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Watched yesterday's The Gadget Show and I'm really pissed about the Apple's I[Pod (shuffle/nano)/Tunes/Touch/Phone/Whatever] stuff being the greatest gadget in the world. Even the IPhone's been given the Gadget of the Year 2007. Seriously, I think they are IOverrated and I'll tell you why I hate them more than my Creative stuff...

- They're a pain in a butt when it comes to converting .mp3 files into .aac files and I'm not really a fan of those. They take so long to convert, I'm going to have to smash the Ipod plug in half. Plus, I'm not that patient to have to wait for the files converting and then listen to enjoy.
- IPhone's rubbish. I'm sorry, but at £35 on the monthly contract via O2? Yeah, right. That's a total ripoff! I rather go and buy a Sony Ericsson with Pay as You Go Top-up fee than this. And then it has a rubbish 2 Megapixel camera and the music in there is awful.
- So popular, I'm going to have a fit here. I just hate how one minded the Technology magazines say they're really good. Oh, for God's sake, have you ever heard of the proverb 'Don't judge a book by its cover'. Please, let me find at least one person who hates the IPod/whatever.

So, there you have it. The reasons why I want to buy a Creative Zen M, instead of ICrap stuff.

Quote of the Moment - "ARGH! LEAVE ME ALONE!" - Me, when playing Warriors Orochi and lots of CPU characters are following me. Creepy...

^_^ That was Great

Been watching the Den-O Special Talk Show and here's the list of what I found so great about this:

- The opening scene, Takeru-san and Yuichi-san (well, Yuichi mostly) guessing the Taros' voice actors and got the Kintaros and Ryutaros voices wrong with hilarious results.
- Whoa. I found loads of girls, some couple of loli goth ones, going gaa-gaa over the Imagin, voice actors and the two actors. And yes, I went gaa-gaa, whenever I see Takeru-san.
- Suit actors interview! Wow! This is great; very rare to see them their real selves in person and getting interviewed by Suzuken and Yusa 'Ichimaru Gin' Kouji (btw, those two voice actors have their own radio talk shows in Japan, which might explain the interview part). Just love the Sieg suit actor doing 'the Prince' bow and 'Zu gu takai!' pose. XD
- The songs - Well, Yuichi-san was lip-syncing in the Action Zero one, but by God, he did a good one at pretending to sing. And Double Action wasn't bad as well.
- Climax Jump HIP HOP version with Takeru-san breakdancing in front of the audience. Oooh, I just love actors having a secret ability to do something.
- And finally...Sword Form appearing at the end of the show. That one was surprising for me.

And guess what? TV-N's going to sub this show, which means...<3 I am DEFINITELY CAN'T wait to see this, the Hyper Battle and the rest of the upcoming episodes more than Kiba.

Quote of the Moment - "The viewers were mostly 2 - 30 years old female." - Takenoko from the TV-N group commenting about the gender majority of the Special Talk Show audience, which includes me. Too bad I didn't go to Japan and go gaa-gaa over them. T_T

YOSH! Xmas comes early for me!

From the box that contains a lot of Chibi Voice I-doll figures...



To a complete set of the six Den-O characters! Complete get indeed. Okay, so it's technically four, since Momo, Sword Form and MomoRyo are the same person.

Quote of the Moment - "[Insert random Japanese-gibberish nonsense]" - My older sister making fun of my collection and the catchphrases. > _ <

Mindless Brain Coming In

Eurgh. It's nearly 2 in the morning and here I am, typing like a mindless zombie, attemping to do some last minute coursework done for the course. Because, let's face it, no matter how much you really want to avoid, if it's BA (HONS) Whatever Degree, YOU'LL HAVE TO DO THE ESSAY, WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT.

And time for some random bit: You know, when I was watching Kamen Rider Den-O, I always think that the suit actors must have watched a lot of silent movies somewhere and I was pretty amazed that the way they acted reminds me of seeing as a homage to Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton; past time's two great legends of silent films. And I bet, Takaiwa Seiji-san (the suit actor for Momotaros/Kamen Rider Den-O) must have studied Chaplin and Keaton's movements very well. Hence, all that funny and hilarious stuff that I've been watching their show for a while now, including his convincing and brilliant performance in his Climax Form stuff (must have been really hard to play all four characters in one body); I've got to give him some great respect for all his hard work. God, now I want to watch Chaplin's 'The Great Dictator' sometime, even though it's not technically silent.

Quote of the Moment - "hrhhjdhdgsfgdghdhddflfhfglhh;l" - someone in the Internet, discovering something really unexpected happened.

BEST One Hit-Wonder Music Video Promo. EVER!

Or not, depending on your view if you haven't seen Kamen Rider Den-O. This is going to be in the top five Christmas Chart hits, isn't it?



Come to think of it, the Taros Imagin singing in front of their microphones really reminds me of seeing the British pop quartet, Take That in their 'Rule the World' PV for some odd reason. I bet the suit actors were having a really fun time pretending to sing in front of a virtual audience. XD

Quote of the Moment - "Ii jan! Ii jan! Sugee jan!?" - Climax Jump (either the Den-O Form or the Denliner Form is fine)

Now, This is How You Make a Good Film

Recently at a Friday night (okay, late), I've been to watch Pan's Labyrinth with my sisters and yes, I must say, I should give the Hellboy and Sin City director lots of credit for making this incredibly excellent film. Basically, this is a fantasy/period drama (taking place in the middle of a WWII-Spanish mill) film about a young girl named Ofelia, who is the reincarnation of the Underworld's Princess, Moanna, and she has to do three tasks in order to return to her Underworld, as she is the rightful heir to the throne. Yeah, despite the somewhat cliched description that I've made, the storyline is really good; with really good actors and actresses, including the main herorine, portraying their role convincingly. Even that Captain Bastard as I dubbed him, is really convincing to play as the arsehole character. I just love the herorine, because A) she's pretty a strong-willed lass, despite her age and looks and B) she's not afraid to die, even it means it's going to cost her life.

Storyline-wise, I just love it; really good fairytale, with none of that cheesy Hollywood-crap that was in the film and the ending is what I should describe it a bittersweet story, even though that there are scenes that would be really scary/gross for non-horror fans. If you want to know what really happens, then go buy/rent/borrow or your friend's/sibling's/family member's DVD and check it out. This is one film that you should NOT avoid and a MUST-SEE for all you Del Toro fans.

Quote of the Moment - "Damn bleach" - Me, after applying the spray to the laptop monitor. I swear, I'm never going to use that thing again. It stinks. >_<

Who Needs Heroes when you have Villains as the Main Characters?

After recently finished reading the children novel, H.I.V.E. - Higher Intsitution of Villainious Education - via my younger sister's permission as she bought the book; I can now say a few things about this book:

- Finally, a book about the villains being in the spotlight, instead of heroes who have the destiny to fight against them.

- Otto Malpense, the main character and anti-hero of the story, kinda reminds me of that short white-haired boy, whose name escapes me, from BLEACH, only he's not a high ranking Shinigami/Soul Reaper captain or something and that he uses his wit.

- It's really funny. No seriously, by the time you're going to read this book, you will forget that this is a Harry Potter-a-like story with emo characters in it. Well, okay, there is one in H.I.V.E, but he doesn't act all emo later on.

- Lots of twists and turns and better writing than HP book 7. Plus likable characters, even though they ARE villains. And you will sympathise Dr Nero, the headmaster of H.I.V.E. later on. I'm not going to spoil the storyline.

All in all, I'm definitely going to buy the second book, just for my younger sister's late birthday present. And oh yes, if young/old teenage girls and young female adults are going to pick H.I.V.E up, I'll bet there's going to be lots of yaoi fanfiction/fanart of Otto Malpense and Wing Fanchu (the second main male character) doing some 'inappropriate' stuff to each other. What?

Quote of the Moment - "I'm on the verge of breaking my pencil." - Me on that life-drawing teacher telling me that I drew the naked woman's head to small.

The Force is TOO Strong!

After finish playing the original Shadow Hearts, my mind now wants me to play Shadow Hearts II. And now, I can't stop it. It makes me want to go down memory lane, like Terranigma a few years ago.

So much for replaying From the New World just to get that Bad ending, which I couldn't be bothered as the storyline and characters didn't have enough 'spark' and substance on what makes the Shadow Hearts series so good.

Come back Sancoth/Nautilus! All is forgiven! Please don't end up dissolving like Clover Studios (team that did Okami)!

Quote of the Moment - "He acts like a dog." My younger sister talking about that robot from Crimson Sea 2 in my memory card or something.

And Why I Thought Yuri was Better than Johnny

Just been finishing playing on the original Shadow Hearts recently and I must say, I actually like the first two games better than From the New World than I've just finished. And I could tell you why...

1. Characters - Yuri is the best male main character in the whole of the PS2 RPG range. You can forget about Vaan from FFXII or Cloud from VII. He's the anti-hero and does everything opposite to what the main male typical RPG characters should do. He's sarcastic, a bit of a pervert (oh come on, when he picked up that 'Erotic Book' from the first game, he refuses to exchange with Roger Bacon, because 'it was more valuable than the Pulse Tract' XD), has really got a dark sense of humour and above all else, he's a total badass. Reminds me of Tendou from Kamen Rider Kabuto, only without the 'Path to Heaven' crap and less arrogance. Plus, I found ALL of the SH1-2 characters have greater and more charming personalities than FTNW.

2. Storyline - I didn't particularly like FTNW's storyline, because it felt more like a tragic love story between Killer and Lady (two main villains) than really focusing on Johnny and Co. Plus it felt a little short on the story than I've realised when I played the game. The first one was short too, but that didn't stop me playing further as it was more interesting than FTNW, but it's the second game that actually nails on how should a sequel be. Lots of twists and turns, funny, scary and sad at the same time. No, I'm not giving you the in-depth stoyline, just go to Wiki or something.

3. Voice acting - Okay, Shadow Hearts 1 was a bit of a mixed bag (I couldn't stand Sea Mother's 'SHLOOP' sound effects and some of the voice acting are either a bit of a hit and miss occasionally) and so did FTNW (I'm lookinng at Frank here, along with Roger Bacon, but Ricardo's Spanish-accent voice just blew me away as it actually fits his personality); but neither of these can topple SHII's for really good reasons: A) All of the voice-acting really fits in the character that they're supposed to sound like and thus, enhancing them really more to make them even more likable. And I definitely love Yuri's voice. His sarcastic nature really fits his somewhat rough voice and Joachim is full of lolz. And Alice's voice is definitely an improvement and so does Albert Simon (I hated his voice as he reminds of a typical villain in the first game, but in the second, he's a bit more likable now, with his voice becoming more mature and gentle) and B) no matter how many years has it been since I last played SHII, it's always been the spoken dialogue that I still remember (I just can't get 'Yuri tricking Lenny' bit out and made me laugh, even now). Forget about Kingdom Hearts - the 'other' Hearts or any other Square Enix games, not every RPG, including FFXII and FFVII, can topple the best voice acting in the game that I've been listening.

And finally...

4. Humour - The first Shadow Hearts that I've played, surprisingly has so much more humour than FTNW, but it only came second place, being SHII being the funniest out of the three. There's so many scenes in that game that I had no choice, but to laugh out loud...and I mean really LOUD. FTNW has humour too, though for some strange reasons, it wasn't that 'LOL' when I saw the scenes; more like 'WTF' to me. Yeah, I know SH and SHII were very dark in terms of its storyline and atmosphere, but there was so many funny scenes that are scattered in many places and even some of them even in unexpected places. Like the time in SHII as I was fighting Garan for the last time in the main storyline and while he was too busy talking some 'YOU WILL DIE' stuff, the Kurando, Lucia and Anatasia were looking at his pillow he was sitting and Yuri and the rest of the party were discussing about the same thing and when Garan ask for his final request, this is what Yuri said...

"That pillow...where can I get one?"

...and at the end of the boss battle, Yuri was still wondering about Garan's pillow and felt disappointed he doesn't know where to get one. XD And don't get me started about the Man Festival and the 'other' alternative ending to both the bad and the good, but in the Man Festival sidequest, it was all Fourth-Wall breaking chaos that I found it hilarous and at the end, let's just say this wasn't the gift that I has hoping for. XD

And the conclusion is...if you want the characters, storyline, gameplay and humour all rolled into one, try going for the first two Shadow Hearts games (good luck finding the first one; I had trouble finding that game, until my younger sis bought the game for my birthday, albeit without the instruction manual); FTNW is great too, but you'll be disappointed by the lack of things of what made the first two so great.

Aw man, I feel like I should play the second game again, after playing the original and third game. So, should I play II again?

Quote of the Moment - "You can't be serious...Not in such a pure, clean, Mega-hit RPG as this...!" - Yuri Hyuga from Shadow Hearts II commenting about the Man Festival. God, I can't stop laughing, even though I haven't played it since 2005.

That's Not How God Wanted

That's it. I'm tired of nightly Prayer sessions with a family. I'm tired of praying to God via the Church, which I have great delusion about the Pope and its shady Cardinals and clearly there is something wrong with the Vietnamese Catholic Church. Oh come on, I don't see my cousin saying prayers with his family when I used to do sleepovers at their house and the rest of my mother's side and even my father's side (in America with lots of really religious Catholic families ironically) don't really pray as they want to. I just really hate on being forced to pray as a family altogether ever since that priest (which I blamed him namelessly) in Birmingham tell my dad that it was a good idea to pray as a family every night somewhere over a couple of years ago.

Unfortunately, I'm having none of it, as it seems this idea came into something that I thought of being like in a communist country (not saying if it's China or Vietnam itself), where you were forced to do something that you don't like altogether. Whatever happened to nightly individual prayers that you can get away with by shutting the down and not really praying all of the time?

Oh sure, I'm going to get flamed by the Vietnamese Catholic Church and other Catholics, but this is the truth. Admittedly, I only pray to someone up in the clouds, which is neither God nor Jesus, but the Virgin Mary; when I'm in deep shit and my life is getting worse by every day, but that's just the only in the last resort. I just want to do something in action, rather than praying like a religious fanatic and let God and the miracle do all of the work.

Nightly family prayers can only work with younger children, but with teenagers and young adults straight away, that's impossible to do, as they start to question about the existance of God and whether it's the Church who's in some conspiracy to say that they over exploited Jesus's intentions or not and they get more relunctant to be with a family for a nightly prayer every night and there would be students out partying at night or just saying an excuse they've got this last-minute essay they need to finish, before the next morning. I've got to tell that priest that the system that he told my dad to do is just simply not working for the target market audience (and come up with a graphic/advertising design plan, so that I can have money). And I've got to tell my younger sister that I'm an adult and I can do whatever I want and tell her that she's an adult too and she would have to stop being a mummy or daddy's pet once in a while.

Quote of the Moment - "Wrong person." Gintoki and Shinpachi from Gintama

When Insanity Has a Place in History

For some odd reason, I started to watched Gintama recently and the result was a real laugh-out-loud JUMP anime. I just couldn't stop laughing from every episode.

Well, okay. I'm not into JUMP anime that has fights lasting for five episodes, BUT then they're too busy powering up for another few episodes; with exceptions to Death Note (well, I only read the manga, but the anime looks a bit...meh), Rurouni Kenshin and Busou Renkin. However, Gintama is such an extremely funny JUMP anime, that I can watch it easily, without ever knowing to get confused with the storyline or be bored with the really long fight, only to be powering up and then the fight took longer. So what I like about Gintama more than BLEACH or Dragonball Z or other JUMP manga/anime:

- There are a few serious moments that are sweet, though that usually sweep aside and let the chaos come in.
- The characters. Finally, not one of them are EMO imo. I mean, everyone has a colourful personality and all of them, except for Shinpachi (the guy with glasses who's normal, but then again, he's funny too), are really odd and funny in their own way.
- The anime doesn't take itelf really seriously, thus making fun of Gintoki himself and the rest of the gang. Plus they usually break the fourth wall of a typical JUMP anime.
- The episodes themselves are short and thus seem to have no main storyline whatsoever, other than the fact Gintoki was in a war, but have left for some reason.
- It's extremely funny. REALLY EXTREMELY FUNNY. I just couldn't stop laughing at seeing from the Gin-tachi going on misadventures to Sougo trying to kill Toushi with extreme methods just to get the Vice Commander position and then make a riduculous excuse to him (though he was already aware of that).
- I'm really surprised Gintama has so many parodies of anime, manga, video game, real life and even Toku itself.

Aaw man. Now I know why Gintama's been such a huge hit in Japan. And I didn't know the manga-ka behind the series was actually trying to pay his student debts off while drawing for JUMP.

Quote of the Moment - "I just want an electric fan!" - Sataka Gintoki from Gintama

I Told Her I'll Be Pissed...

...when I post this to my blog.



Now, I'm very angry at my older sister for abusing my laptop. I'll never forgive her for that. The next time she comes abusing my poor laptop, I'll make a laptop that she cannot bear. >:(

Quote of the Moment - "When are you going to play?" - My younger sister asking me a million times so much, I just gave up saying 'yes'.

In Which My Paypal Account is Going to Suffer

Aaaw man, I sooooo want those figures!

*Rushes off to the HLJ site...*

Quote of the Moment - "I had a hamster called Sephiroth." - Lucrecia on the Lucrecia/Hojo Gold Saucer Date trip from FFVII. God bless that girl for making this funny video.

Bashing Younger Sibling Time!

Oh God, what is wrong with my younger sister?! Acting like she still got her 'teach-me-everything' inside her brain, always trying to be good to our mum and dad, which all adds to the absolutely opposite of me. My older sister can leave this behind as she already became an adult, but to be honest, I would rather let see my younger sister turn into a proper adult who can think for herself, rather than saying out loud to tell me my head is a size of shoe and that hers is like all things inside Wikipedia and out. And the way she told me about it was really offensive.

What I can describe best about my younger sister is that she's like a total Political Correctness machine gone berserk when it came to obeying parents and what really annoys me the most is that she's not the younger sister that I knew, since at a very young age. We were young, rebellious; always being so curious. But by the time we were old, I still have my curious trait intact, whereas my younger sister just abandoned and live in an oppressed world where your insanity is wiped clean.

In other words, this what happened last night; arguing each other to see who can have my bedroom, but I'm having none of that, because I need my bedroom to SLEEP, STUDY (well, okay not studying, but more like drawing things for University) AND GETTING CHANGED, but all that my younger sister has is that PC machine stuck in 'Nanny Mode' and trying to beat the crap out of me. And I hate that sort; younger siblings trying to turn me into them; being a emotionless git who always going to say 'yes' to my parents. Sorry, but I'm going to tell my younger sister that I do things the way I like and being an anarchist to a family is a nice change. Even my older sister was one of them. Except I'm going on to a different path. I'm going to teach my younger sister that there's always a time where you sometimes do need to break their laws and just do what you have to do. I'm going to abandon our sisterly ways and get her 'Always-Not-thinking-about-her-actions-and-tries-to-be-the-parents'-gold-star-attention' out of her systems.

Quote of the Moment - "She's crazy!" - My younger sister, *coughHANHcough*, describing about me and my personality. Good thing, my younger sister has never touched a blog and then write back on how much she's pisses me off back as I pissed her in the past on my blog entries. And better if she never started a blog account in the first place.

IT'S TOO BIG!!!

Been to Ikea in Ashton today, but let me tell you one thing...IT'S FRICKIN' HUGE! Both outside and inside! I mean look at the photo below!

And if that isn't enough, the store inside was confusing as my older sister and I were trying to find a nice desk, but it ended up like one hell of a maze. T-T Luckily for me, I know what the Ikea map system is like the last time I came (that was with my older sister and my dad at Warrington, but the size of the store wasn't that bad), but even the perils of 'Follow the Arrows' trail had cursed us with getting lost in such a huge store. And if that wasn't bad enough, the queue for the check-out is ridiculously long, but thankfully my older sister was paying by card and after some trouble (and a hot dog) we finally got what I want for (BTW it's a desk), went to the car park with no troubles on packing the boxes and went home. One piece of advice if you have the nearest Ikea store: Whatever you do, don't follow the arrows. You'll get lost easily. And go to the toilet before entering the showroom.

And just for a little bonus, here's a picture of Ryutaros laying down on some Swedish name rug. I wish I had one, but at roughly £60? Yeah, right! Hmm, all that Ikea experience, makes me want to make a Den-O/Ikea crossover fanfiction. Yeah, maybe I should make one right away!

And sorry, no QOTM. My throat's a little dry and sore.

And you thought Cat Fights weren't the only thing girls do

Today, my older sister and I have a sibling fight. Well, it's not one of those Cat Fights literally, but both of us have a really on-off relationship with each other. In fact, I love her when I feel depressed and that I needed help, but I also hate her, because she always thinks that she's the boss and that she tells me something that I disagree with her and that I would rather take things my way. And the same thing goes for hobbies, academic skills and interests. Worse still, she always tries to force me into something that not in a million years that I become her and if she still tries to make me become a better person, I rather do this myself.

And so the cat fight begins. She tries to make the offensive, I block her with my defensive skills up and manages to get away. If my older sister has read this blog entry, I would have been in deep trouble, because this blog is how I verey personally feel towards them and I'm going to have to explain, which I'm unprepared.

One thing to say to my older sister: *Raises a middle finger gesture* Me love controversy. I rather be kind to everyone and my younger sister than you. You always think of me on the outside, rather than the inside on what I'm really saying.

Quote of the Moment - "Oh shi-" Me when in deep trouble. I'm really hoping that my older sister doesn't know how to write a blog and then discover my blog.

Extremely Happy!

I am absolutely, positively happy about being successfully granted an internal transfer from Graphics to VFX (Visual Effets) in University. Now I can spend three years making my dream come true on getting into the video games industry. Just need to sort the enrolment out and I'll be set for the rest of my year.

So, You're Saying that you don't like women in real life?

Right, that's it! I'm now completely disgusted of what those men over at Rangerboard think of Hana during the Den-O discussion.

And to Black Fang and the other few men who think that Hana is useless: *Uses the middle finger on her left hand*

If you think that Hana is really useless in the last several episodes, then why do the Taros Imagin are not wrecking havoc inside Ryotaro's body, as well as outisde, if it wasn't for her keeping them in line from getting the poor boy in more trouble than he would have expected?! Or how about the time when young girls in Japan watching Den-O need a female role model, like her, so that they can be stronger in the future and stand up to them when they feel they've been hurt? Have you even thought about the kids who are younger than yourselves who needed a good role model than yourselvves?! For Christ's sake, you people should know that Kamen Rider Den-O is meant to be towards for young children, who are still learning and growing up. And you people, including Black Fang, have you got any shame that you're just being selfish towards others, including women in real life?

And if my evidence wasn't enough, how about strong women, like Hana, in dramas (whether it's Japanese or global), other Toku shows, anime, manga, video games, movies and other type of media? And here's just a few examples:

• Chun Hyang from CLAMP's Legend of Chun Hyang manga
• Rukia and Orihime from BLEACH
• Takiko from the manga; Fushigi Yuugi: Genbu Kaiden
• Chun Li from the Street Fighter series
• Akira and Izm from the Akihabara@DEEP TV series
• Mia Fey from the Ace Attonery series
• Martha Jones from Doctor Who
• Osaka from Azumanga Daioh (well okay, she's not really the type of strong women, but she's the recently most influenental character the world has ever seen)
• Aerith Gainsborough from Final Fantasy VII
• Fuu from Samurai Champloo (she's a bit like Hana, only she's the one keeping Jin and Mugen in line)
• Asuna from Mahou Sensei Negima
• Sakura from Cardcaptor Sakura
• Lara Croft from the Tomb Raider series
• Karou from Rurouni Kenshin
• Tokiko from Busou Renkin
• Jun Kazama from the Tekken series
• Zelda from the Legend of Zelda
• Lisa and Maggie Simpson from the Simpsons

And that's just more than a list. There's also girls and women, including me in real life who watches Den-O and when I saw your comment, I was deeply offended by you. So, in other words, do you hate women in real life who have very strong personalities and able to shut the men up or when they stand up for themselves to men who feel they are like second-rate citizens? Do you prefer women who are annoying, naive and weak-willed? Are you guys really one-minded if you don't like girls, who at first, look useless, only that they are very important? If you're like Black Fang from the Rangerboard forums, then I suggest you go out, take another hobby besides watching Toku, and see how you look at women in real life, as well as in fiction. There, I hope that opens your eyes men.

And as for you, Black Fang, WHY DON'T YOU WATCH ANOTHER TOKU SHOW BESIDES THE KAMEN RIDER SERIES, LIKE LION MARU G OR WECKER SIGNA OR EVEN GUYFRED?! OR EVEN WATCH AN ANIME SHOW AT LEAST ONCE?! OR EVEN BETTER, TAKE ANOTHER HOBBY BESIDES WATCHING!!! GEEZ, it's like your future is going to worse than bleak for you.

Quote of the Moment - "For thine is the high school, the home and the kokatsu, A! MEN" - The Osaka Prayer that I found on the /azu/ board.

The Problem with Nightly Prayers (or why being a Catholic isn't working for me)

Most of my family will never going to understand me of why I skip nightly prayers for most of the time (that's pretty much tradition to Vietnamese Catholic families, but I don't see my cousin's family do that or the majojrity of the Vietnamese families themselves) is because of this: My most lame excuse is that I went to the bathroom for so long, but that isn't my true reason for this - it's my struggle to accept that there is a God and that I should say some prayers to him is the one that I can't accept the fact, plus the fact that being a Catholic makes me feel un-enlighten. It's a good thing neither of my family members are going to read this blog, since none of them has got a blog and start doing some emo entries on me (well, at least my mum's not computer-literate).

Because I was brought as a Catholic, my dad (the strongest Catholic of all my family) expects me to do some Catholic things, while at the same time blend in with normal stuff. However, as I grew up and my dad wants everyone to say prayers every night, I just simply lost myself between being an agnostic or being an atheist, because when I tried to pray to God night after night, the expected results aren't always working and then afterwards, I gave up that praying isn't working to someone who neither exists nor just made-up and that I should put my faith into myself and start doing things to get the work done, instead on relying Him.

Another reason is that I have secretly got manic depression and have some suicidal thoughts in my head. Yes, I was the middle child, but neither my parents nor my older sister really cared for or how I'm actually feeling, because if I say things that's anything controversial or something to do suicidal, then they want me to get psychiatric help. But that doesn't work for me, because the specialist never thoroughly looked at me - he or she just looked what's on the outside with the body language, instead of what's really inside my mind. So I keep those thoughts to myself and only tell my darkest secrets to someone that truly understands on what I feel. The same goes for my disillusions of my spiritual enlightenment of being a Catholic.

And there's no way I'm going to convert to Jehovah's Witness (too many people say that modern medicine = No-no); Evangelical Christian (their high-energy music about how great Jesus Christ is, is just too much for me, they make me want to commit suicide); Islam (oh no, I'm not ready to give up alcohol forever); Scientology (Eeew, who would want to believe Tom Cruise and the silly little Church that has some issues with animals) or any other cult religion. They're just wanna make me commit suicide after one day of joining.

*Sigh* I rather want to enjoy life without the need of a Prayer than doing that.

Quote of the Moment - "I knew it! Cheesy storyline!" - My younger sister talking about Hoshigami Remix.

Woohoo! Got Someone Converted!

I managed to convince my younger sister to watch the JDrama, Akihabara@Deep after I told her the basic storyline and that it had some anime and manga references in there.

After watching the first episode (btw, this is a Director's Cut version we were watching), she found is very amusing and she likes it! ^_^

Oh yeah! Next stop, attempting to make her watch Kamen Rider Den-O!

Quote of the Moment - "P-p-p-p-p-p-planning Time!" - Page from Akihabara@Deep. God, I love this show more than Densha Otoko!

Why on Earth Excel and Me Hate Each Other #23232

Grrr. I hate that stupid job. It's just that, when it comes to anything to do with Excel-related and either my Dad or my older sister wants me to do, I actually drop that interest immediately. Microsoft Excel and me do not get along well with each other. EVER . It's all that jumbled ICT skill crap and Spreadsheet shit, as well as a pinch of mathematics, that made me wanna murder Excel. Literally with a knife. I hate Excel more than Word. I hate putting things that was written on the sheet.

I rather have my Dad or older sister ask me to do some graphic design on the leaflets or the shop sign, than doing this Spreadsheet crap. I hate is when either of them have never recongised my artistic potentials on getting more money for my Dad's business. Especially them. They don't really care on artistic people like me. One minute they look at an object that was created by a person who worked really hard on making this beautiful and the next minute, they shrugged and leave without a comment and instead, focus on business this, business that. Only my younger sister really does care about that. My Dad and older sister should burn in Hell and suffer for making me suffer Middle Child Syndrome. I wish I was born under a Japanese family who have artistic background.

Quote of the Moment - "I knew I should have swapped Grapic Design instead of ICT." - Me talking about my GCSE results. I got a D in ICT if you want to know.

Anothr Kind of Sentai (SPOILER!)

Been watching Chou Sei Shin Gransazer a few days and I must say, I'm crying. At first, I thought it's another Super Sentai clone, but instead, it became such an emotional series, due to the right combination of drama, comedy and action all rolled into one. Let's see, I love the suit design (no surprise it's from the guys behind Ultraman) and even the villains are likable too. Damn, I felt extremely sorry for Impactors Logia when Lucia died. Even though they're the main villains so far (haven't watched all of the episodes), they do have a heart and feelings and even Logia loves Lucia (and their suits desgin were way better than the Super Sentai that I've seen). It's like Shadow Hearts: From the New World all over again.

I want to give Logia a reat big hug. So, seriously.

Quote of the Moment - "How many...dyed?" - Rufus Shrina from that FF7 skit. I lol'd. A good medicine after crying over Lucia's death and Logia's loss.

To the People who Email Me about their Problems...

...STOP F**KING SENDING THOSE PERSONAL PROBLEM EMAILS TO ME!!! YOU, PEOPLE DRIVE ME MAD THIS INSTANCE ON EVERY TIME YOU GIVE ME AN EMAIL SAYING THAT YOU HAVE DEATH THREATS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES OR YOU NEED GETTING THEIR ATTENTION OR SOMETHING!!! IF YOU WANT TO HAVE THOSE PROBLEMS SOLVED, THEN DO IT BY YOURSELF!!! I know that it will risk your exposure, but at least it's better than sending out emails that I don't know about you!

Quote of the Moment - "17 August - 5 September" - Estimated delivery date for that Okami artbook from Amazon.co.uk. Damn.

Insert GASP! Here

Is that even the Amani Riku that I know? I thought it was just Allen Walker from D. Grayman replacing him while being kidnapped by Takao or something.

Quote of the Moment - "Can I erase you? Can't hear you!" - Ryutaros from Kamen Rider Den-O

Oh Look! Emo Girl Entry Time!

It's official. I'm now more depressed than crack. I'm one of the few Vietnamese people who doesn't act like Vietnamese at all. I mean, I know I have potential for all things creative and anything to do with art and design, but when it comes to family values, none of my family members, not to mention my ENTIRE family tree has ever done art and design as their careers, though I begin to suspect my father was regretting that he sacrificed photography for computer science (I can tell. He has a really good traditional SLR camera somewhere), which he took beautiful pictures.

And then, there's the middle child syndrome in my family. Unfortunately, when I read some articles about the middle child syndrome on the web, a lot of them are really true and it's pretty scary to see why. My parents and my sisters, they're always treating me like a second citizen or they're just ignore me or blaming me for things that I haven't even done wrong or worse, all of them above. And yeah, I never take orders from my younger sister, just because she said she's got a 'job' (IMHO, that's just her favour to help our father) and claimed she's doing it for money and she thinks she's all high and mighty and would just be a very spoiled brat on telling on what she wants as long as she's got money around. But, I always think that money has more problems than solutions *coughallworkandnoplaymakeHanhaveryveryverydullgirl*. The same goes for my older sister, though that's from a different path, but still, she never undersatnds on what I'm actually saying, as well as actually feel when my younger sister and/or my parents blame me for the wrong reasons. And the worse thing is...

...my parents have more attention toward my older sister and younger sister than me, just because I'm more creative and have some potentials that would have make such an impact to gain some profit for my father's shop. ;_; I just wish they would listen to me and understand me more by reason, rather than just looking at me straight away. And yes, I'm the oddest out of my family. I need a hug.

Quote of the Moment - "I've got suicidal thoughts in my head and yet, I always discussed with my only friend that I trust apart from my family member...my brain." - Me.

Making a New Blog

Damn you Yulyang (Scions of Fate)! Why do you always make this game addictive?

Oh, well, going to make a Yulyang blog, just for any SoF people out there and telling them about my latest journey.

Quote of the Moment - "Prisoner breathe new life into Michael Jackson classic" - Yesterday Metro's headline. Erm...

EDIT: I finally made my Yulyang/Scions of Fate blog, which you can click this very blog here. And it's called 'Across the Border of Order and Chaos'. Ugh, I should have made the title better.

W00T! 100th Post!

And also...

DO NOT DISTURB ME!

As I'm going to read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and I'm on up to chapter 10 as of now. And no, I'm not giving any summary, as I couldn't be bothered writing this down. So, haha!

And no, Quote of the Moment this time. I knew Baileys with strawberries was a bad idea. D:

More Den-O in Anime!

If you thought people in Japan just couldn't get enough of seeing more Den-O in anime, then think again!

Recently, I got interested in this manga and anime called Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei (or the official translation, according to the animation staff, called So Long, Mr. Despair) and what I found while watching episode 2 was seeing Momotaros' famous catchphrases appearing on the wall and the chalkboard! XD If you don't believe, try clicking on these two links below.

'Ore, sanjou! (P.S. Look at the right hand side of the wall)'

'When I start, it's already the climax!'

Quote of the Moment - "I'm in Despair!" - Nozomo Itoshiki from Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei (or So Long, Mr. Despair, depending on which side you're on).

Yay! Den-O's going to be an Anime

Not! I'm just kidding, but right after I watched the RAW version of Den-O episode, I saw this screenshot from this anime I don't know. What's so surprising to me, is that for some odd reason, not only does this strange-looking DenLiner appears, but also Owner, Hana and Momotaros are in there as well! O_O What? You don't believe me, why not look at the screenshot below (and if some kindly person would tell us what anime is this from, I would be grateful).



Oh yes, before I go, even Keroro Gunsou (Sgt. Frog for those who don't know Japanese), parodies Den-O too. Seriously, I think TOEI might going to do an anime spin-off of Den-O!



Quote of the Moment - "Listen very carefully. I shall say this only once." Michelle from 'Allo, 'Allo! God, I love this show, even though it's only a couple of years old.

EDIT! I know now that the first screenshot is actually from Hayate no Gotoku (or Hayate the Combat Butler for those who have the VIZ manga).

Gonzo's Making Mark AnthonyXCleopatra!

Okay, I lied. It's actually RomeoXJuliet that I'm going to watch (no good thanks to my younger sister when she told me about this), since I read (and studied in Secondary or High School if you're not British) the original William Shakespeare play (which is Romeo & Juliet), then watched the 70s film (which has some medieval clothes in it) and finally my favourite out of the two films, Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet (which, thankfully, has kept the original dialogue, even though this takes place in the modern version of Verona), as well as flicking through the UK manga version (which was surprisingly better than I first thought) of the tragic star-crossed lovers.

Well, it all started when my younger sis told me that Gonzo's own version was a lot different than the original play, I couldn't believe, so thankfully, I sat down, download a few episodes and I can come up to the conclusion of what I think about:

• The setting takes place in Neo Verona that has full of winged horses. Yes, you heard me right, winged horses.
• Capulet gets overruled by Montague (through killing) and has full control of Neo Verona. Hey, wait a minute. Where's the frickin' Prince?! He's supposed to quell the fighting between the two.
• Years later and somehow for some odd reason, Romeo and Juliet had swap role reversal, with Juliet being the main focus instead of Romeo, even the fancy dress ball scene.
• Hey, what happen to Mercutio? Isn't he supposed to be the more eccentric friend of Romeo? And since when did he filled Tybalt's shoes?
• The opening song really is something similar to what that stupid Irish pop band, Westlife, had sung not long ago.

But despite my constant bickering that Gonzo went off-tangent from the original play, I still find it a very interesting take on Romeo and Juliet and I like the animation, as well as the characters and storyline, so I'm continue to watch this show and find out if Gonzo's going to take the tragic ending, like the original play, or just gone completely different in a way that would either delight people or just enraged Shakespeare fans further more (which I doubt, since there's not a lot or young fans ranting about this). I'm also delighted that Gonzo put some homages and references to Shakespeare plays, including William himself (though I don't remember him, being blond).

Quote of the Moment - "Why isn't Gonzo going to make Julius Caesar?!" - Me in thought that the chances of getting my favourite Shakespeare play (which I studied as part of that GCSE English literature exam) turned into an anime is going to be slim.

How Not to Get Your 15 Minutes of Fame

Mwahahahahaha! My Bleach fanart and even though I'm not much of a fan myself (my younger sis is and she got me into this manga and anime), I sometimes watch some episodes just to get some heartful laughs, whether it's the side story episodes, that Shinigami Colour Illustration Golden shorts or something or that Arrancar Research Timeshort Gin 'Urataros' Ichimaru hosts or something. And now, thanks to Kamen Rider Den-O (and mainly the voice actors who were in BLEACH), I have this funny dream recently about Ryotaro, Hana, Yuto and the others ended up visiting that Soul Society place and follows in really unexpected events. XD

Quote of the Moment - "Ka-GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-mi!" - Tsurugi Kamishiro from Kamen Rider Kabuto

Gorillaz + Saiyuki - Three Good-Looking Men = Monkey

Last night, I went to see Monkey in the Palace Theatre in Manchester (England) with my cousin and what we watched as really amazing. At first, he and I thought this opera might not have the appeal to many young people and children, but once we found our seats, I was surprised to see that so many of them were waiting to see this collaboration by the makers behind Gorillaz (aka Jamie Hewlett and Damon 'Blur' Albarn) and Chen Shi-Zheng. And once the curtain draws up, the intro started wonderfully as our main hero, Monkey was born out of the egg (via stone) with wonderful animation and really amazing music that blends Western orchestra with Chinese traditional music and under the 'Gorillaz' music.



So, what are the bad points? Well, because the all of the songs were in Mandarin Chinese, I had a hard time trying to look for the subtitles (and it was below, dammit). However, that was only the bad point I've ever come across.



Now that the bad points out of the way, it's now time for the good points. I really love how this production mixes live-action with animation (that's really some great animation I've ever come across, plus it's British!) and I love the set and costume designs. I just want to hug Jamie Hewlett for producing this wonderful design, as not only original, but very charming indeed.



And then there's the music. It's really endearing and wonderful to listen to the performers singing Chinese harmonically with his [Damon Albarn] compostion and in actual fact, I want to get the soundtrack ASAP. No, really.



And what about the performances? The most important factor of them all and safely to say, they were wonderful and surprisingly funny. I love how Monkey is the star of the show and how the actor portrays him as a very comedic character (and I lol'd when he said about the Smoking Ban in England). I just love the acrobat and the action scenes that were choreographically spectacular (and better than the musicals I've ever come across).



I won't spoil the ending for you, but here are some pics of the programme that I picked up; with beautiful artwork by Jamie Hewlett.

Just click on the pictures to enlarge them, if you want. Whew, that's done, so now I'm going. For some odd reason, my favourite character happens to be Sandy. Not sure why.

Quote of the Moment - "The catchy chorus makes it a perfect attention-getter at karaoke parties." - Newtype USA's Climax Jump review. Now, how did this Toku opening from Den-O got to a mainly anime and manga magazine is beyond my knowledge. No, really.

Me Going to See Monkey Tomorrow

Yes, Riku-kun. You heard Rena-san right. Can't wait to see this interesting collab 'Circus' Oprea tomorrow at the Palace Theatre with my cousin (in Manchester, England of course), because it has the makers of Gorillaz did most of the music composition and art for this and I'm a fan of these two men.

Quote of the Moment - "When you put that way, it's a strong weapon. But, a skewer?!" - Johnny Garland from Shadow Hearts: From the New World. Aah, good ol'Nautilus. Still as crazy as ever with those final weapons. Though a rocket-launcher-flamethrower-shotgun-inside-one-guitar would always be my favourite unorthodox weapon. What?

OMG! Lil' Sis is RIGHT!

So there is a Tesco in China! And it's in Shanghai?!

What?

Quote of the Moment - "The British chain has become the latest foreign retailer to enter the fabled gold-mine of China." - BBC.co.uk - News Section. Though, I'm not really sure if a Tesco Bus in China ever existed...

Sisterly Tough Love

My little sister got pissed today. She wants to know why she didn't tell me that the Disgaea 2 manga's out now and now she wants me to buy it, when I know that the Manchester's Forbidden Planet and Travelling Man had sold out due to stock, but I either said that I refuse to get it for her or she would have to go by herself and order one from these two stores.

To be honest, I felt rather please on taking the role as her older sister, because I act like one and giving her the more tough sisterly love shows that she would have to stop relying on me to get her own desire by giving money to me, so that I could buy for her more and start going out more to do some more social stuff to enjoy herself and do something for herself.

Otherwise I have some fears that she would be isolated from her friends than anyone else in the world and instead of going out to enjoy herself (mentally and physically), she would choose to stay at home doing absolutely nothing (this is going to be worse when Summer arrives, as well as her taste as an university student in September when a lot of new friends came be made) and start relying on other people just to get things that she wanted and give money to me/him/her when she would have just do it by herself (yeah, I'm not much of a trustworthy sister to her, but I might have fears that other people as well as me, would just use her money just to buy his/her/my own desires and have some lies telling her and she would believe one bit).

*Sigh* I just want to teach her that she would only rely on me when things get serious on her and I have no choice, but to help as a sister or when she desperately want to get some emotional help.

Now, if you excuse me, I'm going to research on this anime called Lucky Star (and finding that damn manga!).

Quote of the Moment - "It's a love 'Y'!" - Will Powers talking about the Nickel Samurai's storyline from Phoenix Wright: Ace Attonery Justice for All.

Dammit! How long is Tokyopop not going to answer?!

Tired that Tokyopop is keeping secrets on how long they're just going to keep World Embryo and not really translating the whole first two (and beyond) manga volumes at all, I'm going to make some summaries on each chapter Young King Ours had just released each month.

I got fed up on why Tokyopop hadn't set a release date for this, ever since they got the first two volumes and managed to file a threating lawsuit to one scanlation group *coughM7cough*on preventing them to scanlate further chapters, so starting somewhere in the beginning of July, I'm starting this whole World Embryo summary beginning with chapter 17 and make a new blog dedicated to my favourite manga-ka's work, just like Igadevil's Kamen Rider blog. Only you just have to deal with the Japanese kanji for now, until Tokyopop was ever bothered to release them.

And although I got the jist of the storyline a bit since chapter 17, there's some dialogue that are beyond my basic Japanese language skills and I need some very skilled people who can translate the RAW chapters, though not pretty much going as far as scanlating them in actual fact (I just want the whole summary). Or I can just guess what the characters are saying on my own and get the readers to correct me or something. So you readers better tell me which is the better choice! RIGHT NOW!

Quote of the Moment - "If something smells, it's usually the Butz." - A way of saying Larry Butz is in trouble again in Phoenix Wright.

Squirrelking is a Genius

I managed to find the 'genius' behind Half Life: Full Life Consequences on the Fanfiction.net site and I got to say, I laughed really hard when I read its sequel: What Has To Be Done. I laughed so hard, I really want to know if there's a YTMND.com version of the sequel or an animation of this! You can visit the genius' FF.Net account here.

Right, if someone has got links to What Has To Be Done adapted animation or the YTMND stuff, I'll be glad to put theme here and smile at your risk.

Quote of the Moment - "You fail at life. Go do the suicide thing NOW." - Kung Pow Skwurul's review on squirrelking's Half Life: Full Life Consequences.

The 'Other' Alchemy Anime (BUSOU RENKIN SPOILER!)

Man, last night I watched the rest of Busou Renkin (the anime) and safe to say, the last three episodes made me cry, ESPECIALLY when Kazuki said sorry to Tokiko as he let go of her hand from his Buso Renkin, Sunlight Heart and then thrusted Victor to the Moon (that was 24). Seriously, I want to say the manga-ka (Watsuki-sensei, aka the guy who did Rurouni Kenshin) is a master when it comes to romance and drama in a shounen manga and I love how Kazuki really cared for EVERYONE, including Victor himself; even though he's Kazuki's 'enemy'.

Episode 25 was the most intense that I even seen, because it shows the aftermath of what happened to 24 and I felt really sorry for Tokiko, because she geniunely loves Kazuki from the beginning of the series and she doesn't want to let him go, even as far as protecting him, willing to give her life to save him. Even Kazuki's classmates, his sisters, her friends, Gouta, Captain Bravo and even his 'rival', Papillon were feeling sad that Kazuki has 'disappeared' for over a month and feeling empty without him.

As for episode 26, now that was beautiful...I cried in the middle and this was just...*sob*...I won't tell you what happened at the end, as I don't want to spoil you, so just watch the whole series, okay?

Well, that's Busou Renkin don, next stop, getting the manga itself! (And yeah, I'm a fan of Watsuki's works, especially when he mixes drama, comedy and romance into one shounen manga. ^_^) Just like to say thanks to XEBEC (and the director) for adapting the manga to the anime very nicely (as B.R. was already finished last year) and closely for once, even though I hate them when they adapt Negima to the TV screen and saying thanks to that 'group' for translating this wonderful series.

Quote of the Moment - "If you die, I will die as well." - The episode title from Busou Renkin

These Two = Great Comedy Duo (SPOILER!)

Just seen Den-O 19 and I have to say, Yuuto Sakurai and his Imagin 'butler', Deneb, would make a really great comedy duo. XD There, I said it.

Even though I have fears that Yuuto would be more of an asshole, like Kusaka from Faiz and the actor's Kiriya from Hibiki, Deneb serves as a foil to him making him more likable (if you watch Ryukendo and the later episodes, you know what I mean) and humanize a bit, as he knew Yuuto the most, since he made a contract to the 'butler' Imagin and knew that beneath his contract's spoiled personality and body, lies a kind and noble soul inside his heart. I'm actually loving Deneb as a whole and is adding to my favourite list alongside Ryotaro's Imagin. It likes their roles were reveresed from Ryo and Momo; with Deneb = Ryotaro and Yuuto = Momotaros. XD It's a good thing that Den-O doesn't try to be Kabuto ver.2 or the sequel to Hibiki and Faiz. Now, that wouldn't fit the light-hearted atmosphere to Den-O's world.

Now, I'm enjoying Den-O more than Gekiranger (only being saved by Rio and Mele (with Bae as the 'other comedy duo'). Now, if you excuse me, I'm going to do some Takeru Sato fanart that I was supposed to finished or something.

Quote of the Moment - "We were Romeo and Juliet! Cleopatra and Mark Anthony!" - Larry Butz from Phoenbix Wright: Ace Attonery. Man, he sucks at getting the women!

All Things in Pirates, Court and My Enemy - Hayfever

YOSH! FINALLY! I got the first Phoenix Wright game and yes, Manfred von Karma is on my favourite lists of villains. He's a really cool (OMG! Headbang!) and yet at the same time, scary prosecutor who wants to get anything to have a guilty verdict. And then there's Damon Gant - *shudders* seriously, he's one really scary Police Chief when you meet him.

And then recently I watched Pirates of the Carribean 3. And although the movie had some cool fights, characters and managing to fill up the loose ends to the last two movies, the storyline was pretty much weak (a wee confusing to me, even though I watched the last two Pirates) itself, only being saved by Johnny Depp's performance on Jack Sparrow and cameo appearances from The Rolling Stones' Keith Richards and Chow Yun Fat (Dammit! Why did Sao Feng had a *CENSORED FOR SPOILER'S SAKE* appearance?! He was such a cool Pirate Captain!).

Eurgh. June...I hate that month, because there's only one thing that Ladymercury didn't have in her nice home in Flordia, while I'm suffering from - Hayfever. I hate that month, because whenever I go outside and see flowers everywhere, my nose would increase the sneezing by about ten times from normal and then follow the 'itching' inside my mouth (just don't ask) and sometimes rubbing my eyes (until I rub them too much).

Just give me July...I would do anything to make the Hayfever stop coming to ruin my life evey year!

Quote of the Moment - "Elizabeth: This is madness!
Capt. Jack Sparrow: This is politics!" - Pirates of the Carribean 3: At World's End; on about that even Pirates have their own Organization and not just going around at sea looting and killing random people.

Oh, look! A Spam in My Comment Box

-_-; Yeah, right. I may a great spiritual faith in my body and soul, but I don't exactly follow the Pope's rules! Eurgh. One sentence to Jehovah's Witnesses:

LOL! YOU NEVER GOING TO WIN PEOPLE'S MIND! JENOVA'S WITNESSES WILL TAKE OVER YOUR ORGANASATION AND WE WILL RULE THE WORLD BY SAYING THAT SEPHIROTH IS GOD AND YOU MUST WORSHIP HIS GOOD LOOKS AND LONG PLATIUM HAIR, ALONG WITH HIS DEAR OLD MOTHER! LOL!

(Oh, yeah. To people who have a good sarcastic sense of humour and are really pissed at seeing Jehovah's Witnesses coming to knock your door, Jenova's Witnesses does not exist and if there is one (yeah, right. Prove me wrong), I doubt anyone would worship a popular villain with his mother who really doesn't look like a popular villain.)

Quote of the Moment - "WE ARE ALL DOOMED!" - My thoughts of seeing a typical Jehovah's Witness.

Yay! \^_^\ Good News /^_^/Yay!

Ladymercury had just finally opened the Takeru Sato Fanbook Project/Fanlisting site! If you're a fan of the star from Kamen Rider Den-O and PuriPuriD (that's Princess Princess D for curious-minded girls or men who wouldn't want to go to crossdressing), then I strongly suggest you should visit this website that took the webmistress more effort than me trying to work out the differences between JavaScript and Flash.

m u l t i t a l e n t e d: A Takeru Sato fanlisting + fanbook

And for added bonus, she also added a Kamen Rider Den-O fanlisting for any fan to join and say you like Den-O (and for the fact that you like the main characters and supporting characters more than Souji 'Asshole who Walks the Heaven' Tendou!

catch the wave...a kamen rider den-o fanlisting

Eurgh. Tomorrow, I'm going to move back to Manchester, which means I only got a few hours to watch the next RAW episode of Den-O. T_T Damn.

Quote of the Moment - "Oh no. Not another Big Brother shite show!" - Me getting angry that Big Brother's coming to ruin UK television screens, yet again.

Kweh!

I would like to thank toranoko for fixing the blog addon problems to the minigame over at the HJU. Thanks to you, now any curious person would just like to have fun on my blog, if they got bored by my post! ^_^

Quote of the Moment - "Kweh!" - Chocobo from any Final Fantasy or something.

We all know who Sakurai is....

...he's actually The Doctor himself! No wait, wrong show!

Igadevil's Kamen Rider Blog: KR Den-O Episode #17: "That Person Just Now! Already in the Past?"

Dammit! I need to know the next episode on who he really is!

Quote of the Moment - "But without my big old comforters...what am I supposed to wrap myself in now?" - Osaka from Azumanga Daioh

One Really Annoying Person Rant Time

Eurgh. >o<

You know what pisses me off more than Ukraine getting second place in this year's Eurovision Song Contest? One certain member *coughblackfangcough* over at the Rangerboard forums, whose mind is stuck somewhere between 'Me like Den-O' and 'I like Den-O, but I hate some elements to the show, so I'm comparing to Kabuto and older Kamen Rider shows'. I would like to say this to him/her...

FOR GOD'S SAKE! LEAVE KABUTO AND OLDER KAMEN RIDER SHOWS OUT OF DEN-O AND LEAVE YOUR SO-CALLED 'INTELLECTUAL' THOUGHTS SOMEWHERE IN YOUR BLOG OR SOMETHING, WHERE NO ONE IS GOING TO LOOK AT YOUR RANT/MUSING/POST!

Geez, your comparisons between Den-O and Kabuto and older Kamen Rider shows are like comparing the Final Fantasy series: same franchise, different storyline, world and characters. And before you flame me (yes, you know what I mean), comparing Den-O and Kabuto doesn't work at all. In other words, you're comparing to shows that have come from the same franchise, but they are completely different to each other and they are NOT COMPATIBLE TO EACH OTHER AT ALL TO COMPARE. Just look at Final Fantasy VII and VIII: They may have come from the same franchise, but by just looking at the surface, as well as deeper inside, their storylines, worlds and characters are completely different in directions. And the same applies to every Final Fantasy game. The only comparison that you can compare is the sequels to the game itself; the best examples being Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy X. And if you don't know what Final Fantasy is, try going to Wikipedia for yourself.

And really, don't really take the Kamen Rider series seriously. I would laugh my arse off, if you gave me a serious comment. And just to let me saying that should really drill in my head: KAMEN RIDER IS A JAPANESE CHILDREN SHOW, NOT SOME POLITICAL SHIT THAT GET THE PEOPLE TALKING THROUGHOUT THE WORLD! And I hate the way you say you can compare Den-O and Kabuto specifically. The only valid comparison that I can think of, is Kamen Rider Black and its sequel, Black RX.

This maybe going to dismiss you, but apparently Den-O is a far lighter affair than the last couple os KR shows that have gone a bit too dark, but is as unique as any Final Fantasy game you come across it with and thanks to the show's uniqueness, a lot of female viewers from everywhere, not just Japan, along with young parents with children can enjoy the series, without taking it seriously.

The bottom line is, 1) don't take the Kamen Rider franchise seriously, like some really hardcore KR fan who has no life outside your hobby at all. Have you even considered doing some real life stuff, like paying taxes, worrying about your appearances or something else? 2) your comparisons between the current and past KR shows are rubbish and you're comparing it like a Final Fantasy VII/VIII (delete where appropriate) fan who endlessly babble to compare TWO completely different games that have no connetion to each other whatsoever and 3) stop being an asshole who just whine about the show and just enjoy watching the show! IT IS A SHOW, AFTER ALL, TARGETING THE YOUNG CHILDREN!

Thank God I didn't joined the RB forum immediately and I have an open mind that there is more to life than just Kamen Rider all the way.

Quote of the Moment - "Excuse me, while I kiss the sky!" - Jimmy Hendrix and the song Purple Haze. And yes, the lyrics clearly say 'kiss the sky', not 'kiss this guy'.

Reggae, Reggae...

Just today, I went food shopping and thanks to Levi Roots and his catchy song over at YouTube, I managed to buy...

Reggae Reggae Sauce! XD Heehee, I'm going to have my tastebuds a nice kickstart and after a nice pop into Sainsburys, I went to the Post Room to get some mail and look at what just have arrived...

A John Barrowman autograph! \(^_^\ /(^_^)/ Oh yeah! Let's celebrate! And in case you don't remember, John Barrowman's Captain Jack in not only Doctor Who, but also in its spinoff series, Torchwood! Gotta thanks BorgmanJayce for bringing such a nice autograph to me after the 'Doctor Momo' incident over at dA and the HJU Forums. Oh yeah! To celebrate, I'm going to cook Bacon sandwich with...Reggae Reggae sauce!
Quote of the Moment - "Put some music in your food!" - Levi Roots and that catchy Reggae Reggae Sauce song! ^_^

Things that I want to shut up

• Tony Blair not actually keeping his promises since 1997. Seriously, what were you thinking?
• Gordon Brown putting more taxes in than what the Conservatives have done.
• Some Fundamental Christians (Strictly speaking Evangelists or Jehovah's Witnesses)/Muslims proclaiming that other religions are not true and would do anything to convert them into their own religion. (If they come to my house, I just say to them I'm Catholic and always been following the Church. Okay, scratch the 'always following the Church' bit.)
• A bunch of sensitive British Muslims who have big anger problems when it comes to small or harmless issues.
• News after news, I keep hearing a bunch of Shia militia Muslims bombing crowded streets, killing at least dozen of people in Iraq. I must be thinking that Shia militia Muslims really love gaining attention toward newsreaders and journalists.
• American humour trying to copy British humour.
• People comparing American humour with British humour. Get over with it. You can't compare these two. It's like comparing Kabuto and Den-O all over again.
• John Mc Cricky or something. He's the most sexist and disgusting person who is a total slob and won't just listen to any women other than ordering his wife. And won't change for good.
• George W. Bush Jr. 'Nuff said.
• UK entries to the Eurovision Song Contest post-2000. Gemini was complete utter tripe; Daz Sampson's a rubbish black rapper wannabe and Scooch is a complete waste of time who wants to be like AAA or Morning Musume, only the British Music Industry just threw them away for good.
• This year's Ukraine entry to Eurovision Song Contest. If I send Ladymercury a YouTube video of an Ukrainian Drag Queen dressed in tin foil, she'll going to vomit over that one and vowed that she'll never going to speak to me again. I wish Lordi would come back and entertain me.
• Chavs and Lauren-a-likes who think they rule the world and just do what they like. Too bad they have an IQ of a brainless idiot.
• Snobby female students, who I like to call them 'Plastics' who just exploded their computer volume into full and disturbing other students, including me.
• Paris Hilton, Anna Nicole Smith and other dumb blonde women who have a lack of education and their parents were lazy slobs raising their children.
• Younger/shorter sisters/brothers/cousins/friends/people than me, who are really arrogant/rude/annoying to me.
• That 'Poo Obssessive' woman from 'You Are What You Eat' or some Channel 4 programme. Seriously, she's going to need some help on her 'poo' obssession problems.
• One minded anime and manga fans who think that Tokusatsu is just a Power Rangers rip-off without realising Tokusatsu is a product from Japan that goes beyond Power Rangers itself.
• Eastenders, Hollyoaks, Emmerdale and other British Soap Opreas that are more like not depicting real life than comedy dramas and Doctor Who themselves. Same goes for American Soap Opreas.
• McDonalds and Burger King adverts. Well, at least KFC avoided the 'Toys of the Moment' bit, whereas the latter two were at least annoying and one of them have that annoying Gina whatsherface as the voiceover.
• Barbie Dolls and its spinoff merchandise. Women, just get over with it. You can't have the same perfect breasts and body as her and she's a toy with no sense of what's going around the world and an IQ of 0.
• Bratz. Oh dear God. Four teenagers dressed up as prostitutes and have the worst character designs I've seen. I want to slap the one who are responsible for this shit.
• One minded console fans (i.e. Sony/Nintendo/Microsoft), who wasted their time bickering and bitching each other on which console 'rules'.
• Disney animated movies post-1998. Ugh, first came second rate animation that I think Dreamworks animation (in the 2D kind) had actually spent of a lot of their efforts making their films and then their attempts to do 3D CGI films. Seriously Disney; they failed, because they spend more time doing shit merchandise to the films than the movies themselves and only a stupid short attention group of children who would go 'wow!' over at the graphics.
• The Vatican's reaction to the 'Da Vinci Code' film and attempts to ban it. Sadly, they haven't realised that the film itself was rubbish itself, with wooden acting and dialogue that I would just laugh at it. 'Quick, we must go to the library!': I lol'd over that one (sorry Ladymercury for breaching copyright act). And yes, I am Catholic.
• British Vietnamese males who just wouldn't care for British Vietnamese females, including me. Grrr.
• My female AS/A2 Level chemistry teacher who always catches me out; from sleeping in her class (God, the way she teaches is sooo boring!) to bringing out endless past exam papers that she always brings out and scold me off for not getting the answers right. The worse came from my GCSE female chemistry teacher who not only used to be my older sister's form teacher back at secondary school, but she taught me up to AS/A Level!

Man, that's a lot things that I hate. No wonder I have a sarcastic and miserable view to the world. Well, thank God for British comedy, Have I Got News For You, Boris Johnson, Paul Merton, Ian Hislop and Never Mind the Buzzcocks to keep my sense of sanity. No Quote of the Moment tonight, due to that I have to prepare for this Level Zero and Foundation Art and Design Exhibition I'm supposed to hang, so you would just get used to one big list I have written. *Sigh* Come back Leavers' Ball! All is forgiven!

And now, a response from Shit-saka, uh I mean Sho-saka...

Following yesterday's really angry rant that I've just written about and then followed from Ladymercury's Lj's entry about my reaction (and obviously she read my entry, too), I would like to say this. Though be warned, it's going to be one hell of a long entry (or short, depending on your view)...


Yes, I have realize that after reading your entry and how you look at me (uh, well technically-speaking, it's more like virtually looking at me), I am one complete stupid, stubborn, sarcastic, angry, skeptical, really insensitive to other people beside me; immature and unknowingly melodramatic bitch who just won't know the consequences when I press the 'Publish' button. Yes, I know the internet is for everyone to do what they want, regardless if this goes to the comedy side or the serious side. And unfortunately, thanks to my father's gene and personality inheritance, when something small happens somewhere, I get very sensitive to the subject matter quickly and instead of destroying everything to the buildings or room, I immediately use the internet to attack the ones that have something small and harmless to say with, only ending up tearing the living daylights of them without knowing the consequences.

It's like the Islamic World's reaction to the Danish satirical cartoon drawings; they get offended on something small and harmless to non-Muslim people and then suddenly starting to destroy everything within sight without actually thinking on what people would react back to them. And then there was one really frightening and incited-hateful rally in London, England; where sensitive Muslim people shout 'BEHEAD THOSE WHO OFFEND ISLAM!' and then broadcasters, newspaper journalists and other people were really scared and instead of publishing the satirical cartoons that would bring forth the Dogs of War (i.e. the Muslim mob complete with boards, machine guns and other typical weapons that you would find from a stereotypical view of a terrorist). they don't published them at all and...

*Hey, Sho-saka! [SLAP!] You idiot! Get back to the subject! This is clearly off the mark that you were supposed to do; you ungrateful, long-winded, insensitive, melodramatic piece of bitch, Shit-saka...*

Oh fine, Little Miss 'Opposite-to-me-in-my-brain'. The point is that if I said something that would demoralise your self-esteem and unknowingly psychologically scarred your personality for the rest of your life, then...

I am absolutely sorry for the trouble that I have caused this one stupid rant that seemingly to be harmless for everyone else, but really sensitive to anyone else. I promise to grow up and take some things less seriously and not being end up like a sensitive British Muslim who would just destroy and incite hatred towards people who do not wish to get involve. If there's something that we would like to reconcile with each other and not ending up rant after rant on our blog/journal; then your request of a fanart from yours truly is on the house.

There, I said it. Now, in other news...Serbia won this year's Eurovision song contest (yay!), with Ukraine in second (eurgh...) and as for UK...well, at least we're not getting 'nil points', though 19 points is just as rubbish as Scooch's music and Ukraine's Drag Queen in tin foil with lyrics that would make Crazy Frog proud.

Quote of the moment - "Don't end up like that Korean guy in America." - My father giving me advice to be more open to myself and make friends in real life, so that I won't end up with that isolated and psycho Korean guy in America. No, making friends online is not part of my real life (my father's suspcious of what my friends are like online and if I was making friends with an older man...).

One Stubborn Lady + One Daydreaming Lady = Two Troublesome Posts

Okay, I think I want to give Ladymercury (now called Smart Lady for some reason) over at the HJU forums a slap on her head for being such a stubborn bitch when it comes to the Den-O movie dispute (after I posted a picture of Princess Fuse from Okami and use the Den-O picture as a comparison between the two). Here's what she said:

"That looks like a shop so bad its not even funny."

While I respect her opinions on other things, this is one post that I want to wrestle with her for this. Has she even been to the Movie's Official Site and checked under the News section? -_-; Hey, Smartass Lady, if you think this photo looks like it's been Photoshopped, how come that photo you claimed it's been 'Shopped is on the Official Website?! Huh? Have I made my point clear?

Geez, you should look at the site for some time, you stubborn Smartass Lady bitch...

Quote of the Moment - "8 guys, in the gayest set of gym wear from a 1970s sports film wearing the gayest sailor's hat from the 1940s marching and making dumb retarded expresses with CGI tears rolling from their eyes." From Ladymercury's Livejournal entry on this Eurovision-camp-Jpop band or something.

AAARGH! DOCTOR WHO DELAYED?!

WHY?! Judgement Day has come upon us and it's...

EUROVISION SONG CONTEST!!!

Eurgh...I hate this contest and yet, I have watched this shit for the last couple of years. The music is shit, the costumes are shit, the singers are shit with tuneless pitch and uninspired lyrics that are mostly either about love or some novelty act that doesn't make sense at all and worst of all...Britain's in it, along with France (Grrr...) and Germany. If I hear another cheesy Jpop-cum-Eurobeat-cum-techno-style song again from either of the countries ever again, I'm turning the mute button on and go straight to listen to the British Music Industry...permanently. Thank God for pure music talent.

Oh, for those who don't know what I'm talking about, the Eurovision Song Contest is an annual music competition, where European countries come all the way to sing. And their songs are like Jpop-type, only five hundred times worse than AAA (Attack All Around), Ayumi Hamasaki and KOTOKO combined altogether. And Britain hasn't won a thing since ten years ago. And I'm betting that Scooch or whatever would get 'nil points' (in a French accent) from other countrie; I remember in 2003, where Gemini is just do rubbish, I just turned to the other channel and listen to Coldplay. Or something...

Quote of the Moment - "We're flying the flag!" - Scooch, verse from their song. God, this is pointless! >_<'

Paint and Nomura

Blegh. Today, I had to paint the walls and fill some holes in studio. Got really tired, but in the end, it was all worth the effort. Except for that Polish bitch who acts so arrogant and thinks she can rule the world with her fist.

Anyway, this picture is going to either make my younger cheer or cry, because of this (excuse the Kintaros pun):



At first, I thought an illustration of Zidane from Final Fantasy IX looked like it came from one of Tetsuya Nomura's portfolios, but when I looked at the source, I found out that this IS one of his character designs. Still, at least he didn't add any extra accessories on him. BTW, this is from Dissidia: Final Fantasy and it's like a beat 'em up, only with more Super Smash Brothers into it or something.

Quote of the Moment - "Zzzz...." - Me sleeping after having enough of reading volumes 10 and 11 of Death Note.

Goodbye Zero, Hello Degree

Well, here it is. A photo of me, saying my last farewell to the studio that I've been here for some months or something and when September comes, then my dream is coming true! 3D Design and Concepts here I come! And yeah, I recently bought a DS Lite along with a couple of extras and a copy of Hotel Dusk and Children of Mana each, hence the hands position holding this white box.

And before the walls are going to completely covered up them with a lick of white paint, here's a picture of my wall drawing of a random girl. Man, my drawing styles did change for the better, huh?

Quote of the Moment - "My final project involves a little girl, a sheep and a rabbit." Me, saying on what my final project for the exhibition that I'm supposed to do.

Catholic Manga

Is it just me or is the UK Catholic Church now going to the manga scene? Yeah, don't stare at me like that, as a manga, anime, video game and TV fan for around 6 years or so ago, as well as being a Catholic for all my life; I'm pretty surprised that even manga has spread the Catholic Church too.

Hmm, if I see a Catholic Manga coming out in print sometime on the shelf, I might take a flick arond the pages and see it they can keep up with actual Japanese mangas. The Alex Rider manga was good enough, because it actually has Japanese artists; so I'm intrigued to see on how the UK Catholic Church take on this format. (Haha, to Pope Benedict XVI and the folks over at the Vatican. Why haven't you come up with a plan like the UK one?)

Oh, if you don't believe me, here's the source.

Quote of the Moment - “We have chosen the Manga cartoons for the 2007 campaign, because we hope it will appeal to young people under twenty as well as people in their thirties.” - Fr. Paul Embery, Director of the National Office for Vocation

I Knew It...

I knew there would be a Den-O Yaoi trend increase somewhere, like this.

In other news, watched Den-O 13 and oh yeah, gotta love Ryuutaros and Gun Form! Heehee, I love how Takeru-san used his years of breakdance training into the screen and that he ACTUALLY does it, instead of a stunt double. Plus:

• I love the fact that despite the fact Ryuutaros has a childish behaviour, he has a very carefree personality and is different from the trio (Momotaros, Urataros and Kintaros).
• He's an animal lover! So he does have a good heart, after all. And he gets pissed off if someone, whether it's human or Imagin, harms an animal. Like when he 'breakdance-pwned' the young folk for scaring the cats away via loud music or he henshins into Gun Form and attack the Owl Imagin (which I dubbed Yaibataros, due to the fact that the seiryuu who provided the Owl Imagin's voice did a lot voice acting in Boukenger as Yami no Yaiba) for breaking a birdhouse.
• Gun Form = Successor to RyuGunOu. His shooting skills is bit off the aim, but at least he's more active than Drake. Plus, he even breakdances after his henshin! ^_^
• And despite the rumours that Ryuutaros is the only Imagin that was not controllable by Ryotaro, our main man managed to get him out of his body (yeah, it's weird writing this entry) in the end, which I was glad that the Dragon Imagin isn't the strongest and difficult (well, at least a bit) to control.
• Ryuutaros' voice is sexy. Rawr. Thank you Kenichi 'Zack from Final Fantasy VII' Suzumura for providing his childish, yet really sexy (though not as sexy as Urataros) and mild-mannered voice.

Airi and Watch Guy seemed to have some sort of relationship in the past and Ryotaro smiled at them, so now I want to know more, but maybe later. I don't want to get disappointed if Watch Guy gets revealed really too soon. Bleh, need to sleep soon.

Quote of the Moment - "Okay? I can't hear an answer!" - Ryuutaros from Kamen Rider Den-O. Ryuutaros' voice is really sexy. Rawr.

Okami = Addictive

Damn you Capcom (in a good way)! Thanks to you and ex-Clover Studios staff members, I'm now addicted to Okami! So addictive, I'm playing the game, again.

I never knew that playing the game as a wolf goddess has never been so good, since...er I don't know any game that has leading wolves, regardless of their gender.

Quote of the Moment - "Busty Babe!" - Issun from Okami on commenting Rao's er, 'Melons'...

OMG! Now even FFVII is invaded by Kamen Rider

Here's my reaction when I found out that Kenichi 'Zack' Suzumara is going to do the voice of Ryuutaros from Kamen Rider Den-O:

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I can't believe it! The seiryu who provided the voice of Zack from Final Fantasy VII - Advent Children and Crisis Core is apparently doing the voice of Ryuutaros from Kamen Rider Den-O! OMG! \(^_^)/ Huzzah! I can't stop dancing for joy!

Quote of the Moment - "OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG" - Me screaming for joy for Ryuutaros' and Zack's voice actor while clattering my laptop keyboard.

Reflection on an Unlucky Rider

ARGH! That's it. It's official. I think I ran out of steam when it comes to do anything for University. Yeah, what's worse is that I have to do this exhibition work this year and already, my brain has had enough for me on to work (and that includes portfolio work on the course that I really wanted to do so badly! T_T). I had enough of having some advice to my female Level Zero Art and Design teacher and I'm going to take an Easter Break, to get my brain refresh.

In other news, I just love Takeru Sato's (or the guy who's portraying Ryotaro Nogami from Kamen Rider Den-O) blog. Always witting and sarcastic and yet; very mature and calm at the same time; unlike Hidenori Tokuyama's blog (or that guy who portrayed 'Kick Hopper' Yagurama from Kamen Rider Kabuto), whose entries are just full really random hyperactive stuff on his views on everyday life, anime and manga (though I suspect that he should get the Ryutaros part. I just somehow knew that his 'Yotsuba' personality should be perfect for Ryutaros' voice. What? I'm just saying...) But this particular entry, how should I say it? Just beautiful and emotional (I nearly shed a tear on that). Though I laughed a bit when I found out that he always sleeping in class and got told off by his teacher; which is exactly like mine (my chemistry 'Pike' teacher always told me off for sleeping in class for example, and another is when I was in 2nd Year of secondary school, where I fell asleep in History lesson for 5 minutes, until my friend woke me up and I had to catch up big time)! XD

And for an extra treat for those who are Takeru Sato fans, you can read the interview and discover why he has cat pictures on his mobile/cell phone. I've got to thank my Toku friend and HJU'er (Surprisingly, I'm also a HJU'er too!), Ladymercury, for translating on the Kamen Rider actors' blog, even though they're not 100% accurate! Now, if you excuse me, I've got to dash off for this crappy Contextual Studies lecture, where I'm going to ask people in front some silly questions that came from either trivia things or the 'Book of General Ignonrance' (thank you QI, Stephen Fry and Alan Davies).

Quote of the Moment - "All the people I made friends with. I have to realistically consider it'll be difficult to gather everyone again, though I will be happy that if they haven't changed (over the years)." - Takeru Sato on how he's going to miss his friends after graduating. Cheer up, boy! I'll be supporting you all the way! And thanks Ladymercury for the translation. Where would I be without you?