NEW NINJAI ANNOUNCEMENT!!!

Holy Ka-Moly, there's been a new announcement at the Ninjai sight. Apparently the gang is making Ninjai into a full length movie, which is going to be released in Theatres! I hope that it's going to be as awesome as it sounds. The quality of the animation has been 'upped' and the martial arts sequences and choreography are supposedly mind blowing! I'm sure it will be. I can't wait. I hope their sister project, 'Karma Kula' will be out soon. At least more news about it. It will be totally amazing. Best wishes to them. Anyway, here's the link to their page to check out the update. FINALLY! 

www.ninjai.com

Back in Business

First thing I had when I came back. So glad to see everyone here again. WOOT!

Busy as a Bee

Sigh... I'm boarding the plane back to Tokyo soon. I'm actually at the airport right now. Really enjoyed my time over and am gonna miss everyone once again. Got some gifts for Yuki and all the other guys. I bought some Ninjai Tshirts. :) haha... Hm... i'm excited but not really at the same time. I don't know. But I'm tired. 

I've been busy as a bee going to different places I used to go to when I used to live in America. I've also caught up with all the latest news and movies with my cousins. 

I'm so stuffed... and really lazy to write anything. Christmas was great. Everyone was really glad to see me, at least I think they were. :) Nobody's changed and I've adjusted to the culture shock. Maybe because I can now buy my fave Japanese food at the Oriental store. Including Onigiri! 

Currently viewing a list of blockbuster movies... ones that i missed since i was in Japan. Having done as much as I had hoped yet... but will do this coming weekend. It's boxing day soon! alright! :D

RETURN TO AMERICA!!! DA DUM!

I have arrived in California safe and sound. The air is strange, the food is strange, the people look strange... The cars are huge, the highways long and wide and there are houses everywhere... There are no vending machines to be seen. When I approach a fellow American, I find myself stuttering, my tongue stuck in between two languages. When I eat, I'm the only one who thanks for the meal. When I go to the convenience store, I see shelves and shelves of chips and drinks... but no onigiri... 

COULD THIS BE CULTURE SHOCK!?!!?!?!

Yes, I'm afraid it is. When I arrived in Tokyo a few months ago, I expected to be blown away by the culture and way of life of the Japanese. I WAS blown away, but not the kind where you have a hard time adjusting. I flowed in the river quite nicely, so to speak. I never would have expected to experience culture shock back home, where I had grown up all my life!

It's a strange experience. I miss Japan but I also missed my family and friends. Well, I got what I wished for! :) I've returned but... I feel like I'm a different person... like an alien almost to this country of America. Many things have changed, yet things are still the same. I'm probably just missing Japan and Grandpa. Hehe. :D But it's a very interesting thing, this culture shock feeling. I'm sure I'll adjust in no time, too. 

Leaving on a Jet Plane

Hey, all... I'll be heading off to America for the holidays on Sunday evening. I'll still blog of course! :) But I'm pretty excited and yet nervous at the same time. I wonder what's happening over there. Perhaps my needed 'break' from my family is over? I don't know what'll happen when I get there and afterwards, too, when I return back to Japan. Everyone is excited to see me, to know about my living in Japan, and etc. I've got my computer ready, full of pictures of the country and my friends to show off. Speaking of which, I'm going to have to give them a demonstration of one of my Judo forms. I wish I didn't have to. I'm not very good. :P So I've got all my things organized and ready to be packed away. (I'm glad I'm organized.) When I'm over in America, I'm going to get presents for Yuki and all the other guys. I'm thinking of what to get. I wish I could get them a 'real' cheeseburger, New York pizza, or something cool and totally American. Hm... that'll be on my mind... I've also got my ipod full of stuff to listen to while I'm flying. Though I'm sure there are tons of movies and things to waste my time onboard. Ha. All in all, I'm pretty stoked on going back. 

i want a puppy like this one day. HEHEH.. they have such cute dogs here in japan...

GAHH!1

This is one film from the 60s that you must see. It's the Good the Bad and the Ugly starring Clint Eastwood and directed by Sergio Leone. It's a fantastic movie, I have to say again. It's an epic and it's about three hours long. I watched it online the other day. It's simply amazing. :) The shots, the actors, the story and choreography. Sergio Leone likes things quite artistic, too. He has a style to his work, which makes it different from other directors. Anyway, just thought I'd mention it. I love old films. Most of them were pretty, or at least, just the ones that have hung around till now. I mean, they're not extreme in violence, sex, or other stuff, but they are still very interesting and very well made. Movies nowadays seem to be trying too hard. I don't know. But stories back then were pretty simple but very satisfying in the end. I like that a lot. Plus, it's a Western! Who could not like that? Anyway! hehe... just thought I'd mention it since it's so awesome. If you haven't seen it, you should check it out right away. Along with the other two in the Dollars Trilogy. This one, the good the bad and the ugly, is actually third one. It's the best film of all three, too. 

hooooweeeeeeeeee! i'm sorry.. but i know this is not twitter... :D

okay... two more weeks man till i'm going back. I'm so excited. I've been going to the dojo quite a lot lately and I've been hanging out with some new Japanese friends. Yuki's and Taka have been showing me the coolest things, man. Karaoke and exploring every nook and corner of Tokyo. It's been a lot of fun. So far nothing much has happened; which is why you haven't heard much of me lately. hehe. just the usual. It started to flurry here the other day. Anyway.... :) i'm bored and i'm watching prison break. OMG! What did Self have to betray everyone??? 

c'mon.... it's almost time man! just a few more weeks till Christmas! woot!

d90

i'm sorry... but i'm drooling over the nikon d90... it's just so beautiful... i think i've posted about it before. But anyway, it just came to mind because I saw it at the electronics store the other day. Yamada. I was looking for a video cam to bring around with me and do some documenting or something. I was at Judo practice yesterday and we had a special night. Some families were invited to join and we showed them routines and stuff... but it was mostly because it was one of our sensei's birthdays. I wish I had a video cam so I could record what was happening. You know, bring it home when I go to America this Christmas. Yeah, I have an SLR right now but it doesn't take video. The d90 does. So I've been contemplating. I love my camera now, but maybe all I need is a little video cam, too. I like the idea of having an all in one. The D90 can record high def movies. :)

woot! James bond quantum of solace will be coming to Japan in 2009! yay! but actually, now that i think about it, i'll probably see it at home when I go back to America for Christmas. So scratch that. hehe... i just drank two cups of coffee so I may be a little bit hyper right now. lol. :D Anyway! the movie looks pretty good with all it's action scenes and stuff. I remember watching the first one with mr. craig and the choreography was just amazing! Especially the first scene of the movie. That just blew my mind. I was also looking at the cinematography as well. Great stuff. Oh yeah, Miss Olga is pretty. :P

Also been keeping up with Prison Break Season 4. There's rumor going on that Michael or Linc might die. That's impossible! I hope it's not true. Because if one of them dies, i think that even less people will continue watching the show. In the past few months, the viewership has plummeted down. I hope they don't kill one of them off. really. A lot of girls will stop watching, too, cause Scofield is gone. argh! no! 

I need more coffee i think. Must relax. :D

omg, have you seen THIS SHOW?? it's awesome. Man, I can't get enough of Kung fu. It just sorta came across my mind even though it ran in the late seventies. I just saw some cool japanese marital arts movie on television so I somehow thought of this old tv series. It stars ol' david carradine as Kwai Chang Kane. Anyway, it was pretty cool. The first season was... but then after that it started to get REALLY cheesy... haha... I've been into doing judo lately so i've been watching a ton of kung fu and martial arts stuff. I just bought a set of bruce lee and jackie chan movies. I'm such a dork. :p

I've finally made a decision. I think I will go back home for Christmas for a few weeks. It'll be a nice break for me. 

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There's no title for this post. It's just been a bit cloudy today and windy. But for some reason I went out anyway to do some... um... you know, shoot interesting things with my camera. I didn't think it would rain. Oh wait, I remember in the morning that it was mentioned that there was a slight chance of rain... but that it would be later on in the evening. So I took advantage of this and decided to go out early. I was in a creative mood so I couldn't control myself. But an hour out of the house, it started to rain. And not just a drizzle, too. Like POURING. I didn't have an umbrella and so I had to shelter my precious camera in my jacket. That was stupid of me. I know the forecast said it would rain much later on, but still, I should've known better. If it's anything, I notice that EVERYONE here are usually prepared on a rainy day. You know? I mean, if the tv says it'll rain, EVERYONE will be carrying an umbrella. It's good. But me being still new around here, haven't got used to that yet. 

Anyway... not much of a post... but... whatever... since I got drenched today in the rain I've been getting a sneeze and a sore throat. I hope I don't get sick or anything, unless those symptoms are already what you call 'sick'... 

HOOOOME

Yo yo mina-san... :) I know I haven't been posting much lately cause I've been sorta lazy... but today I knew I needed to put something down. That's pretty pathetic. But as its getting colder here in Tokyo, so are the ideas in my head fading away. Sigh... So... 

I've been here in Japan for a few months now. It's been great so far. But for Christmas I think I'm going to visit my family back in America for a week or two. They want me to come. For some reason... really badly. I wonder if there's going to be a surprise when I get there. Some important news of some sort... i don't know... maybe someone is getting married? Having a baby? Maybe maybe maybe! But I'll see if I'll actually go. My parents are going to pay for the ticket. Must be pretty big, then, whatever is happening over there. I just talked to my family on Skype for a few hours yesterday. Everything's the same, but my mom brought the subject up about me visiting home for Christmas. That'd be nice, though. Anyway! I'm running in my words here. :P 

But yeah, it'll be a nice break for me. I've been a bit homesick lately. I love Japan, but I do miss the American stuff. Hehe. I miss American girls. :P And English movies. And English video games. :D So I'll see. It'd be nice to show them how I'm doing and to show off my Japanese language skills. lol. 

Yet Another Random Pic

just walking around tokyo and came across this interesting street....

SIGH..... nothing much nowadays. watching prison break and all... eating delicious japanese foood......