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Last Day of 2008
2008 is ending and 2009 is just hours away. When I look back on 2008, it was full of memories, both bad and good.
To be frank, I don't want the new year to come. School is one thing, choices are another thing, going somewhere faraway is also contributing. Everything just comes like a mad rush and suddenly you notice that time is flowing away through your hands. There are so many things you wish you change by going back in time. Unfortunately, it doesn't happen. Immersing yourself in fantasy may help in relieving the symptoms, but then you are made to face the future.
2009, what will it bring? Will my luck change? I don't want to face it but I have to face it.
Labels: random
On Wednesday, December 31, 2008 at 10:18 PM
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I am Tsuna right now. Truly. For 3 years, I felt what he had been feeling for 14 years of his life. I need to be like Tsuna, to be pulled up from the depths of cowardice and helplessness. The only thing is I don't have a home tutor named Reborn, nor do I have the Vongola Famiglia with me. I'll need to get through everything on my own, to get out of the nickname "Dame-Tsuna".
A Reborn would be very important to me, so would the X-gloves. If only I had these things to pull me through. A dying-will bullet would be very much appreciated too. It would only help to strengthen my resolve.
I know what Tsuna feels, I really do. All I can do now is to become Tsuna, take on his role and achieve what he is able to. The Tsuna breaking out of his shell, that is what I really wanna see.
As I see the sky, I think of it as Tsuna, and as me.
Labels: katekyo hitman reborn, random
On Monday, December 29, 2008 at 10:24 PM
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Some quality at last!
Ever since the Odex saga hit Singapore anime fans, we have wondered where to get our anime. Singapore is seriously deprived of anime, although there is a significant number of people who are anime fans. Even though Odex is not doing anything to fulfil its promises and is probably using the money it got to keep their company afloat, at least we can get some good anime on Okto!
Showing on Okto now are Basilisk Kouga Ninpou Chou, Casshern Sins, Code Geass, Toradora, Skip Beat! and Gundam 00. Many of these are also the latest eps from Japan and it only makes it better. Basilisk, although I really hate it and the plot, is based closely on an award-winning manga and is animated by Gonzo. Surely this is quality, disregarding the fact that I really don't like it when the main plot is two groups of people killing each other. Casshern Sins is a little boring IMO but probably is deep?
I absolutely love the rest of the animes! I have always wanted to watch Code Geass because of its popularity, character designs are by CLAMP and that it seems interesting. I could understand what the reporters were thinking when the entire place was silent for a minute then huge applause after the screening of the first episode. Even I was taken aback. Code Geass would surely be on my favourites list!
My first impression of Toradora was that it would be a silly, high school romantic comedy. I was proved wrong. Although it may be romantic comedy, it is different from its counterparts, showing slice-of-life bits as well. I look forward to every episode on Thursday!
Skip Beat is one of the funniest anime I have seen this year! The anime is just hilarious! Gundam 00 is action-packed and different from its predecessor. Although the storyline is totally different, it has caught me just like how Gundam Seed got my interest.
I would have to say, I am so looking forward to Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nights!
Labels: anime, basilisk, casshern sins, code geass, gundam 00, skip beat, toradora
On Saturday, December 27, 2008 at 9:59 PM
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Moyashimon Review
Sawaki Tadayasu, a first-year student at the Tokyo Agricultural University, has been able to see microbe since young. The only reason he came to Tokyo was so that he could escape life at home. And therefore begins the story of Moyashimon.
The anime was short, consisting of only 11 episodes. They managed to squeeze quite a number of things into it, but as it was only 11 eps, it left me wondering what would happen next. The way the microbes are portrayed are really cute! However, that is what is so dangerous about it.
When browsing the list of award-winning mangas, I happened to see Moyashimon and in my mind, I thought it belonged in the children's section. I was proved wrong, really wrong. Re-checking wikipedia, Moyashimon belonged to the general manga section, which explains greatly why the not-advisable-for-children elements are there. The cute microbe designs are popular with children, but the story isn't.
I should have known by episode 5 or 6 that Moyashimon is not for children. Wouldn't it be scary if your child suddenly asked you what is an aphrodisiac? Then there is yuri/shoujo-ai and possible yaoi/shounen-ai in it too. The conclusion of the aphrodisiac episode shows 2 girls naked in bed after being stuffed with it, albeit accidentally, then drinking. Both expressed great shock though. Then came what dealt the greatest shock to me about this anime, Yuuki Kei, Tadayasu's childhood friend crossdresses as a gothic lolita...
I have expressed my shock in a few posts before, and I still can't get over it. I presumed Moyashimon would go on with Tadayasu using his ability somehow or other, but it seems that it would also focus on slice-of-life too. The slice-of-life part really got me... Seriously I can't predict what would happen next.
Overall, Moyashimon is a very entertaining anime and the cute microbes are absolutely my favourite! How I wish to own a microbe plushie! However, just don't get as shocked as me when you reach the slice-of-life part!
Labels: moyashimon, review
On Friday, December 26, 2008 at 9:47 PM
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Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas!!!
We spent the day dining and shopping at Orchard Road. There was a place at the basement of Takashimaya that my mother always wanted to try since I mentioned about how nice the food was. My mother loves fried stuff, and the place sells deep fried Japanese-style breaded pork/chicken cutlets. I liked it actually, for I thought it was fried pretty well. She commented that it was fried very well, but when we went home, she told me it wasn't that nice. I was like "?!". But anyway...
One fantastic thing happened today: I got to walk in the middle of the road! Bwaha! The road for cars was sealed off due to a concert scheduled to be performed tonight. Therefore, I was happily walking in the middle of the road where I would be usually run down by cars if I did that! Hahaha!!! That was probably the most kimochi ii thing that happened today. Bwahaha!!!
We just shopped for the rest of the time there. Nothing much. Just walked around a bit. How I wish everyday was Christmas! This way, everyday is a public holiday!!! Bwahaha!!!
Labels: christmas
On Thursday, December 25, 2008 at 9:24 PM
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Merry Christmas Eve!!!
It's December 24th! Merry Christmas Eve everyone!!!
It has been pretty rainy today, therefore if it were to be translated to snow, I guess we would have a white Christmas? Not that I am particularly looking forward to a white Christmas, but I think we will probably have it next year. The thoughts of the cold are really putting me off... I feel like just walking out in a space around myself where it is air-conditioned...
Watched anime in the morning, went out in the afternoon, and watched anime in the night again. This is how I spent my Christmas Eve. It's really nothing actually. Anyway, Christmas to me is just a public holiday with lots of sales going on in a fully decorated Orchard Road. Bwahaha!
I watched the last episode of Hime-sama Goyoujin today and is at the 2nd last episode of Moyashimon. I will probably do a review of Hime-sama Goyoujin sometime. Moyashimon was getting on fine for me, until out of no where, the main character's best friend, a guy, is revealed to be gender dysphoric and may have feelings for him. Imagine my shock. Not that I am discriminating or anything, but the sudden turn in events is truly... I thought it would just go on with the main character being able to see microbes and probably something happens, that's all! I always thought that Kei's disappearance was due to him undergoing training in brewing sake or something, but then I was totally took off-guard.
Yes, I am still in shock, just after watching that episode nearly half an hour ago. I guess well...Merry Christmas Eve! *phew
Happy Birthday to our dear Echizen Ryoma!!! :D Mada mada dane!!!
Labels: christmas, hime-sama goyoujin, moyashimon, random
On Wednesday, December 24, 2008 at 10:12 PM
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Post Office on Monday
I went to the post office today to post my letter to Japan. I was expecting the post office to perhaps be a little crowded, but it was filled with people! However, I was pretty patient so I waited in line. There were about 10-20 people in front of me I suppose.
Only 2 counters were open in the morning. I mean, shouldn't they like open more to handle the morning crowd? Everything was going ok until this old woman brought her grandchildren in. The first thing is, they were extremely noisy. I would have been happier if the PO was quiet, the noise just irritated me so. I was pretty patient today, but the woman behind me was not. She kept complaining and complaining and clicking her tongue I actually covered my ears so that I would not have to listen to her complaints! Her complaints and her noisy grandchildren irritated the hell out of me!
Then it was my turn. The person at the counter didn't explain much, but just gave me stamps and a customs declaration form and expected me to know how to do everything. I just blurred my way through everything. My letter better be sent properly, otherwise I will be the one making the complaint!
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On Monday, December 15, 2008 at 10:27 PM
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This and that
Today, we treated my uncle's family to dinner at Sushi Tei. We stayed at their house for 3 weeks and Australia and therefore, this is just returning the favour. The food at Sushi Tei, as usual, was great! I could tell. The ikura was different from that of Waraku's. The ikura at Waraku had a very strong fishy smell to it that even I, a lover of ikura, found it to be too overwhelming. However, the one at Sushi Tei was just nice! I wouldn't mind going back to Sushi Tei again, but I would still like to try other stuff!
I finally finished the stuff I wanted to send to Japan to my host family! Gosh, I hope they do not think that I have forgotten them as it has been some time since they sent me a snail mail. My bookmarks were nice imo, but they are a little too thick. Well, it is the thought that counts, I hope...
After catching up with Kyou Kara Maou, I am continuing Katekyo Hitman Reborn. KHR is really getting nicer and nicer. The first few episodes were a bit... As someone I know said, he didn't know how he got through the first part of KHR. Now that I look back after watching KHR for so far, I wondered how I got past it too. First, there is a home tutor named Reborn who shows up at Tsuna's place. In actual fact, he is part of the mafia and is under orders to train "Dame-Tsuna" into the 10th boss of the Vongola family. Then he shoots a "Dying Will Bullet" from a gun transformed from his chameleon-like companion at Tsuna which transforms Tsuna into "Dying-Will Mode". When he is "reborn", his clothes is torn into pieces, leaving him only in his underwear.
I thought that the entire anime would continue on like this, comedy with the occasional fights against enemies. I was hoping for it to continue this way too, with the right mixture of humour and action. KHR got more and more interesting, especially the Varia arc. I was watching episode after episode with such zeal I didn't want to go to bed without watching the Sky Battle between Tsuna and Xanxus! Then the anime was back to its humour again, which I appreciated. However, it began to turn angsty from there.
The current arc is the Future arc where Tsuna and gang are transported to the future. We are then shown a future where the Vongola have fell and Tsuna was asassinated. I couldn't take it when Tsuna woke up in his own coffin. With such a bleak future, it really breaks my heart to keep watching, but I can't stop, bnecause I want to know what happens! My guess is that KHR will probably end after this arc, for it is the most serious and largest plot change in the entire series. Perhaps the future will be changed and it will end when everyone is back in their own times. Then probably as an epilogue, Tsuna will be shown well and alive as the 10th Vongola Boss in a rather peaceful mafia world.
If Tsuna dies...I will really hate the mangaka. Not that Tsuna is my fave character, but I love the cool Tsuna in Hyper Dying-Will Mode!
Labels: japan, katekyo hitman reborn, random
On Sunday, December 14, 2008 at 11:13 PM
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Reversed roles?
There are so many reversed roles in anime. I thought of this some time ago when I was watching One Piece and the thought resurfaced lately when I watched Katekyo Hitman Reborn.
In anime, it seems like the stereotypical bad guys in real life turn out to be good guys in anime. For example in One Piece, certain pirates are actually good. As I was watching the Enies Lobby arc, I was thinking that the Marines are actually worse than the Straw Hat Pirates. Luffy (I think) said the same thing a few episodes later... Well, the Straw Hat Pirates are not exactly your conventional pirates but in One Piece, pirates are the protagonists while the Marines are the antagonists...
Similarly in Katekyo Hitman Reborn, the protagonists are the mafia... Mafia are actually upholding justice! However, their opponents are worse mafia so it makes sense? But I wanna know how the Vongola family is surviving. Since they are mafia, they can't be doing a proper business? Shouldn't mafia, rob, steal, do illegal trafficking etc?!
Labels: katekyo hitman reborn, one piece
On Saturday, December 13, 2008 at 10:15 PM
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The birth!
Oooohhh!!! My blog is finally open!
After all the trouble with the CSS and HTML, which I finally figured out, I managed to get it all done!
My layout is from D.Gray-Man and features a picture that I like. I believe there is another version of this picture though, where the person standing in the middle is Lenalee. I saw the picture in the ending credits of the song Antoinette Blue by Kitade Nana.
My blog will feature lots of nonsense that I wanna write, as well as lots of anime stuff. Of course, since I'm a proud Otaku!
I will also feature a Song Of The Month, with lyrics and translation. For the month of December, it is Everlasting Snow, a fitting song for the snowy season. I changed the translation a bit, because the translator didn't seem to know what he/she was doing for some parts of the song. Seriously, I was looking at the Kanji and going "What?".
Selamat Hari Raya Haji to all Malays!
Today, I went to AMK Hub and dined at Ichiban Sushi. The food was so-so, not really that fantastic, but not really that bad either. The only thing I couldn't stand was the waiter, who kept asking us if we wanted drinks. If we didn't want drinks, we didn't want drinks!!! I got so irritated that I swore I would snap at him if he asked us that again. Of course, Ichiban Sushi is the only place in Singapore (I think) where tea costs $1 per person. It is free in other places, for eg Sushi Tei. To be frank, I rather have Sushi Tei anytime rather than Ichiban Sushi. The quality of the food is better and at least the tea is free.
On Monday, December 8, 2008 at 8:34 PM
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Everlasting Snow (English)
When I looked at you, your sight warmed me
“I believe in you”, were the words I etched on to the window
In the midst of this falling snow
I walk alone, in search of you
All these couples walking around town
They seem happy, don't they?
I am heartbroken at the sight
As they remind me of us, back then
If there’s something that I can do
If it’s for you, I’ll do anything
Even if I am unable to say "sorry"
I'll hold on to the only courage I have
To be there together with you
If this voice can reach you, please come to me right now
As the shining snow melts on the palm of my hands
That love still hasn’t disappeared yet
It continues to fall in my heart
I look up to the white Christmas tree alone
We once held hands at this place
Memories of your smile came running back to me
I want to hear your voice on lonely nights
I would still feel you even on those days when I cried
It was no coincidence that we met
I was able to overcome anything
Because you were there for me
When I looked at you, your sight warmed me
“I believe in you”, were the words I etched on to the window
In the midst of this falling snow
I walk alone, in search of you
Even if it’s only a small fragment of light
I won't be able to forget about it
Where are you now...I wanna convey them to you
If this voice can reach you, please come to me right now
As the shining snow melts on the palm of my hands
That love still hasn’t disappeared yet
It continues to fall in my heart
I will always remember the layers of the fallen snow
In this city where the seasons
connected
Maybe if I spread my arms
The eternity falling before me
Will reach you in your embrace
On Friday, December 5, 2008 at 11:34 AM
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Everlasting Snow (Kanji)
目をみつめたら
すぐあたためて
信じてるガラスにがいた文字
今降り注ぐ この雪の中
唯一人探してる
幸せと歩いているね
町中の恋人たちは
あのころの二人のようで
胸が苦しくなる
私に出来る事があるかな
あなたのために何かしたくて
“ごめんね”さえも
いえなかった
ひとつ勇気を持てば
あなたと居られた
もし叶うなら
すぐ会いに来て
他の日まで 溶けてく光る雪
あの愛しさがまだ消えないよ
この胸に降りつづく
真っ白なクリスマスつり
見上げてる私は一人
この場所で手をつないだね
笑顔を思い出す
寂しい夜は声が聞きたい
涙の日にも強さ感じた
出会えてことは偶然じゃない
いつも乗り越えられた
あなたが居たから
目をみつめたら
すぐあたためて
信じてるガラスにがいた文字
今降り注ぐ この雪の中
唯一人探してる
小さな輝きの一粒も
忘れる事なんて出来ないよ
どこに居るの今｡｡｡伝えたい
もし叶うなら
すぐ会いに来て
手のひらで 解けてく光る雪
あの愛しさがまだ消えないよ
この胸に降りつづく
ずっと覚えてる そう雪が降る
この町でつないで温もりを
まだ届くから
手を差し出せば
降り積もる永遠が
目をみつめたら
すぐあたためて
信じてるガラスにがいた文字
今降り注ぐ この雪の中
唯一人探してる
幸せと歩いているね
町中の恋人たちは
あのころの二人のようで
胸が苦しくなる
私に出来る事があるかな
あなたのために何かしたくて
“ごめんね”さえも
いえなかった
ひとつ勇気を持てば
あなたと居られた
もし叶うなら
すぐ会いに来て
他の日まで 溶けてく光る雪
あの愛しさがまだ消えないよ
この胸に降りつづく
真っ白なクリスマスつり
見上げてる私は一人
この場所で手をつないだね
笑顔を思い出す
寂しい夜は声が聞きたい
涙の日にも強さ感じた
出会えてことは偶然じゃない
いつも乗り越えられた
あなたが居たから
目をみつめたら
すぐあたためて
信じてるガラスにがいた文字
今降り注ぐ この雪の中
唯一人探してる
小さな輝きの一粒も
忘れる事なんて出来ないよ
どこに居るの今｡｡｡伝えたい
もし叶うなら
すぐ会いに来て
手のひらで 解けてく光る雪
あの愛しさがまだ消えないよ
この胸に降りつづく
ずっと覚えてる そう雪が降る
この町でつないで温もりを
まだ届くから
手を差し出せば
降り積もる永遠が
On Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at 7:16 PM
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Everlasting Snow
me o mitsu metara sugu atata mete
shinjiteru GARASU ni ka ita moji
imafuri sosogu kono yuki no naka
tada hitori sagashiteru
shiawase to aruiteiru ne
machi chuu no koibito tachi wa
ano goro no futari no you de
mune ga kuru shiku naru
watashi ni dekiru koto ga aru kana
anata no tame ni nani ka shitakute
“gomen ne“ sae mo ie nakatta
hitotsu yuuki o moteba anata to irareta
moshi kana u nara sugu ai ni kite
te no hira de toketeku hikaru yuki
ano hito shisa ga mada kienai yo
kono mune ni furitsuzuku
masshiro na KURISUMASU TSURII
miageteru watashi wa hitori
kono basho de te o tsunaida ne
egao o omoidasu
sabishii yoru wa koe ga kikitai
namida no hi ni mo tsuyosa kanjita
deae takoto wa guuzen jaanai
itsumo nori koe rareta
anata ga ita kara
me o mitsu metara sugu atata mete
shinjiteru GARASU ni ka ita moji
imafuri sosogu kono yuki no naka
tada hitori sagashiteru
chiisana kagayaki no hitotsu bumo
wasureru koto nante dekinai yo
doko ni iru no ima tsutaetai
moshi kana u nara sugu ai ni kite
te no hira de toketeku hikaru yuki
ano hito shisa ga mada kienai yo
kono mune ni furi tsuzuku
zutto oboeteru sou yuki ga furu
kono machi de tsunaida nukumori o
mada dono ku kara te o sashi dase ba
furi tsumoru eien ga
On Tuesday, December 2, 2008 at 10:59 PM
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About me
My name is Lim Ming Hui and I am a female. I am born in the sunny island of Singapore (is that good or bad?). I was born on September 24th as a Libran, although to be precise, I am born in a cusp. I love anime and manga.
I pretty much turned everything Italian. Why can't I use other layouts??!!! (ramblings of an otaku...)
Affiliates
*Meccha sukiyanen!* Limiin's blog* Hui Ming's blog* 氷の桜, my gaming diary* Audrey's blog*
Shout out
Music
By title
Last Day of 2008
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Some quality at last!
Moyashimon Review
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas Eve!!!
Post Office on Monday
This and that
Reversed roles?
The birth!
Everlasting Snow (English)
Everlasting Snow (Kanji)
Everlasting Snow
By month
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