My Ideal Girl:

-If possible, semi-long black hair about chest length is good.
-Pretty eyes that make your heart skip a beat when you look into them
-Wears natural make-up I like natural looking girls
-I don’t like my girl to show off a lot of skin, so denim is a good style.
-For this time of the year, boots are definitely cute.

Girlfriend Requirements:

-Can cook
-Acts spoiled and lets me act spoiled
-Makes time for us to meet
-Calls me every night before going to bed
-Kind
-Fun to be with
-Earnest
-Very possessive
-Doesn’t contact male friends often.
-Shows me her true self

The #1 Requirement is to not Hide our True Selves from Eachother:

I’m a very jealous person, so if my girlfriend was very possesive of me that would make me happy. In addition, its essential that she be herself in front of me. If the both of us don’t know what the other is truly like, then there is no point in being together. Then afterwards, when we find the truth about each other, it’d be a shock. Instead, as long as the requirement is fufilled, we can go out little by little clear ourselves with eachother’s families. Doing that, we’d sure be judged kindly!

I Would do These Special Favors for my Girlfriend:

1.Never be unfaithful
2.Go see her whenever
3.Take her places she wants to go
4.Support her during difficult times
5.Write a song just for her

Bottom:

I got a chihuahua. Her name is Choco. My elder sister chose the name. At the pet shop, we kept calling it “Chi” so it seems that the name came from that. She’s so cute.

Cecii and my duet of Hey! Say! finally came out.  I forgot to say say and I didn’t feel rerecording. I gotta say our rap was awesome XD My wows were like omg happy XD For some reason Cecii’s mic was low when I uploaded it onto youtube. O.o Its either I just randomly started to sing extremely loud or WMM is gay XD

Leave a comment, tell me which book you want and I’ll get the book to you for FREE either by mail or personally if I’ll see you soon.  The first one to request each book wins.  Once you’ve ‘won’ the book I can get your shipping address if I need it.  Also, you can come back and get a free book every month if you want.

1. Destiny Unleashed by Sherryl Woods – paperback has been read a few times. Romance.  B&N review here.  for Linda B

2. The Harvest by Scott Nicholson - paperback read once. Horror. B&N review here.  for Alexa

3. The Essential Keats selected by Philip Levine - small hardcover, never been read.  Amazon review here. for gautami

4. Strangers From a Different Shore : A History of Asian Americans by Ronald Takaki - brand new trade paperback (won it in a bundle). B&N review here.  for Staci

As always, Happy Reading!

I wouldn’t say I was actually looking for this. I just found it while I was looking at my 2nd dance challenge comments when I saw this as a related video. They all grew so much. 7 is either standing on boxes to be the same height or they just really grew. I love Chi’s hair in these pictures. I can’t believe these pictures are from this summer. It’s like 2 months when I saw them so small especially Chi, then they’re already growing so fast I can’t keep up with them. Singing mature songs and more. Demo ne. I’ll still support them even if their cute side goes away. GAMBATTE HEY SAY JUMP!

Now that we all know what happens when each couple goes home together, I will now rewrite about all 20 characters and what happens the next day. Here’s a little recap of what happened to each couple

Kuchiki Nakito & Yamada Ryosuke: Nakito was shocked that her co-enemy is walking her home. When Nakito asks Ryosuke to leave her alone she finds a little surprise. What she thought was a prank was real. As Nakito’s heart races to try to escape, Ryosuke comes to the rescue. -Chapter 20-

Yoshikawa Yui & Inoo Kei: Inoo and Yui go to a resturant to have dinner together. It was Inoo’s treat saying thank you. When a random guy asks him to play the piano, Yui is shocked to hear a song so passionately.

Eibihara Chii & Takaki Yuya: The two of them decide to go to a park. Chii trip and fell. That’s when Takaki started to care of Chii’s wound. When they  both looked at the stars one of them reminded Chii of a cat. When Takaki said he would like to be a cat Chii hugged him to see if he would turn into one like in Fruits Basket, but it didn’t work. Takaki gave Chii a piggyback ride on the way home

Hayashi Misaki & Yuri Chinen: The two of them started taking different pictures of each other. When Misaki heard yelling she broke out into a run which made Chinen concerned. Then Misaki told Chinen how her mom hates her, but he didn’t believe that.

Kitahoshi Ikumi & Arioka Daiki: Daiki and Ikumi started to open up. Daiki told Ikumi why he started talking to her in the first place. Then they almost kissed, but a cat ruined it.

Tsutanaga Yuki & Okamoto Keito: Keito revealed his feelings towards Yuki and the both of them started to go out. When they did a duet on the street people wanted to give them a tip, but they refused. Just as Keito was about to kiss Yuki, Yuki’s dad opens the door and  treats him like he’s part of the family already.

Yushiko Misaki & Yabu Kota: Misaki lives in a dangerous area. When they are surrounded by delinquents Yabu fights back. When Misaki is getting pulled away from him, he gets injured.

Hanazawa Ren & Nakajima Yuto: The two of them see some street performers and Yuto was asked to join in causing the performers to have more people watch it than usual.

Kimura Yuzuyu & Ryutaro Morimoto: The two of them climb a tree in a park. When they reach the top their bodies suddenly move on their own and kiss.

Sakamoto Rin & Yaotome Hikaru: Rin’s brother, Takashi, finds Rin and Hikaru together on some swings. The two of them start to argue and Rin is pulled away by her brother

This chapter is now going to be about getting ready for the soccer tournament that’s going to be in a week. It will also show the awkward moments between them after that night.

Change of Heart

I hope everyone is ready to see some hawt/kawaii pictures of Chinen Yuri!! XD I’ve always been a fan of Chinen Yuri from the start demo….If I continue to look at pictures of him he might overule Ryutaro’s place and become #1 O_O

OMG HAWT XD Seriously Chii is going from kawaii to kakkoii to sexy XD

Is it me or does it look like a photo of father and son? XD

I wouldn’t mind those two as my pets XD

lol at Yabu’s face XD

Inoo’s like noo I have to hug both of you XD

Okay we get the point…Chinen Yuri is the cutest member in JUMP ever!! XD He probably is the cutest person alive XD

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I’m sure many of you have heard the sad news. We all mourn the passing of one of the most important scholars involved in Asian American and ethnic studies, Ronald Takaki. He will be remembered with gratitude for his tireless advocacy and scholarly work, from Pau Hana: Plantation Life and Labor in Hawaii, 1835-1920 (1984) and Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans (1989), to Issei and Nisei: The Settling of Japanese America (1994), Ethnic Islands: The Emergence of Urban Chinese America (1994), From the Land of Morning Calm: The Koreans in America (1994), and India in the West: South Asians in America (1995).

Although I spent 6 years at Cal taking Ethnic Studies and AsAm classes and never had the pleasure of taking a class under Professor Ronald Takaki, his books, curriculum, and guest lecturing had a significant impact on me. The program is arguably the best Ethnic Studies program in the nation, and that is due largely to this man. Strangers from a Different Shore is required reading for most Asian American Studies programs in the nation, so its no surprise that the Professor’s teachings have gone past the hallowed walls of Barrows Hall… The last time I saw the man, I was walking from the west entrance of campus to the south entrance in 2003, and the man had three separate fans come up to get autographs on their textbooks. What an f’n badass. If only all schools could have an Ethnic Studies professor like Ron Takaki, because today, the Cal community mourns the loss of a great man. The following obituary piece is from Asian Week: 

It is with great sadness to announce that Professor Emeritus Ronald Takaki passed away on the evening of May 26th, 2009. He is survived by his wife, Carol Takaki, his three children Dana, Troy, and Todd Takaki, and his grandchildren.

Ron Takaki was one of the most preeminent scholars of our nation’s diversity, and considered “the father” of multicultural studies. As an academic, historian, ethnographer and author, his work helped dispel stereotypes of Asian Americans. In his study of multicultural people’s history in America, Takaki seeked to unite Americans, today and in the future, with each other and with the rest of the world.

He was a professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, where he taught over 20,000 students during 34 years of teaching.

Born in 1939, Professor Takaki was the grandson of immigrant Japanese plantation workers in Hawaii. He graduated from the College of Wooster, Ohio, in 1961. Six years later, after receiving his Ph.D. in American history from UC Berkeley, Takaki went to UCLA to teach its first Black history course.

As a Professor, Takaki hoped that his students would learn that skills of critical thinking and effective writing could be used in a revolutionary way. Epistemology, critical thinking, or in Takaki’s words “how do you know, you know, what you know about the America and the world you live in?” was a question Takaki posed to his students to challenge the way they looked at history, current policies, and even life.

In 1972, Professor Takaki returned to Berkeley to teach in the newly instituted Department of Ethnic Studies. His comparative approach to the study of race and ethnicity provided the conceptual framework for the B.A. program and the Ph.D. program in Comparative Ethnic Studies as well as for the university’s multicultural requirement for graduation, known as the American Cultures Requirement.

The Berkeley faculty has honored Professor Takaki with a Distinguished Teaching Award.

Takaki has lectured in Japan, Russia, Armenia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Austria, and South Africa.

He has debated Nathan Glazer and Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. on issues such as affirmative action and multicultural education.

Takaki is a fellow of the Society of American Historians; its executive secretary, Mark Carnes stated that Takaki “has re-shaped American history.”

In 1997, Professor Takaki helped President Bill Clinton write his major speech on race, “One America in the 21st Century.”

Professor Takaki was the author of 12 books. Iron Cages: Race and Culture in 19th Century America has been critically acclaimed. Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans has been selected by the San Francisco Chronicle as one of the best 100 non-fiction books of the 20th century, and A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America is read on college campuses across the country and has over half a million copies in print.

AsianWeek will be running a series of articles on honoring and remembering Ronald Takaki on AsianWeek.com. If you would like to contribute with written pieces, pictures, or videos, feel free to contact Beleza Chan at belezachan@gmail.com.

hanael (22:15:23 17/03/2009)
Джин/Такаки это крэк про косплей. и никак иначе.
а все остальное типа Коичи/Джин и Кимура/Джин – от лукавого. Ей надо меньше курить цикорий.

jana_nox (22:15:39 17/03/2009)
Она курит цикорий? о_О

hanael (22:17:04 17/03/2009)
ну наверное. или герань. или алоэ, чтоб и торкало, и цвет лица был хороший. не знаю. может, она колется стиральным порошком. но поверь мне – человек, не принимающий расширители границ познания, такое писать не будет. поэтому прекращай дуться на наркоманов и пожалей их.

Bueno aqui les traigo una noticia que me alegro mucho, el drama Gokusen sacara una pelicula para mitad de año, esta pelicula sera la ultima vez que la actriz Yukie Nakama participe como la profesora Yankumi.

La pelicula tendra lugar despues de la graduacion de los chicos de la ultima temporada, la historia se basa en una disputa que tienen los de 3ero y los de 2do (no se si el episodio ya se paso, no lo he visto completo =P, pero entiendo que es un nuevo episodio que se transmitira el 28 de marzo xD) Bueno la pelicula toma la misma discusion pero al año siguiente.  El lider de los alumnos de 2do es el miembro de Kis-My-FT2 Yuta Tamamori.

BuebnO cOmO ya saben Aqui hacemos votaciones para saber que chicos son los mas lindos o mas queridos jaja! Aqui el ganador de lo que fue la primera votacion que hicimos…. Recuerden que ya hay una nueva votacion con los chicos de Shinee

Kei ******
Yabu ***
Takaki ********
Hikaru *
Daiki *

EL GANADOR: Takaki Yuya!

These immigrants have been in America for some time now and are coming to he realization that the ‘’grass isn’t always greener on the other side’’. The immigrants are now being faced with racism, prejudice, disrespect, religion and cultural differences, language issues and most of all far.

Right here, right now these immigrants are looking at themselves as people and discovering the reflection in the mirror. Some see a person that has come to America for a better life and some want to see an American. Both want to know what it is like to live that American lifestyle. Different reflections, for different mirrors.

I thought that this essay in A Larger Memory would also serve as a sort of introduction to the next book that we would be reading in class, When I Was Puerto Rican, by Esmerelda Santiago.  In “Growing Up Puerto Rican in New York”, Maria Diaz begins by describing her early childhood, and the fights her mother and father would have over her father’s drinking.  The first sentence reads, “Welfare was our means of livelihood from when I was eight years old until I got married” (Takaki, 293).  It is from then on that Diaz describes her middle school years in public school, and how she began drinking.  Older children were kept back in the ninth grade if they could not speak English well, so many older kids were seventeen years old and would buy alcohol and cigarettes for younger children.  “And since I associated all the time with older children, I got introduced to everything that they knew and were doing.  And by the eighth grade, I was a full-fledged wino, as they say” (294).

By the ninth grade, Maria had gotten pregnant at the age of fourteen, and was married.  She enrolled in high school, and in one particular anecdote, describes her French teacher as taking particular delight in being able to call her “madame” instead of “madmoiselle” (296).  Diaz then writes about dropping out and then finishing high school, working for an anti-poverty program, and beginning college.  She deliberates the idea of going to Puerto Rico to live, noting that many Puerto Ricans leave New York to return home.  However, for her, “home” is New York, since she was not born or raised in Puerto Rico. Diaz reflects on the issues of raising her son to make up his own mind, and concludes that “people should be able to make up their own minds…there’s potential in everybody” (299). 

Also, the issue of defining race and what it means to be Puerto Rican is also brought up.  Diaz debates the dilemma of “we” and “they”, meaning one ethnicity versus another.  “The truth is that the Puerto Rican population comes in all shades, colors…” (300).  In conclusion: Why should our world be defined only in black and white?

Monica Sone’s parents were Japanese immigrants, but she was born in Seattle and therefore was an American citizen. When executive order 9066 was passed, she had to move with her parents and siblings to an internment camp in Idaho. At first she had a hard time believing that they meant her as well, since she was an American citizen, after all. But according to executive order 9066, “Even if a person had a fraction of Japanese blood in him, he must leave on demand.” (p. 190)

On April 21st they were notified that everyone in Seattle of with Japanese ancestry would be moved out by the first of May. They were divided into three groups, and each family was assigned numbers, as if they were not worthy of being counted as people and called by their names. Monica Sone’s family was assigned number 10710 and they were in the first group. They had to leave behind many of their belongings and even their pet dog.

At the internment camp, they were assigned a tiny room with one window and a small stove. The floor was simply boards of wood placed directly on the ground, and even had weeds and dandelions growing out from inbetween them. Her family tried to make the best of it, but after realizing how horribly unfair the situation was, she quickly became bitter about it, and understandably so – her family were American citizens, and they were being herded around like livestock simply because of their ethnicity. “The wire fence was real. I no longer had the right to walk out of it. It was because I had Japanese ancestors.” (p. 201)