Anyway, i've finished watching all the 26 episodes of 'Fruits Basket' :) For those who've read the manga (i've not), fear not! For the anime is as clean as can be. hahaha. no nothing except for clean anime. it's probably rated as G or PG. so yes. gotta explain just in case some people get the wrong impression and think that i'm watching funny r-rated stuff or things that go along those lines =]
it's a mild anime.
it's about this girl called honda tohru, and she's a girl who's optimistic. genki des. and her mum died recently, so she ended up with the sohma family. the sohma family people are relatively jaded 'cos of some of them are cursed with the spirit of the zodiac signs (chinese ones.. like cow and wat nots). so, whenever someone of the opposite gender hugs them (intentionally or non-intentionally) they turn into their zodiac animals. haha. funny. it's about how tohru changed their mindsets towards things and themselves through the things she does and words she says.
Two things struck me when i was watching the anime:
1) Words really can make or break a person. Whatever we say can really affect another person and subsequently affect the kingdom of God. Be a person who builds others, not break others. For at the end of the day, we've gotta account back to God about all things, including how we used our speech.
2) It's always easy to doubt people. The strength lies in believing. I've always made the choice to see the hope in people. The future person that lies ahead under the moulding of Jesus. To see what lies ahead and not what's in front of you, it's not easy. but if it's easy, then what's the use in doing it? :) Believe in the potential of others, through the eyes of Christ (that's what i believe in).

yup. so. that's all=] haha. i'm moving back to tsubasa. finishing it before i move on to Mai Hime (no idea what it's about though.) hehe. Oh. I've finished fullmetal alchemist too. it's good. watch it.

-You dance over me
While i am unaware
You sing all around
but i never hear the sound
Lord I'm amazed by You
Lord I'm amazed by You
Lord I'm amazed by You
How You love me-

today, me and jits and qing and yingxin and huiyuan and guan and isobel and joanne met at Minds' Cafe:) i haven't seen joanne since i don't know when, but it doesn't matter. For when we meet, there the bond is connected once again. no funny awkward silence. no funny awkward don't-kn0w-what-to-do with each other. guess we've passed that stage long time ago.
sometimes i wonder why God gave me such good people in my life. People like Liling who still remember me from kindergarten, people like kimhong (primary sch friend) who, though we don't keep in touch anymore, still remain in my mind as a gentle friend whose presence i'm comfortable with, people like xavier and hannah and lynnette in primary school, with whom i spent the time with, with whom i had stupid fun with; people like the nygeppers who grew up together with me (from teenage years) and we're still keeping in touch with (sometimes. haha); people like steph, dancing, lydia, corinne they all who kept me sane in the jc years, people like cindy, enzio, jasmine, deryuan, liwen they all who are as unique as can be. people like my church brothers and sisters who watched me grow in the Lord and loved me even as they see my weaknesses and ugly sides.
with a sentimental note and a truly grateful heart, i say thank you. and sorry for inadequate human efforts in keeping up with the friendships.
Sumimasen. and arigatou.

i've just finished watching the 26th episode of Chobits.. there's technically one more episode (27th) before the whole series ends.. but i suppose 26th to me is like the last one 'cos it had the answers to everything and it's an end in itself.
Chobits is about this persocom (person-computer... or in japanese, literally means computer). it depicts a world with computers which are human-like. Human-like, but not human. anyway, it's about this guy called Hideki Motosuwa who came from a rural Japan to the urban Japan to get into university... but because he didn't pass the entry exams, he goes to cram school to try again next year. He wishes that he has a persocom like most people, but persocoms are very expensive, so he couldn't afford one. It was when he was returning home and wishing he has a persocom that he actually found one by the roadside. The persocom he picked up could only say 'Chiii..' but is a really kawaii looking one. haha.
Anyway, the story is sort of like a journey for the people around Motosuwa and himself to find out about Chi's real identity, as well as to find out more about Chi as well. Chi belongs to the Chobits series who have emotions and can act on their own accord, without the programs (for most other persocoms, they have installed programmes to tell them how to react.) Chi is also on the journey of finding the only person for her. The episode i just watched is SUPER SAD. hehe. it's the only sad episode in the whole series.. 'cos the rest of the episodes are quite funny.
it's a series intended for a male audience 18 and above, but i guess Chobits will appeal to most people, once you overlook some of the mild sexual references in the show :P amyway, they decrease as the show continues.
=)
today is sunday, and sunday's a day of rest. it was really a rest day for me. i woke up quite late 'cos of last night. ohohoh. let me share wat happened yesterday! we went on a food and run trip.. basically we went to different places to makan. haha. we went to upper thomson, then to chomp chomp, then to bedok market and last of all down to esplanade to end off. haha. it was an interesting session and time. enjoyed the enthusiasm and the good food. speaking of which, i'm quite hungry now. lol.
read 'the player' by michael tolkin before i realised that i've watched the film in my 'reading film and cultural texts' module before. LOL. it added depth though, to watch both the film and read the book =]
then i planned out my week. keke. and gatherings. keke. and anime. keke. and tv. about santa claus have to find a wife before xmas eve. LOL.
intriguing day=]

hahahaha. i got a C for my forensic science test. and a A- for my forensic term paper. The sad thing is, the test has a higher percentage than the term paper. LOL.

My delight in anime has brought me to uncover not so delightful stuff in anime. One of it is the element of yaoi (males liking males) in some of the anime.. (e.g. Cardcaptor Sakura). The thing about yaoi is that it can be relatively clean, or relatively unclean. And guess what? they're drawn by females, intended for a FEMALE AUDIENCE. dunno whether to faint or laugh.
CLAMP series :( so sad.
thankfully xxxHOLIC is relatively clean (it deals with addictions that kinda things, e.g. alco-holics, worka-holics.. u get the idea). And it didn't take much of watching of Chobits (also by CLAMP) before i realize that it's not very clean either (it's meant for audience 18+).
After you remove animes with funny elements, you'll realize you don't have much anime left to watch. LOL. Fullmetal alchemist is clean =] but i dun like things that deal too much with mecca (e.g. machines). I'm gonna try watching vision of Escaflowne soon.. i believe it's another clean anime. haha.
OH. The sad thing is that some of the other anime has great plots. And i hate to give up anything with great plots. Was a slight struggle between sinning and watching a certain yaoi anime with a great plot. (confession time. haha)
Anyway, i chose the latter. My choices has an eternal repercussion.. and i don't want to make a wrong choice.
hai! hai!
one man can change the world!
hai!

This is the day that the Lord has made
I will rejoice and be glad in it
Amen!

I've had some people asking me how i can be so joyful each day. It's not by my own strength that I'm joyful in the day. And i'm certainly not joyful everyday. Sometimes i let my burdens overwhelm me. Sometimes i allowed my thoughts to bind me up. Sometimes i succumbed to the pressures around me.
But there are many other times when i remember of God's assurance that He is always with me, He is holding my right hand. There are times when i remember of God's character and i put my trust in Him despite what happens. There are times when i was so downcast, yet God sent His people to me. There are times when i simply knew that God is comforting me.
Peace that transcends all understanding. Peace that guards my heart and mind in Christ Jesus.
Times when i look to Jesus and i see the potential in the people around me. Times when i see the hope in the future He holds for me. These are the things that allow me to know that even as I have things that are obstacles in front of me, there's a greater joy that lies in wait for me in the future as i overcome the obstacles with Him.
-it is Your grace
Your tender mercy
it is Your presence in my life
that satisfies-
And there are yet other times whereby i take hold of the little surprises the world holds for me and become satisfied by them.
Like today. I came out of the mrt and saw Carrie and her cg people. Then someone who looked familiar said hi... Strange thing is. I don't know him :) He remembered my name though. amazing.
Btw, he's my kindergarten school friend. A guy called Liling. haha.
He's amazing. He remembered most of the kindergarten school people. I only remember Cailin and Shimin. He remembered something Liang, some guy with a surname of Boo, some funny guy name, the adam and eve of the graduation play (i didn't even remember there was a graduation play :)and some other people. I was stunned. Seriously. Quite cool to meet him again after so long though. Got his number =] He's a Christian at SengKang Methodist Church... which was the church of my kindergarten. haha.
yea. a nice surprise tonight=]

Everything comes to a choice once again :)
I believe in choices. and i believe that everyone has a choice about things.
Every morning i come face to face with the choice of looking towards the day, or being wary of it.
Every night i have to make a decision about the things to do, what to focus on and when to stop (i.e. go to sleep).
Nowadays i struggle with the choice of whether to be defiant, to run away or to face what's ahead.
And even as i struggle with this choice, more unexpected things come my way.
I was evaluating when I was showering about the usual two choices people have. Then i realised that there're three outcomes that can come out of the news i just received.
1) I can be angry about it =)
2) I can be downcast due to it and let it get to me. Cause me to form the thought of never being able to succeed in this area =)
3) I can acknowledge it. Understand that it's something I'll need to be more careful with in the future, and learn from it =)

I choose the third. not because it's the 'right' thing to do (indeed, in this world that values relativity so much, people don't think there're right or wrong things to do).
Indeed, if you look at the choices... it's a matter of which is the best choice to make. And this is evaluated through the consequences that follow your decision =)
...

May i internalize the things i learn each day :)

Jesus, Lover of My Soul

Jesus, lover of my soul
All consuming fire is in Your gaze
Jesus, I want You to know
I will follow You all my days

For no one else in history is like You
And history itself belongs to You
Alpha and Omega, You have loved me
And I will spend eternity with You

It's all about You, Jesus
And all these is for You,
For Your glory and Your name
It's not about me
As if You would do things my way
You alone are God
and I surrender
to Your ways.

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