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Friday, March 19, 2004 @ 02:03 p.m.
Well, it seemed that the candidates had increased the degree of mudslinging. They are just pointing out that ‘bad’ points of the other rival candidates. As my dad says, they are no longer showing of their good points like before, they just ‘attack’ the other rivals to make them look more bad than themselves. He also said that it is the same in Taiwan. He tends to watch Taiwanese channels and news. The election in Taiwan is tomorrow. I suddenly thought that they might pre-empt Naruto tomorrow or maybe, it will be on Sunday. I guess, it depends if the results are known by that time.
My mother bought some more cacti today with a small flowering plant which the seller said to be a carnation but it doesn’t look like a carnation, instead like a daisy type of flower. Anyway, I hope it stay alive here since we don’t have any green thumb, flowering plants had a great chance of being killed, unintentionally. ^^;;
The other cacti that my brother took to re-arrange was still at his house. You see, my nephew told my mom that ‘aunt kat’s cactus’ is with them. Mom playfully asked that sis would get it to return it to me. He said, that it is his, and will stay there. ^^;; Okay...so I guess my cacti are theirs already. I had been saying lately to my mom that my nephew tends to have the same ‘likes’ as I do, well, my niece, too. I would say that ‘rabbits’ think the same. Hehehe Actually, sis’s father-in-law is also a ‘rabbit’. Hehehe Nothing, I’m just amused. ^^;
Before at college, I used to browse around in the library during my free time – because I have no place to hang-out. I saw this book on animal horoscopes based on Vietnam. Instead of a rabbit, it is a cat so there, I can get away for being called a ‘cat’. Hehehe I guess their story doesn’t have the cat being the ‘cursed’/not included animal in the twelve.
Sometimes, people would say I am a dragon because of the year I was born. I would have to explain that it was not yet Chinese New Year so technically, I’m a rabbit. It also goes the same with the English horoscope. I always thought that I’m an Aquarius because it said so from the range of dates then in some books/magazines, I’m a Capricorn. So, because of that, and other things, I don’t believe in fortunes and horoscopes.
 Thursday, March 18, 2004 @ 01:16 p.m.
The other day, I watched a dog news program. The dog from the pound was going to be operated on because its bark is too high pitch and I guess, it was irritating. They are doing this so that people would get him as their own pet or else, they would have to ‘put him to sleep’. Sometimes, in cases like this, it is hard to decide on animal rights. I guess it would be better to do that rather than killing the dog.
Enhancing/improving one’s body part to make others like a person better. Not that I’m comparing the people who do that to the said dog but it somewhat reminded me of that. Last night, there was this gag show with lots of sexy women in bikinis trying to do comedy which I think, they aren’t quite good at it. ^^;; I was thinking, how would a person know if it is ‘done’ or not by looking. I guess girls these days looked very mature for their age or is it that because I’m still mistaken to be in my early twenties? ^^; People are still surprised when they learned of my real age and I’m surprised to see that they looked quite old but are younger than me. Hehehe
Last night’s CSI was pretty gory. I wasn’t able to listen well to how the guy died because it was really gross. My mother is already reprimanding me not to watch it or I might not be able to sleep. The case is about a guy with a chopped off head with his body buried in the ground. It turned out to be a case of jealousy and hatred when a roommate had fallen in love for his father. As the woman CSI hinted, he made the guy suffer a long death because he didn’t love him instead. So, I guess they are all gays with the sheriff trying to cover it up since it involved his brother, the father of the killer.
Wednesday, March 17, 2004 @ 02:36 p.m.
It seemed that the Spain bombings are made by the Al Queda and that the previous government had tried to blame it on their local ‘rebels’. It just so happened that it was a few days before their elections so the people are angry about it that the voted against the ‘present’ party and made the opposition won. The one who won vowed to get all the Spanish troops from Iraq since they do not want to be in the war started by the US against Iraq.
I think this is very significant because our own president is an avid supporter of the war since she is buddy-buddy with the US president. We are currently having an election. Because of what happened in Spain, the terrorists might think that if something happened here, hopefully not, they can change the way people would vote. So, I guess the police and the military had to be in heightened alert these days.
As of now, I had succumb to the belief that she might still be the president in the next six years since the opposition is still split and well, if only somewhat ‘give way’ to each other, then, there might be a chance. With one disqualified, only five remains: the incumbent president, the actor, the senator, the ex-education secretary and the religious leader. The actor and the religious leader had no experience whatsoever. The senator had some problems with his background regarding rub-outs and killings. The ex-education secretary doesn’t have that appeal much and well, for the Chinese, they say that he ‘hates’ them for he is a nationalist. The incumbent president doesn’t seem to have done much when she was still in power except for lots of photo-ops from taking pictures with the dead/killers to making MIB poses on magazine covers. It is really hard to decide whom to vote.
In the vice-president category, we have two senators from broadcasting fame in the same station, one Aquino – really don’t know who he is and I don’t know who else. ^^;; Okay, the first one is famous for his voice and his program which exposes ‘bad’ people. So far, he haven’t been doing much in the senate and well, now, there is a case against him about extortion wherein he used his program to get money from the ones he is ‘broadcasting’ against in exchange for him to keep quiet. Actually, this isn’t new. I think it has been circulating around a bit. Sis’ hubby told me about it. A friend of theirs was a ‘victim’, they had to pay money in order for the show not to ‘harass’ them anymore regarding their ‘misdeed’. He also said, it is the same with the other broadcasters in the same station in the defunct program – Hoy Gising. He claims that only the deceased F. Evangelista is the only one who isn’t doing it. I did asked about the people in the other station, so far, no news about that. Well, that is his opinion.
Sometimes, I wonder where he got all those info. Actually, a high school classmate before also tends to know ‘inside’ stuff. I guess it is a leak from them to some of the Chinese. I remembered before my mom is saying something about a politician asking money from some Chinese and stuff in exchange for something. Oh, I think it was about that kidnapping and death penalty. I guess it is like about the ex-education secretary ‘disliking’ the Chinese. I was thinking didn’t he visit Chinese temples during the Chinese New Year...oh wait, maybe that is just for the campaign.
For the senators line-up, it is mostly the has-beens : lots of those political butterflies and well, there are also those actors. I guess they can do it even without prior experience. They just approve/disapprove bills from congress, sometimes, make their own, have those interrogation to aid legislation but nothing happens except grandstanding, they do tend to be absent during sessions otherwise, sleeping right there when someone is reciting a boring speech. Aside from the salary, they get what we call ‘pork barrel’ which is lots of money, I think in millions wherein they can ‘give’ away to people whom they want to give it to. I was somewhat picking a bit the ones I want to vote and I can’t fill up the list. ^^;;
Regarding the pork barrel, the system here tends to make the people quite depended on the politicians. I read a good Filipino novel before, that I read it twice which seemed to be loosely based on the ex-dictator’s life, I forgot the title. It explored the type of system we have here. The people tend to ‘beg’ for money rather than work for it. If there is a burial or hospital bills, they tend to ask their politicians for some money for it. I read a story about a former mayor wherein people still kept on asking her money even if she is no longer in the office. She is now studying to be a nurse to go abroad permanently. Sometimes, my father is too kind-hearted that he gives some to people who needed something for burial and before you know it, that guy kept on coming back, asking for more!
It is somewhat like during Christmas, too. Stores tend to have give-a-ways for frequent customers and suddenly, out of nowhere, an old customer who haven’t been coming for months, came to buy one small thing and asked for a gift. Non-buyers also come wanting a gift. I guess a calendar or t-shirt is really a big thing these days. I do remember a story about the ex-dictator giving out some meat buns and that people would vote for them because of that ‘free meal’. So, hopefully, the present elections could give way to a much better leader or future for this country. Why? Because, we are not rich enough to migrate. Hehehe
Ban: At least, you sleep on a bed!
Hai..well, of course, it could have been worse but I do hope it would be better and well, the country won’t sink any further.
Tuesday, March 16, 2004 @ 05:20 p.m.
Just finished cleaning the aquariums, well, just three of them. I was trying to make it twice a week but for the Flowerhorns, it had to be weekly since they can easily dirty the water. Mm..reminded me of my brother’s Oscars before. The larger tank’s gravel is really dirty. It was a mistake in the set-up for I put in too much gravel on it. I think it was because of that or, well, it could be a factor that made fishes before get sick and die. I really do need a pleco for the discus tank since those brown algae kept on growing on it because of the light, I guess. My mother wanted to get rid of the convicts so that she could put her flowerhorn in that tank. I just don’t have the heart to feed them to bigger fishes. ^^;; Fish shops won’t buy them. They were actually given by my dad’s friend. I guess that is why he gave them away. ^^;; Those fishes breeds easily. They did got to be too many when my parents kept on complaining that I’m letting the babies die/eaten. When I showed them I can do it, they complain that it is too much. ^^;; I guess I should have done to that to fishes that have ‘value’.
One of the president aspirants is out of the race. They should have done it before, declaring him as a nuisance candidate. The guy vowed to give everyone of us one million pesos and yet, he couldn’t pay for his hotel bills. He supposedly have a helicopter and a huge mansion but it is only in a drawing. I think that they saw that from his form before on wanting to be a senator, the date of birth or something is different.
There is another case of disqualifying the incumbent president because of over-showing of her campaign ads from the limit. I think the law is just a bit vague on that. It just said, no more than 120 minutes of television ads. Of course, her side is saying that it is 120 minutes per station. Lawyers are pretty good at twisting things. I wondered what happened to the one who wanted to file a disqualifying case on the actor president aspirant and on the supposed forgery. Forgotten as usual like the other cases and stuff. =(
Another Filipino is in a singing contest in the US. He won in Star Search. It is all over the news. Also, there are the two girls who are in American Idol. I’m not sure if they are immigrants or of half-race. It seemed that they planned to send a candidate from our country as a representative but the franchise or cost for doing that it was too high so I guess that is why local stations just make their own. For both stations, there is a pure singing contest and the other is more of an all-around actor/actress contest.
Monday, March 15, 2004 @ 03:05 p.m.
I went to Chinese doctor yesterday then we went to eat at a fastfood Jap restaurant. Like mom, I do think they put in a bit too much msg since at night, I felt quite thirsty. After that, we went to buy some groceries. The lines are quite long and sis thought that maybe it is because it is payday last Saturday/Friday. Then, we went to church. It has been a long time since I went here. ^^;; Since we are still full from lunch, we ate some crepes. I still miss the crepes in school that Asher said no longer exist. ^^; We went for a while at sis’s house. Her father-in-law was there so I was made to drink some carrot juice. Hehehe It is better now since there are more fruit than carrot taste. Then, we went home.
Once in a while, in our newspaper, there is some student exchange essay and I think this is the second time I read about going to Japan. ^^;; She was all praises about it and at the end, there is an invitation for others to go. Ah, someday, I hope, I can go there. ^-^
Ban: In short, she is saying this because she is envious.
Hehehe...yup. I do think that my liking of going there isn’t directly because of anime/manga though. My father bought me a picture book on Japan before when I was still a kid. I guess it is the culture and type of environment that I like it there. The anime/manga just reinforces it. Ha, isn’t that a psychological term?
It is almost time to change the blog pic and I’m not quite satisfied with the one I made. ^^; It looked too crowded. I’ll see what I can do otherwise, well, that will be it. I just had a hard time looking for the right background and ended up making one that looked ‘weird’. Sigh. Anyway, I had re-did a bit my delicious page and currently, re-doing the gb scans I did before.
It turned out that the tag tournament in GB is just a short one. It was a special gift they [Ban and Makubex] planned for Emishi. From Wen’s blog, the next chapter might be on how Ban and Ginji meet. Interesting. It is really getting into the ‘mysteries’ which was not known before. I somewhat felt uneasy when I think that it is ending. ^^;
Ginji: Oh..she’ll miss us.
In OP, they got Chopper back and it is now for the captain’s fight. It is a bit like boxing. Usopp dressed Luffy up with a huge Afro-hair. Hehehe..that’s amusing. So far, Luffy isn’t doing well since Foxy got his slow power which made Luffy slow down and is into dirty tricks. I was thinking that they might not lose a crew here. Instead, maybe get a new one –ship wright, the one they need to fix their ship.
Saturday, March 13, 2004 @ 06:47 p.m.
Well, about the Spain bombing, the Al Queda is claiming responsibility. They are said to still investigating as to who was really responsible. It somewhat reminded me of the shipping blast as I mentioned before. It was thought to be an accident until some group claimed responsibility. It would have to be investigated in order to know if they are not just bluffing.
I watched the first episode of Gene Shaft. They still haven’t mentioned about the white gene but then, it is assumed to be special. I find it amusing that Mika’s dog had human intelligence. It was writing e-mails and chatting with Mika’s mother as it guards the house. Mika’s relationship with Hiroto is really ‘hate’ at first sight. Hehehe Mika is holding him responsible for the death of her friend and unknown to her, her friend’s last wish was for Hiroto to meet Mika, which he did. I think he chose her to be in the crew since she is the only one who is not well known in the crew. I was somewhat thinking about the ratio of 1:9 [men vs women] if was really discriminatory or not. They did say men are just good at decision-making and needed a register to prevent making the men’s tendency of wanting to conquer stuff. Gomen, I forgot the term. Then, all the women are the ones who have the skills that men are not good at. About what I mentioned before, I felt it was ‘not that satisfying’ I guess it was because I felt there should be more on it or something. Anyway, there are two interesting stuff here – an intelligent dog and the girl ventriloquist. ^-^
In SGran, a new character is introduced. Katsumi is a kid with glasses and pigtails. She has been threatening Ran to give up being a super gal by stealing Ran’s friend’s things. When Katsumi tried to frame Saiyo, they caught her. It turned out that she wanted to be a super gal of Shibuya and she can’t be one because of Ran so she resorted to dirty tricks. Ran tried to tell her that it is not the right way but she is still stubborn. At the rate that everyone have a partner here, she might end up with Naoki. Hehehe
In Naruto, Ino and Sakura’s fight is a tie. Geez, and I was rooting for Ino. Next is, Tamaki vs Tenten. There isn’t much to talk about in this episode. ^^;
Friday, March 12, 2004 @ 02:00 p.m.
Another terrorist act in Spain with all that bombing of a train. It is said to be a certain group which are Catholics who wanted to have their own homeland free from Spain. Mm..much like the local terrorists here who want their own territory. The ship that sunk a few days ago was said to be their work. They are still investigating if it is true. I don’t really understand why these people wanted to hurt/kill the innocent people. I guess it is much like in the stories in anime/manga as to why the ‘bad’ guys always involve the innocent people.
Here, the president aspirants are promising a lot of things which are not practical in order to get some votes. One said for cellphone users to have tax on texting to use the money to make houses. Another is reconstructing the national debt – I think that would mean not pay the debt in the meantime, which made a lot of businessmen worry since the lenders might not be happy about that. Well, another thing to worry is if they will really do their promises when elected and I don’t mean the promises I wrote here. ^^;
Gene Shaft has ended. Mika saved the day with her potential white gene, whatever it was. I wonder if it was explained in the first episode. Only the ‘bad’ guy died. I guess he is much like Jean who looked down on people and think that they are all defective and should die. Another guy whose DNA is tweaked too high that he is mentally unstable. The moral of the anime is don’t look down on people who may not be as good as you are for their ‘defects’ can be of some use which you couldn’t do. Overall, it is nice but not very ‘satisfying’.
Thursday, March 11, 2004 @ 04:53 p.m.
I thought I was seeing things when I saw a preview of WR the other night only to find that WR is now being re-played from the start. How could have it ended there? I researched a bit and learned that the last four episodes are available only in dvd release. Okay..so much for that one. ^^;;
I find Gene Shaft’s Hiroto, the captain amusing. He woke up only to find that some of his crew are dead and the Register is a bit stunned over what happened that she left the bridge. Hiroto wanted to destroy the Oberus which was the moon? [of Jupiter] where Sergi is in for it was causing the appearance of the rings. In the end, he must be pretty ‘angry’ that even Mika doesn’t want to help, he just do it himself by teleporting there with a bomb and planned to destroy it himself. Now, that got the attention of the others, including the register and Mika who tried to get him back alive. Hehehe I guess he was thinking, they don’t want to do it, I will do it myself. It actually reminded me of myself when making school projects. ^^;;
Wednesday, March 10, 2004 @ 03:21 p.m.
The news today is did or did not the disposed president got out of his detention to ‘rest’ in his vacation home with the permission of the current president? The two camps involved denied it as some people are preparing cases against the president. It is about the special treatment that was given. Special treatments are usually given to people who are rich, sad to say.
The Grudge 2’s plot is somewhat similar with Ring. The ghost just wants to be re-born. An actress and filming crew decided to shoot a horror show about a haunted house. They just happen to pick the house where the mother-son ghosts lived. After the filming, one by one, the crew suddenly dies. The actress got her baby miscarriage and after some time, the doctor told her that the baby is still alive. How could that be? What could have she gotten from the house?
Sigh, I think my way of thinking is jumpy. I’m jumping from one topic to another. ^^;; Gomen. Well, in Gene Shaft, another unexpected death. But then, when she started saying about her future and going to do something dangerous, it will eventually lead to one’s death. Mm..I wonder if the crew would survive or how many will be left by the time this series ends. The ring had evolved into triple rings. It reminded me of the rings of an atom.
So, there is a love triangle in WR. Hehehe Jagara turned out to be the ‘evil’ twin of Harmona forcing herself to Darcia but Darcia rejected her and her ‘paradise’. With a bit of wolves’ help, Darcia killed off Jagara. Darcia just said that he was the chosen to Kiba as he showed off his stone. Okay, I was thinking, so Darcia came there in the first place just to kill Jagara? Why the heck Jagara wanted to kill the wolves? Was it because Darcia hates them so she is doing it for him? I don’t know, I feel as if there should be more to it but there wasn’t. ^^;; Anyway, the wolves got Cheza back and off they go. The lovers are back together so is Quent and Blue.
I’m still in FFX. I have to backtrack since I really need some resurrection potions. I kept on pressing forward, hoping that there is a seller but there was none. I managed to reach that dragon-type monster/aeon? after the solving of the puzzle. It is hard killing it with only Yuna who had a life spell so back, I go. ^^;; I might as well, power-up a bit.
Tuesday, March 9, 2004 @ 10:19 a.m.
The two late night anime had two guys saying that he will come back. One didn’t while the other’s fate will be known tonight. The first one was in Gene Shaft, which was totally unexpected. I guess I was wrong to think deaths would occur in Wolf’s Rain for there are more deaths in Gene Shaft and it doesn’t seem to be a very gloomy. Anyway, Mario managed to shut up that loud mouth Jean [whose seiyuu I know I have heard before] but then, it was at the cost of his life. The ending was his younger sister asking the Register, forgot her name, to tell where his coordinates are but she was too shock. All life signs of Mario are dead. It was a nice death scene like the other one in this series.
In WR, Kiba got into the trap and Jagara is very, very happy. She is held a party for the aristocrats to the opening of her paradise. Toboe and Tsume met each other in prison. They learned from the old woman [wolf] that wolves with the collars are the ones who betray them. They tried to get out and it was the first time Hubb realized that these wolves looked like people. Hige realized what has been happening and the soldiers accidentally removed his collar. He went with Blue to the tunnel and told her to wait for him to come back. He went off to save the others for he got them into this mess.
Cher noticed the preparations to the party. She was snooping around the castle when Darcia walked by. Cher decided to follow his lead as Darcia made everyone dropped ‘dead’. I guess that is his power. Jagara is pretty vain about her looks and she went out to welcome her guests. Then, she did that round and round dance which the other aristocrats did until Darcia came and made them drop to the ground except for Jagara. I suddenly wondered if Jagara likes Darcia – was it a love triangle with Harmona? Anyway, Cheza is still tied up in that water globe with poor Kiba’s blood being used to ‘feed’? her. He is still alive though – something like a blood transfusion.
Monday, March 8, 2004 @ 12:09 p.m.
I find it amusing that there are times that the president aspirants are self-destructing even if they do not need to get the ‘dirt’ from the other opponents to downgrade them. The senator aspirant isn’t too happy that his case is being revived again that he wanted to bring up the incumbent’s husband’s case. Then, in recent happenings, the incumbent president had just recalled her appointment to a justice. That always happened with her – she is ‘firing’ people without those people knowing except when they were asked by media. There are already some supposed rumors on why the appointment was cancelled. Then, there are talks about the implementation of the automated counting machines in partial areas. The contract was already nulled by the Supreme Court but they still want it to be done. And with two newly appointed election officers with doubtful credibility, the incumbent president seemed to be wrecking her own campaign but then, I don’t know if people will see this though as to not vote for her. Hehehe, I don’t like her. ^^;; So, that is a bit biased.
It is like political soap opera and much better than the new soap of a local channel. From the newspaper, I read that the plot was a woman in love with a guy but was forced in an arranged marriage. The guy didn’t fight for his love. Later on, after divorce and now rich, the woman came back to learn that the guy had married her sister. And, she is going to get back what was rightful hers – the guy. Okay, first of all, I think she doesn’t deserve the guy so why try to get him back? Next, is it just me or does this soap promote divorce? I’m still confused what is the difference with separation and divorce in the country. They say there is no divorce since the Catholic Church is against it but there is separation. Those who do have separation are usually the rich people and those in show business. I guess because they have the money for the lawyers.
Endless Love 2 has ended. My mom was watching the last few episodes. The dubbing makes it very hard to watch this. I just asked her what made the guy leave the girl in the end then return in the last scene. She said that he is going blind. Ah, he left her because he is going blind? ^^;; Anyway, the advertisement for Love letter said that the writer for it and the two Endless love was the same. I guess the pattern is the same – the love triangle. The guy really likes the girl so much. Unfortunately, the girl likes another guy who is indecisive with his feelings until in the end, he realized his feelings. I feel sorry for the un-loved guy especially for the one in Love Letter.
In Yugioh anime, they are still fighting. I guess their ‘god’ cards cancelled out each other that they are back down to their original cards. Kaiba had the advantage with his silver blue-eyed dragon out. Then, Yugi also brought out his black magician. The preview somewhat said it all – Yugi thought of Jounouchi and brought out that black dragon so it will be a fight among dragon cards in the next episode. I read that Yugioh manga will be ending either this issue of Jump or the next. In the color spread from Jump site, it showed what seemed to be Yugi vs Yami Yugi.
Sunday, March 7, 2004 @ 02:45 p.m.
The other day, the protests of women regarding the advertisement of a liquor with the question, ‘have you tasted a 15-year old?’ was to be removed since it could encourage pedophile on thinking of doing it to a kid. It is because of the double-meaning even though the company said they are referring to the 15 year aged liquor.
Last night, I watched a short documentary on beauty contests. I wonder if it was deliberately shown to counter the other channel’s show on the Miss Philippines contest. I guess Miss Universe contest is near. Somehow my idea of beauty contests is shattered when it was mentioned that some contestants are now using surgical procedure to enhance their bodies. It was also mentioned that lately, it is a way to enter showbiz and some ended up as sexy stars. Everyone wants to go in showbiz, I guess, aside from the money and fame, it is a good way to get recognize and to win a position in the government. The president’s son entered it for a while and he got a position. The daughter of the ex-dicator entered showbiz, I was thinking it was permanent, she then got elected. There are some mayors who do that but then, the hard-core showbiz people are doing both worlds – showbiz and politics. It is sometimes amazing why people still vote for them even though the ‘service’ isn’t done. I do remember there is a law against that as said by an actress-mayor who doesn’t want to do any shows. Good for her.
SGran’s time slot had been moved again to a much earlier time. So, I only managed to watch the last half wherein the girls are helping a girl from being threatened to leave the small restaurant which was surrounded by many buildings. It is the cliché of wanting to get the small building out of the way so that the developer could make the whole place into a ‘city’. I like Ran’s flying boot boomerang attack. I wonder if it is possible in real life.
Gseed is lots of talking and talking then a fight with the enemy. In Naruto, Misumi was defeated by Kankuro. Then, the rest of the episode is on Sakura and Ino flashback. I didn’t quite know what Ino compared Sakura with – was it a flower petal? Then, she doesn’t want to be ‘friends’ with Ino anymore since they liked Sasuke and that she doesn’t want to ‘depend’ on Ino anymore. Then, they are going to fight for real. Oh ya, the Filipino dub of Naruto was very good especially on Sakura, as I joked with Asher, really knows how to play a ditz. Hehehe
I’m a bit confused in Gene Shaft. They said that they are ruled by DNA, etc and that ‘love’ + ‘memories’ are not needed – okay, basically, they just make it as scientific stuff and yet, the people there are ‘concerned’ and seemed to ‘love’ [Mario seemed to like the Register]. I find it contradicting. Mario turned out to be the sub-captain. He managed to stall time but unfortunately, the enemy had a short guy who had the hair of Rogue of X-men, got his DNA tweaked too hard that he had a huge ego. He looked down on people and thought on them as scum. If Onizuka was there, he would have decked him. He made his register blast the other fleet and was about to attack the Bilkis, their ‘rebel’ ship.
In WR, they are all got into a trap. The city was a trap since it was too clean, wolves would lost their way and that there are cameras everywhere in the place. Cher and Blue got separated after Blue learned that her town was destroyed by the people of Jagara and not wolves. She wanted to tell it to Quent then bumped into Hige. Hige tried to get her out of the town then they saw Toboe captured. In the palace, Kiba and Tsume also got separated. Tsume found a museum of wolves with collars, the same with Hige then he got trapped in a cage. Kiba attacked some soldiers and managed to win, though badly wounded. He is heading up the stairs as Jagara happily waits for the ‘wolf’ which was chosen by the flower girl. The people in the city reminded me of the people above ground in Texnolyze. They are ‘unaware’ of anything that is happening. They kept kept on living their own lives like it was a routine.
Friday, March 5, 2004 @ 02:15 p.m.
So, the tag tournament is indeed a chase game in GB. That would be fun to read in the future. ^^; From what I read, instead of someone chasing the others, it will be vice-versa. They are all going to chase someone and it is Emishi. It is Makubex’s way of cheering everyone up. Amazingly, GB managed to pay off their tab in the café. Ban doesn’t seem too happy to part with the money though and wrecked the wall. ^^;;
Edit: If you want to check out the fun go here. I wanna see..it was so funny. I just love GB. ^-^
I couldn’t help comparing Gene Shaft with Vandread. ^^; It was the same premise - the group which supported them abandoned them and wanted to use them as ‘bait’ for the enemies. That is what is happening in Gene Shaft. There are three groups in Gene Shaft. One wanted to keep on tampering with DNA and everything to keep on advancing the humanity. The other one wanted to go back to normal wherein nature controls the phase of evolution. The guy who supported the mission was out to destroy humanity. I just skip about the giants and all that other stuff which I don’t understand. Hehehe Now, they find themselves under attack with a comatose captain who seemed to be dying.
A new twist in WR, finally. ^-^ They are in Jagara’s place and tried to find how to get inside the castle. After separating, Hige is acting strange and knew how to get in the castle. He then, had a headache, which separated him from Toboe. Jagara in her room was told that number ah, was it 23 or 28 had arrived and she was happy for it will bring her to paradise. It was confirmed later on, that the wolf she was talking about was Hige. Some town boys had told Kiba and Tsume how to get in and that Jagara is rumored to be a witch. Cher and Blue managed to get in by getting some id while Quent is already inside because of the id he got while on the truck.
Thursday, March 4, 2004 @ 02:27 p.m.
And yes, the actor president aspirant is a natural born Filipino. Talk about much ado about nothing. So, on with the show – campaigning whatever, their next agenda would be on the debate and well, the incumbent president is all smiles since she is leading in a very small margin in the surveys. It is interesting to note that her controversial hubby is nowhere to be seen.
Gene Shaft is becoming interesting. The shaft had a new weapon and everyone thinks that Mika, the heroine, did something to the program when she herself doesn’t know how it happened. Their captain is acting strange. Then, they found themselves as traitors that they were not allowed to re-fuel in a Jupiter base. It turned out that one of the personnel in their ship was a spy. Mm..I think I shouldn’t have missed out on the first episode.
They are still running in WR. Now, they are on a frozen sea. They do managed to get a treat by eating a huge walrus, courtesy of Toboe who defeated it single-handedly. I never thought Jagara is a woman. ^^;; I thought Jagara is a name for a man. Well, she is having sizzling wolf steak and wolf blood for lunch/dinner, which shocked Cheza, back in that globe of fluid where she used to be. I was thinking what would happen if all they were fussing about died – Cheza. Hehehe Opps, would that mean the end of the story?
Ginji: That won’t be nice.
Maybe I could work as Ban’s scriptwriter for his ‘nightmares’ hehehe The other day, I saw a seawater aquarium tank in a cosmetic store. There is a clownfish that had dark colors – not healthy. I was thinking, that is a ‘nemo’ that had a sad ending.
In OP manga, well, Sanji and Zoro ended their arguments and decided to help each other to win the contest. They defeated the foxy pirates on their own game with a little help from Nami who stole the ‘red’ card from the referee who is biased. I guess they will use this win to get Chopper back. I had also finished downloading the rest of the volume 3 of FMA. Nice especially that little part on the bookworm ^-^ but the ending is hanging. I wonder what will happen next. Well, it was really nice of Toriyama to have scanned and translated the omake scenes, too. ^-^ I still find it amusing that I discovered FMA because of a show featuring the FMA game on PS2 – unfortunately, it is in Japanese.
Wednesday, March 3, 2004 @ 12:01 p.m.
Today’s suppose to be the day when the actor president aspirant will be determined to be of a natural born or not. His supporters aren’t quite happy if he was disqualified and threaten to have a mass rally. Well, aside from them, there are those jeepney strikes that are clamoring for an increase of their fare. Mm..then, there are the talks about phasing them out. Other than that, in the news, there are still a lot of people missing from a sunken ship – cause unknown.
There sure are a lot of Korean horror movies being produced and is showing now. The latest one to hit it here is Gawi/Nightmare. From the plot, a girl is meeting with old friends and acquaintances who talked to her about a mysterious friend – must be the ghost. Also, Grudge/Gu-on 2 is going to be shown. I noticed that it seemed these Asian horror flicks, ever since Ring, had sprouted a lot of women ghosts. Isn’t it nice to have female ghosts/monsters than the usual male ones? Hehehe
It seemed that the premise of Gene Shaft is way far in the future. They met some Ancients, which would be regular people of this century. It turned out that the current race had their genes modified and they were only created according to the need of the planet Earth – regulated by the government. No wonder the other characters seemed too stiff. Their emotions were suppressed. It was quite chauvinistic when it was mentioned the ratio of men to women is 1:20, I think. ^^; It got me thinking if the other guy was really woman but then, maybe it was meant, for the whole ship not the shaft crew. Hehehe
In WR, I think Cheza is doomed to be passed from one group to another until this series ends. The Captain is continuing his fight against Jagara’s forces. Hubb is really an ideal husband/lover..too good to be real. ^^;; He released Cher’s bonds as they talked of what they would want to do if they ever get out of this whole mess alive. Then, Hubb used his dog allergy to find Cheza and Blue. Unfortunately, Hubb and Cheza got caught by Jagara’s airship. Captain helped Cher and Blue from the ground forces and lend them a jeep to go to Jagara’s castle. This is becoming this group is chasing this group type of anime.
I just read a short line on the current GB manga arc. They are having a tag tournament in Mugenjou. Mm..would tag mean, running around and tag you are it or does that mean tag team like in wrestling or any other battle fights – a stadium and fighting until one is only standing? I really prefer the first one. I’m still way behind. The last volume I got was 21 and I just read that volume 24 is out. So, that would mean I’m volumes behind + what was currently in the magazine.
Tuesday, March 2, 2004 @ 03:36 p.m.
I went over last month’s net time because the isp’s inquiry is busted. Sigh. Also, the reason that I wasn’t getting their billing for the last two months was because they are moving and the old mails are ‘un-logged’ to us. I had been getting my mails from the past year over and over again but then, it was the time when Asher gave me some hng scans so that would be using up a bit of net time. The customer service told me to remove the emails from online but then I had gone there before, there were no emails in there anymore. I still don’t get it – shouldn’t an email after logged down – be erased from the server automatically unless I told it not to?
I had watched the opening of .hack to see if the characters in the game is in here. There are none. I guess it is a different version for the game. Gene shaft had become somewhat interesting. The ring can morph according to the enemy. This time, it can copy a person and put virus into the computer system of the ship. It somewhat reminded me of Vanguard whose enemy also morphs/adapts according to the enemies’ powers. There is also a view on cloning. If one was cloned, would he/she be the same? The heroine hates the colonel/captain for surviving and her friend not even though the friend had a reserved DNA so the friend can be cloned. The friend was cloned but as the heroine said, even if the mannerisms and physical appearance is the same, it still wasn’t her friend. It is just different. I guess that was the creator’s view on cloning.
I can summarize last night’s episode of WR in one sentence. They just got Kiba back to reality, from the dream and went on back to their journey. The end. Hehehe Other than that, it turned out that Blue is still alive and she is with Cheza. Toboe asked Ihk to help out Quent who was given some alcohol and food for his journey.
Ohh..a Kat got curious so checked out when this will end. It will end on March 9. Gene Shaft is only up to episode 13, so short but then, that is fine with me. Then, the whole of March will be re-runs of everything that is currently running for Animax.
Monday, March 1, 2004 @ 04:59 p.m.
Another month had passed..time is really going fast. The weather is becoming hot since summer is near. I usually don’t like this time since it is hot and humid. I feel unease. Yesterday, I went out for a while with mom, sis and her husband. I just bought a kneaded eraser then realized that I do not know how to use it. ^^; Good thing there is some instructions at the back. Now, to figure out when to use it or just a rubber one. Asher said that it can erase a bit of colored pencil. I think I have to compile Unicorn’s art tips, I think she mentioned about this one before. ^^;; I hate it when I’m getting quite forgetful at times.
Sis got the games that I’m looking for. The only one she didn’t get is Wild Arms 3. The saleslady told her that no other stores is selling that since it is very, very old. Geez, just like the first one, which I tried very hard to find for PS1. Oh well, I got the important one, Kingdom Hearts. Hehehe Honestly, the art isn’t my taste – big head and slightly large feet. The friend of the hero somewhat reminds me of Sephiroth. I played with it for a bit. My left thumb is still aching. Why? Well, I wanted to beat the friend in the games that I lost 5 times before I finally won. Yipee.
Ban: That’s nothing to boast about.
Ya..I have a bit of problem with the camera angle. Then, there are the three kids from FFX – Tidus, Rikku and Wakka. It is easily to defeat them solo but then if it is all three, I had a pretty hard time. I think my strategy is wrong or something. But in the end, when my thumb is really aching, I finally beat the three. It wasn’t really necessary to beat them but then, I just want to. I only got a potion for it. ^^; Then, it is a race with the friend, [I haven’t remembered the names yet] again, lost. I stopped there – while trying to find some stuff for the girl.
I got ZOE 2. I didn’t get the first one since it was mentioned to be a tad short and the second one is better – enhance. I thought the mecha looked familiar, no wonder, one of the designer is from Gundam – saw in the credits. The intro seemed pretty familiar too – in regards of the plot. Boy is running after being ganged up. His friends died? because he was too scared to help them. Then, he saw a mecha, it seems got into it and then, met a girl. Sounds like the start of a mecha anime with Robotech/Macross. ^^;;
.Hack 1 and 2. I just watched the dazzling intro and didn’t understand a thing. It looked pretty different from the anime. The lead is a different character based on the cover. They looked the same though but the markings are different. The lead in the anime was also in the cover. The plot is the lead got into the game with a friend but when his friend became unconscious because of it, the lead is trying how to get him back. The heroine is the same though.
Xenosaga 1 is a bit hard in terms of the battle system. The intro was a excavation site and when a guy put a emblem on something – kind of etching on the floor, it glows and a monument-structure rose from the lake. Then, 4,000 years later, a girl is trying to ‘go’ in something. The password was something be ye as gods. Then, she has to fight some people/robots with a blue haired android. She does makes a cool pose after winning a battle.
Lastly, Suikoden 3, it is more on Indian concept, I think basing from their outfits. I was doing something when this was played. I didn’t watch much but it is more like flashing of the different characters. I also didn’t get to play a bit of this. Just checking if it is working fine. Well, got to finish FFX first.
I had watched the Oscars even though I haven’t watch the movies that are nominated. Hehehe The ones who won are basically what was presumed to win. LotR3 got a clean sweep of everything. I guess the theory was right that they would just give the third one the Oscars since they didn’t reward the first and the second LotR. I like the intro of Bill Crystal and his trademark being ‘in’ the movies. I always make sure to watch that when he is hosting.
SGRan – Miyu still making Yuya’s life hard – he bought a wig for her which was the cheapest in a flea market? since the ones she want is out of his range. Miyu wears it even if it is hideous. Then some goons are after it. In the end, she gave it after confessing that she really likes it for it is the first that Yuya had given her. Being a gentleman, Yuya gave her a pendant. At the end, on his way back to school, Miyu shouted I love you which made Yuya trip. I guess it is like Miyu and her reluctant boyfriend.
In Naruto, I was thinking, what Kakashi and Orochimaru fight? as said in the title..there was no fight. Just a little chit-chat. ^^; Kakashi asked what does Orochimaru want from Sasuke. He replied much like his ‘eye’, which wasn’t originally his. He meant that Orochimaru wanted Sasuke’s power. Mmm..does that what Asher meant of Orochimaru wanted to ‘possess’ Sasuke’s body? Or, I’m understanding this wrong. Then, Orochimaru left. The focus is more on Shino and Zaku’s fight. There was even Zaku’s past as a poor kid but was taken in by Orochimaru since he wanted power. Zaku lost when the bugs of Shino got inside his arms.
I didn’t get to watch much of Gseed just the ending, Kira just killed the mecha bird with the two lovers in it. It got a hole already and the two quickly went to each other’s arms to hug each other before it explodes. What a nice death scene. Kira was as usual devastated and he wanted to stop the fighting.
Saturday, February 28, 2004 @ 05:38 p.m.
I had seen the ending of DT Eightron. I didn’t get it. ^^; It was a wipeout of everyone because of the flood and only a girl survives. That’s it. ^^;; Mm..Gene Shaft suddenly became interesting because of a new character. I find her interesting – a genius kid who carries a doll. She seemed to be quiet and everything then, she turned out to be a ventriloquist. Using the doll, she is really loud and proud which shocked the lead. Hehehe
In WR, Kiba was separated from the others and was in a place of ‘dreams’ which he thinks is paradise, together with a girl, which is really a wild cat. She is encouraging him to stay here. The others looked for him. They saw Quent and Toboe decided to stay for a while to ‘warm’ him up. Quent thought he was Blue. I’m not sure if Blue is dead or not. Toboe then catches up but was being chased by some Indians. Tsume and Hige rescued him and the Indian, Ihk, invited them to this tribe. The chief told them about the history of the wolves and that if the wolves find Paradise, the current world would disappear. Tsume and Hige decided to move on. Ihk had told them about the desert of dreams where no ones returns is up ahead. Toboe wanted to stay at the tribe where humans, wolves and everything else, co-exists.
The Truth ended somewhat abruptly. It was just ‘kill’ the ‘villains’ and that is it. The two ‘conspiracy’ lovers rather commit suicide rather than face the police and well, the possibility of being poor. The leads just went to the US to be at ‘peace’.
I think I need to power-up in FFX because the monsters are pretty strong already. There is a monster, which tends to appear when FF games are near the end. Mmm, and I still don’t have an airship to go back to already passed through places.
Friday, February 27, 2004 @ 01:34 p.m.
It seemed that there might no debates after all among the wannabe presidents. ^^; The actor president doesn’t want to join with an alibi – it is better to work than to just talk. Even though a lot of people are saying that it is because he is not good at it. Then, just last night, there was news about the incumbent president also doesn’t want to join if he isn’t going. Before that could be internalized, the senator also doesn’t want to join if she, the incumbent president, isn’t joining. They sure are acting like kids.
The Truth will be ending today. Well, obviously, the lead will get her justice, finally, unless she backs out. She probably got the evidence, which her rival’s fiancé had sent to her. Hehehe, I had skipped the whole series and waited for this part. Hopefully, it will be nice. Long Vacation is pretty old – 1996. It is pretty slow though that it is near boring. It is also making it difficult to understand since the subtitles are in shortcut Chinese.
.Hack is really confusing and a bit boring. It seemed that all the characters know something that the viewer, me, doesn’t know. The characters are also not interesting enough. I might drop this one off also Gene Shaft. It turned out that the bsho looked a bit girly and the personality is still too stiff.
Thursday, February 26, 2004 @ 04:10 p.m.
Mm..it is getting warm and a bit humid again. That means summer is around the corner. Nothing much happening in real life so I’ll get on with the anime.
Hehehe..I made a mistake. The boy in .Hack is not the unconscious person. It was the knight whom he attacked. He is really in the world. He is pretty boring actually, too detached and void of emotions. The story is shaping up to be him, being lead by a sleeping girl somewhere as the other people are trying to find him for what he did to the knight. The real person playing the knight, now had amnesia.
Gene Shaft seem to be interesting. Okay, it is that bsho guy that made me watch it a bit. I had missed the first episode. I think it is just about some girls trying to destroy a ring, which can wreck a part of the Earth. The lead girl’s mother was killed by it. The lead girl also seemed to be perceived as stupid but makes up for it for her energy. The bsho guy is the captain of the ship who is quite strict that he is more on following responsibilities/time limits rather than saving other people, which made the lead pretty angry. The cg of the ship and the shaft looked pretty cool but then, it is all in black and white. There was another guy who looked like Raww of Gseed. Their space uniforms looked a bit like in a space game, I played before. I don’t quite like the black collar on the lead – as if she is leashed or something.
Wednesday, February 25, 2004 @ 02:59 p.m.
Today is actually a holiday to celebrate Edsa day when the people have overthrown the dictator president but then, the change wasn’t fulfilled for all the politicians before are now back in force. That is why a few people are now celebrating it while the others are just demonstrating about being ‘betrayed’ and everything.
There is another new survey on the possibilities of who will win in the elections – presidents. The incumbent president is now on the lead with a very little edge against the popular actor. As usual, anyone who is way below the surveys are crying that it isn’t accurate and everything but if they are ahead, they are saying that it is true. ^^; The citizenship issue of the actor is still not decided on. I guess anything can happen until the election day comes.
I think by next month or on April, there will be a debate of the president aspirants. I guess that would be fun to watch but then, I tend to get bored with debates. The actor had declined joining, since it might just reveal his ignorance of everything, as they say. They are still arranging it.
It was about yesterday, US time, when a Fil-American was buried after being discovered being buried underneath a concrete of a house. It reminded me of a case in CSI. ^^; The family kin looked somewhat Chinese though. The woman was reaching for the American dream. She worked hard to earn money for herself and her family until one day, she met a fake doctor. The newspaper didn’t say why she was killed but the fake doctor had already escaped, I think in South America. They will be bringing her body to the Philippines today, I think.
There is also a Fil-Am in American Idol. I guess people here are rooting for her since at least, there is a Filipino out there making a good name about the Filipinos. I tend to think that most Filipinos are good at singing. It is like the stereotype of Chinese being good in math. I’m always assumed to be good in math. ^^; It is okay but I don’t really like it. I cannot even compute mentally like my father. There is even a chance that I could be given the wrong change so I tend to give out exact. Hehehe ^^;
.Hack is a bit confusing. The lead is wandering about as if being chased as the people he met thought he was ‘anti-social’ for he kept on teleporting. Then, he found ‘something’ which will protect him while being there. It is a blob [shaped like a dumbbell] with a ring in the middle, which ‘kills’ those who tried to harm him. It turned out that he is one of those people whose life in the ‘game’ is better than the outside world. The last scene was of an ambulance rushing to a house with his real body lying on the room. Dead or unconscious? I guess he decided life in the computer game is better. I think this would be more fun to play than to watch.
And, WR is indeed going to have a 4 episode rerun based on the four wolves perception of what has been happening. The reviewer said that there is no new info in those four so I quit watching for a while until Friday. I have seen a comment that I think I shouldn’t have seen. He wrote that the ending is a bit open-ended, you decide what happened. Uh-oh, would that mean, it would be up to me to decide if they go to Paradise or not? Then, what’s the point of watching? ^^; Geez, oh well, let’s hope this is not the question at the end.
The local channel went back to an hour anime instead of half hour + asian drama. ^-^ They will be showing Naruto. I guess that is good news for Asher who might be able to watch where she had left off. I guess that is a good choice to counter the reruns of Yu Yu Hakusho and DBZ of the other channel. Yugioh is already in the rerun. They didn’t take over the one being shown in the Taiwanese channel. I’m beginning to wonder if that will happen with Naruto, too. I don’t think this is licensed yet, or else, they might be using English names, just as they did in Yugioh.
Tuesday, February 24, 2004 @ 02:41 p.m.
It has been a long time since I had saw pigeons flying in this area. I guess someone down in the neighborhood had decided to keep them as pets. You see, before there are lots of them in this area. In the late afternoon, the owners would free them and they will fry around the sky. Of course, later on, they would come back to their owners – cage. I still don’t know how the owners train them to do that.
The ending of GitS: Stand Alone, seem to be a merge with the movie at the end with her, jumping from a building. Politics crime tend to confuse me that I didn’t quite follow this series. So far, the new anime that will be showing isn’t the type I would follow. I have already seen Saber Marionette J. Hack’s art is not that appealing which reminded me of El Hazard. Gene Shaft doesn’t seem to be that interesting either.
WR turned out to be a recap. Mm..recap time so soon. ^^;; Last night was everything that has happened based on Tsume’s point of view. Tonight might as well be Toboe’s. I guess I would just check an episode list somewhere, they might just do all the four wolves then throw in the human’s point of view. I guess all of this is to make the series longer.
I find a chapter of vol. 23 GB amusing. I can’t wait to get it. ^-^ There will be tare-Ginji on a lifesaver, paddling. Hehehe I wonder if they had animated it. It first appeared in the Mugenjou arc as he tried to swim away from Ban who is going to roast him as punishment for changing into Raitei. Then, there is that swimming away from Yukihiro Miroku after their battle. Hehehe Poor Ginji, the enemy is using ‘horror’ illusions. That would be fun to read. My policy for this manga is to read translations or sums but not scans – to minimize the spoilers. Hehehe
Ginji: Kat-chan, bad, wanting to torture me.
Ban: So, fry her. Hehehe
^^;
Monday, February 23, 2004 @ 08:58 p.m.
I have spent the day with Nii or waiting to be checked by Nii. ^^; It is really about 2 hours waiting time. There is still no injections. ^_^ Just an increase of the blood ‘vitamin’ and decrease of a kidney medicine. Nii was a bit rushing though, I guess he is getting hungry already. It was already 3 in the afternoon and there are still ten more patients. Overall, that would be 40 patients today. Good thing, it was after us then, he went out to check on a dialysis patient. I was thinking maybe he is also going to get some snack. hehehe
UM has ended today. Nina was the winner but it turned out she wasn’t the one whom the prince fell in love when he was still a child. It was Maya. A case of mistaken identity since young Yuta thought he was asking for Nina’s name. Maya was still in love with him so Nina let her be the princess. Maya had kept the ‘key’, which the prince gave her. That was what is inside her spider pendant. They had a wedding ceremony and Nina went back, living on earth. The end. Well, Yuta doesn’t seem to be loveless since the ‘weird’ witch, Maya’s friend likes him and he is attracted to her, she is cute, he says. ^^;; So, it is a typical shoujo anime. The wedding was nice though...would have been better if there are more Magical Kingdom scenes, the place looked really nice.
In Yugioh, they are still battling it with Yugi and Kaiba’s god cards. The first half of OP anime concentrated on the Karoo being braved and beginning to sound like Donald duck. ^^;; Well, he is a duck. Then, the other half is Usopp + Chopper vs. Miss Christmas and Mr. 4.
Sunday, February 22, 2004 @ 03:06 p.m.
Well, blood test is a-ok except for extremely low blood count. I guess I would really need those injections again. Low blood is making me ‘lazy’ and easily tired. In short, no energy. *Checks mirror* Nope, no vampire marks. Hehehe
About the blog pic, the original scan of Edward [fma] was in autumn colored road with Alfonse at the side. I just wanted Edward so snip away. I altered the colors to make it more brighter to match the background. I made the background..ah, something like of a painting so that an anime + real background would blend more. I got this idea while the lyrics of WR’s ending song was flashing with subtitles. Hehehe Well, Edward and his younger brother, is in a journey. The subtitle was supposed to be moving on/ahead, which was a bit corny. I do admit I’m crappy in that area so I browsed over some music cd for a more ‘nice’ fitting. It is actually a song from Celine Dion’s cd. Hehehe
Ban: Still sounds a bit corny.
^^; Oh well...and I also changed the expression on Edward’s face. He looked grumpier in the original picture. Anyway, this is the best I can think of now, regarding the layout of clouds. Boring, eh? The color theme is basically the same – blue.
Last night, I’m having a bit of problem watching anime on the same time in different channels. ^^; I decided to go with Naruto since it is easier to understand with a bit of Gseed while it is still in commercial or boring explanation scenes. In Naruto, Sasuke won his fight by using a technique of Lee which he copied during their fight before. Everyone was ‘wow’-ed by it and you can actually see the glee from Orochimaru’s face. They kept on recapping how Sasuke got the technique and the ‘wow’ comments of the people there. ^^;; Kakashi then took him somewhere to ‘seal’ of Orochimaru’s seal on Sasuke. Naruto noticed something on Sasuke and asked Sakura about it. Since she sworn not to tell Naruto about it, as Sasuke made her promise, she said that she didn’t know. The next battle was Zaku and Shino. Somewhere else, Kakashi managed to ‘seal’ the seal off but it made Sasuke unconscious. Then, Kakashi noticed someone was there, it was Orochimaru. What he was doing there, have no idea..maybe to release the seal or check up on his victim. Next preview is a fight between them. I guess that is more interesting than the elimination contest. Hehehe
In Gseed, from the few glances, Lacus was visited by Athrun and she admitted that she liked Kira. They talked about stuff and Athrun promised to visit her more frequently. Ssigh was punished for his attempted ride on the gundam and Kira is feeling pretty guilty about it that he rejected Fflay’s advances on him especially since he had seen her loitering a bit near Ssigh’s ‘punish’ room. Yay! ^-^
It is an easy pick which to watch, Pokemon or Dear Boys. Hehehe Dear Boys is a new anime on basketball. The art is vaguely familiar and it is a bit queer to watch it since the basketball scenes are in cg and they made it in slow motion. The plot was a new student came in, who looked like a young Kurei of FoR, who asked about the male basketball team. Everyone seemed to be shock and he learned that there was no basketball team in school for they only have 4 members, not enough for a competition and it is the girl’s basketball team which was the more ‘focus’ The new student challenged the girls so that he can play at the court. He managed to win against them that surprised the guy from the male basketball team. They learned that the new kid is a ‘famous’ basketball player even though he is short.
Nothing much is really happening in Aires Grise that I’m not quite up to following this anymore. The lead is now working at a library and made a story on the creation of the world. ^^; At around this time, Detective Conan, new HnG episodes and Cyborg 009 is simultaneously showing at the same time. I opted for the one that I can understand. Hehehe So, in Cyborg 009, Joe, the lead aka 009, met with his old friend. He learned that an old man who was ‘selling’ his fellow orphans to Black Ghost was the one who killed the priest. His old friend turned out to be 0013 but he is still nice, he opted not to fight so he was ‘killed’ by Black Ghost. From a few glances, I don’t get what is happening in HnG, only that Hikaru got into the inter-country tournament. There was a guy with Enishi of RK, hair who is pretty good. Then, a game with guy with glasses and Akira. I think Akira lost. It is late already so I didn’t watch it. Maybe they would put this one in their weekly rerun of HnG. Detective Conan – they were in London? and they are trying to know who is trying to kill the opera actress.
Saturday, February 21, 2004 @ 02:04 p.m.
I just had my blood test today for this month’s check-up. It was suppose to be on the weekdays but since I felt somewhat funny – sleepy than usual and tired, as if I’m going to have a cold or something. My mom decided not to delay it any longer. The med tech said that my blood was unnaturally thin. Uh-oh, would that mean I would have to get those weekly injections to increase the blood. Oh well, my body has been pretty unpredictable. Would just wait for the results then...
Last night, while I was saying that I miss Jet for there is no Jap dramas to watch, we saw an old drama which I haven’t seen before. It is called Long Vacation – the title I have heard before. It is in the ‘swirl’ channel so Asher, you can watch it too. It will start on Thursday at 9pm. I browsed the plot in the net. The lead is like in the Taiwanese drama, a pianist. His roommate turned out to be a fiancé of a girl who was stolen of her money and dumped on her wedding day. Unfortunately, the roommate had escaped so the girl decided to stay at his house since she had lost all her savings. The lead looked awfully familiar. Where have I seen him before...*looks at site* Ah, a SMAP guy.
The masquerade episode in UM, is pretty rushed. The prince went to dance with Nina and they seemed to be also childhood friends. Maya tried to get the stones by using the dark zones but she got influenced by it. In the end, she decided to let go. So, in this 2-part episode, Nina confessed she like Tsujiai and she got all the 5 magic stones. The prince then came to visit her. The next episode will be the last.
PoT’s run in the Taiwanese channel had ended. As always, Ryoma won again and Seigaku won the game against Renkakku. In SGRan, to the horror of Yuya, Maki, Ran’s rival, had fallen for him and forced him to be her boyfriend. The poor guy, Ran didn’t hear it when he said that he liked her. There is that redundant contests between Maki and Ran to make this episode long. I think the creator is running out of ideas.
I made a mistake for thinking Darcia will die in the last episode. Hehehe Anyway, Quent and Hubb went traveling together as they went to the next town. Hubb talked about his love life and he is trying to get Quent to cooperate with him – switching driving. On their way, they saw some of Jagara’s army heading somewhere. In the next town, Hubb did met Cher but then, she still wanted to pursue Cheza so Hubb decided to go with her. They will all go to Darcia’s fallen castle. Cher told the others that the Paradise is a world where wolves rule.
There was a snow blizzard so the wolves rested but Kiba is too excited and he went ahead. He managed to go to the castle first. He fought a bit with Darcia who was accusing wolves to be the reason for all his hardships. He asked Kiba what is there in Paradise. Kiba answered, the future. It made Darcia pause and not kill Cheza. Hubb’s group is walking as Cher explains the murals. The aristocrats have knowledge of alchemy and something happened which made them no longer pass the knowledge to other people. It is confirmed, Cheza, a lunar flower is going to lead them to paradise. Darcia had said that she is just a crystal infused with the lunar flower. Also, Darcia’s other eye is needed a wolf’s eye.
Quent had saw Kiba in wolf form but as he was about to aim, Blue got in the way which made Quent hesitate. Darcia’s servant quickly exclaims that they are underattack. Jagara’s airships blew up some stuff. Hubb and Cher tried to take Cheza to safety but they were caught by Jagara’s men even if Blue tried to help them. Kiba went on chasing the ship as Darcia was carrying Harmona’s lifeless body outside. Then, there was a flash of light. After Jagara’s men and airships left, the others couldn’t find Kiba anywhere. Quent was wondering why Blue helped the wolves. The next episode preview, Darcia seemed to be still alive and it would be something about the past of someone. The title was Grey Wolf – Tsume?
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