Author Topic: C3 comes to Hong Kong (Read 2195 times)

Southrop · « **on:** April 09, 2009, 07:42:19 AM »

Well, Anime related, so I think this would go here.

But yeah, according to the local press in Hong Kong, C3, an annual convention in Japan, is coming to Hong Kong.

More here: http://chaos-th.com/?p=545

Nethirel · « **Reply #1 on:** April 12, 2009, 07:15:08 PM »

Sweet! I'm going on the 24th. =]

ChwibiKiwa · « **Reply #2 on:** April 12, 2009, 08:23:27 PM »

Wow Ito Yuna will be there on the 24th, I have an upcoming trip to HK planned, if it works out I will be able to attend. =D

Southrop · « **Reply #3 on:** April 13, 2009, 01:38:57 AM »

@starxdestiny: Do you live in HK too?

@ChwibiKiwa: I want to attend the 24th too, but tickets for the live are extra expensive. 10 times the price of an ordinary entry ticket

Ordinary Entry ticket price: $30 for all days
VIP Entry ticket: $60 all days
Any Live ticket is $300.

All prices above are in Hong Kong Dollars, mind you.

You can buy tickets here: http://www.crossmedia.com.hk/c3-hk/index.php?op=shop

Nethirel · « **Reply #4 on:** April 13, 2009, 03:29:08 AM »

Yeah, I do. Wow, you're probably the first person I've met on Box who actually lives here too o.O

I don't think the VIP tickets are much different from the ordinary tickets. You can exchange the $60 ones for an HKC3 edition To-Fu man by DEVILROBOTS, but that's about it. It doesn't even look that great in my opinion...

Southrop · « **Reply #5 on:** April 13, 2009, 07:23:49 AM »

Yeah. I agree. I don't think an extra $30 is worth that Tofu man. I really wish I could go to Yuna Ito's live D:

Say, have you bought your ticket already?

Nethirel · « **Reply #6 on:** April 13, 2009, 08:05:22 AM »

No I haven't actually, but a friend's getting me one today.

I doubt I'll be attending the concert though, since it's going to be smack in the middle of exams and I really ought to be studying. >.> Couldn't resist going to the convention though.

What about you? Are you going to the live afterall? Or are the tickets sold out already...?

Southrop · « **Reply #7 on:** April 13, 2009, 09:04:53 AM »

No idea about the ticket status. I haven't actually bought mine yet. I doubt it'd be going to the live, since I don't have enough money. I'm still saving up for a laptop

Where's your friend getting the ticket from?

Nethirel · « **Reply #8 on:** April 13, 2009, 09:34:49 AM »

I have no idea; Probably from some ticketing office somewhere...?
I think you can get 'em online, too.

Good luck with the live tickets and the laptop, in any case. =]

Southrop · « **Reply #9 on:** April 13, 2009, 01:45:09 PM »

Yeah. I know I can get them online, but I don't have a credit card or anything...

Could you help me ask your friend sometime? I'm guessing 7-Eleven sells them, like they did with Ani-com, but I dunno.

ChwibiKiwa · « **Reply #10 on:** April 13, 2009, 09:50:12 PM »

Well I was born and raised there, though most of the time I'm in the U.S., I go back often. If its $300HK for a live ticket that isn't that bad.

Nethirel · « **Reply #11 on:** April 14, 2009, 01:49:55 AM »

@Southrop- She got them in Circle K apparently. They probably sell them in 7/11 too I'm guessing. Are you going to the Ani-Com this year too?

@ChwibiKiwa- True, but since the seats are first come first served, there's no guarantee that you won't end up all the way in the back unless you arrive hella early.

Southrop · « **Reply #12 on:** April 14, 2009, 01:54:27 AM »

If Circle K has them, then 7-Eleven must do. I need to go polish up my Cantonese and then ask. Last time when I asked for Ani-com tickets in English, they all frowned and asked me what I was talking about xD

Yep. I should be going to Ani-com this year. I wonder if my friend's friend has stall there again. If they do, I can get free entry again =w=

Nethirel · « **Reply #13 on:** April 14, 2009, 02:10:53 AM »

Really? That's pretty cool. Do you get some sort of staff pass too?

That happened to us at 7-Eleven too! They all know what "漫畫展" is, but when you say "Ani-Com", they have no idea what you're talking about. You'd think the manager would've at least taught them that. ._.

I have no idea why, but people stopped speaking Cantonese to me a few years back. It's af if I suddenly started looking foreign or something >.>

Southrop · « **Reply #14 on:** April 14, 2009, 03:37:02 AM »

Haha. I'm Chinese, but not Cantonese Chinese, so I speak Mandarin. Unfortunately, that puts me at a huge disadvantage, because most people think I'm good at Cantonese. When I suddenly start speaking English, they all just stare at me D:

But yeah. Last year, I just got a staff pass from my friend. Free entry and unlimited re-entries

ChwibiKiwa · « **Reply #15 on:** April 14, 2009, 06:35:43 AM »

Really? Thanks for the heads up starxdestiny.

And yes it's hilarious when people like old shopkeeper ladies try and get you to buy something like knockoff purses and fake jade for hundreds in HK dollars with their broken English, thinking I'm not from HK. But then you surprise them with perfect Cantonese since its your first language and see the look on their faces when you tell them that's not worth more than "10 mon gai." XD

Nethirel · « **Reply #16 on:** April 14, 2009, 06:56:17 AM »

Quote from: Southrop on April 14, 2009, 03:37:02 AM

But yeah. Last year, I just got a staff pass from my friend. Free entry and unlimited re-entries

Wow, that must be nice... I wish I knew someone like that! That way I'd actually be able to get proper discounts instead of trying to haggle with a bunch of impatient people behind me. $:-\$

And it's the exact opposite for me. xD Most people just assume I know zilch about Chinese when they hear me speaking in English, when it's actually supposed to be my mother tongue.

Cantonese should be pretty easy for you if you speak Mandarin - it's just a dialect anyway. =]

And ChwibiKiwa, I love playing along with the old shopkeeper ladies. ^^

Southrop · « **Reply #17 on:** April 14, 2009, 01:15:03 PM »

Discounts? How? I didn't get any discounts from any storekeepers, even with my staff pass O.o

But yeah. Cantonese is pretty hard for me. I simply can't get the accent right. I can get most of the pronounciations, but accent is hard.

Nethirel · « **Reply #18 on:** April 14, 2009, 04:21:09 PM »

Really? I always imagined you'd get special priveliges with a staff pass... like free food and stuff xD

And yeah, the accent's a bit difficult to master I guess. Especially since Cantonese has more tones than in Mandarin.

I used to be able to speak Mandarin like a mainlander, but since I never get to use it, I'm nowhere near fluent anymore. It's such a shame; I hate seeing it all go to waste.

Southrop · « **Reply #19 on:** April 15, 2009, 02:01:09 AM »

Nah. No privileges, you just get to enter for free, and have a stall xD

I just had to use Cantonese to communicate earlier today. I totally and completely screwed up xD
Thank goodness they still managed to understand me.