I'm a little late on this one. You know the saying though, "it's better late than never."
This Jdrama is called "Last Friends." While I was in Japan, I watched this show with my fiance. This drama really touches home with the reality of the rising numbers of domestic violence among the many women in Japan. Who would've known eh? I didn't think such a thing was so prominent in Japan. Well, that's just me being ignorant. Knowledge is power people. Keep yourself educated.
Anyways, this drama is a tale of a beautiful young woman named Aida Michiru who is down on her luck. She is bullied at the Beauty Parlor where she works at. Eventually she finds support with a man she befriends, Oikawa Sosuke, a child welfare division worker. Michiru falls in love with this person only to find the relationship gets a little sour and becomes a victim of domestic violence. Alas, Michiru is not a loner. She has friends who support her through trying times only they too get caught in the middle of Michiru and Sosuke's quarrels.
Last Friends is a drama that will have you feeling angry with a clenched fist. It makes you want to beat the shit out of Sosuke for beating his girl. Tackling what happens under Domestic Violence is no easy subject, but Last Friends covers it from head to toe. This is a drama that you definitely don't want to miss.
If you haven't seen the drama yet here's a video to get you started.
To learn more about this drama here's a link to the official website
Man, it's true when my professor said "after a month or so of working at your design job, its going to kick in, yah know, panic... because after work their is no homework. Suddenly you realize you have a lot of time on your hands. Now what?"
My professor was right on the money. I come home and do my normal routine. Eat dinner, turn on the tube and watch some cnn. Check some emails. Check my blog. Hit up youTube and watch a little SNSD and some jpop vids. Finally, sleep. My routine is getting a little boring. I need a new hobby or something.
I did pick up a "Learn Japanese while you drive" audio cd. So far it has been very helpful. I listen to it while on my morning commute to work. So far my favorite phrases are " Ima jya nai." This means "not now." Another phrase is "Kono kanji dakedo motto okii desu." This means "It's like this only bigger." haha! nam sayin'? I love this cd because it gives me something to do while driving. I definitely recommend this cd for the people who commute. It's convenient and worth giving a try.
I'm slowly moving back towards music only because I'm concerned for my older bro. He is unemployed and all he does is play his god forsaken Call of Duty game in the dead of night with the volume on blast. I'm tired of hearing "Our UAV is online" as well as my brothers constant cursing. I love my bro, but man please learn some respect for the people that live with you. Turn the volume down please.
The reason I'm moving towards music again is because my brother needs an income. I suggested selling beats $25-$100. You know, at a price people can afford. Say if you sold 10 beats for $100. There goes a $1000 in your pocket. I mean we have a vast library of beats we can sell. Easy right? Well, my brother needs a little push.
It hurts me when he says he hasn't touch the music or at least tell me he's working on the music, but doesn't. I'm doing my part in trying to get him some customers, but I'm not sure if he's doing his part to complete the transaction. I want him to succeed, but in his eyes I see that he is not fully confident in himself.
Granted my bro can be annoying most of the times, but that's what many brothers do. The thing I don't want to see is my older brother fail. He is smart and intelligent, but he doesn't have the confidence to push himself to his highest potential. Is it age? Is it low self esteem? Is he ashamed of his life? He shouldn't be because he has people around him who loves him for himself. Me, I show my love in a stern 'a-hole and sarcastic sort of way, but that's how I am. Underneath that sarcastic bullcrap is nothing but a lot of love for my bro. If he ever reads this, I just want to let him know that I got his back. He has to promise me though, no bullshit and no slacking, and no getting side tracked. If music is his passion, then he should put his heart and soul into it. Godspeed brother.
Speaking of god, I started going back to church on Sundays. Lately, I've been blessed with a lot of things. A new job, a new car, and a beautiful fiance. I can't thank the man above enough for blessing me. That is why I'm going to try to make it my weekend routine to go to church on Sundays. God has been good to me. I just wanted to show my appreciation. Keep in mind you don't have to go to church all the time. As long as you have faith in your god then nothing can go wrong. I'm Catholic and my fiance is Buddhist. Nothing wrong with that. I was raised to never look down on anybodies religion. It is what it is. If you got a problem with someone's religion then you have mad problems buddy. Anyways...
I think I've written too much so I shall leave you with the very soulful Fuyumi Abe.
Fuyumi Abe-青春と路地
One more video...
From CSJH! They finally came out with a new video named "Here." I posted this track on an earlier post, but there was no actual video attached so here it is.
CSJH-Here feat. Cliff
Personally, I love their japanese lyrics, but they sing much better in korean. All in all, they are still one of koreas best all female group vocalists.
Alright everyone. Time to start my day so I say peace. Peace. jya ne!
Hello everyone. Today was a crazy day at work. We had a tight deadline for our companies website and that thang was just overwhelming. I had overtime for 3 days straight and finally finished. It felt like school all over again. Good thing we have an awesome crew to get the website done for our head boss to see. I have to say that even though this project was overwhelming it was exciting and fun. I was like a little kid holding in my giggles. When I was driving home I had the urge to just burst out into laughter. It was funny because the laughter came out quite psychotic. Almost like a mad scientist laugh. In words, it looked like this: MMUUHUWAHAHA!
Pretty crazy eh?
Well, I'm glad to be finally home. My fiance sent me a link of the new video from SPONTANIA featuring JUJU. The song is called "君のすべてに" (Kimi no subete ni). I believe that translates to "You're my everything." I love this song! It sounds great. Check it out!
Spontania- Kimi no subete ni
What yah think? After hearing this, I want to hear more from this guy. JuJu is already awesome singer. She got that jazz and that soul that makes you wanna mmmm. You know what I mean?
This next song is actually a late 90's classic from the Korean group As One. This song is called "Day by Day." These girls do well on ballads, I'm not too fond of their fast music. It doesn't suit their voices well. Even so, these girls got talent. Check it!
As One-Day by Day
Well, to end this post I'm going to leave you with one of my favorite ending songs from the 2003 Japanese drama Orange Days. Enjoy and god bless everyone.
I found this video of Perfume's live performance of their song "Love the World." Check it out!
Nocchi is so hot. She has nice legs. I want to touch her legs. Those shorts. Oh lawd, those short shorts! Sigh...Legs...
I can't wait for Perfume's next music video. Hayaku Perfume! Atarashi no video ga mitai desu! Next post, I'll be talking about my new routine for my commute to work. It's going to be good stuff. Be sure to keep checking back. Leave a comment or something. This blog is chirping crickets...Time to get this blog out there! Gambarimasu!
Ohayo gozaimasu! It's Sunday. It's hot. The air condition was on all night. Electricity bill will be up. Damn this economic down surge. Times like these can be stressful. As long as you budget your money and spend it wisely then you will have no problem. In other words, don't buy more than what you make. Although I admit that would be nice...
Lately, I've been looking around blogs and seeing some of the predictions I have made when I had my old blog "Dont Touch My Jpop" come into fruition. It was kinda like I had an "I told you so" moment but reality checked in and well, nobody really visits my blog. Haha! I'm such a loser. Anyways, popularity is not a goal of mine for this blog. If you stop by you stop by. Moving on.
Here's a group I've been praising since they came out. AKB48.
I knew from the beginning these girls were going to be something great. It's been two years now and the fame that these girls are receiving is never ending. These girls are everywhere and are always growing in numbers. The old school girls that have been there from the jump are looking super kawaii than ever. Ever since "Skirt, Hirari" these girls were cute and had the potential to be something great. I'm proud of these girls for getting this far in their music career. I hope they will have more successes to come. Check out their new video
BABY BABY BABY
I have to say the beginning cut scenes did not make sense, but was pretty revealing. Well, sexual and suicidal at most... It was almost like Maeda was about to have sex for the first time and it didn't go too well. Man these Japanese people are crazy, but you gotta love it. English subtitles during that scene should be "Please be gentle." Man that is so wrong of me...Anyways, enjoy this video. Unlike their other videos the girls are showing more skin. Maybe sales are down(or up) so they went the Tanimura Nana route and showed more skin. Hey, I'm not complaining. That's the music biz for yah. Check these girls out and I'm sure you'll learn to love them...In a mutual friend way...You sick bastard.
Oh, if you're new to this group here is their debut video
Skirt, Hirari
Another prediction I made was about Morning Musume's member Koharu Kusumi.
I predicted that she would be hot and the "it" girl of Morning Musume. Man...this girl has blown up! From sexy and revealing magazine covers/photo shoots to day time shows to jdramas. There is no stopping this chick and for good reason. She's cute, ambitious, and doesn't give up. A lot of people had many expectations and doubts about Koharu in the past, but she surpassed any obstacle that was given to her. Omedetto gozaimasu Koharu chan!
That's all for my predictions lets move to something nice. What's nice? Yoona of SNSD of course! This Korean chick is so cute. There is something about her that reminds me of my fiance. Both are cute, adorable, and lovable. Here's a video cut of her just being her. Yoona!
I love this group. All of the girls are pretty but Yoona always stands out from the rest. Go Yoona!
Alright folks, its time for me to go. Have a wonderful weekend wherever you are. Peace
There are no words to describe how I feel about this. This was a man who wanted to make my city better. He wanted to give back to the youth because many of them end up in gangs, jail, or in a body bag. He was our hope for bringing peace to this city. My question is why? WHY? How does this type of thing happen to such a great person? Damn...I'm tired of these thugs and gangsters and the lifestyle the mainstream seems to glorify. This is not the way to teach our kids. That lifestyle does not teach respect in a civilized manner. It only teaches kids, "You cross my path, I'll kill you." We should be showing kids that their is more to life than being "gangsta" or "thugged out." Kids don't know they have options. I'm going off tangent...I better stop before I get too personal.
City Councilman Matt Garcia you will be missed. This video is for you homie
Ps. Matt, I never got the chance to take you up on that offer for lunch...
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