‘Tis the season to be jolly. Nyannyannyannaynnayn, nyannyannyannyan. Merry Christmas eve to you all! Or, if you are way ahead of my time zone, Merry Christmas! I hope you guys are having a wonderful holiday thus far. And if you are lucky, maybe even a nice, harmless white Christmas as a bonus. So my gift [...]
The time of the year has come! Thanksgiving, a true American holiday, started with the Pilgrims and the nearby American Indian tribes and finally implemented as a National Holiday by President Lincoln. So, what does Thanksgiving have to do with East Asian culture? Well, Black Friday of course! Regardless that this holiday is unique to America, sites [...]
Every time when I visit Nico Nico Douga website, I can’t stop myself from collecting all these adorable GIF animations:
Including me, a full-out Japanese learner, many people always look forward to watch TV channels directly from Japan, for whatever purposes: anime episodes, drama, news (listening skill practice). And now you can, with many solutions on the internet now, especially KeyHole TV. KeyHole TV is a lightweight program that runs across all platforms (Mac, PC [...]
“He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. Is not life a hundred times too short for us to bore ourselves?”-Frederich Nietzsche Monsters come in a vast multitude of forms and varieties. From the serpent-haired Gorgon Medusa to the reanimated monstrosity known as Frankenstein’s Monster; monsters are a staple [...]
I apologize for the lateness of the review (a seemingly more common thing nowadays, huh? Oh well), for I have been wrapped up in my studies. I wish they were studies on the occult, however. That would be much more fascinating than boring ol’ regular school. It’s possibly more life-threatening, assuming this stuff was real, [...]
“A man reserves his true and deepest love not for the species of woman in whose company he finds himself electrified and en-kindled, but for that one in whose company he may feel tenderly drowsy.” -George Jean Nathan Love is a truly unique and fascinating emotion. Authors have written about its power, singers have written [...]
“Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.” –John Lennon “Growing up” is an essential and unavoidable aspect of every human being’s life. We often think maturity is measured in the same way age is measured; a numerical set of years. However, children can grow up surprisingly fast even at a young age when they are [...]
Hmph. This mystery is starting to bore me. Whether or not this show is any good at all is of no concern to me. Accessing my wellspring of knowledge, the fragments of Chaos all come together to form…an opinion on an anime series. That’s pretty anticlimactic. Gosick Episodes: 24 Originally aired: 27 December 2010 – [...]
