Some quick things I forgot to blog about.

The Shiny-glittery cover

1. Pokemon: I asked Atsushi to buy me ten volumes of my favourite manga ポケットモンスター Special(the Japanese version) like... back in November, and I finally got it recently because I keep forgetting to get it when I go to his house, and he keeps forgetting to bring it when he comes to mine. I just like to point out that the Japanese and the Chinese version of the manga(Yes, I own both) has a really big difference. The cover of the Japanese version is a lot smoother and shinier than the Chinese version; it's like of like adding the 'glitter' feel when printing photos. The paper that the Japanese version used is a lot better, too. It's a lot softer, so it feels better when I turn the page. The Chinese version for the paper is not bad, too -- they just went for the 'sturdy' kind. You know... thick...

Since I'm talking about Manga qualities, I'm just gonna bash a little about the English manga, and when I said a little, I meant a lot. English version SUCKS. First of all, unlike the Japanese and the Chinese version, there is no protective covering for the manga. If you don't know what a protective covering is... (I really hope you do), look at the picture below. The paper the English manga uses, it's like recycled paper or something -- so ugly and rough. Don't even get me started on the translations, but good thing it's not dubbing...

The Legendary protective cover.

2. Birthday: Atsushi's birthday was last week, and I gave him a present just recently because stuff happened (blames on the birthday boy, or should I say man since he's legally an adult now). I bought him Katamari Forever on the PS3. If you don't know what Katamari is, you're missing out. It's a really popular series in Japan where the Prince of all cosmos rolls a tiny ball picking up everything it rolled through. From candy to pencils, from cats to humans, from schools to bridges, and even from stars to planets, our little prince rolls them all up! What's the objective you say? You have to roll your ball to a certain size within a time limit, and the King of all cosmos will grade you on your performance. The amount of things, the different kind of things, and such. The little ball that you rolled up will be then turned into 'something' that will let you advance into the story. Pretty addicting if you ask me. Hope you enjoy your present, Atsushi(I know you'll read this someday :P)

Katamari Forever on the PS3

3. Doctor Who: I watched Doctor Who, the animated series(two of the episodes) today, and it was quite interesting. I don't really know how to explain it, and I won't since none of my blog readers actually watch Doctor Who. Still, I want to just talk about it a little. By a little, I really mean a little, so I will end it now.

4. Youtube: I have an idea for my next youtube video, and I will start filming it soon once I finalize my plan. 'Course I'll blog about it when I upload it, so look forward to it!!

5. Music/Video of the day: Today's music of the day is the opening from Tales of Eternia the animation. It's called '空にかける端' (Sora ni kakeru hashi). It's really nothing special; it just brings back a lot of memories of when I watched the anime. The anime is not even that good, too. I still like the song and such though =]!

Video of day is by WongFuProductions, a channel on Youtube. Video's called 'Yellow Fever'. It's not really a video, but like a short film. I know it's pretty long, but it's pretty funny and has pretty good message behind it.

The corner of Treasure/Junk

By the way, this is what's happening to my bed. I am running out of room to sleep on. Haha

That's all I can think of for the moment, that's all. Bye!

~Daniel Chou

Welcome to my world (of Pokemon?)

I've done some vlogging before, never blogging, but because the living environment right now doesn't allow me to vlog very much so I resorted to blogging. I guess I should start by doing some introductions and get the awkward things out of the way. Maybe I'll just list them, it's a lot faster this way.

Name: Daniel

Age: 18

School: University of Toronto

Last night, my friend Crystal invited me to go eat dinner at an Irish restaurant called MoonBloomy or something along that line. I can't really recall the name anymore, and it was only yesterday night. It's an Irish pub-diner place. I swear it's not because I was drunk that I didn't remember the name; I blame my goldfish memory span!! Anyways, her friends, Lisa and Cara were also there with her. Actually, Lisa's the reason why we're going to the restaurant in the first place. She has coupons from the infamous "Entertainment Book". Sigh... I still remember back in high school when I tried to sell that for some fund raising just so that I can go to Ireland.

Either way, it was a ten minutes walk from my residence, a walkable distance considering that it's at least -10C outside (probably colder at night time). The restaurant didn't give out an Irish feel; it's nothing like the pubs I saw in Ireland. I ordered French Onion Soup and Steak Sandwich... they were just okay. Acceptable, but doesn't stand out. The fries were great though, reminds me the fries from New York Fries. Mmmmm. Lisa ordered this salad, and I find the decorations really interesting. They baked & deep-fried potatoe chips(like Nachos) in a bowl shape and used that to hold the salad. I like how I go to an irish pub, but doesn't order irish food. I really don't want to eat Fish and Chips though. Not ever again...

We ate and chat about... stuff =] The night was going great until I found out they don't take debit card. Good thing is that I have my credit card with me, so it wasn't a BIG problem. We went to Starbucks after that. I, being me, ordered my new-found favourite drink (thanks to a certain someone) Black Tea Lemonade. The four of us sat there and talked really loudly about movies and sex, but not porn movies... umm... it's complicated. XD As that went on, people around us left one by one; we probably scared them off. Oh well. 'Tis all good. Walking back from Starbucks was a nightmare though. It was so cold!!! The temperature might be just -10C, but the wind chill made it feels like -20 or 30, it was crazy. I still survived though, or else I wouldn't be here writing about it.

I watched the newest episode of 'Doctor Who', the best TV show ever. maybe. I still need to get a few people to watch it, so I won't spoil anything on here. For those who doesn't know what 'Doctor Who' is, it's about this man who calls himself the doctor because for some reason(not yet revealed) he refuses to tell people his real name(also not revealed). He is a Time Lord, who travels on his spaceship called the T.A.R.D.I.S - Time And Relative Dimension In Space. He always have a companion with him to "see the stars" and the "wonderful worlds out there". It's really hard to explain it without spoiling too much, so long story short... he time travels and events happen, and finale ties everything together!! Now go watch it!

Thanks for reading my blog,

~Daniel Chou