XxCyanexX Blog: 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.