Cheer Me Up!

Times like this, I need somebody to cheer me up. I thank my dear friend for this cute set. Glad to know I found a friend who loves watching anime as well, haha. Actually, I only got addicted to Itazura Na Kiss and Hana Yori Dango anime shows.

Thanking Kikamz for this tag. This really cheered me up!

An Irish Blessings’ friendship proverb:

May there always be work for your hands to do,
may your purse always hold a coin or two.
May the sun always shine on your windowpane,
may a rainbow be certain to follow each rain.
May the hand of a friend always be near you,
may God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you.

Life is Grand Award

This award is from the cutesy little one, Samantha. She is actually tagging Chloe but I decided to post it here or I might forget to post it again. Thank you baby Sam from Chloe.

I got this Passionate Blogger Award from Cecile. Thank you for putting me on the list, too.

And I don't know what else I am suppose to do, hehehe. Actually, I got so many tags but I can't kept track on them anymore. Just wanted you all to know that I am grateful for all your tags because it means to say that you remembered me ;)

Happy Valentines Day to all of you!!

Itazura Na Kiss Music

I wrote in my blog before that I went crazy over one Anime series titled Itazura Na Kiss. I've never been an anime lover but everything changed when I've watched that show September of 2008 and even posted an entry about it in my blog.

I also love their soundtrack especially the music in their end credits, Jikan yo Tomare, which was performed by Azu. I really researched the music video of that song and I finally found it! And even though I don't understand Japanese language (I only knew some words or phrases), I still love the song and even tried to learn the lyrics, too, hehehe. I found the music so catchy and I so love the beat.

My favorite couple, Kotoko and Naoki =)

Below is their music video for you to see. Enjoy listening!

I'm Nuts Over It, Yet!

My blogger friend and also Polyvore pal, Soul Anchor, made this set for me (titled Nuts). Arigato, Soul-chan, I'm so touched. I wrote about Itazura Na Kiss in my previous blog (link here) and how I became addicted to it. I was so sad, though, when the show ended recently and I'm still having a hang-over (I didn't want it to end ~~ waaaah).
Sometime ago, I introduced this anime to Soul Anchor and I'm glad she liked the show as much as I did. We sometimes chat on the internet just to talk about Kotoko-chan and Irie-kun and how we laughed at ourselves realizing that even in our age, we were so into Japanese anime (or maybe we're just a kid at heart, right? wink*). Well, as of now I'm about to 'infect' my other friends ( and blogger friends, as well) into watching this show.

I'm not a sucker for romantic love stories, but this particular one has really gotten my attention. Aside from the very cute and romantic story, I found the show to be so hilarious (really!~harhar!). I want to watch a show that would truly entertain, not to scare or put me into a depressive mood. That's why I avoid watching the local tv series here where a lot of villains appear and the lead characters were often made to suffer, duh!
Thanks to INK, my facial nerve gets to exercise by laughing a lot. I salute the late author, Kaoru Tada, for her great work. Had she not rested in peace accidentally, there probably would have been more stories to tell as I'm not over this show yet (bu~huhu).
Anyways, as for the curious readers, I've a link here on their manga scantalation (click here). The story in the manga differs a little but it's still very close to the anime version. Enjoy reading! wink*wink*

Itazura Na Kiss (Mischievous Kiss)

My husband is a huge fan of Anime. He’s so into Japanese stuff like the games in PSP or Playstation, and even tried talking to me about his Manga collection, which is also a Japanese product. If you ask me, I don’t know any of these. (Just ask me about Sanrio’s Hello Kitty because that’s all I knowJ). I wasn’t a big fan, never even bothered to watch and never understood any of these Animes that he was so engrossed in watching.

But one time, just last month, my husband was laughing out loud while watching an episode of one particular anime. It was a lazy weekend, with not much to do, so I sat down with him trying to understand what all the laughter was about. To my surprise, I ended up laughing with him, too. I think it was the story’s 17^th episode already. I asked my husband to give me a little detail on the previous story, but soon I asked for more.

The title of the anime was Itazura Na Kiss or Mischievous Kiss. In the episode that I watched, Kotoko, a student nurse, was fuming mad deep inside at her classmates for admiring and fantasizing about Naoki Irie, a genius and very handsome medical student, who just happens to be her husband, but she didn’t divulge to them yet that they were actually married. Her classmates were even wishing (right to her face) that if Irie were married, they would try to steal him so that he would divorce his wife, much to Kotoko’s annoyance. Anyway, in the end, everyone knew because Irie came and talked to her. That episode was really funny and I JUST CAN’T believe I continued watching the series up to the 21st or latest episode! Now, I asked my hubby to give me a copy of the previous episodes because I wanted to watch and understand the story from the very beginning.

The story was actually cute and unique in some ways, especially in the early episodes when the two were still high school students. Kotoko was a high-spirited girl who belonged to Class F in their school but so in love with Irie, who is a genius and belonged to Class A. After mustering the courage to give him a love letter, she got totally rejected. Irie would then always reject her afterwards, but later it turned out that the guy really fell for her. In fact, they even got married, but the story still continues on after that. It was just so funny because in the Anime they exaggerate emotions or feelings, but I got used to it somehow. I don’t know if I would still watch another Anime title, but well, we can always change our views, right? All I know right now is that I’m very much looking forward to what will happen on the next episode of Itazura Na Kiss ;)