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Hello people, it's me again

I just want to tell people that I have started a Japanese blog!
I know most people (if any) only speaks and/or reads English, but I'm planing to put my Illustrations up. So, if anyone is interested or wants me to do somekind of art work for them, just reply to me here

So, here is the site
http://studioel.blog118.fc2.com/
Have fun!!

I got a haircut, so here's the new picture!!
Not much difference from before?

Shhhhhhhhhhhhh!! We don't talk about that

VIP visitors to Japan, be excited!!
After you visit the Prime Minister's Office, you will receive an eco-friendly furoshiki, made from recycled plastic bottles!!
...If they know what a furoshiki IS in the first place.
You see, furoshiki can differ from the size of a slightly bigger bandana, to a full-on table cloth. So, depending on how big the the eco-friendly furoshiki is, we might be able to see President Bush trying to wear it on it head

On the serious note, A furoshiki is "a type of traditional Japanese wrapping cloth that were frequently used to transport clothes, gifts, or other goods" by Wikipedia's definition. And apparently the eco-friendly furoshiki that Thai Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont and to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao already got, comes with a written explanation on its origin and how it's used.
Which is all good, don't get me wrong, but couldn’t they have thought up of something a little more 'global'? Heck, only a handful of Japanese even USE a furoshiki! Environmentally friendly yeah maybe, but a BAG works just as well!
So the furoshiki is made from recycled plastic bottles, but if the people who get it just take it home and then throws it away, that recycling was just a waist of time now huh?

I'm not against on recycling, and I'm not against gifts, but I am against the Japanese government being so wrapped up (no pun intended) in its own tradition that they don't see the impact they have by giving these gifts! (Which is close to none, may I add)

Here is the News Article.

Interesting though, is that I couldn't find anything about this "Foreign VIPs to get eco-furoshiki" in Japanese. Maybe I didn't look hard enough or maybe I did and didn't find anything. Who knows, who cares, I just think it's a silly idea.


P.S.
This is the first time I’ve written about something that I saw in the newspaper!! I can't believe myself!

It's been a long time... Actually TOO long.
I’m just updating because for the sake of updating
But on the serious note, I should really start getting back in this bloging business. So let’s start off with Gyakuten Saiban, or in the Western cultures “Phoenix Wright”.

Gyakuten Saiban (which literally means "Reversal Trial") first appeared in Japan for the Game Boy Advance. Not much publicity was done for it, but it soon became a underground hit on the internet, and then spread rapidly untill it was almost impossible to buy the game. (I got mine via an internet auction site, and not for cheep too, mind you) (and then a friend of mine LOST IT!! grrrrrrrr)
Since that, the makers have made a 2nd and 3rd one, and remade the 1st one for the Nintendo DS which was translated into english (Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney) as well. Oh, and yes the 2nd one is out "Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Justice for All".

Now the 4th game is coming out on the 12th, but with a big difference. The main character is not Phoenix Wight anymore! So one would think what is the Western market going to do about the title once it gets translated. However, I’ve just realized that the main title is not “Phoenix Wright” but “Ace Attorney” in the 2nd game, so that might take care of the problem?

Anyway, the 4th game has caused some major havoc already, mostly because of the Special Edition! The official Capcom site had sold all it's copies in about 15 mins! And the same goes to any other place that sells the Special Edition, which means that I haven’t been able to get my hands on one yet

So here I am, trying to get a copy of it from an auction site... I have 3 words for you.

WISH ME LUCK!!

Tickle Me Elmo. Yes, I remember a couple of years ago when it first appeard on the market, and thought to myself "whoa... that's CREAPY" (No harsh feelings towards people who love him, I just think that about any vibrating plush toy). And although it was the fad of the year, I also heard that some people were offended by him (something about having the innuendo that Elmo is taking drugs or whatever).

Anyway, the TMX Elmo. So it's a bigger version of the old one, fine enough. But I wasn't expecting this! (Please look at the video if you haven't seen how TMX Elmo moves) Okay I give it to them, this is an amazing piece of technology, how Elmo can rolled on the floor and then stands up again, and how well done his movements are made so they look quite believable (I can imaging myself acting the same if I ROTFLOL).
HOWEVER, it scars the bejeasus out of me!! (Plus, hearing the motor running dosn't make it any better) There is something about moving plush toys that me feel it's WRONG! I mean, plush toys are stuffed toys right? I have a couple of them, but none of them have any sort of gadgets inside them so they could move or talk. AND THAT'S HOW STUFFED TOYS SHOULD BE. They are cute and they are cuddly, and I want to love him and squeeze him and call him George.
As I said before, no offence to those people who adore TMX Elmo.


...I think the reason why I'm freaked out with a moving plush toy derives from the movie "Child's Play", Because I have no problem with toys that have metallic looks on the outside that move. But once the toy becomes cute, fluffy, or whatever, bells in my mind goes off saying "it's not suppose to be that way". I hate the concept of "Child's Play," and even to this day I refuse to watch it. I remember as a child (and owning many dolls) how I would imagine my toys coming to life and trying to kill me. Not a happy thought.

But the point is simple, I DON'T WANT THAT FOR MY CHRISTMAS PRESENT. I don't mind it in the store, or if someone that I know owns one. I just don't want it in my room where he could start laughing and roll on the floor, and then get up and tell me to do that again... and again... and again... and again... (endless continuation).

Everyday Stuff

So, I have moved house and settling in. It's an old house with 4 girls and one bathroom. However, at the moment there is no bathroom problems, only that if someone is taking a shower, the other's can't have the washing machine running. Also the internet connection is much slower, but there is nothing that's killing me so overall I think it's good

Everday Stuff

Everyday Stuff