On The Road, 向世界出發, is a Cantonese television travel series produced by TVB (Television Broadcasts Limited) in Hong Kong. The show is currently in its 3rd season. The meaning of the Chinese title is "Set off to the World." It gives a sense of the start of a journey to different parts of the global, experiencing different cultures and customs of different nations. It is well-known as it offers famous people lots of chances to "embrace" the world and reflect on their lives. Some of the places that the famous people have already went to are Cambodia, Brunei, Yunnan, Israel, Mauritius, Kyoto and Shanxi (from season 2). I have already watched several episodes from season 2 and 3. I don't think that I have finished season 1. When this series came out, I used to think that it's boring, since the MC (each MC goes to different place throughout the series) talks about how their view of different aspects of life used to be and how it has changed since their journey has begun. Mostly, they talks about their reflection of "life" and we don't need to have a lavish life in order to be happy, a simple life can be good as well. One day I coincidence caught attention of the show when TVB put the show back on air, I watch the entire episode. As I was watching it, I did some thinking of what the MC is talking out and relates it to my life. It was so meaningful; the show and what the MC said. From that time, I starts to think that this series is not bad at all, but it can be interesting. I would recommend this show to others, but it depends if he/she can understand what they are saying if they don't know the language, Cantonese. I think they sell season 2 on yesasia.com, but I think that they do not come with English subtitles.
I just found a good website that feature Maaya Sakamoto's latest CD Kazayomi: http://dic.nicovideo.jp/v/sm5805487
The website is in Japanese.
This one talks about the latest releases CD of Japanese artists:
http://il-iehr.net23.net/?cat=89&paged=5
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
The Clow Cards ~ Part I
What are Clow cards?
They are magical cards created by the half-English half-Chinese sorcerer named Clow Reed (a character created by CLAMP). The Clow cards were sealed within the Clow Book. Each card has its own personality and characteristics.
Below are the original Clow cards created by Clow Reed. I only put up the first eight cards, and later I will put up the next eight. All of the cards are listed in the order they are captured in the anime.
Did you know that you can use the Clow cards as Tarot cards? In the Clow Book, there are 52 Clow cards in total.
In eight of these cards, my favorite one is Windy, because Windy was the first to be introduced, and somehow, I love the winds. I think the element "wind" is nice and cool. Next, I like Fly cause the giant bird looks kind of cool, plus if this card is real in "real life", then I could use this card to fly around. Plus, I would use Windy to control the winds. In addition, I like the Watery due to its an elemental card which is stronger than the basic ones. I think the Watery is interesting as well along with its cool design. Rain is kind of cute.
They are magical cards created by the half-English half-Chinese sorcerer named Clow Reed (a character created by CLAMP). The Clow cards were sealed within the Clow Book. Each card has its own personality and characteristics.
Below are the original Clow cards created by Clow Reed. I only put up the first eight cards, and later I will put up the next eight. All of the cards are listed in the order they are captured in the anime.
Did you know that you can use the Clow cards as Tarot cards? In the Clow Book, there are 52 Clow cards in total.
In eight of these cards, my favorite one is Windy, because Windy was the first to be introduced, and somehow, I love the winds. I think the element "wind" is nice and cool. Next, I like Fly cause the giant bird looks kind of cool, plus if this card is real in "real life", then I could use this card to fly around. Plus, I would use Windy to control the winds. In addition, I like the Watery due to its an elemental card which is stronger than the basic ones. I think the Watery is interesting as well along with its cool design. Rain is kind of cute.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Happy Saint Patrick's Day!
...I woke up extra early today than the usual time that I wake up during times when there's no school. Maybe it's due to the noises from the parade and people shouting. For now, I'm still staying at home and doing nothing, I have caught up with at least 95% of my school work, except for 1 that I need my teacher help on. Maybe I should persuade my cousin to go out shopping with me, but lately she seems to love to stuck on the Internet watching anime more. I'm the same as her. Recently, I went back to watch Prince of Tennis, even through this series came out a few years ago, it is still funny and interesting.Have a nice spring break!
Monday, March 16, 2009
Daily Update
It's been a long time since the last post. Right now, I'm off from Spring Break and I don't have any plans to go anywhere. Today, I don't have to go to my night class, English 101. Last week, I didn't have to go either, because last week was that college's Spring Break. Today, there's no class because there's conferences regarding our Test 2 and current grades in that class. On my last test, which is Test 1, I got a perfect score (200/200). My teacher passed back Test 2 to me today. I got (210/225), and he said if he was to average both test together, then my percentage in that class would be around 96%, which I assume is an A (on the syllabus, 90-100 is an A). I will continue to work hard to earn A on my next test and final exam.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Random...
On this random post, I'm going to talk about Knightmare Frame from Code Geass (both R1 and R2).
What is a Knightmare Frame?
Humanoid war machines in the anime series Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion. In the series, they were developed by the Holy Britannian Empire. During the invasion of Japan (later renamed to Area 11 when the land was controlled by the Britannian Empire), Knightmare Frames are almost completely used in place of the outdated main battle tanks which we still use today. The name "Knightmare Frame" is a play on the word nightmare and a knight's mare.
My Favorite List:
Guren Nishiki (Crimson Lotus Type-02, or Guren Mk-II)
Lancelot (the Knightmare frame looks cool, but dislike the pilot: Suzaku)
The Okay List:
Vincent
Tristan
What is a Knightmare Frame?
Humanoid war machines in the anime series Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion. In the series, they were developed by the Holy Britannian Empire. During the invasion of Japan (later renamed to Area 11 when the land was controlled by the Britannian Empire), Knightmare Frames are almost completely used in place of the outdated main battle tanks which we still use today. The name "Knightmare Frame" is a play on the word nightmare and a knight's mare.
My Favorite List:
Guren Nishiki (Crimson Lotus Type-02, or Guren Mk-II)
Lancelot (the Knightmare frame looks cool, but dislike the pilot: Suzaku)
The Okay List:
Vincent
Tristan
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Puzzle パズル (2008)
I recently finished watching Puzzle [ パズル ], a J-Drama from 2008. The genre of this drama are mystery, and comedy. This drama have 10 episodes.
The synopsis of the drama was about a woman in her 30s named Misako Ayukawa who was an English teacher who teaches at a Private All-Boys School in Japan. Even through she is an English teacher, she has ironically poor English skills. Throughout the series, you can see that Ayukawa values: herself > students and money > love. In front of her students, she displays arrogance, but acts pleasantly around everyone else. All of the people would says, "You all are so lucky to have such a dedicated, wonderful teacher" to Ayukawa's 3 students. Ayukawa also have some nice points, she possesses a brilliant mind for solving puzzles. Whenever the possibility of rewards and treasure was involved, she gets motivated and ends up tackling various cases on the weekends along with 3 of her top students.
It's such a funny series. My favorite character from the series is the sensei, Ayukawa Misako (played by Ishihara Satomi). Ayukawa top 3 students are: Imamura Shinichi (played by Yamamoto Yusuke), Kanzaki Akira (played by Kimura Ryo), and Tsukamoto Yoshio (played by Nagayama Kento).
I would fully recommend this drama. Not only it's very funny, but interesting as well.
The synopsis of the drama was about a woman in her 30s named Misako Ayukawa who was an English teacher who teaches at a Private All-Boys School in Japan. Even through she is an English teacher, she has ironically poor English skills. Throughout the series, you can see that Ayukawa values: herself > students and money > love. In front of her students, she displays arrogance, but acts pleasantly around everyone else. All of the people would says, "You all are so lucky to have such a dedicated, wonderful teacher" to Ayukawa's 3 students. Ayukawa also have some nice points, she possesses a brilliant mind for solving puzzles. Whenever the possibility of rewards and treasure was involved, she gets motivated and ends up tackling various cases on the weekends along with 3 of her top students.
It's such a funny series. My favorite character from the series is the sensei, Ayukawa Misako (played by Ishihara Satomi). Ayukawa top 3 students are: Imamura Shinichi (played by Yamamoto Yusuke), Kanzaki Akira (played by Kimura Ryo), and Tsukamoto Yoshio (played by Nagayama Kento).
I would fully recommend this drama. Not only it's very funny, but interesting as well.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Random
During my spare time, I like to read manga, and watch anime. Sometimes, I would watch dramas, or TV shows. The movies/dramas/TV shows that I usually watch are either in Cantonese, and Japanese. I do watch some Korean movies, but not that much. I watch Cantonese movies/dramas the most, since I can understand the language fluently. I like watching Japanese movies/dramas because I like their language. It sounds so beautiful and...oh well, I just like their language and how they said it.
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