OnE DaY in the LifE of (>.^) ♪

Note to readers

2008-03-31T08:16:00.004+09:00

Due to the fact that I no longer update this blog since July 2007, please check
http://daydreamingsky.blog94.fc2.com (Japanese)
or
http://waterdr0plet.blogspot.com/ (English blog)
for my latest news.

My latest illust/CG/manga:

Please check: http://waterdroplet-s.deviantart.com for more of my art.

The Legend of Flor- English version

2007-07-30T08:41:00.001+09:00

* 日本語版は、7月22日のブログを見てください。Please look at July 22nd blog entry for the Japanese version

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If reading it on-line：Please click on the image to enlarge it ©2007 Waterdroplet

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Production Days:around March 3, 2007~July 22nd, 2007 (~July 29thfor English translation)
Materials used：
A4　manga paper
Light box
Too.　MultiPurpose pen　0.03, 0.05, 0.1, 0.7, BS or　BM
Mechanical pencil
Tracing paper
Eraser (normal one, knead, tone’s)
Cutting knives
Disposable Calligraphy pen
Cutting pad
White out
Screen tone(Design Tone, IC Tone, Radical Screen Tone, and on computer applications）
Adobe Photoshop CS2
ComicStudio Pro
scanner　(600dpi, gray scale）
Wacom Pen
Manga I used as a reference：
07-Ghost
Dear
Dolls
One Piece
Pandora Hearts
Rave
Air Gear
Amatsuki
TSUBASA RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE
xxxHOLiC
Reborn
Letter Bee

フロールの伝説　THE LEGEND OF FLOR (日本語版）

2007-07-22T01:11:00.001+09:00

* 英語版は、数週間以内に出します。I will finish up the English version within a few weeks.

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オンラインで読む場合：画像をクリックして大きくしてください。 ©2007 Waterdroplet

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描いた期間：平成１９年３月３日位～平成１９年７月２２日
材料：
A4　漫画原稿用紙
トレーサー
Too.社　MultiPurpose ペン　0.03, 0.05, 0.1, 0.7, BS　か　BM
シャーペン
消しゴム　（普通、練り消し、トーン用）
カッターナイフ
筆ペン
修正インク
トーン(Design Tone, IC Tone, Radical Screen Tone, コンピューターソフト）
Adobe Photoshop CS2
ComicStudio Pro
スキャナー　(600dpi, グレー）
Wacom Pen
参考にした漫画：
07-Ghost
Dear
Dolls
One Piece
Pandora Hearts
Rave
Air Gear
あまつき
ツバサ-RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE
xxxHOLiC
家庭教師ヒットマンリボーン
テガミバチ

~The Legend of Flor~ フロールの伝説

2007-07-22T01:09:00.000+09:00

I finally finished the Japanese version of the comic I made starting from March. I never did any manga drawing or figure drawings until last year, so don't expect too much. However, I will put up the English version in a few weeks both here and another website. But, anyway, I have the Japanese version now, so I will post it in the following blog.

One frog tale

2007-05-10T10:38:00.000+09:00

Waterdroplet's note: After reading The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho on an airplane three days ago, a thought came to me to write a little simple tale. I didn't think about it too much until I thought of finishing it today. It took me just 1.5 hours to write, so haha.... I hope it turned out ok.

The Frog and Star
by Waterdroplet

On one fine day in early summer, a small green frog was fishing by the well when he felt the pull of his strings. At last, he caught a fish! The shadow of the well made it too dark for the frog to see what he caught. What could it be? Calming down himself so he wouldn’t be too overexcited to let this opportunity pass, he tugged in his string. Then, seeing what popped into the view, his eyes became very round and big with bewilderment.

A star! He caught a yellow star! It was a size of his outstretched hand and to his surprise, it began to glow. It stirred awake and the star turned on the string and faced the green frog.
“Thank you, sir, for getting me out of that murky cold well. I was stuck there for a very long time and no one came to help me,” the star said to the frog with a bell like voice, “and as for my thanks, I will grant you one wish and make it come true.”
“A ‘wish,’ my friend?” asked the frog, “why do you ask me for one?”
“It’s because when we fall from a sky, and someone finds us, we grant them wishes. That’s why we exist.”
“But, why couldn’t you grant your own wish to get out the well before?” said the frog, casting another string into the well. Although the star didn’t have eyes or mouth, it’s yellow glow dimmed for a moment.
“We can’t do that.”
“Why not?” asked the frog, puzzled.
“When we grant our own wishes by ourselves, we shatter into small pieces, into fine sand. I’ve seen my companions turn into dust in front of me.” Then, wanting to change a topic, the star asked once again. “Can’t I grant your wish?”
Frog thought for a moment. He did have a wish. A wish that took him over the mountains by attaching to the leg of a big black bird and avoided ever scorching sun to this moss covered well. The dangled string from his fishing pole went down to the hollowed depths below.
“You’re fishing in a place where there’s no fish,” pointed the star. The frog nodded.
“I already know that, my friend,” said the frog. The star’s glow flickered.
“Why?”
“It’s because everyone around me said that it was impossible when I said I want to catch one,” then seeing the star, he added with a slightly lower voice, “by my own strength alone, my friend.”
“You’re strange,” said the star, disappointed that the frog didn’t ask again for a wish.
The frog laughed. It sounded nothing extraordinary from other frog calls from the pond. But, to the star, who had been all alone in a cold wet well for a long time, it was special. Somehow, it made him want to jiggle with joy.
“Everyone said that it was meaningless to fish here. But, what’s meaningless to others doesn’t mean that it’s same for everyone. Even if it takes a long time, even years, it is meaningful if you can do it by yourself. Just imagine what kind of face they would make if I manage to catch it one day!”
The star concluded that the frog next to him was completely crazy. However, even if it was his duty to grant someone’s wish and go back to the sky above, it made him want to stay longer at this place. No one wanted to talk to him other than those that grant wishes. No one cared in this big wide world. However, this frog seemed different.
“May I ask you a question?”
“Go on,” replied the frog, without even a slight hesitation.
“Why do you keep on calling me a ‘friend’ even when I just met you?” asked the star.
“There’s a proverb in a distant land that said that even yesterday’s enemy could be your friends today,” said the frog, spreading its arms. “Anyone, even those that you meet just by passing by, could be your friend. That’s just why I called you that.”
Oh, so it wasn’t anything special to the frog, thought the star. But, it didn’t know what a ‘friend’ really was except in its vague term. It never had one before but heard that it would be nice to have one.
“Did you mind it?” asked the frog, concerned. “I would stop using it if you don’t like it.” The star thought for a moment.
“No,” said the star.

The frog and the star watched the string wave in the air as the soft zephyr carried the scent of wet earth from a nearby forest.
At last, the frog spoke.
“Could you stay with me until I catch that fish?” said the frog with a warm smile.
The star glowed ever so brightly.
“As you wish,” replied the star happily.

One daydream....

2007-04-25T14:43:00.001+09:00

It rained this morning as I left a train station. Rain usually makes me feel a little bit down, especially on weekdays. Gray clouds and splattering murky water. Not a fun start of a day.

However, it's a different story when it's raining cats and dogs. It's fun. It's like you are in the middle of a car washing machine, and people think that you're crazy when you come back soaking wet like a rat living in a sewage hole. You don’t give a damn about it.

It was a several years ago when I had a roommate like that, who also loved to go out in a thunderstorm.

It was a night before a huge exam and the room was boiling hot. No matter how much we try to concentrate on our work, it lasted only a few minutes, nibbling away midnight snacks or surfing on the web. They were our typical procrastination methods. Then, we found out that a thunderstorm might be coming into town. We rushed outside, staring up pitch-black clouds, hearing loud crashing sound and seeing white flashes running in the distance. However, no matter how much we waited to quench our thirsty heads, only a drizzle came down from heavens.

I wonder how long we waited. However, by the time we came back inside our dorm, we were the only ones soaking wet to our bones. We got lots of staring from other dorm mates. What a great laughter we had over that.

However, that was something of a past. I am currently in the society where people think that even a drizzle must be avoided by umbrellas. But, sometimes, I like to feel cool water dripping from fresh spring leaves and spread my arms to the sky and just absorb. I know that rain is no longer pure. It’s acidic and has all kinds of pollutants from manmade fumes. It’s sad to say that it’s no longer healthy to expose oneself to rain.

However, when I opened my umbrella at the exit of a train station this morning, I saw light yellow green wild grasses and flowers extending their tips to the sky to gobble up raindrops. Can I just abandon everything and just lie on the ground among them, staring up the sky? One little daydream passed within my head as I left the station to my work place.

just a piece of writing

2007-04-10T11:58:00.001+09:00

The gray walls surrounds you and the dust swirl around your wind as the car flies by honking. Even when you look up to the sky, it is half hidden by a highway that lures above, casting a deep shadow on already a dark road. Although it is a middle of spring, the air is hard to breath from fumes and even the warm wind seems so artificial by the scent it carries. You are just a part of the crowd, waiting for the traffic light to change. People around you are all faceless strangers and just a part of a fleeing presence. Nothing changes even with passing of time, and this is nothing more than a part of everyday routine.

Yet, the moment between each blinks of one’s brown eyes, between the worlds of darkness and light, new scenery emerges. The eyes momentarily lose its focus from an advertisement on the wall across the street and sucked into the world within.

Nameless and shapeless things swirl around you gently, dancing and bursting with colors. People disappear and only you remain, surrounded by a warm glowing light. The concrete road’s is no longer there but a clear green lake spreads below one’s feet, reflecting the vast endless azure sky, which expands above a horizon. A pale white moon peeks in from a far through the reflection. The warm breeze creates a ripple on the surface, scattering not a pink but orange and yellow petals from trees nearby.

A fleeing moment. A fleeing time. Just as it came, the scenery disappears and fades into the concrete buildings. The street light changes, and people step into the cold asphalt road. Nothing changed. People remain just strangers, and you are just a part of a crowd.

Or is it?

(￣～￣；) Oi.... (￣～￣；)してしまった。。。。

2007-04-05T10:41:00.000+09:00

There was a transvestite gentleman standing in a line before me, waiting for a train last night.
Due to the other party's unidentifiable gender, I stared at the beginning. (゜_゜)
Then, mesmerized by his/her pretty eyelashes, I continued to stared. (゜_゜)
Yes, I was acting shamelessly disrespectful....（＞皿＜）

Since some of these people have better makeup skills than girls, I was really tempted to say,
"Hey, teach me!" (^O^)／
but told myself to be patient. Yes, very patient. (*/ω＼*)
The train was very crowded due to it being in a rush hour, so I couldn't talk to that person at all. So, I have no clue as to what he/she was thinking about me staring.

Probably, it's not a wonderful thought. I guess it can't be helped. However, I hope my act didn't make his/her day to go bad.

帰りの電車に乗る列の前方に並んでいた男性の方が少し、女装をしていた。
始めは、相手の性別が不明で、じろじろ。(゜_゜)
そして、彼／彼女の綺麗なまつげに見とれてしまい、じろじろ。(゜_゜)
失礼な事をしてしまった。（＞皿＜）

でも、こういう人の方が女性より化粧方法を知っていられる場合も多く、思わず、
「教えて！」(^O^)／
っと言うのをガマン。ガマン。(*/ω＼*)
電車が、混んでいたので声をかけられなかった。相手は、どう思っていたのであろう。

きっと。悪口だろうな。仕方がないよね。あまり、気分を悪くしてなかったらいいけど。

買っちゃいました。。。　o（＾▽＾*）o

2007-03-28T10:05:00.000+09:00

RADWIMPS のＣＤ二枚、
RADWIMPS3~無人島に持っていき忘れた一枚~
と
RADWIMPS4~おかずのごはん~

うーん。五千円ぐらいのお小遣いがちょっとパッと消えちゃいました。数日前にラジオで聞いた、25コ目の染色体　（始めのＣＤに入っています。）にちょっと惚れ惚れしちゃって、
（＠＾＿＾)ゞポリポリ
ネットで調べた後、帰り道のＣＤショップでゲット！歌手の英語の発音がネーティブに近かったので、海外生活経験したのか、国際学校に行ってたのかな？それとも、単に上手？最初のアルバムがお気に入りに入りました。
しかし、一番好きなアルバムは、今年グラミー賞を残念ながらゲットできなかった、Imogen HeapのＣＤ， Detailsです。その中でも、Let Goが一番良かった。ずーっと聞いてます。
やはり、いい曲の歌詞も聞いていると、気分もポヮーとさせてくれますねー。

゜・。・゜・☆。・。・★゜・。・。(´▽｀)。・。・゜★・。・。☆・゜・。・゜

･･･(￣.￣;)eh(￣｡￣;)ah(￣-￣;)uh･･･ (￣.￣;)ｴｯﾄ(￣｡￣;)ｱﾉｫ(￣-￣;)ﾝｰ

2007-03-27T11:13:00.000+09:00

I have countless e-mail accounts. (￣▽￣*)muhahaha♪

If I include my cell phone's, then I have at least six-seven accounts. Their purposes vary, for personal use, job, or for entertainment (ahem... most of them). In addition, one account that I create for immediate usage and never to see it again until the end of Earth(for weird sites).

However, two things that troubled me the most were the password and ID name.　I have to remember them for there are two accounts that will expire if I don't check them before a month passes away. When I do, I have to dig up that fossilized made up passwords from the bottom of my rotting brain.

"o(-_-;*) aaaargh.　What were they？

In order to prevent ID theft, e-mail accounts for "entertainment usage" have fake ID, address, birth date, and so on. Therefore, there were several accounts in the past that vanished into thin air due to the fact that I forgot my own name.

One occasion that ticked me off was the time when I signed up for a game site（It has elementary level games that allows you to raise virtual pets) which my friend recommended. This time around, I went for the extreme. Instead of writing my real age, I wrote that I was eleven years old.

♪(*￣ー￣)ｖ

Even though I saw college students playing Pokemon, it was embarrassing still to lose a game to elementary students. In fact, the friend (who recommended me that site) was ridiculed by her kindergarten cousin. As a result, I... ahem... made ever so slight adjustment to my age.

Everything seemed to go well until I found out that I needed a "parental permission" for creating an e-mail account for those under the age thirteen and didn't allow me to continue.

(ﾉ△･｡)

(ノ◇≦。)

・ﾟﾟ･(≧д≦)･ﾟﾟ･｡

。・°°・(((p(≧□≦)q)))・°°・!

...

I guess there's a limit to everything....(●￣▽￣●；)ゞ scratch scratch

私は、多数のメール　アカウントを持っている。(￣▽￣*)ゥヶヶ♪

携帯を含めたら、最低６－７つある。利用方法は、仕事、個人、遊び用（実は、これが殆ど）等様々。そして、怪しげなダウンロードサイトに登録する度に一度使って一生使わないのがもう一つ。要素に応じてこれらを使うのだが、

一番困る事は、パスワードとＩＤ。　二つのメールのアカウントは、一ヶ月もチェックしなければ消え去るので、覚えければいけない。しかし、久しぶりにチェックをしようとすると、脳ミソの底から化石化とした辞書にも載っていない、でちあげパスワードを掘り返さなければいけない。

"o(-_-;*) うーん。　何だったかな？

個人情報流出を止める為に、遊び用は、ＩＤも偽名、住所、生年月日もでちあげ。そのために、自分の名前も分からずに消え去っていったアカウントが数個ぐらい過去にあった。。。

一番、厄介だったのが、数年前に親友に進められた無料のゲーム　サイト（バーチャルペットを育てる小学生レベルのゲーム）登録の時、自分の実の年齢を書かずに、極端に、１１歳ぐらいにした事。

♪(*￣ー￣)ｖ

大学生が、ポケモンゲームを遊んでいるのを何回か見たが、ちょっと小学生相手にゲームを負けるのは、恥ずかしい。進めた親友も、幼稚園児の従姉妹に馬鹿にされたのである。その為に、年齢を。。。ゴホン。。ほんの少しだけごまかした。
しかし、１３歳以下でメールを登録しようとすると、「親の許可が要ります」とかかれ、全然させてくれなかった。。。。

(ﾉ△･｡)

(ノ◇≦。)

・ﾟﾟ･(≧д≦)･ﾟﾟ･｡ｴｰﾝ!

。・°°・(((p(≧□≦)q)))・°°・!

。。。

やっぱり、無理か。。。(●￣▽￣●；)ゞぽりぽり

Rather than a flower... 花より。。。

2007-03-26T08:44:00.001+09:00

go for a nap. It's 'cause flowers just rot within a few days, and when I see flower petals scatter about with a warm spring breeze、I think,

Aaaaaah. Spring is... Ugh.

here.　Wait a minute. Where did winter go?

After spring, rain rain rain. Then, the flashy arrival of a wonderful mosquito filled tropics.

Hmmmm.... (o・。・o) ヾ(・＿・；） hey...

It seems as though I suffer from weekend deficiency syndrome, and my brain ceased to function. Pardon me.
（￣◇￣)ゞ

(-.-)zzzzz

居眠り。どうしてって、花って数日間で腐るし、桜の花びらがそよ風に乗って散らばる時、

あー春も。。。ヴっ。

来ましたね。　って感じです。冬って、もう終わっちゃたの？

春が過ぎればーあー。雨ー。その後、蚊がうじゃうじゃ熱帯雨林ー。

うーん。(o・。・o) ヾ(・＿・；）オイオイ

やはり、月曜日は、まだ週末不足症候群で、脳ミソが機能不完全です。すみませんね。
（￣◇￣)ゞ

(-.-)zzzzz

After a long time... 久しぶりに。。。。

2007-03-25T15:02:00.000+09:00

I made a paper airplane just to kill time. Completely ignored by my dog as I tried to teach him, and the airplane I created,

did an emergency landing within a foot.

Oi...

紙飛行機を作りました。ただの暇つぶし。。。
小学生相手では無く、飼い犬に対して教えようとしたら無視され、出来上がった飛行機も。。。

３０cmぐらいで不時着。

小学生レベル以下の能力をまた発見。トホホ

cell phone's T9 malfunction (￣■￣;)!? 携帯のＴ９機能不全

2007-03-23T14:10:00.000+09:00

T9 typing function on cell phones are useful, but it can land the user with a bit of trouble.

(▼∀▼)sneer

It's abrupt to say this, but I love to eat stews and hot pots. Therefore, when I was trying to make a point with others about whether to eat tounyuu nabe* (soy milk hot pot) at home or simply eat out, I wrote on my text mail,

"Watashi wa, tounyou nabe ga tabetai!!!"

translation:
"I want to eat glycosuria hot pot!!!"

The stupid T9 typing function changed tounyuu (soy milk) to tounyou (glycosuria).

Oi... It resulted in us eating out.

*Tounyuunabe (soy milk hot pot)

This Japanese site (unfortunately in Japanese) has a nice recipe for this (although I didn't use it). I simplified it a bit here:

Serves 4 people
1L of 100% Soy milk (no added ingredients)
600 ml of fish/kelp broth (fish broth is made from bonito and other fishies)
a bit of soy sauce, mirin, salt to taste
vegetables such as mizuna, mitsuba, etc. or Chinese cabbages, carrots, shiitake
chicken (thigh or breast meat)
tofu
green onions

cook them on low heat. Eat. Yum.

携帯のＴ９機能も便利だが、最低な結果を生み出す事もある。

(▼∀▼)ﾆﾔﾘｯ

突然だが、私は、鍋料理が好きだ。その為、外食するか、家で豆乳鍋を食べるか交渉している間、こう書いてしまった：

「私は、糖尿鍋が食べたい!!!」

しまった。 結局、外食することになった。

髪の毛爆発事件　（￣□￣；）！！

2007-03-23T10:37:00.000+09:00

それが、毎日起きます。クセ毛もいい所。しかし、朝早く起きる為に、気付かず、職場に来た時には落ち着いていると願うだけ（一応、ブラシでとくが）。昔から、おしゃれな方ではないので、そのクセ毛解決方法は、知らぬのまま（と、言うか、メンドクサイ）。ふむ。いい加減もいい所。

ふにゃ。むにゃ。＃＄＄（’％）＃（％’＃）＄’（無意味な事）

全然違うトピック：

実は、他のブログに密かに何処の市の人々が見るのか調べる為にコードを入れている。何も意味無いが、ただたんなる好奇心の塊の為。しかし、なぜか、日曜日から0人の読者なのに、何者かが、コメントを残してくださった。フニャ？

なっ、何故？幽霊？！！！？？？！！　(　▽|||)サー

そして、気付いた。この週末にテンプレートを変えた時、ＴＲＡＣＫＩＮＧ　ＣＯＤＥを入れ忘れた。前にも、二、三回したが、毎回それが起こると、気付くまでが怖い。

私は、高所恐怖症はない。自然に恵まれていた環境で育った為、ミミズやら、蜘蛛、ゴキブリも怖くない。しかし、暗い所と、ホラーの物は、大嫌いである。困った事は、多くの日本人は、ホラー物が好きだ。そして、その達人の頂点。アメリカのホラー映画は、誰もいない所で、俳優・女優がただ、ぎゃーぎゃー騒いで、血まみれになり、死ぬパターン。その点、日本の方は、何処でもありそうな、日常生活の場面で行われ、精神的に恐怖のドン底に落とそうとする。死んでも呪われ続けられている恐怖感。リングや呪怨が、ホリーウッド映画で再映画作品として公開された時、日本のホラー映画のレベルを知らない親友が恐怖のあまりに泣いてしまったケースも効いた。皮肉にも彼女は、大学生だったのである。

恐怖を乗り越えるには、それに「立ち向かうのが一番」と言われている。しかし、毎回ホラー映画とか、漫画を見る度に怖くなる。いい年頃なのに、その見た夜に明々と家の全てのライトを付けて寝る。そして、馬鹿な所は、それを忘れて、又、そのジャンルに再挑戦してみる所である。

私の恐怖心が始まったのは、小さい頃だった。近所に住んでいた親友が毎回会うたびに、
「ここはね、夜になったら・・・」と言い、私の反応を見るのを楽しんでいたようだった。その訓練が受けたはずなのに、まだまだ、嫌だ。

今までに、色々な友達からその点に関して、からかわれたのは、確かである。今から考えてみれば、馬鹿みたいな話ばっかりだったが、それでも、その頃は少しは信じた。なぜなら、真剣そうな顔で皆が言ってくるのである。
ある日、友達が私の横に座った。
「あのね。」彼女は、私の耳元でヒソヒソ声で言った。「『紫色の鏡』って言葉を二十歳まで覚えていたら、死ぬよ。」
嘘と分かっていたが、ちょっと気になった。なぜなら、二十歳の誕生日の前日に不運にも思い出したからである。長年使ってきた鏡が紫色のフレームに囲まれていると気付いた時だった。最悪。馬鹿でも、よくある日常生活用品をホラー物にするな！！！って言いたかった。

しかし、きっと言った本人は、その事を忘れているであろう。他の親友は小さい頃、同じ年の従姉妹に、午後八時以降にトイレに行き、水を流すと吸い込まれて行くと伝えたそうだ。言った親友は、すぐ忘れたが、言われた側は、長年覚えていたそうである。そして、朝までガ・マ・ン？？大変そう。。。。

たらたら長く書いてしまったが、これらの理由の為、ホラー話は、大嫌い。すぐ様に、ＴＲＡＣＫＩＮＧ　ＣＯＤＥを入れた。これで、一安心？？

午前10:52
うーラテ飲みたい。。。今さっき、ローソンで買ったスターバックスのシアトル　ラテを飲んだが、本当のがほーしーーーーーい！！！

うー。今、死んだら、世界中のカフェを呪ってやる！

～～～～~(m￣_￣)m

世界初のラテ呪い幽霊参上!

。。。

実際そうなったら、ちょっとむなしい。しかし、呪われる立場よりも、呪う方がマシなのでは？

～梅田のおいしいイタリア料理のレストラン～　ヾ(^∇^　) ~ Yummy Italian restaurant at Umeda, Osaka Prefecture, Japan~

2007-03-22T08:47:00.000+09:00

The place where my friend and I ate for lunch yesterday was the popular Italian chain restaurant named Gnocchi . Since it's located on the deserted-looking 2nd basement floor of Shinhankyu building, it's a bit hard to tell where it is for the first timer. However, the restaurant's brick oven pizza and pasta are yummy!!!

～～～～～ヾ(*￣▽)/ ヽ(￣▽￣*)

I recommend having a lunch there since it's cheaper than dinner (about twice the price). My friend and I ordered 800～900 yen pasta which came with salad, a bit of appetizer, and a slice of pizza.

It gives a perfect atmosphere for dates or just eating with your friends, but it might not be so for people going alone (unless you don't give a damn and want to eat yummy Italian food).
But, it was yummmmmmmmmy!
・・・

I realized just now, but about 80% of my blog is filled with talks about food....
lol...ﾟ｡(*^▽^*)ゞ (dismissing it with laugh)　

昨日親友とランチを食べた所は、

ニョッキGnocchi (梅田、新阪急ビル地下２階）と言う人気のイタリア料理のチェーンレストラン。したれた感じのビル内に在るので初めは、分かりにくいが、ブリックで出来た竈で焼いたピザやら、パスタが最高！！！

～～～～～ヾ(*￣▽)/ ヽ(￣▽￣*)

ランチが特にお勧め。昨日、大体、８００～900円のパスタに、サラダ、ちょっとしたオードブル、そして、一つのピザ　スライスが付いて来た。

前回、二回ディナーを、そこで頂いたが、普通のレストランみたいに、ディナーは高め。

でも、おいしーーーーーい！

デートや友達と行くのに最適の雰囲気。でも、一人では、ちょっと難しいかな？
・・・

今、気付いたが、私のブログの８０％位が食事の話みたい。。。
いやーﾟ｡(*^▽^*)ゞ　いけませんのー

(●^ー^●)

2007-03-20T20:27:00.001+09:00

又、昼抜き。お腹が空いた・・・

［電車の中］

〇＼('Д｀)~ グー　(◎-◎;)

(≧ω≦)テヘ

ONCE AGAIN, NO LUNCH. I'M HUNGRY...

［ON THE TRAIN］
〇＼('Д｀)~growl　(◎-◎;)

(≧ω≦)oopsey

Changed my other blog layout ｏ（^▽^）ｏ yay!　他のブログのレイアウトかえました。　ｏ（^▽^）ｏｴﾍﾍ!

2007-03-19T12:57:00.000+09:00

I finally realized yesterday that my other blog's layout sucked, so I promptly changed it to this layout. Since my name is "Waterdroplet," I was debating whether to use this template or the one with the sky that resembles my blog address. However, I considered this one as my favorite.

☆^(o≧▽ﾟ)o grin

Anyway, most of my kaomoji (smileys made with words) come from this Japanese site. I consider it very useful.

私の他のブログ のレイアイトがダサい事に昨日やっと気付き、早速これに変えさせていただきました。ペンネームが、Waterdropletだから、これか、ブログのアドレスに因んだ空の絵に迷っていましたけど、このテンプレートの方がお気に入り。

☆^(o≧▽ﾟ)oﾆﾊﾟｯ

因みに、いつも使わせていただいている顔文字は、この
サイトからです。本当に便利なものですね。

One spring delicacy ヽ(=´▽`=)ﾉ　春のおかず一品

2007-03-18T16:08:00.000+09:00

I picked it, cooked it, and ate it within today~
今日穫って、料理して、食べました〜

><(((( ﾟ<.｡o○Good.｡o○Morning.｡o○ (´0)ゞ。o○　　YAWN♪ ><(((( ﾟ<.｡o○オ.｡o○ハ.｡o○ヨ.｡o○ウ.｡o○ (´0)ゞ。o○　　ﾌｧｧ♪

2007-03-16T08:53:00.000+09:00

What happened after a party on Wed (White Day):

1. Went home (2nd to last bus) while secretly being entertained by a drunk guy falling on top of another guy on a train
～～((((*￣ー￣))ﾉ hiccup 　　　 slam >┼○ w(ﾟoﾟ*)w

2. Even with a full stomach, I munched away chocolates (Champagne flavored) I got for White Day (i.e. the day when ladies get return gifts from those guys they gave chocolates to on Valentine's Day)
(。^_・)ノ● 　　　｡｡｡φ"(￣￢￣*)yummy 　　 (*￣◇)=3 burp

3. Discovered a teddy bear
(*￣(ｴ)￣*)　・・・・ (ﾟ▽ﾟ*)♪
among White Day gifts

But,

within thirty seconds of taking my eyes off to get a drink, it was taken away by a
▽･ｪ･▽ﾉ""
stupid dog （￣□￣；）！！

3/15/07 (Thurs)
I was a zombie due to lack of sleep on a night before. Therefore, I went home early and tucked into a bed for a nap

(mｰ_ｰ)m.｡o○ zZZZ

3/16/07 (Fri)
then woke up at 5:30 am from a nap. Took a bath, ate last night's "dinner," and came to work place.

Caffeine unit:
1 tea
Calories: Millions
Weight: Don't have clue since New Years Day (since I'm afraid of learning how much I gained since then)
but recharged nevertheless　Ｏ(≧▽≦)Ｏ Yay♪

水曜日のパーティーの後に起こった事(ホワイトデー):

1. 帰宅する（最終バスから二番目）途中、酔っ払いのおじさんがふらふらしているのを発見、他の男の人の上に倒れこむまで密かに観察。
～～((((*￣ー￣))ﾉヒック　　バタン！ >┼○ w(ﾟoﾟ*)w

2. お腹がいっぱいだったけど、ホワイトデーに頂いたシャンパン味のチョコを試食
(。^_・)ノ● 　　｡｡｡φ"(￣￢￣*)オイシイ。。。　(*￣◇)=3 ゲップ
3. 熊のぬいぐるみをホワイトデーで頂いたのを発見！
(*￣(ｴ)￣*)　・・・・ (ﾟ▽ﾟ*)♪

しかし、

飲み物を取っている三十秒の間にそれは、
▽･ｪ･▽ﾉ""
アホ犬によって取られてしまった（￣□￣；）！！

3/15/07 (木曜日)
寝不足によりゾンビ状態が一日中つづき、早く早退。そして、少しの昼寝をする為に布団に包まり、

(mｰ_ｰ)m.｡o○ zZZZ

3/16/07 (金曜日)
午前5時半に昼寝から起きた。朝シャンして、昨夜の「晩御飯」を食べ、仕事場へ。

カフェイン：紅茶一杯
カロリー：億単位
体重:　恐ろしくて、新年から全然量っていない

でも、回復したのは間違いなし！！Ｏ(≧▽≦)Ｏﾜｰｲ♪

ヽ(=´▽`=)ﾉ

2007-03-14T10:03:00.000+09:00

Today is White Day, the day that exists only in Japan and also the day when male species would have to run about to return a favor for their Valentine's Day chocolates. I will make this as my favorite day since I get yummy stuff as a treat for my Valentine's Day work.
So far, I've harvested from six people....(~ 80% retrieval rate)

(ｏ￣∀￣)ノ”yeppy

Received yummy chocolates and cookies.... Since I don't diet (or simply impossible), I hope I don't go, "oopsey, I can no longer ride an elevator since I'm too heavy"
But, wait.
Those things can stand up to a ton, don't they?

ヽ( '∇＾*)ゝ
As you can see, I'm usually this easygoing.

However, one thing to note is to never to drink latte after eating chocolates. If I happen to forget that:

Wheeeeee!ε=ε=ε=≡≡≡ﾍ(*ﾟ∇ﾟ)ﾉ

THEN, NO ONE

(┌ ￣_)┘dash dash dash...

CAN

。。。。。。。。ヽ(・ o ・)ﾉ gasp!

EVER STOP ME　(；-_-) =3

[WELCOME TO THE WORLD'S END]・・・・☆・・・　Σ(ﾟдﾟ;) WHAT!?

今日は、日本特有のWhite Day。私は、バレンタインよりも気に入っている日。どうしってて、何もしなくて良いもん！！！今までに、六人からバレンタィンチョコのお礼をゲット（～８０％）！！

(ｏ￣∀￣)ノ”ぁぃ

美味しいチョコレート、クッキーを頂きました。ダイエットしていないので（と言うか、絶対無理）おっと。調子に乗りすぎてエレベーターに乗れなくなったらどうしよう。でも、あれ、１トンまでＯＫだよね？

ヽ( '∇＾*)ゝ

いつものんきなMEです。
ただ、チョコレートを食べた後、ラテを飲まないように気を付けなければ。もし、ついつい忘れてしまえば、

ﾋﾟｭｰｯ!ε=ε=ε=≡≡≡ﾍ(*ﾟ∇ﾟ)ﾉ

もう、誰も。。。。

(┌ ￣_)┘ｼｭﾀｼｭﾀｼｭﾀ...

私を、

。。。。。。。。ヽ(・ o ・)ﾉﾊｯ!

止められない。　(；-_-) =3 ﾌｩ

[世界の端へようこそ]・・・・☆・・・　Σ(ﾟдﾟ;) ﾇｵｫ!?

COUGH WHEEZE WHEEZE　　A.... CHOO!　ﾍ(X_X ;)/ stagger... (lll )bang! ゲホ　ゲホ　ゲホ　　はっは　くちゅん！　ﾍ(X_X ;)/ ﾍﾛﾍﾛｰ｡｡｡(lll )ﾊﾞﾀｯ

2007-03-13T14:51:00.001+09:00

Currently down from cold, and the way I sneeze, I might be interpretted as the one making an effort to spread cold instead of doing my job.

|´▽`)ﾉ☆｡･:*:･ﾟ'★,｡･:*:･'｡･:*:･ﾟ'★,｡･:*:･ﾟ'☆　!?(ﾟ〇ﾟ;)What...? ...　　　

(*ﾟﾛﾟ)ノNOOOOOO!ミ((ﾉ＿ω＿)ﾉBang!

現在、風邪こじらしており、仕事をするよりも他人に移すのを努力をしているようにも見える。

|´▽`)ﾉ☆｡･:*:･ﾟ'★,｡･:*:･'｡･:*:･ﾟ'★,｡･:*:･ﾟ'☆　!?(ﾟ〇ﾟ;)ﾏ､ﾏｼﾞ...　　　

(*ﾟﾛﾟ)ノｵｵｵｫｫｫｫ!ミ((ﾉ＿ω＿)ﾉﾊﾞﾀ

a weird nightmare

2007-03-09T09:03:00.000+09:00

Dreams consist of broken pieces of unconsciousness in one's mind. Although it is a reality in the dream world, they often consist of absolute nonsense in the real world.

I had a nightmare last night. Since all of them are not realistic and based purely on my imagination, I consider any dreams as nightmares when they are too confusing.

The parts of nightmare I remember are these:
I was standing alone on a beach. An endless white sand, and there were mountains of glaciers before me. It used to be a sea, but everything became frozen. But, I wasn't cold at all and wearing T-shirt. To prove the point that they were made of ice and not plastic, emperor penguins were standing on top of them.

Then, the scenery changed completely to my neighborhood. Penguins were running way before me, and no matter what, I could never be faster than them. I had no idea why these plump slow folks were blobbing and running faster than me, but it was not a laughing matter. A stampede of fat penguins and a human. There was a huge roar and a big crashing wave of hot spring charging behind me. A tsunami. However, luckily, just as I reach the hill near my house, the wave recedes, and I am safe with penguins. Then, the whole dream repeated once more before I woke up this morning.

When I woke up, the first thing I thought was,
What the hell.

One of my family members said that it was a dream about global warming.
Uh... really? I don't think I was thinking that much.

Yakushima (Yaku Island) Experience/guide ('∀'=)smile　屋久島体験談　('∀'=)ニコっ

2007-03-08T08:55:00.000+09:00

屋久島は、一言で言うと、へんちくりんである。

でも、微妙な言い方だが、それは、良いへんちくりんである。そう、「特殊」そのもの。

この島は、鹿児島より南西なのに、冬には、雪が積もる。それは、高度の高い山々の為に、日本都道府県全ての気候を持っているそうだ。そして、水洗便所みたいに、全ての物が大雨で島から洗い流される。
近くの硫黄島の火山からは、プップカ煙をあげており、地元の人はそれが当たり前と解釈しているみたいである。
食べた物の中でお薦めが、首折れ鯖の刺身と、飛び魚の唐揚げ、そして、亀の手。あまり、ホテル以外では食べなかったが、潮騒（しおさい）という民宿・レストランでこれらを食べた。

屋久島で食べた特産物
多量な雨の為にあまり、耕せないせいか、精一杯しているようにも見える屋久島の特産物。でも、殆どが、長い間かけた、知識と技術によって美味しい。

首折れさば
鯖を釣れた途端に首を折り、血抜きをする。そうすれば、酸化しない為。これは、関西で食べる〆サバと塩サバよりサバや青魚の臭みが無く、屋久島特有のプリプリした、透明感が高い刺身の登場。是非、試してもらいたい絶品のお一つ。
しかし、御作りにも添えてある、ダイダイには、気を付ける事。私みたいに、屋久島産のタンカンや、オレンジと思い込み、ほおばるとそのすっぱさに目が飛び出る。ダイダイは、酢だちみたいに使う様である。

飛び魚のから揚げ
潮騒で食べた、丸上げの飛び魚。飛ぶ時に使う、３０ｃｍに近いひれも揚げられており、パリパリとした食管が抜群。この唐揚げを、紅葉卸と、ポン酢につけ、ご飯で食べると幸せ～。

亀の手
実際にに亀の手ではない。これは、貝の一種。フジツボに似た、貝で、外見は、本当に亀の手みたいないびつの形。でも、味は、アサリやら、貝の味がする。鮮度は、屋久島観光センターよりも、潮騒の方が良かったみたい。

水揚げイカ
新鮮なイカ。生のイカ嫌いの私にとっては、都会にあるイカと区別が付かなかったが、新鮮みたいである。でも、新鮮なために噛みにくーい。

鹿肉の刺身
これは、自分は試した事が無いが、家族によれば、あまり良くないそう。屋久島の鹿ではないみたい。

タンカン
三月ごろが収穫時。みかんと、オレンジの間の大きさと味（想像に任せる）。ホテルとか、観光センターで売っているが、小さい方が甘いそうである。タンカンの前は、ポンカンが採れる。

今回行ったのが、暖冬の後の三月の始めの週だった為に、良かった。ちょうど、雪止めの道路が開け、観光シーズンでは無いので、観光客は、あまりいない。お陰で、道路はスイスイとどこでもレンタルカーでいけた（夏休み頃は、観光客が多い為に道路規制があるそうである。）。しかし、登山以外には、あまりスポーツはできない。水がまだ冷たいので、ダイビングとかカヤックは、まだまだの様子。海がめ産卵シーズンは、夏休みの間。

世界自然遺産になっている縄文杉は、今回時間がなくて行かなかった（行って帰るのに一日はかかる）。しかし、ハイキングをした白谷雲水郷（しらたにうんすいきょう）とヤクスギランドは、おすすめ。

でも、どちらも行く時に注意しなければいけない事は、霧と雨。山なので、天候はすぐに変わる。その為に、天気予報（隣の種子島の天気予報）もあてにならないそうである。

ヤクスギランド
人気の為に夏は、観光バスでしか行けない所。数百円の「協力金」（あるゆる「入場料金」。法に触れないために微妙な言い方を使っているみたいである。いっそうの事なら、「募金」って書けばいいのだが。。。。白谷雲水郷も協力金は、必要。２-３００円程度のでご安心を。）色々な、数百年の杉が立ち並ぶところを舗装された道の上を歩く。縄文杉に行けない人に、お勧め。３０分コースから１５０分コースなどもある。ガイドなしでもＯＫ。

白谷雲水郷
ここは、一人で行くのは、天候がいいとき。悪い時は、数メートル以内の視界で、高いが、ガイド付がお勧め（旅行会社を通せば、～一万円）。普通の靴を履いている人も見かけたが、登山靴がいる。舗装された道を少し入ると、大岩を乗り越え、白谷雲水郷へ。私は、それを素通りする、太鼓岩までのルート。江戸時代に作られた小道を通り、ジブリ映画の元になった「もののけ姫の森」を通る。三月は、まだ絵はがきの写真より、ちょっとコケが茶色だったが、コケの森そのもの。鹿を数回ここで見た。そして、その上にあるトイレ小屋（トイレは、この道のりでは二ヶ所しかないので用要注意）で雄と雌のシカをみた。ガイドさんによれば、トイレの下で住んでいるみたい。
湧き水は、硬度約、１０。だから、軟水で美味しい。トイレ小屋より少し上の方がお勧め（当たり前だが）。殆どの人々は、もののけ姫の森で引き返すが、太鼓岩まで足を伸ばした方がいい。日本では珍しく、フェンスも何も無い所に、２７０度位の絶景が見渡せられる。右と左には、海、目の前は、風にあおがられて向かってくる雲と山々。もののけ姫の森より感動する所だ。でも、ここでお昼を食べるのは、ちょっと困難。風がきついので、帽子をかぶっている方は、帽子止めを付けていた方が後で後悔しないと思う。

そして、記念撮影の為にあまり後ろに下がらない事。前にも述べたが、安全ネットとかは無いので、落ちたら、人生オサラバ！過去にそうした人がいたようだ。でも、奇跡的に一命は、取り留めた様。

もし、屋久島に行きたいのならば、要注意しなければいけないことは、まず、天気予報。風と雨がきついために飛行機や、船（トッピー）が欠航になる事がよくある。私が、かえる前日も飛行機２便が欠航、朝に遅れて飛んだらしい。そして、私みたいに最終便を予約すると、帰れなくなる事もある。天候の為にキャンセルなるか、前の便のキャンセル待ちのお客さん達で埋まる事もありうる。その為、ひやひや思いで帰りました。

そして、レンタルカーを借りる時に気を付けないといけない事は、本陸よりかガソリン代が屋久島では高い事。飛行機で初めて降りた日も怪しいと感じたが、ガソリンスタンドでは、値段が全然張っていない。そして、関西で１リットル１３０円代のガソリンがその時、屋久島では、１４６－１５０円代にもいく。鹿児島から、転々と島ごとに運ぶみたいで、本陸に遠くなるほど高いそうだ。ガイドさんによれば、屋久島飛行場の側のセルフガソリンスタンドが一番安いとおっしゃっていたが、そこのセルフサービスでは、ガソリンを満タンになっていますという証明書を発行して貰えないみたいである（レンタルカーを返す時に必要）。そして、ガソリン泥棒が多いのか知らないのだが、レギュラーを入れるパンプが二つある内、一つは、テープで使えないように沢山巻かれていた。屋久島では、原付は少なく、バスか、車の通行が欠かせない見たい。でも、ガソリン代が。。。。

*レンタルカーを借りるなら燃費のいい軽自動車か、普通の乗用車をお勧め。あまり、小さかったら、馬力が少ないかもしれないが、山道では、車一台ぎりぎり通れる道が一方通行ではなく、車が両方から来る。そして、屋久島を一周する道も、ある所では、せまーい。夜は、殆どの所が、真っ暗になるので、慣れない為に道に迷うのも承知の上で行動してください。

でも、今回の旅を又、経験したいと思った。温泉もあるので、色々な年齢層が屋久島では、楽しめる。ジブリの映画、「千と千尋の神隠し」の名前の由来となった、千尋（せんぴろ）の滝もある。その映画の監督が良く屋久島に行くそうで、エコーツアーガイドさん達との飲み仲間であるそうだ。

(￣■￣;)!?

2007-03-08T08:03:00.000+09:00

History repeats itself.

Humph.

So does being hit by a tree branch in the morning seemed almost like a routine until this very morning.

Due to my mother's gene, my height is short. Therefore, I could usually just ignore "watch out for overhead" signs for short ceilings in train stations. My height would not ever approach to that level. However, there was a particular branch that was hanging exactly at my height near the exit of a car parking lot. Therefore, certain conditions such as approaching the exit from a specific angle and having a fuzzy brain (from waking up early) results in being slapped in the face by that branch. What an amazing wake up call, and it happened a couple of times already.

Then, I noticed that the branch was no longer around this morning. When did someone cut it down? I had no idea, but one thing was sure.

I wasn't the only one who used to walk into that branch.
♪(￣▽+￣*)

歴史は、繰り返される。

ふむ。

そして、朝にかぎって木の枝がぶつかってくるのも当たり前の様であった。それは、今朝まではね。

母の遺伝子の所為により、私の身長は、低めの方。電車の駅でも、低い天井を警告するサインも素通りできる。身長がそこまで一切達さないからだ。しかし、車の駐車場の出口で、ある特定の木の枝が、私と同じ身長までに垂れ下がっていた。つまり、ある特定の角度で出口に近づくのと、早起きで頭がボケーっとしている状態の条件がそろうと、木の枝が顔面を直撃してくる。ものすごく効果的な目覚まし時計であり、毎朝ではないが、よく起こった。

でも、今朝になってある異変に気付いた。あの枝が無いではないか！いつ、誰かが切ったのか分からないが、ある事は確かだった。

あの枝にぶつかっていった人間は、私だけではなかったと言う事。
♪(￣▽+￣*)

Tired from trip (。-ω-)zzz. . .　gasp! (。ﾟωﾟ) ﾊｯ!　旅疲れ

2007-03-06T09:01:00.000+09:00

I came back to Kansai Area last night after 2.5 hours flight from Yakushima. Since my brain is still in the vacation mode, it's functioning at a snail pace today. Meow.

屋久島から二時間半。関西に昨夜戻ってきました。でもまだ、旅モードで頭の回転が遅ーい。ふにゃ。

Whew! ε=(￣｡￣;)ﾌｩ

2007-03-02T08:23:00.001+09:00

The moment I saw a fried dumpling on the wall of a house, I thought I've gone crazy. Yes, it occurred this morning, around 8 am. I was just e-mailing to my friend on my cell phone about how I think a lot about food. Whenever people see me with a blank look on my face, I'm either:

1. Thinking about food
2. Thinking about something meaningless
3. not thinking at all

I usually go through #1-2 cycle before the settling at #3.

It's not that I have eating problems. It's just how my brain is constructed.

Then, I had a weird dream last night. It was a dream where I had to find some suspect of a crime. And, the proof was a chestnut shell lying on the ground, chipped in the shape of a front tooth.

It seems as though the roasted chestnuts I ate a couple of days ago went into my dream and was shocked by the realization that food had violated both my own consciousness and unconscious sanctuaries within my mind. I told my friend about it.

The moment I looked up from my cell phone, I saw it. I saw it through the train's window.

Humongous fat fried dumplings on the wall of one building, enough for 200 people.

I blinked several times to make sure that it was there and I wasn't dreaming.
Since my mind was fuzzy from waking up early, I thought that my food obsession had gone wacko and making me see everything as food. It wasn't a reflection on the window either. I was doubting my own sanity until I saw a sign on the front part of the building.

"Chinese Restaurant"

Ah.
Then, I realized that it was just a painting of fried dumplings, even drawn on the box for measuring utility bills.

Whew. My brain is still not rotten fully.
C=(^◇^ ; Whew!

餃子がある建物の壁から生えているのを見た瞬間、自分の気が狂ったと思った。

そう。これは、今朝午前八時ごろに起こった。ちょうど親友に、自分は、食べ物ばかり考える生物だとメールしたばかりであった。

何故ならば、私が、よくぼけーっとしている時：

１．食べ物の事を考えている
２．碌でもない事を考えている
３．全く何も、考えていない

大体は、１－２の繰り返しであり、最終的には、３番に行く。

私の食生活が不健康的という訳ではなく、ただ単に、脳の構造がこれらを可能にしているだけなのである。

そして、昨夜、変てこな夢をみた。ある犯人を見つけ出す、刑事っぽい夢で、その証拠品は、前歯一本の歯形に欠けた栗の皮。

何故か、数日前に食べた甘栗を夢で見たのだ。そして、食べ物が頭の中の意識と無意識の聖地を両方とも汚したのが発覚。その事を知ったショックで、友達に助けを求めた。

それが終わり、携帯から見上げると、ジャジャジャーン。それが、あった。

どデカイ餃子。建物から生えているのは、二百丁前。

夢を見ているのかと思い、数回瞬きした。しかし、それは、目の前から消えさらない。早起きで頭がスポンジ状態になっていたので、食べ物の事を考えすぎて、脳が異常な拒絶反応を起こし、幻覚を映写していたと一瞬疑った。それは、電車の窓の反射でもなかった。
そこで、建物の正面の看板を見るまで自分の精神状態が狂ったと思い込む状態が続いた。

看板：
「中華料理店」

あーそう言う事ですか。餃子は、最後の葉っぱの様に壁に描かれた作品。壁についていたメーターボックスまでにペンキがたっぷりと塗ってあった。

ふー。私の脳ミソは、完全には腐っていなかった様だ。
C=(^◇^ ; フゥー!

(￣Д￣；；

2007-02-28T08:53:00.000+09:00

I have good news and a bad news.

Good: I will be off to a hiking trip this weekend. Yay! Off to a southern Japanese island where the anime film, Princess Mononoke, was based upon. Therefore, it's probably pretty good besides its "32 days worth of rain in one month" reputation

bad news: I slept in the wrong way this Sat. This means that I have this constant pain in every joints surrounding neck, head, and shoulders for the last few days. Another problem relating to this is that I live in Japan. Therefore, I have to give a casual greet with a slight bow on streets or at my work place. Unfortunately, I forget each time that I have that condition until after doing it. Therefore, I probably look like a chicken pecking on its feed or an ogre, smiling at the same time grimacing from throbbing pain.

Scary.

<(￣口￣||)>!!!Oh, NO!!! ｵｰﾉｰ!!!<(||￣口￣)>

2007-02-26T08:03:00.000+09:00

It gave me a shock of my life. Never expecting that my month long effort would go all the way down the bottom of stinking drain as the biggest crap in the history of mankind....

Yes. It all began with my brother's visit home. Since he agreed before, and he might be only one in the family who might not ridicule me for my new hobby of drawing manga, I showed him my first chapter.

I waited patiently, expecting a nice response
｡('-'｡)(｡'-')｡ excited

The plot: ok
My inner self：Ｏ(≧▽≦)Ｏ Ya-y♪

However, what I was told next felt like I was being slapped in the face with a half rotten cold fish.

"It's a bunch of gibberish."
（￣□￣；）！！

NOOOOOOOO!!!

My life was over. Everything became dark and faded away from my vision....

Or so I felt like saying....

When I looked things over, it was indeed, a complete gibberish. Not a verbal diarrhea but a graphic diarrhea. If the author herself doesn't have clue about the story, then it would indeed be meaningless to readers. I had to but reluctantly agree.

However, even I felt down and grouched in the corner of the room with my imaginary tail curled up between my legs.
(ﾉ△･｡)

Well, at least for thirty seconds.

My train of thought as a bio dork in the course of self recovery:

Crap. Crap. Crap. Huh?

Wait a minute!
Even a crap is important. A real poop is made up of essential organic and inorganic parts that make up life. Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Oxygen... etc.... What we excrete gets flushed down as little pieces, goes down the ocean through different paths, ocean life (e.g. fish) eats it, and we slap it down on a plate, hot and steaming, and consume it gleefully with a loud "yum!" call. Therefore, in the end, we eat poop, and it is being taken up as the part of our body. I read recently somewhere (prob. on TIMES magazine) that Australia gov. might use recycled sewage water in the future as the solution of its water shortage problem. However, we all drink recycled water anyway(although it might take a million years through global water cycle) so drinking crap water is not so new. All of us are made up of poops of some creatures of the long past, such as dinosaurs. No matter what our religious beliefs are, we are, organically, made up of poop. Therefore, even my manga being the biggest crap in the history of mankind doesn't mean there is no hope at the bottom of a box.

Yes. Blah blah. Blah.

Then, I decided that if that was the case, I must efficiently use my brother's brain with a wonderful flare for writing essays. I asked him for an advice.

What he suggested was a simple scene, in a typical manga, which I vehemently avoided earlier. It was suspicious at first, for his view point greatly suggested a hint of Studio Ghibli film scenes. I'm not lying to say that he's the ultimate maniac and otaku of those anime films. However,it was a scene so simple that every idiot, including I, would understand.

With that idea on a piece of paper written as the base, I managed to conjure up a chapter within just a matter of five minutes. I added one of the meaningless scene I drew earlier to that, and ta-dah!

I liked it.

It also took me just an hour to sketch up a rough draft, but it will probably take me a month to just to ink those pages since I can't work on them between my job. However, it felt like I went back to kindergarten age and filling those coloring books with black ink.

p.s.
Since I never really used Japanese when I was abroad, my older brother supposedly had the impression that I was the Stone Age ape when he heard my broken Japanese. Therefore, he commented that he was greatly impressed when he read my manga plot written both in Japanese in English. He said that my Japanese seemed "better" when written. Excuse me, but wouldn't you at least notice my Japanese level previously when reading these blogs? Humph. Well, I must admit that my hand written words are so bad that they look like poops of earthworms. However, it is a totally different story when writing with computer since I can just cheat by writing phonetically and just let the machine do the rest. Easy does it.

ショックでした。一ヶ月の努力が五分以内で下水として流されるとは。。。

そう。数日前に、兄が帰ってきたので、自分が書いた漫画の始めのＣＨＡＰＴＥＲを見せた。

｡('-'｡)(｡'-')｡ﾜｸﾜｸ
期待に満ちた私は、いい返事を待った。

全体的のストーリーの内容は、ＯＫ。

内心：Ｏ(≧▽≦)Ｏﾜｰｲ♪

でも、「意味不明」と、ペシリと言われた。
（￣□￣；）！！

ＮＯＯＯＯＯＯ！！！！

目の前が、暗闇の世界に。。。。。あぁ、無念。私の人生は、もう駄目～。

って言いたい気分だった。

まぁ。よくよく見ると、断片的なシーンを描いていたので、私にとっても意味不明。著者の私でも分からないと、そりゃー誰にとっても無理でしょう。しぶしぶ認めたけど、この私でもしょげた。
(ﾉ△･｡)

最低、３０秒間はね。

でも、ここは、有効的に作文上手な兄の頭を使おうと思い、アドバイスを聞いた。

そしたら、一番私が避けていた、基本的な漫画のシーンを言ってきた。なんか、ジブリおたくの内容が多かったので、怪しかったが、ここは、誰でも分かるシンプルなシーン。

なっ、なんと、五分以内で出来た。そこで、前に描いたその意味不明なシーンを付け加えるとすごく気に入った。下絵は、一時間以内で描けたので今から黒インクでの色塗り。本当に漫画って幼稚園児の時の色塗り教育みたいである。でも、仕事の間では、できないのでこの色塗りだけでも一ヶ月は、かかるかな？

p.s.
外国から日本に帰ってきた時の日本語の会話がボロボロだったので、兄に相当、馬鹿と思われていたみたい。漫画の台詞とストーリー内容を日本語と英語で添えると、

「お前、お前の日本語書く方がうまいじゃん」っと言った。おいおい。ちゃんと、このブログを見ているなら早く気付けよ！そして、漢字がうまく書けないから日本語をあまり使っていないんじゃい！コンピューターだったら別の話だけど。なぜだと、簡単に漢字分かるし、ミミズの糞みたいなペン文字より分かるからだい！まったく、もう！

Yeppy (ｏ￣∀￣)ノ”ぁぃ

2007-02-23T08:48:00.000+09:00

I have a certain obsession with tall (M) sized latte when getting it in Japanese Starbucks. Yes, it has to be “tall” latte since the same size in the US is called “short.” To my knowledge, the “short” size latte in Japan doesn’t exist in the US since it’s too small for the US people. Therefore, it feels a bit cheated when getting S sized latte for a person who lived in the US previously.

Nevertheless to say, I feel much better when L sized underwear is labeled as XS in the US.

日本のスターバックスからラテを購入する時に、必ず、トール（Ｍ）サイズの物を頼むこだわりがある。なぜなら、私の記憶では、そのトールサイズはアメリカでは、一番小さいサイズで、日本のショート（Ｓ）サイズは、存在しない。アメリカ生活をしていた私にとっては、ショートを頼めば、何か損した気分なのだ。

でも、日本のＬサイズのパンツが、アメリカでＸＳサイズとなる事は、一切文句が無い。

退屈１００％＝碌でもない発想の誕生

2007-02-22T21:20:00.001+09:00

フー。お腹が空いたり、退屈すると、考える事は、食物ばかりである。そして、飽きた時に碌でもない思考に走る。

ちょっと前に思っていた事：
あの映画は何だった？うーん。

頭の中に、くだらない冗談が浮き上がった。
あっ、そうだ。

納豆RIX
納豆飛ばして、ねばねば攻撃。

ってダサく、数年遅れのラインを考えていた。そして、それがいいと数秒間思い込んでいた事が恐ろしい。

rotting my brain Ｏ〇ｏ（ﾟ ρ ﾟ )ﾎﾞｰｰｰｰ

2007-02-22T14:55:00.000+09:00

Today's caffeine consumption:

1 cup Earl Grey Tea
1 sip of Jasmine Tea

This is my little break (procrastination) from work before I get back to it. Ugh.

I tried out that new Starbucks Seattle Latte sold in Japanese convenience store yesterday. Not bad for a prepacked drink but I prefer the ones sold in the real store.... Ah... the warm cup with fluffy white foams and everything.... (shakes head)

No. I must stop my latte addiction for all! I will be free of any dependence of substance, live free and happily everafter!!!

But, wait....

Let's see.... I have 360 yen in my wallet.

No! Must not be tempted. I am strong willed. I am....

Er...

Er... I will quit....

Ahem, perhaps... tomorrow.

Off to a coffee break.

I guess there are days like this.... こんな日もあるんだ....

2007-02-21T08:01:00.000+09:00

Once in a while, I could feel the presence of another "me" within myself. It's not that I have a double personality or other psychological problems, but I could feel it within　myself.

Sometimes, my chest tighten with emotions and tears start welling out of my eyes even when I am happy. Always, I have no clue as to why it happens at that particular moment.

One day, I was walking through a city all alone. I kept watching raindrops falling from the gray sky above. Then, I heard a voice within my head which said,

"help me."

The voice so tiny that you could almost blow it away with wind like a candle's last flame.

I knew from the moment I first heard it that it was my other self, deep within my heart. However, even when I asked as to what I have to help, it returned to its silent state after repeating the same phrase for a few times.

My sarcastic self(the usual one) would probably say this,
"It's a nuisance to have you make myself in a depressing mode. I have no idea whether it's caused by a temporary hormone imbalance, but just shut up."

Yes, it sounds awful, but if my other self refuses to listen, it wouldn't matter what's being said. In addition, it would be a good topic to write about in the story I'm currently writing. Yep. My usual self seems pretty cold hearted on the surface.

To tell the truth, I'm currently busy with my job, and I also don't have many friends. I have only a few best friends that I could count by fingers. It's because I usually don't trust people so easily as it was from when I was little. I have no complaints about it since it resulted purely out of my own volition. I am happy with how I live. No matter what others say, I want to live my life the way I want it to be.

However, I felt the other self again this morning.

It was crying.

It was crying that it was lonely. It was sad. It was asking for help once more. The selfish me who is never satisfied even when meeting many people. Nevertheless, it's my other self whose heart is moved when it needs to be moved, and when it's happy, even its toes wiggle with true happiness. It's my other self that remains innocent and unchanged even when time itself changes.

My usual self would sigh, and say something meaningless like this,
"Since other people probably have this opposite characters within themselves, it's fun to be a human."

Even if it doesn't make sense and foolish, it's enough to make the other self stop crying and agree that it isn't alone in this damn wide world. Ah, and it would like a piece of chocolate.

時々、自分の中で他の自分がいるって分かる。二重人格とか、精神的な問題など無いけど感じるんだ。

楽しい時でも、何もしてない時でも、時々、胸が苦しくなり、涙がこみ上げてくる。そして、それがなるたびに、何故か分からないまま終わってしまう。

ある日、町を一人で歩いていた。見上げると、雨が灰色の空からしきりに落ちている。すると、頭の中で声が聞こえてきた。

「助けて」と。

小声で、まるで少し風が吹くと消えてしまう蝋燭の最後の炎の様に。

初めて聞こえた時から、分かっていた。心の中の自分だと。でも、何を助ければいいのかと、聞いても、相手は、数回同じ事を言った以上、何も言わない。

ちょっと、いつもの捻くれた私（表）は、こう言う。

「そんな勝手に、私をうつ病がかかった状態にしてもらっては、大変迷惑だ。一時的なホルモンの不安定性の所為か、知らないが、うるさい。」

ひどく聞こえるけど、相手が聞こうとしないのなら、どう言ったていいじゃないか。そして、こんな事は、現在書いている話の課題になるではないか。そう、表面的には、結構冷たく、無神経な性格を持っている様に見える。

実際に、今の私は、仕事とかで忙しく、友達もあまりいない。大切な親友は、指で数えられる程。そうそう簡単に人を信頼しない性格を持っている。昔からそうだった。自分で選んだ事の結果だから、文句は一切ない。それに、自分が、それで満足しているんだ。どんな事が、他人に言われようが、自分は、自分なりの人生を生きたいと。

でも、今朝もそうだった。

心の自分が泣いていた。

寂しいって。
悲しいって。
助けてって。

どんなに人と会っても、満足しきれない身勝手なもう一つの自分。でも、感動する時は、感動して、嬉しい時は、足指までに届くほど嬉しいんだ。何時までも、長い年月が経っても、何一つ変わらないもう一人の素直な自分。

そこで、いつもの私は、ため息をつきながら、無意味な事を言う、
「この正反対な性格が他の人にもいるから、面白いんだよな。人間って。」
意味不明で、馬鹿な発言だが、もう一人の自分がそれが聞こえたのか、泣き止んだ。
分かったんだ。このどでかい世界で、自分は一人ぼっちでは無い事を。そして、チョコレート頂戴って言った。

hahahaha ヾ(＞▽＜)ｏハハハ

2007-02-20T08:01:00.000+09:00

There is a problem at home. The reason is a cat.

Yes, meow.

Since winter's always cold, an orange stray cat decided this year that engine of my car is a perfect sofa to keep its butt from freezing. Even if I bang on the front of the car, it won't come out unless I open the car directly and shoo it away. The only problem is that if I start a car without checking it out first, I will have to pay an expensive car repairing fee in addition to having an unwanted feline meat loaf. Therefore, out comes my dog, the ever "efficient" cat landmine detector with 100% precision and accuracy but with some minor "side effects".

My dog loves riding that car. In addition, he hates cats especially when it's riding his favorite car and he isn't. Ever since he witnessed the same cat occupying that place a month ago, he always takes a sniff before leaving the house for a walk. Front and butt of the car just like he does to other dogs and humans.

Literally.

However, last night was the worst. He yelped away as in pain and scratched away the front of the car frenziedly as if his life depended on it. I wouldn't like a ground up cat, but I also didn't want my car being scratched away to bits by a dog. Therefore, I opened the front, and ta-dah! The fat feline slid out just like he said.

Before I could utter a single word, the dreaded "side effect" began. My dog went crazy. While it was hilarious to watch him trip and fall when he ran off for a cat, he was making an ass of himself by trying to jump over my neighbor's fence even if his feet couldn't reach even half of its height. Since I couldn't convince him to come back into the house, I left him out there, causing a racket even when the cat was long gone. I thought that he needs to cool his stupid head off but left the front door open.

Since he didn't come back after five minutes, I decided that it was enough. I went out, with my mouth open, preparing myself to shout to him to cut it out. Then, taking one look at the situation, I couldn't help but burst out laughing.

With a triumphant look on his face, my dog stared back at me, showing his accomplishment of the day. Forgetting totally about what he was doing a few minutes ago, he was amusing himself by being on top of the car's roof, using the front glass as a slide for kids.

私の家には、ある問題がある。その原因は、猫。
そうですニャー。

冬は、人間だけが寒いと感じない。猫だってそうだ。ただ、問題なのは、橙色の野良猫が、自分のお尻が全面凍結しない様に私の車のエンジンをソファーとして使っている事。車のフロントを叩いても、出ず、わざわざ、こじ開けて、追い出さなければ、のこのこ出てこない。そして、そうしなければ、膨大な修理代と猫ミンチがエンジンスタートともに出来上がる。その為に、我が家の犬公が、「効率的」な猫地雷探知機として出場。１００％の正確さと精密機能万端だが、ちょこっとした「副作用」付き。

犬の思考：
オイラは、車に乗ることが大好きであるなり。そして、そのお気に入りの所有物（車）にオイラではなく、猫野郎が乗る事は、けして、許されない事べし。

その同じの猫が、一ヶ月ほど前に同じ所で発見した後、毎回散歩に出る時に必ず車の前と後ろの臭いを嗅ぐ。まるで、それが人間やら、他の犬と同じの様に。

全く、その通り。

しかし、昨夜は、今までよりも一番酷かった。まるで、虐待にあっている犬の様に悲鳴を上げ、車のフロントの部分を必死に引っ掻きまくった。私は、猫ミンチはお断りだが、犬によって車が鉄のくずになる事も遠慮がち。そこで、車を開けてみると、ジャッジャッジャーン。猫が、出てきた。

私が一言も言える前に、恐れていた自家製の猫地雷探知機の「副作用」が始まった。
気違い犬の暴走。
追っかける際にこけた無様な姿が、最高だった。しかし、どう見たって、半分の高さまでも達さないのに、馬鹿みたいに隣の塀に目掛けて飛び跳ねていた。家に入る事をどうしても説得できなかったので、馬鹿頭を冷やすまで外に置いてきぼりにした。野良猫は、もうとっくにいなかったのに、大騒ぎを起こしていたから。まぁ、念の為に玄関のドアは、開けといてあげたが、もうあのアホ犬に付き合うのはまっぴらと思っていた。

それでも、五分経過しても帰ってこないので、もういい加減にしろと怒鳴ろうと思い、外に出てみた。でも、犬を一目見ると笑い出してしまった。

犬は、その日の成果を私に得意げに見せ付けていた。彼は、猫なんかすっかり忘れ、車の屋根の上に立ちはだかり、前の窓ガラスをお子様用滑り台として遊んでいたのだ。

Huh? o(ﾟ◇ﾟo）ﾎｴ?

2007-02-08T17:07:00.001+09:00

It was 4:30 pm, and I was starving. I didn't have lunch or have drink since 11 am since I was too busy with my work. Therefore, off I went to convenience store, a little supermarket in Japan that you can get most of basic necessities.

I peeked-a-boo into onigiri section (ﾟ.ﾟ*)(*ﾟ.ﾟ) (~130 yen [~$1] balls wrapped with seaweed, and comes with different toppings).
（￣□￣；）！！ NOOOOO. Good ones were gone.

Sandwiches- only an egg mush was left (￣△￣)
other baked goods- only those with cheap cream stuffings or million preservatives were left
《《o(≧◇≦)o》》NOOOO!!!

drinks- rows and rows of sweet drinks.　I was craving for something salty like a hot soup. But, there were none that I could drink right away. <(""0"")> OMG!!

Humph.

As a result, I discovered myself buying:
Vitamin drink (lemonade flavor)
sour plum
seaweed with sour plum taste

Even though they might be the ones that old grandmas might buy in Japan and all sour, they were good enough for my ever starving stomach!
ヾ(＠⌒▽⌒＠)ﾉ

Or, so I thought for the first 30 minutes until my stomach became upset due to too much acid....
(￣Д￣；；)

時刻は、午後4:30。腹ぺこ。
仕事で忙しく、昼食抜き、そして、十一時から一滴もなにものんでいなかった。そこで、コンビニに出張。

オニギリの棚を拝見。 (ﾟ.ﾟ*)(*ﾟ.ﾟ)
（￣□￣；）！！まずいのしか残っていなかった。
サンドイッチの棚。ぐちゃぐちゃ卵しか無かった。(￣△￣)
他のパン- 安ッぺのクリーム入りか、沢山、保存剤が入っているのしかなかった。
《《o(≧◇≦)o》》ｲﾔｧｧｧｧ!!!
飲み物- 甘ったるい飲み物だらけ。すぐに飲めるあたたかーいスープほしい。無い。無い。無い！！！　 <(""0"")> OMG!!

ふん。

はっと気付くと、これらを購入していた：
ビタミン剤ドリンク（レモン味）
梅干
茎わかめ（梅味）

そう。全部すっぱい。バーさん達ぐらいが、買うもんだけど、私のお腹には、大ま・ん・ぞ・く！
ヾ(＠⌒▽⌒＠)ﾉ

ッと思っていたのは、始めの三十分。ぐっ。酸でお腹の調子悪い。(￣Д￣；；)

Muhahaha Ψ(￣∇￣)Ψワッハッハ～♪

2007-02-08T09:58:00.000+09:00

Yes.... I corrupted another friend, by giving away this blog address. It would be fun to see his face once he realize the other side of me
(○ﾟεﾟ○)Puff
that he didn't know about.... Ψ(￣∇￣)/"

そう。もう一人の親友をこのブログに引きづりこんだ。今まで見てきた私とは、ちょっと違ったと気付いたらどういう顔をするかな？
Ψ(￣∇￣)/"　
見てみたいもんだ。(○ﾟεﾟ○)プッ（残念ながらオナラでは、ありません。）

YAWN （´。）（´ｏ）（´Ｏ）（´〇）（´○）（´〇）（´Ｏ）（´ｏ）（´。）あくび

2007-02-05T08:44:00.000+09:00

Got to work, did a bit and procrastinating before my coworkers invade this room. Planning to eat out with my friend today at a nice Italian restaurant I discovered last week. : )

Will pig out without a regret. Bought Le Cordon Bleu chocolates for Valentine's Day on Sat, not bothered to buy them at the last minute. For the first time in my life, I got sick from trying out all these samples from different companies. I never imagined that a piece of chocolate can be that gross! Arrrgh!

Why? Well, I hate any chocolate (exception is hot chocolate) that's not dark. Therefore, most samples were dreaded cheap milk chocolates in cake, bar, cream, or any possible form that is like a rose (its look) with thorns (chocolate taste), descreetly hiding its real nature with a clever façade. The world of deception and betrayal. Therefore, it wasn't an exaggeration to say that the chocolates I bought were the savior from all those chocolate monsters corroding my mouth. They looked plain but nicer in its bitterness, texture, sweetness, and aftertaste than the ones I tried before. Hmmm.... It seems as though I've turned into a chocolate sommelier. oink oink

　.。o○　　　　　.。o○　　　　　　.。o○　　　　　.。o○
>゜))))彡　　　　<゜)))彡　　　　　>゜))))彡　　　　<゜)))彡

職場に着いて、他の職員がこの部屋を戦略する前のちょっぴし休憩。今夜は友達と先週見つけた美味しいイタリア料理のレストランで食べるつもり。 : ) だから、食べても後悔無し！
土曜日に美味しいル・コルドンブルーのバレンタインチョコ　ゲット！後回しにしても、売り切れちゃったら面倒だもんね。でも、生まれて初めてチョコレートでうってきたの。あれほどにマズーイチョコレートがバレンタイン用にデパートで売られているのは犯罪です！
そこまで私が言うのは、何故でしょうか？理由は簡単。ダークチョコレート（ココアは部外）以外は、大の大の大嫌い！そして、サンプルに出ている殆どのチョコは、ミルクチョコレート。ヴっ。ケーキ、板、そしてクリーム状態にしても私は、騙されない。綺麗に着飾っているチョコでも、本性は、棘ありハリセンボン。詐欺と裏切りの世界。
そのため、買ったチョコはそのチョコ魔物達から救ってくれたヒーロー。苦味、後味、触感、甘さは、ばっちし！。。。。

う～ん。チョコのソムリエになったのかな？私って。ブー　ブー

　.。o○　　　　　.。o○　　　　　　.。o○　　　　　.。o○
>゜))))彡　　　　<゜)))彡　　　　　>゜))))彡　　　　<゜)))彡

失敗も成功の元 (￣∇￣) Failure breeds Success

2007-02-01T09:36:00.000+09:00

大根と豚。

どちらも、響きが悪い。大根足と豚の様にボテっというイメージが昔には存在した。ふむ？それは、今でもそうか。まぁ。そんな事はどうでもいい。
我が家族の新必殺メニューを披露しましょう！

白雪なべ（私が好きだった失敗バージョン）

用意する材料
豚の薄切れ（好きなほど）
レタス
大根
ポン酢

１．大根一本丸ごと使う。数個に切り分け、おろし器で猛烈に摩り下ろし（テレビ拝見しながら）、鍋に突っ込む。
２．鍋で摩り下ろし大根がふつふつ煮えた所に、レタスと豚を入れる。豚肉は、しゃぶしゃぶの感覚で大根汁の中で調理する。
３．できあがった豚肉を、熱でしなやかになったレタスで包み、ポン酢に付けてお腹で処理する。

意外と、大根の甘みと豚肉の脂が合い、ご飯といけた。
だが、それは本当の白雪鍋とは大変異なる物であった。そこで、

白雪鍋バージョン２
上に述べた材料の上に日本酒、大根が溺れるほど入れ、みじん切れの生姜一個を入れた。

まずかった~~~~~。

豚の甘みが生姜で消え、酒が多すぎて酒嫌いの私にとってそれは、ゲボ同然。
　（||| ￣＜　おぇ　　
家族の一部はその方が好きだったみたいだが、きっと酒で舌が、麻痺していたのであろう。

因みに、インターネット上、本当の豚肉の白雪なべは、もっと具の種類が多く、酒も４００ｍｌ位。レストランで他の家族が食べた味を再現するにはまだまだみたいである。でも、はじめの料理法が私は一番気に入った。

Japanese radish and pork.
They both have bad connotations to them in Japan a while ago, especially if you are referring to someone's bodyshape (well, it might be true still). If you have a fat leg, you called it "daikon ashi,"and someone who's fat is well, a pig. Anyway, put that aside and allow me to show you the ultimate new menu I tried out recently:

Shirayuki nabe (i.e. White snow hot pot) (the failure version but what I liked)

Ingredients:
Japanese Radish
thinly sliced pork
lettuce (one of those tasteless light green ones and not as tough as Romaine)
ponzu

1. With a graceful movement, chop a whole Japanese radish to a few pieces. Then, grind it down vigorously as if it is your very life line (of course, while watching TV). Dump the grinded white muck to an empty pot.
2. When the liquid from radish is about to boil, throw in lettuce and pork. However, pork should be cooked in Japanese shabu shabu way, shake one piece of meat in a hot radish until it's cooked and you are sure that all those funny little creatures are dead and gone.
3. Wrap the pork with lettuce and dip it into ponzu before consuming at your own risk.

The juicy pork flavor and slightly sweet radish went well with sticky rice. However, I found out soon after that real version of this hot pot was actually totally different. Therefore,

Shirayuki nabe v. 2
To above ingredients, add sake until Japanese radish is drowning and chopped ginger (1 lump).

It was.... indescribably dreadful experience....

The pork flavor was gone due to ginger. In addition, since I don't like sake, its taste was equivalent to barf.

（ |||￣＜　vomit
It seems as though some of my family members liked it better, but their taste buds were probably drunk from sake.

According to one site, the real version of shirayuki nabe required only 400ml sake and other various ingredients. I guess trying to recreate the very flavor that one tated at restaurant has proved to be difficult. Anyway, I liked the first version much better than the latter.

oi...

2007-02-01T09:06:00.000+09:00

I re-read the comment that one of my friend left behind two days ago. She asked me what the climax to my future story is going to be. Well, well. It won't be fun and fair if she knows ahead

: p

Or, that's what I want to say. The truth is, I have no idea.

Muhahaha! Ignorance is a bliss, no?

二日前にある友達が書いてくれた我輩の漫画についてのコメントを再度拝見。話のクライマックスは、一体何でしょうかと言う質問。まぁーね。先に教えちゃったら他の人には不公平だよ！

: p
って正直、言いたい所だが、実際には私にも分からない。知らぬが仏ということです。

not out of expectation... 期待はずれ。。。

2007-01-29T07:55:00.000+09:00

I am currently struggling with the introduction of manga. Since I wanted it to be different from others, it became more confusing even to me. It occured to me that I need more than just a few days to come up with a nice introduction to me two-three years worth of work.

haha....

2007-01-26T14:36:00.000+09:00

Guess who I'm asking to proofread my work! Yes, my older brother who is more shonen manga maniac than I! Yep. If I was to draw one that's aimed toward opposite sex, then just ask one of them- well, that was my line of thought. Then, comes the word "however." I must say that he's a good teacher. He is very good at complementing too. However, he'd better tell me his honest opinion (if it sucks, admit that it sucks) 100%.

Ok... I'm drawing second page to my intended series, and it seems as though it is very similar to Hitchhiker's Guide to Galaxy. Wonder why...

another drawing...

2007-01-21T15:29:00.000+09:00

It took me two days (actually 1.5 days), inspired completely out of blue... I still need to practice other characters. Well, this is the main character of my manga from now. I used mostly felt tip pen (.Too), and I used a little patch of screen tone only around the left eye. I managed to draw this nicer than last time since I used tracer box : p. Therefore, I was able to draw this character facing right. Yes... I cheated since I can't draw well when the character's facing in an opposite direction.

これは二日（本当は1.5日）かかって描いた。　また、オリジナルの物。まだまだ他の人物像をかかないとねー。まぁ、これが今から描く漫画の主人公です。ぺん(.Tooの）で殆ど描きました。トーンを使ったのは、左目のほんの少しの所だけ。ライトボックスで下地を原稿用紙に移したので右に向いてる顔を描けました！右向きに描くのは、まだまだ下手なので。。。少し猫の手（ライトボックス）を借りました。

My first 4 column manga 初めての４コマ漫画

2007-01-21T15:24:00.000+09:00

It's not one of my ok ones, but well, it was my first attempt. I only used felt tip pens.

うーん。初めての四コマ漫画だから良くないけど、まぁーいいか！.Tooのペンだけで描きました。

三月、数日間の屋久島旅行決定！ The trip to Yakushima Island in March's decided!!

2007-01-21T12:08:00.000+09:00

三月に屋久島に家族旅行に行く事に決まって、嬉しい半分、世界自然遺産の屋久杉か、もののけ姫の舞台の森野どちらかを見なければいけない事になった。うーん。どうしようかな？
(この絵は、初めてデジタルだけで描きました。三十分で。）

My family decided to have a last family trip to Yakushima Island, the island in middle of nowhere in Japan for a couple of days in March. The only problem remains now, is that there's only one trip I can take, the hiking trip to Yakusugi or the forest where the film, Princess Mononoke, was based on. Hmmm.... which one should I take?
(This was the first time I drew entirely on computer. It took me 30 minutes.)

現在、エンスト気味

2007-01-17T13:14:00.000+09:00

今日は、いつもの様に始まり、大抵、三時まで休まず、飲まず食わずの仕事熱中ぶりを披露。だが、それは仕事のめどがつくと、タイヤの空気が抜けたようにふやける。そして、仕事が日が暗くなる頃に終わると、電車の中での居眠り女王。それを毎日繰り返す。そんな人生つまらないので、我がの趣味は多色な方だ。

2nd scene, first draft まだまだ編集がいる描きおろし漫画２

2007-01-16T08:43:00.000+09:00

The motive for drawing this: I simply wanted to draw grassland, a full figure, and barefoot scene. Just random, but those were something I haven't tried before. As a result, the grass looks strange. Must deviate from drawing a stick like figure for it might look anorexic rather than sports type.　Also, I wanted a warmer atmosphere than last time's. A little break in a warm spot of sunlight.... That's what I imagined in my mind....

I did this over this last Sat, but I haven't got around to editing it yet. I made mistakes around this front figure's head so the white out turned pretty lumpy... The formal paper for drawing mangas have rulers that are bluish in color (so it won't show up on the photocopy), but those lines show up clearly on scanner.
I wonder if it's better to draw them first in normal paper or those without grids in digital mangas. It took me about half a day to draw up this one. It probably took me just a few hours, but oi.... It was easy to draw but made quite a mess that resulted
in me taking more time to edit those mistakes. First, I used a darker tone for sky. It resulted in a smudged hair, and a huge clump of white out. Similar mistake in the shadow area of the jacket and one boot. Ugh. I used four types of screen tones in this one, mostly recycled from previous stuffs. The shirt uses same tone as the ripple scene of my previous manga post. The boot has the tone I used for shirt last time. The new ones I used are sky and this front figure's pants. I'm broke so it's better this way.
Like the last time, I used similar materials except I just scanned this and edited major mistakes with Photoshop for just a few minutes before posting. Well, I have an excuse of having a hangover while doing this one!

これを描いた動機：ただ　草原、全体の人間像、そして、裸足（何故かって言うと、理由は分からない。）を描きたかった。どれも、初めて描くからなので。でも、ちょっとスリムな人物書きすぎかな？そうしたら、運動抜群な人よりも、拒食症に見えるかも。。。　これは、前よりも暖かい感じにした。ちょっこっとなひなたごっこ+おさぼり。
これを土曜日に描いたんだけど、編集する時間がもったいなくて全然していない。この前面にある人物の頭の毛のあたりに修正液を使ったため、変に印刷された。漫画の原稿用紙って薄い青色のガイド線があるのだけど（コピー機には写らない色）、スキャナーには丸写し。こんな時には、線の無い原稿用紙を使うべきかな？ちなみに、これにかかった時間は半日。空の色を始めは濃いトーンを使ったため、もっと変になった。そして、左の上着の影の辺りと靴のインクがはみ出すためにそこも汚くなった。描くのは簡単、編集が面倒な結果になった。トーンは四種類使った。半分はもちろん前に使った物のリサイクル。シャツは、前の水のシーンに使った物。靴は、前のシャツと同じのトーン。　新しいのは空とズボンに使った物だけ。お金が足りないから、節約、節約。前と同じ要素で描いたが、ただスキャンして、Photoshopで数分編集しただけ。まぁ、許してよ。二日酔いの時だったからねー。

Oy vey....

2007-01-15T09:54:00.000+09:00

Another year began nice and smooth, and it seemed all like it on Fri. It was the day of my work place's New Year's party. The day began with me corrupting my colleague's morals by convincing her not to drive but have a drink with me (the restaurant had all-you-can-drink option for two hours). At a party, I drank three cocktails for the first time(one was called *blush* sex on the beach... where everyone in my lab had a sip) and had a sweet consequence of sleeping like a pig and having a very upset stomach (i.e. hangover) on the next day. Swearing never to do it again, but well... I got drinks worth the price I paid. : p

p.s. I had a miso soup made with boar meat last weekend for the first time in my life. It's a year of the boar, and we are into the season where you can get those meat in a country side of Japan (i.e. within 30 minutes of where I live). It was oink oink yummy.

haha... I wonder if it's misleading...（￣ー￣） real story ハハハちょっと勘違いされる？実話

2007-01-11T07:48:00.000+09:00

His face was merely just a few inches away from me, and I could feel his warm and moist breath close to my neck. His big brown eyes stared into my face, twinkling with great expectation. The time stopped, and the ticking of clock faded away into the background. Tension was in the air.

Then, I made the next move.
"Sorry buddy," said I and gulped down the last piece of toast I had in my left hand. A few seconds after witnessing with a horrifying look as the golden piece disappeared into my mouth, I heard his big snort of disgust, his version of cursing under his breath.

However, he stopped sulking when he got his dog food soon after.

彼の顔が数センチと言うほどの所にあった。そして、彼の生暖かく、湿った息が私の首をくすぶる。彼の大きな茶色の瞳が、私の顔を見つめ、期待に満ちていた。
時は止まり、時計の針の音が消え去り、張り詰めた空気が二人を包み込んだ。

だが、始めに手を打ったのは、この私であった。
「早いもん勝ち！」と言い、左手にあった最後のトーストを飲み込んだ。
黄金色の物体が私の口の中に消え去っていったのを恐ろしそうに見ていた数秒後、彼は、大きい鼻息を鳴らした。きっと、彼バージョンの悪口であろう。

しかし、そのすぐ後ほどに100% むっつり顔の彼がドッグフードを嬉しそうに食べていた。

(ﾟ∇^*)

Ok...

2007-01-10T10:15:00.000+09:00

I will give you a minute to reveal something about myself.

Alas, a minute has already passed.... I must quit wasting my time and get back to work....

一分で私の正体を明かしてあげよう。。。

あっ、もう一分がたってしまった。ろくでもない事をするよりも、仕事に戻ろう。

: p

最近の書き下ろし漫画 (^.^)my latest newly drawn manga page

2007-01-09T07:52:00.000+09:00

Japanese version/日本語版

If you click on one of these images above, it will become bigger. 上の画像をクリックすると大きくなるよ。

I don't think so, but if anyone is crazy enough to use these for their own good, better warn me beforehand...

きっと、そうならないだろうが、もし何方かがこの画像をどうしても使いたいと言うならば、使う前に私に教えてほしい（でも、まだまだ下手ッピだから、これを使いたいと言う人の気の方がおかしいと私は思う）。

Yep! It took about three nights using:

felt tip pens (Too. company multi-something ones, mostly 0.05 and 0.1)
black IC tape(since I wasn't bothered to draw borderlines
manga paper sold in Kawachi, Shinsaibashi, Osaka Prefecture, Japan (A4 sized, B5 printing page)
white-out(perfect for hiding a little glitch in drawing)
IC screen and other screen tones (8 in total, bought also in Kawachi)
paper knife (used to shave tones and cut them to the size I want)
scissors (for tones)
tracing paper to protect the original work
scatter brain (the ability to create and concentrate on making absolutely meaningless piece of work)
a free time
Adobe Photoshop CS2 (where I adjusted the "Level" scale so the scanned file looks like the original- got this skill off the translation work)
ComicStudio Pro (where I added two more screen tones and inserted the text)
a few free fonts I got off the web
scanner( scanned the graphic at 600dpi, greyscale)

*The final file was transported from ComicStudio Pro to Adobe Photoshop in 600dpi file, and it was rescaled to 1400pixels in height in the "Save for Web" option in Adobe Photoshop CS2(shrunk the file size from ~10MB (~6000pixels in height) jpeg to good old 400 bytes jpeg file). This way, the graphic was in a pretty good quality despite downsizing a lot.

これを作成するのに三晩かかった。。。これを作るのに使った材料は：

Ｔｏｏ．社のペン（０．０５と０．１が主に使った。ＭＵＬＴＩ何とかと言う方。）
ＩＣテープ（枠の線を描くのが面倒だから）
漫画原稿用紙（大阪府心斎橋にあるＫＡＷＡＣＨＩ店で購入したＡ４サイズ、Ｂ５印刷面の物）
修正液（ちょっとしたミスの証拠隠滅に最適）
IC スクリーントーン（これもＫＡＷＡＣＨＩ店で。合計８種類ぐらい使った。）
カッター（トーンを削ったり、ほしい大きさにするときに使う）
はさみ
トレース紙（完成した原稿用紙を守るため）
腐った脳みそ（意味不明な事を想像し、集中できる能力）
暇な時間
Adobe Photoshop CS2 （これでスキャンした物を実物と同じに見えるようにする。画像の「レベル」を変えるのと、ゴミをここで取る。この方法は、ボランティア翻訳の用事から教わった。）
ComicStudio Pro　（ここで台詞ともう二つのトーンを付け足した。）
ウェッブでダウンロードしたカッコイイフォント
スキャナー（６００dpi, gray scaleで原稿用紙をスキャン）

*最後のファイルは600dpiのままで、ComicStudio Pro からAdobe　Photoshop に転送、"Save for Web"選択で1400pixelsの高さに変換(これで大体、10MBの画像ファイル (高さ、~6000pixels) jpeg からウェッブに向いてる、 400 bytes jpeg 画像ファイルに圧縮できた)。ちょっとややっこしく聞こえるが、これが高質な画像のままでだいぶファイルを圧縮できた一つの方法だった。

It's just a page, but well, I decided to make this scene after looking at the ripple like screen tone I bought about a week ago. It's so beautiful.... It's perfect for a heart warming scene, or well, this depressing scene of a story I'm making since 2 years ago (I started drawing manga since about 11 months ago so it needs more improvement). It gives a little bit more flare to illustration less piece of writing, wot?
Just a note, but I used three types of hair in this page. 1st part's just plain black, 2nd is made from fine lines, and the third is made from mostly scratching a tone. Just experimenting with it since I haven't done it for a while. The last scene is a bit sloppy, but well, I didn't want to draw too much dead people.... It's quite depressing anyway. I erased some lines with white out, and it came out better than when they were left alone.
The only problem I encountered when making this is that one software crashed last night, only to find out that I didn't save it at all.... damn it!

yes.... another manga otaku writing

2007-01-05T08:08:00.001+09:00

Yes.... I finally managed to find a screen tone that 07 Ghost and others used.... The only problem is that it wasn't among cheap ones (~250 yens) but 500 yen each IC screen!! Arrrrgh! 5 bucks for a screen toner? You've gotta be kidding!

...

Well, that's what I want to say but bought a bit yesterday. I really should be working on it more since I am loaded with screen tones in my room. I don't waste money on alcohol, smoking, or drugs, but this is .... a lot... must stop must stop. Must do something about this....

Haaaaaaaaapppppppy New Years!!

2007-01-05T07:58:00.001+09:00

明けましておめでとうございます！
Oi... perhaps late by 4-5 days? Oh, well. I started my work yesterday after a week of being a couch potato but jump straight into a 3 day weekend holiday! Yay!

Anyway, I have a little confession. I bought a newly published manga, Tegami Bachi or Letter Bee. I happened to see its ad on subway, and since the drawing was so cute, I was so tempted. Then, I found out that I had some money left in 図書カード(book card) with me still which I got for free. Therefore, I bought it with only 11 yen(~10 cents). It had a great art (used mostly ink instead of tone like 07Ghost). Good book to practice drawing.

I am in a good mood anyway. I showed my older brother over the holiday about my first attempt in manga and tones, and what he said was: "Is that really done by you?"
Ok... I wonder if it was a compliment or vice versa.... Once I make a one-shot, I will post it on the other blog. The only problem I have with it is that I still can't draw clothing and male characters tend to look so similar, and I want it to make more male like instead of feminine like most stupid mangas. Ok... perhaps it wasn't just one problem, but it will do for now.

The best chiffon cake I ever made!!! Whoohoo!

2006-12-25T09:04:00.000+09:00

Yes.... it was the best.... After about 5 years of having the bad experience of baking the world's worst cake (which turned out to have 40 grams of salt instead of just a pinch, which the recipe called for), I decided to face my fear and ta-dah! Nice and yummy yuzu flavored chiffon cake (yuzu is a Japanese citrous fruit). Well, the recipe called for a lemon instead of yuzu, but I used it all up to make a honeyed lemon slices (just dump honey on slice lemons and soak in its broth overnight). Such miscalculation occured this time, but well... it all turned out to be the best.

: )
Merry Christmas, everyone!

OMG

2006-12-21T07:44:00.000+09:00

I suck majorly in scanning. I scanned two pages of mangas I created in order to edit in computer, only to find out that I need editing in order to edit the file. I didn't know why books kept on mentioning to scan "line art" instead of finished (the one on the tone step already).... When I try to erase grey parts, I erase toner instead! Arrrrgh! Ok.... I am talking in an alien language. Must stop doing that....

However, no matter how much I contemplate on how to use tones that my friend gave me for Christmas, I can't figure out how. Yes... it's a cool background graphics, but ones that are hard to use.... I still need to figure out her Christmas present and her birthday's so... should I create one of those manga drawing with her tone and give it? I wonder if it's ok....

WOWOWOWOW!

2006-12-18T08:00:00.000+09:00

Amazing! Be With you Scans' editor just got accepted into Harvard! Wow! I don't think you'll ever see this website, but if you are, then congratulation!

(^__^)

とほほ。。。　oy vey....

2006-12-15T17:18:00.000+09:00

I think I haven't translated for close to three weeks now. It's not that I don't like the assignment but the fact that I am currently too busy with my work to bother with it. However, I am trying to practice drawing manga, and my friend gave me an early Christmas present last night, which turned out to be ten types of toner. I was happy that she is encouraging me to continue with my hobby, but there was a slight a bit of a problem.

She doesn't read manga.

Well... except once for Death Note. Due to this, she gave me what she considered to be a "cool" toner instead of useful gradiation ones that I asked her to get. "Cool" turned out to be butterflies, and all sorts that you'd find in shojo mangas that authors wanted to fill a white space with. Not really practical for shonen mangas I'm currently working on....

The real story of a box of chocolates

2006-11-30T14:44:00.000+09:00

Eating a last piece of chocolate makes me have a little tinge of guilt, especially eating out of a big box of chocolates at my work place. However, I found out two days ago that I wasn't the only one.
There were three boxes of them in my lab (technically, no food or drink place, but oh what the hell. No one listens to it) as a souvenir brought by several doctors. Getting a bit hungry from not eating lunch, I sneaked upon those treasure boxes, and making sure that no one was watching me, I peeked in. First one had only one.
Ok... maybe the next one.

There was only one chocolate as well in a second box. Then, maybe.... Holding a breath, I opened the last box.

Once again, ta-dah!
There was only one piece of chocolate.

The lab's secretary and I ate two of left over chocolates, and the third one disappeared somehow overnight, consumed by a very hungry bear called Doc.

I'm back... after a week of rotting brain without work 仕事もしない一週間、脳みそ腐らせて帰ってきました。

2006-10-17T08:48:00.000+09:00

Yahoo! I'm back from the great homeland of chowda and Red Sox... yes... Boston. A week of carefree brainless what-nots but dumped back to reality with an e-mail from my boss, saying me to translate and write a letter for him. Ugh. Well, I finished it within a few minutes and sent it off, luckily not suffering from any jetlags.

やった！チャウダーとレッドソックスの出身地、ボストンから帰ってきたヨン!!

Oi... it's been long... 久しぶり。。。

2006-10-03T08:22:00.001+09:00

I recently purchased Dr. Martin Radiant Concentrated Color Ink after reading what CLAMP used in their art works. They mainly use that and Copic (type of bright colored markers that blend really well). Well, as professionals use it, they are darn expensive (well, perhaps not since oil paint costs similar amount) $4 each per bottle. I mistakenly bought 17 Dr. Martin Pigment ink (which gives cheap acrylic like colors and didn't bring out transparency of human skin) so I replaced it with (ahem) 23 bottles of Radiant Concentrated Color Ink and 6 bottles of Ecoline Color Ink (7000 yen over than before). But, it was worth it. They give nice distinct colors compared to water colored paints (all these years, I thought those artists used water based colors and wondered how on earth they brought forth distinct colors). On the other hand, Copic markers are quite easy to use (I managed to make one of those anime eyes without too much brain and hair colors) but they require much more money than color ink. This is the question of looking for usefulness or price. If I have money, I will go for Copic pens. If I have the skill, I will go for cheaper Dr. Martin Color Inks. Since I went for both without skill, ahem... trying to practice late at night after work, hoping to get something out of it. Since I was used to oil based paintings, it feels like going back to elementary school...

Yakitori's the best (Yakitori=Japanese BBQ chicken)~ やきとり最高

2006-09-28T08:45:00.000+09:00

I ate yakitori last night. Ooooh. They are so yummmmmmmy! Yakitori is a BBQ chicken or chicken with veg. such as big green onions (I forgot its name), and comes on a stick. It has two flavors, tare (yummy secret soy sauce-based dip that has more soysauce flavor than teriyaki) and salt. The one I went cooked over charcoal, so it's the juicy, smoky chicken flavor that makes your mouth water from just imagining it. Ahhh.... My heaven.... #2 or so on would be this.... (oi... if it was Dante, he'll put me in a gluttony section of hell).
Anyway, they were yummy and filled my tummy! Bad for vegetarians but yay for carnivores!! Got tipsy though from drinking fig based wine (they exist, really). Don't worry. I am of a legal age and rode a bus home.

やきとり昨日食べたヨン！あぁ。。。。旨ーい！やきとりの塩とたれ味、もう最高！　あれって、あぁ、思い出すだけで涎がジュルジュルでそう。。。炭火焼きだったから、イチジク　ワイン（本当にあるんです。そして、微かにだけどほのやかなイチジクの香りとちゃんとワインの味でした。）で少し酔いながらバスで家に帰った。へへ。でも、飲酒運転はしてませーん。

So tired.... brain dead (￣◇￣)ﾎﾟｹｰつかれた。。。脳みそ死んだ状態。。。

2006-09-25T17:39:00.000+09:00

I was busy with my work since 10 o'clock this morning. I am still alive due to my 2 o'clock lunch of instant harusame (Maru-chan's seafood flavor is good). Ever since I started working this June, it seems as though my favorite meal time has reduced to just 5 minutes or close to nil. Ahhhhhh! It's currently, 5:39pm. I will work with my boss for three more hours, but oi!!!
（￣□￣；）！！
I was planning to go home early and take a little excursion to a book store.... Fine... I will just do it tomorrow.

今日は朝の十時から没頭仕事。二時にインスタント春雨（まるちゃんのシーフード味は結構いける）を食べたおかげで生き延びている状態。今、五時三十五分。まだ、三時間ほど上司と一緒に仕事するけど、とほほほ。。。。
（￣□￣；）！！
今日は早く帰って、本屋で寄り道したかったのに。。。まぁ、明日にしようかな。

Horrors of horrors 災厄の恐ろしい体験（チョッピし言い過ぎ？）

2006-09-24T06:53:00.000+09:00

I live on a mountain. It may sound abrupt, but I really am living on countryside of Japanese suburb. Which means, that just a few blocks away would be the typical farm landscape scene in books and what not. I was walking my dog (beagle) yesterday when I found chestnuts. After struggling a bit (never hunt for chestnuts with a flip flop), I managed to harvest some and turned around to go home. Then, the dog decided that he would love to do a sand bath in a pile of black object. It turned out to be a heap of dried up manure. The dog was happy. Humans weren't. ∑(￣皿￣；； )

私は山に住んでいる。そして、川に行って洗濯しに行く。。。何て、言ったらばあさんくさくて、言いすぎかもしれないけれど、私は日本の田舎に近い郊外に住んでいるのは確かである。という事は、少し歩いただけで、本にも出てくるような田舎の風景等が見えてくる。昨日、私の犬（ビーグル）を散歩していた所、なっ、なんと、美味しそうな栗ーーーーーを発見！ちょっと困難な目にあいながらも（良い子の皆さん！ビーチサンダルで栗狩りはやめとこう！）、収穫は満足当然！そして、家にちょこっら帰ることにした。そこまではいい。本当にいい。でも、犬が畑に積み上げていた黒い物体の山に砂浴びみたいに背中を仕切りに擦り付けるではないか。よくよく見ると、それは。。。。乾燥した糞の山だった！！！犬は喜び、人間はそれから逃げ回る。まぁ、想像できるであろう。 ∑(￣皿￣；； )

Manga I have in my bookshelf

2006-09-22T09:25:00.001+09:00

Tegamibachi (heart moving- cute)
RAVE (similar to One Piece, just another lol manga, but I like this art better than other one)
Amatsuki (Well mixture of SF and Edo period stuff)
Dear (so cute...)
07 Ghost (It's speed, angles, and framing is good. Perhaps too much male characters)
Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE (ツバサ RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE ) (action scene, angles and so on's good)
Hyakumantsubu no Namida (heart breaking plot, great drawings)
xxxHOLiC (well, that's what I'm planning to get today)

Finally....　やっと。。。

2006-09-21T17:10:00.000+09:00

I finally managed to transfer all my blogs from my previous blogs. Yeek. It seems as though this blog website doesn't work so well when you want to change your blog address in the middle. Totally messed up my day.

やっとこさブロッグ全部を移すことを達成！ゲっ、っていいたくなる方だった。このブロッグサイトは途中で住所変換さしてくれないのかな？うーうらめしや。。。一日がぶっこわれだった。