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ASADA HIROYUKI PROFILE

I'll post the profile of Asada Hiroyuki or best known to be the artist behind the brilliant Tegami Bachi or Letter Bee. I found this profile in Baka-Updates Manga, so for more info about anime please refer to that site.

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Name: 浅田弘幸 Asada Hiroyuki

Birthplace: Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

messages of love

Tegami Bachi (テガミバチ Letter Bee Tegamibachi^?, lit. "Letter Bee") is a shōnen mangaseries by Hiroyuki Asada. I first heard about this anime from the non stop group message of my good friend KENNETH and also from Kuya THEREI. Coincidentally when I was looking for a good movie to watch on the television, I saw this anime on ANIMAX. I immediately took the opportunity of watching this episode and find it cute. Of course it was my first time to watch this kind of anime so I don't know exactly the plot, again i seek for the help of my good friend google and this is what he told me.

Plot

The story takes place in the land of AmberGround, a place of perpetual night only partially illuminated by an artificial sun. Lag Seeing works as a "Letter Bee" (delivery boy) at the "Bee Hive" (a delivery service), with his Dingo, Niche, and her "pet", Steak, traveling with him. As a Letter Bee, Lag's job is entrusted to deliver letters and packages from town to town while avoiding Amberground's deadliest hazard — a species of giant armored insect known as Gaichuu, who attempt to feed off the "heart" that reside within these letters and packages.

I love the fact that they're going to deliver messages and have to avoid some mischief that feed on the hearts that reside within the letters. I think the plot is cute because no matter how many obstacles came their way they would do (the messengers) whatever they can to deliver the letter.

Here's some facts about this anime I caught from google and other site.

Manga

Main article: List of Tegami Bachi chapters

The first ten chapters of Tegami Bachi were originally serialized in the now-defunct Monthly Shōnen Jump. A special un-numbered chapter was published as a one-shot in Weekly Shōnen Jump prior to the launch of Jump Square, where Tegami Bachi is now serialized.

Viz Media has licensed Tegami Bachi for an English-language adaption in North America, and serialized chapters in its monthly manga anthology Shonen Jump, beginning in its March 2009 issue. Serialization ended after the March 2010 issue, while the volumes have since continued to be released. In Europe, the series is licensed in Italy by Panini Comics under their Planet Manga division, and by Kana in France.^[4]

The Author

Hiroyuki Asada (浅田 弘幸 Asada Hiroyuki^?, born February 15, 1968 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist who is best known for his steampunk series Tegami Bachi ("Letter Bee"). The first manga series he created was called I'll, and was a basketballseries. All of Asada's manga were serialized in the monthly shōnen anthology Monthly Shōnen Jump (which has since been discontinued;Tegami Bachi now appears in its replacement Jump Square). He made his debut in 1986. He acquired a fanbase with Mint: Sleeping Rabbit,Renka by degrees, and his popularity improved with I'll. In his personal life, he is part of a unit with Shou Tajima (best known for Psych) andTakeshi Obata (best known for Hikaru no Go and Death Note), and his creation activity with "AQUARIOS 3".

Family name (in kanji): 浅田

Given name (in kanji): 弘幸

浅田 弘幸

this is his website.

(inside? I am feeling a bit happy becuase he was born in the month of February. My birth month too, could this mean that we are destined for each other. Hahah just kidding.)

Anime

Carlos Santos of Anime News Network reviewed the first 6 episodes of Tegami Bachi. He commented that the series "may be one of the last few adventure series that is genuinely about adventure" and "an adventure with a unique vibe". Santos went on to say how the series as a whole isn't like typical adventure series, which deal with "the triumphs and tragedies of having the best sword", as it is built on "the triumphs and tragedies of the human heart". A negative point he said was about the animation - describing the Gaichuu as "plastic-looking CGI beasts looking woefully out of place among the scenery". However, Santos complimented the series' art direction by saying that "the artistry is far more commendable: the blend of feudal and industrial eras results in a unique visual aesthetic". Overall, Santos gave a positive review of the first 6 episodes of Tegami Bachi with an overall grade of B-.^[10]

So that would be it for now. My mother is having a fever and she's practically screaming at me because I'm not yet on the table to eat. So I've got to go now, I promise to post a lot of these facts about tegami bachi and many other anime, food etc.

Chao for now :))

Planking for dummies

I was surfing the net, clicking websites, liking posts on Facebook and tweeting about whatever tweets I could find when a post on Facebook suddenly caught my attention. It's about this planking thing that became a public hit. You'll probably wondering what PLANKING means right? Well so, do I. I mean I have seen what they are doing, but to be honest I haven't got the slightest idea of its purpose.

So it's already 12:49 am and I'm still up. While writing this topic on my blog I asked for the meaning of Planking to my good friend Google, and his answer is a simple.

Planking or the lying down game is an activity consisting of lying face down in an unusual or incongruous location. The hands must touch the sides of the body and having a photograph of the participant taken and posted on the internet is an integral part of the game.^[1] Players compete to find the most unusual and original location in which to play.^[1] The term planking refers to mimicking a wooden plank.

So that was the answer of my friend Google, based on the explanation planking means I still don't get it. Of course, I don't get it, I mean what's the purpose of facing down on the ground with your arms fit beside you and just pose for nothing. Tell me; is there a benefit on doing this? Nowadays people wanted to find some unusual place to do planking and be crowned as what? The best planker ever? Is there such an award? Maybe eventually it would appear, but I really don't care.

So I tried typing the word planking on Google's face to find some pictures about Planking but i ended up having these pictures for planking.

I laughed because what appeared on my screen were wood, a real plank, and the original plank. Literally woods, like what of those carpenters use when they renovate their house or something like that. I was eager enough to find people doing this stuff so I typed People Planking and viola. This is what real plankers look like.

They look like some shape shifters who tries their best to blend in with the surroundings by means of lying on the ground face down and body straight with matching hands on their side.

So going back to what I found earlier this night. I saw one of my college mate post on her wall what planking means. I thought this connotation of planking is another one of those brutally hilarious words created by some bored guy who has nothing else to do but to laugh and be laughed at. But I was wrong, dead wrong. To my surprise, this denotation of the Planking meant something else. And here is what it says.

“PLANKING in LATIN means worshipping the devil in a parallel position.”

FLANKING or PLANKING

(Resting exercise)

-is an old Eastern Religious practice or demonic exercise that leads to death to many people in the past, they are now beginning to revive this demonic practice and most victim are young people.

Don’t be too surprised because that is what my reaction the first time I read this. If this is true then planking is evil, this whole practice is like a ritual to have some kind of Satan’s army to conquer the earth. Then after that, they will rule the world and everyone will plank for the rest of our damned lives. Sorry about that, my mind was just carried away with silly imaginations. Seriously speaking, after reading this I came to realize that it might somehow be similar to that inverted cross wherein they say back then a sign of worshipping the devil. Meaning to say, just by planking in anywhere you like makes you praise the king of hell.

First and foremost, I have a query. What is the benefit of doing this activity anyway? It’s not even productive to start with. To plankers, don’t you even realize that what you’re doing is only making your health in a bad situation. Just think of it for a second okay, your face is placed down the ground. Let’s say you planked on a field, well we cannot even say that it’s clean. I mean who knows what creature or insect passed by that grass field. What if there’s a dog poop that was only buried under that, can you imagine yourself planking face down on the grass field and after a few minutes you got up and you have an instant mud facial with an added wretched odor. See what I am trying to point out?

Planking is pointless and a silly thing to do.

I was surfing the net, clicking websites, liking posts on Facebook and tweeting about whatever tweets I could find when a post on Facebook suddenly caught my attention. It's about this planking thing that became a public hit. You'll probably wondering what PLANKING means right? Well so do i. I mean I've seen what they're doing, but to be honest I haven't got the slightest idea of it's purpose.

So it's already 12:49 am and I'm still up. While writing this topic on my blog I asked for the meaning of Planking to my good friend Google, and his answer is a simple.

Planking or the lying down game is an activity consisting of lying face down in an unusual or incongruous location. The hands must touch the sides of the body and having a photograph of the participant taken and posted on the internet is an integral part of the game.^[1] Players compete to find the most unusual and original location in which to play.^[1] The term planking refers to mimicking a wooden plank.

So that was the answer of my friend Google, based on the explanation planking means I still don't get it. Of course I don't get it, I mean what's the purpose of facing down on the ground with your arms fit beside you and just pose for nothing. Tell me, is there a benefit on doing this? Nowadays people wanted to find some unusual place to do planking and be crowned as what? the best planker ever? Is there such an award? Maybe sooner or later it would appear, but I really don't care.

So I tried typing the word planking on Google's face to find some pictures about Planking but i ended up having these pictures for planking.

GAGA goes GAGO

After watching, the latest music video of LADY GAGA's YOU AND I. I was left breathless and not moving sitting on my bed staring at the monitor at the paused part of where lady gaga played a part as a man on that video for the whole 5 minutes. Not only did I wonder if it's her or not, but I find her cute. Apparently, Jo Calderone is what they call Lady Gaga's male alter ego.

"You will never find what you are looking for in love, if you don't love yourself. #You&ISingleCover," the Mother Monster proclaimed on Twitter.

Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta or most commonly known by her screen name as Lady Gaga is not only taking pictorials as a man but listed as Jo Calderone in Vogue Homme Japan. Here's some photos I managed to steal (Just kidding) from her house.

In this photo you can clearly see that she is flat chested and all. But in her other videos she has this two not so huge but still considered as bust. So it made me wonder what happened to those two mountains placed in her chest in this photo. Then my conclusion is she's using a really big push up bra?

Mother monster transformed from her crazy female self into a slick smoking street tough with an attitude Jo Calderone. Gaga created Jo as her male ater ego and now this hot guy is modelling and posing for pictures. It is like Gaga has been resurrected or reincarnated rather in a guy form which she looks good at. I can't blame them for spreading rumor that Lady Gaga is like a male, I mean just look at her photos she really looks like a man.

Yup It definitely looked like Lady Gaga gave up her female life to be a man. Just kidding, :)

In her Video You and I, there was a part where Jo Calderone appeared on top of the piano sitting and smoking. There he smokes like there is no tomorrow, feels like his body is like a walking incinerator. Yup that's her smoking. I have to admit she looks pretty hot though, her body her facial expression is really manly. He's slim and tall, good nose and nice posture only problem is he smokes like crazy.

The hell with what people say Gaga, if you want to be a man then do it.

Family of Apes

Thus, goes the saying that we came from apes. Forget about my first phrase it's nothing, I just don't know how to start this blog of mine. Anyhow, in the blue corner today August 21, 2011 is my parents' 18th anniversary. Yay to them both. the actual plan was for them to relax and have dinner together or just have the whole day for themselves but since my two great naughty brothers are here plans changed. We ended up eating in
shakey's and watching a movie at Pacific Mall of Legazpi.

(while typing the word Pacific Mall of Legazpi the theme song of embarcadero de legazpi suddenly popped in my head. Weird)

So this is the whole TOLERO family in SHAKEY's. Good thing there's an editing software here in my laptop. Finally had a family picture.

Mama, Papa, Tantan, Me and Adrian

The title for this post is bothering me, family of apes. My mind is now playing some random thoughts about me and my family an ape and pose for a picture. Now what would i look like if I became an ape? Well I don't think there's a difference If I'm transformed into one anyway. The high light of this event was when we watched

"RISE OF THE PLANETS OF THE APES".

Yup, finally after days of wait I finally got the chance to witness the apes rise for justice or freedom I think. The story was as expected all about apes and how they're experimented cruelly. The scientists' reason is that chimps has a lot more powerful immune system than human does, thus the result of why chimps or apes are hunted in the wild for the benefit of the human being. I mean in my own point of view sure it's okay that scientist thinks of ways to help us by creating antidotes or cures in our illnesses but, the fact that we have to sacrifice animals for our OWN benefits seems wrong.

I mean killing animals to be experimented and after that what will happen to them? People will just dispose of them because they already got what they want. They were finally able to get recognized, not to mention the fame and the fortune they received for their oh so great discovery. Please at least think of the pain and the feelings animals feel when you try to kill one of them. When you try to kidnap one of their kinds. What if your daughter or any of your relatives were kidnapped and experimented by some psycho scientist to make some virus without no cures, what will you do?

There was this part in the movie, the first part if I remember it correctly when BRIGHT EYES were trapped and was taken to the laboratory were this guy scientist works and was injected with this serum to increase their intelligence. During the time when she was being held against her will, trapped inside that little box with only a hole to breath, some of her family was screeching in rage, anger or pain because we humans just took one of their loved ones. I can see from the looks on their face sadness and instantly I felt their emotions. Anyhow, just watch the whole story if you want to know what happened why apes formed a revolt.

Weird part of me watching this movie is that I fell in love with the main character. Not a human but the ape, the chimpanzee to be exact, Caesar. He looks so handsome and he's got a face of a human maybe because of that serum. Here's a pic. of him.

One cute part here that I really have to share is that Caesar managed to build his own army, complete with an adviser, body guard and servant.

They look so adorable. While watching this movie I imagined myself in a relationship with Caesar, but take note. Not me in an ape form, but me in a human form and can you imagine that I was grinning to myself because of my silly thoughts? Demn me.

four eyed princess

Well I can't call myself a princess yet because I haven't completed my mission of ruling the whole world, still I feel like one whenever I'm in the arms of my father.

Yes, that is me all right the little chubby, feeling cute and not so beautiful me. That tall oily faced guy hugging me, is my wonderful dad. I always and forever will be his little girl.

The name is Aina, Aina Yanzon Tolero.

An Aquarian and was born on February 5, 1994 by my ever so amazing mother. As a child, my mother would always say that I would someday be a girl working in a lotto outlet because I love to write. Scribbles, names, stick figures and more scribbles is what I would usually do on a paper. I would do anything just to get my hands on a paper and a pen. I remember how my grandmother punished me for drawing on a piece of notebook a gangster guy. She was not mad because of what I draw; she was basically frantic because of where I drew my not so artistic art. I accidentally drew that piece of ink-spilled art on her book of loans. (Libro pala ng pautangan ni lola malay ko ba) Sorry naman LOLA

Anyway, going back to reality

when I was a child I dreamt of being a nurse someday. It was a typical dream because I wanted to help the sickly and the poor and blah blah blah. My point of view suddenly changed when I encountered choir. From being a nurse now, I switched my childish fantasy to being a singer. Well I think I’ve already reached that dream, I mean every summer I transform myself into a diva. I have to admit I have a good voice and I am oh so proud of it. I can make money of it every summer. Imanaged to get a shot from one of our mini concert. I look like a ragged doll dressed up in the most ridiculous clothes ever

(In thispicture, I would honestly say that I looked like the wife of the devil encouraging everyone to join our legion of evil to rule the earth. )

I guess those dreams were only trials I guess or an option rather. A part of growing up in a teen’s life and something like that, I really have no idea all I know is that it happens and this happens. As a child I was always wondering why I did not look like a normal person, apart from my viewpoint that is utterly bizarre and cracked. I mean I look like a human but am I really human?

You judge. LOL

I look like some murderer, or tiyanak haha J Anyhow, I was told that I had big eyes but I never imagined myself looking like this. I miss the good o’l days, back when everything was so easy and fun. When my *sipon* would just slowly slide from my nose to my lips and I would just lick it without any fear of what will people think of me. I miss the days when crying was only the result of me falling down from the stairs because of running. When everything was just a life for a kid and not for freaking adult who usually opposes teens of what they do today. When no one was giving a damn of what I do because I was a kid. When everything has it’s exception because I was a kid. When everything was only rainbows and unicorns.

Now, here I am in my second year of being a college student here at Bicol University College of Arts and Letters taking up the course broadcasting. Actually, I am not supposed to take Broadcasting, I was supposed to take Journalism but my mom wrote the other so here I am stuck here in this course. I don’t have any regrets though, I love being a broadcaster. I found happiness and procrastination here. In broadcasting, I discover the happiness in studying while cramming for examinations tomorrow.

I still can’t believe I’m a college student. The fact that I am wearing heels, seeing countless of cross dressing gays, drop dead gorgeous guys, very intimidating girls, terror professors, having mind blowing subjects, experiencing down to earth laugh trip and learning to become a girl is really outrageous. I mean come one, me become a girl. When will that happen? I can’t even fix my frizzy hair, not mention the horrific reality that I haven’t got the slightest idea how to use mascara, eyeliner, liquid eyeliner, lipstick, make up without making fun of myself and looking extremely disgraceful.

Despite all this, I now know what I wanted to do after I graduate. And that is to determine what my life will be. Right now, I’m still trying to live my life to the fullest as they say. Trying to have fun while everything is still visible in my soon to be blurry eyes that I wish would not happen. I don’t give a damn about my grammars. I mean for once at least let me write in my own English book that my grammar is correct. This is my blog so the heck with everyone saying I can’t write what I want because it would affect the society, the equilibrium and the balance of this unbalanced earth.

My name is aina and this is the start of my reign.