《雨啊，请你到非洲》

《生还与灭顶》

有些现实，是连电影也拍不出的一出惨剧。

找一个长周末，去爬山，去看海，去接近花花草草。有一千零一个留下来的借口，也有一千零一个出走的理由。只要拿得起行囊。

A study just published in the journal Psychological Science says trying to get people to think more positively can actually have the opposite effect: it can simply highlight how unhappy they are. ... common-sense proposition: when people hear something they don't believe, they are not only often skeptical but adhere even more strongly to their original position.

Adapted from TIME "Yes, I Suck: Self-Help Through Negative Thinking"

I don't want to grow up. I don't.

Furthermore, regular visits from doctors and access to modern medical care raised the birth rate and decreased the death rate, causing an enormous natural increase . Before long, the Inuit population was beyond what hunting and fishing could support, i.e. the carrying capacity of the ecosystem. By the mid-1960s, encouraged first by missionaries, then by the prospect of paid jobs and government services, and finally forced by hunger and required by police, all Canadian Inuit lived year-round in permanent settlements. The nomadic migrations that were the central feature of Arctic life had for the most part disappeared. The Inuit, a once self-sufficient people in an extremely harsh environment, were in the span of perhaps two generations transformed into a small, impoverished minority lacking skills or resources to sell to the larger economy, but increasingly dependent on it for survival.

~Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inuit

Why do people like to change others to become like themselves? It's the same with the Spanish missionaries who brainwashed the Mayan people. Why can't they just leave the natives alone? Do they think they are better, do they think everyone should convert to Christianity?

It disgusts me.

Nodame Cantabile SP

Time to update on nodame... The SP starts with Chiaki and Nodame flying to Paris, where they befriend two dorm-mates, Tanya and Frank. This shot was taken in Frank's room. I thought I was seeing things... isn't that Puririn hanging from the Eiffel Towel?!?!
And that shirt! Puririn and Kazuo!
Nodame looks up Frank to learn French from him (cos Chiaki is too busy) but is instead distracted by the TV... I was like, LOL they have Puri Gorota in France too?!?!


Haha I hope they really sell these.



Smart Nodame's learning French by watching anime...


She brought Gorota to Paris with her :)
Good luck charm for Chiaki-senpai's competition. Seriously, they made so many Puri Gorota merchandise I wonder if they sell them... I would want to buy! :D


It so happens that the anime festival is held there and Nodame takes a picture with the creator of Puri Gorota! Damn real huh?
Kazuo on the baton :)
This is episode 2 of SP, which focuses on Nodame. Her room is extremely messy and she struggles to locate the key to Chiaki-senpai's room. Ah, I spot Gorota!

Kazuo makes a cameo :P
Gorota!
Gorota again! This part was quite sad; Nodame was crying and wondering if she should just return to Japan cos all these training for competition stuff didn't really suit her, she just loved to play piano for the fun of it. And what's more, Chiaki was away on tour with Stresemann, who dragged him along to those nightclubs, causing Nodame to think that Chiaki was cheating on her. It was sad, but I was sort of distracted by Gorota...

Kazuo!
Reunion of Gorota & Kazuo!

They're on their way to Nodame's first recital. She really likes playing with puppets huh?



They kiss after the successful recital!
Isn't it romantic?
A final hug after Chiaki's conducting debut... She was expecting him to kiss her, but he drew on her face...LOL. Looks cute anyway :D
Chiaki OS: My Europe debut...and at the same time, into Weirdo's Forest. :) :) :)

Wonderful show... The movie will be out next year!