My national TV debut
All 0.3 seconds of it!
Channel U recently aired a TV special covering the new cosplay maid cafe that just opened in Singapore last month. I was there on New Year’s Eve when they took some of the footages and was caught by the camera pan in this frame!
You can watch the video yourself after the jump, which includes an interview (in Chinese) with LianYL. LOL! LOL! LOL! Video is in Mandarin Chinese (or as close as it gets in Singapore).
The video was ripped by daffodilistic from #SGAnimeBloggers @ irc.rizon.net. Please don’t sue me, kthx. BTW, check out my spanking new YouTube Director’s account!
January 17th, 2007 at 9:55 pm
Haha… Good to see you on tv for at least awhile, Oh well… I dropped Chinese thanks to my learning “Disability” which I sometimes question, Why do I always use it as a reason to fail my exams, Or somehow get my friends to force me to study…
January 17th, 2007 at 10:01 pm
Oh and I forgot you can delete this post, I thought that the maid cafe was somewhere else not around city hall (Pass by there every day if I go home by Bus or Bus-MRT-Bus)
January 17th, 2007 at 10:07 pm
Let’s see… the maids Japanese needs some brushing up and the lady host so damn miang.. kesian the boss kena molest by her.
Anyways, congrats on your TV debut, DM.
January 17th, 2007 at 10:11 pm
おめでとうってとこかな？
January 17th, 2007 at 10:14 pm
Thanks, and I was supposed to be the highlight, not the troll.
January 17th, 2007 at 10:20 pm
LOL. BTW everyone, Nicholas above is the guy who went “这里的妹妹很可爱” and LianYL is the one beside him.
Danny: どうもってとこかな・・・
January 17th, 2007 at 10:25 pm
zzzzzz
January 17th, 2007 at 10:25 pm
I was hoping you’d present yourself up too for an interview, then you’ll have 14.7 more seconds of fame.
January 17th, 2007 at 10:28 pm
LOL NIC WAS MORE TROLLISH THAN LIAN.
January 17th, 2007 at 10:31 pm
LOLz, congrats on your fame on national TV !
Wow, how did you get the Director YouTube account?
January 17th, 2007 at 10:52 pm
bluemist, no way. That will be over exposure.
笑い男, I begged YouTube for it. :P
January 17th, 2007 at 11:08 pm
lol … when i saw them doing interview .. i was like ROFL
January 17th, 2007 at 11:17 pm
Woaw O_O !
She is only 16 !
BTW, the [s]old[/s] woman isn’t very nice, I think… She hit the owner ! >_
January 17th, 2007 at 11:26 pm
wow what a place :)
I didn’t get anything from what they said.
(I understand that’s it is about the Cosplay Coffe :D )
will it work after two years I want to go there :)
January 17th, 2007 at 11:27 pm
Sorry for double posting but I am not French no no :D
January 18th, 2007 at 12:02 am
Shianne very very MOEEEEEEEHHHH
But I like Joie best :-)))
Who’s the guy who grabbed the mike who said the 妹妹s are very 可愛? he’s creepy….he will make a good erojiji in time to come.
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January 18th, 2007 at 1:09 am
Subtitles plz.
January 18th, 2007 at 1:12 am
I shall translate for the boredom of myself(Synopsis only):
So the guy host intro the female host to this meido cafe, when she has no idea WTH that is. She thought that the guy will be the one attending to him. But NoNo…Then only then she was intro to the Meido cafe.
Then the people briefly explained the meaning of Cosplay and the costumes that the Meidos wear, which is Victorian Black and White Lace costumes..bla bla bla..and the people who come here will be addressed as “Goshujin-sama!!” (*I WANT!!)
Then they came and get greeted by the Kawaii~ meidos..XD
Speaking to the 16-year-old boss by the name of Ferlyn, they get to know how she got the idea of a Meido cafe in Singapore.Out of 200,she picked 17. And the criterias for picking the meidos are:
1) Need to do Make-ups
2) Have individual talents
3) Love this sort of servicing jobs cos they need to know how to role-play as meidos.
All that follows are interviews from people and the meidos..And the theme of using cosplays to attract customers are something fresh in singapore.( and the rating the programme give for freshness of ideas is only 2.. :P) And feel free to attend the cafe’s Theme Night..The main selling point of it all: The costumes!! XD
and when someone said: 这里的妹妹很可爱 (aka: the chicks here are cute) i was LORL
DM: ur time is really short man…Youtube dun allow me to frame by frame view ur face, damn..
January 18th, 2007 at 1:20 am
When the man said : “I don’t eat Western’s food, I only eat Eastern’s” is LOL ! ~ XD
January 18th, 2007 at 5:01 am
What languages do Singapore people speak? Also, I’ve never heard of 妹妹(little sister) being used as a general term for girls. Is that some kind of Singapore colloquial thing or is my Mandarin stagnating?
>>>DM: ur time is really short man…Youtube dun allow me to frame by frame view ur face, damn..
If you want to do stuff with DM’s face, then go here:
http://www.riuva.com/?p=514
January 18th, 2007 at 5:05 am
You know, this video is also a prime example of how annoying Chinese TV personalities are (I know their not Chinese but Chinese TV personalities have the exact same annoying demeanor and voices).
January 18th, 2007 at 5:13 am
In Mandarin, you “can” call all girls younger than you 妹妹. Even if you are no related…
January 18th, 2007 at 5:38 am
You’re right, my Mandarin is stagnating.
January 18th, 2007 at 6:11 am
don’t you used to cover your face with the Laughing Man logo ._.? zomg i want Lian’s autograph soon
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January 18th, 2007 at 9:50 am
after that recording of Paper at school, seems like it’s useless to cover himself with that logo now
it means you have overcome the shame of exhibiting yourself! congrats! another step towards net celebrity has been achieved ;o
January 18th, 2007 at 12:09 pm
I was there on that day too, new year’s eve…didn’t see myself though…maybe coz I was on the inside..
January 18th, 2007 at 1:39 pm
can i get autograph….? lol
January 18th, 2007 at 1:49 pm
you were wearing “I AM DARKMIRAGE ” Shirt ?
January 18th, 2007 at 5:59 pm
Nice congratz on appearing on it
January 18th, 2007 at 9:06 pm
ha..haha?? Damn I need to go there someday. :p
January 18th, 2007 at 9:09 pm
they need push up bras.
January 18th, 2007 at 10:36 pm
One thing to say: LOL-MOR.
January 18th, 2007 at 11:55 pm
Calling girls younger than you 妹妹 is like having unrelated younger girls call you お兄ちゃん。
Whatever you do, just don’t call them 小姐。
January 19th, 2007 at 4:57 am
WHAT THE HELL AM I LOOKING AT ?!?!?!?
…
(I mean the strange thing on the back of the maid… )
January 19th, 2007 at 6:31 am
orz I wish I spoke Mandarin…or even fluent Cantonese …. I wish I was near someplace that had stuff like this… … Well congrats for being famous for .3 seconds xD
January 19th, 2007 at 8:21 am
lol congrats =p
January 19th, 2007 at 10:42 am
>>>Whatever you do, just don’t call them 小姐。
小姐 is what I use for girls that I don’t know (eg waitresses). I haven’t gotten slapped just yet. But if I was talking about girls in general like Nic, I would have used 女孩儿.
January 19th, 2007 at 1:33 pm
caught being a perv!!
January 19th, 2007 at 1:52 pm
happy birthday by the way ^^
January 19th, 2007 at 4:23 pm
I guess this calling Girls as “Mei Mei” is all influence from Taiwan people who always address chicks as “Mei Mei”.
January 19th, 2007 at 9:18 pm
I think DM needs his online persona to be kept such a secret. ;P
January 20th, 2007 at 1:24 am
M.D Geist: isnt that cute..? lttiel evil bear…
January 20th, 2007 at 9:53 am
Happy (belated) Birthday dude
February 4th, 2007 at 8:41 pm
rofl, singapore has a maid cafe. =O
after i left somemore. damn.
p.s. did u scanlate negima? saw a link
mahora.darkmirage.com
February 4th, 2007 at 11:20 pm
Yes, I did. Long, long ago.
March 21st, 2007 at 9:50 pm
Wow…i just watched the thing again and I noticed that I was seen too!… ^_^
Right when there’s 2:52 on the clock…..
O.O…congrats on both our debuts on national TV…
September 29th, 2008 at 8:48 am
Cmon dark mirage i wana see that video.
Y do u look like a old guy with thick glasses? is it because of the camera?
March 5th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
You tried something new!! Good for you! Im always afraid Ill mess up when I try new stuff.