神の雫 Kami no Shizuku (Live-Action Television Series)
July 12, 2009 at 3:35 pm | In My rants | Leave a CommentTags: drama, kami no shizuku
The title means “The God of Tears”. Another drama adapted from the manga of the same name.
Actually, in the beginning, I thought that Kami no Shizuku referred to the main lead, Kanzaki Shizuku. Yeah, because of the name. It was kind of disappointing and good that it wasn’t, though. Disappointing cause I guessed wrongly, and good cause it wasn’t predictable (by my standards, anyway!).
Hmm. The storyline itself is intriguing. Or should I say, something special. A show about wine, and how a young budding wine critic (Kanzaki Shizuku) struggle to win the wine competition his deceased father, Kanzaki Yutaka, also a famous wine critic, has set up for him and his adopted older brother, Tomine Issei, another famous wine critic to determine the one with the rights to inherit his possession. As the story progresses on, the two of them find out that they are brothers by blood and Shizuku also starts to understand his father, fulfilling the reason he consented to the competition. From hating wine, he became a lover of wine, and similarly, he forgave his father for being out with Issei’s mother and him while Shizuku’s mother passed away.
あの日。。。
July 12, 2009 at 12:36 pm | In My life | Leave a CommentTags: year 5
Just wanted to post something here. Why? I’ve no idea. Currently struggling to complete my HBL (Math tutorial, Chemistry tutorial and Econs). I think I’m just finding an excuse to procrastinate. Darn it. That’s why I can’t switch on the computer while studying, it distracts me a lot.
By the way, if you have no idea what the title means, it just means “That day…” Uh, just felt like using that. Though it probably would have been better if I used it on another day?
Oh well, I don’t really care.
The new timetable seems quite okay for me. Lots of breaks, earliest time I get to go home is 1.45pm, but take that away cause I have guitar… Oh no, I just noticed that we now have Physics lab lessons on Friday until 4.15pm! Arghh! This sucks. Oh well, then if there’s ever any sectionals, people should pray hard that I’m not the sectional leader. XDDD I have no sense of rhythm. =D
Hmm, I should get back to studying. Arghh~ I want to finish watching Kami no Shizuku before I start~~~ Hmm, and I’m still waiting for the last episode of Mr. Brain to come out, then I’ll post a review-ish kind of post about the two. I don’t think what I’m writing is counted as a review, so it’s a review-ish kind of thing! =D Oh, and I still didn’t post about Hana Kimi. But then, I’m a bit lazy to talk about it.. XDD I’ve been watching Jdramas adapted from mangas..
I guess the good thing about the super intensive AKA last minute practices for the closing ceremony is that my fingers are pretty much ready to play the guitar again? As in, the skin that had started to soften throughout the holidays is now hardened, so I won’t feel too much pain when I play the guitar. XDDD Though it kind of hinders my typing as well…
Urghh~ So many things to do! ;_;
What’s done is done, there can never be any turning back.
July 10, 2009 at 12:25 pm | In My life | 2 CommentsTags: guitar, year 5
Let me blog a bit about yesterday…
Went to school by my dad’s van (it’s been such a long time since he fetched me to school… erm, maybe not?). Reached there and started painting on my nail strengethener. Heehee. Then everyone started coming in at different times. Had combined practice for a bit before we started packing our guitars and all that. Brought everything down to the foyer and went to have lunch. I ate the Korean food and had oreo shake! <3 Okay, anyway… Took my temperature on the bus. My thermometer battery is dying. >< It flickered and switched off! >.> That reminds me, I need to buy new batteries… Or I will die on Monday. But then, didn’t the government say that it was just an ordinary flu or something like that? Imagine the amount of people making use of this chance to be sick and skip school/work~~~ Okay, back to the point.
Listened to my mp3 on the bus, but only for around 15 minutes cause the Esplanade was rather close to the school. =.= I felt kind of stupid for taking it out after that. Moved everything to our… uh… assigned room(?) and everyone started cam-whoring. Not me. I didn’t bother since I’m too lazy to upload pictures to my laptop and all that. Had nothing to do, so I took out my Physics HBL and tried to read the notes. Totally didn’t work cause people were playing the guitar and I got distracted by them. XDDD Oh, and the toilet in the makeup room (ah, yes!) is big~ I thought it would be a single cubicle one.
We decided to change into our performance attire for the technical run, and chased the 2 guys into the toilet. Then we decided that it was too weird changing in the makeup room cause people might just come in at any time, so half of us went into the toilet, the other half stayed in the makeup room. XDDD Poor HS and DJ had nowhere to go to and were stuck in the toilet for a long time. >< Forgot to cut my toenails, so when I wore my court shoes, it hurt. T.T Stupid me. Anyway, now I know why we had to wear court shoes. Court shoes make less noise than normal heels (e.g. my pointed toe heels). Haha. Everyone started putting on makeup. >.> I didn’t believe what some of them brought. Mascara. Foundation. That eyelash clipper thing that makes your eyelashes go up. Blusher. Lip gloss (shared by so many people that I’d rather not use it). Powder (okay, I brought that one). And everyone was enthusiastically putting on makeup. =O I meant, except for the guys, anyway. We got busy helping one another put on proper makeup. And I just remembered. They even had EYELINER. >.> What the heck?!!! XDDD Oh well, it was kind of chaotic, cause everyone was shouting for some different makeup stuff (and the guys were mugging hard in a corner). Shi Yun was so excited about the makeup that she started taking pictures with all of us. I only applied powder, though. XDD I wouldn’t want to die trying to remove all the makeup while I’m sleepy. Heehee. And I started giving them advice on removing makeup. I think I sounded like my mom when I did that. “Make sure you remove it properly, unless you want to have a face full of pimples!” Repeat that around 5 or 6 times, to pretty much the same people. >.> I bet I sounded naggy. ><
Had nasi lemak for dinner (totally UG style). Rushed out to shop at the Esplanade. Wanted to go to the library there but didn’t get the chance. Went to the roof terrace and took group photos. Went back to our makeup room. Started practising our songs while scattered all over the room. Got so high that our MIA sounded not-sad but happy. XD I had fun. LAPA was even more hyper. Everyone went super fast. And I kept smiling cause I felt like it. We were told to stop playing so that we could calm down. XDD MIA is an emo song after all.
Finally our turn to play. The recital studio is super~ small. Kind of disappointed at the size. There was a photographer taking photos. Kept hearing the click of the SLR. But I think we managed to touch the audience with our MIA. And we were saying that we shouldn’t play too fast since we had to wait for so long to perform on stage. XDDDD
That was the end. Went back to school and packed the stuff. Left the guitars in the cases cause I was too tired to sort it out. Shall do it some other day. XH spammed deodourant on herself. When we got into the car, my poor mom with her sensitive nose had to open the window immediately (if not, something bad like vomitting might happen, I guess). My mom thought I was the one (and thought that I used perfume). Uh. I don’t use perfume~ And see, XH, that’s the reason why I don’t spam deodourant on myself. ^^
Got home, was super tired. xP Okay, shall stop here.
アタシンチの男子 Atashinchi no Danshi
July 6, 2009 at 6:50 pm | In My rants | Leave a CommentTags: atashinchi no danshi, drama
Is a super great show! =D There were some unpredictable parts, like how Chisato was actually Shinzo’s daughter. >.> And he pretty much made her the mother of all his adopted (and real) sons. Oh, and how three of them actually fell in love with them. Not to mention how they all came back to live together with her although they’d left. Yay! I feel like rewatching this show again!
I’ll post this much first, when I fill my stomach and all that, I might come back to talking about this show! ^^ Hmm, that reminds me, I need to go and change the title for my Hana Kimi post now.
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Oops. Made a mistake. It’s Absolute Boyfriend, not Hana Kimi – I didn’t post anything about that. Maybe I’ll do it later? XD
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Okay, I have 5 minutes to fangirl or do whatever I want to talk about this series.
Anyway, some people might find the plot of having one person forced to make changes in a group of people who don’t seem capable of getting along cliche, but there are certain parts that are not so cliche about this series. For example, a father forcing his daughter to “marry” him so that he can spend the remaining one month of his life together with her? And also, the oldest adopted son is actually the father’s real son? Erm. And the lawyer being on Chisato’s side. Well, more likely her client/Shinzo’s side. =.= For a moment in the series, I thought she was going to betray her deceased client. XD Though it’s kind of funny and sad that she gives up information if the person is a guy and either gives her a ticket to some concert thing or spend the night with her. Yeah, it’s kind of sad. Um. I’ve run out of examples.
I like the 7 Knights and the castle concept, despite it being pretty much a fairytale-like thing. XD I guess I’m a sucker for this kind of dramas. As in, about a person fighting to make changes in a group of people? And at least the shows aren’t dragged out as long as Taiwanese or Korean or Singaporean dramas (those are the true nightmares!). Or maybe the true reason I like it is because the plot moves very fast. =D Oh, and of course, this series doesn’t give me a super sad feeling at the end of it. It makes me anticipate the day the production team decides to make a special! Hopefully we’ll see if Sho confesses to Chisato (and if he doesn’t… I’ll be super sad).
Okay, I guess that’s about it for the ranting about this drama. It’s one worth watching (and there’s only 10 episodes – compare that to the seemingly never ending sob stories written by *coughcough* countries for the sake of satisfying the audience who won’t even be entertained by that kind of lousy script – well, at least, to me, that is).
If anyone has any good recommendations for Jdramas, drop me a comment or something? (I’m trying to stop watching them so that I won’t kill my laptop, though…)
Oh, and certain characters in the show reminded me of certain manga characters… XDD
1. Fuu, the oldest son – my impression of Tsuruga Ren from Skip Beat. I looked at the guy… And thought he seemed familiar and it struck me that he gave off the aura of Tsuruga Ren (in terms of his hairstyle, dressing…)
2. Takeru (can’t remember which one he is) – my impression of Ryu from Shaman King. XDD Except for the hair. Ryu has this super cool hair. XDDD But he just felt like Ryu…
Yep, that’s about it. ^^
Your words were all a pack of lies.
July 4, 2009 at 8:43 pm | In My life | 2 CommentsTags: year 5
I still can’t believe that Absolute Boyfriend only had 11 episodes, excluding the special. =O I feel like watching it again! Soshi is so handsome. XDD I’m fangirling now.
I was just reading one of my older blog posts from last year, I think, about going to repair my phone. And I realised just how funny and weird my way of speech was. No wonder my sis has so much fun reading my blog posts. -_-|||
Anyway, I literally lazed around in front of the computer today. Now, I feel like it’s still the June holidays. Oh, and we’re having an E-learning week. Heehee. That means that we won’t have to go to school for one whole week… As if! I still have to go to school for guitar practices to prepare for the SYF closing ceremony on Thursday. And it’s just too bad that all CCA activities are currently postponed. *sighs* Though it seems like the sports carnival will be cancelled? I HOPE THEY CANCEL THE MARATHON IN AUGUST TOO!!!! Okay, sorry, never mind. I just hate running that much. =D
Um, I shall stop here for today to go watch TV. Heehee.
絶対彼氏 Absolute Boyfriend (Live-Action Television Series)
July 4, 2009 at 5:24 pm | In My rants | 2 CommentsTags: absolute boyfriend, drama
Woah. Just finished watching the entire series of Absolute Boyfriend. Yeah, the live-action one.
I think that, on the whole, the series was quite enjoyable, with many funny parts in the beginning and middle. Though when it got near the end, it got a little sad cause of Knight. Wait, is his name supposed to be Knight or Night? Knight, right? Anyway, I was all for Riiko to end up with Soshi. XDD Because Soshi is good-looking. Nah, it’s because he’s human. After all, ultimately, Knight is still a robot, and will eventually break down to the point of being irreparable. Uh… Maybe it’s just cause I like Soshi more? I think Soshi is probably the guy I pity most in the love triangle. Including the special that aired, it feels like Knight is saying that Soshi’s job of looking after Riiko is completed, so he should return Riiko to him. Then he decides to let Riiko lead a normal human life again, and lets her go back to Soshi. I feel like Soshi has become just a replacement. ;_; Though Knight is also a pitable character. He was created just to suit Riiko, and give her love (and protection…). But he can never become human and live happily with Riiko, much as he wants to. So it was nice to know that eventually, he decides to give up Riiko. And it was sweet that Soshi could just happily tell Riiko “Welcome home” after all that they’ve been through. Heehee. Soshi is handsome. Actually, most of the guys in the show were handsome. =O
Hmm, let me rant a little about the special that aired after the end of the series? Uh… It feels as if it were made just to satisfy the fans, and the part about reviving Knight’s memories. I was praying so hard that Riiko would choose not to revive Knight’s memories from 3 years ago! And she didn’t even think about Soshi’s feelings. ;_; Darn, I keep harping on that. Um, back to the point… The special feels like it was just reinforcing the point that humans are humans, robots are robots, and even if they love each other, there won’t be a happy ending for them. The only part I was happy about was probably the time when Soshi and Riiko announced that they were engaged! They look pretty good together. =D Oh no, I’m doing it again. And also the time when Soshi accepted Riiko after Knight decided to be scrapped. Poor Knight. It was quite ironic to see that Riiko made the cream puff after the strawberries delivered were the wrong one since that’s what she did right at the beginning of her career as a pâtissier. Oh, there’s one unsatisfactory ending about the special. So did the famous food critic give anything good comments about the cream puff in an article or something? Hmm. Though we probably shouldn’t know how the cream puffs will sell cause the shop was still under renovation. The special was… draggy. There’s really no other word for it. Cause the television series resolved all the conflicts present in the plot and had a satisfactory ending (for me, anyway), but the special just had to come up with a way to make Knight come back. ;_;
Oh well, if you overlook all the bad points about the special, the television series is worth watching. And if you really can’t get enough of the television series, you can choose to watch the special after that. Though it’ll be up to you whether the special is nice or not (I think it depends pretty much on the pairing you support…).
And I forgot to mention, the ending song is a pretty meaningful one. For the show, at least. It pretty much emphasised the “feel” of the show. To be able to return home and have someone waiting for you at home. That’s something sweet(: And homey. Hehheh.
Okay, I’m done with my semi-review of the entire series! =D It’s been such a long time since I posted a rant! Heehee. I’m kind of happy now.
Liberation.
July 3, 2009 at 5:26 pm | In My life | Leave a CommentTags: 5c32, best friends, year 5
I’m free!
Okay. Breakdown of what happened in the past week.
1. CTs. Which I’m most probably going to fail or score badly for them. Couldn’t finish the papers. ;_;
2. Managed to cut my thumb with the can. Stupid me. I was trying to remove the lid of the metal can which had dropped into the can, and I gave my thumb a cut. Thank goodness it wasn’t any of my left fingertips or right hand… If not, I’d be unable to play the guitar and write for my CTs. Do we really have to go back to school on Tuesday to practice? ;_;
3. Watched Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs with Cass today! XDDDD I had a really good laugh laughing at all the funny parts. Like the squirrels falling in love with each other then separating again because they were fighting over the acorn (that’s what it’s called, right…?). And weirdly, the baby mammoth elephant (Peaches) had a cry like a human baby’s! My eyes went O_o when I heard it. Kind of irritating that we got to watch the non-3D version when we told the person at the ticketing counter we wanted to watch the 3D one. And we were wondering why we weren’t given the 3D glasses. T.T
Yeah, that’s about it for my week. Kind of uneventful, but who cares. =D CTS ARE OVER AND I’M FREE~~~~~~~ *proclaimation of freedom – at least until I get back the results*
Okay, I shall go and read all my emails. =D
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Oh, and somehow, people seem to ignore me every time I wave at them today. Hmm. Is that a sign that I should stop initiating greetings? It’s kind of embarassing when I wave to people and they ignore me… Or did I do something to make them totally hate me? I have no idea… I wish someone will tell me the answer… Maybe I exude an aura telling people to ignore me? Hmm…
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The fairytale has ended, and the prince was never coming for the princess again.
June 26, 2009 at 9:39 am | In My life | Leave a CommentTags: year 5
I kind of feel like I’m being grounded. A couple of friends asked me if I wanted to go out and study with them, but my mom said NO. XDD Cause she said that we must prevent ourselves from getting into contact with large crowds of people. -_- So I’m pretty much stuck at home~
Did one Physics revision paper given by the teachers yesterday. Couldn’t do the MCQs properly and I ended up just copying the answers for section B and C. Haha. Oops. That’s just how I learn. Yeah. To explain things. Oh. No wonder I suck at the problem-solving parts. ;_;
I think I’ve finally maxed out my “fangirling” attitude for mangas. They don’t make me go “OMGGGG” when I read them now. So I shall stop reading them by the series. =D Come to think of it, let me make a list of the mangas I’ve read this holiday… Samurai Deeper Kyo, VK, Shaman King, Skip Beat (uh, I read through all the major arcs, so I guess it’s counted), DN Angel, Kaichou wa Maid-sama… That’s all, I think. But it’s still quite a lot. O_O That’s where I spent my holidays! I’m so going to fail my CTs. ;_; At least I can concentrate better on studying without thinking of manga now. Hahaha. Cause all the mangas I’m reading are at a standstill (except maybe VK) so I can’t really imagine what’s going to happen next with such little information. Heehee.
And I was sweeping the floor yesterday and ended up with a blister on my index finger, and sore arms and legs. XD That’s a sign that I need to exercise more. =X Nah, the blister was just because I was holding the broom at a weird position with the knot of the string that my mom uses to suspend it in the air being stuck around my index finger and I was too lazy to take it out. And hence, the result is a blister. Which I broke and it hurts now if it gets in contact with water. T.T
Okay, that’s it for today. Probably won’t be able to blog anymore until after the CTs. Operative word being “probably”.
The star I saw gave me the strength to move on. -pictures-
June 23, 2009 at 10:33 pm | In Pictures | Leave a CommentTags: family, sunset, year 5
Here are all the pictures I took that day at the beach.
^ This is a random airplane. My dad has a nicer picture of it.
Sorry that some of the pictures are in a weird orientation. XDD But the pictures are beautiful~ Pretty good quality for my phone camera, anyway. ^^ Good thing I thought of taking the pictures in different orientation. The last picture is currently my phone’s wallpaper. =D
I am always the only one who sees it.
June 23, 2009 at 11:34 am | In My life | Leave a CommentAbout that… ^ I meant cockroaches. They run the moment I shout. ;_;
Okay, enough about that. Got caught by my mom for staying up until 3 plus in the morning couple of nights ago, so I decided to not stay up that late this week. I’m pretty tired out from all that staying up too. XDD
Yeah, and I think I’ll finish studying everything just before the day the school reopens. And darn it, we’re not getting extended holidays. =X Okay, never mind. Even if we do get extended holidays… I think I’ll just waste it anyway… XDDD Yeah, and it’s the last week of the holidays. And we’ve still not gotten a reply from Mr. Chew about our PW stuff. We’re going to die when he finally gets back to us, which is probably after the holidays and CTs. Whee! I shall go prepare for an elaborate death. ;_;
There was a cockroach on the dining table last night. And it somehow disappeared the moment I shouted. But I have the feeling it might have crawled into my laptop cooling pad, so I’m currently not using it (and hence increasing the risk of my laptop being overheated…). Anyway, I think those creatures have something against me. Why am I always the one who sees them? It’s so annoying. -_- RAHH. Okay, whatever. The lift-upgrading works have started, and are making noise (though it’s not as bad as the start of the holidays, which sounded like they were going to tear down the whole building). Actually, they’re probably working on the block beside mine, so it’s not so noisy. XDD Never mind, I’m dumb.
And by the way, I think VK is turning out to be Twilight-ish. Not really Twilight, more like… Eclipse. Sigh. Okay, that’s the end of today’s post. And I feel like reading Kaichou again after VK. >.> Wait, I’ve got no more time!!!!!
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Forget it. I’m too lazy to read it again.
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