Haiku of the Day

Once I close my eyes
I can already feel tears
Running down my cheeks

Look at the mirror
I can't even recognize
myself anymore

..
no emo?
just felt slightly poetic for a split second

Beyblades

So throughout the past week the concept of beyblades kept popping up
like one time i went to a friend's house to watch TV and play video games and i realized: 'hey, YTV has a new beyblade series now...and ew the main character looks ugly D:' (and i wouldn't have known that on my own since i don't have cable ; _ ;)
so anyways,
it came up AGAIN when i visited another friend, and her little brother showed me his beyblades and i was liek: 'OMFG BEYBLADES I REMEMBER THOSE'
and then again when i went to pacific mall and saw a couple stores selling beyblades but feeling dejected after seeing how over priced they were ; _ ;
back in the day, beyblades WERE NOT $8 :/

so after so much beyblade-ness going around, i finally exploded and decided to dedicate a post to beyblades~
yey. :B
(and also becuase i haven't posted anything ina while so i thought my blog would feel lonely)

i remember the first time i bought a beyblade (er, the only time i bought a beyblade)
i was probably 7 or something and horribly obsessed with stereotypical shounen anime like Yu-gi-oh, Dragonball Z (the catalyst for my muscle-phobia), Metabots (awesomest show ever :D), Cardcaptor Sakura (shut up, it's good D<), and BEYBLADES
and then later on during the course of my life i started watching that shooting marble thing anime and Bakugan. but that's a different story.
so anyways,
i was all happeh and my beyblade was blue with a little white tiger sticker on it (i think i got Ray's beyblade) and it looked all cool and cheap and ghetto and plastic-y and bootleg but that's okay :D
so i got home and 'let it rip' in my toy wok (oh god how asian can i get? D:) and felt extremely disapointed after discovering it wouldn't actually spin continously for a couple hours like it did in the anime :/ i also found out beyblades can't really move on their own either
so i was sad.
even more so than when i saw people playing yu-gi-oh in real life for the first time and that it really wasn't as epic as i thought it would be
but now i think that i probably should've kept the 'obelisk the tormentor' i got with my shounen jump and sold it off at pac mall or something :/

now that i think about it, i don't know where my beyblade went.
and i also do not know where my toy wok is either :/
and after watching toy story 3 i have become deathly afraid that if i do not play with my toys they will become emo angsty angry evil homicidal maniacs.
oh snap.
actually i think i donated all my toys to charity.
so i guess my toys are either happy, or pissed :/
damn you pixar. scaring the shit out of me D:

well anyways,
if anyone stalking my blog feels like giving me a present
get me a beyblade :D
and if possible,
one that is as epic as the ones on TV
and i will be happy for the rest of my life :D

Japanese people and their eternal youth

It's pretty much universal fact, that asian people usually look younger then they're supposed to

well of course not ALL asians, but most :/

but there's a limit to HOW much your appearance can decieve us and take years off your actual age.

and this is where japanese people come in

now i'm not saying that all japanese people look freakishly young, but there are a few individuals i have to point out D:

this guy, Hongo Kanata

you might be thinking,

aww he's so cute :D (no pedo) what is he? 10?

NO WTH. HE'S FREAKING 20.

5 YEARS OLDER THAN ME.

and surprisingly 5 cm taller than me :/

and then another example would be...

Ryutaro Arimura, the vocalist of Plastic Tree

btw their songs are pretty good, especially Fukurou :D

...you'd think he's in his teens. MAX late twenties.

wtf he's 40 T_T

just kidding he's like 38. but i don't think that makes it any better >_>

so are japanese people like...

not human?

aliens?

magical people?

unicorns?

eat unicorns for breafast?

have mermaid organs in their skin cream?

actually USE skin cream?

have fountains of youth in their backyard?

texas chainsaw massacre?

putting other people's faces on their own faces?

whut?

well i guess japanese people have always been kinda magical

like you always hear about them

but you never actually see them

:/

the world is confusing

Shiokari Pass

And it's the first time, in a long time, i successfully read through a book for fun :DD
but it's sad really, i read so much manga i don't spend any time reading anymore T_T

Anyways,
Shiokari Pass is the English version of a Japanese bestseller by Ayako Miura
and like all japanese stuffs it has that sort of japanese-y style and it's pretty relaxing to read
it's wasn't boring enough for me to stop reading it entirely, but it wasn't interesting enough to pull my in and keep my eyes glued to the pages (of course, not until 3/4 into the book 8D)

It's about this dude named Nobuo and it takes place in the Meiji era?
it's when ppl still wear kimono's and stuff but some people wear western-styled clothing and there are trains. yeah.
It's like a biography that highlights the important events that go on in the protaginist's life
like events that bring a change in his character/ personality and change his outlook on life
and it's about christianity (yes joan 8D)
but honestly, this book gave me a better impression on christianity.
Since in this era in Japan, more people believed in Buddism and other asz religion and so most people looked down on christians heavily.
And at first, even the protagonist hated the religion but eventually became a strong follower
i have no idea how to review this damn book without giving away spoilers
so i'll just say this
READ THE BOOK

and kudos to Nobuo
for being so awesome

and if anyone finds another book by ayako miura, lend it to mee :DD

just a warning
the ending is sad
so sad that i could've cried
but there couldn't have been a better ending

the most beautiful boat i have ever seen

http://www.crunchyroll.com/pulse-55074/hey-thats-a-slick-speedboawhoa/#post

it's so beautiful
but it's 25 mil
and they already stopped selling it
T_T

and crunchyroll pulse has some pretty awesome stuff
everyone should make it part of their internet surfing routine :D

More on Sakuma Drops

i forgot to mention in my last post
sakuma drops
are
delicious
:DD
although i wish they sold more flavours in canada :/
since on j-box they have crazy shit like takoyaki flavored sakuma drops
j-box is amazing, no doubt :D

but the one thing that REALLY pisses me off about sakuma drops
is that
those tin containers are damn hard to open D:
i have to use a freaking screwdriver to pop off the lid T_T
so now if i want to eat sakuma drops outside, i'm going to have to carry around a screwdriver

..so now
i have a screwdriver in my hobopurse
cuz i'm just so cool like that
/facedesk

The sound of sakuma drop candies rattling around in their metal container makes me wanna cry

So if you've ever watched 'Grave of the Fireflies', you should know what the hell Sakuma Drops are :D
and like all Studio Ghilbli movies, this one is also directed at children.
it's basically about WWII in japan and specifically, how a boy and his little sister coped with the situation
it's not as fun and exciting as Spirted Away or Howl's Moving Castle but it's...thought-provoking?
i probably wouldn't have been able to finish the movie if i wasn't watching it with a friend >_>''
and my friend say it was pretty boring
but honestly, for me, it was too depressing to be boring T^T

but man, i must be a masochist for buying sakuma drops D:
when i rattle the tin can, i feel like crying
of course i don't actually cry but my eyes get a bit reddish >_>''
and i remember how depressing the movie was D:

but
i'm
actually
a sadist
and underneath a masochist
and under that a sadist again
but also a masochist
and a sadist
and a masochist
and a sadist
and a masochist
sadist
masochist
sadist
masochist
sadist
masochist
sadist
masochist
sadist
masochist
sadist
msoshciat
siasdt
masochist
sadist
masochist
sadist
masochist
sadist
...
and so on?

no but really,
imma sadist :DD