Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Unintended
by Muse
You could be my unintended
Choice to live my life extended
You could be the one I'll always love
You could be the one who listens to my deepest inquisitions
You could be the one I'll always love
I'll be there as soon as I can
But I'm busy mending broken pieces of the life I had before
First there was the one who challenged
All my dreams and all my balance
She could never be as good as you
You could be my unintended
Choice to live my life extended
You should be the one I'll always love
I'll be there as soon as I can
But I'm busy mending broken pieces of the life I had before
I'll be there as soon as I can
But I'm busy mending broken pieces of the life I had before
Before you
Monday, December 22, 2008
An Inconvenient Truth Movie
AN INCONVENIENT TRUTHHumanity is sitting on a ticking time bomb. If the vast majority of the world's scientists are right, we have just ten years to avert a major catastrophe that could send our entire planet into a tail-spin of epic destruction involving extreme weather, floods, droughts, epidemics and killer heat waves beyond anything we have ever experienced.
If that sounds like a recipe for serious gloom and doom -- think again. From director Davis Guggenheim comes the Sundance Film Festival hit, AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH, which offers a passionate and inspirational look at one man's fervent crusade to halt global warming's deadly progress in its tracks by exposing the myths and misconceptions that surround it. That man is former Vice President Al Gore, who, in the wake of defeat in the 2000 election, re-set the course of his life to focus on a last-ditch, all-out effort to help save the planet from irrevocable change. In this eye-opening and poignant portrait of Gore and his "traveling global warming show," Gore also proves himself to be one of the most misunderstood characters in modern American public life. Here he is seen as never before in the media - funny, engaging, open and downright on fire about getting the surprisingly stirring truth about what he calls our "planetary emergency" out to ordinary citizens before it's too late. With 2005, the worst storm season ever experienced in America just behind us, it seems we may be reaching a tipping point - and Gore pulls no punches in explaining the dire situation. Interspersed with the bracing facts and future predictions is the story of Gore's personal journey: from an idealistic college student who first saw a massive environmental crisis looming; to a young Senator facing a harrowing family tragedy that altered his perspective, to the man who almost became President but instead returned to the most important cause of his life - convinced that there is still time to make a difference.
With wit, smarts and hope, AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH ultimately brings home Gore's persuasive argument that we can no longer afford to view global warming as a political issue - rather, it is the biggest moral challenges facing our global civilization.
Paramount Classics and Participant Productions present a film directed by Davis Guggenheim,
AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH. Featuring Al Gore, the film is produced by Laurie David, Lawrence Bender and Scott Z. Burns. Jeff Skoll and Davis Guggenheim are the executive producers and the co-producer is Leslie Chilcott.
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my rate: 10/10
Monday, December 15, 2008
Muse
MUSEMuse are an English alternative rock band that formed in Teignmouth, Devon, England in 1994. Since their inception, the band has comprised vocalist, guitarist, pianist and songwriter Matthew Bellamy, bassist and backing vocalist Christopher Wolstenholme and drummer and percussionist Dominic Howard. The band are known for their progressive music style featuring arpeggiated synthesizers, alternative rock guitars and the falsetto vocals of frontman Bellamy.
Muse have released four studio albums to date. Their first, Showbiz, was released in 1999, followed by Origin of Symmetry in 2001, Absolution in 2003 and Black Holes & Revelations in 2006, the latter of which garnered the band a Mercury Prize nomination and a third place finish in the NME Albums of the Year list for 2006.[1] Muse have also won many other music awards throughout their career, including five MTV Europe Music Awards, five Q Awards, four NME Awards, two BRIT awards and four Kerrang! Awards. Their most recent release is HAARP, a live album documenting their performances at Wembley Stadium in London on 16 and 17 June 2007.
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REVIEWS
The latest savior of Brit-pop comes packaged as this volatile trio from the sleepy village of Exeter. Like most small-town lads, Muse aspire to big things. But in singer/ guitarist Matthew Bellamy's howling vocal peals, squeals, and affected cries, that big thing already exists in Radiohead's Thom Yorke. Muse take big bites out of the Radiohead songbook, but their rock is also rife with brazen hardcore riffage, feverish arrangements, and clever ethnic influences. Passionate and powerful, Muse also recall Nirvana and perhaps the Cure, but with enough class and creativity to hopefully one day create a massively dysfunctional personality of their own.
Songs such as the Eastern European-tinged "Muscle Museum," the swooning ballad "Falling Down" (Freddie Mercury fans, take heart), and the majestically pummeling slop-rock of "Uno" show fertile fingers reaching for depth beyond the power-chord melodramatics. "Unintended," with its lovely melody and acoustic guitar halo, practically out-woes Radiohead, showing that Muse can fill up a slobbering pail of soppy beauty with the best of them. Conversely, "Escape" sounds tailor-made for a WB TV soundtrack, all tremulous verses and blaring, Nirvana 101 choruses.
Showbiz ends with "Hate This And I'll Love You," a neurotic plea for stardom from a band that tries a wee bit too hard. But if Muse can work through this Radiohead jones, and keep writing those wonderfully deadly melodies, they could be more than small-town saviors.
The musical touchstone for the British trio Muse is obviously Radiohead and that fact is crystal clear from the smoldering opening cut, "Sunburn." Their John Leckie-produced debut, Showbiz, is strong on angst-filled vocals, esoteric lyrics, and dramatic shifts in sonic dynamics. Hailing from rural England, singer/guitarist Matthew Bellamy, bassist Chris Wolstenholme, and drummer Dominic Howard average 20 years of age, so there's plenty of potential for them to grow into a sound that is more of their own. In the meantime, Bellamy does an impressive job of aping the quirky, nervous vocal tic of Thom Yorke on songs like the mid-tempo, Mellotron-driven "Muscle Museum," and he cuts loose vocally on the soaring "Cave" and on the lovely, mournful ballad "Unintended." Showbiz hints at the potential in this young band, and it should be of interest to many Radiohead fans. ~ Tom Demalon, All Music Guide
Though some may still consider them Radiohead mimics, obviously Muse continue to strike a nerve with their alternative hard rock audience, here releasing their third album of heavy guitars, haunted harmonics, and paranoid musings in Absolution. Frontman Matt Bellamy and company stick to the same disturbed, and sometimes disturbing, formula that's worked in the past: the emotional intensity and style of Radiohead, a rock thunder descended from Black Sabbath, and the baroque drama of Queen. Longtime producer John Leckie sits this one out, and in steps indie uber-engineer Rich Costey. With Costey manning the desk, the music feels more polished and slick, but less epic and raw. Longtime fans won't miss a beat though, because Bellamy delivers the same Thom Yorke vocal impersonation for which he's known, and continues the same anthemic posturing he's lifted from Freddie Mercury. With song titles and subject matter fueled by fear of the apocalypse, and worries about infidelities and random murders, the subject matter is as gloriously pretentious and lovably unlovable as ever. Newcomers to the band should expect killer guitars reminiscent of jackhammers and chainsaws, bloodcurdling choruses, and, of course, tender passages of falsetto. A recurring motif of racing samplers suggests nothing less than a rock opera version of the score to Koyaanisqatsi, and then there are the occasional spooky moments where funky rhythms mingle with heavy metal guitars, suggesting a progressive Italian zombie flick soundtrack. There's little point in selecting highlights, because other than some slow moments that feel tacked on, there's not much variation in theme or mood. Many listeners will probably prefer to tackle the album in small doses, and only the most headstrong won't require a breather. Muse continue to make unrelenting hardcore art rock; Absolution is a tad cheesy, a bit too grandiose in its ambitions, bursting at the seams with too many ideas, and thus exactly what any Muse fan craves. ~ Tim DiGravina, All Music Guide
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008
exam day
subjects:
Expository Writing
Political Dynamics
American Government
International Law
Public Administration
Rizal
Public Speaking
aja (go) yvet! aja to myself!
hays, exam day again. Sleep deprivation. I swear no crappy spiders tomorrow.
Bye for now bloggy. Study time.
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
letter of a girl
My friend sent me this forwarded message through email. A guy fishing in the river found a bottle with a letter inside it. He forwarded the email, hoping that the guy Chris would be able to read this letter from Shadey. I will now post it in this beloved blog of mine. How sad for the girl to leave. Leave her love without even trying to talk to him and for the guy to let someone who greatly loved him to pass. This is a sad love story.
Letter of a girl.
For you my beloved Light C.,
There will come a time when all the pain that you’ve caused would eventually fade away.
Memories would fade. My face will be forever gone into your system because you will not see me anymore. Eventhough I know you don’t even recognized me. You don’t know my name either. Yes I am like a shadow grasping for your attention yet you don’t recognized it. This feeling had been with me for all those years. Hidden and locked in my heart. Now I let it burst with pride. Pride for I will leave in peace, leaving all the pain away. My feet will cross many bridge, roads, and miles away from you. But I won’t feel pain. I will feel joy. Joy because I have left you. Left with unanswered question, the inner me answered it, that “you don’t love me”. Yes I know. I knew it from the start!
I will now end this letter. Eventhough this letter won’t be able to reach you. I am letting this letter die in this river and fade away, so that my pain and love for you will leave my heart in peace.
I still love you, but I will now leave my love in this letter. Goodbye Christopher.
Shadey S.
dream
I remember my first speech in public speaking class.
Introduce Yourself: Hola! Me llamo Yvette .......
Why you have decided to take your major? Because before I intended to take up Law and become a lawyer, but right now I just want to get out of here and go abroad.
The most thing that you can do? The most thing that I can do is to accomplished my goal.
The least thing that you can do? Is to give up my dream.
Dream? I dream to live with my mom in London.
One Quotation: from Paulo Coelho, “When you want something the universe will conspire in helping you achieve it.”
Never give up. Focus on your goal. Don’t hesitate to do something.
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Twilight movie fever
TWILIGHT ticket and BREAKING DAWN bookI bought this twilight ticket at Robinson Ermita scheduled to be shown last November 26, unfortunately I wasn't able to watch it in Robinson with my friends because we were late. Thus, we went to Trinoma on the same day, November 26, and watch Twilight movie at 2:30 pm, or maybe 3pm. I forgot the exact time. We had a memorable day because of the unfortunate events that happened, but at the end of the day, the unfortunate events turned into a fortunate, twilight crazy day and most of all, an enjoyable event because I had a great, fun time with my two close friends.
book - currently reading
I buy books from 5 pesos at Booksale up to 500+ (The Host of Stephenie Meyer) at National Bookstore. Dont mind the price. Choose your books.
Have a great reading time guys!
The Husband's Dilemmaby Nicole Stansbury
...Stansbury strikes just the right balance between humor and the kind of realism that is both familiar and shocking....[S]mart writing and thematic cohesion make this a welcome addition to the form.
Code Orange by Caroline B. Cooney
Readers won't soon forget either the profoundly disturbing premise of this page-turner or its likable, ultimately heroic slacker protagonist.
Code Orange (ISBN 0385732597, 2005) it a rat book ahahaIs a young adult novel by Caroline B. Cooney. It is about a teen boy by the name of Mitchell Blake "Mitty" who is care-free and doesn't worry much about his grades or school. His biology teacher Mr, Lynch assigns a report on an infectious disease. Mitty has no idea what virus he should do; But when his parents take him to their "country home" and find old medical books from 1899, Boston, he discovers something that will change his life forever. He finds an old evnvelope containing scabs from Variola Major (a sever form of smallpox) from an epidemic in 1902. It's no longer about his grades it's about finding out the unknown. It has the potential to kill everyone in New York City. He is determinded to find a cure, about a disease that is no longer in existance and that no one seems to know about. Will he be able to save his family and friends, but more importantly, himself? He is helped by Olivia,the girl he likes, and Derek, his best friend. He tries to contact anyone who can help but is captured by the wrong hands. Can he make it out alive?
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Tuesday, December 2, 2008
back again
FIRST, twilight…
I watched Twilight movie on the first day of showing. That’s how addiction works. Haha.
Majority said that the movie was great! I am one of them. About 1% said that the movie didn’t satisfy them, disappointed. I have to admit that the movie was not exactly 100% perfect, but it was great in the sense that it was the number 1 movie today. Hello, guys a movie isn’t comparable to the original book. A book is a book, a movie is a movie. If you really wanted to achieve your cravings for a 100% copy-cat movie based on the book, then GO create your own movie. I bet you can’t. haha. I don’t like to hear or to see people sour-grapping. Appreciate what you have. Don’t be too greedy for selfish satisfaction.
Again I really love the movie. Especially the first scene when Edward saw Bella. Gosh! The soundtrack…wow! I love paramore’s I Caught Myself and Decode.
The book? Well I’m done reading all four books of the Twilight saga. Now that I remember it, huhu, I feel like crying. Gosh. I’m done with it. No more stories. Paalam EDWARD and BELLA. Looking forward to watch NEW MOON movie SOON.
SECOND, school.
16 more months. Damn. I am dying to graduate soon. Well, not yet, March 2010 is the date. Oh well, I can’t do much about that. Live school life to the fullest. Haha. Enjoy, relax, chill and pass. I can’t blame myself for my “tired-with-the-present” attitude. Looking forward to the future, hate living with the present. Yes, I know its implication. I already realized that. Thanks to my high EQ plus my psyche analytical mind. Haha, get it? Simply, patience is a virtue. I hate waiting. No choice but to wait.
THIRD, priority
Hmm. Graduation day with high grades ofcourse, Spanish language, buy and read my favorite books, learn, have fun, work, study abroad if possible , go to Spain, next my London dream, travel, learn through travel, experience life at its best, have fun again and to be closer to God.
I guess that’s it. hmm. It feels so great to blog again. Share my emotions and learn new things from you guys/gals… the blog world.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Real Person Award
Gracias to dylan for nominating me to be the recipient of this Maria Antoinette Award (Real Person Award). I would like to nominate my co-blogger to be the Real Person Awardee. Thank you for sharing your thoughts, feelings, your uniqueness and real personality.
I consider you as a Real, Unique person:
bena
jhelea
carrie
bOjoy
inkee
chel
hannah
stay real guyz..
Gracias!
Here are the Rules for the Award:
1. Please put the logo on your blog
2. Place a link to the person from whom you received the award
3. Nominate at least 7 or more blogs
4. Put the links of those blogs on your blog
5. Leave a message on their blogs to tell them.,
Friday, November 14, 2008
Twilight the movie - november 26 - Philippines
TWILIGHT is an action-packed, modern-day love story between a teenage girl and a vampire. Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) has always been a little bit different, never caring about fitting in with the trendy girls at her Phoenix high school. When her mother re-marries and sends Bella to live with her father in the rainy little town of Forks, Washington, she doesn't expect much of anything to change. Then she meets the mysterious and dazzlingly beautiful Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), a boy unlike any she's ever met. Edward is a vampire, but he doesn't have fangs and his family is unique in that they choose not to drink human blood. Intelligent and witty, Edward sees straight into Bella's soul. Soon, they are swept up in a passionate, thrilling and unorthodox romance. To Edward, Bella is what he has waited 90 years for - a soul mate. But the closer they get, the more Edward must struggle to resist the primal pull of her scent, which could send him into an uncontrollable frenzy. But what will Edward & Bella do when a clan of new vampires - James (Cam Gigandet), Laurent (Edi Gathegi) and Victoria (Rachelle Lefevre) - come to town and threaten to disrupt their way of life?
ABOUT TWILIGHT: Based on the #1 New York Times Best-Selling series with over 17 million books in print by Stephenie Meyer, TWILIGHT is a cultural phenomenon, with a dedicated fan base that eagerly awaits this movie. There are over 350 fan sites devoted to TWILIGHT, and it has been chosen as the New York Times Editor's Choice, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, Amazon's "Best Book of the Decade...So Far", Teen People's "Hot List" Pick, and The American Library Association's "Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults" and "Top Ten Books for Reluctant Readers," among others. Critically acclaimed director Catherine Hardwicke brings to life this modern, visual, and visceral Romeo & Juliet story of the ultimate forbidden love affair - between vampire and mortal.
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Why Why Love Taiwanese Drama
Why Why Love
Why Why Love (換換愛) is a Taiwanese Drama starring Rainie Yang, Mike He and Kingone Wang. Since all 3 starred in the China Television 2005 hit drama Devil Beside You, this was originally thought to be the sequel. However, Why Why Love is not the sequel to Devil Beside You and has a distinctly different story line. It was originally titled "Exchange Love".Summary
Tong Jia Di needs a life besides work, paying down family debt, and more work. So her best friend Jiang Xiao Nan sneaks in a “Love” coupon in Jia Di’s raffle box praying that the lucky guy who draws it will sweep Jia Di off her feet. As it so happens, Huo Yan, the compassionate manager Jia Di has secret crush on, is the lucky guy. But, though the prince can exchange the coupon for Cinderella’s love, it doesn’t mean he will, especially when his devilish younger brother is determined to exchange his “Master/Angel” coupon for her servitude.
Cast
- Rainie Yang as Tong Jia Di()
- Mike He as Huo Da()
- Kingone Wang as Huo Yan ()
- Chen Yan Xi as Xiao Nan
No. of episodes: 15
Original run (Taiwan): June 3, 2007 – September 9, 2007
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My rate: 9.8/10
I had fun watching this Taiwanese drama series in my portable dvd player. It took me 2 days to finished this series. The plot was perfect. There were twist of events... unexpected. I just cant help myself getting hooked and go-gaga (sorry for the word..ahaha)over Mike He. The handsomest Mike He. From the dynamic duo loveteam of Mike He and my most favorite Taiwanese singer and actress Rainie Yang of Devil Beside You, comes this almost superb drama Why Why Love. This drama is my top 2 favorite Asian drama series.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
My Favorite Books
"Alchemist" is a favorite book of the rich and the poor in 117 countries of the world.
To achieve an embodiment of the destiny is the only real duty of the person... All people while they are still young know the destiny... But eventually mysterious force begins to convince them that to achieve an embodiment of their destiny is impossible.
This force seems to be spiteful, but actually it specifies to the person how to embody the destiny. It prepares his spirit and his will for it. On this planet there is one great true: when you really wish something, you will achieve it; in fact such desire had arisen in the soul of the Universe. And it also is your applicability on the Earth.
"On the bank of Rio-Pjedra..." is the first of the novels of the trilogy "On the seventh day" which also consists of "Veronica decides to die" and "Devil and Senioritis Prim". All three novels tell us about one week from the life of the young women who suddenly found themselves before a call which is necessary to be replied immediately. Her life was changed forever when she met a childhood friend.
"I aspire to overtake love, and it is painful for me to think of people to whom I gave my heart. And still now it is obvious, that people exciting my heart, left my body to be indifferent; those who managed to excite my body, left my heart to be indifferent ".
In this diary note seventeen-year-old Maria, the heroine of the last novel of Paulo Coelho "Eleven minutes", opens the purpose of those searches to which this touching and exciting book is devoted. Maria was disappointed in love and sex, and an image of two in love, merged with soul and a body in ideal harmony, becomes an unattainable Utopia for her.
Rather like a cross-section of Paulo Coelho’s literary work, Like the Flowing River is a compilation of tales, opinions and ideas drawn from articles published in various newspapers between 1998 and 2005.
“The pages in this book describe moments I have lived, stories I was told, and thoughts I’ve had at every stage of the river of my life” - Paulo Coelho
Who is this mysterious woman called Athena? The orphan abandoned by her gypsy mother in Transylvania. The child taken to Beirut by her adoptive parents. The clerk working in a large bank in London. The successful real estate agent in Dubai. The priestess of Portobello Road.
“I wanted to explore the feminine side of divinity, I wanted to plunge into the heart of the Great Mother. I felt the need to question why society had tried to lock away the feminine side of God. But why explore the feminine side of God? People sometimes ask me if I believe in witches, to which I always answer: I do. Unfortunately the word “witch” still has many bad connotations. To me, a witch is a woman who is capable of letting her intuition guide her actions, one who communes with her environment, who isn’t afraid of facing challenges. I wanted to talk about the prejudice that modern witches face in modern society” - Paulo Coelho
source: >link<Death Note Anime Series
Death Note is a series created by writer Tsugumi Ohba and illustrator Takeshi Obata. The series centers on Light Yagami, a high school student who discovers a supernatural notebook dropped on Earth by Ryuk, a shinigami("death god"), that allows Light to kill anyone by writing the victim's name in the notebook. The user must also know the face of the victim to prevent anyone with the same name from being harmed. The story follows Light's attempt to create and rule a world cleansed of evil using the notebook, and the complex conflict between him and his opponents.
Episodes: 37
Genre: Mystery, Psychological, thriller, Supernatural
Original run: December 2003 – May 2006
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my rate: 10/10 perfect score
my comment: The best crime related anime ever.
This is my number 1 pick,
next to this anime is Detective Conan.
Too bad L died in the end.. huhu. I love L.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
my beloved cats
greeting me a Happy Birthday
as a gift
i love my cats!
oops, where's batik (my new cat)
thanks to kuya dart for the photos
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Missing You
Myspace Spanish Comments & Graphics
Myspace I Miss You Comments
Myspace Hello Graphics
Myspace Hello Graphics
quotes from My Favorite Author
“You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.”
“When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back. A week is more than enough time for us to decide whether or not to accept our destiny.”
“Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.”
I now have Like the Flowing River and Witch of Portobello. Im gonna read it soon.
Friday, October 10, 2008
My Favorite Mr. Traveller
In any situation there is a right way and a wrong way to do things. So if you want to learn about the most fascinating travel experiences in the United States, then there's really only one way to find out -- ask the most traveled man on the planet what he thinks.
Ian Wright will take a unique look at the U.S. and its most popular tourist destinations. From Music City to the Big Easy, from Vegas to the Big Apple, Ian's no-nonsense style offers a refreshing look at America.
In each episode Ian will try to capture the heart of each city. He'll meet people who work, live and play in each location. Through them, he'll uncover each city's unique character.
Ian will travel to Chicago, where he gets the blues, and Nashville, where he finally understands country music. In New York he gets mixed up with the paparazzi, and in New Orleans he learns to differentiate Creole from Cajun. His journey will then take him to Las Vegas, where Ian experiences life beyond the neon, and to Miami, where he discovers there's more to Florida than sun, sea and Mickey Mouse.
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1st Award
Thank you Gilbert/Cely for this Award. This my very first award. I am touched because you included me in your top list to share with this special award. Gracias! Thank you for sharing.
Here is what to do:
- Put the logo on your blog.
- Add a link to the person who awarded you.
- Nominate 10 other blogs.
- Add links to those blogs on yours
- Leave a message for your nominees on their blogs.
Chelle l Jhelea l Chel l Divine l Bena l Twerlyn l BOjoy l Inkee l Tsina l Hannah
keep on blogging.
proud blogger.
GRACIAS!
sem break part1
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i miss you guys!
``Contact me soon
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Wednesday, October 1, 2008
sem break
Hola!
Sem break is near! Yehey!
3 weeks vacation
I’ve got hell lot of things to do:
READ all my novels, more or less 30 books to read. (my collection)
Top priority:
Paulo Coelho’s Witch of Portobello
Steve Martini’s Compelling Evidence, Undue Influence
Stephenie Meyer’s Eclipse, Breaking Dawn and the Host
Patricia Cornwell’s Postmortem
John Grisham’s novels
WATCH dvd drama and anime series plus recent movies.
Top priority:
Death Note anime series
Death Note 1, 2 and L: Change the World movies
Justice series
Taiwanese, Korean and Japanese drama series (my sis collection)
LEARN online Spanish and Japanese course
I am so excited for the 3 weeks vacation! Yehey! I miss my cats! Miss my home! Miss my plants. I miss everything! I need rest. Finally there will be no more obscurities.
