What I Learned in Class

私は何のクラスで学んだこと。（わたしはなにのくらすでまなんだこと）Watashi wa nani no kurasu de mananda koto. trans. What I Learned in Class.

So today my CS162b or Systems Programming lab class is (meaning I'm in class as I type this) meeting, and I'm finally sitting through a class under the 'great' Doc Mana; so as early as now, I, along with the rest of my classmates, have gotten a few good laughs about facts that just sound funny coming from Doc Mana.

Case in point:
More (Motif) vs. Less (Lesstif)

The verdict: Less is greater than More

The difference is best found on the command prompt, or so I understand. But the logic from a commoner's point of view is just hilarious. xD

Haircut

散髪。（さんぱつ）Sanpatsu. trans. Haircut.

I got myself a haircut this morning after 8:30 mass. (@￣ρ￣@)ｚｚｚｚ

I never really realized just how thick my hair is until I get a haircut. Howellz. Lemme share a picture like I usually do. Sorry if I seem sleepy here. I just got up from a nap. *squint* I think I see my Kyouya look here again.

Tidbit #10

珍味＃１０。（ちんみ＃１０）Chinmi #10. trans. Tidbit #10.

This is somewhat related to my previous post concerning my blockmates and our lunch out together. Just a little funny scene on our way over there to Shakeys.

It was raining, and since it was just walking distance, we all decided to walk, so we pulled out umbrellas and shared if necessary. The funny thing here is the fact that ALL those who took out umbrellas were of the color blue.... except for Robert's which was green.

xDD

It would have been a nice thing to capture in a picture from afar I say. Sadly it was raining. Oh well. Fun fun.

Block Outing

ブロック外出。（ぶろっくがいしゅつ）Burokku Gaishutsu. trans. Block Outing.

So these will be one of the few blog entries that aren't so random; quite true to life if I should say. (^▽^;) And with that being the case, I believe that it's only fitting that I give a more or less thorough explanation, which I don't think I've been able to do with my blog entries these days. I'm beginning to neglect the reason I started a blog, so here's my poor attempt to get back on track for a change.

Don't let the title deceive you; all we did was have lunch out (which we haven't done in a while, quite miraculously), and it really got me to realize a few things. But before I go to that, I need to hit rewind for a bit.

The setting right now is that we're juniors; third year college students who started off being one big ol' block comprising of 28 different personalities. I can still recall the humble beginnings when not everyone was quite that open with one another and just went their own way; a time when block unity held no meaning. But towards the end of that first year we interacted as a block and we got to know one another... to an extent.

Come second year (or even towards the end of freshman year) that number dwindled down to 26 when Jomar and Bok left for their own personal reasons. It quickly chopped off another one when AM shifted out as well. By around the summer of third year - or somewhere around that time - the block count dwindled further to 22 when Beau, Bea and Top shifted out as well.

Towards the end of second year Gie headed to Korea for an exchange program similar to the Junior Term Abroad or JTA program that Ateneo promoted that several of our blockmates availed of and proceeded to do so by the start of third year. Ben and Paul headed to Hong Kong, Tiff and Joyce to France and Jason much later on to Japan. Upon Jason's departure, the block count that remained dwindled further to 16.

Out of this 16, the 11 (Me, TC, Lev, Izza, Kim, Gabby, Robert, Vincent, Dar, Neil and Maan) of us, along with Beau, Bea and AM had lunch at Shakey's along Katipunan, which ultimately became a blowout care of Maan, who shared quite the not-so-shocking news, which, to some extent of privacy, I shall sum up to the fact that that number 16 of Block N is now 15.

。・ﾟﾟ･(≧д≦)･ﾟﾟ･｡

Much that we expect our six currently-out-of-the-country blockmates to eventually come home in the coming months.... it's really sad to think about it, really. But what shouldn't be forgotten is the fact that amidst all this, there will always be the memories shared, however brief they may be. And I think that's the best thing to hope for.

Regardless of the choices we make that may lead us astray, the friends we've made along the way will always be there.:*:・(￣∀￣)・:*:

I've taken day-to-day pictures up until my second year, so I've got a whole bunch of pictures to look back on. Maybe when time allows it I'll make a video compilation of it..... before I get a job graduation! ♪(*^ ・^)ノ⌒☆

Weird Weather

変な天気。（へんあえてんき）Hen'na Tenki. trans. Weird Weather.

Three days into the second semester and for all three days, it's been raining like CRAZY! I mean, my poor converse shoes have been soaked from walking in the rain so much today. (＠￣Д￣＠；) Huhuhu. My shoes are ruined... not really. My feet are tired. ヽ((◎д◎　))ゝ

In lighter news, I picked up the tickets I reserved for me and Kai next Thursday for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1~ A few school organizations collaborated to come up with this special screening so yeah.



I managed to get some good seats (if you can't see the seat number after squinting, it's E9 and E10 at Gateway), so it's all good. (^-^)/

Nine Red Roses

九赤いバラ。（きゅうあかいばら）Kyuu Akai Bara. trans. Nine Red Roses.

So my little plan succeeded~ Walking to and from the flower shop earlier this morning to order them and then coming back in the afternoon and walking to Kai's school due to the traffic was a real workout! (￣へ ￣ 凸 *huff huff huff*

In the end, Kai was thoroughly rendered speechless by my presentation of the bouquet of nine red roses, so all was good!! (///∇//) (≧▽≦)

Yosh~

And for everyone's information, the meaning behind the quantity and color is as follows (taken from this wonderful site):

Red	Sincere Love & Respect, Courage & Passion

- 9 Roses

An Eternal love, together as long as we live

HAPPY 2ND ANNIVERSARY HUNNY! (^з^)-☆Chu!!

Day of the Anniversary

周年記念の日。（しゅうねんきねんおひ） Shuunen Kinen no Hi. trans. Day of the Anniversary.

NOVEMBER 9 HAS ARRIVED! o(^▽^)o

It's too early to be divulging anything that may happen later tonight; but of course something has to happen! (●´ω｀●)ゞ I'll be back later tonight with how things turn out. (●´ω｀●)ゞ

But for the time being, I've reserved us two tickets to the screening of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1! о(ж＞▽＜)ｙ ☆

Pre-Anniversary Surprise

中古周年サプライズ。（ちゅうこしゅうねんさぷらいず）Chuuko-shuunen Sapuraizu. trans. Pre-Anniversary Surprise.

Tomorrow is the day. And I am sooo unprepared!!! (((( ;°Д°))))

*clears throat*

Well, tomorrow is mine and Kai's 2-year anniversary! And she surprised me today by giving me an early present for the occasion!

ACE ATTORNEY OFFICIAL CASEBOOK VOL. 2: The Miles Edgeworth Files!!!

ｷﾀ━━━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━━━!!!

This just makes Phoenix and Miles so... CANON!! Σ(=°ω°=;ノ)ノ

I haven't read through it yet, but I'm sure it'll be a lot of fun and laughs. (>u<)

ありがとう恋人! (^з^)-☆Chu!!

(Arigatou koibito!)

Oh and I as you can see, my hair has gotten long. I need a haircut soon. Maybe this weekend. xP

AND OFF I GO TO PREPARE!!!

Family Dinner Out

家族の夕食から。（かぞくのゆうしょくから）Kazoku no Yuushoku kara. trans. Family Dinner Out.

So today is the last day of my semester break. Tomorrow I go back to school to end my 3rd year of college life. To 'celebrate' the occasion my family and I went to a dinner out at Eastwood where we ate at Zao, a Vietnamese cuisine restaurant that had good fried chicken. (-^□^-)

Also saw some gashapon/capsule toys there since there was this Gundam Model Building event in the Eastwood Mall. What caught my interest were Shinkenger Origamis, Goseiger Headders and Goseiger phone accessories. I wanted to get one but I was short on cash. ゛(｀ヘ´#)

Last Minute Plans

土壇場には、計画。（どたんばには、けいかく）Dotanba ni wa, Keikaku. trans. Last Minute Plans.

So today was weird. Went to SMX with Kai and a few of her friends to try going to UP AME but lost the hype seeing the long line just to get in/buy tickets. So instead, Kai and I decided to head to the mall to spend the afternoon. This was her first time there so it was a real adventure.

(*￣Oﾉ￣*)

Had a very late lunch at old reliable Teriyaki Boy before taking a little stroll down to see the bay. On the way we spotted a Timezone and the Prize Cube game. What was new was a swaying owl that Kai managed to get for me! 8D (I only got to take the picture when I got home >< ) I named him Allen.

After that, we went to see the bay and saw some concession stands and entertainment stuff. But I just got some cotton candy while we spent some time taking pictures by the bay. o(TωT ) A dream date come true!

FINALLY, FINALLY, today marks a few J-actors' birthdays (at least those I bother remembering)! Tenimyu Seigaku 4th Cast's Tezuka Kunimitsu, Watanabe Daisuke and Team Batista no Eiko's Kiryuu Kyoichi, Ihara Tsuyoshi!! A happy birthday to the two of you!! ヽ(*・ω・)人(・ω・*)ノ

Second Semester

弟二学期。（だいにがっき）Dai Ni Gakki. trans. Second Semester.

School is kick-starting again next week. And I'm quite pleased with my schedule this time around since I was actually able to choose leisurely. At my school we're assigned a random number to determine the 'order' of enlisting for the upcoming semester. So the lower your number, the earlier you can enlist; and the earlier you can enlist, the more choices you have.

As compared to last semester where I was in the fourth (last) batch, this time around my random number was 33, so I was in the first batch~ (¯ ▽ ¯ + *) *bliss* So this time around my schedule was more lax with breaks in between every class~

And as I've been doing since the first semester, I made this little template to use for my schedule, as well as for Kai's (wah she's graduating this year! 。・ﾟﾟ･(≧д≦)･ﾟﾟ･｡ ) ; as you can probably guess, pictures included are Tenimyu Seigaku 5th Cast Tezuka and Fuji from one of their photosets (I forget which one). But yeah, my schedule's up there. Theology (TH131), Political Science (POS100), Philosophy (PH102) and major subjects (CS124, CS162A and CS162B) this semester.

Musical Kuroshitsuji 2

ミュジカル黒執事２。（みゅじかるくろしつじ２）Myujikaru Kuroshitsuji 2. trans. Musical Black Butler 2.

So I finally got my hands on a copy of the anticipated Kuroshitsuji musical today!! о(ж＞▽＜)ｙ ☆

Ever since its premiere last May, waiting 5 months for the DVD release was a long wait indeed. Besides watching the performance of previous performers from the first musical (notably Matsushita Yuya and Uehara Takuya), I was very much looking forward to the performance of the new Ciel Phantomhive, Nishii Yukito. Familiar faces from other musicals surfaced here as well; Fujita Rei (FuumaMyu's Mibu Kosuke) and Yousuke Crawford aka Luke C. (Tenimyu's Kite Eishiroh) as Viscount Druitt and Ronald Knox respectively.

I must say there was a huge improvement in contract to the first musical! ﾍ(ﾟ∀ﾟ*)ﾉ First of all, there's a lot more songs this time around; 15 awesome songs spanning the 2 hours!! The songs really took the cake here, actually. The first two songs alone sent goosebumps over my whole body!

There was definitely more comedy here too, especially with Uehara's excellent Grell performance, (guh my eyes have been tainted! (ﾉﾟοﾟ)ﾉ ) as well as drama from two original Shinigami characters, Eric Slingby played by Taisuke Saeki and Alan Humphries played by Matsumoto Shinya. Ciel, although his exposure wasn't as vast, was well-performed and did not disappoint! (o^-')b

By far my favorite songs are Checkmate, Shinigami Haken Kyoutai no Theme and Keiyaku~ You can find them on YouTube if you're interested!

There's probably more I could say about this but for now I'll leave it at this. x) I shall go listen to the soundtrack now.

Transformers

トランスフォーマー。（とらんすふぉおまあ）Toransufoomaa. trans. Transformers.

So today is my sister's birthday, and while waiting for guests to arrive, I settled down here in the den to watch some television.

After Casper the Friendly Ghost on Cartoon Network, to my surprise Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was showing on HBO!!

OPTIMUS WHY DID YOU DIE SO EPICALLY?!?!?!!?

（/TДT)/ （/TДT)/ （/TДT)/ （/TДT)/ （/TДT)/

Tidbit #9

珍味＃９。（ちんみ＃９）Chinmi #9. trans. Tidbit #9.

Earlier this evening I had myself some Chuckie Chocolate milk and I realized how much of a glutton I was with this when I was younger. I used to consume two of this 250ml cartons a day (breakfast and after dinner), and my parents usually bought two boxes of it every time they did the grocery shopping.

That was until about 4th year high school. Once I hit college, they stopped buying and I was without it for quite sometime. Recently however they started buying for me again, but only about 6 pieces to last for the two week gap between grocery days. xD

Just a random fact worth sharing.

Prize Cube Booty

賞金キューブ戦利品。（しょうきんきゅうぶせんりひん）Shoukin Kyuubu Senri-hin. trans. Prize Cube Booty.

Went to Eastwood for a little bit with Kai after attending Lev's birthday dinner at Gloria Maris Dimsum Express in Greenhills and lookie what we got for ourselves!

(>u<)b Double yayness for matching Solar Pigs! We named them Apollo and Klavier because it's just fun that way. Apollo's the boy and Klavier's the girl pig. xD Don't even ask why.

Sunday is Do Something Day

日曜日は何に日かです。（にちようびはなにのひかです）Nichiyoubi wa Nani No Hi ka desu. trans. Sunday is Do Something Day.

So yesterday was a lazy Sunday. And just after lunch my dad asked my sister and I if we were interested in helping him revamp the website of his union, since it was kind of bland and he wasn't all that tech-savvy. So we agreed, having nothing better to do and brought down our laptops to work in the dining table.

I was in charge of coding, while my sister was in charge of the graphics stuff. It was actually interesting that I never actually learned any of this stuff in school, but more of self-study, with some help of a book I got for Christmas two years ago. xDD

It took us the whole day, but it's up and running (thanks to an already existing domain xD). Not all the pages are full of anything, but otherwise there we go. Hopefully the higher-ups like it. xP It was nothing fancy nor complicated, mind you.

This made me remember all the time in my hands coding my own website in HTML before when I was in high school. Then I got lazy and didn't bother anymore. So at least with this, I finally put my seemingly wasteful hours of coding to work.

PICCA Festival Day 2

ＰＩＣＣＡ祭ー２日目。（ＰＩＣＣＡさいー２にちめ）PICCA-sai 2-nichi me. trans. PICCA Festival - Day 2.

So this weekend is the 4-day festival of PICCA, Philippine International Cartoons, Comics and Animation held at simultaneous locations. SM North Edsa plays the central role of housing exhibits, trade fairs and talks at The Block, The Annex and Sky Garden. Kai and I volunteered for the event and attended the first day together over at SM.

To give a brief recap of things yesterday (before going to the actual entry of today's events), it was simply this: WALKING WAS HELL! Considering that at present, SM City North Edsa is practically the biggest mall in the country, the distance between The Annex and The Block is quite a distance. And we had to go back and forth and back and forth quite a few times. @.@ Woooo. But otherwise it was fun. Sadly we didn't get our loot bags and shirts since we had to leave early.

ANYWAY, today!! Today I went alone to the Animation Talks over at my school (Ateneo). The reason I was alone was because it was raining hard in Marikina so Kai wasn't able to leave the house. D8 Wah.

I stayed there the whole day, even though I was debating to go to The Annex afterwards or sometime afterwards or whatever. The talks were actually quite diverse and very intriguing! The first talk of the day on Creation and Production of Japanese Animation (not necessarily anime) was given by Nomura Tatsutoshi from Japan. One of his trademark works is the TV series Stray Sheep, and he shared works of his co-workers of the studio CAGE, including Kunio Kato's Oscar winning short film La Maison en petits cubes. During his talk I was upstairs in the technician's booth assisting one of the point persons of Japan Foundation who handled the cuing the playing of the animators' works.

Nomura Tatsutoshi and me

After lunch the next speaker was Jeffrey Agala, creator and creative director of the upcoming game Shank who resides in Canada. He talked about animation in games. Immediately after him were two more Canadians; Trevor Bentley and Mauro Caselese, co-founders of Atomic Cartoons who talked about how to get into the animation industry.

Mauro Caselese, me and Trevor Bentley

Following them was Chinese delegate Liuyi Wang, who discussed how China supported its creative content industry and presented professional and student-made Chinese animations.

Me and Liuyi Wang

Wrapping up the talk were Ben Carandang and Ramon del Prado of Tuldok Animation Studios who gave a talk on independent animation studios, and talked about their own personal experience of establishing their non-stock non profit organization.

Two talents from Creativoices played hosts while promoting their own company of voice acting in between talks (whose names escape me because they're not listed in the souvenir program).

Liuyi Wang (left) and Nomura Tatsutoshi (Stray Sheep!)

Trevor Bentley

After the talks that ended at sometime past 4 o'clock, I managed to snag some autographs from Nomura Tatsutoshi, Liuyi Wang and Trevor Bentley, some pictures with the delegates (both above) and even got to give the Chinese delegates a quick tour of the university via car. 83

All in all it was a good day.

Sleeping Over

で眠っている。（でねむっている）De Nemutte Iru. trans. Sleeping Over.

So for these past few days Kai has been sleeping over at my house after the longest time; the first last Friday and the second last Monday. The former time was just because we felt like it (this entry if you're interested) while the latter was because of the downpour of rain after we attended a little PICCA Festival orientation at UP CFA. Since her area gets flooded easily we decided that it would be best not to force the issue of taking her home right away and she just stayed with me for the night.

My new bed meant more space (to roll around in) but yeah, no more need to squish into a single bed. like before. Haha.

And of course roleplaying is never flushed out of my system; plots end up floating around my head if they don't get posted onto the roleplay so it's best to lay them down flat to get rid of them bringing ideas into my head. Kai and I poke a lot of fun making them so it's always worth some laughs, unless it focused on drama or action so to speak. xP

A Day of Randomness

乱数の日。（らんすうのひ）Ransuu no Hi. trans. A Day of Randomness.

So there was supposedly a storm today up in the northern part of the country, and yeah it rained a decent amount but nothing too serious. ^^b Relatives came to visit Gramps and have dinner here in the house too. Sadly one of my cousins got drenched while coming over since he didn't have an umbrella. Ah well.

Sushi and Grell

寿司とグレル。（すしとぐれる）Sushi to Gureru. trans. Sushi and Grell.

So yesterday was an especially tiring day. I was out the whole day driving since Kai and I went to several places: Sakae Sushi in the Annex of SM North Edsa for lunch. Sushi conveyer belts from this time, we meet again! 8D There wasn't enough salmon sushi, boo hoo. ToT

After that, we went off to Medical City in Ortigas to visit her aunt who just gave birth. Traffic everywhere! @.@ Happily the right decision to pass C-5 rather than EDSA made things a bit easier and got us home much earlier than anticipated. So Kai slept the night and we finally took Grell out of his box and I took some pictures! 8D I took a lot more but I wanna share the ones that came out clear despite the close-up. Wheee~

First Figurine!

弟一の置物！（だいいちのおきもの！）Dai ichi no Okimono! trans. First Figurine!

SEMBREAK WE FINALLY MEET!!!!!

Just came back from Philo group orals~ AND! from WakuWaku!!

Kai and I went there last Tuesday and she was immediately smitten by the sight of a Grell Sutcliff figurine from, you guessed it, Kuroshitsuji. So we decided to shell out some cash to buy it, and I picked it up today! Heeee~

I FEEL SO GIDDY LIKE A LITTLE SCHOOL KID WHO JUST GOT A NEW TOY WTH. xDD

The Shinigami shall stay in his box for a while but lemme share some pictures anyway! Sadly my digicam ran out of battery before I realized it so I had to make do with using my webcam for the pictures.>

Break Time

休憩時間。（きゅうけいじかん）Kyoukei Jikan. trans. Break Time.

Migrated downstairs to the dining room to do some seriously serious academic work. The final requirement.

Taking a little break from finishing my Philosophy paper now, I'm enjoying some Swiss Miss with Marshmallows. Mmmmmmm~

Tea Time

お茶の時間。（おちゃのじかん）Ocha no Jikan. trans. Tea Time.

Today I decided not to worry about academics and spent the day relaxing. And away from my laptop. So I went downstairs and decided to try out some Earl Grey Green Tea. Just for kicks.

It had a subtle relaxing taste, but then again the taste was just.... plain. :\ Green tea is a mystery to me. Makes me want to go back to Bo's Coffee to have their Matcha Green Tea again.

Tidbit #8

珍味＃８。（ちんみ＃８）Chinmi #8. trans. Tidbit #8.

Today cousins came over to visit Gramps. What, you may ask was the interesting bit of this tale of mine? This quirk that came from my nephew Tristan. You see, he wanted to play Wii. So he asked my cousin Kooky to be his playmate, and asked me to turn on the console since Kooky claimed he didn't know how.

Now in the den where our Wii is, me and my siblings' graduation pictures are on display; my high school graduation picture and my siblings' college pictures.

Tristan: *spots my picture and points at it* Auntie Tricia's a girl!!

Kooky and I hear this, look at each other and we just laugh. xDDDDDDDDDDD

Yes, Tristan. I AM a girl. xP

Anniversary in 31 Days

３１日の周年記念。（３１にちのしゅうねんきねん）31-Nichi no Shuu-nen kinen. trans. Anniversary in 31 Days.

一年１１ヶ月。

ONE YEAR AND ELEVEN MONTHS.

たった一ヶ月は行って、それが私たちの記念日でしょう！私は待つことができない！

また引数の時間と多くがされている。。。

しかし、私たちは苦痛の日を通過するように見えることはできません。

何事もなかったかのように我々が交流する場合、それは、機能の絆は以前よりも強くなります。

Just a month to go and it'll be our anniversary!! I can't wait!

There have been a lot of arguments time and again...

But we just can't seem to go through a day of hurt.

So when we make up, it's like nothing happened, and our bond becomes stronger than ever.

Okay that's enough Japanese for me. xP Was caught up in using Google Translate for that. Hahaha. I dunno, I thought it'd be more... sincere? But I should really learn to speak more fluent Japanese if I want to go to Japan in the future. :3

So yeah, today marked the year and 11 month mark for me and Kai. So in 31 days, as the title states, it'll be our 2-year anniversary! We plan to go eat at a special place during that time as Singaporean brand: Sakae Sushi branch in SM North Edsa Annex.

ALL YOU CAN EAT SUSHI WE MUST!! DDDDD<

Here's a helpful link: Sakae Sushi: Conveyer Belt Sushi Hits Manila

Still Sick

まだ病気。（まだびょうき）Mada Byouki. trans. Still Sick.

Well, after a short nap and coming from school I can say that it has done nothing to help. Medicine was practically useless and I don't think it did me any good for my History finals earlier. I just hope I get a passing mark. *gloom*

Tomorrow's another no-school day for me since I don't have any more CS152 on my hands. So I want to use the time to rest..... and study useless slide sets for CS177 finals the following afternoon.

Guh, of all the times to get sick. =o=

Troubled with Sickness

病気に悩まさ。（びょうきになやまさ）Byouki ni Nayamasa. trans. Troubled with Sickness.

I got a bad cold since yesterday. At first I thought it was the usual morning cold that would go away by lunch time but as the day wore on yesterday it never left. At times I was even coughing and developed a sore throat.

I feel terrible. I've gotten some sleep and I'm kinda thankful there was no class today. But I've got History finals tomorrow and I'm not prepared. But I need rest too.

Ah the complications of life.

More Kuroshitsuji

詳細黒執事。（しょうさいくろしつじ）Shousai Kuroshitsuji. trans. More Black Butler.

So I found the time to continue watching Kuroshitsuji II now that it's ended. The original site I had bookmarked to watch the series failed me so I had to go hop around looking for other video streaming websites for it. So now I've resumed my watching.

Yei~

Life and Death Demo

生と死のデモ。（なまとしのでも）Nama to Shi no Demo. trans. Life and Death Demo.

So I thought I'd share a little home-made presentation for you all of my CS177 Graphics Programming final project. It's a demograph (sort of) entitled Life and Death. I believe I explained most everything in the video I took with my digicam (because CamStudio's audio doesn't work well with accompanying background music with the demo). I apologize for the bad quality. xP

Credits~

Programming was done using Visual C# and Microsoft XNA.

3D Models were done/exported from Google SketchUp and Blender.

Background music: 「紙か、悪魔か」trans. God or Demon from General Rouge no Gaisen Original Soundtrack

Concept inspired by Team Batista 2: General Rouge no Gaisen Japanese medical drama starring Nakamura Toru, Ito Atsushi and Nishijima Hidetoshi.

AVPM Abridged

ＡＶＰＭは要約。（ＡＶＰＭはようやく）AVPM wa Youyaku. trans. AVPM Abridged.

Yesterday while I was with Kai I was doing various voice impressions of characters from the Very Potter Musical like Draco, Umbridge and Snape. While she and her mom were taking me to Katipunan after dinner in Riverbanks (plus the fact that it was raining) she remarked that I could already do an abridged version of the musical.

Only difference to the concept though is that I do actual voice impressions of the characters rather than think up of a crazy new voice altogether. So when Kai and I have the time to sit down and think up a script, I'll have a dry run-through with it and share it with you guys to see how everything goes.

Film Festival

映画祭。（えいがさい）Eiga Sai. trans. Film Festival.

Having no class today I spent practically the whole day with Kai and attended their school's Bidyo Festival 2010 (Video Festival) that showcased about 20+ original short films produced by various groups from their Film Theories and Practice classes. I must say the span of genres they tackled were quite exciting and the outputs were just as well-versed and breath-taking. I was deeply impressed by their hard work; my hats off to these student film makers.

Congratulations to Kai's group that produced Hector for winning the Miriam Spirit Award! Went to the awarding ceremonies that evening with Kai and her mom. :3

From horror to romance to comedy and whatnot, it was a nice blend of laughter and bone-chilling moments. Truly was a privilege to have been a witness to the fruits of these seniors' labor.

In other news, before the day officially ends in Japan I want to take the opportunity to greet a Tenimyu actor a happy birthday today! Namely Seigaku 2nd and 3rd cast's Fuji Syuusuke, Aiba Hiroki! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Pokemon Diamond

ポケモンダイヤモンド。（ぽけもんだいやもんど）Pokemon Daiyamondo. trans. Pokemon Diamond.
So abandoning my Pokemon Platinum game because Kai and I couldn't trade or connect in the Union Room, I decided to start playing Pokemon Diamond. Progress was much faster and I'm quite happy with my training regime and the team that I have so far:

Shoryuu (Monferno)
Taito (Staravia)
Doori (Luxray)
Kyou (Floatzel)
Ryuuki (Roselia)
Eijitaro (Machamp)

My greatest achievement with this team is with Ryuuki is that I managed to evolve him from a Budew that needs a certain level of happiness before it can evolve along with leveling up. ^o^/ At present I'm on the way to Lake Acuity / Snowpoint City, so I should be training my Pokemon hard to get ready for capturing DIALGA.

Thankfully I was right in assuming that it was in the versions that we had problem with DS connections so Kai and I were able to trade two days ago to evolve her Kadabra into an Alakazam. Machoke, thou shall evolve in time!

EDIT: Went on a surprise visit to sick little Kai's place earlier this afternoon and evolved my Machoke into a Machamp! Wheeee~

Tidbit #7

珍味＃７。（ちんみ＃７）Chinmi #7. trans. Tidbit #7.

3 tidbit posts ago (Chinmi #4) I shared a magazine scan of Matsushita Yuya as Sebastian Micahelis for both of the Kuroshitsuji musicals. For that post I mentioned a few converstion I had with Kai and my blockmate TC about how he looked like me. Well recently I found another picture of him from the second musical on the Kuroshitsuji Wiki:

A rather similar exchange of conversation happened between Kai and I when I shower her this picture of him:

Kai: He looks a lot like you now

Kai: xDD

Kai: He be cosplaying you

Me: gaaah

Me: If my hair's that short then we can make a comparison

I have no defense against the glasses he's wearing, unfortunately. xP

So there, story of my life. I have officially found my twin in the world in the form of the famous Matsushita Yuya guy. xDD

Temporarily New Bed

一時的に新しいベッド。（いちじてきにあたらしいべっど）Ichijiteki ni Atarashii Beddo. trans. Temporarily New Bed.

So for a little while (I'm not sure) I inherited my grampa's therapeutic bed since my old was getting cramped and well, yeah. Outgrown it I should say. But I think I'll be having good nights of sleep with this new bed~

It's higher and when it's daytime I'll take a proper picture with my digicam to show you all. It'll help with my scoliosis a lot I reckon. ^o^v

New Layout

新しいレイアウト。（あたらしいれいあうと）Atarashii Reiauto. trans. New Layout.

For the longest time I've been convinced that red my favorite color but recently with all my things (particularly my gadgets), there was a dominating color of blue that was always visible. So then I figured, maybe blue was my new favorite color and I didn't notice it.

So here. I switched to a simple blue-themed layout for my blog. I'm quite happy with the space and finally cleaned up the widgets on the side too. I might stick with this for a little while. Hehe.

3 more weeks until semester break. ^o^/

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

ハリーポッターと死の秘宝。（はりいぽったあとしのひほう）Harii Pottaa to Shi no Hihou. trans. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

LESS THAN TWO MONTHS TO GO!

The first part of the epic finale of the Harry Potter movie franchise will be coming this November 19, 2010. And it's shaping up to be an awesome series of events. Above is the official trailer released by Warner Bros., and it's taught me one thing: READ THE BOOK AGAIN!!

There were quite a number of scenes I couldn't place and characters I couldn't figure out (at least Scrimgeour finally makes an appearance), so probably during this sembreak I'll read the book to refresh my memory a bit.

I don't want it to end yet! ;A;

Sunset Silhouette

日没のシルエット。（にちぼつのしるえっと）Nichibotsu no Shiruetto. trans. Sunset Silhouette.

So last Sunday I accompanied Kai to their film shooting in Angono, Rizal and helped out taking some pictures to document everything. Tinkering around with a DSLR is fun time and again. But even with that, I'm quite proud of my digicam for picking up this great picture that late afternoon during the sunset.

^_______________________^

Lastest Manga Chapter

最新の漫画の章。（さいしんおまんがのあきら）Saishin no Manga no Akira. trans. Latest Manga Chapter.

You may be asking: "Which Manga are we talking about here?"

The answer is simple: KUROSHITSUJI!!

Chapter 49 entitled That Butler, Eccentric was finally updated here earlier today, and it really shone a nice light on the past few exciting chapters!!

Wheeeeeeeeeeee

*happy flail*

Dream Live 7th

ドリームライブ　７ｔｈ。（どりむらいぶ７ｔｈ）Dorimu Raibu 7th. trans. Dream Live 7th.

FINALLY I HAVE A COPY OF MY OWN TO FANGIRL OVER!!!!

It took about 5 days or so to acquire but I'm really happy that I can finally watch this highly anticipated musical directed by Ueshima Yukio. I may not have been a fan from the very beginning back in 2003, but I quickly became one back in 2008 and brought myself up to speed with everything up until this epic concert.

The songs performed during the DL were stellar, and even though Ryuuki had a cold he still kicked ass! I really came to love most if not all the songs during the span of 7 years Tenimyu had been under Ueshima's care. It's hard to say you hate a song because in the long run it just sticks to your head quite randomly after hearing it enough times. A case in point would be songs like 'Kagayake, Motto', 'The Top', 'Shinogi wo Kezuru Monotachi yo', 'Koitsu wo Taoshitai', 'Closed Eye', 'Do Your Best' and well, EVERYTHING in the repertoire. xDD

And I must say, seeing Shoudai Seigaku Cast aka First Cast was just so awesome. Coming back to the stage, especially in the condition Yanagi was in was quite telling of how tight-knit these guys are. Sadly Abe couldn't make it but oh well. I'm even inclined to admit that they got better in their singing!!! 8DDDD That's always a welcome remark.

Let's not forget the special guest(s) for Senshuuraku in Yokohama! SHIROTA YUU!! It was awesome that he got to redeem himself by singing a beautiful acapella version of 'Yume wo Tsunage' that he bawled on back in Dream Live 3rd. Awww happiness. And of course there was our ever-favorite mangaka Konomi Takeshi who graced us with his presence and gave flowers to Ueshima-sensei as congratulations for everything. That was a nice moment for them. 8D

So all in all, DL7 really was a great experience. I'm hoping to see more of them in the future.

Visiting the Sick

訪問病気。（ほうもんびょうき）Houmon Byouki. trans. Visiting the Sick.

Quite obviously I haven't been able to blog these past few days. But again, I'd have to blame my busyness in school. So many requirements were needed last week I couldn't think of much decent things to blog about. *shrug*

Like last Sunday, my family and I are back visiting my grandfather here in the hospital. There's wi-fi around here so we took the opportunity of it and brought laptops along. Hahaha. Gramps is doing just fine. We're hoping he gets discharged sometime this week. That means I need to start getting up early for breakfast I guess. Hahaha.

Objection!

異議！（いぎ！）Igi! trans. Objection!

The five Ace Attorney games

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Justice For All

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations

Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney

Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth

Make no mistake, if there's anything that's made me quickly enjoy something, it's precisely this list above. I already had files of the first and fourth game but never came around to playing them until recently. I realized that I had been missing out on so much as I started to play.

On a personal note I was always fond of all things detective-related, so I was most eager when it came to the investigation part of the game. This is where my fascination for such anime franchise like Detective Conan and Tantei Gakuen Q (or Detective School Q) comes into foreplay. I quickly came to like a particular character; one Miles Edgeworth, so upon learning that there was a game where he would be the playable character I went and got that, instantly getting hooked for the reason that logic and deduction was brought forth much more than in other games of the same franchise.

8DDD

Kai and I are officially hooked; so much so that we've started doing a roleplay set in the Ace Attorney world.

Talking About Experiences

体感を語る。（たいかんをかたる）Taikan wo Kataru. trans. Talking About Experiences.

I've been planning to talk about this certain topic lately but never seemed to find the time to do so. And while I have time on my hands now, I wanted to share with you all about some experiences I gained from my 3 insertions for my Junior EngagEment Program, or JEEP.

I was one of the (lucky) few who chose a relatively new area to do the JEEP: Quezon City Hall. There were about 18 of us in total; 8 for the morning session and 10 for the afternoon session. Since we were required to finish 12 hours we would be doing 4-hours of 'work' in the span of three Fridays. And indeed it was a unique experience.

As it was the first time Ateneo and QC Hall would be collaborating for this program, there arose a couple of complications as to the assignment of departments and what basically we the students would be doing during our temporary stay with them.

The department I was assigned to was the Social Services Development Department, simply termed as SSDD. At first I wondered what it is they did exactly, and it wasn't until my first insertion did I find out. But that isn't what I wanted to dwell on. What I wanted to share were my experiences from these three sessions.

On the first day, there arose a couple of miscommunication problems in terms of the endorsement to the departments that would be taking us in. This took most of the morning and we (or at least I personally) got settled to our departments at around 10 in the morning; hardly any time for anything to be done. But on this day, I managed to sit in and listen to one of the social workers interview some clients asking for financial help in paying for hospital bills.

It intrigued me that our local government unit was handling all these concerns. I'm not that much of a patriotic kind of person so I never bothered to understand the government and what they were doing for the good of its citizens but this really made me admire all the work they do just to make things a little bit easier for everybody else. Something I also observed from the particular department I worked with was that majority of them were female in gender. It was quite empowering in a sense, and it made sense as to why all of those assigned to my department were girls and not boys.

On my second insertion I was listening to more interviews, but also put my computer skills to use by helping out a little with the encoding and such. During this time I spent the whole 4 hours as I didn't have classes to rush off to afterwards like I normally did. But again, not much was done beyond interviews.

My third and final insertion was the most eventful so to speak. Upon my arrival I offered my help to the lady manning the computers, and I was eventually requested to help out in the conference room. Apparently they were going to hold a meeting concerning the Memorandum of Agreement for the Funerary Home Owners/Managers within the district of Quezon City. After helping out in preparing the room for our valued guests, I was tasked to take attendance.

During this time I got to see a new side of the various superiors I worked under for those three Fridays. In a way, I found myself to have established a good-standing relationship by the middle of the conference. Granted, I would be bold to say that I may have become fine acquaintances with them all, despite the gap in age.

It was a shame that I was just getting into the job and getting closer with my co-workers when my time came to an end. That's the downside to having so little a time for these kinds of programs; just when you've managed to break in to your environment you have to leave because you've achieved the number of required hours.

It wasn't a waste of my time to spend 12 hours in this government office. It didn't really have that heavy air of politics so it made things much less taxing and uptight. The workers were quite accommodating, and even though they knew I was from a high-ended school they didn't treat me any different than they would anybody else.

All in all it was fruitful experience. Much more so because of my co-wokers and the clients I had the privilege of encountering.

Schoolwork and Whatnot

学業とその他もろもろ。（がくぎょうとそのたもろもろ）Gakugyou to sonota moromoro.trans. Schoolwork and whatnot.

New month, new concept. Now that it's September, I decided to change my titles back to English but still kept the Japanese translation at the start of every entry as I've done previously. Yei~

I apologize for being unable to blog about anything these past few days. I spent the weekend composing my part and compiling my group's Philosophy paper. I had to stay up until about 3 in the morning of Tuesday to read through everything, fix the footnotes and appendix that I had on hand and print the 51 pages of the paper. I ended up having to bother one of my other groupmates to print the appendix since it was full of pictures. I sure hope it was worth my staying up late. ~o~

The requirements are really starting to plummet down as October draws nearer. The end of the semester is coming in a month's time and I can already feel the heavy workload. Thankfully, I have my girlfriend to keep me overall happy and I can prioritize schoolwork whenever necessary. Yei~

If you may recall from a previous post of mine (Koneko to Gemu) I was playing Pokemon Platinum on my DS. Recently I've fished out a number of other games I've been wanting to try and I find myself hooked on Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney and Picross DS these days. Sadly I still haven't been able to defeat Cynthia the Pokemon Champion so that's kinda why I've put Platinum on hold. Plus I've started playing Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time. I sourly miss my Red Rescue Team for the GBA; I was already so far into the game I don't know where the cartridge went! DDDDD8

Oh if only I had all the time in the world I would play all day. *sigh*