Long time, No blog

Hello!

Geez. I wasn't able to update my blog almost a month. I've been very busy about "job hunting" stuffs. Luckily, I was hired in a certain company but I didn't accept it. Still, I have to look for the "perfect" one. If there were times I had nothing to do, waiting for a call interview, I just surf the net and watch animes or play some online games. I got lazy to post some stuffs on my blog and also, I got irritated since there is someone who copies some of my entries. Err, sooo annoying. Anyway, I don't have much time for that. It's just a waste.

I'm still on my job hunting. I have to earn. I have to study again (my chosen field). and I have to be succesful!

CLOSER by Inoue Joe (4th Opening song Naruto Shippuden)

What an AWESOME song! ftw! 

Lyrics: romaji and english 

Lyric was taken from Gendou.com


Romaji:
Mijika ni arumono
Tsune ni ki wo tsuketeinai to
Amari ni chikasugite
Miushinatteshimaisou

Anata ga saikin taiken shita
Shiawase wa ittai nan desuka
Megumaresugiteite
Omoidasenai kamo

Ima koto ni iru koto
Iki wo shiteiru koto
Tada sore dake no koto ga
Kiseki da to kizuku

Mijika ni arumono
Tsune ni ki wo tsuketeinai to
Amari ni chikasugite
Miushinatteshimaisou

You know the closer you get to something
The tougher it is to see it
And I'll never take it for granted
Let's go

Hito dasuke wo gizen to
Yobu yatsura mo iru kedo
Shinjiru no mo utagau no mo
Hito sorezore dakara

Tatoe karini sore ga
Gizen deatta toshitemo
Dareka wo sugueta nara
Sore mushiro nani yori mo riaru

Oitsuzuketekita yume
Akiramezuni susume yo nante
Kirei koto wo ieru hodo
Nani mo dekichainai kedo

Hitonigiri no yuuki wo mune ni
Ashita wo ikinuku tame ni
And I'll never take it for granted
Let's go

Mijika ni arumono
Tsune ni ki wo tsuketeinai to
Amari ni chikasugite
Miushinatteshimaisou

You know the closer you get to something
The tougher it is to see it
And I'll never take it for granted

Oitsuzuketekita yume
Akiramezuni susume yo nante
Kirei koto wo ieru hodo
Nani mo dekichainai kedo

Hitonigiri no yuuki wo mune ni
Ashita wo ikinuku tame ni
And I'll never take it for granted
Let's go


Translation:
You've gotta be extra careful with
The things that are close and dearest to you
You know the closer you get to something
The tougher it is to see it

Explain to me this happiness
That you just got to experience
Or maybe you're so blessed that
You can't even remember it all

That you are standing here with me
That you live and breathe and see and feel
They're all little miracles and wonder
Just by themselves.

You've gotta be extra careful with
The things that are close and dearest to you
You know the closer you get to something
The tougher it is to see it

You know the closer you get to something
The tougher it is to see it
And I'll never take it for granted
Let's go!

Even though there are those
Who call the act of mercy hypocrisy,
Because there are both
People who believe and people who doubt

Even if, for example,
That is hypocrisy,
If someone is salvageable,
That is always better than anything else.

It's fine to say "Never give up"
And "Keep on chasing your dreams"
But the more time you spend talking big
The less you get done with life

I'll let that handful of courage in my heart
Help me survive another day
And I'll never take it for granted
Let's go!

You've gotta be extra careful with
The things that are close and dearest to you
You know the closer you get to something
The tougher it is to see it

You know the closer you get to something
The tougher it is to see it
And I'll never take it for granted

It's fine to say "Never give up"
And "Keep on chasing your dreams"
But the more time you spend talking big
The less you get done with life

I'll let that handful of courage in my heart
Help me survive another day
And I'll never take it for granted
Let's go!

                                              Official Song

                                           Naruto (TV Size)







~ I thought of its lyrics, of course the english one.  I found it very evocative, in such a way telling ourselves to live with concern and take it as if we cherish it unconditionally.

Kimi ni Todoke season 2 is already out!

Yayy! I've watched the season 2! B-but still on episode 1. The content was like a "recap" about the previous episodes (but more on Kurumi). But it's not yet the beginning, anyway, it was lovely. I was really shocked when I knew that it was already on the internet. As what I expected, it turned out very fine. And I'm excited for episode 2. I love the opening song (Soufuu by Tomofumi Tanizawa) and the ending song (Kimi ni Todoke by MAY'S). Both had meaningful lyrics. Also, I searched for an updates, a-and yosh! I've read 3 new chapters of it. The story was extremely exciting as Sawako and Kazehaya had started to know each other deeply.

Anyway, you can watch the full episode on http://www.animecrazy.net/kimi-ni-todoke-season-2-episode-1/

or you can read its manga on http://www.mangareader.net/kimi-ni-todoke/53

Looking forward for the next episode!

My anime watch list this 2011!

Not all animes are my favorites. Starting this year, I’m going to watch just a few. Perhaps, if I could find a job later, I’m not loaded with animes. I just choose some of the “new” animes that will be release soon. Of course, I prefer to watch “shoujo”/ drama/ romance/ slice of life genre and as an Otaku, I have to be updated as always, so I will find time just to watch new animes (I’m gonna die if I didn’t view a single of it). Right now, I should download all of it right into my PC or I hope I could buy a copy.

Anyway, here are the “new” animes of 2011. You can see there are exact dates when will it be release. So, better keep yourself updated! Here are the list of Winter 2011 anime in Japan and it has 17 new titles. (OMG! I can’t wait for kimi ni todoke season 2! )

Title: Beelzebub
Starts: YTV, Sunday, January 9 at 7:00 a.m. Japan Standard Time (JST)
Genre: Supernatural, Action, Comedy

Summary:
Oga Tatsumi is a first year in Ishiyama High, the school for delinquents. One day while sleeping next to a river he sees a man floating down it, he pulls him to shore and the man splits in half revealing a baby boy. This boy is the son of the demon king and he has been chosen as the one to raise it with the baby's demon maid Hilda. The story follows his life with the child and at the delinquent

Title: Dragon Crisis
Starts: Chiba TV, Tuesday, January 11 at 1:30 a.m. JST
Genre: Fantasy

Summary:
A normal high school boy Kisaragi Ryuji's peaceful life is turned into an adventure by the return of his second cousin Eriko. Ryuji and Eriko seize a relic box from a black broker. In the box, they find a red dragon girl Rose. In order to protect Rose from the black organization, Ryuji decides to fight using his power as a relic handler.

Title: Freezing
Starts: AT-X, Saturday, January 8 at 9:30 a.m. JST
Genre: Action

Summary:
Set in a slightly futuristic world where Earth has been invaded and is at war with aliens from another dimension called the Nova, the story follows the adventures of a Japanese boy named Kazuya Aoi who enrolls for training at a special school for genetically modified girls called Pandoras who battle the aliens, and their male partners, called Limiters, who use a special power called "freezing" to limit their opponent's mobility. The protagonist makes the acquaintance of an unusual older girl named Bridgette L. Satellizer who appears to be the most powerful Pandora in her class, but has not yet chosen a male partner to be her Limiter, and in spite of the warnings of all his friends, he decides to be her Limiter.

Title: Kimi ni Todoke season 2
Starts: NTV, Wednesday, January 5 at 12:59 am JST
Genre: Comedy, Romance

Summary:
Kuronuma Sawako is completely misunderstood by her classmates. Her timid and sweet demeanor is often mistaken for malicious behavior. This is due to her resemblance to the ghost girl from "The Ring", which has led her peers to give her the nickname Sadako. Longing to make friends and live a normal life, she is naturally drawn to Kazehaya Shouta, the most popular guy in class, whose "100% refreshing" personality earns great admiration from Sawako.

Title: Cardfight!! Vanguard
Starts: TV Tokyo, Saturday, January 8 at 8:00 a.m. JST
Genre: Action, Tournament

Summary:
Based on the card game of the same name, a collaboration between Yu-Gi-Oh! R manga creator Akira Ito, the original Duel Masters technical advisor Satoshi Nakamura, and Bushiroad President Takaaki Kidani.  school.

           Title: GOSICK
Starts: TV Tokyo, Saturday, January 8 at 1:23 a.m. JST
Genre: Drama, Horror

Summary:
GOSICK takes place in 1924 in a small, made-up European country of Sauville. The story centers on Kazuya Kujo, the third son of a Japanese Imperial soldier, who is a transfer student to St. Marguerite Academy, where urban legends and horror stories are all the rage. There he meets Victorique, a mysterious yet beautiful and brilliant girl who never comes to class and spends her days reading the entire content of the library or solving mysteries that even detectives can't solve.

Title: Fractale
Starts: Fuji TV, Friday, January 14 at 12:45 a.m. JST
Genre: Fantasy

Summary:
The story takes place in an island, where a "FractaleFractale System" is beginning to collapse. One day, Crane finds an injured girl called Phryne under a cliff. She disappears leaving a pendant. Crane sets out for a journey with the girl-shaped avatar Nessa to look for Phryne and discovers the secret of the System.

 

Title: Hourou Musuko
Starts: Fuji TV, Friday, January 14 at 1:15 a.m. JST
Genre: Drama

Summary:
Shuicihi Nitori appears to be a shy and quiet preteen boy, when he transfers to a new school he quickly makes friends with the tomboyish Yoshino Takatsuki who sits next to him. It soon becomes apparent that both Shucihi and Yoshino are more than simply a sensitive boy and masculine girl, they both are transgendered. Together they decide to take the first steps toward becoming the people they want to be.

Title: Kore wa Zombie Desu Ka?
Starts: Tele-Tama, Tuesday, January 11 at 1:30 a.m. JST
Genre: Action, Magic

Summary:
Aikawa Ayumu is a normal high school boy. One day he is killed by a serial killer and revived as a zombie by a necromancer named Eucliwood Hellscythe. He starts to serve Eu as her guard but he happens to deprive the mahou shoujo Haruna of her magic power. Haruna orders Ayumu to fight against the anti-mahou shoujo system "Megalo" in her place.

Title: Infinite Stratos
Starts: TBS, Friday, January 7 at 1:25 a.m. JST
Genre: Sci-Fi/Mech

Summary:
Infinite Stratos (IS), a weaponized exoskeleton system, has become the dominant tool of warfare and conflict. Unfortunately for the men in society, only women are able to operate Infinite Stratos... with very few exceptions. One of those exceptions is ORIMURA Ichika, an orphan raised by his older sister who is herself a famous IS pilot. When his compatibility with IS is discovered after he accidentally touches an IS at the age of 15, he's given a scholarship and enrolled in a school that specializes in training IS pilots. Which of course means an... intersting life surrounded by girls for this shy, unassuming boy.

Title: Maho Shojo Madoka Magica
Starts: MBS, Friday, January 7 at 1:25 a.m. JST
Genre: Drama, Magic

Summary:
Madoka is a kind, friendly, but ordinary second-year middle school girl. She wonders aloud what she should do if she can grant whatever you may wish through magic.

Title: Level E
Starts: TV Tokyo, Tuesday, January 11 at 1:45 a.m. JST
Genre: Sci-Fi

Summary:
Tsutsui Yukitaka is a freshman who has finally convinced his parents that he is ready to live on his own. When he arrives at his new apartment, he is surprised to find that someone has arrived before him: a young man who claims that he is an alien and that he is suffering from amnesia.

 


Title: Oniichan no Koto Nanka Zenzen Suki Janain Daka ne--!!
Starts: TV Yokohama, Sunday, January 9 at 12:30 a.m. JST
Genre: Comedy, Romance

Summary:
Junior high school student Nao is determined to make her brother, high School student Shuusuke, see her as a woman. So determined is she that goes to his room to throw away all his non-incest related porn. But as she's looking for his porno stash, she finds a photo album...and she's not in any of his childhood pictures.

Title: Mitsudomoe Zoryochu
Starts: MBS, Sunday, January 9 at 2:58 a.m. JST
Genre: Comedy

Summary:
A sequel to the series Mitsudomoe, Zoryochu continues the adventures of teacher Satoshi Yabe (Yabe-cchi) and the troublesome Marui triplets: Futaba, Mitsuba, and Hitoha.

Title: Wolverine
Starts: Animax, Friday, January 7 at 10:00 p.m. JST
Genre:Action

Summary:
Second in the four-part Marvel Anime project, broadcasting after the Iron Man anime. Wolverine is a mutant possessing animal-keen senses, enhanced psychical capabilities, three retracting bone claws on each hand and a healing factor that allows him to recover from virtually any wound, disease or toxin at a accelerated rate.

Title: Yumekui Merry
Starts: TBS, Friday, January 7 at 1:55 a.m. JST

Genre: Drama, Magic

Summary:
Ten years ago Fujiwara noticed he had a power to see multicolored auras surrounding the person's body. Ever since then he's been having a weird dream about a war with cats. Then one day a mysterious girl falls on top of him...

Title: Rio - Rainbow Gate!
Starts: Tokyo MX, Tuesday January 4 at 11:00 p.m. JST
Genre: Comedy

Summary:
Based on Tecmo's Rio Super Carnival pachinko slot machine games. Rio is a popular casino dealer at the Howard Resort, an entertainment resort hotel where people from all over the world gather. She competes for the greatest honor among dealers — "Most Valuable Casino Dealer" (MVCD) — by collecting 13 legendary cards known as "Gates." "The Goddess of Winning" first appeared in 2003 in the Super Black Jack game franchise from the pachi-slo company Net, thanks to Net's collaboration with Tecmo (Dead or Alive) to create female characters. Rio's popularity led to several more games, including 2005's Rio Carnival, 2007's Rio Paradise, and 2009's Rio 2 -Cruising Vanadis-.

Geez... I wan't to watch it all b-but I'll just try to find time. New upcoming animes will be posted soon!

3 months ♥

January 4, 2010 – as time goes by, we tend to be much stronger. As we always keeping in touch, the more stronger our relationship works. It’s been 3 months already, there were umteen of ups and downs came to pass. Somehow, we were able to emend any predicaments had passed on our way. We’ve been 3 months together, and I know there are still “burdensome” situations waiting for us to trounce.

Just bear this on your mind without exception, “I LOVE YOU no matter what happens.” I will love you for keeps until the end of time. I won’t allow anything at all or anyone who will wreck our relationship coz I cherish this much. I’m still looking forward that we’ll see each other soon. I’ll wait for you.

Everyday I thank you, for all the things that we’ve shared. I’m always buttoned up whenever your’re there, however, if you’re not there, I feel deserted. I hope you know how much I miss you sometimes if you don’t giveme a call. I just want you to be there always for me. It’s not that I insist you, coz I need you. Baby, HAPPY MONTHSARY! I LOVE YOU MORE! I’m still counting the days…

Tomorrow is our special day! ♥

Tomorrow will be our 3rd Monthsary!

It's just I've never felt like this way before.

I know it's hard to expect anything but just in case, to prevent furthermore heartaches.

Right now, I'm just sooooooooo excited!!!

Dealing with stress by Francis J. Kong

"Are you stressed?

Do you know how to deal with stress? Is there someone in the work place you hate so much that person has become the very source of your stress? So how do you deal with it?

Someone came up with this idea. Now do not take this seriously. Picture yourself near a stream. Birds are chirping in the crisp, cool mountain air. Nothing can bother you here. No one knows this secret place. You are in total seclusion in that place called the “world”.

Water gently cascading from a little waterfall fills the air with soothing serenity. It trickles down into a clear pool, so clear you can easily make out the strangled expression on the face of the person whose head you are holding forcibly under the water.

There now, feel better?

Stress is caused by two opposing forces pulling against each other. We usually think of this as something negative, but some kinds of stress are actually essential for life. Take gravity for instance - it puts stress on your body, but you can’t live without it. You’ll never be able to eliminate all stress from your life. You wouldn’t want to. But you can reduce the intensity of stress and you can learn to manage it.

When a violinist tightens the strings on a violin, she applies stress on them. The strings are pulled in two directions. The capacity of a string to be stretched is called “tensile strength.” If the strings are weak, they break when stretched. But if the strings are strong, the violinist is able to produce beautiful music.

People are like that. When pulled in two different directions some people snap from the stress. Others, however, are able to handle the stress and use it to produce something beautiful. The difference is the spiritual strength of the individual.

How do you recharge spiritually when you’re feeling stressed?

1. PAUSE! Step back from your work for a moment. But instead of taking a coffee break, take a spiritual break. Take a deep breath, quiet yourself and focus on the fact that God is with you at the very moment. You’re not alone. God is ready to help you.

God says in Psalm 46:20, “Be quiet and still, and know that I am God.” (NCV)

2. PRAY! Prayer is a powerful stress-reliever that you can use any time of the day. It works best when you said aloud – but when your situation doesn’t allow that, you can talk to God through your thoughts. Tell him exactly how you feel. Of course, he already knows that. The relief comes from getting it off your chest. God won’t be shocked. He made you and he loves you.

“I pour out my problems to him; I tell him my troubles. When I am afraid, you, LORD, know the way out.” Psalm 142:2-3 (NCV)

3. PRIORITIZE! Pinpoint what’s really important and what isn’t. You can’t do everything, so clarifying your priorities is essential to reducing stress. Your work will be determined by pressures or by priorities. It’s your choice. If you don’t determine what’s important, others will decide it for you.

“There is a right time and a right way for everything.” Ecclesiastes 8:6 (NCV)

Some things will serve and some things will master, it depends which you allow.

And then in all things give Thanks. Fight fear with faith knowing that God would not allow you to go through anything you cannot bear.

You know you are stressed when you begin to look like your picture in your driver’s license.

Pray and put that smile back on your face."

~ His article enlightened me to the extent. After all, in our everyday lives have lots of stress and I agree to it. Though we may encounter it many times, we must deal with it wisely. Stress serves as a challenge to strengthen ourselves and to learn on what we have done. Those methods pertaining how to handle stress are absolutely true. We should put GOD first before anything else since He's the only one who can understand better regarding our concerns. GOD will guide us through our prayers, as we go on to deal with stress.

For me, as a student, has came upon it several times since stress is part or our lives. Just for instance, exams, requirements, trainings and so on, these are considered as stress. During exams, not all are confident enough to answer and others can't avoid to feel nervous especially if they don't have any idea or they forgot the exact answer considering our minds keep telling us, that we should pass the exam no matter what. Requirements also has the same way, just like when the deadline of submission is too close from the day we started and much worst is, it has lots of it, and at the end, we ended up with a mess. Sometimes, we have lack of sleeping hours or skipped a meal just to finish it all and then it may cause something bad in our health. Then, another stress will be added. So, all we need to do is to manage our time properly and as what Mr. Kong said, "prioritize" the most stressful one that is to reduce stress so far. Organizing of thoughts will be a great help since we can't make decisions if we're thinking a lot of things that only bother our minds and later, we start to panic. So, just take a deep breath and then crash out all the things that keep on bothering us. It is also based on the attitude of individual, if he or she isn't determined, he or she will end up nothing.

2011 BEGINS

Last night, we were all thrilled to welcome 2011. We had so much fun... we had exchanged presents, took some snapshots, hang around with my siblings, caught a glimpse of amazing sparklers, a-and munched lots of chow. Everybody was too bubbly since I could see their blissful expressions. All of us dressed in our newly procured garmets, and most importantly, we attended the New Year's Eve mass. Certainly, I give thanks for all the things that came to pass during the year 2010. I'll cherish all those reflective reminiscence whether it could be a dreadful one or not. It seemed to be happened in me to make a 'better' person.

 

New Year means "new beginning". All the ghastly stuffs that cropped in every lives have got to be recognized and provided us a "paradigm" to learn and to go on with life. As 2011 begins its voyage, my life's journey begins as well. It means I should start to coerce my chosen "path" in life; this is to reach my goal... to take FINE ARTS! I know there are a lot of trials coming on my way and doesn't matter what it takes, I'm still determined to follow my dreams. This year will be the "starting point" of everything. I know it's hard, but there's nothing impossible if I'm willing to take the risks. First, I have to look for a job since there will be lots of everyday expenditure in the future and this will be my first pace to attain my ambition.

 

In terms of love, this year will be the "start of something new". With my TRUE prince charming, life will be great. Both of us create a brand new start that makes our relationship more consequential and abundant. We should overlook our past experiences and perceive on what we 've got right now. Now, we are geared up to face together all the ordeals may come.


 

2011 bring it on!