Holy Crepe!

Day Forty Five.

***I  wrote this the other day but again, I kept getting disconnected.***

Just as promised, I’m writing everyday now. To kinki and Christine thanks for what you said on my last last entry! To kinki, I’m glad you find this blog interesting. I’m really sorry for not being able to post the continuation of Saeko’s story. I just couldn’t find the time to finish it. And I don’t want to post the next chapter yet because it might leave you guys hanging. By the way, I probably said some strange things in my last entry. I hope I didn’t sound conceited or anything, I was just stating some of my past experiences.

It’s been a wonderful couple of days for me. I’ve started going out more. You know, I should have started this whole blogging thing long ago. It really helped me a lot. I get to say what’s on my mind, even my deepest darkest secrets. I even get to have regular readers which I never thought was possible. I didn’t even think anyone would read this when I started it. So thank you guys!

So I went out again and watched a movie…as always. It was just a great day. It didn’t rain but it wasn’t too bright and sunny. I spent the whole day drinking coffee and eating crepes! Yay! Crepes! I missed eating those but I couldn’t find a good crepe shop here (if only Angel Crepe exists ) Luckily, a new one just opened at the nearby mall recently and I finally get to eat crepes! I ate tuna wasabi and banana butterscotch crepe. They were absolutely scrumptious especially the tuna wasabi! Yum! It’s seriously the best crepe I’ve ever tasted! And I couldn’t help but think of “L” while eating it! And yeah, my new obsession with crepes is the reason behind the lame title of this post!

Oh and about the movie I watched, it’s called “Bank Job” with Jason Statham. Well, I told you I watch every sort of movie there is. Bank Job is a bank heist film similar to the movie “The Italian Job”. But as for the characters and story, it’s more like a British Ocean’s 11…except there were only 6 people involved and the robbery is a bit smaller in scale. It’s not the clever, perfectly-planned bank heist where the players are all professionals with varying areas of expertise that we often see in movies like this. In fact, the thieves are just a bunch of amateurs and they were sloppy, careless and left a lot of room for mistakes. In fact, the only reason they pulled the job off was because of pure dumb luck! But robbing the bank was the easy part, the hard part was getting hunted by the people who owns the stuff they stole. That’s their big mistake, they didn’t rob a vault full of money, they robbed  a bunch of safety deposit boxes which are filled with items that are highly important to a bunch of powerful but very nasty people. It was a pretty interesting movie but it didn’t offers anything new. The performances were pretty solid but some parts were a bit of a mess. Oh well, at least I got to watch something new. I actually thought I would have to watch The Dark Knight again since I’ve already seen every single movie in the theater.

Speaking of movies, Matsuyama Ken’ichi’s latest movie, “Detroit Metal City” has just been released in Japan last August 8 (I think). This makes me regret no much that I’m not back home. I want to watch it so bad! I just saw some Behind the scenes clips on youtube with Ken’ichi rocking on-stage with the legendary Gene Simmons! They were awesome! Oh and I love Ken’ichi’s black nail polish! I have a thing for guys with black nail polish since I have black nails as well. Anyway, I can’t believe I missed another movie release that I’ve been waiting for for a long time! First L:Change the World, then Hana Yori Dango Movie and now this! This sucks big time! Now I have to wait for months before I could watch it online! By the way, for my fellow Fujiki Naohito fans, just in case you haven’t heard, Nao is on the Hana Yori Dango Movie. It’s kinda poetic actually. He played the role of Hanazawa Rui in the old HYD movie and now his in the new version too! I bet he and Shun compared notes about playing the same role! Oh since we’re talking about the cast of HYD, I was just looking around on youtube and I found this clip from the press conference for the 24hr TV event in Japan last June 17. And Nakama Yukie and Arashi were there! Waaaah! It’s been 6 years since Gokusen 1 and seeing Nakama Yukie and Matsumoto Jun together in one show again just makes me so nostalgic! When Jun said to Yukie, “Long time no see, Yamaguchi sensei”, I couldn’t stop giggling! I am, after all, one of the biggest Shinkumi shippers there ever was! I wish they were sitting next to each other though. They were like sitting on the opposite sides of the room, with the other members of Arashi between them.

As for the drama department, I only got to watch two dramas these past few days because I kept getting disconnected.  I watched episode 5 of Code Blue and  the very first episode of Galileo!  I tried loading Ashita no Kita Yoshio and Binbo Danshi but they took too long to load and always got cut-off half-way.

Code Blue was still pretty awesome. Episode 5, for me, wasn’t as intense as the 2nd episode but it was still pretty good. In this episode, three of the interns had to fly to an old factory were a terrible accident just occurred. 30 people were seriously injured so they had their hands full. It reminded me of the ferry accident in Grey’s Anatomy but with less intensity and grandeur. It had so much potential to be a great episode but somehow it felt quite lacking. It was quite touching but I felt like I’ve seen it all before. But I’m still looking forward to the next episode! I really want to know more about Yamapi’s character because he’s been this cold emotionless guy since day one. He’s like a closed book that doesn’t reveal much about himself. I wish, by the next episode, we get to see more depth to his character.

Now for the main course: “Galileo!” First of all, I would like to thank Eve for recommending this to me. I was actually having second-thoughts about watching this drama before. I’m just not a fan of Fukuyama Masaharu and I thought this would be boring and overly serious. I was such an idiot! I’ve only seen one episode but I already fell in love with it! It was just so much fun to watch! Fukuyama Masaharu and Shibasaki Kou had such amazing chemistry. They just light-up the screen with their presence. It’s a perfect team-up and both of their characters were simply adorable.  It would be impossible not to like them! Galileo was just a funny guy. I love his silly laugh, strange mannerisms and weird way of dealing with people. Utsumi, on the other hand,  reminds me so much of Ayaki Kurumi of the drama “Remote”. In fact, Galileo is like a more modern version of “Remote”. The whole Galileo/Utsumi team-up reminds me so much of the Himuro/Ayaki team-up. Putting together a socially retarded genius and a pretty and idealistic cop is always a winning formula. Come to think of it, Utsumi could be Kurumi’s future-self. Utsumi was a former traffic cop who became a detective by doing a lot of undercover jobs to bag molesters. She even dressed-up as a highschool student once. Well, Kurumi did the same thing in “Remote” and she was also a traffic cop who started investigating cases.

Anyway, I am soooo glad I started watching this! It just made my day! The first case wasn’t that challenging but the way Galileo solved the case was so much fun to watch. I can’t wait to see the next episode!

In the anime department, I’m still watching the same stuff. But I started to watch Katekyo Hitman Reborn again. I didn’t like it that much before because I found the fact that Tsuna have to always get stripped into his underwear whenever he has to use his super powers is quite ridiculous. I just thought it would be way cooler if he didn’t have to get naked when he’s hit by the dying will bullet. But now, I’m on the second arc and Tsuna is fully clothed when fighting now! He even have another weapon at his disposal. The story’s also starting to get interesting. So I think I might start liking this anime. But I still have to wait and see. I’ve still got a lot of episodes to go before I reach the latest episode.

Hmmm, It’s almost time for lunch. I’m still on a Pocky and coffee cream soda diet since there’s nothing else on the fridge but it’s okay. Well, that’s it for now, I have to load lots of anime and drama while I still have internet connection. I might get disconnected any moment so I have to make the most out of my limited  internet access!
End of Day Forty Five.