SHIKIMIKIE

I watched Letters to Juliet awhile ago because not so long ago, I've searched for movies set in Europe and this is one of the recommendations. Totally out of the topic (as always) but I've watched Bourne Legacy, LOL, Under the Tuscan Sun, Midnight in Paris, When in Rome, 2 Days in Paris, Monte Carlo, and Leters to Juliet from that recommendation thingy. I may have missed one or two but it doesn't matter. This particular movie is kind of  a little bit cheesy for me but considering that I searched to kind of see Europe, this one's nice. As a side note, I'd like to work as one of Juliet's secretaries. I think I would have fun writing letters to people. I just like the whole idea of it but I'm not really sure whether or not I'm Juliet enough to write them back or something but who cares? I figured I like writing. 

Also! I don't believe the Sophie and the guy's love because come on! I mean, seriously? It all happened too soon. Like, 3 days? I don't even know! I feel sorry for Victor but Sophie has a point for breaking up and he weren't exactly NA-JANINE TUGONON because really, if you'll go on a pre-honeymoon or pre-moon whatever, I think it's not quite right to be okay spending it on your own way. The two of you should always want to be with each other. Duh? But kudos to Victor for accepting the fact that sometimes, shit happens. 

Malta - 4 | Curaçao - 1 | South Africa - 1 | Poland - 1 | USA - 1 | Canada - 1 | Belgium - 5

As of now, BELGIUM IS STILL NUMBER 1. YAY! :) If you're sort of interested in exchanging postcards, let me know! :) Anyways, I would really love to take a look at Casa di Giulietta in Verona just to see things and stuff.

If you're like me that is too lazy to restock all the things you have to restock until you run out of it and most probably, your awesome mom would do the job for you, then we must change soon! But now, I just want to show you guys what my mom gave me. Because she's awesome like that. Also, doing this haul makes me m̶o̶r̶e̶ organized so I MUST! If your mom is like that, congrats! If not, congrats as well. 

This is random so I put them all together. I got two foot socks that I probably won't be using as much considering I won't be wearing school shoes anymore but I promise to wear them on my MTLEX. That will go for 2 days so yay! 

If you're like me that is too lazy to restock all the things you have to restock until you run out of it and most probably, your awesome mom would do the job for you, then we must change soon! But now, I just want to show you guys what my mom gave me. Because she's awesome like that. Also, doing this haul makes me m̶o̶r̶e̶ organized so I MUST! If your mom is like that, congrats! If not, congrats as well. 

This is random so I put them all together. I got two foot socks that I probably won't be using as much considering I won't be wearing school shoes anymore but I promise to wear them on my MTLEX. That will go for 2 days so yay! 

I actually don't quite get the whole idea of Hunger Games but good thing I was able to pick up some valuable lessons that I thought I'd share with you guys. I haven't read the books so this one is based on the movie alone.

Can I just say that Effie Trinket is my favorite character. If not Rue. I like how colorful she dresses and I don't know what's with her that I like but yeah. Now the reason I like Rue is because she's such a sweetheart. If I would be there in the game, I may not be able to kill my opponents intentionally but I don't think I would help them either. I would probably be friends with the guy from my district but the rule is that there could only be one victor so I don't know about that either. I HAVE TO WIN!

Okay to the lessons. I was touched when Katniss volunteered to be a tribute as her sister's replacement. Just because it's such a stupid game, a child's precious life is not worth sacrificing, you know. It's such a brave act. And I was impressed. I don't know if I would able to do the same to my sisters though. I wouldn't want them to join if I could help it. Especially my sister Mika who screams a lot for little reasons nowadays. She would be a giveaway. I also appreciate when Rue's brother kind of payed respect to Katniss (somehow) by not killing her even if he could already. He's considerate like that, you know!

It's kind of vague that Hunger Games the movie didn't show hungry people and people that died from actual hunger. They're more like killing each other so I don't really see the point why it's called Hunger Games. I think it was mentioned in the movie once that they should just let Katniss starve and then they could easily kill her but people dying from actual hunger, nah.

You know what this movie reminds me of? SURVIVOR SERIES with killing involved. Because in Survivor, a cast would be eliminated if there would be enough people to vote him or her off, right? And how would that happen? Effing alliances and stuff. So yeah. Quite comparable. That's all I have to say. I'll probably read the book to be entertained and who knows? Maybe I would be able to understand everything a little better but I doubt.

HAPPY HUNGER GAMES!

So I am a little broken hearted because The Voice US's YouTube is limited to their countrymen and it's not available in my country so I didn't mind disregarding that shiz. Well, as much as I think Shakira's presence is such a lovely twist, and as much as I love Adam, well I think now is the perfect time and I would just appeal to whoever to please make it available outside your country please. Or not. Whatever. I hope The Voice Philippines (soon) and The Voice Japan (is there any?) wouldn't make its videos available to your country too! Just kidding. :)) 

On other news, I think after watching The Script's Manchester Concert on YouTube, The Voice UK series 2 Episode 1 presented itself to me. The wand chooses the wizard, right? Okay. And so I watched it. What else? Not from their official YouTube though. I can't be so sure whether BBC made it available or what. Anyways, it doesn't matter. I have so far watched all the episodes that there is and what can I say? It kind of bothers me that they're working in unison sometimes in a sense that they're giving way for the other coaches to have an artist that they like. Which shouldn't be the case. You know, ADAM wouldn't let that happen. I understand that they just want the best for the singers there and that they just want them to be at the right person's but yeah I don't know how to feel about that but let's just leave them alone.  

I realized one thing why I like The Voice more than anything else. Or Audition wise at least. It's the family of the contestants. Say, American Idol, the family wouldn't know whether their relative got a ticket right away. I mean, they have to wait for them to come out the door, right? Whilst in The Voice, they would know right away. They would know while it's happening. It just makes me happy that I can see the family being supportive and all that. It makes me emotional a little bit. Family thing makes me emotional, I think. There's this particular contestant who hit me because she loves her grandma so much and her grandma is ill but was able to make it and was able to watch her audition and it's just nice that she dedicated her audition performance to her grandma. I love my grandma so I have a soft spot for that. Also, a lot of performances dedicated to someone they love so it's very nice.

As for my favorite contestant, I only have one in mind as of the moment. LEAH MCFALL! She reminds me so much of Melanie Martinez of The Voice US. I think this girl can sing better though. Or I don't know. She really nailed that Rita Ora song that I like (R.I.P.) so that adds up to it.

GOOD VIBES! :)

I actually and honestly think I have nice eyes. That's all I could brag about anyways. LOL just kidding. 

I watched a short documentary about something alarming, shocking, and amazing all at the same time. The story is that they hired a forensic sketch artist from the FBI and what they did was that individually, they asked this women to have a somehow private session with this artist and then this artist asked these women to describe themselves physically and stuff and then he sketched them accordingly. Then they have few people there that are not related to the women and assigned them to a particular woman and they were asked to get to know each other a little better and all that. And then the apprentices were then asked individually on how they would describe their partners. Now, I don't know if the apprentices were just really kind and gentle (I bet not) about bringing out the flaws of their partners but you know, their description for me is actually more accurate than that of how the girls described themselves. It's kind of sad though that we all we care about is our flaws and everything we don't like. What about our assets? Our strengths? I doubt if there's not any. Go find out! 

This is a very good show for us who are sometimes feeling down because of our looks and whatever. Maybe we just don't know it yet but we're good enough. We're always gonna be good enough. We don't have to be way too complacent and be way too confident though to the point that we're bragging it and stuff because that shizz would probably be annoying already. But have it your own way of course.

Growing up, I never really liked any of my features. Except my eyes that are almond shaped (FTW). They may be a little uneven sometimes but they're kind of cute. Well, my skin used to be so perfect before but now, it's not at its best so let's just take that out of the list. LOL. See, I don't think I'm aesthetically pleasing or something but I was never lonely about it either. I was bullied (many times) on how I look and I cried about it when I was younger but at the end of the day, I know I'm better than what those jerks think (where are they now by the way?). Excuse my self confidence. Really though! They were the "cool" guys and girls back then but now, what? Most of them were kicked out because of their behavior. LOL. Now, that's something to laugh at. At least for me. If you're a teenager (or younger) and you're being bullied on how you look, don't you worry about it. It's just a phase. Believe me. High school is when it all stopped for me but you know wherever you are now, you could always give those bullies a good punch straight to their faces right away! Just kidding. 

I'm probably younger than those women in the video and looking at them actually makes me feel sad that they think less of themselves somehow. They're grown ups and they should probably know themselves better than that. Or they're probably just shy or something. Anyways. This video is a good eye opener and yeah let's just enjoy what we're given and if we're not pleased, then we can probably ask for more. If that's what will make us happy.

If you're interested, here's a link for the documentary. :) Click here to watch the documentary. 

Today I want to review two music videos because you know, I like doing that stuff. The two music videos I want to review are Demi Lovato's Heart Attack and Psy's Gentleman. With Heart Attack, I actually saw some dramatic photos on Tumblr and as much as I do not care that much, I was curious . So yesterday, I decided to watch it.

I genuinely like the song. The music video is nothing special though. I actually thought that it would be very much like Lady Gaga's Bad Romance but nothing like that. The opening and closing part was kind of vague but nonetheless interesting.

Can I just say that Demi looks so beautiful here. I don't know if it's just me but I think there's something different on her face. I just can't pin point it. Anyways. She's really pretty there. Okay next.

I didn't want to review this originally but Ryan Higa made me do it. He actually did a reaction video on his YouTube channel and I recommend you check it. Except the last part, that was my exact reaction watching the video too.

So I don't know about y'all but I am offended by this video. I don't know if the females in the video are bitchy or whatsoever but why does he have to do that? Psy was launched as someone funky and fun and I'm sure there are a lot of children who watched the video already and would be watching the video soon and what would they think? What would the little boys think of this? That it's okay to do that to girls? 

This is just one example of his abusive acts. The next scene is when he was having coffee with a girl and then when the girl lifted the cup and intended to drink, he kind of pushed the cup a little bit. OKAY. For motherfather's sake, he was even mean to the kids when he kicked the soccer ball way way far so that the kids wouldn't be able to get it back. 

Thanks to Ga In who somehow defended the females here by actually doing the same to PSY. I was relieved when this happened. The dance is the same as Brown Eyed Girls ABRACADABRA so nothing too original about the dance either. The song is catchy so whatever  but the music video may be fun for some, but really horrible for me. Such a bad example for the youth. Good job, PSY. 

If all PATHOLOGISTS look like this, GURL! Haha so just a little back story, I think I was first year in college when this movie came out and we were at the mall, right? I saw the showing date and then we intended to watch it (of course) and then we couldn't make it on the first day so we just decided to come back the other day but then when we returned, they're not showing it na. WHUT? Anyways, I illegally downloaded the movie and watched it just now and what can I say? Kind of weird for a game, you know. Basically they have to kill people but not just to kill! They have to do it in such a way that no one would know how exactly they did it. It's sort of a game that them resident pathologists play. And I'm kind of proud that I got one out of so many. I'm not PATHO (yet, perhaps). So yeah. I wouldn't go into detail but I am very impressed with the ending. 

I actually witnessed doctors play games probably twice. Not this kind of games where they kill people of course. They probably wouldn't let us know about that but what I witnessed was one time, I received a specimen for pregnancy test, right? And then two physicians went straight to the laboratory (which is not always legal) and waited for the result. And when I said NEGATIVE, one of them said "YES! I WON". And then one time, the bet was to guess the TURN AROUND TIME of a CBC result for a particular patient and stuff so yeah. 

Oh and speaking of PATHOLOGY, I forgot to post these pictures from our last duty feast at the PATHOLOGY OFFICE. 

Favorite book

* I actually don't have a favorite book but I have favorite bits from each book so I don't know how that works. But for the sake of answering the question, I think I enjoyed the Prisoner of Azkaban the most. That Peter Pettigrew stuff and all that but I have a love and hate relationship with that book (every book actually) but yeah, just for the sake of having an answer, I'd go with that. 

Favorite movie

* I don't really have a favorite movie as well but I think Goblet of Fire was pretty awesome. Pretty the awesome-st I should say. 

Least favorite book 

* This. As much as I learned not to be judgmental and gather facts instead of opinions, and a lot more in this book (and movie), CHAMBER OF SECRETS is kind of not right. I really hated the part where Dobby caused them a lot if troubles and stuff. 

Parts of the books/movies that made you cry

* I don't cry that much in real life scenarios but I am very vulnerable when it comes to movies. If I can remember it right, the first time I cried was when Hagrid gave Harry the photo album containing some pictures that he gathered from some of his parents' friend. And then I cried when the parents of Cedric Diggory accepted the fact that their child is already dead. It wasn't presented very dramatic but I don't know. It's probably just me. The third was when Sirius Black died. I was like, forever in tears. I think I cried when Dumbledore died as well. I cried when Dobby died. I also cried when Fred Weasley died. And I also cried when Snape died and flashed his memories via the PENSIEVE. I cried when Narcissa Malfoy denied Potter's death. I cried when Hagrid was carrying Potter's body. And some time in between those I'm sure. 

If you could hook up with any HP character who would it be?

* DRACO MALFOY. Or OLIVER WOOD. 

* I like Sirius Black. I don't know why actually besides him being awesome. I also like Bellatrix Lestrange's character. That I really don't know why. "NOT MY DAUGHTER, BITCH."  

What would your Patronus be?

* Mmm...I  really think Luna Lovegood's HARE Patronus is gorgeous but I think mine would be either a UNICORN or a PHOENIX.

* INVISIBILITY CLOAK for sure. The Resurrection Stone didn't do much in my opinion and then the Elder Wand is kind of too much for me so I would like to have all of them but if I could only have one, then INVISIBILITY CLOAK. On a not so Harry Potter note, I actually want the power of invisibility to be my secret power. Just saying. 

* GRYFFINDOR. J.K. Rowling approves. I actually don't mind being in Slytherin as well. I think it's kind of my alter-ego or something something. 

* I want them all if possible but I'd say Emma Watson. I really want to meet them all though but whatever. 

* Nope.

IF you were on the Quiddich team which position would you play?

* Seeker. Feelingera eh. Hahaha 

* I actually wish they showed the house of the kids but I think the ending was brilliant as it is. Oh might be a little greedy but I really wished Potter didn't break the Elder Wand. I mean, it's his after all. It reminds me so much of MEAN GIRLS

* I don't know how to answer this. I mean, it's not like I'm sooooo obsessed with it but things might have been a little different without it. Pretty big deal. 

That's it guys! Feel free to answer this tag if you feel like it. I had fun answering them. Good vibes! :)

Japanese is probably one of the languages that people want to learn these days. I don't really get it but I'm here to help! :) See, as a Japanese, people expect me to know my language fully. Not gonna happen. I mean, we, Japanese do have a dictionary too and we have it for something. For reference. But the good news is you wouldn't be needing that to survive. Say you would stay in Japan for five days, these five words would be enough for you to survive. This is like learning these the lazy way. I mean, I'm gonna make it easy for everyone.

1. Hi! My name is (Mikie).

Google Translate: こんにちは！私の名前はミキエです。Kon'nichiwa! Watashi no namae ha (Mikie) desu.

- Bad news is you have to memorize that because there's no easy way out. You could actually say

"Watashi no namae ha (Mikie)" or "Namae ha (Mikie)".

But that's like your last resort. So if you're going ever going to Japan, you have to at least know this. And! Unless we have the same name, don't say Mikie, alright? LOL. Japanese people are quite familiar with "What is your name?" so that would make it a lot easier for you but if you heard the word NAMAE, it has something to do with name. Pretty easy, right? NAME=NAMAE.

2. I can't speak Japanese.

Google Translate: 私は日本語を話すことができません。Watashi wa nihongo o hanasu koto ga dekimasen.

- Seriously? Nope! You don't say that. I mean, if you would like to be an interpreter for the Prime Minister then you might need to say that but because you're a tourist who can't really speak the language, this is how I would recommend you say it.

"Watashi nihongo wakaranai"

Which literally means I don't know Japanese but it'll make sense, trust me. It's still crazy long but relatively shorter.

3. I am a Foreigner.

Google Translate: 私は外国人です。Watashi wa gaikoku hitodesu.

- If you're not from South East Asia, there's a big chance that Japanese people would already know but just keep going. Anyways, this is still quite long. Not really conversational so what the heck?

"Watashi wa gaikokujin desu"

4. How much is this?

Google Translate: これはいくらですか？Kore wa ikuradesu ka?

- Or you could just hold the thing up and say,

"Ikura?"

This is actually just applicable when you're in a flee market or when it's not indicated but you know, it's usually indicated somewhere. Oh one more thing! There are some Ramen restaurants which put Japanese numbers instead so if you want to know, say you're budgeting your money and stuff, you could point the ramen on their menu and ask away. If they answered in Japanese, just get them answer you in sign language. You have to guess first and show them your hands. And ask "OK?" as a follow up question. Also comes handy when you're bargaining.

5. Thank you.

Google Translate: ありがとう。Arigatou.

- I think Japanese people are nice in general so I think it is just right to thank them for like, exerting a little effort to talk to you or help you or when you got a discount or just about anything you're thankful for. Just say "Arigatou" or "Domo". Actually, you'll do fine already with the word "thank you."

I will come up with an advance course for everyone soon! That's all! :) 

The word Gyaru is actually the word GIRL or GAL pronounced in Japanese but it's actually the same thing. Most of the Japanese cannot actually pronounce L so that kind of explains it. I don't know why I did this but if you can still remember, I declared Sunday as my off day and I really spent my Sunday away from the computer so yeah. I found out that it's dangerous. I kid. So using some of the apps I have, I came up with this looks. DON'T YOU DARE LAUGH. Haha nah it's okay. I made this for our entertainment actually. Nah, only mine. Haha

But I kid you not when I say that it's kind of normal for Japanese kids to actually look like this. From where I'm from, not much but my best friend actually pull off this look so IDK. PROOF! (LAST PICTURE) But the other places I go to, like, Yokohama, Tokyo, and other big cities, most of the girls look like what they call "GYARUS".

The hair! I've always thought that big hair is better than paper thin straight hair. On me at least. The gyarus I usually see have big hairs, long nails, tons of make-up on, very long lashes, dark eyeliners, and wear pretty dresses. Just saying.

That's all I'm gonna share :D let's see what would I look like when I'm in Japan soon. Yay! Wala lang. If you're curious how real "gyaru" look like, here. 

That's Tsubasa Masuwaka. Can't really beat that. Haha

Tokyo gyarus. I don't know if I want to look like this though. Not that I'm against this. It's probably too much for me. Tapos pala ganito na ako no? Haha 

That's all! :)  Good vibes!

Like I said, I was catching up with movies and this time, I'm gonna review Bourne Identity. Well not really review though. Just gonna say something about it and what my opinions on it are and stuff like that. Actually, I watched When in Rome before Bourne but it was so kinda walang kwenta kaya 'wag nalang. Haha. This one is like an old film na. Released 2002 pa. Pero anyways. 

So it is about Jason Bourne, an assassin who lost his memory. He was found floating by some fishermen sort of. The guy who was cutting his body sort of found out that he got shot and yeah good thing there's someone in the boat who knows how to remove it from his body and all that stuff. And then the interesting part was there was a tiny laser kind of bullet found in his hip and when the doctor/that someone flashed it on the wall, it revealed his bank number. Okay so fast forward.

The cops were everywhere looking for him and he don't know why. He still got the skills though. Fighting and all that self defense stuff. Then he had to go to Paris but riding a train's too dangerous and everything else so he followed the girl in the front of the line when he was in the US Embassy and kind of heard her problem that she's broke and all that. So he offered him 10 grand for a ride to Paris and that he'll give him another 10 when they get there. And then the girl kind of put herself in danger by actually doing that but even though Jason Bourne, the assassin I was talking about already instructed her to go to the police and say everything she knows to clear her name but she didn't. Oh well. And so she was then part of the target. Like, she went with him everywhere and then she was given a chance to go away with Jason Bourne's remaining money and even though she doesn't want to go, she did.

Jason Bourne then fixed things and when he was able to, he was able to find the girl and yeah. Happy ending.

Let's cross over. I don't know what that means. Probably to travel or whatever. You probably watched that film already. Eat Pray Love. I just did. Now that I have time to watch movies, I'll try my best to catch up. For some reason, I really find learning any European language difficult. I was about to put Abercrombie as a title. Anyways.

I was battling whether I should watch Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (potterhead!) or Eat Pray Love yesterday. I watched Goblet of Fire probably twice but Eat Pray Love, I haven't (yesterday) so I settled for that. I haven't read the book or anything but I plan to. Hopefully soon.

I liked the film. It kind of reflects reality. Well its not that I like reality or whatsoever but I like that it's not very fictional. You know what I mean? You feel me? So it all started with this couple who can't seem to have the same outlook on life. Liz got an attorney, wanted a divorce, got it, and voila! I just want to comment on what happened. I kind of pity the guy because he believed that it'll still work out. I guess it's Liz's fault for giving up too easily (at least in the movie). Proof is that the guy didn't sign the divorce paper right away. Although he was presented to be childish on screen but still, he reasoned out and didn't want a divorce. Not interested was the term used.

And then there's this another guy who Liz had an eye contact with during a play and then they kind of lived together, I don't know how long. And then this guy, influenced Liz to pray. I don't mean to offend anyone by not knowing but the person they're praying to was introduced as a Guru. Or maybe I missed it. Not really good with names if you can't tell it yet. Anyways. Liz was not happy any more, there's no more passion, they're fighting over things already, and that happened.

Liz then planned a trip for herself to find her "balance". She said she'll go to Italy (Rome), India, and Indonesia (Bali) respectively. Because in the beginning of the film, Liz went to Ketut (a healer) in Bali and I think it was her fate or something like that. I don't know. I guess it's a good point. Doing something to actually make your "fate" a reality. I've talked about it a lot so whatevs. So then right before she go about her travels, Liz got a call from her attorney and said that her husband signed the divorce thingy already. So we now go to ROME!