Countdown
144 hours left before all hope is lost.
I loved the episode of Peach Girl wherein Momo gave Okayasu space to figure out who he really loves–she cried buckets when they parted ways but before she left, I really loved what she told him.
“I understand what you’re going through and because I do, I’m going to wait for you. At the end pf summer if you’ve already chosen and it’s me, I’ll wait for you at the park until 12PM. We’ll go to the beach where we first met. But if you’re five minutes late, I won’t wait for you a minute longer. I’ll give up. And I’ll try my best to forget you.”
What’s the sense of waiting so long and then giving up in the last five minutes? For Momo, those five minutes meant everything–she has always settled being the second or other priority and if in those five minutes, Okayasu didn’t make it, then she knows she’ll never be the number one in his life. And she’ll stop fighting for him and their future together once those five minutes beyond 12PM is up.
The anime made me cry–I still watch the same scene over and over. Momo loved Okayasu so much she even offered to be a sex buddy just so that she could stay by his side–because just being with him even if he didn’t love her the way she loved him, was enough.
Okayasu, the insensitive idiot was late because he prioritized someone else. He loved Momo but he just didn’t think about her feelings enough and he lost her. Because when he was five minutes late, someone else was waiting in the wings.
Here’s that anime episode, watch and weep. It’s so messed up. x_x
Mixed Emotions
Last weekend turned out to be more of an exhausting ordeal than the whole week.
I barely got any sleep Saturday evening and Sunday–right now, I still feel like a hairball chewed over and later on spit out by an ornery tomcat. My whole body aches, my mind is pretty hazy and I’ve been living on brewed coffee for the past twenty fours hours. My consciousness is trapped somewhere between work, imagined sleep and Peach Girl anime reruns. I need a shrink! I’m working myself too hard and I can’t seem to stop!
Speaking of anime, I discovered and fell in love with a wonderful shoujo series. I was watching Peach Girl last Saturday evening and it turned out to be a 25-episode anime marathon! My eyes were killing me, my body was falling asleep on me but I didn’t care! I was riveted! More details on Peach Girl in http://otakushrine.wordpress.com ^_^
I’m going to be a bridesmaid. My tita, Auie is getting married this November and asked me to be her abay. Somehow, the thought is not as exciting as I thought it would be. Maybe its because I’ve attended and hosted a couple of weddings–or maybe its because the last two weddings I’ve attended– he was there with me. So nope, I’m not psyched about the wedding–and the color “silvery red” is not at all flattering on my complexion.
Blog It Forward
I’ve been getting a lot of forwarded quotes, emails, and the like lately. I just wanted to share some that have managed to get a reaction from me–both good and bad.
Here’s a psych test I got from an email which supposedly gives the meaning of your name by attaching attributes to each letter. Here’s the alphabet used for your “name evaluation”:
A- Damn good kisser.
B- Good all around person.
C- You’re wild & crazy.
D- You have one of the best personalities ever.
E- You have a nice ass.
F- People totally adore you.
G- You never let people tell you what to do.
H- You have a very good personality and looks.
I- You get hyper easily.
J- Everyone loves you. Read the rest of this entry »
Choices, Choices
Everybody knows I love anime. And right now, one of my main sources of my daily anime fix is Animax and I just happen to be friends with the marketing manager of the Philippine head office. Yesterday, I received a call from Ms. Leslie of Animax. Apparently, she was offering me a position in sales advertising with a flexi-time schedule and travelling incentives. Ordinarily, I would jump at the offer since not only would I be working at Animax, I would also a part of the yearly planning board of Animax programs.
The only thing though is, that I’m currently employed in Health Care Corporation of America as a marketing assistant. And this company has been wonderful and understanding to me. The people here are warm and there’s very little to no pressure at all. I’ve also been given the privilege of taking a half-day whenever needed or leaving at 4:30 every Wednesdays.
AGH!!!!!! I feel so torn! Here is something I love (Animax), offering me to be a part of it but with my studies and my plans of tranferring to another law school, it might turn out to be a disaster in the end! I don’t want to be unfair to anyone, least of all myself. I don’t want to burn myself out working and studying at the same time–so I guess, I’m gonna stay put here in Makati in the meantime. It breaks my heart to turn away from Animax but in the long run, it might be the better choice for everybody else.
Ran Episode 2
I recently got assigned to do RAN ONLINE Episode 2’s Walkthrough. I’m a RAN player but I haven’t reached the level needed to get to that stage so last monday, Michiko and I went to E-Games’ office to get the grand tour of RAN’s Episode 2 map and game guide.
First off let me just say, RAN ONLINE Episode 2 made me wish I had a higher resolution PC at home! I occasionally play Ran whenever I feel stressed out and want to just sit down and commit mindless murder. And Episode 2 is pretty good!
The feel of the game for me is still very anime-ish with cute outfits and graphics that are somehow reminiscent of Gatekeepers if it was in 3D. My level was unfortunately not high enough to start in episode 2 so E-Games kindly lent me an Archer GM level character and my goodness, I seriously kicked some ass!
The GM level character used is not limited to only one skill, the archer used had the skills of dex, int and pow so I had the skill of Dance of Death, Wrath of Phoenix and Heaven’s Judgment in my skill bars. (I just love the names!)
More on the quests on Episode 2 in my upcoming article for GAME Magazine but check it out, it’s one hot follow-up to the RAN Online campus quest. ^_^
