Hisashiburi!

Mina! Hisashiburi! It's been like 3 months? More? Well, never mind. A lot has happened in those last three months like for example me getting a job and quitting the job (That was too fast! I know… but I had my reasons). I took the entrance exam for the master's degree (yes! Me!) and I am currently waiting for the results. I should know within a couple of days, I might have not finished this post yet when the results are announced. I caught up with Naruto: Shippuden, I watched Hanasakeru Seishun, Kuroko no basket and I am currently watching Hakuouki. I discovered this brilliant soundtrack from that weird anime and it's playing in my head right now. I attended another anime related event: Summer Cosplay Party, hosted by Egycon organizers, and it was great (I bought stuff! :3 ). I read 4 books, a trilogy and the first book in a series. I watched 3 J-dramas. I completed a 500-piece puzzle… with mum. She did most of it. And, I ate, possibly the tastiest fried chicken sandwich I've had in a long while. Surely, I've done other stuff. It has been three months! But, that's all I can remember now. So, where do I start?

Maybe, the job? Well, I found a job online, I sent my CV and I got an interview. I was told ,after the interview and a small test, to start work the next day so it all happened so fast. It was a small design studio. I tried different kinds of stuff, and I realized, I'm really not interested! However, everyone was satisfied with my work so I thought I'd try harder to be interested, but I just couldn't and things happened. Conclusion, I realized I am not suited for that kind of work: physically, mentally or socially. And, that was around the time I decided to take the master's entrance exam. I came up with an interesting topic and I thought I'd give it a try. I will not talk about it now, since I don't know if I am accepted or not. I don't feel comfortable talking about it when I don't how things will end up. Now, let's go to what matters more than any job in the world! Anime! XD 

So, I caught up with Naruto, and I've got to say I'm disappointed. Naruto was more than awesome! And then it just kept getting from bad to worse. I'm still watching of course, I mean it's Naruto! I cannot just drop it. I love that anime. It's really a shame how things got so weird, cheesy and boring. Let's move to Hanasakeru Seishounen, and that's another boring for you! Hanasakru Saishounen is a shoujo anime but unlike most of the shoujo anime it's a bit long: 39 episodes. The anime is different from your typical shoujo manga with a high school setting. It involves politics, action and stuff like that. It's a reverse Harem. The main character Kajika was kind of interesting in the beginning, and different, but the closer we go to the end the more boring she became. As for the guys who happen to be four, I like all of them generally. And like most of the shoujo anime, she ends up with the most predictable and boring one. I knew she would but deep down I was wishing she'd surprise me. I guess that's my fault. Moving to the highlight of my anime-watching experience in the last 3 months: Kuroko no basket! I fell in love with it from the very first episode. I absolutely loved the story, the characters, the art and everything about it. I think I should write about it in a separate post or this post will be too long. As for Hakuouko, I haven't finished it yet, so I'll talk about it later, but, for now let's say that the best thing about it is the art. Now what? The soundtrack, yes! I discovered that one yesterday. I was playing that game where I have to recognize the anime from the soundtrack (yes, I had that much free time) and I came up on one of the best soundtracks I've ever heard. I don't think I'll ever watch the anime though.

Our next stop: Summer Cosplay Party. Well, that was good! For starters, I bought lots of stuff: key chains, pins, t-shirts, necklace and an alarm clock (a cute One Piece themed one). I usually don't buy stuff because I am a very hesitant person and I can't make fast decisions, so that was good for a change. There was like 50 – 60 cosplayers, and a cosplay contest which was kind of cool and funny. There was karaoke; I missed that and I don't really mind. All in all, it felt good being there with people who share your interests and don't think you're weird or childish. Oh! I forgot the most important part! In preparation for the awaited event, I, and Summar, designed our own anime themed t-shirts. They were kind of matching and they were so cool! I love them! 

Now, the four books.. Well, the trilogy was Rachel Hawkin's Hex Hall. It's about Sophie Mercer a witch who goes to a boarding school for the Prodigium (Supernaturals) trouble makers called Hecate Hall for using her magic in public. There she meets friends and foes, and faces all kinds of mysteries. It was a very enjoyable read, but very predictable all the same. The characters were likable but lacked depth. All in all, it was good, except for the rushed ending, of course. As for the fourth book, it's the first in a series and it's called A Throne of Glass, it's about a notorious, young, female assassin who joins a competition to be the king's champion, in exchange for her freedom.  I liked the idea and I was excited about the competition but I didn't get much of that. Instead, I got a long mystery, and a love triangle. It was good, indeed, but it could have been much better.

The Japanese dramas… Well now they were Papa to musume no nanokakan, a comedy, family drama, funny and enjoyable; Buzzer Beat a sports drama that turned out to be a romance drama actually, and Kaseifu no Mita which was kind of weird and troubling but it was good, I looked forward to watching it.

Now, let's skip the puzzle and get to the sandwich. A new Texas Chicken branch opened nearby, so I got myself last Friday's dinner from there: a Mexicana Sandwich, and it was brilliant! The chicken tasted and felt good, the Jalapeno sauce was just perfect not too spicy or too bland, and the nachos on top made it my ideal chicken sandwich! Now, I'm hungry!

Well, I guess that's it for now. Hopefully, I'd be writing more posts soon… see you, then!  

What has been going for the last month...

Hi there! It's been a very loooong while! You know what? I don't regret starting this blog at all. It made me realize that writing is not my thing. When I first started it, it felt like a dream come true, but now it's been months and I didn't feel like writing so it can't have been my thing. So, I decided to give it another use, and make it like some kind if diary, a place where I document the different things I do (which are not many for now). When I say document, you might need to be reminded that half my documentations will be about new anime I started or finished watching, because that seems to be the only interesting thing going on with my life now. Hopefully, it won't be for long, since it seems that I actually found an interesting hobby that might become more than that.

Here I go, so what's new, since my last blog entry?

Yes, I said I'll be watching Durarara! And I did! I watched Durarara! And Durarara!!x2 They were really good! I didn't like Durarara!!x2 in the beginning as much as Durarara! I didn't like the new characters introduced in the first couple of episodes, but then I got used to them and the other new characters were kind of cool; that's aside from the fact that Heiwajima Shizuo never seizes to be awesome! X2's finale was, in my modest opinion, better than Durarara's. Conclusion: Now I have one more favorite anime (I think it deserves to be in my top 10) and a bunch of favorite characters with Shizu-chan and Celty on top.

What else? Yes! I started watching Naruto! And this is big! I remember when I started watching anime, and I knew about the big three, Naruto didn't interest me, mainly because of the art, and I have to say I still think the art and the animation in Naruto is kind of poor compared to Bleach for example. I don't know about Naruto: Shippuden, since I'm still watching Naruto. However, I am loving it! I am loving Naruto, it might be second favorite anime of all time, after One Piece, or third after Hunter X Hunter, can't decide yet. Clearly, it didn't surpass One Piece, and it never will I think, but it definitely surpassed Bleach (I'm talking about the big three here). It seems like the only credit I can give Bleach, is that it has the most refined art between the three, but that's pretty much it. Between, the three, Naruto seems to be the least surprising, so far it's kind of predictable, but it's pretty much enjoyable, that I can go on watching for hours. I decided, finally, to watch Naruto after attending the Egycon a couple of months ago, and realizing that I am missing on loads of stuff, not having watched Naruto. I and my brother like to watch mainstream long running anime together, so we actually made the decision when he started to feel like he's missing on something too. Well, a while ago there was a total Lunar eclipse – Bloodmoon - and everyone was like XXX (I don't know his name, and I don't want to, I want to be surprised) from Naruto is coming! He seemed like some scary villain, he doesn't know about, and that's when he decided it's time to watch Naruto, and we started soon after we finished Durarara!!x2, and so far it's good! It's enjoyable to watch and there are many likable characters; and my favorite character so far is Uzumaki Naruto! :D Well it feels so much like watching Sakuragi Hanamichi from Slam Dunk. He's an idiot, but I like him! And he's, well, cute! Not handsome "cute, I mean childish "cute". His "Ano sa! Ano sa!" is so kawaii! I like him, and I don't want him to grow up! I don't like Sakura and Sasuke, but I absolutlely like Kakashi. Afterall, he's the one Naruto character that I thought looked cool, before ever considering watching Naruto; and it's not just about the character design; he feels like Kyoraku from Bleach, Urahara from Bleach, Gintoki from Gintama, well a bunch of cool characters and his own unique self ,so he's awesome! There're many other characters I like, Jiraiya for example.. well I don't really feel like going for long with this, so let's stop here, or I'll keep going forever about Naruto, it deserves it! 

About the hobby, well, you know? Many times, I think that something interests me and I get so hyped about and when I start to take it kind of seriously, it turns out I wasn't really interested, or it wasn't really my thing. That's why I've been very cautious about the "getting excited" part. I've been thinking, maybe I should do the "take it seriously" part first, and see what happens. Honestly, I don't even want to talk about it until I'm 100% sure, it's my thing. Call me superstitious or whatever! I know I can be! XD However, I decided to wake my artistic sense, improve my handwriting and my drawing; that may give you a hint!

That's all for today! Ja ne!

Pointless Blabber

       Hi there! It's been a while shorter than the last while. Last night, I was reading the last few posts I've written on the blog for no specific reason. It's kind of fun remembering when I was writing those posts and how It felt back then, it's like going back in time… This is not that kind of post though! What I wanted to say is that I've notice loads of mistakes in my writing, mistakes like: a missing "s", a missing verb, a repeated word, a sentence that doesn't make any sense. Well, my deepest sincerest apologies for that. For a nerd like me, who wouldn't let a single spelling or grammatical mistake go in peace, that's big! But then, those mistakes were not on purpose, they were just typing mistakes, and it can't be helped now, what's done is done… Well, it can be helped since the posts are editable, but it's a pain, they are too many, I don't have that much free time… Well, I have, but that's not how I'd like to spend it! And besides who am I fooling?! No one is even reading this. It's not necessarily a bad thing. I mean I'm not very careful with my writing for that very same reason. This is not a technical report, it doesn't have to be so formal.

       Another thing I noticed is that the amount of crushes I have on anime characters is huge! It's kind of alarming, or not. I mean absolutely like them but that's where it stops; I don't join fandoms, I don't read or write fan fiction about them, I do nothing! I just like them, and at most I'd write about them a "character of the day" post on this blog. So, I think I'm still on the safe side, and I think I'll always be. I realized I'm not the kind of person that becomes insanely dedicated to something, there's a limit to my obsession. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing. That kind of people seem to enjoy their stuff way more than I do, but they are possibly missing on other things, I don't know.

       My last month has been, indeed, fuller than any other time since I graduated. A Revit course I've been enrolled in for months has finally started a couple of weeks ago. I went to the annual book fair for the first time, or the second time (Mum and dad were saying that I went there before when I was much younger, but I don't remember that, so I don't think it counts.), and I bought plenty of books. I went to a one day Manga workshop in the Japanese foundation, I attended the Egycon last week, and the plan is that we will be watching a Japanese movie in the Opera next week, as a part of "The Japanese film week". It's worth mentioning that apart from the Revit course, I and Summar did all that stuff together.

      What else has been happening in my life? I've been eating too many Omurice, and somehow it's become a tradition to watch Kaito KID 1412 while eating it. I decided to eat all my food with chopsticks as a practice, but it only lasted for two days. My hand hurt and It took me forever to get finished and the food would get cold and tasteless.

      The plan was I'd be talking about loads of stuff in this post like the how slow One Piece has become, and how Bleach's main characters are so boring, and how awesome Egycon was and the books I've been reading, but I feel like I'm done already, so I'd be talking about that stuff in the next few posts. I promise! (That should be very reassuring)

      Well then, See you!

     Oh! There's that too! It's been really bugging me so it can't wait! Enough with the Valentine's day jokes people! And enough with the "single and proud" stuff! If the day is meaningless to you, then you don't make that load of stupid jokes about it and spam other people's FB news feed with them. It's boring and ridiculous! And stop joking about everything! Jokes are becoming meaningless! 

    This is not meant to be in favor of Valentine's celebrants, they are no less ridiculous; and I've surely offended a good deal of people in this post... enough writing for me today.

The promise I broke! - Life of an unemployed architect!

      I remember that, on a former post, we promised that no day would pass without at least a new post. That teaches me if anything to never make promises again! It’s not like that I am bored with the blog or anything. It's just that there's nothing new to write about! (Well, that was a complete lie). Let's see, it's not like that I have watched a new Japanese drama, and read three new books, or watched a new anime movie since then. Okay! I admit it! I am bored! Nothing can make me say I want to go back to the never ending Architectural Design or Building Construction lectures. Nothing, absolutely, can make me say I want to go back to those sleepless nights. I remember those days with a shudder! However, unemployed life is boring too. It makes you start to think about your purpose in life and if you're any good or of any use, and the answer you come to is "No!"

   








       The thing is I thought once I am done with college, a door to all my dreams will open. I can learn and do everything else I wanted to, since architecture was not exactly part of the plan. It's just something that happened and I don't know to the moment if I should regret it or not. I am one of those who believes that everything happens for a reason, and I'm still waiting for that reason.  And, it's not like architecture and college were the end of the world. I can still learn new stuff, right? The possibility is there, the motive is there and the capability is there, but the will went somewhere far and never came back.

      I discovered the MOOC thing a month ago or even before that, and I thought that was it! I can learn anything, get an exam and even a certificate, from home. It's not like I'm not bored with the comfort of home already, but I don't drive, and where I live and in this lovely country of ours, Taxis are my only option and they suck! They cost way too much, and that without the driver deciding to mess with the meter and having you pay the double, or pretend that it's not working and asks for whatever he pleases. There was that taxi that switched off the meter right before I get to my destination and asked for the double! :D See! Life is amazing when you have to use taxis for transportation. It gives you all kinds of surprises. Of course, the very awkward conversation you might get into are bonus. That's apart from the fact that they are not exactly safe. Many people reported being robbed by taxi drivers, that's apart from the kidnapping which is an option. Oh! And I forgot to mention that they don't take you wherever you want, they take you wherever they want. If your way to your destination is known to have some troublesome traffic, then your chances with finding a taxi driver that would give you the pleasure of giving you a ride are close to zero. We live in a lovely country indeed!

   

       I think that more than explained why I'd rather learn from home. It didn't work though and I have no idea why, or maybe I have. You cannot work from home! Home is for lazing around and self-indulgence. That's all there is to it.

      That's a part of the busy life I've been living in since I graduated!

      Since, I brought myself to write all that, then maybe I'll write about some of the new stuff I've watched and read. Wait for them in the next posts!