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Last month, my brother and I went to SM Megamall for Ozine Fest Anime Figure Special 2014. I already heard this event few months ago, but I had no plans to go there back then. A few days later, my brother asked me to go. At that time, I had no idea on what Christmas-slash-Birthday gift am I going to buy for him. So, I agree. It was almost 9:15 AM when we arrived at the back entrance of the mall. I noticed that a lot of people were also waiting for the entrance door to open. Some of them were regular shoppers, others were looking forward to the event (obvious to their anime-inspired outfits). After 50 minutes, we went inside. We went straight to the Mega Trade Hall, and fell on this very... ... very ... ... very ... ... very ... ... long ...  ... unorganized line. We waited for 5 hours in the line. FIVE HOURS! Good thing we met two friends (or couple... or siblings... sorry, I have a mind of a goldfish) in the line. We had some good chats a

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