Life In General

Terra Date: January 14th, 2007

   

    As I shiver in the cold, the snow falling from the sky and the sun shinning dimly…I remember why I wanted to so desperately study. To be successful and to be a "made" man. And that is to prove a lot of people wrong…how they treated me, how they thought of me and how they despise my lifestyle…before. I thought of that every single day I was alive back home. Back home where my genius was unappreciated, unconsidered and unworthy of even making my mark in the industry of the arts, design and web. They thought I was useless, I wasn’t moving in my life because of my 6 years in college, because of my carefree lifestyle in general. I wanted to shove everything they said up their asses and be standing in front of them…uttering words I could not utter before.

   

"Who’s the dumb-ass now? Who’s the loser in the rat-race now?  Who’s the fool now that is stuck in a country where it is infested with selfish bastards who feel they’re more superior than you are and don’t give people a chance? Who’s this uneducated guy who found a job in a foreign country who earns in a month more than you could earn in 2 years? Who’s this person you left because he was too easy-go-lucky and is now a working independent student? Who’s the loser now?"

   

    There is a lot more I want to add to these words, but unfortunately, these are sensitive things that is not for public consumption.

   

    I am still a bit bitter about a lot of things, but I know one day these things shall come to pass. As the snow melts in spring, so shall the bitterness stored in my heart.

   

    As I see myself now, I am still that easy-go-lucky, irresponsible, rowdy, rude, indecent and stubborn guy, in short I’m still the same old asshole. But as a person, I also can see changes in myself, changes that I never knew was possible. Like doing the laundry, cooking, cleaning, accounting, time management and being less of an asshole. I am forced to survive and with this the drive to change and survive. Never in my whole life have I been so satisfied, so calm and so composed. I guess trying to survive in a different place makes you change into a different person. Some old traits still remain that makes me…me.

    Anyway, here I am, spending my last day of rest, chillaxation and laziness. For tomorrow, a new challenge is put in front of me and I have to jump over this hurdle for me to be able to utter words of pride that have eluded me for so long. I have lost my pride as a person long ago, its about time I took it back.

       

    To all the people who have believed in me from the start, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. You all have been the driving force in my life to continue what I have started and to be successful in every endeavor. I will never forget the kindness you have shown me. And I promise I will assist you however possible until the day that I die.

   

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Now on a lighter side.

   

Anime: DigiCharat : Winter Garden
Episode Length: 2
Genre: Comedy, Romance

   

Aww the cute and SD (Super Deformed) characters from DigiCharat have been given an overhaul in terms of chara-design, story and comedy. Unlike the original DigiCharat, this is a mellowed comedy combined with romance. Dejiko-chan is so kawaii (cute)!! >__< I just wanna be her boyfriend…LOL. Anyway the story is a bit unpredictable at the first episode but when it does reach the second…you’ll be thinking: "WTF…I knew it was going to end like this!"

   

So, in the end…its a pretty good OVA to have, the animations aren’t as good as some but it does give a feel that "that story was taken from a fan who wrote a story and the creators thought it was good and published it into an anime" sort of feeling. LOL

   

Anyway, this kind of genre is one of my favorites and I’d recommend people to seriously DL it and give it a try, it’s still available on torrents so I do hope you do download it. It is worth the band-width.

   

Animation: 8/10
Soundtrack: 9/10
Story: 8/10

    Today I woke up to a cold and unforgiving morning, life has been good to me so far. I’m unpacking my old stuff into my old room and cleaning up a bit after the new year came in. A sign of relief filled the room as it was about to be cleaned. Yeah usually my room is a bloody mess and there are tin-cans of pop, cigarette butts and unwanted tissue paper lying around from some nose picking and what not.

    I’m re-setting my modelling table and I’m going to ask my dad to build me one since I’m starting to re-educate myself and create my stress reliever and that is building model-kits. I may or may not have the time, but I hope that 4 to 5 hours a week, I get to work on my unfinished kits and unopened boxes of kits that has been with me since 2000. Hopefully no future purchases of kits until I build some of them or all of them, I just hope my monetary funds can keep up with the pace of my painting since a bottle of paint costs about CN$3.00. >__<

    My relationship with my sister is gradually improving since I have been following her…I think. Maybe its got something to do with me going back to school and showing her how responsible I can be which isn’t very often. I installed a surround sound system in her basement and she was quite happy with the way I set it up, now she can sing to her hearts content without bothering anyone with her karaoke.

    It’s 4 degrees outside, I wanna build the table with my dad and hopefully he doesn’t have any projects going on today…I want my table back. T__T

    Anyway on to some anime for today.

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    Bartender…bartender is an anime focused on mixing drinks for the situations in life…its funny and amazing at the same time how Bartenders can actually know what’s happening in your life be it good or bad and what they can do to make it better. I wish that it was true but heck I haven’t been inside a bar for years. Last time I went into a bar, it was all drinks, no conversations and just plain people drinking and the bartender only cared about the drinks, his job and the tips he made that day.

    But…watching this anime always brought me to tears in the end. Well thanks to the ending song "Hajimari no Hito"  by Natural High and the ending lyrics go like this:

You know, I’ll never forget about you.
Even Now that I’ve fallen in love with another, still…
…I fee guilty as I recall.

We were so young…even if our hand-holding was sweaty,
We couldn’t let go, could we?

On the last page of your yearbook,
I left a tiny message…

"Even thirty years from now, this heart will remember you more than anyone else."

    God…this is a very nice song that reminds me of my college days back in the Philippines with my most loved one. She will always be in my heart forever, emo-time? I doubt it. Its just the way I am. Its just the way I remember her.

    Bah! So I believe that this song will stick to me until the day I die…probably. Back to the anime. the animation is so-so but the stories are great. Makes me really want to setup a small cafe/bar in Japan and from there live my simple life. But dreams will be dreams…I do hope it comes true. T___T

    Anyway, it really is a good anime for those who appreciate the simple things in life, the memories left with a loved one, enjoying the company of others and lot more in the coming episodes. I highly recommend this to everyone who enjoys the simple things in life or anime fans who like to discover new genres in anime.

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    Thus ends my entry for today…I hope everyone has a prosperous and happy new year, may you and your family have a great year ahead of you whoever you are.

-Eman

Anime Talk

NANA32

Hachiko…bearing a child? OMFG!!! Disputes and troubles… gah…this sucks…my first post and I’m talking about anime. Anime is my life…well not literally. NANA 32 continues the story from 31, its more like a major turn point in the series where bonds are broken and made. Takumi and Nobu fight over Hachiko, Shin confesses to Reira, Nana runs off somewhere…most likely to Ren and Yasu and that other guy from Trapnest talk about shit. It’s a very interesting story, good thing when I bought the Live Action DVD I didn’t watch it!!! XD Anyway, NANA is a good anime series even if the story is for girls. I can relate…somehow. most likely I’ll be talking about it more in detail as I try to expand this blog.

Welcome to the NHK 24

Aww…the series has come to an end. Dammnit they fast forwarded the series, missing several chapters from the manga. The anime version is VERY well subdued unlike the manga version where Misaki ain’t that "mellow". Welcome to the NHK tellsthe story about a hikkikomori (look it up in Wikipedia), his struggles and tribulations. I can relate to "some" of the stories in the series because unfortunately I share some of the traits Satou-kun has, like being unable to make friends easily and stuff, introverted and afraid of a crowd.

Anyway, the series has come to an end and its well worth the download. Its a must for my collection so as soon as the original DVD’s come out I’ll be sure to grab me the whole set.

Animation: [6] Really falls short of the manga but kudos to the animators for trying!
Soundtrack: [10] Natsu no nichi ni Youkoso! One word…SUPERB!
Story: [8] I’d give it a 10 if they followed the manga…cost cutting sucks!

Overall its a good series, if you’re into real life situations turned into anime, Welcome to the NHK is an anime for you.

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Currently watching:
1.)Bartender (based on real life)
2.)Inukami (comedy)
3.)Jigoku Shoujo (horror, macabre)
4.)Sumomomo Momomo (comedy, romance)
5.)Keroro Gunsou (comedy, must have for Gundam/gunpla fans)
6.)Deathnote (horror, macabre, mystery, ftw. there’s a live action movie out)
7.)Mamoru-kun ni Megami no Shukufuku wo! (comedy, romance)
8.)NANA (romance)
9.)Soukou no Strain (sci-fi, mecha)

I got some anime from my Blackanese (a black guy who wants to become Japanese thus Black-anese) friend, I’ll be posting the other anime after watching them and making reviews.

Till the next installation of CC Anime Talk…ja matta ashita!