Last Saturday, yaoi fans flocked to the UP Ikeda Hall/Balay Kalinaw for the annual convention organized by Lights Out ML. I have always planned to go this? event and since Kyam can’t cover this event, I (more than) willingly went in her place and wrote this article.

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Here ye! Here be updates for the upcoming 5th Philippine Yaoi Convention on the 6th of September.

For any unwilling straight guy dragged to the convention by their sister or significant other, there is a Panic Room for you!

The main second floor veranda has been set aside for your use, so feel free to smoke, play handheld consoles, or read there. The mods will also be bringing along a number of guy-friendly manga, art books, and magazines which you can peruse to your leisure. Source

Cafe le Mirage, the butler cafe exclusive to the convention, now has a microsite. The list of butlers available and meals are all in there.

Last, but not the least, updated complete details of events, venue info, guidelines and FAQs are already posted at the official site.

5th Lights Out
6th of September, 2008
Ikeda Hall/ Balay Kalinaw (next to Ilang-Ilang Residence Hall),
University of the Philippines Diliman Campus, Quezon City
Festivities will start at 1:00 PM and will wrap up at 7:00 PM.

Tickets are pegged are pegged at PhP 150 each (inclusive of single-use Event Badge and Library Pass), while tickets to Cafe Le Mirage are at PhP 80 each (inclusive of one half-hour tea set).

Official Site: Lights Out

For anyone who is wondering when the next yaoi con will be, here are the details from Lights Out

5th Lights Out: Five Years of Fantasy
September 6, 2008
Ikeda Hall/Balay Kalinaw (next to Ilang-Ilang Residence Hall),
University of the Philippines Diliman Campus, Quezon City
Festivities will start at 1:00 PM and will wrap up at 7:00 PM.

Tickets are pegged are pegged at PhP 150 each (inclusive of single-use Event Badge and Library Pass), while tickets to Cafe Le Mirage are at PhP 80 each (inclusive of one half-hour tea set).

LO Core Mailing List members will enjoy PhP 30 off their entrance tickets — please get in touch with the LO organisers via the mailing list for more information!

*And to anyone who is curious why there is a cafe in a con, it will be a butler cafe– the male counterpart of the very popular maid cafes. Yes, male butlers catering to your whim for a half hour.

For more information, please visit their official website.

Updated poster for the event.

From their website:

Featuring Film Screenings, Round-table Discussions, more BOUND Pairs Cosplay, the LO Yaoi Library, the LO Pr0n Trading Post, and our first ever ILLICIT Illustration Contest. Win cool prizes, pick up some great freebies, and have lots of giggly not-worksafe fun with your fellow yaoi fangirls.

MAY 26, 2007 from 1PM to 6PM
Stoffles Function Room, Hotel Rembrandt
26 Tomas Morato Extension, Quezon City
Tickets @ PhP 150*

*PhP 130 for Lights Out Mailing List Members and Ongaku Society Preferred Members

More details on their website.

Even people with great navigating skills like me need help. So details on how to get to the venue after the jump courtesy of the organizers.

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This event is brought to you by Lights Out.

Note: Must send Red 1, Green 2, and Blue 3 to cover the event with extra fan service, ne Pink 5? — Yellow 4