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Hello again!  How was everyone's Thanksgiving?  With my family being so un-traditional, we had a nice quiet dinner eating Korean bulgogi and kimchi.  No turkey had to die for us this year.  XD It was nice not having the stress of baking a turkey.  I recall doing that one year and it took so much work... and our family doesn't even care for turkey! We've decided that this Christmas, we'll be un-traditional again and have a 'Japanese style' Christmas.  What is that you ask?  To those who don't know, Christmas is popularly known as a couple's holiday in Japan.  That means it's a big deal for people to hook up and have some gf/bf to spend Christmas with.  Now, for all the sexy singles it's a nice time to spend a peaceful night with the family with some good ol' Christmas cake and KFC.  Yes, KFC.  They've earned quite a name for themselves in Japan and make big $$$ selling fried Chicken on Christmas.  Our family won't necessarily buy f

I know... this show is old news.  6-years-old to be exact.  But on Netflix, there is one nice thing about old TV shows and that is the older they are, the more seasons are listed.  As of now, the entire series is up for the taking.  That totals to a daunting 121 episodes that are roughly 42 min each.  This is gonna take a while but I'm up for the ride. What I first found fascinating about this show was the small, yet significant similarity to Boys Over Flowers .  Or perhaps it's closer to Heirs ..  Regardless, both have rich and elite teens plotting against one another in high class society.  I was very curious to see America's take on this material. I find it fascinating to see the cultural differences between the two shows.  One can learn plenty about culture through media. Some major differences between Asian and American television is the sexuality.  At least, in the comparison of Korea vs. America, the sexuality is far more intense in American televisio

I'm at a sort of crossroad right now.  Recently, I've 'temporarily' landed a new job.  It pays better, I won't have to deal with clothes, and I have a set schedule.  But it's temporary.. D: The reason I'm starting to think about the big 'Q' word is also because there's upcoming schedule conflicts and I'm starting to feel the effects of the "downer culture" in the workplace.  What is "downer culture?"  I'll give an example. I walk into the break room for my 30 minute lunch.  I open the door and there's a bunch of my coworkers chatting.  Great.  Walking over, I grab a seat and sit nearby.  Now one would hope that coworkers could have a nice chat about some mindless cr*p about the weather or even a TV show they watched recently.  I wouldn't even mind if they were talking politics.  But no, 90% of the time, they're b*tching about work and repeating sh*t that everyone already knows about.  They're not th

WataMote - Watashi ga Motenai no wa dou Kangaetemo Omaera ga Warui! English title: No Matter How I Look at It, It's You Guys' Fault I'm Not Popular! Release date: July, 2013 Creator: Tanigawa, Nico (Manga, 2011) Genre: Slice-of-life, Comedy, Tragedy Story: Otome game obsessed Kuroki Tomoko has extensive experience in relationships and dated hundreds of boys... in otome games.  In reality, Tomoko has never dated a guy and has lost contact with many of her friends from middle school.  Now she's starting her first year of high school.  What will become of (extremely) socially awkward Tomoko? Review: This is the first time I've ever watched a tragic comedy genre anime.  Combining the two themes creates an entirely new flavor which is something along the lines of bittersweet and sarcastic. Tomoko is a character that touches the lonely soul in all of us.  I can only cheer her on as she stumbles through the social obstacles of life.  The way tha

Hello again!  My apologies for taking so long to make another 'Anime Food' post.  Enjoy! During my childhood days of watching Pokemon, I would often see Brock cooking this white stew thing.  It would look so yummy but I had no idea what it was..  And even though my entire family and extended family was Japanese, none of them ever made something like this.  (T__T)  The closest thing I got was corn chowder. Only recently did I discover that it's called cream stew and luckily, it's quite the easy recipe. ^^ I remember the very first time I made this.  I used a cream stew mix pack from the store (the one that has the blocks that you melt in the pot).  That turned out pretty bad so I highly recommend people make this one from scratch.  It's really does taste so much better this way.  I'm lazy so instead of having the pretty diced pieces of carrot, I threw in some baby carrots.  XD Close up ;3 I found this recipe on Little Japan Mama's rec

Release date: October, 2013 Director: Kang Shin Hyo Writer: Kim Eun Sook Actors: Lee Min Ho, Park Shin Hye, Yoon Jin Seo Episodes: 20 Genre: Romance, Chaebol The excitement of the great Lee Min Ho starring in a chaebol drama reached my ears soon after it was released. This drama gets off to a good start.  Fated soul mates meet in the foreign and exotic land of Orange County and go through various escapades together and eventually fall in love.  Only later do they meet up again in Korea and realize their vast social class differences.. Yet fate has it that they're living under the same roof!  Cohabitation drama it is!  I'm not a big fan of the first few episodes taking place in Cali (as novel as it may seem) with all the stereotypical 'white people' of America but what can you do...  Koreans going to school in America has been a long-standing, strange rite of passage that's slightly difficult for me to understand. At least the American setting serv

In my opinion, O-Powers are VERY poorly explained in the game.  I hope this clears up a few things about O-Powers. ^^ O-Powers Can I say screw Mr. Bonding and his terrible explaining skills?  I did not understand O-Powers at all for almost my entire time of gameplay.  I always thought he was just this weird guy you would find in a hotel room and he would *ahem*, "bond" with you when the screen turned black.  I'd be left wondering what inappropriate things he was doing to me in the dark...  After bonding time, he would give me some kind of bonding power that I didn't know how to use. Back to the topic, O-Powers are found on the PSS (Player Search System) screen that's located on the bottom screen of the 3DS.  Simply toggle with the R or L buttons to get there. PSS screen Once there, click on the icon circled in red. This screen should pop up.  If not, click the arrow to the right to get to it.  Click the 'O-Power' icon. This sc