Jdorama: Teppan

Eto yun 3rd Asadora napanood ko na. Pinili ko ito ireview kasi medyo madali kaysa sa Gegege no Nyobo. hehe Actually kahit raw episodes from episodes 42-151, di ko no pinansin kung may sub. Ganun ako naadik dito sa asadora na to. 
Well, it has a simple premise.. Si Akari, sa paglaki niya and graduating high school, biglang may pumuntang matandang babae sa bahay nila.. Hinahanap yun anak niya nawawala for 18 years, at yun na.. Nalaman ni Akari, ampon lang siya ng pamilya niya. At yun matandang babae nakausap niya, lola niya pala. Simple story pero it's dramatic premise lalo na pagtagal ng story. 

Siyempre may mga parts na ayoko sa asadora na to.. Dalawa lang naman, una may character na pumasok at the middle of the story na bwisit na bwist ako. I don't know the character's name, dahil Raw nga napanood ko, parang anak siya nung isang katrabaho ni Akari or whatever, annoying character plus the actress as well. hehe Basta ayoko siya. Lalo na yun nangyari sa kanya sa huli, pampagulo. Pangalawa, love life ni Akari magulo. I mean usually sa asadora, it's either ayaw ng love life ng heroine or marami nangliligaw sa kanya at nakakapili naman agad. Like in Mare, grabe siya, may date siya dalawa tapos sa huli, nag asawa agad. hahaha 

Dito, grabe, edi walang love life si Akari sa una, tapos yun may mga gusto sa kanya, mga nakakabad trip na characters. Yun nagustuhan ni Akari, ang angas ng dating. Bwisit din. Basta for short, panget love life niya, walang kilig. hehe 

Yun lang naman problema niya. After 151 episodes, first thing I love sa asadora na to, kahit di siya fun, very dramatic naman siya. May ilang episodes medyo naiyak ako. 2 great examples, one yun part paano sila nagkabati si Akari at Hatsune, yun lola niya, nakakatouch naman yun. Another one, yun nagkita si Akari at yun tunay niyang tatay. It's emotional di yun sa tunay na tatay niya but yun foster family ni Akari. Kasi kaw ba, papayag na lang kunin yun anak mo na biglaan? Siyempre hindi. At naintindihan naman ng true father ni Akari. Actually yun drama scenes marami sa asadora na to kaya masasabi mo drama. Few fun moments pero di naman dull.

Another thing, yun aspect na pagkain, grabe yun nagpapagutom sa kin. hehe Lalo tuloy ako nagcrave sa okonomiyaki sa Osaka at Onomichi styles. Unfortunately, di siya like global dish like tempura or ramen. Wala naman ako makita na ganun dito. Grabe, parang di siya nakakasawa. Hahaha Sulit na agad. Kaya if palarin in the future, I'll eat that in japan. hehe 

Lastly, the cast! I mean, despite low budget which I'll explain later. Magaling yun cast. Kahit at first ayoko ko yun artista, Takimoto Miori, pagtagal, I like her na. hehe Tapos yun supporting cast, they made their parts fit to them. Like yun mga kapatid ni Akari, tapos yun mga friends ni Akari sa Osaka, lalo na si Hatsune, ang galing niya talaga. Hatsune was played by Junko Fuji, at nakita ko na pinagmanahan ni Terajima Shinobu sa acting, kaya pala! hehe Lalo na yun mata, nanay nga siya ni Shinobu. The best supporting cast eh yun family ni Akari, specifically yun parents ni Akari. Grabe, bagay talaga si Endo Kenichi as tatay at mum si Yasuda Narumi. Galing nun dalawa yun not only as parents, but lovers I mean as husband and wife. Grabe, parang icheer mo si Kenichi as tatay and si Narumi naman, despite that deceiving look, galing niya mag act as nanay pero beautiful pa din. hahaha That beauty of hers, I mean she can defeat other actresses now. She is doing modelling for clothing line or if you look sa pictures, grabe, ang ganda niya pa din. Despite her very old age. Not very bad. haha Lalo na yun jdrama na bida si Goriki, it's a long title but that series, galing niya as Goriki's mum kahit mukha lang silang magkapatid. Interesting fact, Yasuda Narumi also lead an asadora, 20 plus years ago. When I looked yun mga luma niyang picture, grabe.. Ngayon pics na lang tignan ko. hahaha

Well, galing nun ginawa ng NHK, very low budget asadora. Makikita mo naman sa setting, sa pinili nilang cast at yun story line, di grand like carnation, or amachan or other asadoras. Ohisama, the asadora after this, eh mukhang maganda, pero pagtagal ko nalang panoorin yun. Speaking of Miori, nagulat ako na there was a band, just a new all girl real band yun lead singer eh hot. hehe Looking back, siya na pala yun. Lagoon! 

Sulit ang pagkaadik ko dito despite watching most of it, no sub. Self translation na lang. hehe 

Sarap talaga nung okonomiyaki na yun, ginugutom tuloy ako! Teppan pala is the stove na ginagamit for cooking okonomiyaki. Yun parang sa burger pero ito, table type siya.. 

Magkaganun ka kaya sa bahay mo no? 

Crushes: Lea Seydoux

Hmmmm first time I saw her was in a film, a kinda weird french film. Roses in rent as I remembered the title. Despite I really hate the film, I enjoyed the time watching it because the lead actress, was definite an eye catcher! Every scene she in, I swear I just daze my eyes on her. Never missed a moment just looking at her.

At that time, I don't know her name, no idea.. However as  I grew more curious or let's say fan of world cinema, and french films are one of the best.. I also know some french stars and luckily, I found her name. Simple french name. But what's interesting about her is she's a relative to a french magnate in films! I forgot that dude's name but I thought why she need to work hard as an actress if she has connections already? I simply answered at the back of my mind, she really love acting. Well, there is one physical feature I don't like about her.. That eyes, it's just simple. It's a typical french or somewhat russian. Anyway, at my first look she looks like Milia Jovovich but bigger so yeah, it's just because of the eyes.

But it doesn't mean, she's out of my top choices. Of course not!! Definitely, wow... One of the beautiful actress now coming from France. It's like second to Eva Green! Even at the screen she looks tall, even she's only around 5'6", but a big lady. Not very thin nor thick figure. Just right hotness.. Haha You can see her as innocent, or no make up or as femme fatale, still very beautiful. I just have a big sigh when I see her.

It doesn't mean, she only looks beautiful, she can also act.. From Inglorious, MI:3, Midnight in Paris even for a short role and mostly french films. The most notable of all, definitely, if you want to see all about her and acting as well.. Blue is the Warmest Color. That's it, see the film and feast your senses. hahaha

It shows despite the weird make up and she looks quite ugly there. At the end, I did not care, she shown talent and indeed, looking forward for her future flicks. Especially the upcoming James Bond film! Daniel Craig holds the bond record for the luckiest bond ever when it comes to leading ladies. hehe

Anyway, I hope for Lea, improve her english so she can be like Eva who can not only be cast in french films but also US or UK films. Maybe, stay away for those art films for a while so the audience can focus on the talent not on the, ehem, her body.. So, there... 

Damn her best look? Emma! Her hair with the blue color fits her..

broken lines (collection 55)

Sapagkat ako'y naghahanap, gusto makalasap..
Hindi kayaman, ni kapangyarihan, bagkus ang masarap!
Masarap na pagkain, tulugan, o kahit katahimikan..
Eto ang mga bagay, na aking kahilingan.

Mga bagay na 'to eh magbibigay sa kin ng inspirasyon.
Inspirasyon na bumangon, gumalaw nasa ayon.
Natanto ko sa mga nakaraan na panahon, maraming sawi laban sa wagi!
At ngayon naman, kailangan ko baguhin ang aking sarili..

Subalit, ang pagbabago sadyang di madali.
Maraming pagsubok ang nagbabadya anumang sandali!
Kung dati ako'y pumipili sa mandaling paraan.
Ngayon naman, kailangan pillin ang mahirap, masakit na daan.

unplanned 65

Wow, dami ko naman napanood na trailers. Very disappointed that well, mukhang I just wait for something happens. hehe Other things, ok naman.. Ilan beses na ko nag system image restore in a week so in the future I'm thinking to get a stable set up ng windows ko. I'm thinking ubuntu pero baka lahat ng apps ko di naman umandar. I'll think of it in the future. 

Bilis naman ng panahon, one month in my new work. Almost 3 years for me to take calls non stop, parang the skill did not leave me. Wow, I can't believe this. hahaha It's like writing, can't go away.  It seems my sked will be weird for sometime so, ok lang, steady lang. I'm making some progress about fixing my site, although draft pa lang, pero naiisip ko na yun design and overall UI. In the coming months, I maybe need some help about it. 

Naisip ko din bumili ng orig windows but I'll wait instead for 10 with the reviews and let's see how it will go along. Nakapagtataka na mura na pala ng windows 8 ngayon. I know 8k is expensive but unlike windows 7 na umaabot dati na 10k right? Wait and see strategy muna. 

Di na ko pumunta ng Eiga Sai this year, it's not because I don't like to, eh nagsimula na ang trend.. I already have most of the films before they show it here. Naisip ko, ganun na pala ako kaddict sa Eiga. Grabe. hahaha Maybe I'm done searching my preference films, or the films for collection. Parang japanese cinema na hinahanap ko na. I even look for japanese box office which this week, number one ang Hero (Kimura Takuya's titular role). Bad trip naman yun film na Mozu, nagshooting sila dito, wala man lang publicity. Nandito pa naman si Maki Yoko!!! Erghh.. hehe 

What else, yeah, I'm giving my computer to start up for 20 mins because of the 2 pesteng notifications para sure di maghang. That intel security thing and the update windows icon. Napansin ko kasi pag wala pa yun dalawang icon na yun, nagloloko agad yun pc ko at worse, restore na. Bwisit talaga. hahaha Pero may naisip na ko ways to improve it and better yet have a great set up. I'll do that pag naayos na yun data management ko ng library. Mahirap na magsimula ulit maginstall. hehe

For now, ano pa ba.. Ah, ano pala gagawin ni Tim Cone sa Ginebra, kakain ng kangkong? hehe Oh baka gusto niya maaliw aliw sa bora every conference. Pwede di ba.. hehe I don't know, Ginebra doesn't really need a great coach to win.. Hay.. Basta may mga players diyan na walang kwenta, same result!

Next week, I'm starting to lessen my internet surfing whatever addiction. hahaha Just need to focus for some skills that I need to improve. Lalo na tipid tipid, I'll do self study. Hay... Can't wait to start this weekend! 

Pero pahinga muna ako, it has been a chaotic week.. But fun!
"I told you not to go to, you go to!"

Oh God.. =)

Tomasino noon, Tomasino ngayon, Sino?

Unang talata

Noon..

Ang uniform namin sa commerce pag lalaki, parang sekyu lang or PSG, nakabarong. hehe Pag babae naman, ang mga uniform ng science, commerce, o kahit Med, nakakalito, sama mo pa ang pharma, halos pareho.. Pag may naspot ka chicks, hahanapin mo sa college mo, wala pala.. Nasa ibang college pala!

Ngayon..

Ah, masasabi ko mas gusto ko yun uniform namin noon, madaling isuot, at pag nagmamadali, di malate at may pormang panglabas. Ibig ko sabihin, tanggalin lang yun polo, white shirt at pants ok na! Eh ang commerce na lalaki ngayon, kala ko nagbebenta ng electrolux. hahaha Bwisit.. Ah, masarap mag site seeing ngayon, yun mga girls, iba iba na ang uniform!!!! At last!

Noon..

Dinaanan namin ang pesteng 2 years na ROTC na yan. Nadale pa ko ng isang sem! Bwisit talaga. hehe Pero di ibig sabihin, di masaya.. May mga linggo masaya, lalo na pag mga MP at team leader niyo kasama sa counterstrike bago magpirmahan ng attendance! hehe

Ngayon..

Medyo kasama ako sa buenas. hahaha Ginawa one year na lang yun ROTC at naging NSTP, di ko na make up yun bagsak ko sem. Buenas yun mga batch na sumunod sa amin, napakabuenas!

Noon..

Di namin naabutan ang malakas na UST tigers team. Naabutan namin, malakas magbuwakaw na mga player!!! Ang gagaling pa kumopya sa section namin! At dagdag mo pa yun palamura na coach! hahaha Nakakabwisit pa, may isang game against DLSU, lamang na ng 20, natalo pa, si Cortez pa ang best player, akalain mo! Kaya nung mga panahon na yun, walang kwenta mag cheer.

Ngayon..

Kung di ka naman malas, pag alis namin, nawala yun mga bwisit na player at coach, bigla nagchampion nung 2006! hehehe At yun mga susunod na team steady na lagi sa final four at dalawa sa finals. Sarap magcheer at mangalaska sa mga kalaban na schools!! 
Yun nga lang, ewan ko lang this year. hehe Balik kangkungan ulit, parang dati lang sa batch namin. hahahaha

Sa susunod na kabanata.

flashbacks: NEET

"Not in education, employement nor training".  Very famous status sa Japan, apply to those really don't want to do something, kahit magwork. 

I was one of those months ago. hehe I never thought I'll do that sa pinakapressure na mga buwan etong taon na to. Biglaan eh! Pathetic me. Well, I just stayed in my room, after siyempre nagkasakit ako ng kaunti. Just at the house, mostly sa smartphone ko, watching more stuff lalo na Japanese stuff. Jdorama, eiga and even documentaries. I thought I should have touch my movie library kaso wala, nagdownload lang ako nagdownload. Total bum. Useless dude. haha

Eat, sleep, pray, tapos ikot lang ulit. Some days, I'll write or mostly, watching and do household chores. May time din na umalis ako sa bahay just to cool off and think. It did not help. Sad isn't it? Of course, some days, I hid at nagisip. I don't know, it's just I was not really myself those months. Until I felt na kailangan na gumalaw galaw at magayos kasi maraming babayaran at namulat na din ako na tapos na. Move on at alam ko I failed.
What I hate sa NEET, hmmmm there were times na di ako tumutulong sa bahay or other stuff. Gusto ko lang higa, DOTA or just watch stuff online. I'm very helpful especially at my age. hahaha

What I loved sa short timely NEET, it's like waking up in a drowning pool. No kidding!!! hehe You know the scenes sa films na yun character bigla na lang nagigising na sa tubig o dagat siya at aahon. Siguro ganun. Basta ganun. hehe Anyway, despite may mga araw na di ako natulog ng maayos or done really nothing, sarap ng feeling na walang stress or pressure. Kung may pera pa ko, aba sana nakapagpasyal pa ko. hehe Saka, rearrangement ng plans, saka some important realizations, which I wrote earlier. I discovered what is my situation now and near future. 

Unfortunately, being in a relationship will take a back seat. Or worse, leave it for now. Hay, masarap sa lahat, nakahinga ako malalim. Looking optimistic despite such failure. 

I think, time to win na nga! 

Even Seven

Dapat nung May ko ginawa ito, pero nakalimutan ko na. hahaha Seven years! Akalain mo, parang magasawa na nga. All I can say are two things. It's time to promote this thing, and another, I need to improve! Yun ang gagawin ko na going for the eighth year! 

Darn, I admit, I tried many times na unlearn, forget my blog, o kahit di magtype for this blog.. Pero ganun talaga, iba talaga pag passion! hehe Looking back, I never thought of developing this skill or even making it a hobby pero eto na eh.. Nandito na ko at mukhang tuloy tuloy na. I'm now fixing my wordpress site, at mukhang kukuha pa ko ng professional advice to make it, hmmm presentable or para maging traffic lang. 

I've added some new topics para tumagal ang blog. hehe Also, waiting for more feedback! Anything else, I'm not sure yet. Pero thankful pa din ako sa skill na to, because of it, stress reliever. Sometimes, it's a thinking machine, kasi may mga ideas na pumapasok na lang. It's also like a mirror, that it reminds who I am. Yes, despite I'm looking at the mirror, but parang mas may weight ang salita. Yun lang. 

I hope before the last quarter starts, eh makikita niyo na yun site, unless if I kinda invested to it. hehe Pero pag ok na, you'll see.. I'm also adding another feature there pero di naman agad agad, may pagaaralan lang ako. hehe 

I know this will be fun but also very difficult, so I pray Lord that it will look good. What else, hmmmmm wala pa muna. Basta, importante masimulan na to!

Number eight is lucky, right? =)

Ring! Ring!

QC

part four

Concentrix - From one small centre, it became three branches already, I'm not that sure about that one site in PBCOM tower. I mean, they just bought IBM Daksh, the IBM's contact centre division what not. One of the big centers here at this site because well IBM's building are big and many. I'm not sure if IBM's main office are now here. Due to their recruitment ads, they have financial accounts and the most famous, Dish Network! One of the most toxic, hardest accounts ever. Even I'm now working at a decade in BPO, I only known 2 toxic accounts, Dish and JP. Dish is not situated at this site, it's in a different site.. 

Teletech - Yes, that's how big this call center company is, they have a center here! What I know, they have BOA, Bank of America. I'm not sure if they absorbed the LOB's of the dissolved inhouse BOA jobs. Whatever... What can I say bout Teletech? Just don't go there. 

LexisNexis - I have no slightest idea about this company.. However, when I went over this place to try their recruitment process, it's an inhouse law research company! They have no branches and about their process.. The first step, they have this test, time pressure!! Second process, initial interview.. I did not pass. hehe They have high standards and they are more into night shift. More into US accounts. If I got it there, I feel I'll use my legal knowledge I learned in college. They look fine, but I'm not sure... 

Convergys - Yes, the largest employer in the Philippines, has a site here. No idea about what account they have but when I went in this place one time, it looks like they handle US accounts. Well, maybe they have a simple recruitment process so give it a try. 

For now, I'll stop here, but the next one will be a lot! The remaining tenants of this site!

Not Showing: Hafu

I haven't watched a documentary for some time due to difficult changes and events happened to me. However, I doesn't mean I'll forget to watch one, what more watching of movies. I'm trying to make up for it and now, I accidentally watched this interesting documentary. 

Hafu is a word in japanese meaning the half/mixed raced individual living in Japan. The documentary has a simple premise, just recording the lives of these Hafu's living in Japan. They tell their stories, effects of being a hafu and their plead of staying in Japan as normal. The only opportunity I could say about this film, I hoped they interviewed a Japinoy! I suggested that notion because not only many Filipinos living in Japan but also very many Japinoys living there! I mean Fil-Japanese people already living there in the same way other Hafu's are living. Difficult yet happy.. Especially, statistics shows that I think it's in the top 5 list that Philippine with Japanese blood are included besides well, american and brazilian. I hope they include just one Japinoy profile. 

Anyway, what really surprised me in this film were the profiles they showed were striking foreigners but when they speak, it's like perfect japanese! I can't remove in my mind that these people are well, given the constitution right are Japanese. One great example, well that African dude. Sorry, I forgot their names! Forgive me. hehe 

The African guy who really like well, you thought a typical african male, speaks fluent and acts like Japanese! Wow.. He also admit that despite living in Japan for decades, he needs to explain himself everytime a person look up or asking to him. Then the other profiles came in, the Australian lady, then the Venezuelan guy who has little resemblance of being south american. A family of mixed heritage and having difficulties of raising a kid from public school, transferring to private school. Another one, that I thought she is Japanese, but well, she's Korean. A lot of different races and great stories to listen and watch.

I love in this movie that parts of them explaining the great difficulty of living in Japan because of their race. Of course, if you don't really look like Japanese, their Gaijin mantra will impose to that person, which is kinda bad. I was sad in that part of the kid's story of being bullied in elementary school because he can't speak Japanese well.. Not only that, he can't even make friends in that school. So, well the kid transferred to an international school and flourished. 

They were parts of their own story that made me sad, especially their confusion stages. As they were growing older, they thought of going back in their respective countries but because of preferences and love for Japan, it holds that idea of going back. They want to stay in Japan despite very not favorable treatment. This happens to the African guy despite already a japanese citizen, he's still well, having a hard time. How about that Venezuelan dude who should be already a citizen but still he needs to update his visa. Darn, the dude already married in Japan! Japan immigration laws are quite, or lets say very strict. 

I understand the Australian lady who really had a hard time living in Japan because it's the first time she went there and trying to fit in with the relatives of her Japanese side. However, since she lived more in Australia than in Japan, I felt for her that she's confused and might live in Australia for now than living in Japan. 

For the Korean lady, she's kinda lucky to be a Japanese citizen because of the secret of her mother. However, it some what gave her a backlash of the situation. Meaning her own identity was questioned and she felt not accepted for some years. But look at her now, she really fit in Japan.
Lastly, I loved how most of these people making an effort to help others with the same situation. They have a community helping other people who has the same dilemma and giving them great support. The African guy has a big dream that I can't believe he's doing it even he did not live long at his home country, putting up schools.. Simply yet very courageous.

After watching this film, well, that Gaijin mantra of the japanese people, althought it's still evident, I felt it's slowly decreasing. That discrimination or prejudice is still present, no doubt as I read in the news or blogs but it's slowly going away. I hope their government are doing concrete actions to ease their immigration laws, not their tourist/business visas. It should be immigrations laws! Another thing,  I can sense they are accepting Hafu in their society, look at their entertainment industy, I was surprised that there are idols, actress, models who are Japinoys. They look hot. hahaha Kidding but yeah, how about Rola? Geez, I was suprised she's Hafu. Or the most intriguing of all, their Miss Japan, despite opposition, looks like Rihanna. But when she speaks, I know why they are sending her in Miss Universe pageant, she's really Japanese. 

Well, with easing their immigration thing, it will also solve not really a one great solution, but definitely it will help their prevailing problem... Population. For the 14th straight year, they are decreasing or the birth rate is not enough to compensate the decreasing population. I know there are a lot of factors why this happen, but one concrete solution they can do, is to ease their immigration. Not really open immigration, still strict but they should ease some provisions. Also, please they should ease the citizenship of these people who have outright proof they are Japanese and still can't be a citizen. 

Anyway, if I'm one of them, hypothetically, I'll stay in Japan. Never going back. hahaha Kidding! I'll go back of course in my home country. 

But definitely, I'll stay in Japan. 

What will I look like if I'm mixed with Japanese blood?