Manga: Hadashi de Bara wo Fume
Genre: Historical, Romance, Shoujo
Status: Ongoing
Story:
It's about a poor girl whose parents has passed away long ago. Her only kin is her older brother whose job is a host and her family members are abandon kids whom her brother picked up from the streets.
One faiftful encouter with a rich man has lead her to have a wealthy lifestyle. However, she must give up everything that she has now. Her family and her love. She has to marry a man she cannot fall in love and has to abide the rules of the high society.
It's a story where politics play a subtle part and also how this girl has set her determination to pass thru all obstacles ahead. Being played aound in the palm of the young rich man and his butler. How is she going to come out of it? will she be able to gain anything valuable and priceless?
This story may not be as exciting as the other mangas, but if you're bored and has nothing to do. This manga may be one of the best you can find to kill them and keep you entertained.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Manga Review: Mademoiselle Butterfly
Manga: Mademoiselle Butterfly
Genre: Historical, Romance, Drama, Shoujo
Status: Completed. 9 chapters.
Story:
It talks about an apprentice Geisha back in the 1900s by the name of *Butterfly. She was sold when she was 9 years old because of poverty. However, the only lucky thing for her is that her neighbour who lives beside the Geisha house she works in, happens to be a young chap who always look after her.
He is from a rich family and his father is a well known paintist. His brother is a wealthy businessman, however due to some incident that happened in the past, he left house and became a tattooist. And so, every day Butterfly would visit him during her free time and requested for him to paint on her wrist. From here, that's how their love for each other develop.
However, things did not goes as smoothly as they have planned. Because of the war, the young tattooist has to leave her behind to go to the front line. He leaves her in the care of his older brother and father, and at that time when he leaves, she is already carrying his child, a twin.
After many years, the war did not end and they could only communicate via mail, until one faithful day he stops sending her letter for a year and the next thing she know, she receives the notification that he died during the war.
Left alone with her 2 children who are 4 years old, the father and the brother. She has almost given up her life and did not want to live anymore. At the time, it was her 2 children who gave her the courage to move on in life and to be stronger as a mother of 2, to protect her children just like how he protected her in the past.
*note that a Geisha does not uses her real name but their "Geisha" name. So in this case, Butterfly is that young lady's Geisha name.
This story gives a different feeling unlike other romance manga/manhwa that I have read so far. Only for this manga, I have decided to skip some parts of the story. Whatever that was written in here is not the full story and it does not end with the last paragraph.
If this interests you, you may want to try reading. It is a short series and a fulfilling one.
Genre: Historical, Romance, Drama, Shoujo
Status: Completed. 9 chapters.
Story:
It talks about an apprentice Geisha back in the 1900s by the name of *Butterfly. She was sold when she was 9 years old because of poverty. However, the only lucky thing for her is that her neighbour who lives beside the Geisha house she works in, happens to be a young chap who always look after her.
He is from a rich family and his father is a well known paintist. His brother is a wealthy businessman, however due to some incident that happened in the past, he left house and became a tattooist. And so, every day Butterfly would visit him during her free time and requested for him to paint on her wrist. From here, that's how their love for each other develop.
However, things did not goes as smoothly as they have planned. Because of the war, the young tattooist has to leave her behind to go to the front line. He leaves her in the care of his older brother and father, and at that time when he leaves, she is already carrying his child, a twin.
After many years, the war did not end and they could only communicate via mail, until one faithful day he stops sending her letter for a year and the next thing she know, she receives the notification that he died during the war.
Left alone with her 2 children who are 4 years old, the father and the brother. She has almost given up her life and did not want to live anymore. At the time, it was her 2 children who gave her the courage to move on in life and to be stronger as a mother of 2, to protect her children just like how he protected her in the past.
*note that a Geisha does not uses her real name but their "Geisha" name. So in this case, Butterfly is that young lady's Geisha name.
This story gives a different feeling unlike other romance manga/manhwa that I have read so far. Only for this manga, I have decided to skip some parts of the story. Whatever that was written in here is not the full story and it does not end with the last paragraph.
If this interests you, you may want to try reading. It is a short series and a fulfilling one.
Monday, August 10, 2009
Saturday Night Fever!
Had to work on a Saturday morning, Eve of a public holiday...How sad can that be...and what makes it worst is that the music school i'm working in held a concert and i was the MC for that morning...Although it sounds like i'm complaining, it is one of the most fun saturday nights i ever had.
The concert was a success, and though there were a few unforeseen circumstances, i manage to get through with it. Trust me, i was nervous all the while when I was speaking infront of the audiences and half way through, it burns out so much of my energy that i can hear my stomach talking to me. I was afraid that the growling was too loud that it can be heard over the mic. LOL. luckily it didn't.
After me, it's siew mei's turn to MC in the afternoon. She was pretty nervous herself but she did well. and same as me, she felt hungry half way through. But looking at all those kids playing on the piano and violin, really makes me happy. They may not be my students of my children, but somehow i enjoyed watching their performance on stage.
The Seimpi gang headed towards malaysia for a trip, siew mei headed out for steamboat at the singapore flier and as for me, i headed out to meet the CSC gang at ion orchard and orchard hotel. and the journey of coma-ing begins.
We shopped a bit at ion, and it's damn freaking crowded and packed with human beings at every corner. We had to queue for like more than 45mins to get a table for dinner at some teppanyaki store. however, the wait is not wasted and i shared with sam kimchi chicken rice. although she did most of the cooking part, i helped out a bit here and there. yea, just a bit of here and there. lol
Des, Gerard, Travis and Tina bought like 6 bags of stuff from NUM. most of it are Havainas slippers. well, that's because it was on 50% discount on 2nd item. but it is till maddness. we got tired and hungry from waiting for them, that we headed down to the basement to grab some bite before our dinner.
Early in the morning, they went out to sentosa. It looks fun but i didnt get a chance to go with them. I wished i did since it has been a while. Anyway, there is always more to come.
After all the shopping and dinner at ion, we went back to the hotel to rest for the night. the room was amazingly small and there is a big hole on the wall that links to the toilet. so in other words, those who are not in the toilet can see who ever is in the toilet and vice versa. thank goodness there is a blind but still it feels unsafe.
we started playing guessing numbers. and i tagged team with sam, marc and edward. edward is amazingly good at it. and marc's hand can stop shivering. it was damn funny. clement, gerard, tcf and travis form up a team against ours. we lost quite a number of rounds and before we know it, we drank quite a lot.
Gerard, who is the culprit for edwards strange behaviour, was happily mixing "orange juice" with vodka. that "orange juice" had no juice left inside but more vodka. omg. and the drinks he mixed for us, taste like vodka shots. and i drank so much that my stomach burns. all thanks to gerard. but i wasn't dead drunk. i know my limits. =)
edward helps me drink quite a bit after the other 2 knock out and as a result, he pukes and ended up sleeping in the bath tub. poor gerard has to dry him with a hair dryer. it was damn funny. and then, everyone fell asleep after that. all of us had a long day and was really tired by 4am.
it's a crazy night but we had lots of fun. it has been quite sometime since i last hang out with csc gang and i really had my fun. i will be lookng forward to more cray things from them.
The concert was a success, and though there were a few unforeseen circumstances, i manage to get through with it. Trust me, i was nervous all the while when I was speaking infront of the audiences and half way through, it burns out so much of my energy that i can hear my stomach talking to me. I was afraid that the growling was too loud that it can be heard over the mic. LOL. luckily it didn't.
After me, it's siew mei's turn to MC in the afternoon. She was pretty nervous herself but she did well. and same as me, she felt hungry half way through. But looking at all those kids playing on the piano and violin, really makes me happy. They may not be my students of my children, but somehow i enjoyed watching their performance on stage.
The Seimpi gang headed towards malaysia for a trip, siew mei headed out for steamboat at the singapore flier and as for me, i headed out to meet the CSC gang at ion orchard and orchard hotel. and the journey of coma-ing begins.
We shopped a bit at ion, and it's damn freaking crowded and packed with human beings at every corner. We had to queue for like more than 45mins to get a table for dinner at some teppanyaki store. however, the wait is not wasted and i shared with sam kimchi chicken rice. although she did most of the cooking part, i helped out a bit here and there. yea, just a bit of here and there. lol
Des, Gerard, Travis and Tina bought like 6 bags of stuff from NUM. most of it are Havainas slippers. well, that's because it was on 50% discount on 2nd item. but it is till maddness. we got tired and hungry from waiting for them, that we headed down to the basement to grab some bite before our dinner.
Early in the morning, they went out to sentosa. It looks fun but i didnt get a chance to go with them. I wished i did since it has been a while. Anyway, there is always more to come.
After all the shopping and dinner at ion, we went back to the hotel to rest for the night. the room was amazingly small and there is a big hole on the wall that links to the toilet. so in other words, those who are not in the toilet can see who ever is in the toilet and vice versa. thank goodness there is a blind but still it feels unsafe.
we started playing guessing numbers. and i tagged team with sam, marc and edward. edward is amazingly good at it. and marc's hand can stop shivering. it was damn funny. clement, gerard, tcf and travis form up a team against ours. we lost quite a number of rounds and before we know it, we drank quite a lot.
Gerard, who is the culprit for edwards strange behaviour, was happily mixing "orange juice" with vodka. that "orange juice" had no juice left inside but more vodka. omg. and the drinks he mixed for us, taste like vodka shots. and i drank so much that my stomach burns. all thanks to gerard. but i wasn't dead drunk. i know my limits. =)
edward helps me drink quite a bit after the other 2 knock out and as a result, he pukes and ended up sleeping in the bath tub. poor gerard has to dry him with a hair dryer. it was damn funny. and then, everyone fell asleep after that. all of us had a long day and was really tired by 4am.
it's a crazy night but we had lots of fun. it has been quite sometime since i last hang out with csc gang and i really had my fun. i will be lookng forward to more cray things from them.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Trip to Philippines
Hi all, i'm finally back from my tourny in philippines, manila. I had my fun and really enjoyed myself.
Bowling was avaerage, i think that i've already did my best but it just that i'm not good enough to win. anyways, the scores ain't on abf website, you've got to go to www.jbowlmart.com to see the scores for the qualifying and masters.
As usual, the scores are like monsters. So, basically i was bowling with a bunch of monsters and some human that has not yet transformed into one. in other words, it's an unripe monster, LOL. kidding. but the scores are really damn high.
putting that all aside, manila may be the capital of philippines, but it is not as developed as you think it would be. there are children out there in the streets that will come to you to ask for money. there are at least one security guard in every shops and there are security everywhere. it felt safe and yet unsafe.
played in the casino and lost about 5000pesos. convert it to SGD and that will be roughly $240. Roulette is fun but Bacarat has more chance of winning. Jackpot is stupid, but still there are people winning. like my lucky room mates who made their winnings through jackpot.
the food there is very salty and the drinks there are very sweet. their mangos are damn nice. especially thei ice-cream. the bowling centre has a very unique design with pillars in between lanes.
guess what, that centre has 39 lanes. weird isn't it? so i asked, does the number here starts with 0? everyone's laughing. lane 39 is just some odd lanes out of nowhere. the lane number starts with 1.
but oh well, bowling will all the pillars out of nowhere makes it challenging. although it's irritating and annoying since i always hit the pillars, this is what makes this game interesting and fun. came in 7th for classified. cash out a bit and it went back to the casino.
nothing much to shop and i've beenon my room watching animes half of the time. missed singapore food and was really tired since our flight is at 4pm and we were at the airport at 2pm. flight turbulence was terrible when we went, but it was better when we came back.
catching up on my animes and mangas updates. seems like i didn't miss out too much. will be back to training on wednesday and tomorrow is my only day off. gonna rest to my heart's content.
Bowling was avaerage, i think that i've already did my best but it just that i'm not good enough to win. anyways, the scores ain't on abf website, you've got to go to www.jbowlmart.com to see the scores for the qualifying and masters.
As usual, the scores are like monsters. So, basically i was bowling with a bunch of monsters and some human that has not yet transformed into one. in other words, it's an unripe monster, LOL. kidding. but the scores are really damn high.
putting that all aside, manila may be the capital of philippines, but it is not as developed as you think it would be. there are children out there in the streets that will come to you to ask for money. there are at least one security guard in every shops and there are security everywhere. it felt safe and yet unsafe.
played in the casino and lost about 5000pesos. convert it to SGD and that will be roughly $240. Roulette is fun but Bacarat has more chance of winning. Jackpot is stupid, but still there are people winning. like my lucky room mates who made their winnings through jackpot.
the food there is very salty and the drinks there are very sweet. their mangos are damn nice. especially thei ice-cream. the bowling centre has a very unique design with pillars in between lanes.
guess what, that centre has 39 lanes. weird isn't it? so i asked, does the number here starts with 0? everyone's laughing. lane 39 is just some odd lanes out of nowhere. the lane number starts with 1.
but oh well, bowling will all the pillars out of nowhere makes it challenging. although it's irritating and annoying since i always hit the pillars, this is what makes this game interesting and fun. came in 7th for classified. cash out a bit and it went back to the casino.
nothing much to shop and i've beenon my room watching animes half of the time. missed singapore food and was really tired since our flight is at 4pm and we were at the airport at 2pm. flight turbulence was terrible when we went, but it was better when we came back.
catching up on my animes and mangas updates. seems like i didn't miss out too much. will be back to training on wednesday and tomorrow is my only day off. gonna rest to my heart's content.
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