Goong chapter 146 appeared in Wink Magazine’s December 1st issue. If you don’t want to read spoilers, then don’t click. This issue’s Bride of the Water God was simply a short side story and I will not bother summarizing it.

Well. To summarize in two sentences… 1) Nothing happened in this chapter. 2) Yul’s mom seems to have planned something ’sinister’. So, yes, it is another dragged on chapter and I’m getting pissed off. If this damn series doesn’t finish in the next two volumes, I’m going to stop reading it.

The chapter opens up with Shin still holding out the diamond (I assume) ring to Chae-kyung. She’s looking a bit surprised at first, with her hand to her chin, and then her expression changes to be one of thought. His hand starts shaking a bit and a bit more violently. He’s thinking to himself, just say something… can’t you see my hand’s shaking… or at least tell me to lower my arm!!!  She says, “Um… well, I…”  Then she’s interrupted by one of the home’s attendants or whatever asking her if she is [insert her long official Royal title marking her as the ex-wife of the crown prince here]. She turns around to respond and at that point Shin lowers his arm and looks a bit dejected. The attendant guy’s like to please make themselves at home and he’ll have the chef prepare food, etc. The guy leaves. She turns back to Shin. She says, “So…” But Shin says, “Ah, fine fine.” Then kinda starts going off. Saying don’t worry about it since she’s taking so long to answer. And actually he went out of his way to the one place that sold that ring but oh no don’t worry about it hahahaha… but then she interrupts him and says, “I was going to ask if you were going to go eat. Today was pretty tiring. I was wondering if you’d like to eat before we rest.”  And now Shin’s kinda pissed. He’s  half-yelling at this point and telling her to go eat until her stomach explodes even though she was the one crying her eyes out and asking to run away and he’s the one tired from all that driving and went to go find her lbhalhblabha (sorry, I’m skimming here, so I’m not bothering with the details. I’m just irritated at the author, at this point). He turns heel and goes upstairs (to where the bedroom is, I assume). She looks at him going up and thinks to herself that she didn’t respond immediately because she couldn’t think of what to say nor how to say it/how she should act/look/etc.)

Scene switch. Yul and that girl-whose-name-I-keep-forgetting-with-the-dark-long-curly-hair-in-a-big-braid-who-likes-to-set-up-Chaekyung-and-Shin-a-lot are jogging… through a wooded trail? They’re both yelling presumably because they’re both jogging and she’s excited and he’s irritated at her. She’s going on about the two of them (Shin and Chae-kyung) and Yul is telling her to shut up and why did she come out here. She keeps going on about Shin and CK and he tells her again to shut up. And finally she wonders where those two are right now blhablah. He pushes her against a tree (pins her shoulders to the tree with his hands) and says, “Stop it! I told you to shut up already–” And they pause a moment. He seems to be catching his breath/anger. She looks a bit startled at first but then has that big wide-eyed <3 type of look on her face and says oppa(he) is the first person to handle her like that. He turns away in almost-disgust and is like whatever/what-are-you-talking-about. And she’s like, what? is that all? if you’re going to be rough then at least finish it. And she has a delighted/half-laughing look and says she finds his recent wild look attractive and she’s totally fallen for him hohoho. And now she’s wrapped her arms around his waist (from behind) and says how other people may call him names/think ill of him, but she won’t, so don’t worry. Since she absolutely loves mean guys. (I guess, in English, that’d be more along the lines of, “Why do women only go for the assholes…”) And Yul’s still annoyed at her.  But then he has a flashback to when Chae-kyung was picking up her bag off the ground (before she took off with Shin in his car in front of Yul’s place). ..to when she said, “I’ll keep my promise.” He is in reflective-thinking mode now.  He is thinking how at that moment he had fallen for her pure/innocent-looking eyes. And in the end, he’s done what he never dreamed he’d do and that is to.. lose heart/resolve. And he comes to a decision (with his hand still on the tree…). “Fine, if that is your love, then I’ll do as you wish–” But then he’s back to trying to shake what’s-her-name off of him and wondering what the hell is she clinging onto him for when he made such a great..thought.

Scene switch. Yul’s mom is looking through a photo album and spies a picture of the family portrait back when Yul and Shin look to be about.. 4 years old or so. (Dunno, I’m just guesstimating, here.) She remembers when Shin (at that age) had given her a picture he had drawn. (flashback time) It was of her but it was of her frowning. She asks him why did he draw her looking so angry and he said it’s not of her looking angry but of her looking sad. He just keeps looking up at her (since he’s so little) with big adoring eyes and she looks at him. Then finally her expression melts into a tiny bit of a smile. And he’s all ‘O’ in wonder and says “Ah, you finally laughed~” She tells him to remember it well and the next time he draws her, to draw her laughing. And little-Shin runs off. (flashback ends) She’s back to looking at the picture. She’s holding it in her hands (with the last four fingers of each hand at the back of the picture, and the thumbs holding the front of the picture). She thinks to herself, “From now on… you’ll be no more.” Her eyes look a bit both sad and …undescribable. Her thumb starts moving. She thinks, “You’ll be someone who’s not there” (that’s the literal translation). Now her thumb has come to a rest over Shin in the picture so he’s sorta blotted out of the picture by her thumb. Final page has her final thought on it: “You will be erased–” (again, literal translation). But the final page’s background has some guy in a dark jacket and pants coming up to the summer house where Shin and Chae-kyung are. The “To be continued” part says, “A dangerous desire!!” (‘desire’ or ‘order’… could be either, really, I guess in this case if that guy is some hitman) End of chapter

Hey everyone, and welcome to yet another weekly Naruto anime breakdown.

This weeks episode sees the battle between Sasuke and Itachi heating up a bit (quite literally) and we also get some added insight in the form of Zetsu, who takes on a far more descriptive role to make sure us simple minded folk no exactly who’s blowing fire at who.

For all our high expectations, I can say that for the most part this episode delivered and, even without the enhanced animation that is sometimes used, it still looked very impressive to behold.

See!!! I told you that you were gonna poke someone's eye out. I'm telling mom!!! T__T

So, in theory, we have everything we need to make an awesome episode of action packed goodness handed to us right on a platter. I think by now we all know the basic ingredients of a Naruto episode of this kind and that would be awesome action, great music, impressive jutsu and the typical flashbacks that we have come to expect.

Naruto awesomeness episode checklist: Do we have it all?

Awesome action? Check!!!
Dramatic music? Check!!!
Massive-scale jutsu? check!!!
Flashbacks? Che…. Hey wait, where are the flashbacks? O__O

And so, we finally manage to make it through an entire battle episode without a single flashback. It almost makes me wonder if I just overlooked it. X__X

It don't matter if you're black and white...

Anyway, enough of my blabbering. As far as the episode goes, things pretty much start where they left of without delay where Itachi decides that plucking out Sasuke’s eyes sounds like a fun idea.

It was pretty gross, but I guess that’s what happens in a battle like this, but luckily for Sasuke, he soon realizes it is all in his head and with some extra power from his cursed seal, he is able to break even the Tsukyomi’s hold on himself.

Like any weapon, the Sharingan's strength is measured by the one wielding it.

Now, I found this particular explanation by Zetsu’s own words to be particularly interesting and I think it is something we all need to take into consideration.

A shinobi’s jutsu and abilities, no matter what they are or how impressive they are in theory, are only as strong as the one wielding them. We’ve seen good examples of this in the series before like, for example, where Naruto used to spam his Kage Bunshin and just hurl them at the enemy en masse.

It was a more simple and inexperienced use of what is considered an otherwise very high level jutsu, compared to how much more effectively he uses even fewer numbers nowadays simply by thinking outside the box. It also shows us that even the strongest attacks are only effective if they are used correctly, while what can be considered to be far more simple attacks can be used to great devastation.

Urgh... That doesn't sound good. <_<

The above screen is a good example of that fact. The strength of a jutsu is largely based on how much power you can put into it or how well you use it and even a lower level jutsu can overcome something of a far higher class.

In the same manner Sasuke’s Sharingan managed to overcome Itachi’s Mangekyou Sharingan in this particular case.

A lot of debates have also been fought, where those involved try to use a person’s jutsu arsenal to back their argument as the sole factor and even I am guilty of that. However, a true shinobi can win a battle even if the odds are against them and if there is anything we have learned, Itachi is one such shinobi.

Escape velocity reached. Exiting atmosphere. O__O

Of course, that doesn’t mean he can’t still blow things up with a big bang, despite his setbacks. XD

The battle gets even more impressive the further it goes and I have to comment the animators on just how impressive the jutsu looked. It really was a pleasure to watch and explosions are always fun. ^ ^

That notion is further enhanced when Itachi’s Amatarasu comes into play…

Fighting fire with... emo fire... X__X

While Sasuke’s inferior katon jutsu clashes with Itachi’s awe inspiring Emotarasu Zetsu gives a nice explanation about how the black flames consume anything that Itachi sets his eyes en, even fire itself.

For it to be able to consume something that doesn’t even have a physical form is, in itself impresive

It also makes you wonder if that means it can also consume all forms of energy, like lighting or even air? Would it consume a Rasenshuriken?

No, I will not lose!!!! I will not blink until my eyes fall out!!! (Itachi took the innocent staring contest a little too seriously). X__X

After consuming the very flames that sought to incinerate him, Itachi turn his eyes on his next target and we all know how bad that is for the poor soul falling under his gaze.

I actually wondered why he was having such a hard time hitting Sasuke if all he had to do was focus on him, but then I remembered just how bad his eyesight was. It also made me realize just how dangerous the jutsu would be if Itachi was at his prime with his vision still intact.

Sasuke shows Itachi that he isn't the only one with impressive looking jutsu. (No pun intended).

However, despite the seemingly successful hit, it is quickly discovered that Sasuke had safely managed to escape and gain ample time to form a counter attack.

I wonder if the big flaming dragon gave it away. <_<

After that, both combatants admit that they have already run out of chakra, leaving it open as to whom could win the battle, but a wry smile from Sasuke tells us that he has something up his sleeve and he quickly confirms that suspicion with a declaration of victory, as he announces the arrival of his most deadly attack.

Ominous storm clouds fall across the sky, enshrowding the sun's gaze in a dreadful, heart wrenching darkness. In such a show of anger and dread, even the wind dares to whisper of the cruel fate yet to come to pass as the battle draws closer to its end.

And that pretty much sums up this episode.

With a consistent pace, a surprising lack of flashbacks and very little time stretching, I can’t really fault it in any way. However, it did stick largely to the manga this time around, for better or for worse, so for those who read the chapters weekly, it may not bring anything new to the plate that they weren’t already expecting.

However, it is still good to see such a great battle in motion, so I hope you all enjoyed it.

Now for the winner of last weeks caption contest. There were actually three that caught my attention, so I will have a second and third place as well. ^ ^

Caption contest winners:

3rd) Supertrek 89: THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT SASUKE! THIS HOW YOU FLY DAMMIT!!!

2nd) Mingoleung: this is my… HUMAN SHIELD! (I couldn’t help but laugh at this one, especially when you picture it happening in your mind).

Fanboi: Get in the kitchen and make your big bro a sandwich!

Well done to the top three. It just shows you how random you can be when you don’t put your mind to it.

Now for this weeks screen.

*Insert caption here*

Thanks for reading everyone. I hope you enjoyed the breakdown. Here’s the preview for the next episode.

P.S. “Emotarasu” is copyrighted to me.

Cheers! ^ ^

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• 00:18 Listening to this song at this hour bit.ly/7iJypa – The end of the world by Susan Boyle. #
• 10:10 Good Sunday morning people!!! #
• 14:44 Updating my E71 to the latest firmware. #
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• 13:37 Pondering which game to buy: New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Tekken 6 or L4D2 ? #
• 16:40 Books and notes. I’m sick and tired of it. #
• 17:18 Adam Lambert’s – For your entertainment. It rather entertaining to listen to.. #
• 18:49 Dinner at Sakae Sushi Northpoint. Slow service. #
• 19:15 It’s my lucky day today. Bought L4D2 and won another free EA game. #
• 20:14 @avalanchelynn Yup me too… The time lapse between the first dish served to the last is 1/2 hr… Almost wanted to cancel the order. #

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T_T It’s the last episode of you’re beautiful…really hoping there would be a Season 2.

Anyways, here’s the episode recap by Cecilia @soompi

ok so the ep starts with TK at hong dae looking for MN. MN stops to look at a window display with stars. She bumps into someone and turns, at this moment, TK who is surrounded by screaming fan sees her and they stare at each other. MN bows and greets him but the next thing he knows, MN has disappeared. Meanwhile as MN is walking along, she bumps into manager ma who has also walked into the area after hearing the news that MN is around. The two sit down at a cafe and Manager ma says that GMN is at the countryside participating in some show at the moment. That they’ve been really busy lately. MN reveals that she will be going to africa shortly to do some volunteer work and that she’s been keeping track of them via TV and internet. Manager ma remarks how that he might never see her again.

Meanwhile TK who hasnt been able to spot MN has returned to the company by himself and sees president Ahn and Wang coordi. TK says he’s come back by himself and asks if they’ve seen GMN. President Ahn asks wang coordi to ring manager ma coz GMN should be with manager ma. TK sits by himself in the studio and tries to analyse the situation. at first he thinks maybe MN dint see him but then he disposes that thought coz he saw MN actually greeting him. Then he thinks maybe she’s decided that she will become a nun again but then remembers taht MN said that she’s given that up already. Then he thinks of another scenario which i cant remember TT Then he thinks maybe she’s decided that she’s just going to become a fan but then thinks that’s wrong coz if she wanted to be just a fan, then at least she would go up to him to ask for an autogrpah. He thinks i’ve been waiting all this time for her, have I been dumped?

After, manager ma gets a call from wang coordi. President Ahn has heard from someone that GMN has been seen at Jinsoo (some country area). it turns out that manager ma has sent GMN to do some show without president ahn knowing (so that he can pocket some money from the show) and president ahn gets suspicious. So president ahn asks wang coordi if there’s a schedule that he doesnt know about. Wang coordi says of course not and presidnet ahn asks for manager ma to bring GMN in front of him in 10 minutes. Manager ma doesnt know what to do and begs MN to help him to become GMN just for a bit, just to greet president Ahn and that would be all. MN refuses to and manager ma gets onto his knees to beg her. He says that he’s got a baby coming and that doing this was because he need to save up money for the baby, MN asks what baby? Manager ma said that the mother is wang coordi and that last time at okinawa they got together LOL. So MN dresses up as GMN and is brought to president Ahn. President Ahn believes that it’s GMN but then Jeremy shows up and yells out to MN and asks where his sister is? Manager drags him away. Then SW shows up and says that he has something to say to GMN. Wang coordi drags him away and MN walks off. Meanwhile TK is standing on the balcony and thinking to himself, an coming down to a conclusion that he’s been dumped by MN. At this moment, MN walks in. She’s been trying to only look at him far away but somehow he’s ended up in front of her. She turns around to leave but TK calls out to her. He sees her back so doesnt know it’s her. He asks GMN to tell MN that he’s doing really well , that he’s ok. He’s like make sure u tell her. Then he walks off. MN turns around after and says, it’s fortunate taht you are doing well and she thnks taht he’s ok now.

MN walks back, talking to manager ma. Manager ma says i’ll drive you back but MN says she can go by herslef. Then president ahn comes out and drags MN away. It turns out that he’s taking her to see HY. wth apparently GMN likes HY and even asked president ahn to get HY out so that he can see her. Manager ma tells MN not to look at HY or say anything to her or she might konw that it’s not the real GMN. MN sits down and finds out that GMN has been telling HY how much he likes her and told her that he was going to confess to HY at their concert as well. HY is like i told u no already. Then she is curious whether TK has had any reaction to GMN trying to chase HY.

TK is alone and wondering whether GMN has already told MN what he said. Because he realises that if MN hears what he said then MN would think that he was ok now and would seem to have ended all his feelings. Manager ma finds out that TK, jeremy and SW were coming as well. So he tells MN taht she has to get drunk and lose her consciousness so that she wont be discovered. MN has one shot and gets drunk, falling unconscious. TK, SW and jeremy arrive and jeremy is trying to wake her up but cant. President ahn comments on how GMN doesnt usually get drunk this easily, maybe it’s coz he’s nervous. He tells the guys to sit down and have a drink, it’s been a long tiem since they have gathered together like this. HY gets up and puts MN’s head on her lap and pretends taht she really cares about GMN (all for show for TK lol). Later manager ma leans MN against the wall and covers her with a jacket. TK asks manager ma whether GMN has said anything about MN or whether he’s seen GMN making a phone call. SW notices taht sth is wrong already with ‘GMN’. manager ma gets a call from GMN and gets up to take the call outside. MN falls onto TK’s lap and at first TK wants to push her away then realises that something was different. He looks at MN’s face and holds her hand and recalls how her hand felt like and he knows it’s MN. He says that GMN seems to be very drunk, i’ll take him home first.

SW looks at TK taking MN away. manager ma gets back and finds MN gone. SW says taht TK has taken MN home first and that it shoudl be ok coz noone noticed. Manager ma is like whew then hes like how do you know that it was MN?

TK and MN are in the car which is parked outside the home. MN slowly wakes up and asks for manager ma. She opens her eyes and sees TK. She panics and leans towards the door. Then she says let me out. but she’s struggling coz she hadnt unfastened her seatbelt yet. TK unfastens the seatbelt for her and tells her taht they’re home. He comments that she’s really drunk. TK gets out and MN gets out after him. MN’s stomach is churning and she rushes to go to the bathroom. Afterwards, she sees TK drinking water and goes to the fridge to get water. She leaves the fridge door open and just stands there coz she doesnt know what to do. TK says if ur not thinking of going into the fridge then close the door. MN closes the door. TK makes her a hot drink to wake her up. He holds up his hand and asks, what’s this? MN answers, there’s 5. TK says the correct answer is a palm. MN asks do you know already? (that she is MN and not GMN) TK says do you think that i wouldnt know? MN explains that she’s covering up with GMN for jsut a short while.(I kinda lost concentration here then ) The main point of what MN said here is that she is fine watching him from afar but when she comes close up to the star, it is so bright that it hurts to look at it. She falls unconscious again on the table. TK says to the sleeping MN that he waited so that he could grab onto her but now because she said that, he cant grab onto her anymore. He wipes the tears from her face. He asks manager ma to take MN home. Manager ma is like if you send her away now you might never see her again beause she’s going to africa. But TK is unmoved. Manager ma drives MN home. During the trip, MN wakes up. Manager ma gives her tickets for the A.N.Jell concert and says that she needs to see her brother’s performance before going. MN however says that the concert si on the same day that she’s leaving and that she dosent know what time her flight is or sth.

TK takes the pig rabbit doll from his room and says to it, now that i am ended my feelings i have to get rid of you as well. As he walks throug the house, he remembers trying to unglue MN’s fingers and then in the piano room when they sang together and give her a kiss on her hand. (OMFG I SCREAMD HERE! i’m so happy they put this cut scene back into here!!!) Then he finally takes the pig rabbit to the present room and says that there was a one and only pig rabbit who appeared in front of me and now there is goign to be no more.

Next day, MN is sitting on the bench outside and one of the kids she’s been teaching comes up to her. The kid has colleted another picture of a star to give to her. The kid says sth about how the moon is a star but Mn corrects her and says that the moon is not a star. The kid says are there stars only at night, what baout during the day? MN says that the sun is a star

MN meets with her aunt. Her aunt says there are so many ppl who want to see her – jeremy and SW ask her about MN everyday. And that there is one more person who wants to see her but she’s not sure whether she should ask. Turns out MHR wants to see MN. MN goes to meet MHR and MHR says that she thought she wasnt goign to meet her. MHR wanted to see MN to give her a cd of MN’s mother’s songs taht she tried very hard to get hold of. That at least MN would be able to hear her mother’s voice. MHR confesses that GJH never even once wavered to leave her mother for MHR. MN says thank you for saying taht but taht is what she had always believed. MHR says taht her mother would have known as well, tha GJH had loved her and not MHR. MN says that it’s fortunate she could hear those words from MHR before she left. MHR asks if she must leave because if she does then TK might never talk to her again. MHR says that nowadays TK ignores her totally and that taht has never happened before. MHR apologises to MN and hopes that if MN forgives her then TK woul not ignore her anymore. Then she asks if MN can ask TK for her to forgive her. MN tells MHR to do it herself, that TK has always missed MHR.

On the concert day, TK is walking with jeremy and jeremy asks sth about the pig rabbit (cant remember) and TK says that there is going to be no such thing anymore because he’s ended everything. Jeremy finds out that TK has not told MN that he had been waiting for her. Jeremy gets really angry and says waiting and not telling her is the same as not waiting at all, you stupid idiot!! (omg how come even jeremy can understand this reasoning but TK cant???) Jeremy storms off. In the dressing room, TK tells SW that he’s ended everything because MN said that she is still hurting when she sees him up close. SW gets angry too, have you ever tried to grab onto her? SW says taht because he tried everything, in the end he was able to let her go. But TK hasnt even tried and SW says fine, just continue to sit there alone in ur world (sth along those lines cant remember). TK sees HY outside and also tells HY that everything is ended. HY uses what TK said to her earlier back to him and says that he’s lying. That he’s not embarrassed he’s lying but that he will be later when he’s telling the truth. Tk keeps walking and sees president ahn with MHR. MHR talks to TK alone and MHR says to TK that she came to ask for his forgiveness. She says she konws taht TK might not accept it but she owuld say it anyway. She says Sorry, Tae Kyung. TK is surprised taht MHR really came to apologise and asks why she’s suddenly like that. MHR says taht she talked to MN who told her to come ask for his forgiveness herself. She knows taht TK wont recognise her as a mother and taht she might not have the right to say such a thing but she says to TK that she hopes TK wont regret about losing the person he loves. That he should grab onto the one he loves because abandoning, letting go of the one he loves is not real love. TK says i cant say taht i’ve forgiven you now, and i will hear u say it later then calls her mother before he leaves. As TK is walking along, he thinks of what everyone has been saying to him and goes to ask manager ma where MN is. Manager ma announces to everyone else that TK has gone to pick up his lover.

TK goes to the school/church that MN has been living at and asks the kids inside where gemma is. The kids say taht gemma is not here. The kid shows TK the star photos and TK sees that there are stars all over the room. He recalls how MN told him before taht even if she was far away, she would look for stars while thinkign about him. TK is touched. The kid says taht gemma told them though that the coolest star though was somewhere else and taht gemma had gone t see the star today.

TK rushes back tot eh concert venue. He rushes onto the stage to look into the audience but doesnt see MN. He goes back backstage and tells everyone that MN has come and is somewhere amongst the audience. TK says i will start first. He goes on and sings “what should i do?; As the song is ending, MN starts to leave and TK says “You’re listening arent you? Please be in a place where i can see you, dont be at a place where i cant see you. I give permission for you to appear in front of me (coz he said before he doesnt want to see her). ” MN is touched and turns around and starts walking toward the stage. SW at the back tells them to turn the lights on. The lights go on and TK looks around and spots MN. He goes off the stage and walks towards MN. He walks up to in front of her and hugs her tightly. He says I’m going to tell you everyday but listen carefully, I love you.” (AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHh)

on the balcony…. TK asks does she really have to go to africa? MN says she will go and come back. TK comments on how the way she talks is not as respectful as she used to be. TK suddenly pretends to pick a star from the sky and gives it to MN. He opens his palm and we see the star necklace. He gives it to MN. MN is excited coz it’s a star. TK wants to take it back but MN refuses to. TK points to another direction and says look there’s a star and while MN looks he pulls her towards him.

Credits go to Cecilia @soompi

• 16:03 After spending hours on Bejeweled Blitz I only managed to get a high score of 232500. Grrr… #
• 16:36 Can’t Mr Rain drop by later instead of now? I don’t like to be wet when heading out #
• 23:47 Just finished watching ‘New Moon’. It’s kinda boring for me. The book seems to be better then the movie. #

Summary

There Were A Grand Total Of 315 Showings In October 2004 Across All Price Ranges Shown here.

For 2005 There Were A Total Of 364 Showings In October Which Represented A Slight INCREASE From The Previous Year.

The 1543  Total Showings In October 2006 Equated To A HUGE INCREASE Of 323.9% Compared To The Same Period Of The Previous Year.

During 2007, We Saw A Healthy Total Of 1202 Showings For The Month Of October Across The Price Ranges Analyzed.

October 2008 Yielded A Total Of 1057 Showings For All Properties In The Price Range Of $100,000 To $400,000.

In 2009 There Were 1473 Showings For The Month Of  October. The Figures Represents A 39.4% INCREASE From The Same Month Of The Previous Year.

Only 2006 With A Total 1543  Had More Showings In The Month Of October Than 2009. The ‘09 Showings Total Of 1473 Was Just 4.75% Down From The 2006 Figure.

Out of sight, out of mind right?  As soon as I get back to Bloomington, and see a few people I haven’t in a while, Winona is hardly an after thought.  I can focus again.  I even did homework on a holiday.  Sadly, the movie will have to wait until some other priorities are taken care of.  Yes, I discovered what those are.

A friend of  mine introduced me to The Avett Brothers, and their album I and Love and You.  The title track is incredible.  I could listen to it for days straight and not get sick of it.  The rest of the album is just as good.  Those guys prove that bands today do give a shit about the music they make and produce.  If I could, I would open the movie with one of their songs.

Thanksgiving was great.  I talked to a lot of relatives I don’t normally get to talk with regularly.  It’s felt like a lot longer day than it’s really been, but thats most likely from the food.

• 12:26 Lunch at ThaiExpress with mum. #
• 15:56 I’m going to give Sitex a miss due to the following: a) I have nothing to buy b) I have no money c) I don’t want to jostle with the crowd. #
• 16:28 Dark Chocolate Peppermint Latte from coffeebean is nice, but is too sweet for me. #
• 16:54 @avalanchelynn I still prefer starbucks. Lol… #
• 19:24 Should I be happy or sad that I wasn’t being invited to a gathering? #

Here’s a summary/ spoilers of you’re beautiful ep. 15. Keep on reading if you want to know what happened…if you don’t wanna know, stop now. XD

EPISODE 15 SUMMARY

MN sits by herself and cries while SW looks on at her shadow.. MN says to herself…that it is because of TK’s mother that her mother was abandoned… and that from now she wont be able to see her star..TK is also sitting in the dark, he says “It’s too dark, i cant see anything. That’s it, I’ll just pretend it’s too dark so i wont see anything”

SW suggests to manager Ma that he thinks it’s a better idea to send MN to somewhere far away in advance because reporter kim wants an interview with mi nyeo and mi nam together. manager ma remembers that there was an autogrpah session in japan which they had rejected before. So he quickly arranges for them to take it up. SW says plz arrange it so that we can leave as soon as possible. SW tells TK and TK says he will go to Japan after them. SW says then we will take MN with us then. Manager ma is with MN in her room packing to go to japan and Manager tells her to think of it as a last trip as ANJell. He tells her taht she doesnt have to pack everything in one go though, that she can come back later and do it, it’s not like she cant come back anymore. MN says no, she wants to pack it all now. Afterwards, she walks out of her room with her luggage and bumps into TK. She says i’m going and TK walks off. SW comes to help her with her luggage

Reporter kim confronts HY about MN and asks if MN is a girl. He asks her whether jeremy, SW and TK all know as well? HY keeps saying she doesnt konw anything, that if he is curious, he can go and ask them himself. But the reporter doesnt give up, he says that it’s not go mi nam he cares about, he wants to go after the big names, HY, TK, SW etc and that HY is not going to be able to get out of it. He keeps interogating her then HY suddenly faints. Someone else sees and gets help. Reporter kim knows that HY is probably faking it so he talks to her (cant remember what he said already). HY nods while still pretending to be unconscious.

HY goes to look for TK and asks TK if he would like to go to XX (couldnt catch the place, just know it’s overseas) with her and TK says do u think i would go with you? HY says that if ppl really think we are together, then even if they find out MN is a girl then nothing will happen to you. TK says the real go mi nam is coming back soon so you dont need to worry. And while we’re at it, let’s end our relationship. Since you said you wanted to end it yourself, decide how you want to end it and just let me know. He starts to walk away and HY yells at him, how can you not know at all what i’m really thinking. TK says it’s coz you’re not even embarrassed about lying (or sth like that). HY cries and says to herself, do you know how scary my fans are (like if she said that he broke up with her or sth)

MHR is talking to president Ahn, she likes how the remake sounds and thinks that it sounds sophiscated and trendy. President Ahn comments that he heard how this song was originally made for someone else, a newcomer and not MHR. MHR gets very sensitive and angry and gets up and denies that. She says that it is her song. The other guy there says but i heard from Mr kim (that other singer TK talk to about GJH before) the song was made for someone else. MHR anyway says that i havent thanked TK about this song yet, where is he. She goes to find him in the studio and says to TK that that night she was very drunk, that she didnt intend for it to happen that way. TK asks MHR if MN knows about her mother and who she is. MHR says that she doesnt think MN wants to hear about her mother from her. Before she leaves tho, TK stops her and asks MHR who MN’s mother was. That MN knows nothing about her mother and that at least she should know a name. TK gets a photo and a name , Lee shin soo (i think)

MHR goes to find singer Mr Kim and confronts him about what she’s heard. She said taht the song was made for her. At first mr kim is still calm and says that he remembers GJH telling him that the song was made for the woman he loved. But then he gets irritated and says, look, the song was made for the woman he loved who had misunderstood the relationship between you and him, for her to come back to him. But you snatched the song and made it your own. He leaves irritated.

Jeremy, SW, MN, manager ma and wang coordi arrive in japan first. Because there is no schedule on the first day they have free time. Reporter kim has followed them along to japan hoping to get some evidence. Jeremy asks SW if something has happened between MN and TK and SW says let’s jsut pretend we dont know anything. Manager ma and wang coordi are in the pool, relaxing. Wang coordi comments that TK is not a very good person to marry and manager ma was like that’s why i was so shocked when i found out. Wang coordi says, women like to marry ppl like jeremy, interesting and fun. Manager ma says, even though it’s a bit late, should i try to set them up? Then they imagine a scene where jeremy and MN are sitting by the piano and singing a song. After the song, Mn gives jeremy a kiss and they squeeze each other cheeks while saying “you’re cute”. Snapping back to reality, manager mays but that is so immature. Wang coordi says then SW would be a good choice as well, smooth and romantic. They imagine MN lying down reading a book and SW making her coffee then them kissing and MN telling SW not to make anyone else coffee. Manager thinks that’s too mushy but wang coordi thinks it’s romantic. Then they imagine what would happen with TK and MN. They imagine that TK and MN are at the church about to get married and TK says know that it’s an honour for you to marry me. MN says thanks alot, hyung nim then she asks him, from now on what should i call you? Hubby? Dear? TK is like i’m the one to decide, dont step into it. He storms outside and MN follows and says what type of wedding is this, i’m not getting married. TK says good, you’re out, then walks off. MN chases after him. Wang coordi and manager ma are sitting in the spa pool together and things get a bit hot… LOL XD

MN, SW and jeremy are at the beach. Mn says that it’s her first time to see the sea up close with her own eyes. She says taht the ocean seems big and far away. (cant remmeber exactly what was said) Jeremy says sth like that even though it’s far away, liek the bus it will go back to its original spot. MN says but since it’s so big, it will take a long time (argh not reall making sense btu when i watched it it really made sense lol). MN walks towards the water and SW grabs her arm and tells her not to go. MN asks him not to grab onto her anymore…. that she wants to wet her feet coz it’s her first time at the sea. reporter kim looks on.

MN is in her room and she is trying to learn some phrases in japanese. She has planned to stay in japan for now and is wondering if the amount of japanese she knows and the money she has would be adequate. She gets a call from SW to meet up.

TK has arrived at the hotel in japan and sees manager ma, he asks him where MN is and manager ma says, she’s around somewhere. TK goes off to find MN. Manager ma thinks that TK and MN had a fight but that TK has come and straight away looked for MN to make up with her. So he plans another event.

MN goes to meet SW at the church (at the hotel). SW says to MN you can see my expression and everything well here. MN says that he can also see her clearly too. SW asks do you know ehn i first found out you were a girl? MN says wasnt it at the MV screening? SW says do you remember the story i made up about me and you? Do you remember when i first met her? MN recalls the story and realises that SW knew of her identity back there at the rooftop. SW then says do you remember the story i told you of a person in an organisation who had a secret to keep from everyone else and that someone else helped her out behind her back? He reveals taht it was his story, that he knew from long time ago and that all this time he has been watching over her, that that day at the restaurant when he was goign to show her the girl he liked, that the girl he liked was her. SW says I’ve been watching over you and i will continue to watch over you, so dont hide away where i cant see you, look at me. TK in the meantime has found them and looks on in from outside. SW sees him and hugs MN. TK glares at them then goes away. After awhile, MN tells SW to let go of her. She thanks him for watching and helping her all this time but says taht she doesnt want to continue in this way, to cause him more pain. She leaves and SW says to himself crying, that there is nothing left for him to grab onto.

TK uses the reception desk phone to ring manager ma and asks him to give something important to MN. Manager ma tells TK to come find him and TK asks where are you? Wang coordi gets MN and tells her that TK is here and was looking for her. TK goes to the aquarium to wait for manager ma but mN shows up. MN says to TK, i heard that you were looking for me. TK says yes i was, i have something to give to you. MN says i will get that thing from you quickly and go. TK says what’s the rush, you’re busy? is someone waiting for you? MN says it’s coz you said that you dont want to see me, so i’ll go out of your sight asap. TK says geez you’re worrying about me, you dont have to think about me, if you have time, have a look around here, there’s alot of fish here. MN doesnt say anything and TK says, didnt you say you were going to go then? MN says dont you have something to give to me? TK snaps back to reality (haha he’s being jealous in the midst of all this) and gives MN an envelope. Mn takes out the photo and TK tells her that the photo is of her mother and tells her her name. MN cant control her emotions and starts crying… so you’re syaing this is my mother? And her name is xxx
TK gives MN the remake of the song to listen to. Mn asks if TK found out about this from MHR and TK says why dont u go and ask her yourself, since you should be getting along with her. MN says how can I get along with her? Because of her, my mother was abandoned by my father and she left, give birth to us alone and died. I’m sorry that before you looked too sad, i couldnt tell you that i knew MHR was your mother. Because of the situation, i couldnt tell you that the song u were remaking was my father’s. I’m sorry. She comments on how TK only thinks about his own pain but does not see hers. That he must have felt alot of pain being abandoned. She says that she knows TK feels pain when he sees her but that it is also hard for her to look at him. That from now on, they are not going to be around each other to look at each other in pain coz she’s going to be far away. Then she leaves

Next day, the 4 of them are at the autogrpah session. Afterwards, MN and jeremy are in a shop looking at glassware. MN takes out her polaroid camera and asks Jeremy if she can take a photo of him and jeremy says that it costs money to ask him to be a model. Jeremy asks should i give you a cute pose, or a sexy one or a wild one? While he is deciding, MN takes a photo. She says that she likes the usual jeremy as he is the most. As jeremy walks off looking at something else, MN says in her mind, thank you for always making me laugh

Next at a cafe, Mn is looking at SW who is sitting by himself staring off into space. She orders a coffee and brings it over to SW. She says that SW has comforted her warmly all this time. SW picks up the coffee and comments that it’s warm. MN asks if he’s ok and SW says that he’s been rejected by her so many times hes ok. He asys let’s eat the cake together (it’s a relief to see the atmosphere between the 2 finally relax a bit)

At the airport, we find out that MN is going to stay in japan and manager ma says that’s a good idea to stay away from everything for a bit, one week, 2 weeks before everything is settled in korea.
TK meanwhile goes back to korea first by himself. He bumps into MHR and president Ahn at the company. President ahn tells him that they are going to record the song now and asks if he wants to come. TK says i’m not going and walks off. He then bumps into the other guy who went with him to meet up the singer Mr kim before. He tells TK that coz of MHR he just got told off by Mr Kim. That MHR wanted to get back with GJH but GJH’s lover had misunderstood that and left him instead. That the song was snatched by MHR and made hers. TK storms off to the recording studeio where MHR is. He is angry and talks to her through the mic, he says the song was not yours right? He didnt love you, it’s all a lie. MHR starts crying and TK leaves.

TK goes to the airport. Meanwhile SW, jeremy and the rest have arrived back in korea. the real MN is lying on a bench waiting. Ppll recognise him as go mi nam. Manager ma gets a call from MN that he’s here. HY is at the airport as well (think she’s leaving oversase for that thing that she asked TK to go with her before). She sees that TK is at the airport and knows that MN and the rest, together with reporter kim should be arriving back about now. She goes up the escalator and wants to run away from them. But then she pauses and decides that she has to help TK and goes back down. So manager ma and jeremy + SW come out. manager ma spots the real MN (GMN for short from now) and yells out “Mi nam ah!” The reporter sees and walks towards GMN faster than manager ma. TK and HY are also in the vicinity and turn and walk towards GMN. reporter kim walks ahead of everyone and pulls the hood and jacket off GMN and says, go mi nam, you’re a girl! But since it’s the real GMN, it’s a guy of course. GMN looks at reporter kim and says, who the hell are you? reporter kim is shocked that it’s really a guy. HY comes over and says, reporter kim asked me if you were a girl, how funny huh? manager ma says, ah it’s because they are twins, that’s why you’re confused and drags him away. GMN extends his hand and says, nice to meet you in a very cool way. Jeremy says you guys look the same and SW says but the atmosphere is totally different. TK asks SW where MN is and they tell him taht MN is staying in japan.

Next we see MN in japan dragging along her suitcase. She says i should have caught a taxi, didnt konw it was this far. SHe sees a taxi and flags it down. The taxi stops and out comes TK. They face each other and TK tells her that he found out about the truth behind her parents and his mother’s relationship. MN says that it’s a relief taht her father didnt abandon her mother. And she asks TK a favour, to make sure that MHR doesnt sing the song again because she doesnt want the song to be snatched away by MHR again. TK promises her. TK says that he is sorry, that she’s right, he only thought about his own pain.. that if he had stopped to look, he would have realised that she was the one who was experiencing more pain. MN says she cant say that she is ok at the moment, that for her now, it’s still very painful. She starts to walk off but TK grabs her hand. MN says that one day, somewhere in the future when she feels that it is ok, she will tell him then. She frees her hand and walks away. TK cries TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT (i’m so heartbroken watching him like this TTTT i think there are more lines to this convo but i cant remember atm)

There is a time jump and we see newspaper articles.. HY has announced her breakup with TK and the real GMN has gone into action. Outside the company, fans are chanting… and they are commenting how lately they are really into GMN. How GMN has the charisma of TK, is smooth and talks well like SW and cute like jeremy. In the house, Mn’s aunt is talking ot manager ma. She thinks back tot he time when MN was around how jeremy always held celebration parties and how SW would pour her tea etc. Manager ma says that GMN should know where MN was right? MN’s aunt says that he should but MN told him not to tell anyone so she doesnt know either. manager ma says that GMN really listens to MN because she put up with so much for him.

In the van, jeremy, SW and TK are talking. Jeremy says that GMN keeps using his motorbike which annoys him. He’s on the ANjell fan cafe and reads out loud that there’s a post by someone called Pig rabbit with the title “I’m ok”. TK snatches his laptop off him and clicks into the post. It is of MN saying “what should i do?” with her side of her face facing the camera. Tk tells jeremy and SW that this si MN. Jeremy says that the vid was just uplaoded from some noraebang.. and that lately there are lots of noraebangs taht allow you to record yourself singing and upload online straightaway there. So they contact manager ma who tells them that he found out it’s a noraebang from hong dae (the area around teh hong ik university in seoul where there are lots of young ppl). They head to hongdae to look for MN. TK at first stays in the car and he says to himself, you said you will tell me when you’re ok, so this is the way you tell me? He’s annoyed. He says, FINE then i wont see you. I just wont see you then. he repeats few times then says i cant NOT see you. He gets off the van and goes searching for her as well.

the 3 of them walk around looking for MN while screaming fan girls follow them around. MN meanwhile is walking in the area as well

Big THANKS to Cecilia@soompi for the summary!

• 13:37 twitpic.com/qudo2 – My lunch for today, pulut hitam #
• 16:08 @avalanchelynn It’s only 10 or 20% discount on the subscription plan you choose.. Nothing else. #
• 16:43 @avalanchelynn I accompanied a friend of mine to get his iPhone under corp plan there other time. #

Winona is a ghost town again.  Sometimes it’s called “summer”.  It’s worse than summer now, though.  At least it’s green, warm, and the sun doesn’t go down at 4 in the afternoon.  A person just feels limited if they can’t go outside and enjoy the day past 4PM.

This Thanksgiving holiday will be plenty of time to definitely maybe start writing the movie again.  It’s priority number 5 behind researching stereotyping in advertising, finishing up my portfolio for advertising, painting some stuff I’m a bit behind on, and creating a webpage for my internet com class.

I’m looking forward to seeing some family members I haven’t seen in a long while.  You know, those family members you only see 2-4 times a year.  They’re the ones I actually look forward to seeing.  I highly doubt the family members I could care less about seeing know how to operate computers.

What’s that?  Bloody Mary’s you say?  Why yes, I believe I’ll have 3.  At twin cities prices though.  I just hope we don’t run into that prick of a bartender that looked like a skinnier Jon Gosselin, but was still just as big of a douche bag.  If you don’t want a 5% tip or less, then I suggest smiling at the very least, and not looking so deliberately disinterested.  And I wonder how those people are hired for jobs before me….?  Someone please tell me if my fly is down or if I, for some reason, have a swastika on my cheek next time I go in for an interview, please.

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The KMers.org site was ready for beta launch last week in time for the KMWorld09 conference.  Today we launched the weekly #KMers twitter chat.   I would guesstimate that we had about 15-20 people contributing to the Twitter Chat which means we probably had that number again of lurkers.   Lots of quality information was shared and I believe that it was considered a success by all.

For many on the chat it was their first ever.  Yet, despite a few small hiccups, everyone seemed to get the hang of it very quickly.

The topic (Best Ideas from KMWorld09) was not ideal for a Twitter Chat because it is more about sharing knowledge nuggets than having a conversation.  Also, we had far more people who hadn’t gone to the conference and were looking for info than we had people who had gone to the conference and were sharing it.  Future chats will be much more of a deeper dive into one facet of KM per chat.

Here is the summary of the chat from my perspective:

Introductions:

• we discovered that most of the chatters had not been to KMWorld09 and many were new to Twitter Chatting

Thoughts about KMers.org

• @Elsua: Member section should link in a Twitter List
• @lehawes: pointed out that archiving of chats will be a plus
• several indicated that KMers.org login and TweetChat login (double) was confusing
• @andreamayer pointed out that we had a glitch with a post being wrongly attributed
• There were a few other small problems encountered by a few people during the chat

Goals for attending #KMW09

• @swanwick indicated he was there 1) to network 2) to launch KMers.org
• @StanGarfield said he was there to speak, serve on a panel, learn, and interact
• Tone of session: @swanwick indicated that it seemed hopeful.  Hopeful that e2.0 would be the opp for KM and SM to work together.

Sub-discussions throughout the chat

• value of life-narration: balance between inane tweets and over polished ones.
• value of and how to measure KM value
• video as a knowledge sharing channel
• Neats vs. Scruffies http://bit.ly/7jf1WC

Best sessions at #KMW09:

• the consensus was that @BillIves provided the best blogging coverage of the event
• @forgingthfuture found discussion of Personal KM fascinating
• @forgingthefutur felt that @StanGarfield had one of the best presentations http://bit.ly/5aSTeH
• there was general appreciation for 2nd half of @vanderwal presentation http://bit.ly/7G4XVo
• @swanwick liked @nancymdixon doing High Impact Storytelling: http://bit.ly/4FzUHO
• @StanGarfield favs McAfee, Dixon, Li, Lambe, Gilmour, VanderWal. O’Dell
• @StanGarfield enjoyed extracurricular dinner with 30 SIKM Leader CoP members – great discussions and personal interactions.

Ways to improve KMWorld

• @VMaryAbraham felt it was too expensive
• Several wished there was an online attendance package available for those who can’t travel
• @Swanwick shared an open letter to KMWorld organizers http://bit.ly/6aL73q

Future #KMers Topics

• @elsua: deeper dives on 1) Personal KM and 2) storytelling
• @SethHorwitz: mind/concept mapping (comparisons, strategies)
• @SourcePOV: review topic by topic here would be awesome; maybe even invite a few orig speakers?

• 18:59 twitpic.com/qqmz4 – A quiet evening… #

The Greens won’t let Murdoch’s Gerry Georgatos into their party, so he’s starting his own party: ‘The REAL Greens’.

The eight minute play Seven Jewish Children was going to be held at Kulcha, hosted by Amnesty WA. It was stripped from the bill after the Jewish Community Council WA played the ‘race card’, to achieve censorship. Murdoch student disgruntled.

A footpath between Cockburn/ Hampton Road lights and South Beach is to be closed by the WA Environment and Conservation Department amid claims it is toxic. Ninety people, two horses and seven dogs turned up on Monday in protest. Mayor Brad Pettitt suggests constructing fence around path to obstruct toxic materials.

The land around the old Watsonia factory in Spearwood, which traditionally contained market gardens has been rezoned, allowing it to be subdivided and therefore increasing the value of the land. Brendan Foster attempted to conduct interviews with locals on the issue, but after being yelled at by the big bad Croatians, he abandoned his mission. Perhaps because he was upset about the yelling, Brendan’s article makes very little sense.

Who doesn’t love Colin Barnett? The lower house has passed Barnett’s fun new ‘police state’ bill, which gives the police commissioner sole authority to declare any area a ’stop and search zone’, and also requires mandatory sentencing for resisting arrest. Well done WA, you should be proud of your election decision!

The NTEU voted to withhold Murdoch Uni students marks as part of their ongoing industrial action to negotiate better working conditions and salary increases. DVC Ian Callahan has claimed that ‘The NTEU position promotes job losses and course reductions to support higher salaries’ (This claim seems highly questionable, as do most things which come out of Murdoch’s DVCs mouths, perhaps salary increases could be supported by a decrease in Vice Chancellor John Yovich’s $790,000 annual wage; seriously, how many racehorses can one man own? – ed.). “Meanwhile”, Brendan skilfully segues, students have voted Murdoch’s campus life most boring. -Stefan Schoombee conducted some interviews with Murdoch students to accompany Brendans NTEU article (perhaps he’s still to scared to interview people after being told to ‘fuck off’ by the market gardeners?), concluding that most students were ‘against the move but also felt that it would have little impact on them.’ The Review’s own MU correspondent has reported the opposite position, arguing that many students were able to understand the desperation which made the NTEU feel this move was necessary, but were concerned about the impact on students of results being withheld. (The NTEU has since ‘backed down’ and is no longer planning to withhold student results -ed.).

Spoiler Alert! The fake ad this week is on p29.

• 11:12 @iammyy Haha…. next time just be gentle and stir slowly. #
• 12:09 Despite sleeping early and having my usual coffee. I’m still feeling shitty and sleeping. Grrr… #

 After watching the Nyan Koi! anime(or what bit was aired already) I decided to take a look at the manga which I was hoping would be just as much fun, and luckily, I was correct.

SUMMARY

Junpei wakes up and finds the family Cat Nyamisus in his room, Junpei yells at the cat telling it to stay out of his room, and that he’s allergic to cats. Nyamisus walks out of the room, however as she walks out he tells Junpei that he is “an annoying the person”

Junpei later goes to the kitchen where his sister and mother are at, he sneezes while he’s at the table, and there Nyamisus is sitting there with them. Junpei gets ready to leave, and his sister and mother begin to cuddle and hug Nyamisus. As Junpei leaves Nyamisus gives him a ‘dirty’ look.

As he walks to school Junpei overhears two other stray cats talking, about going to the Butchers shop, he begins to wonder what exactly is going on with him.

At school Junei is talking to his friends, telling them that he can hear and understand exactly what cats are saying,which of course they don’t belive him(would you?) In order to solve Junpei’s problems his friends suggest that he talks to Mizuno, one of his friends goes right up to her and tries to talk about Junpei’s problem, but Junpei just quickly runs out of the classroom, and walks back in.

Walking back to his house, Junpei begins to remember the day all of the chaos started. He was kicking a can along the road, and suddenly he kicked it so hard that it went flying and knocked the head off a cat shrine statue.

After breaking the head off he ‘fixes’ the statue by placing the head back on. Bur as he walks by the shrine once again he tries to see if it has been ‘fuly’ fixed by attempting to pull the head off.

Yup, still broken…

Junpei begins to think that because the statue was broken by him that he might be cursed, however in order to satisfy the ’sprits’ he takes out a can of cat food and places it in front of the shrine as an offering. Nyamsus suddenly appears out of nowhere and begins to understand why Junpei can understand what she is saying, because he broke Jizo’s head. The chief priest arrives and finds Junko in front of the shrine along with the cat food he used as and offering. The priest finds the food at shrine and asks if it is an offering, Junko just says yes. The priest then asks if Junko he’s into the Jizo. The priest begins to explain that the Jizo has protected the land for years, and that it is very popular…but…

The Priest walks away, and after seeing Junpei give the Jizo the cat food, the man is sure that it will be very pleased with Junko. But before the priest walks off Junpei wants him tell him more about the Jizo. The old priest allows Junpei to come into his house in order to explain. In order to explain the Jizo to Junpei the priest takes out a large scroll and begins to read it all… another cat appears at the mans house and Junpei allergies increase 2x, the two cats begin to talk, and of course Junpei can hear every bit of it.

As the two cat talk the continue to insult Junpei and the priest who is getting into the reading of the scroll. Tama(the other cat) begins to explain the curse.

(too lazy to explain it all…)

Soooo he must perform good deeds for cats or else he’ll turn into a cat. Junpei despises cats so he immedately objects to thought of helping out cats. Junpei begins to turn into cat. But it’s nothing but a dream. Tama and Nyamusis arrive to Junpei’s house with some more cats, 3 more. His allergen increases by 4x . The cat has arrived because of a human who has been attacking them. Nyamusis say that he hits a plays around with them(in bad ways…), and they suffer from ‘ physiological damage’ or just ‘anime abuse’ like Junpei says.Nyamusis says the two cats that have come are the ‘lucky ones’. Junpei begins to think that if he helps the cats out, the curse will be lifted!!! So he “happily” helps the cats out.

Junpei and the cats find the human that has been messing with them.

But it turns out the person is Mizuno.

Confused Junpei walks away knowing she couldn’t be doing anything wrong. As he walks away the cats tell Junpei to yell at Mizuno and tell her to stop the “abuse”. Mizuno comes up to Junpei and is holding the cat as it yells “SAVE ME!!” However it turns out that Mizuno loves cats, and that her parent love dogs (and we all know how this goes…).

Junpei explains that the cats aren’t pleased with how Mizuno is treating or playing with them.

But Junpei is confused because Mizuno doesn’t mean any harm by what she is doing, however the cats surrounding him are coming in closer threatening Junpei(LOL). Junpei begins to tell Mizuno a second time, but the two cats(Tama and Naymusis) come in closer and rub against Junpei’s leg(?). Junpei tells Mizuno to Let go of the cat(forcefuly?) and she puts the cat down and runs off crying saying that she won’t do it again. Upset that he hurt his crushes feelings he runs off upset as well, and the problems of the cats are solved.

Junpei begins to wonder about Mizuno and how he hurt her feelings and she right then appears in front of him. They both say sorry to each other, and Mizuno asks if she can meet Junpei’s cat. He says yes(of course!), and he mentions that nothing has happened since that day and that his life is back to seeming normal.

Junpei thinks that because he helped out some cats that all of the cat related problems will be fixed.

WRONG!!!

Unfortunately for Junpei, in order to fix the curse, he must help out 99 more cats.

 -END-

THOUGHTS

Wow, that wasn’t bad, not bad at all. And it was actually pretty funny as well. Junpei is such an unfortunate person, seems like he’s always stuck in some sort of trouble of delimah. I can’t wait to continue reading now. The manga is going to be released in the states June 10,2010 , and I’ll definitely be buying it.

It seems like the anime is pretty faithful to the manga as well. I’ve taken a look at the next few chapters of the manga, and I’m sort of surprised at the length of each chapter, there are about 34 pages a chapter, even all the way up to the 15th, it’s kind of wierd, especially for a comedy series. The manga is released monthly though, but it’s released online only, and the released into the manga volume format, which we in america will be getting. But I’m a bit worried about the company handling the manga, CMX Manga, the manga branch of DCcomics, which has Tenjou Tenge, I’ve seen some of CMX’s stuff in bookstores and the quality of the paper and maybe just about everything is terrible, why didn’t Yen Press or even DelRey get the manga? and I can really trust their translations and overall quality of printing, but whatever, I’m still buying it.

The main story of this series is, differnt…but not in a bad way, it’s sort of refreshing maybe? and like I mentioned, it’s pretty funny at times. The anime a really funny as well, especially episode 4 and 6. And the art is another plus side as well, I really like it, and the character designs are good as well.

But I’m definitely looking forward to reading the chapter with the twins, even though the anime supposedly follows their story very closely. And there are quite a few character left.

So, this was a very good chapter, if you love a good comedy manga/anime then you should definately give it a try, and you should try it especially if you’re a cat lover~. I may continue to write about this series, may even do chapter 2 soon! can’t wait to continue this manga,and the anime!

And I won’t be doing Negima this week since it seems to be mostly fighting anyways. However I may get to AneDoki.

• 00:46 It’s going to cost a bomb to be taking cab back from West Coast to Yishun. #
• 10:45 What a lovely windy Sunday morning~!!! #
• 11:30 Making my way down to Science Centre for the Bodyworld exhibition with buddy Tian Lye and his wife. #
• 19:49 I’m feeling so tired now after spending almost half a day at the Science Centre. Glad that I’m on my way home now. #
• 21:23 @mhisham No problem on E71 via Opera Mini 5 Beta =) #
• 21:43 The plus point of having toothache is that it helps in losing weight. Since you don’t feel like eating anything.. #
• 21:52 @pawelf1 Okay, will give it a try =) #

• 15:16 Heading out to meet @cutedwogy and steamboat at his place later. #
• 15:54 Shopping at IMM Giant… #
• 17:17 The rain makes it a good weather to have steamboat for dinner. #
• 19:02 I so not going to be stepping into the kitchen later to clean up… I have done enough prep work. Lol #
• 20:47 16 guys and there are still so many food leftover. #

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PRESIDENT / SVP OPERATIONS / DIRECTOR SALES / VP SALES

Consulting / Business Start-up / Turnaround / Strategic Planning

P & L / Operations / Sales & Marketing

Marketing and Sales Leader: I have enjoyed a classical management, marketing and sales career that has included key positions with AWR, Consulting, Inc.; American West Resources, Inc. and Fidelity Federal Bank.  My professional growth has included positions as a Corporate President, Senior Vice-President of Operations, Director of Sales and Vice-President of Sales.

Entrepreneurial Experience / Business Owner / Consulting / Business Start-ups / Turnaround: For over 19 years, I have applied marketing and sales expertise to the starting, growing and turning around of small to medium-sized companies.  I have a demonstrated history of increasing sales, reducing costs and streamlining operations across a wide range of situations.

Major Corporate Functions / Proven Record: I possess a richly varied background in executive management including P&L experience, formulating corporate policy, building infrastructures, establishing capital requirements and developing strategic alliances.  Positions held have contributed to a consistent record of achieving double-digit gains in revenues and profits.

Sales Teams / World Class: Highly skilled in recruiting, developing, motivating, mentoring and training high performance, success driven, solutions oriented national and regional sales teams.

MBA – Golden Gate University, San Francisco BS – University of Wisconsin, Superior

Accelerated growth and reduced operating costs at wholesale and retail levels: AWR, Consulting, Inc. has been retained as interim Chief Operating Officer for several, California retail and wholesale firms. During this period, we increased sales more than 74% to $46 million while reducing overhead expenses by 11 percent

Established a privately held company: Created American West Resources, Inc, a financial services company, generating $6 million in sales in just over two years

Orchestrated turnaround of Chamber of Commerce: Brought in as President to restore Chamber to profitability, increased sales by 56 percent, reduced operating costs by 43 percent, achieved objective within one year

Developed industry changing arbitrage program: As Vice President of Sales for Fidelity Federal Bank, increased annual sales from $1.2 billion to $6.5 billion through arbitraging funds deposited, generating over $16 million, annually, in bottom line profits

AWR, Consulting, Inc. President / Chief Executive Officer     1995 – present

American West Resources, Inc.     Senior Vice President     1990 – 1995

Fidelity Federal Bank Vice President of Sales     1978 – 1990