Hong Kong Again - Day 0

I have got to be the epiphany of laziness. This is a bit due and I haven't even sorted things yet and by things I mean the photos from Hong Kong. I need to do something. So basically speaking, a week ago, me along with my little sister, mother and company decided to go to Hong Kong. Our flight was least first class and was scheduled at 11pm or something close, so we arrived at Hong Kong international airport around 1am or 2am. And as far as I can remember, Hong Kong international airport is still as grand as I can remember. Sadly I wasn't able to take a good photo of the entire place, maybe next time. Some men that look more Korean than Chinese picked us up and took us to our hotel or guest room. My mother calls it a guest room, so lets go with guest room.



Oh, this is the name of the place and is located in Tsim Sha Tsui. The real name of the guest room (hotel) is Days and Night Hotel. Picture this, you arrive in another country with your two daughters both at their prettiest despite the ungodly hour. The three of you walk into this place where an Indian and a Black man greets you while they ask you so many things in English but in Indian/ Chinese accent (I couldn't tell the difference and I personally believe its a mix of both). Imagine how scared my mother was. Yeah, I was a bit scared the first time too but the place wasn't so bad actually once you get used to it. I'll have to say that place is for travelers who go on backpack not extremely heavy luggage. I would personally recommend Holiday Inn for those who wish to stay with luggage. It's an awesome hotel, a bit pricey, but awesome. Located right next to our building so you don't have to worry about MRT and shopping district.




Our room has four bed with the 3 flat socket-outlet thingy. Well, if you look at your flat iron, it should look like that. Oh, and please don't be fooled by the picture. I used my wide angle lens so it looks spacey. The room is actually clean and there is hot water. No tub and the shower was poorly placed. They have a hair dryer and a little fridge that is right under your table. It's an okay place if only it was in another building.

Wow, that really made me tired so I'll just end this post here and hopefully I will get creative with the next one. Hopefully.

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Elections 2013

Just back to Cebu and just in time to vote for the 2013 Elections to which I am not ecstatic about. Though I would love to make a post first about my trip to Hong Kong for a week, I would like to start first with a short rant on our government. A lot of people, not only Filipinos, but foreigners as well, have already expressed how much screwed up our government is. I'm still in my early 20s, and I have no idea who the candidates are and what good will it do to vote this year. Frankly speaking, all of them are candidates are corrupt and evil. You can tell me all the good they have done do you and your family but in my eyes, these "representatives" of our country are nothing more but wolf in sheep's clothing. They give you around 1000php, free lunch, hug and kisses for your vote and when the time comes, steal all the hard earned money we have labored for our entire life. What is the point of this system when in the end, its just going to keep us draining not only in money but in our rights as well. How low must we be in order for those on top of us to be finally satisfied?

I don't blame the other Filipinos who have left this undead country when one can see how the other Asian countries have flourished. This entire country is a scam. We keep giving but gain nothing and now its voting time and our current President is more busy with his personal life than the country. Does he not know the word "patriotism?" When I was about to return to Cebu, we met this one Filipino guy who works in the Hong Kong Airport. He has been working for 30 years and is already a dual citizen both to the Philippines and Hong Kong. He's already in his 60s but he only looks like a 40s guy. He has been to other Asian countries since he was 19 years old because of work and his exact words were, "Pag-alis ko sa Pilipinas, mas maganda pa yung airport kaysa Hong Kong. Pero ano ngayon? Wala talaga eh, binubulsa ng gobyerno." The government can say anything they want in their campaigns but all the citizens, seniors, adults and children, knows that every candidate in that room is only aiming for our tax. We live in a scam country and the citizens are slowly getting sullied just for the sake of their family to survive in this undead country.

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Going to Hong Kong - Preparing Stuffs and Attack On Titans

I specifically remember asking my mother yesterday what time our flight would be today and I remember she specifically said we'd be leaving at 10 in the morning, why the hell it all changed last night from morning to night? Leave it to my mother to tell me all the lies for her convenience.



It's already the month of May and somehow along the way, my mother managed to finally take me along on another trip to Hong Kong after a few years of trying to avoid going back there. Hong Kong is a good place, its just my company to going there isn't as good as the country we're visiting. Moving forward, it's 11:22AM and I am around 90% done packing for my stuff. Hopefully by 3pm or 5pm I have everything already. Hopefully. While I write my rant here as I wait for the time, my mother is all me and my sister, like a big mother hen reminding us to finish packing every 15 minutes for the entire week. I can feel her euphoria and its creepy for both me and my sister who will be spending the entire week with her on this trip. I can understand since my jerk dad won't be going, me and my sister are happy as well. We don't want his presence to spoil the trip for the entire week.

While waiting for the time, I am recently hooked up with this recent anime which is morbidly sick in a good way. I can imagine some people have seen it but to those who haven't I present to you, Attack On Titans.







FAITH IN ANIME HAS BEEN RESTORED!! I would prefer making a different post about this but this is just a quick introduction about the anime. I'm currently trying to get episode 3-5 so while I'm on the plane I have something to do aside from staring into the starry sky and sleep. SLEEP IS FOR THE WEAK!! *wheeze* Also, I'm just going to post this photo of Okita Souji as a reminder that there is that pending post I need to make. I should leave my PSP since I got my camera and laptop to keep me busy.

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Tsumiki No Ie - La Maison En Petits Cubes

Do you guys remember the prologue for the Disney movie, "UP?" I mean, I'm sure everyone knows the popular Disney movie, "UP" but how many of us know about Tsumiki No Ie - La Maison En Petits Cubes? The story is a short 12-minute clip that shows us an old man and how he remembers his family in the past. Think of it as UP but without Russel, the big bird, the great adventure, the talking dogs and the cone of shame.

In other news, I'm supposed to be making my checklist but I'm sure I can make my checklist while I make this post. This is going to be real and I'm nearly done with my checklist anyway so I'm sure I'll be fine (til I remember I actually forgot something very important and I'm going to rot in Hong Kong for the next few days).



The story begins in a place where all you can see is water, some small houses and seagulls. It actually reminds me that movie where all you see is water and some "villages" without the land (Water World, I guess?), so the setting for this clip is the same. We see an old man in his little house with the little things he owns, most of picture frames from the past.




One day, he wakes up to find that water has reached his house again (yes, again) so he decides to move up and bring what little things he has along. As he was packing his belongings from his room that was nearly filled with water, he drops his pipe but he can't swim to get it back since its really deep.




He finishes cleaning his new place but misses his pipe so the next day he tries to look for a new one but can't decide. He sees from across a man with some scuba suit so he borrows them and dives deep down into his house to retrieve his pipe. Just as he was about to pick up his pipe, he remembers his past and this makes him go deeper into his own house, recalling all the events that happened.






Yeah, at this point of the clip, if you haven't shed a tear or two, you're a person without a soul. For every floor the old man enters, he remember a significant event of his life until he reaches the bottom of his house. You may not be able to get the feels from this boring narration, but watch the movie and I can guarantee that you'd need to punch someone to regain your manliness.







When he finally reaches the bottom of the house, he goes outside and takes a look at the surroundings while remembering his wife and how they ended up together. Yes, more tears coming. A long long long time ago, when he was a little boy, his place still had land and trees, the story doesn't explain why it is now underwater but it just is. After the short story of their love, the couple builds their own house together. Once it was completed, the two celebrate or eat their meal inside the house while they both laugh and clink their glasses.









The old man feels really sad and misses them. He looks down and sees the glass his wife used. Back to his house, he starts preparing his meal but this time there are two glasses. He fills both glasses with wine and after making the same gesture he did when he and his wife celebrated their new house, he clink the glass and the clip ends.



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Still be a better love story than ___________ (I can actually other movies or series but I'll leave it to you folks to fill in the blank). While I watched this clip, I couldn't help but tear a bit though the old man doesn't speak or no narration is done, the amount of emotion you can feel is overwhelming. I love how the art is just very simple but it is still able to touch the deepest corners of my black heart. The music was absolutely lovely, how could I not fall in love with this? I give this one a 10/10. The end is extremely bitter sweet. I mean, unlike UP, this old man lived a happy life (or its safe to assume since most of the memories he remembers are the pleasant ones) and he has no regrets. It's just that he misses his loved ones very much and one can't blame him. Now every time you see and old person eating alone or sitting alone, this story will come to you head and all the feels in the entire universe will squeeze their way inside your tiny little body that some of them will pour your eyes.

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Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood Ranks #1

Imagine the greatest joy in my life when finally one of my favorite anime managed to steal the rank from Gintama! I have not seen Gintama yet but I am planning to when I have the spare time (then I realized first has over 200 episodes, I'm thinking this may take some time again). Well, technically speaking this is just a short post about FMAB going to the top (hells yeah!) and I am the proudest fan today. It's these kinds of anime that I should see more often than those extremely shallow and cliche plots with no real character nor story development.

To those who have not heard about this awesome anime/manga, the series is technically the same as the first anime adaptation but this time it follows the manga's progress from starts to finish.
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In this world there exist alchemists, people who study and perform the art of alchemical transmutation—to manipulate objects and transform one object into another. They are bounded by the basic law of alchemy: in order to gain something you have to sacrifice something of the same value.

The main character is the famous alchemist Edward Elric—also known as the Fullmetal Alchemist—who almost lost his little brother, Alphonse, in an alchemical accident. Edward managed to attach his brother's soul to a large suit of armor. While he did manage to save his brother's life, he paid the terrible price of his limbs.

To get back what they've lost, the brothers embark on a journey to find the Philosopher's Stone that is said to amplify the powers of an alchemist enormously. However on the way, they start uncovering a conspiracy that could endanger the entire nation, and they realize the misfortunes brought upon by the Philosopher's Stone

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