New Project-DTB Database + DTB2

I’ve previously (quite discretely)hinted  that I was going to do a Darker than BLACK database. In a nutshell, it will be the place to get all DTB information. When HSC is over, I’ll slowly compile character information, episode summaries and any related material.

Who has seen the premiere of DTB2? I’m surprised how quickly it was subbed. Two years ago,when DTB started,  I would wait weeks for a sub, ending up watching the RAW weeks before the subbed version.

CM to tempt you into watching even though you may be studying very hard.

Great start to a second season. New characters, new powers, and new payments. Tanya, able to command locusts at will, payment, ripping some of her hair off. . Goran, super-speed, payment, eating hamburgers, now who wouldn’t like that one! And Shion, power, unknown(but my guess, a spirit transformation, would explain his disappearance and his ‘telepathic’ communication with Suou), and payment,  living confined to a wheelchair).  So many more contractors and dolls to meet.

So bad-ass, I like it, though to people, portrays Hei as a baddy.

And it looks like we’ve got our November 11 replacement for this series, August 7th. More commonly known as the Magician, contract details currently unknown. Speculating time…his payment has definitely got to be, doing magic tricks. Power wise, AVADA KEDAVRA(jokes). According to the character profiles on the DTB2 site, magic is his weapon. What will he conjure for us =o

And, it is a 5day wait to the next episode T_T

Just more info. Mina Hazuki, the woman wearing the mouth guard/mask in the episode preview is a contractor. She is able to transform any object into a white katana. And her payment, from what I can translate from, is having a slutty sexy mood swing. Sounds wrong lol

Check out the DTB2 Site, while you wait

道

This is the road I have taken to school everyday for the past, 12 years.

Up through the gates that lock the good people out of Carlo West. If you come over to my place from Carlo Station, go under the gate which lets cars in, unless of course you’re fat then have a climb ^^!

Up the slope I go.

And further up I go, weaving in between incoming and outgoing traffic.

And here’s where Carlo West was burnt last year. Should be operational in a few months time. My Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 2 Classroom all burnt down. And this is as far as I went during Primary School.

Pass Carlo West top gate, the trek to Ruse continues.

The path is actually flat now. And if I’m power walking, this is where I start to get some pain in my legs, and sweat.

And the school is nearly in view.

Cross the pedestrian crossing and I’m in the open arms of the school.

Before I head to the more meaningful part of this post, I’d like to thank everyone who contributed to the success of today’s Beach Picnic.

Ed for bringing in the soy chicken and sticky rice, which were just delicious

James for bringing the esky box.

Alice for making Onigiri.

Tim for making fruit salad and bringing other things.

Jason for buying potato salad.

Andrew for nicking two boxes of chow mein from his restaurant.

Quentin for party pies.

Samantha for cupcake/muffins.

Duncan for bringing sandwiches.

And everyone else who brought snacks,drinks etc. Lunch feast turned out great, even though we had so many crashers.

Today was fun. Playing Beach Volleyball, Piggy in the Middle-ish, Stuck in the Mud(Never to be played at a beach ever again until we are up to scratch with our, terrible fitness levels). We should go to the beach another time together as Ruse09.

Now to the meaningful side of things. We’ve reached a point our lives where we must take different paths. And I’ll let the song speak for itself, because I can’t even express in words without sounding gay,lame and homo.

Lyrics courtesy of Cori and KiwiMusume

｢思い出が時間をとめた」
今日の日を忘れるなと
見慣れた景色二度と並べない
思い出の道

“My memories stopped time”
As if to say “Don’t forget today”
A road in my memories
Where we’ll never again walk together in the familiar scenery

この道で君と出会い
春が僕らを包んでた
愛と優しさ教えてくれたね
泣かないで歩こう
泣かないで歩こう

I met you on this road
 Spring enveloped us
 You taught me what love and tenderness were
 Don’t cry, move on

空、今日も青空です
泣き笑いしたあの時
あたりまえが未来に変わる
｢希望」｢夢」｢愛」話したい
動くな時間
空に叫ぶ
キミを忘れない

The sky is blue again today
That time when you smiled tearfully
Things you take for granted change in the future
I want to talk about “hope”, “dreams”, “love”
Don’t let time move
I scream into the sky
I won’t forget you

優しさに出会ったことで
僕は独りじゃなかった
誰も消せない心のアルバム
笑えるかもね

When I found that tenderness
I wasn’t alone
Nobody can erase this album in my heart
Maybe it’ll make me smile

｢動き出した最後の時間」
君に伝えたい言葉
涙邪魔して空を見上げたら
春の音聞こえた

“The final time has moved on”
Words I want to say to you
When my tears got in the way and I looked up at the sky
I heard the sounds of spring

道、君と歩いた今日まで
かすかに動く唇
特別な時間をありがとう
｢心」「勇気」「友」「笑顔」
嬉しすぎて
溢れ出した
涙がとまらない

I walked this road with you, up to today
My lips move just a little
Thank you for this special time
“Heart”, “courage”, “friend”, “smile”
I’m so happy
That tears have overflowed
And I can’t stop them

ゆっくりと歩き出そう
この道未来へ続く
さよなら泣かないで
忘れないよ
離れても愛しています

I’ll walk on slowly
This road leads to my future
Goodbye, don’t cry
I won’t forget you
Even when we’re apart, I’ll love you

And thanks for signing the ball. I won’t forget you guys, ever!

Sunglasses and Ramen

Was hoping to get some new sunglasses today, in particular POLICE (HINT James, if you didn’t  look POLICE the other day).  I got sucked into the whole, celebrity advertisement tactic.

Previous POLICE Advertisers(Can’t get the right word here,endorse?!?) include George Clooney and Beckham. Atsushi from Exile became the first Japanese person to become an image Character (イメージキャラクタ-as the Japanese would say), for POLICE last year.   But disappointment, only one pair of POLICE and wasn’t right for me. I like the S8095. New stock at the end of October so I’ll be sure to go back again after HSC.

For Aditi and anyone who wants to watch. Watch him take off his shades, and you’ll see why he wears thems.

And here is what I know, most of you have been waiting for, the Ramen. We went to Ryo’s Noodles at Crows Nest, which is only a walk away from Paradoxe, where we had French Cuisine. Whenever we passed Ryo’s, people would always be lining up outside, and hence must be good food.

Ranked Number One was the typical Tonkotsu. $13.50. What else do I say other than yum. And since I only at a Curry Puff and Vietnamese Roll at the Luncheon, I went for a $3.00替玉 (かえだま-Kaedama) another serve of noodles using the soup in your bowl.  The pork stock soup base just hit the spot  for me. Not too salty.

But what I appreciated the most about the restaurant, was how authentic the experience was. In Japan, crappy looking restaurants most of the time taste the best, and here is no exception. Insidelooks run down, walls covered with their menu. Inside probably  fit 20 people max at one time, so if you don’t want to line up, get in quick.

It was nice being able to read some of the menu off the wall.

長崎ちゃんぽん-Nagasaki Champon – Seen Champon on an episode of 満天青空レストラン, a show where they just go places in Japan and have the best cuisine.

五目つけめん- Tsukemen- Dip noodles

キムチ-Kimchi

焼飯-Yakimeshi or Fried Rice

特製しょうゆラーメン-Special Shoyu Ramen

If you notice on the right corner, I think they detail visits of Ramen Chefs from Japan. 一代目,二代目 Ichi Daime and Ni daime reminded me of Naruto.

We go to a ramen restaurant and my silly sister orders gyoza,$6.00. She missed out on the good stuff.

Looking forward to the beach tomorrow. Thanks to everyone contributing to our picnic. It’ll be a feast

Fooood

久しぶりだね。Here I am again, with more photos of food. Nothing interesting I suppose but read on and you will be greatly rewarded.

Sushi my mum brought home from having dinner at Sushi Suma. Never really been a fan of wasabi. Always asked to have the sushi without wasabi, would always cringe having to ask. But if I want to live in Japan someday, I have to get accustomed to the taste. As long as it’s not too much wasabi, I’m fine with it.

Now for photos of the food I had on my birthday. Sorry for massive glaring. Dim lighting without flash doesn’t work. Breadbasket, with a few varieties of bread with what looked like olive oil and balsamic vinegar, but only tasted like olive oil. Cut us back around 8 dollars, but we had buy one get one free mains so it could be considered as ‘free.’

Yay blurry. John Dory on mash. Nothing special, when the bulk of the price comes from the restaurant’s location.

Moar blurry. My swordfish steak on rice,bok choy and mango sauce. I appreciated their attempt at the mango sauce, but failed my expectations. Or maybe I was expecting too much. At dinner my mum and sister were technical like the Masterchef judges . The texture and what not.

Sugar Heaven. Hazelnut Torte. Cut yourself back 13dollars to indulge in sugar heaven. The most jam-packed sugar thing I’ve had since pigging out on Easter Show Bag goodies.

I suggest having a coffee when you have something as sweet as the torte. Branded Guylian Sugar, worth stealing!

With around 11 packets of yeast left, decided to use another for pizza dough. Made some pizzas without mozarella cheese. Pro tip: Use Mozarella Cheese or else your pizza will suck, as demonstrated above.

But that’s not as fail as my attempt at a pizza pocket. On the outside, looked like a dinner rolls you buy from Woolies. I was eating a dinner roll until I got to the filling.

Used too much dough for too little filling. Will have another attempt and report.

Thank you for reading this. Your reward (or if you were cheap enough just to scroll down here), a photo of Barney. In the distance is the photo of the previous rabbit we had, called Gizmo. He passed away last year, resting in our backyard.

Graduation tomorrow. Can’t wait but deep inside really don’t want it to happen just now =o

Photo Memories

Here is the baby me.

Been collecting many photos that I’ve taken over the years at Ruse for the farewell assembly. Most weird photos we ever took were the ones at peer support camp year 10, where we deceptively took photos of scenery, but our real target were the couples in the grade. Some noticed the peering camera lens, some were oblivious to what we were doing, and some well, wanted to be in the photo

We were so wrong about Chris and Betty. LOL

Great memories with this photo. Carmen’s tombstone. Someone link me to the other half of this photo, where it has me as the tombstone. We look so much better as Yr 10’s don’t we?

Will be doing Jap Trip 07 recounts in the near future. Looking at these photos bring back such great memories.

Spoon Killer! Run!!

Will add more photos after I upload. So for the mean time wait