Auditory Sensation: Utada Hikaru 's This Is the One (2009)

Right now, I'm listening to Hikki's newest album, This Is the One. It has 12 tracks with two of them remixes of Come Back To Me, which is one of my favorites. I like Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence- FYI and This One (Crying Like A Child).


Tracks List:

01. On And On
02. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence - FYI
03. Apple And Cinnamon
04. Taking Back My Money
05. This One (Crying Like A Child)
06. Automatic Part II
07. Dirty Desire
08. Poppin'
09. Come Back To Me
10. Me Muero

Japanese Edition Bonus Tracks:

11. Come Back To Me (Seamus Haji & Paul Emanuel Radio Edit)
12. Come Back To Me (Quentin Harris Radio Edit)



I'm sooo liking this one or maybe I just missed Hikki and her anime OSTs.

The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love?

I cannot forget this anime because this is where my romance for mecha started. If I could remember, I watched it when I was about three from our Betamax unsubbed! Well... I don't understand a word they have said but what I love were the "airplanes". The more I fell for it when my mom urged me to play Macross in our family computer and finish the levels. She said she liked the theme song. Shao Fai Long indeed is an incurable disease! I can still hum it until now. Even dad remembers this anime. Weird...



Now this anime will have its 25 anniversary so I thought about watching it all over. (Men wore bell-bottoms and so are the men in animes. haha Talking about revolving fashion.)


"The film revolves three chief characters, Hikaru Ichijyo (a hot-shot pilot), coquettish pop-star Lynn Minmay and the Fortress' first mate Misa Hayase. This story is framed by a war between humans and the alien Zentradi over possession of the space fortress Macross, which harbors tens of thousands of human civilians from Macross City. Crew and civilians know Earth was attacked but do not know the fate of the humans on Earth. However, it is revealed that the all-male Zentradi are fighting a war against their female counterparts: the Meltlandi; both genders, bred for war, are eventually stricken by their contact with Protoculture (human culture), particularly due to music and love.




Do You Remember love? begins in media res with the SDF-Macross trying to evade the Zentradi at the edge of the solar system. The Space Fortress houses an entire city with tens of thousands of civilians who are cut off from Earth. During the latest assault, Valkrie pilot Ichijo Hikaru rescues pop idol Lynn Minmei. This fateful meeting leads to a relationship between the singer and her #1 fan.



The Zentradi, meanwhile discover the debilitating and disruptive effect music has on the rank and file troops. Troubled by this, they capture Minmei, her cousin Kaifun, Roy Fokker, Hikaru and Hayase Misa. During an attack by the Meltrandi, Misa and Hikaru escape only to fold accidentally to a desolate world that turns out to be the Earth. As the two officers walk the blasted landscape of the now-desolate Earth they become closer. They also discover an ancient city of the Protoculture where the mysterious origins of the alien giants is revealed.





As the two galactic armies converge on the Macross, the conflict threatens to obliterate what's left of humanity whose only hope lies a song discovered by Misa and sung by Minmei." ~ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_You_Remember_Love




Mecha and love story really goes perfectly together. So yes, I remember everything now, love. Happy Anniversary SDF Macross! *sings* "Shao fai long. Shao fai long. Yameru miyaku motomete kita otoko. EVIL SLAYERS, SLAYERS, SLAYERS!"

Naruto Shippuuden Manga Chapter 439-440 Summary

This is the part where I get tearful. Naruto finally met his dad! Just like Naruto, I don't know whether I will laugh nor cry.

So just as Naruto was about to release the 9th-tail seal...









Naruto gave a very nice greeting for Minato. Well, that's just right for him. I would also punch my dad if he left me with a Jinchuu sealed in my stomach!






Parents are sooo annoying when they are right. Lucky for Naruto to have one veeeerry kind and handsome dad. ^__^

Gundam 00 S2 Episode 21 The Door of Innovation

This the time for another Gundam 00 review. My fingers are already sweaty.

While Setsuna is still having remorse over his incident with Anew, Lockon had his gun pointed at him his back & made him quite uneasy. Good thing Lockon put his anger over the A-Laws instead. (That's the way it should be, honey! *mwah* Don't get angry, you have me!)




In the meanwhile, the Katharon are still scattered with Marina as refugees fleeing from the countryside. They are also hoping that Marina's song will reach poeple's hearts & stop these conflicts.



Also Nena Trinity is up with her phychotic meanderings again and killed the Wang siblings...



Bye bye Liu Mei. I never liked you.


But also unfortunate as Nena's fate since... (I am putting it into Almark Ribbons words) her "judgement is on the way". Louise Halevy happened to be assigned in this mission and spotted the same Gundam Thrown (Zwei) that killed her parents. The Thrown was crushed just like crab pincing a matchstick. Poor Nena. Her brothers are still not avenged. (What comes around goes around, my dear.)




Louise was able to get her revenge though she still seeks out the approval of her dead parents. I guess she is still hurting. I tell you, Louise, revenge is never enough.


In another scene, Mr. Bushido and Setsu were in a match fighting for who will be the best pilot for GN-0000. as Ribbons really has a thing for Setsu's Gundam. They activated their Trans-Am modes and then collided to find again in the Gundam 00's quanta...



And to the surprise, Setsuna F. Seiei is turning into an Innovator!


Now that leads me to the question, is this part of Aeolia Schehernberg's plan? Did he already know this was coming? Or is it the constant fighting that led Setsu to transform?

*sigh* The next few episodes will be worth skipping classes for! Or guys... *ehem*

*bonus*
Here is a picture of the Gundam 00 babes...

I want to have Lee Sumeragi's job! *huhuhu*

What would I do if my parents were Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie?

I was watching the Oscars last week and I was awestruck by the stars. They were twinkling with their glamorous designer clothes, gathered up in one event and made a picturesque galaxy. But the most shining of all the stars there are twin stars--Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie. Well they are not really twins but they are just as shining bright as each other & one cannot be as without each other.

So I was thinking, what if my parents were Brad and Angelina. I mean real biological parents. Now they are having many kids, I think five or so, what if I was one of them?

Maybe I will be chased by the paparazzi all the time or maybe my pictorial will be worth millions to be in a magazine. Now of course my parents will be suing tabloids if these writers will write fictitious stories and those who will invade our privacy. Mommy & daddy would not probably care about too much attention but it would be awkward for me as I do not like to be in the spotlight. I would just lock myself in my room in our Beverly Hills mansion then play the latest PC games in a high-end computer. Mommy would not be there getting angry with me not doing my homework but a lot of tutors & helpers will be watching & reporting. Family day in school will be very great! It would be in a private school, of course & I would be proud to show off Mr. Legends of the Fall and Mrs. Tomb Raider!

It would probably be a spoon-fed life but I know that mommy & daddy would teach me virtues since they have always been active in giving aides to other countries. I would be very lucky to have adopted brothers & sisters from different cultures. Going to sleep with them will always be amusing.

I heard that Brangelina are a sweet couple but not lovey-dovey & I like that. It is good to see your parents loving not through but real action. What kind of action? We will just leave it to them.

Now what would happen when they will divorce? Well… sorry, mommy. I am a daddy’s girl. I will go with daddy Brad. (Weee!) As he confessed to Oprah that he prefers girls. I imagine my parents fighting then it will come up like a scene in Mr. & Mrs. Smith where they starred at. Bullets & knives will be on air, punching holes through the walls and the make out sex will be great! Now that will be exaggerating but that would be the coolest think in the world.

My imagination is still working great. I am sure that as of this moment, the parents-wannabe of my imagination are still as shiny as ever not knowing I wrote a blog about them.

Gizmodo.com: DVR/BitTorrent Combo BlobBox Appears, Pirates and Studio Execs Shudder

One of Chen's deepest, darkest fantasies is a set-top box that records shows and pulls in torrents at the same time. Italian hardware firm Telsey and software maker TVBlob just made it—the BlobBox—a reality.

It's not exactly a TiVo, and it's only capable of storing over-the-air TV (and in its current form, just European digital broadcasting protocols), but the BlobBox from Telsey and TVBlob has an impressive list of talents stashed in a single plastic case:

• BitTorrent searching and downloading (plus downloading via HTTP and FTP)
• YouTube playback and uploading
• Miro for podcast management
• DVB-T over-the-air dual tuner, for watching and recording at same time
• Support for DivX, Xvid, WMV, MP4, MOV, ASF and (soon) MKV
• Web browsing
• Access to Flickr and other photo sites for viewing
• UPnP and USB connectivity for accessing content on other devices
• HDMI output for true 1080p viewing

It's only got a 160GB hard drive, and not only does it just work on European DVB-T broadcasts, but it doesn't have anything like a CableCard either, and given the fact that the company is based in Italy with few or no US distribution, there's probably no plan for that either.

Bummers aside, the fact is, Telsey and TVBlob are taking us one step closer to Chen's dream, and we certainly admire anyone with the guts (and the stomach) to help Chen realize his fantasies. [PRWeb, TVBlob and Telsey via Engadget]

~By Wilson Rothman, 7:00 PM on Mon Mar 2 2009

Gundam 00 Main Characters Seiyuu

The Gundam mania continues. As I was just surfing the web, I've found the meisters "seiyuu"s or dubbers.

Setsuna's seiyuu is kinda cute. He also voices as Light Yagami in Death Note.

Lockon's dubber also voices Allen Schezar in Escaflowne.

Allelujiah's seiyuu voices Yoshimori in Kekkaishi.

Tiera's dubber is already 34 years old but he did Honey & Clover's Yuuta.

Gohatto (Taboo; 1999 )

This movie really hooked me up to the very last end. I was stuck on it like glue. I thought it was just another samurai film but it was more than I thought it should. It shows what it was in a life of a Shinsen-gumi samurai, the mastery, the art, the bushido--everything, although there is some oddity in it. It is just so hard to imagine, or maybe I was not used to it, that no matter how masculine those samurais are, they would still fall and kill for a female-looking guy!




This is really an exceptional film. With a hot samurai, real-looking intense fighting scenes and a unique love story, I am giving it a 9.5/10. I am not recommending it for homophobes because they might find this very disturbing.




I like the character Kano. He is a beautiful samurai. Beautiful meaning a perfect samurai, well--almost. I love a cold, heartless and beautiful samurai with no hesitations to kill which is exactly what Kano is. He also reminds me of Sojiro Seta (also my favorite) from Samurai X who smiles like the warmth of the sun outside but a cold bloody heartless killer in the inside.



Man, I love those looong tied locks. Ryuhei Matsuda's tempting me. (Congratulations for his wedding and for his upcoming baby. ^__^)