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Saturday, December 8, 2007 { 7:20 PM }

CAUGHT UP IN A FANTASY...

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Fairy Tail ... フェアリーテイル

A manga that I've been reading. Same manga-ka as (groove adventures)Rave レイヴ, otherwise known as rave master in the english versions, Hiro Mashima. It's pretty obvious considering how the characters look quite similar, especially the leads, Natsu,Lucy and Gray.

The Plot:

The story of Fairy Tail focuses on the adventures of the main characters Natsu and Lucy, who are sometimes accompanied by the members of the Fairy Tail Guild.
The story begins with a young sorceress Lucy, and her ambition to join the magical Fairy Tail Guild. On her journey she encounters Natsu, a young boy, who is looking for Igneel the Salamander. After a brief adventure she offers him lunch and Natsu explains that Igneel is a dragon while Lucy talks about her dreams to join the Fairy Tail Guild. Shortly afterwards, she is tricked and abducted by Bora of Prominence, who was posing as Salamander of Fairy Tail, to be sold as a slave. She is rescued by Natsu, who is revealed as Salamander and a true member of Fairy Tail Guild. He offers her membership into the guild, and Lucy gladly accepts. From that point on Natsu and Lucy form a team. Thus begins their adventures as they perform missions for the Fairy Tail guild.
In the current story arc Fairy Tail is under assault by another mage guild called Phantom which has been in contention with Fairy Tail as the top guild in the country for quite sometime. However, as it is illegal to wage war between guilds this stalemate has been unresolved until now. During the assault Natsu and a team from Fairy Tail invade the headquarters of the Phantom guild in an attempt to prevent them from unleashing a devastating ultimate attack. Natsu and comrades manage to defeat the elite Element 4 team of the Phantom guild thereby postponing the destruction of their own guild.
Unfortunately this is still not enough to prevent Fairy Tale from being razed to the ground. The loss of his home pushes Natsu to new levels of power, and he promptly destroys the Phantom guild, possibly leading to their victory.
In the Fairy Tail universe, some people are gifted with the ability to use magic and with this come powers far beyond those of normal people. This society of wizards and sorcerers align themselves to different Magical Guilds where they are assigned paid missions.
The guild system is governed by the Magic Council who monitor the actions of the guilds. Guilds which contravene the Magic Council's laws are declared as Dark Guilds. Dark guilds are those groups which have committed crimes against society or have accepted missions of questionable morality, such as accepting assassination requests.
In the Fairy Tail world the official currency is the Jewel (ジュエル Jueru) and its symbol is a "J".
So far, all of the action takes place in the land of Fiore. The land of Fiore is where the Fairy Tail Guild is located, as well as the Magic Council and other places visited by the main characters. The Time, as suggested in chapter 66, is Year 784.

Natsu, meaning summer in Japanese like how Haru means spring.

The whole issue where fairy tail guild said they weren't gonna hand over Lucy to phantom lord guild...resulting to a war... was just like how the townspeople didn't wanna hand over Elie to the enemies after the dancing competition... =/ talk about similar... haha

Besides, Grey's magic is somewhat similar to Musica's in the sense that their weapons(or in Grey's case...magic) change shapes... Plus there's the whole master deal... If Grey ends up falling for Urtear... it'll be MusicaxReina all over again -____________-"

Then there's how Sieglein is soooo like Sieghart... the sieg-ness!!!! @______@ plus, i'm pretty sure that the crest sign on their right eyes' the same..

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*faints*

Nevertheless, I like the storyline =] and the general conc ept.. it's like online games such as ro in a way because of all the guilds, ex-quip-ing, jobs....etc Like in Rave, there's a plue here too.. who belongs to Lucy.. it's role isn't as main as it was in rave tho'...

I actually.. kinda miss rave ='( Anxiously waiting for a new volume each time i visit the comic store in prangin mall....

More chapters of Shinshi Doumei Cross are out!

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ahhh so twisted!! the whole father...foster father...real father...actual father..mother...high school love..thingeh

Let's start with the PLOT:

This story is about Haine Otomiya, a 15-year-old high school girl student at the elite private Imperial Academy (帝国学園 Teikoku Gakuen). Apparently sold to foster parents for fifty million yen, and a one-time gang member, Haine reformed when she met Shizumasa Tōgū, who told her to live life how she wanted to. She fell in love with Shizumasa and entered the Imperial Academy to try and win his love.
Now, Shizumasa is the Koutei (皇帝, Kōtei, lit. emperor) of the school. Being the president of the student council and the only member of the gold class, he is the one who everyone looks up to. Through various circumstances Haine is tricked by one of the student council members into becoming his bodyguard and joining the student council. However, Shizumasa claims not to know her and is unexpectedly cold towards her.

Last few chapters--->

Turns out Haine's foster father is really her biological father.. He and her mom were high school sweethearts, her father at that time was the president. Then this other guy(the man whom she believed was her father up until she discovered the truth) challenged her foster-real-father because he himself was in love with her mother, Maika. As a result, he became the new president and created the "platinum" position, a rank above silver altho' below his own. Maika(naturally) was chosen to be the "platinum"(also the position which haine currently holds). Nevertheless, she was still very much in love with the former president. However, due to the fact that the current presidents family is very influential n' whatnot, she was forced to marry him. The child whom she pretended was his(Haine) really was not. As Haine grew older, her "father" realised the truth. (the similarities..blah blah..) Which is why he "sold" her to her real father. In the end of that arc, of course everyone's happy.

I think.. I support Takanari-sama... I have been supporting him 90% of the time anyway.,.. the other 10%being neutral. The only disappointment is probably how he didn't rush in to help Haine when Shizumasa just held the knife(Haine's) although he was getting hurt.

While at QB with yeong lyn the other day, got more manga(haven't done this in a while).. + more x-mas presents!!

Volumes 6-8 of shinshi doumei cross (already read that n' more online tho') as well as volumes 19-22 of Tsubasa* Wanted more but.. lack of money is always an obstacle <>

PLOT: Sakura is the princess of Clow kingdom, which is ruled by her older brother, King Tōya. Her childhood friend Syaoran is a young archaeologist. Sakura is revealed to have strange powers when she has a vision of a mysterious symbol and places she has never seen. Meanwhile, Syaoran discovers the same symbol at the ruins he is excavating. He sees Sakura standing on the symbol on the ground. Ghostly wings appear on her back and a mysterious force begins to pull her into the walls of the ruins. Syaoran rescues her in time, but her wings are scattered across dimensions. The High Priest of Clow Kingdom, Yukito, immediately realizes that Sakura's "wings" were the manifestation of her soul and memories; without them, she will die. In order to save Sakura, Syaoran must journey to retrieve her wing's feathers, the fragments of her memories.
Yukito sends Syaoran and the unconscious Sakura to the Dimensional Witch, Yūko, who is one of the main characters in xxxHolic. There he meets Kurogane, a rough-mannered ninja banished from his world by Princess Tomoyo, and Fai D. Flourite, a magician who fled his world to avoid King Ashura. Each of them must pay with what he values most in order to gain the power to cross dimensions. For Kurogane, it is his sword Ginryū, and for Fay, it is the tattoo on his back which regulates his control of his magic. Syaoran, on the other hand, must pay with his relationship with Sakura: even if he is able to retrieve all of her memories, she will never remember anything about him or their relationship. (This sacrifice also pays Sakura's "toll" to Yūko, because what Sakura values most are her memories of and with Syaoran.) Only when the three agree to her terms does Yūko present them with the power to cross dimensions; a white creature named Mokona Modoki.
While traversing through worlds to find Sakura's feathers, the four travellers and Mokona are forced to overcome many dangers and opponents, some of whom are figures from Syaoran's past who wish to collect Sakura's feathers for their own reasons as they are seen to be objects that hold great power.
The manga adopts darker and more complex tones in the latter half of the story. (volume 15 onwards, in my opinion)
Because of the crossover characters with xxxHolic, the two manga occasionally intertwine with each other.

Didn't quite understand tsubasa.. it was getting complicated...thus, confusing...x__________x LOL i decided it was because i was reading it in mandarin... what with the two syaorans... one real n' one a clone or whatever...then switching roles..blah...plus fai going mad... his terrible past... that king being good...bad...helpfull? Then the whole dreamseer thing... too "chim" for me... hahaha So i had to read it all in english(certain parts) online =P

BLAKE LEWIS

AUDIO DAYDREAM

I've listened to the album and i love the songs ^^ My faves have gotta be end of the world, break antoha' and without you... It's hip hop-ish... and catchy. As expected, there's the whole "technology-y" feel to it.. very blake lewis =] Supposedly he co-wrote almost all the songs, with the exception of one. Eventhough i don't totally love the album cover, i think the graphics are fitting. I just hope it doesn't come out here in penang too soon tho'... cause i wanna get mini dresses first!! (at least one)

Tres cute, saw this one in topshop midvalley... but i couldn't find it in the queensbay... =( Anyway, the price is something like RM480, give or take =/ Not exactly budget=friendly ^^"

Something like the following would be nice too... Although i know this particular brand is costly and i've never seen the shop here before.

I want at least one that is brightly coloured(basically not black) like the following...

These are more formal tho'... i'll probably get one of those from the stall near GSC in gurney plaza. I actually saw two pretty cute black ones in Next, QB. Tried one of them on(lack of time) but then i realised the french maid-ness.

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So tame... probably belonged to someone.. then flew out of its cage or smething...

Monday, December 3, 2007 { 6:25 PM }

It's not about happy endings,

or who gets prince charming...

it's about that once upon a time ♥

(p.s: of course the happy endings and prince charming thing wouldn't hurt either... not to mention the happily ever after bit...which is technically a happy ending)

Friday

Went to gurney with yeong lyn... Due to the fact that we were notified too late that xin yi couldn't make it due to some-home-thing... we couldn't catch a movie and not having much money=pointless to look at clothes(window shopping is NOT fun...unless i'm making a list or observing clothes blah blah blah...but my list is long enough thank you) This pretty much left us with only one thing left to do --------> eat! *insert gasp here*
Saw jia yue promoting the dior perfume... actually smells nice...considering i dislike perfume in general... Then ee vyone working in parkson at the shoe section.... Time for people to work i guess.. =/

shared a cendol at food loft, then a fish platter at fish & co.

Like tourists =P

Saturday

Baked cookies && brownies in the morning

Then went over to shing yee's appartment around 2pm...

Picnic by the pool side

Hehe

Oops!

There are more pictures but most of them are stored in shing yee's handphone which for some reason can't be transferred into the computer... (then why'd we pose so much for?! bluetooth!!)

After that, we rushed over to gurney to watch ENCHANTED

There were lots of referances to other disney movies (the little mermaid, beauty and the beast, cinderella, snow white...etc)

The storybook opening is a tribute to how Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Cinderella, and Sleeping Beauty began. The book's location in Sleeping Beauty Castle (in the Walt Disney Pictures logo) is based on artwork from Sleeping Beauty.
While Giselle herself has many traits similar to Snow White, Cinderella, Aurora, Ariel, and Belle, her character's personality is mostly based on Snow White.
As she is building the Prince mannequin, Giselle looks through two blue gems the same way Dopey does in Snow White.
Animals often help the Princesses do chores, sewing, and other tasks. Giselle continues this tradition. She also calls the animals in a similar way that Snow White does.
There was a rose in a flass jar, resembling the one in beauty and the beast.
The song True Love's Kiss is a tribute to the songs I'm Wishing, A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes, and Once Upon a Dream. The construction of Giselle's dream prince with the help of the woodland animals is also a tribute to a similar scene in Sleeping Beauty.
Prince Edward has traits similar to Prince Charming of Snow White and Cinderella, Prince Philip from Sleeping Beauty, and Prince Eric from The Little Mermaid.
Prince Edward's dance with Nathaniel is a tribute to the dance Philip had with King Hubert in Sleeping Beauty.
In both the animated and real world, Queen Narissa's transformation into a dragon is done similarly to Maleficent's transformation in Sleeping Beauty. (less scary though)
The way Giselle and Edward ride off into the sunset is a tribute to the end of Snow White.
Giselle's carriage is based on Cinderella's coach.
The troll is wearing remnants of other Disney Princess' dresses as a loincloth. Among the remnants are sections for Snow White, Belle, Sleeping Beauty, and Cinderella. His earrings are made from Ariel’s shells.
A reference to Beauty and the Beast in Giselle's treehouse is a bell jar containing a rose.
As the troll is flung to the next kingdom, he yells like Goofy.
A Muzak version of the song Part of Your World from The Little Mermaid can be heard when Giselle is gazing at the tank of fishes, and Sam the assistant is played by Jodi Benson, Ariel's voice in The Little Mermaid.
The divorcing couple are named after the parents in Mary Poppins, the Banks.
Rob's assistant Sam is named after Sleeping Beauty's Prince Philip's horse Samson.
The name of the law firm, "Churchill, Harline, and Smith", refers to the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs songwriters: Frank Churchill, Leigh Harline and Paul J. Smith.
The bus driver's hair is shaped like Mickey Mouse's ears.
The birdseed woman is a tribute to a similar scene in Mary Poppins.
Snow White is referenced in a number of ways:
The queen sending someone to kill Giselle
The poison apples in general, and the skull emblem on one of the apples specifically
Edward thinks the TV set is a Magic Mirror
The Magic Wishing Well
The evil queen turning into the old hag
The design of the old hag
The shot of the poison apple falling from Giselle's hand
Giselle being laid on a bier
The shot of Giselle lying on the bier is based on the same shot from Sleeping Beauty. Both Snow White and Sleeping Beauty were referenced by Giselle being woken by a kiss.
During the That's How You Know musical number, the yellow-jacketed dancer also danced as a chimney sweep in Mary Poppins.
In the bandshell, Giselle interrupts a performance of Rapunzel, an upcoming film. Some of the trees on the set are inspired by trees from Sleeping Beauty.
The soap opera shown on the television is a tribute to Beauty and the Beast:
It stars Paige O'Hara, Belle's voice in Beauty and the Beast.
The character she plays on the soap is named Angela, a tribute to Angela Lansbury, who voiced Mrs. Potts.
The other actor on the soap opera is named Jerry, a tribute to Jerry Orbach, who voiced Lumiere.
The actors mention a third character named Ogden, a tribute to David Ogden Stiers, who voiced Cogsworth.
The background music for the show is the song Beauty and the Beast, and the set design is based on that film's bandaging scene.
Another television program with Edgar Bergen and Mortimer Snerd is a clip from the Disney film Fun and Fancy Free.
When first cut to the TV, an audio clip from Dumbo is heard before Edward changes the channel.
The news reporter, Mary Ilene Caselotti, is named for Mary Costa, Ilene Woods, and Adriana Caselotti, who voiced Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, and Snow White, respectively.
The restaurant Bella Notte is a tribute to Lady and the Tramp.
The Grand Duke Hotel is named after the character from Cinderella.
In Morgan's room is a Belle doll, as well as a Cinderella storybook.
One of the residents in Rob's building is Judy Kuhn, who was the singing voice of Pocahontas.
Cinderella is referenced when the clock strikes midnight, and from the glass slipper being lost in the ballroom (and found again for Nancy).
Happy Working Song is a tribute to Whistle While You Work, and the lyrics also contain references to other films. The song's ending is similar to how Under the Sea and Be Our Guest both end.
The way the pigeons turn Giselle's dress into an apron, as well as the way they wrap a towel around her in the bathroom, are references to the way the birds act in Cinderella. The soap bubble reflections, the way the flies twist the dishcloth, and Giselle's use of Rob's curtains to dresses are also references to the film.
The way Giselle and Robert look at each other at the ball is a tribute to the similar scene with Cinderella and Prince Charming.
Robert's costume at the ball is the same style as the Beast's in Beauty and the Beast.
The song "So Close" is a tribute to the song Beauty and the Beast, from both the moment in the film the song is played, as well as that the song is sung from the perspective of an observer.
The camera angles during the song are also a tribute to the same scene.
The confrontation at the ball is reminiscent of the one in Sleeping Beauty.
The glittery ballroom scene is a tribute to both Snow White's Someday My Prince Will Come and Cinderella's So This Is Love in how the film isolates the princess and prince from the rest of the scene.
Pulling the sword from the ballroom floor is a reference to The Sword in the Stone.
The final fight scene at the top of the tall building is a tribute to similar final fight scenes in Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, The Little Mermaid, and Beauty and the Beast. As with those scenes, it is seen with a blue hue and is accompanied by thunder and lightning. Also, the hero fights off the villain with a sword; the villain attempts to throw the hero off the building; the villain falls to their own death.
Rob's girlfriend Nancy's last name, Tremaine, though spelled differently, was the last name of the Evil Stepmother in Cinderella.
The cutouts shown in the end credits reference various Disney films, such as Fantasia, Snow White, Cinderella, The Princess and the Frog, and The Little Mermaid.
Robert Philip's name is based on the name of Prince Philip from Sleeping Beauty.

Hilarious!!
About two con women, mother and daughter. First, the mom(Sigourney Weaver) would marry someone filthy rich. Then, her daughter(jennifer love hewitt) would act as a third party, leading to a divorce. Then, they'll get lots of money. Paige(JLH) is tired of this and wants out... due to some "unforseen circumstances", they have to pull off one more grand scheme. ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

Had been watching this drama series for the past 2 days. I actually DO WATCH chinese stuff... It's not bad really.. funny and sweet. Overall, worth it ♥ 13 episodes only

Basically to sum it all up, it's about a girl(jing han) who is embarrased in front of the entire school on her high school graduation day by a guy(shao tang) who has a crush on her and is two years younger. 10 years later, she still holds a grudge for him. Ever since that incident, she has been unlucky in love, her husband just cheated on her and she is currently in the process of getting divorced. Naturally she is in need of a place to stay. Just as fate would have it, she ends up staying opposite shao tang in the same appartment. Although she recognizes him, he doesn't recognize her. She wants revenge and has got some ideas of her own. Seeing that she stays alone, the landlady decides that it'd be a good idea to get roommates for her.

Then there's jia xin, daughter of a rich businessman. On a date with a potential suitor her dad set up for her, she gets disgusted with what the man says. So, she grabs a guy(shao tang) who's just about to leave and claims that he's her ex whom she still loves and thinks that it was a mistake to let him go. A lie of course and her dad doesn't believe. Nevertheless, the so called potential suitor storms off. Tired of these "blind dates", jia xin runs away from home and ends up staying with jing han whom she did not leave a good impression on[jing han thought of her as a cunning fox whom stole a potential boyfriend from her when the truth is, that guy is already married and her brother-in-law]. She ends up getting a job at a company, not knowing that it belongs to her dad. When they encounter, he makes a bet with her. She has to prevent getting fired from there for one year. If she wins, she gets one million(or something like that), if she loses, she'll have to return home and go on more "blind dates" he arranges for her. As if this little rich girl has worked a day in her life.

Shao Tang, the poor painter, is infatuated with jia xin and constantly argues jing han, not knowing her true identity. Although it has been 10 years, he still harbours a crush for that senior girl. Some characteristics of jia xin end up reminding him of his former senior.

The third girl and roommate is qiao le... also the youngest. A simple village girl, her goal is to become ice-skating queen in an upcoming competition. Despite her mother's protests, she is determined to pursue her dream and moves to the city. During a rest stop on the way, the bus leaves without her. Hurriedly, she puts on her skates and rushes after the bus. Yu Xin(easily the best looking actor in my opinion), a famous hockey player, sees this and stops his car in front of the bus so that qiao le can get on. When she arrives at her destination, she heads over to the indoor swimming pool to find the landlady's son, wanting a place to stay. Turns out, yu xin is the son of the landlady whom she was looking for. Naive and innocent, she believes as well as trusts the flirty yu xin who uses her to win a bet(working as a cleaner for free at the hockey locker room)

3 unlikely roommates... lots of lying...a happy ending 8.5/10

Heartbreakers

N93i

Maybe i'll delay getting a new phone until i can afford this...

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