寒假Finale

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T.G.I.Friday --- no more.

It's more like, WTF!? it's Friday.

Well, my mom's back home in addition to hurting, puking, and resting. After two f*cking tired days at the hospital, she was finally able to check out. She went through many examinations, including the gastroscope, and haven't eaten anything in the 2 days she was in the hospital. I understand that she prefers to be able to rest at home and the hospital creeps the hell outta me, but I really thought that she should've stayed for another day for observation. I mean, her condition isn't worsening, but she could've gotten more sleep with the pain-killers that can only be given in the hospital. Alas, my mom was very firm when she decided to go home away from the hospital-y environment.

Maybe it's because my mom is usually so good at taking care of herself, she has had the occasional cold or flu but that's it! I found the scene of her getting on the ambulance to be very shocking, and I was even more traumatized after my first appearance in the emergency room. (the so-called ER that I only ever saw on television) I'm already not very good at taking in bloody scenes or blood itself, and I find the hospital, especially the ER area, to be downright frightening. There are wails of despair everywhere, people are always rushing to and fro, beds are appearing in every corridor and corner, and not to mention the smell of medicine and blood and the sick.

突然間，

今天事情發生好快，我感覺一整天都在靠腎上腺素支撐。

Sasameki Koto 13 [Final]

I just finished the first season of Sasameki Koto, and I thought it was really good, really really GOOD!! What a coincidence it is that these 13 episodes came to an end on volume 2 of the manga, which is exactly the same as the progress of the manga licensed in Taiwan. I didn't really read onward, even though there are scans available online. Maybe I should catch up on the manga, and I am a little more intrigued as to what happens afterwards concerning the story after I finished this season one of the anime. I am definitely looking forward to the second season, and I hope the quality will remain this good!

The anime pretty much stayed faithful to the plot of the manga, with the exception of ep. 11, but that was also a pleasant episode. The art is great, I mean it is a lot more detailed and looks better than the manga, which is the first positive sign of a decent adaptation. A lot more attention was paid to the background in the anime, meaning that most people had a face complete with eyes, nose, ears, and mouth. Lol. And side characters like Azusa, Akemiya, Tomoe, and Miyako were inserted into the background, making appearances even before they were to enter the main plot. Kiyori was much more detailed and looks more like a real character, she was like a part of the background a lot in the manga.

論網誌

昨晚正式在無名的網誌那邊公告，已經不會再更新了。會想換來一個比較無人知曉的網站，也是因為無名的曝光率太高。有時想打什麼東西都要考慮到會有很多人，不論認識與否，會去那邊看。而且無名有在走下坡的現象，對我而言啦，看到誰來我家那邊都是一堆廣告或色情網站會覺得有點不悅。再加上我那自己的心理因素使得不能隨意發文，最後就決定要換一個網誌。Facebook雖然跟無名一樣曝光率高(可能還更高)，但是FB像是在廣大人群中反而看不到細節或某一人那般，可以比較不去在乎。況且我也不打算把FB當作網誌來經營，我都把那裡當作與許多人保持連絡的地方，偶爾抒發一下情緒罷了。

為什麼會選擇這邊...其實沒什麼特別理由，也許是有些我在follow的網誌也都是用這個blogger。這邊比較純粹，就打文章而言，想要引言、貼圖、貼影片都算方便。除非自己去設定，不然是沒有留言版或相簿需要去管理。我一直都是個不太會用樣式的人，而我也對那些華麗的樣式沒興趣，像這邊這樣簡單清楚就好。而因為沒了負面的心理因素也感受不到什麼異樣眼光，我在這邊真的是想到什麼就寫什麼。我原本是打算要全英文，但後來考慮到我中文造詣會更退步，於是決定有規律的中英文交替打。

Hey Digimon!

After falling into the world of Pokémon, I guess I'm still stuck in this whirlpool of memories. (sighs) Pokémon was one of the three main cartoons that I remember from my days in the States, the other two is Digimon and Cardcaptor Sakura. Digimon has forever been compared with Pokémon and not without good reasons too, they're both about the adventure of kids and monster-like creatures. I've already made it pretty clear that I love Pokémon from the bottom of my heart in the last post, lol, but that doesn't mean I prefer Pokémon over Digimon! Actually, I watched Digimon 01 and 02, yep, two complete series, and I gotta say that Digimon has a much more interesting plot than Pokémon. I know that a bunch of kids accidentally trapped in an other world and then ended up being the destined saviors all sound very cliché, but hey, that cartoon was from almost a decade ago!! And it was aired in the US, where not too much JP stuff has been introduced yet in those days. Kids loved that show, and that included me!!

I do have some preferences in this show, meaning that I liked those kids from 01 much more than 02. I mean, Tai is the ultimate one and only main-protagonist-looking-goggle-wearing guy that I would never hate, lol!!! I liked Matt, the best friend that gone bad but returned good, and I recall that I prefered his looks, ah... the blonde guy. I liked T.K. and Kari, the siblings type with the matching angels Digimons! These two were a large part of the reason that I continued with the second season, I'll get into that later. I liked the feminine Mimi with her cool hat and the computer geek Izzy and the nerdy-looking Joe. Seriously, I really think this group is the BEST in all of the Digimon series!

開學後...

老實說，就目前而言，我覺得寒假該結束了。雖然這樣講可能會遭受到多數人的怨言，因為東吳今年很莫名的比其他學校都晚一個禮拜開學，從1/15考完當天放到3/1唷。真的很誇張!!!一整個二月都包含在這次寒假裡面耶。(汗) 每次放假前都會有許多冠冕堂皇的理想，像是要調整作息、延伸閱讀、畫畫、等等。更不用提我對這寒假原本充滿了希望與期待，與某兩輪交通工具有關啦。不過到頭來，我好像只是變得比較會顧家而已，再加上有去駕訓班。(苦笑)

...可是，我這寒假感覺什麼地方也沒去，什麼事也沒完成啊!!!!! (吶喊)

Good ol' Pokémon

Pokémon is THE memories of my elementary school days in Chicago of the USA, it was all the rage back in those days. It was a time when kids thought Game Boy Color was the best invention like ever, I'm joking of course, that was what I thought. lol It always kind of urks me nowadays that what little kids hold in their hands are the super expensive and high-tech looking PSPs, no offense to the hand-held counsel itself. You get to watch movies, take photos, listen to MP3s, and play fancy games with that one little machine. Now this is a long way off from what I lovingly held in my hands and played Pokémon with, yep, almost a decade ago... I'm feeling old and cynical.

Pokémon was so popular, it had the anime airing on TV (note: my Pokémon memories are all in English, including the anime and the songs), mangas selling in bookstores, trading cards literally everywhere, and the Game Boy games making kids like me even more addicted. I would wake up early on weekends just to see the Pokemon anime, and would save my pocket money to buy trading cards. Pokémon was the alpha one, next to Digimon and Yu-Gi-Oh. Oh, and I still have the trading cards stashed away in the house somewhere because I couldn't bring myself to throw them away. I think of these cards like photos that bring back fond old memories of times past...

輕聲密語

其實最初接觸這部漫畫是純屬意外，只不過是在逛書店，然後沒經過考慮就手癢買下的。當時我也沒想太多，更沒料到這會是一部百合漫畫。封面感覺是不錯，但翻開後對於畫風是有點失望...。不過它的故事卻非常細緻，作者很會描述女孩們的心情，那種情緒上的拉扯看的我非常有感觸。而且之中也有適當的放入搞笑劇情，看一看沉重的之後能笑一笑。

總之，輕聲密語在講高中女孩們之間的友情與愛情，而主角們是兩位非常要好的朋友。村雨純夏，175公分，文武雙全，全身散發著帥氣的氣息。風間汐，一位只喜歡可愛女孩子的女孩。而村雨喜歡這風間，卻只被當作最要好的朋友。故事大概就是這樣，看著兩人之間的拉扯，然後作者也善用了許多百合與漫畫界的老梗。老實說，看到這種設定我也會替村雨感到無奈，在現實世界常常也是如此不是嗎?拋開漫畫中誇張的部分，其實這種情況是存在的。我就很能體會村雨的心情，也因此時常想用力巴一下風間，醒醒吧風間!!

Today is Gonna Be a Great Day

I admit, I like to watch Disney Channel in my leisure time. For one thing, it's cartoons in ENGLISH, which I really really miss. I would gladly watch Cartoon Network too, IF it had the dual language option. It's such a great pity since CN has some of the most ridiculous cartoons from the US (e.g. Cow and Chicken, Johny Bravo, Tom & Jerry, Dexter, etc.). I have heard that kids my age in the US or other foreign countries at that don't watch Disney at all, in fact some of them even look down on Disney. I know it's a kiddy channel and all, but what harms are there in enjoying simplistic and funny kiddy shows.

I remember really clearly one summer when my ABChinese friends from the US came to Taiwan, my brother and I showed them around a department store. We came upon the CDs section, and the ABC brothers saw the High School Musical Soundtrack. They started laughing and pointing at the cover, and scoffed at the singers. That high school drama never really appealed to me, but some of those songs are pretty decent enough. I guess I don't understand or relate with Americans my age. *shrugs*

初一凌晨的海尼根

虎年快樂，99年!

附上一張瑪奇新出的老虎寵物應景一下，這隻真的滿可愛的。大貓咪! : D

今年大概是我人生中第一次，沒跟我爸媽一起過年。每年都會覺得我爺爺家的人口在縮水，但其實這次也只少了他們兩位。雖然有點愧疚大掃除似乎沒幫到什麼忙，因為大人們好像也沒有搬動沙發那般的打掃，我媽不在果然差好多。 (小小的感嘆) 不過除此之外，我覺得今年過年還不錯欸。雖然只是吃東西、看電視、打麻將，不過這就是過年嘛!

Fangirling & FF13

Fang and Vanille

Annie On My Mind

Meaningful Anime?

I guess the few meaningful things that I've done all winter vacation was driving lessons and watch anime. LOL I usually only watch one series once in a while for very random reasons like stumbling upon them on the web or it was just a whim. And I usuall choose to watch finished anime because I don't like to wait, it makes me feel like an idiot when I'm sitting in front of the TV or computer pining for the next episode. Well, I've broken that rule as well. *shrugs*

Let me see... all the anime series that I've finished on the computer are: Moyashimon, Toshokan Wars, Ga-Rei -Zero-, Strawberry Panic, CANAAN, Kara No Kyoukai movies 1&2, Marimite Season 4, and Minami-Ke all 3 seasons.

There are also some that I dropped for no apparent reason: Higurashi, Burst Angel, Kanazuki No Miko, Madlax, El Cazador, etc. Most of these are pretty famous yuri-wise, but I couldn't focus on any of them and lost my interest. I watch anime mostly for entertainment and self-amusement, so critics and reviews don't really affect my opinion on what to watch. Though I have to admit that reading anime review blogs is one of my favorite Internet past-times.

人與人

我常常在想，到底該如何維繫兩人的關係。我不認為自己是個交不到朋友的人，但我也知道自己無法輕易與人深入交友。不管是誰，我都無法。這是一個很嚴重的缺陷，也是上了大學之後才察覺到的。畢竟以前高中成天混在一起，每天都會見面，高三更是一起當考生留校夜自習培養出革命感情。在那種環境下，自然而然，拉近了彼此的距離。

但是大學不一樣了，一方面得顧及以前高中的交情，另一方面又得面對全新的環境與人。我也知道，比起我一些高中朋友，我算是很幸運能認識一群不錯的同學。然而，我的被動一樣是沒變。我不擅長當做領導人群的角色，也不喜歡做決定。從吃飯的地點，到出去玩的地點，到該做什麼...種種事情我幾乎都是順著他人的意見。只有對於關切到自己本身的貼身事物(e.g. 衣服、髮型、等)，我才會出現所謂的堅持。