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For all of ya "politically correct" folks, don't read any further...

The Japanese are absolutely ridiculous! Well, it's my fault I suppose because I AM the one who chose to get the entire Cooking Master Boy series from my friend, RJ, knowing full well what to expect, having seen a couple of episodes from that freak season 5 years ago when our TV in Baguio was somehow getting cable TV reception, including AXN (and no, we weren't scavving off someone else's cable, thank you very much). That's when I got into anime, when I fell in crush with Slam Dunk's Hanamichi Sakuragi (so cute!) and the toothless wonder, Miyagi (je pense ce comme on s'appele).

What's funny is the version I'm watching has English titles (bien sur!) but the audio has been translated from Japanese to Chinese, so the anime-sound I've come to expect from watching a gazillion episodes of Naruto isn't satisfied. I mean, the Japanese voice actors are so expressive and hilarious, therefore watching any English-dubbed anime is the ultimate letdown afterwards. Chinese voices aren't bad, and since the setting's in China it kinda adds to the mood. It's just weird because I expect someone to yell, "DATTEBAYO!" any second and they don't. (Yes, andi, calm down...)

Back to Cooking Master Boy. Ridiculous! (But then again I love ridiculous things...) I was just thinking that the Japanese must be REALLY bored. I mean they have series about practically anything: Cooking, Fishing, Racing, even a Sailor Moon-type series called "Wedding Peach" where the girls' ultimate powers are to change into wedding dresses and I suppose knock the baddies on the noggins with their lacy-garter-slingshots or something...

Where was I... Oh yes... cooking. Who else but the Japanese would think of cooking as a competitive event (think CMB and Iron Chef... and I'm trying to recall if they had a cooking event in Takeshi's Castle...) and a medium which transports the food connoisieur into nirvana, complete with lotus flowers blooming out of nowhere and fireworks going off in the background (in complete daylight, mind you!). Who else but the Japanese would imagine chefs performing their own jutsu!? And being attacked by an agents from a cooking underworld all fighting over a set of legendary cooking utensils?

And I love Mao and someone I know very well could stand to learn a lot from his humility (ehem! ehem!). I mean he chooses to hide his badge of honor, his Master Chef badge which he earns very early on in the series so that people won't treat him different BUT of course there has to be a silly sidekick who'll take off the armband to reveal that he is Chef Genius Mao, youngest Master Chef ever!

EVERY SINGLE EPISODE!

Oh well, I guess that means I just need to find some silly sidekick to drag around to do my bragging for me.

posted on Wednesday, March 22 | 1 comments

sablay mother

yayangmorales: I have to go to bed na
yayangmorales: been writing to a friend in thailand
hyperory: you write WHILE on the internet? as in email?
yayangmorales: Hay, it took me 1 hour to write a 2 paragraph letter
yayangmorales: grabe
hyperory: MA, next time write it offline then copy it and send it when you get on. para di maaksaya sa net time. suggestion lang
yayangmorales: yes....sori
yayangmorales: di ko pa alam magword...then transfer to email
yayangmorales: papa taught me hyperory: at least was able to talk to you
hyperory: buwahahahah!!! ma, you're so cute tlaga
yayangmorales: pero you know me, this is not baking or cooking
yayangmorales: this is very hi tech for me
yayangmorales: he he my teacher is very impatient
hyperory: again, ma. you're so cute

posted on Wednesday, March 15 | 0 comments
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