Yuna Ito new song release!
Hope you guys like this song too!
Three weeks to go!
It's only 3 weeks left before I depart for San Francisco, and off to UCSC. All the plans are under way, with housing over there confirmed too. In my floor I have 5 other people staying with me - two other exchange students, and 3 local ones. The journey to get to this stage took ages! From not knowing which uni I'll get into, to the tedious long online apps to fill in, to visa issues, to health insurance stuff - it's been a long trek. It should hopefully be well worth it, after all this time and effort getting there. I've been told that Santa Cruz is a kinda hippy town, with a forest and a beach at the same uni.
I can't wait till I arrive there, and hopefully will be an enjoyable experience then! Will keep you readers posted on how everything goes. =)
P.S. the above is the logo of UCSC (University of California, Santa Cruz), and is of the mascot, a banana slug - wiki it for more info.
The world ends with me!
The boxart cover of TWEWYIt is an action RPG, but it is sooo different from your generic RPG, that I'm tempted to get a DS now, to play some more of it xD. The story starts off being kinda emo - with a "everybody hates me" and "I don't care" attitude. As it progresses the message, is that the world isn't as bad as it is, as it depends on what you make for yourself. Hence the title, 'the world ends with you'. (I won't spoil you guys on the plot)
It has a lot of replayability, and unlike traditional rpgs, levelling up isn't a chore anymore, with the variety of different ways that you can use different moves depending on pins you use. From striking the touchscreen using the stylus, to blowing into the mic, to dragging objects on the screen to attack - no battle can get boring!
You can gain some extra exp from playing the game next to other people with wifi-enabled on their DS's no matter what game they're playing. In terms of other multiplayer functionality, you can play with your pins in a game called Tin Pin.
Overall it's a great game, with an interesting storyline and innovative gameplay, highly recommended to those who love a good story, and something that isn't conventional.
The inside of the box
The back cover of the boxLet the Games begin!
At last it has finally started, the 2008 Bejing Olympics. The whole ceremony was nothing short of spectacular. From bits of history to intensive drumming to hip hop dancing/calligraphy to Tai Chi performances to making different symbols with oars to cool mechanical tiles to a lot of other things. If you haven't seen it already, try and track it down somewhere. It makes you realise the effect that a large population can make in an Olympic ceremony like this one.
Photo from here:
http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/photos/2008/08/08/beijing-cp-584-5292733.jpg
Anata To PV is released
OMG! The PV to the next ayaka X Kobukuro collab is on youtube already. The single won't be released til end of Sept though.... =(