Cowboy Bebop - The Real Folk Blues (ending theme)

Cowboy Bebop

How about that for a blast from the past. For those who knew me in my younger, more youthful days they will know my obesession with anime and manga. I still like it but nowhere as near as i used to. For obvious reasons you can't get away from it in Japan so i ahev been thinking back to it. Anyway the two anime's that still stand the test of time for me are Serial Experiments Lain (lovelovelove) and Cowboy Bebop. Which are just amazing tv series' in themselves. Anyway, Long story short I brought the Cowboy Bebop OST for the Film yesterday and i'm just listening to it now. It brings back so much memories as its a good soundtrack. Cowboy Bebop was inflused by Jazz and the like so its full of that and it has the most amazing composer called Kanno Yoko.

The Bawdies

Ive just heard about a band called 'The Bawdies', I saw them on tv about 45 minutes ago. Thought it sounded good and now have all their albums. ahh the internet <3>


They sound like the Hives so me and look like the beatles like here



but they seem pretty cool




Listening to them its really obvious who they are influsenced by. On the website it lists Ray Charles, sam cooke, beatles, little richard, buddy holly......

so really awesome people : D And i think (or they seem) to only sing in english. don't know what but it guess its the influsences.

xoxo

my japanese ability is still zero...

...but its quite fun understanding more and more because i'm starting to get what the kids say to me. Yesterday in seika some kid came up to me and said 'tomorrows my birthday'. Great, happy birthday i said. then another child said something about her dads birthday and another one came up and said about her AUNT's birthday. fantastic to all. They they started talking about cake. Which im all up for. They have bakery cafes here and i had four bread/ cake things for lunch. can't complain with that.

Anyway, it's nice when you can start to understand things.

Ghibli Museum!

nabe nomnom

Tonight i went with a few others so a nabe (nabemono) restaurant. We were actually going to another type of restaurant but it was full. Anyway we ended up going there and it was very very good. (And i'm still full - mainly as i only ate a few hours ago)

nabemono ie nabe (cooking ) + mono (things)

You can probbery figure what you have to do. You have a big pot full of water or stock or whatever and you fill it with veg and thin slices of pork of beef and it cooks in the water. You have some small bowls which you put soy sauce or sesemie (sp) sauce in - thats what i had anyway - to dip the stuff in . oh and rice. I had a similar thing when i was in Malaysia called Steamboat. nom.

It was quite fun to do and although the place we went to was a bit pricy (But you defo get what you pay for) i cant wait to eat nabe again : D Seems easy to do it at home but i dont have a gas cooker. Just on the stove mabye?

Afterwards we went to a bar around the corner which was really nice. It was good to find somewhere you can just go and have a drink with friends and seeing as it was about 9 on a saturday night not overly busy. Again , i will be returning ^_^

oyasumi nasai (goodnight) i'm going to have nabe dreams (nabe no yume ? ) hehe

nom

NEW YEAR PLAYLIST

Top Movies from 2010 (that i can think of right now!)

The A team!!!!!!!

Scott Pilgrim VS the world

Song of 2010

Arashi's Troublemaker

New Year Playlist

End of year Playlist.

I had a safe flight back to Japan and loved my little british getaway ^_^ Seeing my family and y my friends was excatly what i needed

Anyway Here are my new years resolutions from last year.

''Ive decided that 2010 is the year of doing and not talking about doing. So here are my goals:

1) TRY to get an actual paying job within two months Well, i got a paying job at the end of the year and about midway - but i got one (Or 4 if you think about it!)

2) Remember wanting to learn a language fluently before you die? Well nows the time to get started.

Got started in Japanese and kinda enjoy it.

3) Travel somewhere you have never been before. Want to travel to at least one of the following :Korea/Berlin/Hong Kong/ but most importantly Japan. To visit Japan has been one of my life goals ever since becoming obsessed with Serial Experiments Lain at the tender age of 12. yeah, i was an odd child''

Live in Japan now. COUNT IT!

My NEW GOALS ARE AS FOLLOWSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS...

1. Loose half a stone by eating healthy.

2. Keep up learning Japanese and stick with it - one thing a day.

3. Always be on time and learn to manage time right.

4a. Learn Arashi's 'Troublemaker' by heart

4b. Live every day like ARASHI BWHAHAHAHAHA.

5. Go to somewhere new either Soeul or Hong Kong.

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