Thursday, April 27, 2006

what a complicated and disturbing movie with funny settings and characters... mirrormask... well, i'd recommend this to people who like philosophical movies such as the hours and the likes i guess... 眠い... またね!

Wednesday, April 26, 2006

や~!!新いBLOGSKINは自分が作った名のね!どう?美しいと思いですね...大好きだよ!あの七の罪は七の大好きな男の子が変わった... ハハハ...!! 
in fact, i just thought since i have 7 guys then might as well put them as 7 sins... oh well i guess if you look at them another way, each of them do have a 'sin' that they carry i guess... i shall explain a bit here...
jin (samurai champloo) - killed his master (not purposefully...) and was being pursued by other followers of the same dojo for doing so
haruka (tactics) - the sin of mass-killing when he was a then a ruthless goblin, hence ended up being sealed. subsequently released by kantarou, who wanted to befriend an ogre-eating goblin.
byakuya (bleach) - carried his wife's sin and atoning for it by subsequently taking care of rukia (and someone being super cold to her)
chrno (chrno crusade) - was a devil who killed relentlessly for 'freedom', then lost his demon's horns and was trapped in a child's form due to loss of power
abel (trinity blood) - a krusnik, vampire who feeds on other vampires (that's sinful enough eh...)
loki (matantei loki ragnarok) - an angel expelled from heaven because he was thought to cause ragnarok (end of the world) and consequently gets pursued by odin's assassins
squall (final fantasy 8) - denied the world of all relations and seen as a lonewolf, he was actually shrouded by his orphanage past... (play the game to find out!)

oh now i remember who i forgot to put... haji and edward... oh well that would make it 9sins.... (-_-`) 残念だ!
i don't know why i'm still chasing the series. perhaps i've nothing much to do anyway. ah well. to say the least, tsubasa chronicles is very boring. the plot moves so slowly. it's episode 12 already and they've only found what - 3feathers? and in the beginning there's supposed to be a million of them scattered all over the world. if this had been real i don't think they would ever be able to finish them all. but i guess since it's only anime, they probably would. the story is so slow i can fold clothes, surf net and read my kingdom hearts faq while i'm watching the anime and i wouldn't miss any details. and that's so not exaggerating. and when it reaches the end of the episode, you're bound to know it cos the author pauses at the same scene for like 8seconds before it fades into the ending music mode. it's so darn irritating. i bet the author just wants to drag the story anyway. but i'll continue watching and see if anything improves, and i'm already about halfway through so i'll hang on anyway - am not one to do things halfway. heh. maybe next time i'll watch 2 slow animes together.
let's see, i've finally completed kingdom hearts 2 but not a 100% one... 89% when i beat that final boss but i guess it should be more now after i have finished searching for some more treasures and the titan cup. bluarghz. i don't think i'm gonna finish everything. sephiroth is a killer and the other cups and way too troublesome (form level 5, etc... and several fat men which i have to whack the hell before a time limit of a certain seconds). ughh... and the rest of the 10% are all mini-games. and oh i so hate mini games. and what's this about my gummi ship being 8% completed. (-_-`) i can't be bothered already. maybe i'll just copy a data file from zhifu and watch the secret ending. but wait, i've already watched it - on youtube. hahahahahah so i guess i'll put the game aside for now unless i'm bored the next time... so much that i'll train myself to level 99 and beat the crap out of sephiroth. またね!

Monday, April 24, 2006

やった!日本語ごで書けるんですは! 皆みえるんか?
marude, nani ka attan watashi no sei de.

it's not as if i don't want to help. just this once i've screwed up. not as if i am always on the clouds 24/7. i'm not a watchdog. i've tried to be better by helping. i've tried to do more. and i'm keeping myself mum, co si know the best retaliation is no retaliation. say what you want. ya right. sometimes, things that you tried to do are never enough. it's the things that you don't do that makes it obvious. in other words, even if you were to do a hundred good things, people will only blame you for that little thing you didn't do.
so i'm just closing on myself now. blast the music on my headphones so i can shut the noise from outside. so i won't hear the nagging, no matter how close. so i won't think about it anymore, no matter how strongly i oppose. it's never others' faults. it's your fault. atashi no sei de. yes me.

i guess it's times like this i feel glad i'll be away soon...

Thursday, April 20, 2006

what are they going to do once the journey's over?
what am i going to do when i finish watching this anime?
that's why i suppose i hope everything would just last forever. but of cos, there's always the hands of time. something always has to end. if good things doesn't end, then so will bad things. this world is fair. i must say that i have held my breath for so long, i am finally relieved at how things have turned out. the previous chrono crusade left a bitter taste, but samurai champloo sure made me smile. all the while when i'm watching one episode per day (ok, sometimes 2 or 3), it had been a source of strengthfor me to carry on. i looked forward to takeaway dinner (maa, since mom is always ot-ing) because i can enjoy a 20minutes break from eating and watching a favourite anime with my brother. course, it's nicer to have company with you to laugh together, eat together and enjoy together.
now that my exam journey is over, time to look for another one...
i hate the ending...
i like happy endings better. at least there's no 'bitter aftertaste'. there's no feeling 'why couldn't have things work out better'. but i guess tragic stories always make reflecting back beautiful.
the one i which impressed me most about chrono crusade was the time ticking thingy. how would i feel, if i had a clock around my neck that is ticking away as i journey on, that marks the time i will die, and speeds its hands in moments of crises - like when rosette required chrono's powers. i think it's sad that someone who have done so much for humanity has to be tied down by that clock. but maybe that is where the story just seem so ephemeral, so wonderful. and it is this ending which makes looking at all the music videos fans have done so sad because you are looking at the moments they have spent together, but you have already known te ending.
and the trials incorporated by christianity in this show... the sacrifices to the likes of jesus christ by rosette. it's probably what inspired so many people, the cruxifixion, and awakened our realization.
that's why... i guess even tragic endings remind us of things... that not everything will always go well... not that if you pray you'll go to heaven, not that if you study you'll get a good grade, and not that if you are kind you will have a good life. good endings are not what we should seek for with our actions, but actions that comes from the heart, no matter what will still happen in the end, eh...

*p.s. the devil aion is damn shuai though... and joshua too!!! of cos, chrono in his original form is superb as well... hahahaha...

Friday, April 14, 2006

i thought fullmetal alchemist deserved to be the #1 rated anime, and was doubtful of samurai champloo when it took #1 position instead, but i was wrong. samurai champloo is truly an extraodinary anime. i've never seen anything like it (of cos that was what i thought when i watched fma too) - from its sequence change, break scenes (one of a kind and different for every episodes!), storyline, drawings, music (very hip-hop and indie-chic) and character personalities, it is all truly unique and captivating. eventhough each episode tells of a different story, the characters' personalities and histories are told and built upon them indirectly nontheless. and the stories are all incredibly thoughtful, whilst being supremely hilarious at the same time (i love the rhino-bug pulling the stone and the funny music-making rappy guy!), with an ending that is so unpredictable. this is one anime i wish could go on forever, hence i wanted to take my time watching it instead of finishing everything in one blow (of cos i have to set time apart for studying as well ;p). i'm on episode 12 now... hope a second series can come out...!!!
and i love jin!!!!!! oh my god #11 about him was fantastic...!! and the funny expression he has when he was told his specs was worth a lot O_o`