Khursten Santos

2011 in summary

2011-12-30T14:22:52Z

Funny how the first song I heard from her this year and this entire album just summed up the craziness of this year.

2012. I promise it will be better.

This entry was originally posted at khursten's dreamwidth.

This is an obligatory HOLIDAY HAS COME POST!

2011-12-22T02:02:30Z

Hooooooliday~~!! Hoooooooliday~~!

Who cares if the holiday sucks when my PC got busted and my car won't move!

It's all about the GOOD SLEEP. The all ever beautiful uninterrupted sleep which I am hoping to achieve this week. It's about waking up late, walking down for breakfast, reading and taking notes on academic books you have to catch up on, the guiltless dinners, the mystery novel, and the lovely quiet and happy times with my kitty! X3 Oh yiss.

Aaaand... maybe some play times with Big Boss and having a drink when my throat is parched. Aaah~ the holidays! *A*) HOOOOOLIDAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!

There's also a stack of Oishinbo manga waiting to be read! -w-) And nefarious plans of cooking them by next year! Oh god... SO MANY BLOODY MANGA TO READ! >w<) Yes. I'm having the excitement jiggle. <3

There's a paper that definitely needs to be written and with my first week of January being dangerously hectic I... Oh who cares~ the holidays are coming~ I'm 30 words in! Or theoretically in.

I'm actually not feeling Christmassy per se. Truth is, I'm being scroogey of sorts. But I do love my holidays when holidays are not a lie. :3 And this holiday ain't no lie. When you have 7 day workdays of nothing but logistical madness and deskburn... oh yess.

I can't wait for next year to start and finish. It will be my most exciting year yet. BRING IT ON QUEEN BEE!!

p.s. Sorry if this doesn't make sense. My happiness for this coming holiday. <3

This entry was originally posted at khursten's dreamwidth.

When I say Ho. You say Ho ho.

2011-11-17T03:43:34Z

My boss is not here. But that doesn't mean I should be lollygagging. Well I am. Just for today.

Anyway, I saw Yuecchi and Rotch post theirs so it's that time of the year. I have been getting complaints that for those who sent postcards, they don't get their postcards, so please Fill up this contact data sheet! And I might send some Ho-ho cheers or something weird.

I've been eating healthy thanks to my common law husband, as defined by Mr. Giron. Oh heck, we hardly stay by the table together but I appreciate that I get to cook and experiment with food and we get to have it for our lunches and bento. I made pumpkin soup for the first time, with really fluffy chicken meatballs. The meatballs were awesome but there's still room for improvement in that soup. I also made cabbage rolls and it was AWEEESOME~! I think I'll be keeping that recipe for now. Since I go home to the flat on Mondays, roomie is in charge of my lunch for Monday. I said "Yabai, it's like playing a batsu game. I don't know if I'll get something really spicy or something really bland." XDD

Ah, another reason why I posted is... yiss, it's that time of the year. Apparently I've been doing this for five years and has been all right with some of them.

Step One
- Make a post (public, friendslocked,filtered...whatever you're comfortable with) to your LJ. The postshould contain your list of 10 holiday wishes. The wishes can beanything at all, from simple and fun ("I'd love a Snape/Hermione iconthat's just for me") to medium ("I wish for _____ on DVD") to reallybig ("All I want for Christmas is a new car/computer/house/TV.") Theimportant thing is, make sure these wishes are things you really, trulywant.

- If you wish for real possible things, make sure youinclude some sort of contact info in your post, whether it's youraddress or just your email address where Santa (or one of his elves)could get in touch with you.

- Also, make sure you post someversion of these guidelines in your LJ, or link to this post (it'll bepublic) so that the holiday joy will spread.

Step Two
-Surf around your friendslist (or friendsfriends, or just randomjournals) to see who has posted their list. And now here's theimportant part:

- If you see a wish you can grant, and it's inyour heart to do so, make someone's wish come true. Sometimes someone'strash is another's treasure, and if you have a leather jacket you don'twant or a gift certificate you won't use--or even know where you couldget someone's dream purebred Basset Hound for free--do it.

Youneedn't spend money on these wishes unless you want to. The point isn'tto put people out, it's to provide everyone a chance to be someoneelse's holiday elf--to spread the joy. Gifts can be made anonymously ornot--it's your call.

There are no rules with this project, noguarantees, and no strings attached. Just...wish, and it might cometrue. Give, and you might receive. And you'll have the joy of knowingyou made someone's holiday special.

The list contains items I'm quite sure you guys will never afford, but a wishlist is a wishlist. <3

1. A new laptop
I feel like I lost an arm and a leg when Dino died. ;_; So, I want to get a new one. This is one of my missions next year.

2. HDMI LCD monitor/TV
It's not just about seeing Snakey-wakey's HD butt, but yeah, I've been wanting to get one to save on CRT energy costs at home. Since I like watching on the PC, you can imagine the savings on an LCD.

3. Fully booked gift certificate
Yiss. For books. Actually for manga. <3

4. Manga
I honestly feel that my manga wishes get fulfilled quite wholeheartedly. <3 But I do want things to read. Actually, for this holiday season I still want the gift of shoujo manga. I CAN NEVER HAVE ENOUGH OF SHOUJO MANGA. -w-) Again, I don't need the hard copies itself. Suggesting a title is enough. I also accept BL titles and seinen titles. *fufu* Having it with mystery or ULTRA CHEEZY SICKENINGLY SWEET I WILL HATE THIS SHOUJO FOREVER is acceptable.

5. Stuff from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction
Other than Layton, I pass my time in the flat reading detective stuff. I really find these things cool so if you have a suggestion for a title, just ping away. I'm really hooked into Agatha Christie right now. I want to try John Dickson Carr and others. If you guys know books or other authors for this age, gimme! Suggesting a title is a gift in itself. If there is a manga I want right now though it's the Dame BL Anthology. <3

6. Metal Gear Solid Collection HD for the PS3
Never enough Snake. <3

7. Dinner
Take me to a place where I haven't eaten or I'm bound to enjoy!

8. Kikay stuff
I have been making efforts in the last year to better my hygiene regimen. So far, my hair has stopped thinning out and my skin is getting better. Sort of. Either way, if you want me to try some things: moisturizers, soap, shampoo, blush on, lipstick, go ahead and throw it my way. I'm willing to experiment! I even accept samples! :D

9. Postcards!
I love 'em postcards. It doesn't have to be Christmas postcards, but postcards are pretty.

10. Yotsuba Summer edition or the Kaiji figma set or the DMC Krauser II Revoltech. :3
What an odd choice but I love all three and while I'm getting Layton already, I want these 3 in my life! <3

To be honest, I feel bad posting this kind of thing this year. I don't want to get another comment from a friend of sorts saying that I'm using them to get my wants. I feel bad that that person would have such an opinion of me when this wishlist is really more of wishing and at the same time, in the spirit of the holidays, an act of giving.

Looking at this list, it is in generosity that you try to return what you can and given my financial situation, I can't give a lot, but I give what I can if you have this list. So if you post this in your flist and you choose to give me an expensive gift, do know that I can't try to match the price of your gift and you might want to reconsider giving me pricey stuff if you want your pricey stuff to be given as well. A wish list is a wish list and we can all wish for what we want and hope that someone's kindness over the holidays could share the love in return. I will always take that anyone who might consider getting me something expensive is really just being generous.

This entry was originally posted at khursten's dreamwidth.

Political Involvement among Filipino Students

2011-10-26T02:30:36Z

Just a quick one!

keycchou is doing a survey on Filipino political involvement among students. Whether you have or none, whether you were a student once, whether you are 40 and is still a student, then please, do answer and spread the word among Filipino friends about.

ANSWER THE SURVEY HERE!

Okay. Not so quick one as a lot of things have happened in just a span of two weeks. Maybe I should have a teaser for what I could possibly write if I don't have to juggle flights in our office. ALSO. I HAVE PICTURES. :D

- Went to New York and was not caught as a peverted little girl (although erinf asked me if I was willing to give away BL for a ride in the Kinton cloud... I said no.)
- Presented in the International Comic Arts Forum in Vermont. It was received well and with strong good criticisms from caseybrienza. So much so that I have a paper due for mangacast and John Lent. Yes. Ed Chavez and John Lent. Both are awesome people in manga and comics it's just one has grayer hair and the other I MET. orz. It was a VERY TIRING trip though. I also didn't die crossing a highway. At that point, I also wanted to kill TORmentor.
- I did not rub myself silly over my master, mangacast, when we met in the US. I had great restraint but I did wish I got some manga power from him. At most, I believe, I was thinking about cute little grey cats wibbling around when we parted. :D That's always a start of something amazing.
- Ate lots, enjoyed lots. NEW YORK WAS AWESOME SO WHY DID I ONLY SEE YOU FOR A DAY, NEW YORK!?! WHY!?!
- I saw Shaolin and Kung Fu and Communist Dancing in Shanghai
- My laptop, Dino, is officially dead. I and the Romario in my head are urging for a resurrection of our master but we are penniless and also calling it Cavallone 2.0 sounded funny in my head. But yes, my laptop is dead. :< On occassion he gets out of his coma, but yeah, work files. :< All there. :< I'm thinking of getting one but... :<
- I have a new toy. His name is Big Boss. He only works in 110 and he needs an HD TV/monitor fast. It's a gift from Supi for all his nakama to enjoy. So far, I've gotten a fever from playing Katamari Forever. -A-)
- I have also been living near my office. I love walking to work. I also hate walking to work because I see my priest boss buying coffee at the new place and sometimes I wonder if he keeps track if I'm late or not. orz.
- I miss my cat terribly.

This entry was originally posted at khursten's dreamwidth.

So who's the permed boy that never grew old? <3

2011-10-10T00:31:44Z

Happy Birthday Gin-chan~~~!!

Oh yiss... I don't forget. -w-)v And how awesome that Gintama's actually being shown today as well! Will they have a birthday special for Gintoki? <3

This entry was originally posted at khursten's dreamwidth.

Self-reflexion

2011-08-28T11:36:52Z

I call last week my "recuperation week" where I just charge myself with all the energy I spent on our event and a couple of sleepless nights thanks to my baito. It was another week of talking with strangers who had a lot of amazing things to share with me.

In my SA class, we saw this film called "Marwencol" which tackled a bit of issue of self-reflexion, a very Jesuit thing to teach (my teacher is a Jesuit after all) and something some people around me have forgotten. The act of reflecting

Susanna, our fellow from Malaysia, spent an afternoon talking about this thing called "Flow" from this guy whose name I can't exactly pronounce. It's an interesting concept where your skill set matches your challenges and you achieve this certain flow, that "in the zone" moment where you're just working your ass to get things right. The end product is this sense of joy in having achieved something. Susanna even shared that you can "level up" when you have achieved this "flow." Wikipedia says a lot about what Susanna shared with me but there were other things she shared that I was personally moved by. And while she was particularly eager about it, and I thought to myself that it was quite an interesting concept, I told her if there was an instance of a negative flow. Say, sure, you invest yourself in your activity to a degree that it consumes your entire being and it helps you develop as a person. But what if it's stuck in the same peg? What if the challenge only means consuming more of the same thing? What if other skills are not developed?

She had to stop and think a while and had to see my point. I shared with her some observations I've had of some people and I asked to what degree then could this flow be positive? If one is so capsized by building robots and gundams to a degree that he loses all social relations, is that still good? In a psychological sense, the flow is a good psychological state but at the same time, it can also be a mildly destructive social state. To master one state is great, but what about losing other skill sets? Yes you can build gundams but to survive in this world, you can't just be good at painting and cutting plastic. I love psychology but as someone steeped in the social sciences and history, I can say for a fact that people can't just survive on this flow alone.

It was a healthy poignant moment and it was a fun discussion in the end. At the same time, apparently, she and I have been reading Leo Babauta as of late. I only crossed him via his website, Zenhabits.net which currently features an amazing story on the tragedy of missing out. She crossed him via a book that was given to her during her cancer surgery. Now this guy is amazing and I suggest you guys give him a read for things that you have to reflect on in your life. He's not exactly a self-help person. But when I read his blog entries, I'm just reminded of things that I should be thinking of. While I get a couple of lessons from tumblr, his site is something worth clicking on some days.

My teacher also shared this interesting perspective on the youth. And while my teacher remains hopeful for our future, I... I would like to think that there are some amazing kids out there but I wouldn't bet my bucks on some.

Another thing that I crossed and had wanted to share was the story of Samantha Sotto. She is a Filipina housewife who drafted this story in frustration over a novel and ended up becoming published by Random House. I know I have a lot of friends in this flist who have longed to get their stories published. I know I have lots of friends in this flist who dream of becoming writers for their genre. Looking at Samantha Sotto, I think it can be done. With the internet, it's already a lame excuse that you can never get published. Here's a lady who managed to do it because she invested every little energy she had to get her story out. She's not a literary person. Just a reader like many of you who has a story to tell. If you think Philippine Publishing won't get you, then you don't have to stop here. There are many publishers abroad who would have an audience for your story. The question now is if you really have THAT story to tell or are all those talks of dreams being published just... all talk. It's frustrating to see dreams getting stunted just because you think there's just nobody out there who would buy your story. Until you meet an editor, then it's not your call that it won't get published. I say, if one person in your life like the story that you've written, then maybe... just maybe, you have a shot in going for the big guns. This housewife did it. I believe, you writers in my flist, can do it too. Give this story a read and if it really was your dream to be a writer, then you can take after Samantha Sotto.

I also managed to spend time with some of our fellows who had a lot more to share. I even got some turmeric from Malaysia and some keychains... it was just crazy.

I realized that no matter how much my mother grates on how my work is not exactly teaching, I cannot disagree more that my work allows me to connect and learn from a lot of people of great influence in their field. Right now, I have great academic connections in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Japan. If I can speak Thai, then possibly, I might have some connections with Thailand as well. But it's been great so far. I'm not exactly sure if I am completely happy. There are still things hanging and dangling in my life that refuses to take a step forward to fix things but in aspect of fulfillment at work, I say, I think I'm quite pleased with what I'm doing.

This entry was originally posted at khursten's dreamwidth.

Hello. How are you. Do you like me? I see you. I want you. Come dance with me.

2011-08-22T00:06:04Z

Oh Fabio~~ your song always cheers me up.

My phrase for the last two weekends is "There is no holiday." I spent a weekend in a hotel, ate buffets and lavish dinners (WAGYUU AND PEKING DUCK!!!), and went to Tagaytay but it was all for work. It was fun work but was very exhausting. VERY exhausting. Lady boss and I were sleeping in the car and according to Karl, I've been grinding my teeth at night and was stress snoring. ;_;

The week after, there was more work (it never stops!) and since play season is coming, I spend nights fixing and retouching people's faces again. A-ha-ha.

While I enjoy doing design work, I realize that I don't like doing design work who have no sense on what I should design. If it were for a personal project, I'd have an idea, but these folks are running in circles. Although, the guy I'm working for now has clearer direction, it's still frustrating when you hit a bit of a slump.

That said, there were fun things and there were good things that happened this week.

* Went to the Manga Realities exhibit opening and spoke with the curator and the designer of the exhibit. ANYBODY LIVING IN MANILA: VISIT THE MANGA REALITIES EXHIBIT!! I visited it again last friday with Yuecchi and it was fun with lesser people around!
* Cooked some awesome food from Kinou Nani Tabeta
* Cooked awesome pasta lunch with the Sugawaras and the Marcis

It's been a while since I cooked for people and I was totally touched with Sugawara-mama suggested that I should just open a restaurant with how well I cooked my food. It was really just simple food with the freshest ingredients that didn't take me a long while to prepare... but still, that was nice to hear.

While I love what I do, being a cook seems like this looming profession over my head. It's like everyone, from my mom to family and friends, have been talking to me about opening my own restaurant. I'm not "that" great a cook and I must confess that I'm no Heston Blumenthal genius but given a bit of practice, resources, and time, I'd probably end up whipping some fantastic things from my kitchen.

Although really, at the end of the day, I enjoy cooking for people I love and who has a good taste on what's good to eat. I'm not sure if I can see myself working in a sweaty restaurant kitchen all day, but I can see myself cooking in a home kitchen and serving some food to a family. Maybe my family.

I dunno if it's the fever talking but lol, I wonder if I'm at that age of settling down. ^^;; But first, a conference, a PhD, and a husband!

I also realized that my ability to schmooze has leveled up. I didn't think I would be able to talk to the designer and the curator of Manga Realities but according to those who saw, I was in schmoozing central. Perhaps it was because I was in a comfortable place where I can say "Hi, I'm a scholar focused on manga" without feeling the shame of my medium. I've gone through conferences where I can feel people judging me for focusing on such a thing but... yeah... It's nice to open up and let loose on your study once in a while. Also, I shook hands with people from JICC and director of JFMO. What a surreal experience.

This entry was originally posted at khursten's dreamwidth.

TWO WORDS

2011-08-10T15:08:12Z

WORK EVENT.

Since I can't publicly mention my office's name, my office is having an event and it's BLOODY HECTIC. Bloody fun but hectic. My boss even had to remind me "Khursten, are you really staying for a year?" I'm like "yes."

ANYHUUUUU--!! PIMPOLOGY!

! PLEASE ANSWER MY SURVEY ON READERS OF ENGLISH SCANLATIONS
pimp it to your friends as well. To all your bloody friends! I need respondents from all over the globe! Literally. Truth is, for this to be meaningful, I need a thousand respondents. But to save my brain, 500 will do.

! SHARE YOUR FOOD AND MANGA STORY
Giving away a Moyashimon Vol. 2 manga by the end of this week! <3 If you have a story on how you discovered some lovely food through manga, then share your story and you might just win an English (omg! are you for realz!?) version of Volume 2 of Moyashimon!

While I'm totally overwhelmed by two jobs left and right, let me just say that the highlight this week is... STONE GRILLED WAGYUU~~!!!! *3*) Office event dinners ~~~~\o\ THEY'RE ALWAYS THE BEST!!!! <3 <3 ALSO STAYCATION GET!! XD AND FREE PARKING FOR THREE DAYS!!! Simple joys, Khursten. Simple joys.

Sometimes I really wonder if I'm in this job for the food. Probably I am!

This entry was originally posted at khursten's dreamwidth.

Silence of love

2011-08-05T07:57:17Z

I'm not exactly sure if this is a reality for everyone. It may not be your dad. Or your mom. But perhaps it could be somebody else in your life who has shown so much love for you which you only have taken for granted. For the times we miscommunicate, we mishear, misunderstand, perhaps we can just listen to the silence and know how much we are loved.

I blame Rotch for putting this link up while I've been running around universities in Cagayan de Oro. Still, it was worth looking like a major idiot, sniveling and crying on the road. I just remembered my mom who I hadn't seen in two years and while we hardly talk nowadays, we can count on the love and faith we have for each other. <3

This entry was originally posted at khursten's dreamwidth.

And may the odds be in your favor.

2011-07-23T03:36:24Z

HOLY. FUCK. HUNGER GAMES. DOES NOT COMPARE TO BATTLE ROYALE.

In a few hours I will be attending my lovely blockmate's wedding and my eyes are all baggy because I've spent the last three days reading the Hunger Games trilogy. Yes, friends. This Grade 5 reader has leveled up in her speed reading skills! *raises hands and expects a high five...*

Okay, no. I don't think my reading speed has anything to do with it but I think Hunger Games was such a page turner that I just couldn't stop reading. Some of the beaches and dolly folks have been oggling about the movie. I ended up seeing this trailer about the Second Quarter Quell and thought "Wow, gory. Interesting, but gory." Prior to this, my impression was that the Hunger Games was just an American rip-off of Battle Royale but after having read all three books, I'm quite mistaken.

My eyebags are horribly black and my god I wish I had a decent concealer to take them down but the books were amazing and even if my eyes were possibly in tears of tiredness, I just couldn't put the book down (e-book, to be precise). It was enough to keep me preoccupied more so now that Dino is coughing to his dying day. Haaaay. I'm not much of a YA reader but out of all the YAs shoved at my face in my lifetime, this one said more than just shounen confused times. There's not much of a reluctant hero here. It's all about overcoming one's greatest fears and trying to survive it.

My god, this book. I can go on forever but if you want to get a premise over at wiki, then do so. If you read the wikia, it talks too much. Reading wikia is like reading an RP app. It just says too much of things you'd really rather not know... unless you're a mod.

Anyway, I just think the entire trilogy is brilliant. I am a sucker for war stories and this war was perhaps a good honest testimony of what it's like to live at a time for war. More than war, it's a survival story with less of the horror but more of the fears. Although technically, Katniss and the kids did not get involved in war until later but it shows how much the the threat of losing your life at such a young age can change you.

Suzanne Collins crafted her world well. Actually, no. In fact, she crafted enough for us to get by with the story but not enough to overwhelm us with the thousands of things we didn't need to know. While it is set in a dystopic future, she told enough to get the story going along. In the end it's all about the story. And if it's narrated by a coal bumpkin Katniss, she can only tell so much. But at least it reads like an honest account.

I actually like Katniss as a protagonist. I think out of all the lady protagonist books I've read in YA, Katniss stays at the top for badassery, honesty, and... practicality. She ain't a princess nor does she want to be treated as one. She doesn't waste time unless she's badly hurt which... MY GOD, HOW THE CRAP DO THESE VICTORS KEEP ON STANDING!?! She is a survivor at best and everything is done with her survival or others in mind. But she's quick to think but is just as confused about things when it comes to her emotions. It's when she's emotionally torn and distraught that I see the young girl. She becomes conflicted and it's just beautiful because she still moves on.

Out of the boys, I loved Peeta best. It's because bakers are awesome. No. I- I just have a soft spot for the likes of Peeta. He loved Katniss dearly and while he went through a spiral of emotions for her, he still stayed with her. Maybe the first book was such a great way to build Peeta and while you want to bop Katniss at some points because of her act, you can't help but love Peeta for having so much love. Awesome guy. I want him in my pocket.

Gale was all right. He's a guy who's got stuff for Katniss. I think if Gale didn't make that plan with Beeta in the end, Katniss would have gotten him and Peeta would be like Haymitch... forever alone. :< I wonder if Suzanne Collins had Peeta in mind at the start or if she had Gale. It was a close race and at times lacking even because Katniss, for squat, just doesn't know how her actions can affect others. Not that she's dumb it's just she's the kind of girl who puts everything towards her goal. She's mildly self-absorbed but not exactly selfish. And while she would question it somewhere along the way, she's not one to really recognize other people's reactions. She only knew love best from her father and from Prim. Outside of that, she's just got a twisted view of people. Can't blame her if she's in the roster for an annual kill fest. Or that she's been hungry for the longest while.

Those two aside (well Peeta aside since I love him the most in this series... then maybe Katniss and then maybe... Finnick. I love Finnick. :3) what I love best about the book is the various themes it shows: chiefly on survival and war psychology, social commentaries on class societies, economics and social relations of war, marxist ideas, and the lovely complexity of actions and its repercussions. I swear. I don't understand why this is a YA novel. This isn't a book about victors where it all has a happy ending. While the last book does show hope, it gives a reality that captures ours, if not pushes ours to the possibility of a futurewhere we are all in hunger.

These kids just went through the most difficult moment in their lives. Haymitch, Katniss, Peeta and the other victors are not just litanies of the strength of humanity but also a reminder of the harshest reality of their society. The highly publicized Hunger Games is literally a mean to control the districts because the game is not short of showing fear unto people. The Capitol's not afraid of what they're capable of doing. It's like as if they're saying that if they can do this to 24 children, they can do this to all the districts.

Of course, somewhere along the way, there are people who can outsmart the Capitol and Haymitch, Katniss, and Peeta are among those. And the entire trilogy is all about how they one-up the system. I love how Peeta and Haymitch were like "Know who your real enemy is." Fantastic. ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC! And I hated how the endings of the first two books were just "WHUT!?!" How did those bloody readers who bought it as soon as they were published managed to even survive the wait!? GAAH!

Oh right, I forgot to say why I think Hunger Games is different from Battle Royale. At most, the Hunger Games captures the traumatic process of Battle Royale where kids fight it off to the death. However, unlike Battle Royale where it's closer to social cleansing, Hunger Games is a deliberate act not to get rid of the worst but to control people. The violence may come close but the intentions, the machinations of the game, the deliberate control of the Capitol for their entertainment just changes the atmosphere of Hunger Games. I should probably consider reading the Battle Royale novels just to see if there is really that connection. If I base it on the movie, it's really worlds apart.

I love how the books captured fear and I love how Collins didn't make her heroine a Mary Sue who just pushed on with great positivity or submitted herself to her harem of boys. You can read in the pages how difficult the games were for Katniss and how even 'til the end, she relied on herself to push herself forward. The choice to have to kill someone and the choice to give yourself up for another. To live after having lost everything. To pick up yourself after you fall.

If I had been in their situation, I think I would have died in the game. But I would probably think in the same way as Katniss did and pushed hard to survive and live. Maybe in a way, that's why I can't exactly hate Katniss. She's real and she knows what she wants and what are her priorities.

I've got another set of books for my children to read and while I think my children would probably throw me down a cliff for forcing them to read Gintama, I think they might actually enjoy reading Hunger Games. And I suppose from there I'm hoping that my children would appreciate the things that they have and live life to the fullest. And maybe... we can laugh at how bad our eyebags are after reading the books. Or maybe they'll sleep when Mommy starts talking about the economic structure of Capitol and why dependent abusive economies is a revolution waiting to happen. Hahahahaha! XDDD But before all this talk of children, I should get husband and get my stored ovaries used. :T

GODDAMMIT. HOW DO I GET RID OF THESE EYEBAGS!?!

P.S. I really want a Peeta in a box. I want to baked my favorite bread fresh every morning. :< And fancy birthday cakes. OMG, THEIR KIDS ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE PRETTY CAKES EACH YEAR. ;A; PEEEEETAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!

This entry was originally posted at khursten's dreamwidth.

Life Goal Get! ICAF!

2011-07-17T03:06:44Z

It's out! And while people over twitter, google+, and FB already know, I'll be going to Vermont this Fall to take part in the INTERNATIONAL COMIC ARTS FORUM! (omg, can I use glitter text for this? Wait....

While my larger goal is to get published someday in the International Journal for Comic Arts, a journal that I have been reading to understand a lot about comics (and the only one available in hard copy in our university) the forum attached to IJOCA is just as much a goal~

I don't care so much of the poverty I'm experiencing prior to this but HEY! THIS'LL BE AWESOOOOOME!! <3 <3

I feel honored to be accepted in this forum, more so over a study I felt strongly about~ <3 The journey to get to this conference will be awesome since Karl and I will be travelling at various pit stops. It's like Amazing Race and this will be the prize in the end! HAHAHAHA!! Here's hoping Karl and I won't have to kill each other! XDD

Also... OMG, VERTICAL WILL BE THERE TOO! AND CASEY BRIENZA! AND OMG!!! SO MUCH FUN! I CAN'T WAIT FOR FALL!

But first... I must finish my research for this paper!

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Try and try until you succeed

2011-07-05T13:27:52Z

I didn't make it through the preliminary screening of the Monbugakusho scholarship.

And while the news is devastating I'm not exactly down as I expected to be. As soon as I heard the news, I immediately figured out the weaknesses of my application and the next steps that I have to ensure the scholarship next year. In a way, I am relieved because I was just hoping for stability this year and which I worry about leaving had my scholarship pushed through.

As Everything But the Girl sings, "Better things will surely come my way."

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A week with strangers

2011-07-01T13:59:32Z

Monday

Rode a motorbike from our village entrance to school. This motorbike dude who I know by face was on his way home and mildly remembered me as the girl who works in Ateneo. My school is literally a climb up a mountain from the beach. So that's... bloody far. He told me to hitch a ride with him and even if I felt my crotch sting after that long motorbike ride, I was grateful to get a free hitch from this dude. It turns out one of his nine children is part of Ateneo's Tulong Dunong program. Good dad. Admirable man.

New staff came. She's cool.

Tuesday

New staff is awesome. Did a lot of work in day 1 and pummeled on like a steamroller. Having her around caught me off guard because suddenly, I have more time to do other things and then I think "Sooo... where do I start?" Ended up doing some school work and some financial bits and I was most pleased. Class with a Jesuit is aweeesome. But that's nothing new. My teacher, Fr. Rivera, said "Can a Communist rap? No. Do you think a communist could ever talk about bling blings? No." Unfortunately, Father, they can. Class was also fulfilling since there's a mix of PhD and grads. So discussion's lively~ <3

Wednesday
From the Ayala MRT station, there was this guy who came up to me and started to chat with me. He looked like a pretty clean guy, the kind dressed up to greet you in hotel lobbies. The kind you could even take home to your mom. And it was weird how he actually just tried to be nice and while I'm the paranoid bitch who thought that if I ride along I'll get raped at one point or he'll steal my bag. But throughout the train ride, he was really just a hopeful nice nut who noticed that I looked particularly pretty that day and in a way I smiled at our conversation. Creepy as it was. When our ride was over, he was still chatting with me and even followed me to the LRT station. Before I went in, he asked for my number and I just pretended that I didn't hear him ask for it. Afterwards, I wondered if I missed out on something.

Thursday
Smocket Daddy stopped by for some chat and smokes and I told him about my encounter with this stranger. He told me about this OPM rap group who wrote songs about girls like me who think every guy is out there for sex. And while I have years of abuse and unfortunate fate, I told him that it's hard to blame my reaction but now I'm dabbling on the what ifs. My little conundrum was rewarded with some lunch sounds (with massive lulz) provided by Peaches and some Charlie's Grill burgers in Kapitolyo. Daddy tells me that while I think it's the best burger, it ain't the best burger yet. Day ended with dreams of Thursday cookouts and valium-induced spas.

Speaking of Peaches. Have a video!

I call this the Fujoshi Anthem. *w*) Best lyrics for Fujoshi!

"I wanna see you boys get down with each other. I wanna see you do your little nasty brother. Just one thing I can't compromise. I wanna see you work it, guy on guy."

Friday
Rode the motorbike in the morning again, this time with a guy who was desperate to make some money in the morning: Obet. He said he used to service this girl who used to go to Ateneo and since I was desperate for a ride (I woke up late. Blame late night chats with my aunt and POLLINIC GIIIIIRLS), I hitched a ride. And what I like about this guy is he's much like the guy I rode with last Monday to school. He wasn't as talkative but thanks to these two dudes, I'm having a Ewan Mcgregor want of using a motorbike of traveling one end of the metro to the other. Zipped by heavy Katipunan traffic like it was nothing. I was thinking "Since I'm Forever Alone now, I suppose I should just get a motor first rather than a car." lol. I'm starting to get addicted to motorbikes and it's bad. I mean, I always wanted a vespa, a leather jacket, and a kamen rider helmet. *3*) uguu~!

And strangely, this ain't just a week but more of a month of strangers. Now I have the phone number of a taxi driver who is A GENIUS IN ROADS in my phone, numbers of folks who dropped by the office to ask about the fellowship, I speak to a lot more strangers when I go university hopping in the metro (and I will be in NHI this Monday. WOOOHOOO! /o/), and then there are phone calls and e-mails and... wow. Suddenly, my world feels warm and big again.

For all the things that has happened to me in the last months (I can actually say for half a year... now that I think aboutit...) where I honestly feel like I'm the most horrible person on earth, seeing people engage with me with utmost sincerity and kindness makes me feel that maybe I'm not as horrible as people have said I've been.

I think I've never been grateful for this much work.

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Ugh.

2011-06-29T04:12:09Z

If any of you guys see this bus around Metro Manila...

... Throw a tomato or an egg at it.

I hate how the print came out in every version. -_-) Learning a lot about print design day by day. This ain't one of my proudest moments. But the dragon lady seems to like it. I'm juust... this fucking bus ad made my laptop crash, burn, and cry. 'Nuff said.

I'm also not sure if it's me or the printer but I think that printer is bad if he can't get my colors right. (Or I could be bad, because I didn't design thinking of how bad the printer is.) ugh. AGAIN, if you see this bus around Metro Manila... throw things at it. (or peel it off the bus!)

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Writer's Block: Doing the time warp

2011-06-28T13:25:32Z

If I could travel through time with someone I know, I would choose Karl because he's a disaster waiting to happen in history. LOL. I MEANT THAT. Although I think he would be a fun travel buddy as he had been a fun dinner buddy and roomie as of current. We'd probably eat everything for the first time and later on figure out that we'd probably cook kimchi or sopas and he would cheat with preservatives (even if he's a health buff) and I would probably kill a sheep or a cow. Survival rate would be high considering his first lecture often involves survival in history. He would probably insist that I should "pimp" myself wherever we are in history just so I get "immersed" in it. I'd probably scream BL for every paired historical figures that we see and he'd be like "NO! NO! NO! NO!"

But it really all depends where in time I go to. I'd take Jhoed if I'm going to post 1500 Europe, Karl in Japan and Asia, Dave in Classic times, Sir Roy in the 60s, and Ambeth during the Philippine Revolution.

Looking at this roster makes me giggle a lot despite my horrible migraine (forgot glasses, nuff said). These people have honestly brought me through time without having to take me there, so I'd take them with me and show them around!

If I check my LJ list, I think I'd take either nemesis or takakoyaki or keycchou or ukefied because they're fellow history buffs.

What I find rather surprising is how my answer is a lot different than what I had expected. Ask me this same question a few months back and my answer would have been completely different...

Hi. I'm Khursten. I love old men.

2011-06-24T13:06:24Z

Horrible rains. What's new? So there was a bit of flood but after the last big one, I'm quite unfazed by the whole idea already. It comes and it goes. You just have to be prepared when the tide gushes in.

I crossed this online article called "Top 10 Incredibly Inappropriate Older Man Crushes" which left me laughing because... "Oh boy... do I totally dig this shiz." Hence it made me think about my own top 10. I can hear Lamborg making a fit on how inappropriate and gross I am. -w-) BUT OLD MEN ARE HOT AND SEXY AND I LOVE THEM BEST! :<

I wonder if I can put them in a particular order. I don't think I can because... my love for them goes on how much I see of them on the telly! *3*)

1.) Kevin Spacey
My life has changed after Kaiser Soze. He is one talented actor that can pull the most criminal mind to the kindest daddy on earth. He's adorable. He sings. He Shakespeares. He looks fantastic in a suit! What more can I ask for?

2.) Ralph Fiennes
First, Schindler's List. And then, the Quiz show. Red Dragon. I can go on forever. I'm not a big fan of his Voldemort gig but he's still one hot Brit for me. *3*) I want him to greet me in the morning with that lovely voice. *3*)

3.) Ken Watanabe
While I didn't like the movie, him acting as The Chairman in Memoirs of the Geisha really brought the character alive to me. The Chairman was everything I have hoped for and more. It doesn't help that he was hot in his other English movies and nobody else in this world can look cool acting like a cellphone. It's because of him I got an Android and it's because I long to go to a park with a view of the sea with him. *3*)

4.) Sonny Chiba
Martial artist with a notoriety of Chuck Norris in Japan. He was my favorite character in Fuurin Kazan and saw bits an pieces of him in the old Taiga, Kaze Gundan. Hot old man stuff. IF OLD MEN LOOK LIKE HIM AT 72, THEY MUST BE GODS.

5.) Vic Sotto
I understand why Pia Guanio went for him. He is a different man in person and it's strange how magnetic Bossing is throughout the years. Unlike his contemporaries, he aged really well without having to do all these buffed up shenanigans. When I get to spot him in person, I still squee in joy.

6.) Alan Rickman
Enough with the Snape jokes. Just watch this.

Hell yeah, you'd want to tango with that man. I'd want to be in that car with that man.

7.) Alec Baldwin
I wasn't a big fan of the Baldwins but his recent bout in 30 Rock made him really charming for me in the "Aww... I wanna get you the coffee Liz never brought to your office." Chou adorable. >w<)

8.) Colin Firth
FITZWILLIAM DARCY. 'NUFF SAID.

9.) Tony Leung
We can go through his teeny boppy youth to his sexy In the Mood for Love looks. That slick hair and that crooked nose is just lovely. I just melt under this guy's gaze.

10.) Hugh Laurie
His gruffed fucked up look in House just gave him a gazillion of moe points. Although, I honestly prefer his earlier British humor works in Black Adder and Jeeves and Wooster. <3 He was dumb and fluffy and rather than his American husky voice, he has a weird twitch.

I must say, I'm not shy of my love for old men and I suppose my friends would not be surprised if I snagged an old man for myself. My mother and I oggle Robert Redford together and strangely, this is something she and I both share. I suppose there's wisdom in old age and there's cuteness in weakness in old age. I'm not exactly sure what's the appeal of old men for me. Maybe it's the fact that age and a deep sense of well-being, confidence, and wisdom is just sexy. Some old men seem to know what they want in their lives and even if they are acting astray at 50, at least I'm assured that it's the shit they chose to do.

This was such a fun thing, I'd do my top 10 in manga. :3 huhuhu.

My cat has deliberately chosen my bed as his bed for the night. *sigh* I'm going to have a bad back since I have to be careful not to kick him out of the bed.

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PROMO: Mukhang Pera Lecture at the Ayala Musuem

2011-06-23T07:32:22Z

As some of you guys know, I've been part of this organization called API Fellowships Program and we basically help researchers, or as we call it, public intellectuals, in the region to find new knowledge through cross-cultural exchange in Southeast Asia and Japan.

I'm proud to promote to you one of our fellows' lecture: "Mukhang Pera" by Ambeth Ocampo. This was a year long research done by Ambeth Ocampo in the last year under our fellowship program. It's on how bank notes have the power in nurturing national identity. You can get more details about here. And while I've only heard bits and pieces of this through conversations with Dr. Ocampo, I'm quite sure hearing it in full length would be quite interesting! The basic concept is that bank notes help in shaping how we view ourselves as a nation. The heroes faces that we show, the landscapes that we feature, even the fish and the cow that we place at our notes all play a part in establishing who we are at our essence. Of course, this is part and parcel of the greater whole and I bet Ambeth can articulate this a lot better than I ever can!

What excites me about this is he actually went around the region and studied banknotes from Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, Thailand, and I think Singapore and so on! It's fascinating how something we just "spend" also plays a crucial part in our identity.

So if you have time this Saturday, June 25, at 3 p.m., catch Ambeth's lecture at the Ayala Musuem! Ticket prices are 350 for professionals and 200 for students. I'm quite sure it's worth it! :D So exciiiiited~~!!!

Anyhu, off to brave the raiiiin~~~!! o/

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He comes and he goes

2011-06-22T23:51:14Z

Didn't I say that Spanner, my old phone, comes and goes?

Well what do you know. The police found my phone. The only time I'm actually grateful that our police exists. So no switching of the old numbers. However, getting my phone back after I got a new one... is... hrm. しかたない。

I got a new android (LG Optimus One P500) for a bargain and his name is Quattro Bajeena. It syncs a lot easier than ipod and that's always good by my book. So far it has nothing but... Beatles songs in it. And some e-books that I've been wanting to read.

Because I am amused with how people answer my contact list, please still answer my contact list. I am amused how people answer my food option. I like synatri's answer best because it was quite specific and looking at the flavors of the food specified... they both taste like pork or chicken. o3o) Then again, I didn't know what the crap I've been eating until late.

I'm stuck at home due to flood which leaves me forced to clean my mom's room. >_>) Non. I want to roll in my bed a little longer and watch Avatar.

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Ya win some. Ya lose some.

2011-06-21T07:52:43Z

I feel like this title was ripped off from a Tiger and Bunny episode and is read in bad engrish by Tiger. This week's episode rocks and it made me squee just so. My life episode is just all right. Again, I win some. I lose some.

The weekend turned out to be profitable. Not as profitable as I had imagined but still profitable enough to actually make me compensate for what happened today.

I managed to sell a good number of my manga. There are still some leftovers which I don't mind keeping or giving away someday. Toycon was fun but I realized I'm not cutout for it anymore. It was fun seeing some old friends cosplay. JM was Saitou again. This time in his Shinsengumi fare. :3 And there was Mandesal Gray from Fairy Tail. His abs WERE LIKE PANDESAL! All of us thought it was shopped but nah. Real deal. The best part was having to spend time with some old friends, getting updates on life and fooling some oggling fujoshis over my BL. A lot of my stuff were marked down by the second day. But girls were not spending as much although some girls spent tons on my D18 doujins. I also heard a guy bought my Aoi Levin Anthology.

Over the weekend, I also found out that my dramatic aunt from Italy is going home on the 28th and INSISTS on staying in our house which still has no water. That means I have to megapack my mom's room and clean it vigorously just to make the adjustments. I'm thinking of placing my door there as well. We'll see. If not, she's stuck with a curtain for a door with my cats all over her. I'll probably get new cat goodies for this weekend too. hurr. I hope Shinsuke doesn't mind going back to his luxury cage.

I type this with heavy rain in front of me. I... have a feeling I'm dorming with Karly tonight. -3-) Uh-oh. There goes the lights. It's dark shit insane in my office now. -_-) No lights. yay. And there goes the internet.

When I post this, I assume the internet is back and ready.

My trusty flippity phone of years, Spanner, has been stolen today on my way to work. Originally, it was both my phone and my laptop bag but thank god for my heavy weight, some running practice, and my violent fit that I and a security guard managed to chase a guy down for my laptop. However, I wasn't able to chase after the guy who got my cellphone thus I lost Spanner in the process. Knowing Spanner, he comes and he goes. Thank god I have money from work and some extra income to actually manage my finances without being financially incapable.

Anyway, for all my contacts, both local and abroad, please fill up this spreadsheet so that I have an extra copy of my contacts when these things happen again. Unlike my previous cellphone state, I didn't get my sim card this time. I'll get one tomorrow so... o3o) yeah. Toodles for now. Internet is somewhat back in the office. More like, I'm stealing from the History department.

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And more things on sale

2011-06-14T14:57:46Z

So I had the time to actually burrow through my shit for things to sell. Here's more.

I honestly don't feel like disposing of trash. More like... I'm making sure my friends are well loved and taken care of.

MOOKS/CRAFT BOOKS (500/each)
- Dolly Coordinate No. 3
- Dolly Coordinate No. 5
- Aranzi Aronzo Cute Dolls (Japanese Version)
- Aranzi Aronzo Cute Stuff (Japanese Version)

MANGA
- Hoshii Mono Zenbu by Yamada Nichoume (250)
- Kami no Shizuku 1-3 (400/set)
- Nodame Cantabile 12-18 (1200/set)
- Ryou by Ueda Rinko 1-13 (500/set)
- 20th Century Boys 20 (250)

I know some of you might find it strange that I'm selling my Nodame manga. I HAVE PLANZ. And have a pack rather than a set would mean that I'll only get duplicates someday.

I actually can't find my D18 doujins. I know that I didn't pack it to the ground but I suppose it must have repacked with someone else's doujins during LO. Maa ii. I guess that means they're out of my hands.

I actually have some toys on sale too but they're small in comparison to my manga. I think I have some manga that I'm considering selling. Strangely, it's not my Yawara! ;A; Nor my FLCL. Nor my Rurouni Kenshin artbook.

I'm actually thinking of selling my Gintama. If only because I'M REALLY SURE THAT I'LL BE BUYING A NEW SET WHEN I GET THE CHANCE. Unfortunately, I don't want to let it go just yet.

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#211: Never gonna let you down.

2011-06-07T11:10:15Z

I waited a year and more for this very scene and it's still the most painful scene to read or watch for me. Perhaps it's the Gin-chan in me. We just didn't want to see her like this even after we tried everything. Sinking down the river after being stuck in cement: hell yeah, Gintoki tried everything. We KNOW he tried everything.

We clench our fists, bit our lips, shake the feeling off before turning around to that voice, filled with rage and regret.

What I love about this arc was how this showed something Gintoki did on his own volition and not because he was forced to do it or unfortunately got hooked in. This was his pain to bear. And while we all thought he's just a cool guy that goes along, this guy still gives a fuck. He really gives a fuck for the people who are important to him.

Not one of his actions are done without meaning. He keeps his word even if it kills him. Of course, he'll try not to die. He won't die. He's the hero this way. A true shounen hero at that.

This is definitely my favorite arc in Gintama and possibly the one that I'll keep closest to my heart. If I have children, I'll make them read Gintama for THIS VERY ARC. It makes me believe that people in this world are true to their word and they are, in many ways, will do their best to protect you and never let you down.

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MY CHILDHOOOOOOOD!!!

2011-05-17T02:01:08Z

I DON'T CARE IF I AM WATCHING THIS ALONE 947 TIMES BUT MY GOD THIS IS THE COMIC THAT MADE ME READ COMICS AND OH MY GOD THIS IS THE BEST EVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER!!!! I LEARNED ABOUT DRUGS AND ORIENTALISM FROM THIS COMIC!

(I would probably drag Karl for a movie date for this one!! BETTER YET, I'LL BRING RUKA WITH ME. T^T)b *noshaaaaame*) Pissoff though since it's going to be shown on the weekend of the Metro Manila Film Festival. Tch. That means I'm catching it on January BUT THAT'S OKAY BECAUSE I KNOW IT WOULD BE SOOOOO COOL! *A*)

I MEAN LOOK AT SNOWY! YOU ADORABLE PUPPY~~!! I know Captain Haddock's gonna be there and

... If I didn't have Banana Fish duties this week, I'd read Tintin. Oh drat, I have Cross Game duties next week too. I will read Tintin in between. >w<)/ SQUEEEE~~!!

I can probably go on forever with my love for this comic. Did you guys know that Singapore has a Tintin store in Chinatown, and OMG, I LITERALLY CAME INSIDE THE STORE AND THE OWNER EVEN SQUEED TO ME ABOUT THE MOVIE!

noshamenoshame. If the faculty uses their google fu again and finds this WELL YES, BEEOTCHES, I AM WATCHING TINTIN AND ALL THE ORIENTALIST, CAPITALIST, IMPERIALIST STUFF THAT IT HAS AND ENJOY IT!

I swear... SNOOOOOOOWWWWWYYYY!!!

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Onegai, Touch! Touch! Koko ni Touch!

2011-04-16T18:36:42Z

Finally finished watching Touch again. It's been a while. I've been longing to finish that series for an nth round and I'm glad I did. That series teaches me a lot of things everytime. Must be because I see a part of myself in Tacchan.

I'm still up because the cat has taken my spot and my neighbors are singing bad karaoke. Ahh~ I feel like a part of me has won Koushien.

First, take the test here and then just click away. The interesting thing in this survey was it came to a point where I had to choose between Sugita Tomokazu and Koyasu Takehito. A roster of voices came rolling down my head and while I ended up liking Koyasu's voices more, I cannot deny my absolute love for Gin-chan. I think I made a booboo in mistaking Daisuke Hirakawa with Daisuke Namikawa, so consider their positions switched. My top 3 seiyuus are pretty solid though. Hehehe. Love those three to bits. In fact, right now, i'm learning to enjoy Hiroshi Kamiya ALOT even if listening to him gives me headaches. He's a funny guy.

1 杉田智和
Tomokazu Sugita
2 子安武人
Takehito Koyasu
3 宮野真守
Mamoru Miyano
4 置鮎龍太郎
Ryoutarou Okiayu
5 平川大輔
Daisuke Hirakawa
6 諏訪部順一
Junichi Suwabe
7 鈴村健一
Kenichi Suzumura
8 三木眞一郎
Shinichirou Miki
9 神谷浩史
Hiroshi Kamiya
10 浪川大輔
Daisuke Namikawa

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When pictures just move me...

2011-04-10T02:36:01Z

I was up and about early today eating my breakfast after my run when I caught on National Geographic's Top 10 Photos of 2010.

I've always enjoyed reading NatGeo and it's hardly because of the text. Sometimes, what draws me me more are the photos which are just stunning even in its age. See, here in Manila, National Geographic is quite a fortune however secondhand issues are EVERYWHERE in the Philippines and you can buy them for a really cheap price. I think though that the universality in National Geographic makes it beautiful even in its age. The magazine has this ability to capture the historicity of the moment that you can see past what is superficial but the soul of the picture. While I'm not exactly a big fan of the channel (too much big fish and wildlife and all that) I am very fond of the magazine and I love how they capture this "moment" that would speak beyond the surface level.

So I spent an hour watching the show and how mesmerized I am with these folks on the move taking photos. I may have given up my camera for a while (I've learned to have a general distaste of it once I figured out its flaws) but I still have a deep appreciation for the images. Those images were stunning and the stories they tell are wonderful. I had the impression that assignments took mostly a month or so but it seems that some of these folks took either from 20 minutes to years just to capture that one image that spoke more about life than words can ever can. You can view the lovely photos here. The most shocking one for me was the bear bile photos and the most stunning was the Bahamas caves one. The Bahamas caves was so bloody cool that it was like ripped from another world! I honestly didn't think it was a part of the earth!

If you've got time, try to catch it at National Geographic channel!

I shall resume finishing Ningen Shikkaku and Touch before doing my errands and my long overdue work. -3-) I'm honestly not feeling like doing it still but... work's work.

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HOOZAH! GINTAMA TOMORROW!

2011-04-03T12:44:15Z

AND I AM WATCHING IT LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVVEEEEEEE!!!

\o/

One thing I'll be definitely doing... Tweeting the show like it's on!

You know this is coming. I should make Gintoki insist on this.

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