't choke~~..just joking) Anw, it may be uncertain that anyone will go for next year's event. So do join us this year, who knows what will happen next year..
(Aihua, Sel, Fiona, Andrew, Zhiwei and myself attended the event..was quite fun!)

Contingencies
No contingencies, cos it is held indoors. No frets when it rains. I expect the trip to last 3 hrs maybe. So if you want to think of activities to engage in after the trip, you may do so.

Akan Datang
Events that are around the corner include the Lantern Festival, Oktoberfest. I won't be organising anything. Last year I was quite interested in attending the Oktoberfest. But I think that there isn't alot of Oktoberfest activities to look forward to in spore, and it will cost you at least 30+++ per head to munch on sausages and guzzle german beer. I can drink at best one or two glasses bah. 1.5 pint maybe? You can try participating in the radio call-ins to win tix to the Erdinger Event, like I did last year, but to no avail. Also, I am interested in trying out the Golf Driving Range (been mentioning it for 2 years). So if you know people who can guide abit, do intro..haha..

Anw did you know that Sept is also the Mexican Fest? Here are some details. If you are into music, Esplanade has a host of chinese cultural music performances to usher in the Mooncake Festival. Check their website for details. Here's a calendar of upcoming events in Spore.

There is a Games Convention going on at Suntec till 9Sept. If you are into video games or want to take pictures with models dressed up as mmorpg characters, you can take a look. Also, the Food Festival is being held at suntec concurrently.