Is there an anime that captures your heart for more than ten years? Yes, as cheesy as that sounds there is, I believe "Sailor Moon" is possibly my all time favourite anime (exclude manga), not a huge fan of comic books. I believe it was the year 1994, my childhood best friend, Rachelle, introduced me to this addictive anime. I was so obsessive with it, I bought anything that has Sailor Moon in it, such as stickers, magazines, cards, toys, etc. I remember my mother's ex bought me a Sailor Moon doll, I was so happy, I think I was about 6 years old at that time. In 6th grade, I bought the entire Sailor Stars season in tape. Ha, yes, fiend!

Even til' now I watch it once in a while on youtube, oh my, I love those youtube people. Wasting so much precious time uploading animes for freaks like me. I love em'! I just finish watching episode 92, the episode is entitled "A Beautiful Boy? The Secret of Haruka Tenoh," it's such a sweet episode when Minako and Usagi first meet Haruka and thought "she" was a boy. It's so sweet. I should watch more episodes, I watched most of it, but I believe I am missing about 10 episodes? Oh well, I have this urge to watch more animes. People are fiending for "Bleach", I think the manga is good, I don't really like the anime. And yeah, I do prefer Naruto over Bleach.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh, Sailor Moon!!!!!!!!!!! I remember so much when I was a wee-little girl looking for Sailor Moon-card slot machines in Chinatown, and how I used to compete with Rachelle of who draws Chibi Sailor Moon better. I remember when I first got my Sailor Moon card, I remember my mother and I were walking around in Chinatown and I saw the Sailor Moon sticker machine, and my mother asked the owner if I can get all of them. But of course, I couldn't and I remembered the first Sailor Moon card I got was a yellow sticker of a screenshot of Usagi in her uniform. I used to put it under my pillow to keep it safe. Ahhh, it brings back so much memories. I wish I have that card... oh gawd, I'm freaking 18-years old, I should shut up already. Hee.

But yeah, Sailor Moon did dominant my childhood, such a big part of my life.

UTADA HIKARU GOT DIVORCED!
Apparently, I am shocked too. The fact that Hikki got married (cough) at the age of 19 (cough, cough) isn't exactly a brilliant move when your career is so demanding. Hikki married at the year of 2002 to the critically acclaimed Japanese director, Kiriya Iwashita, who is 15 years her senior. But yes four years of marriage is quite an accomplishment, I wish the best health and well-being of Ms. Utada. It's sad that her marriage was shattered, thankfully the juicy details remained mum (I WANT TO KNOW!)

Yes, I have no idea why I wrote "The Long Cycle of Hatred" as the title of this post, I am just human with no typical sense especially when it comes to school work. Today my back ache so terribly, it was because of yesterday when my gym teacher made us do aerobics. Apparently I was not the only one with the back problem, my good friend Amy was also suffering from this ridiculous exercise curse. Hopefully tomorrow our backache will end, now I know how celebrities feel. Humanities is fun, our student teacher "Christian", yes that's his name, gave us a lot of work. Nice guy, but a lot of work and lots of surprise (stressful) quizzes, which I have to endure in the next few months.

*Note: Humanities is a subject that is consist of English and History.

My appointment in the Saint Vincent Chinatown clinic has been cancelled due to the weather, yes the weather, it was so frisky as if the clouds and sun have an argument and the sun is having some sort of break. I don't know, yes I know I think "weird..." Damnit, I need to take my placement test, I need to call the school tomorrow and reschedule. Also I need to buy a notebook for my memoir project which my teacher assigned a few weeks ago. It sounds like a fun project, I like creative writing that has nothing to do with the world besides moi, yes I know, how stuck up I am. But seriously, would you do a topic about yourself or do actual research and write a long essay of an uninteresting topic? No durf, I know your answer.

In other news, the beloved Ayu is having some problems right now.


Hmmm, I used to idolize Ayu so much, I acknowledge that she has the diva-syndrome, but I believe the term "fame corrupts you" fits the description of her situation more clearly. Regardless of her actions, I'm still a fan... I learned what's her "Secret", she actually has a tattoo on her back (the right side) which is a heart with her first initial, her boyfriend, Tomoya Nagase (lead singer of TOKIO) also has a matching tattoo. Ayu is so lucky, she is only 5'1 with a 6'0 boyfriend. Why won't she get married now already? She meet Tomoya before she was famous, that's a pretty long time.

Recently I have been listening to loads of J-Rock music, I tried, SERIOUSLY I TRIED LISTENING TO C-POP SONGS, but there are too many ballads! Currently American, Japanese, and Korean music are my muse. Don't get me wrong, I love Chinese music, but the artists under the Chinese music industry do not release much original material. Chou Jay and Wang Lee Hom are considered groundbreaking, but I can't compare them to other East-Asian artists. Hmmmm, well I do enjoy Shi Kang Jun, Kuo Alan, F.I.R., ... that's all I can think of, I believe it's because of their refreshing rock music. Typical pop and R&B is so common, I think the best C-Pop singer is Cheng Sammi, her music is just catchy and her ballads are bittersweet with a touch of rich melodies. I love Tsai Jolin too, an artist/group I cannot stand is S.H.E., I can't tolerate their crappy covers. Besides Chinese and Japanese, I'm in love with The TRAX and Cherry Filter, awesome band. I'm starting to listen to Korean music lately, I love their ballads and rock music. I heard pop music is the most dominant and popular in Korean, I guess it's the same as the rest of Asia. So why are Japanese rock artists keep releasing songs such as "anti POP" or "POP IS DEAD"? Nuff said, I wrote too much. Night, night.

I was very worried in for the past two days, I did not receive any notification regarding a placement test in CUNY. I'm beyond worried, so today I went to see my guidance counselor and discuss this matter. She called "The City College" regarding my situation, and she sound so professional. *Impressed* The staff did return her call and said that I will receive a letter soon. Ohhhh... I'm so happy I have such a great guidance counselor!

Samantha got into Hunter College and City College! I feel so happy for her, I wish she'll go to The City College. I'm so jealous and proud of her at the same time! But I'm very happy for her and hopefully I'll see her soon after High school, she's so sweet. Rong too, oh geez, we're going to the same college for goodness sake. But I'm glad Rong got accepted to a good college, ... and pick on her again! ^^ Today is her placement test, I hope she does well and don't get lost. (Heehee).

So yeah, I really want to take my exam and get it over with. It's positively annoying. Amy didn't come to school today, I called her after school and she notified me that she have a fever. Goodness gracious, everyone is getting sick nowadays! I hope Amy feels better. Speaking of better, my weight is going nowhere unless I exercise. Seriously, I'm sick of procrastinating and using my leg problem as an excuse. I should really do something. Two of my classmates had lost over 70lbs-100lbs in one year, now that is inspiring. Yet so hard.

Honey, my pet dog, kept bothering me today. She wanted attention and something to eat, she didn't eat her food so I have to feed her with my bare hands! Yes... my dog is terribly spoiled, mostly by my mother and of course I give in since she always give me those sad puppy dog eyes which I adore completely!

I am listening to Ayu's "part of ME" song, which is solely released on her "A BEST 2 -black-" album. I am highly disappointed that "Memorial address" is the hidden track, it would be better if it were a newer song in my opinion. But it's Ayu, she can do what she wants. I cannot wait for her next single, it's this 'thing' about Ayu, she releases refreshing and original material that is quite rare in the music industry. I can say this with honesty as a music fan, her music videos, her endorsements, her lyrics, etcetera... Ayu is an artist that... you can't quite compare her to anyone else. Mind you, her voice is unique, even though her voice does not range as high as Utada Hikaru or Nakashima Mika. But I still love Ayu. Wow, this is a long paragraph about Ayu. Oh well. Heh.

Yes, I finally downloaded (cough) and watched the movie. I love the movie, it's a meaningful story of war, magic, and love. The graphics are amazing as well as the characters. I made some screencaps, I love Howl! (=^0^=)

THE POSTERS


The American poster is more appealing, but the Japanese poster is cute, Sophie with the dog. I really love this film, and I think Howl is the most appealing and attractive character GHIBLI ever created, I love GHIBLI films. I remember the first GHIBLI film I have saw, "Kiki's Delivery Service," I also love that film. Currently Miyazaki is working on a film entitled "I Lost My Little Boy."


Howl cooking and the (old) Sophie watch.


Sophie saved by Howl.


The Moving/Magical Castle... I'm thinking... is that really a castle?


The Flying Castle (cough), you see Mark(er) playing with the dog... it's love. Haha...

Here's one last final picture, the KISS! You know you wanna see it! (^0^)

Why would this be considered to be a twisted entry? Honestly I have been switching online blogs, one after another. My first one was Xanga, the second was Blogspot, and then I switched back to Xanga. I have to admit Xanga is easy to use/manipulate, but I dislike the design of Xanga and how it represents itself as a "Asian Community."

So yes, I welcome you "LiveJournal" as my new online journal. Would I trash you as I did to Xanga and Blogspot? Let's see... Though I admit I really want to get a paid account because of those delicious layout themes that this account is limit to.