All things Japan

Well it has been a long time since I blogged . . . like anyone cares or reads this anyway. So lets start with the obvious, the natural disaster in Japan. What can you say? All I did was stay glued to the NHK - World - English broadcast that was on Ustream for two weeks straight. Sure donating money is easy for it allows you not to get directly involved, but I feel for those affected & wish I could of been there in person to help. I tried over a couple of days to keep a friend of mine informed / relay news casts, but felt I was hindering then helping. That & her own country men/women were doing a by far better job in doing so & lifting her spirits where I could not. Sometimes you just have to acknowledge your limitations. 

At the same time I was ashamed to be an American and further re-enforced my love of Japan over my own country for two reasons. One was the American media way over exaggerating the Nuclear accident & down right fear mongering to the point private citizens here were buying iodine pills & radiation detectors. Eh?!? Two were those intentionally, on the previously mentioned Ustream broadcast, spreading mis-information when the turth was being broadcast on the very channel they are commenting on without a shread of proof. Then there were those adding insult to injury to the people of Japan telling Godzilla jokes, that they derserved it because of either Pearl Harbour or whaling, etc.

For those who wish to continue to follow the real news from Japans NHK-World in English just click the following http://jibtv.com/ then click the " On Air " tab.

Pretty much everyone who are going to donate have all ready. However if you would like to continue to do so long term & what to know beyond all reasonable doubt your donations are getting to the people please goto HirokoChannel and make a direct donation. Though she is currently having problems getting it setup please visit the site once a week for by her own admission it should be up & running in another week or so.

Another way to donate & show or rather wear your good deed with pride you can visit CafePress . 10% of all sales from the " Japan relief " merchandise namely the T-shirts will goto the Red Cross.

Well with all this despair one could use some cheering up. Then by all means if you like Japanese comedy specifically Batsu-games you can download them here Ggakifiles.Blogspot . Some are sub-titled & some not, but if you are a fan like me you'll laugh just the same.

Lastly there is the latest Morning Musume release of thier 45th single. I like the song, not so much the outfits & even less the PV, but as they say "everybody is a critic". It's good to see the 9th Generation finally. I feel they did very well & despite being thrown to the wolves, sort of speak with a Spring concert right around the corner plus school ( people tend to forget about that ), I have high hopes they will do just fine. The following is thier PV. Enjoy courtsey of thier offical YouTube channel.

Maji de suka suka 

Interview with english subs ( view on YT & turn on cc )

The American Media

A Happy Birthday to Linlin.

A Happy 20th Birthday to Linlin formerly of Morming Musume.

Whaa! Where to begin. She joined first as a Hello!Project Egg in January of 2007 then later with Junjun & Mitsui Aika as the 8th generation of the group in the Summer of the same year. Great credit to her for over coming the language barrier though both her & Junjun were largely ingored in the beginning she more then proved herself as a worthy member.

A 2nd "happy girl" to Niigaki Risa she is one whom has an aura about her. A light if you will flowing from her pure heart. One who has mastered unconditional love at such an early age in which impresses me the most. I love her quirks of how she laughs, by dropping to the floor/ground & either pointing or over doing it with arm movements. Also she tends to be gullible at times at the amusement of others. She takes love serious & never for granted for if you are lucky enough to be called a friend of hers you are turely blessed.

After returning to China she's has been quite busy and/or lazy to blog much anymore. It remains to be seen what she will doing for a living, but I'm sure we'll hear something by years end. I can only hope she takes the time to celebrate her birthday with family & old friends.

Linlin's Graduation message & solo

Lillin's Blog

Disclaimer: I am in no way condoning you or anyone else to up/down load Copy Right material. Do with the information below as you will.

If you wish to download her & Junjun's graduation memorial first do the following.

1.) Download & install uTorrent 

2.) Goto the website Hello!Online ( a Hello!Project fan site ) an register

3.) Now that you have access to the " Tracker " section of the website after logging in. Here is the link to thier Memorial Special 

4.) Open media with Windows Media Player upon download completion

Morning Musume's 45th Single "Maji Desu ka Ska!" radio rip

I've been harsh or critical in the past of Tsunku-sans writing, specifically the music. Therefore most of Morning Musume's singles in the past I never seem to like upon there release. However I do in the end for they "grow" on me over time. For example "Kimagure Princess" took 10 months before I finally liked it, though see'ing it performed live helped.

So as you might of guessed I don't care to much for the music set to this one, but not as badly as previous releases. Listening to it over & over as I'm blogging here lol. Overall I do like how it's sung though. I think the 9th generation did a good job however it will take some time getting use to the "new" sound for I keep trying to look for & hear Eri, Junjun & Linlin voices *cries*. I can only imagine more songs with youth in mind then the adult ones we have become use to of late.

Well that's my two cents worth so here is the preview untill such time as it found & removed by Up Front Agengcy/Works.

Morning Musume's 45th Single

Blogger couldn't find the video thus the link

9th Generations recordings part 1/2

part 2/2

Dance practice