Temporal Vortex

Everyday of course our moms wouldn’t stopnagging us about anything every now and then. That is because they love us, their sons and daughters.

I find Atashin’chi a similar place of our home. Not that I’m saying that the Mama in the anime is the same with my mother. Its just that she sometimes makes a fuss about things that is very trivial.

At first, I thought about things like… Are they trying to portray mothers as someone stupid? Well, uhmm yeah, the character of Mama in Atashin’chi is kind of stupid but she is just very lovely. What they portray is just atypical household. I just love the ruckus that they make every show. I can’t help but laugh. Few months ago, I really don’t know what Atashin’chi is all about. What I just remembered was Crayon Shin-chan because of the art.

Since I’m watching a show during 4:00 pm, I often turn the television as early as 3:30 pm (time slot of Atashin’chi). I don’t know what Atashin’chi sounds like when it is on Japanese but I prefer the Tagalog dubbed because the silly thoughts won’t be incorporated if it’s just literally dubbed to Tagalog. I’m actually waiting for the Dubber’s Cut of the show since the voices are funny and the speed of speech is sort of fast. Just a coincidence that they really showed it. The dubbers’ voices are very cute. I’m very amazed with Mama’s dubber. It looks like as if it’s her natural accent. They are also allowed to meld some ad lib to have the script look more natural.

This kind of show is the type that varies among countries. You just can’t get the thought if it’s from Japan right? At least, if the scripts were adjusted to Filipino culture, viewers will understand it. Instances like this are the jokes that has something to do with word plays. There no way the ordinary Filipinos would understand that kind of “joke”.

Therefore, anime localizations have advantages as well. I can tell that its just effective to comedy genres since the jokes originated from Japan. To suit the viewers’ taste, then it should be adjusted to the culture of the country.

I have learned something so refreshing last Thursday.

Well, one thing I’ve learned is about a life that is reflective. Anyway, this is supposedly a blog entry. Isn’t that fantastic? I thought people that do blogs are egocentric. Our facilitator said that life that isn’t reflective is not worth it! It gave me enthusiasm to do more blogging even though the schedule is pretty hectic…

There was also this topic about poverty and divine providence. I actually got the picture here. Poor people aren’t made to be charitable to rich people. One classmate of mine said that he had many experiences together with poor people. He said something like… if they had experienced something that rich people does then they would be contented even just to do it once in their lifetime. I can’t believe that he said something like that. It’s just because he has a family that was given the opportunity right? I believe that if he is the poor himself, then he would aim higher as well. I can talk like this because I came from a public high school. I kind of laugh sarcastically inside my mind when I heard him spoke that way because I know that he came from La Salle GH. I guess that what they’re doing over there is just lots of outreach. Now that is where other people get the stereotype ideas… Unlike me who have them as a common circle of friends. (I’m not saying that all of my friends or I are all poor. We are just at the middle class.) I’m not that rich as well so I can tell the same thing. That is we don’t like people that thinks that way.

The statement my blockmate just ticks me off. What he said is basically the same as what the facilitator’s quoted statement by Imelda Marcos. She said, “Hayaan na ang mga mahihirap, Masaya naman sila eh”. Meanwhile, I do agree to what my facilitator said. He said, “Why not do something that is for a lifetime? Not something like treating them to Jollibee and shopping stuffs.” Haha, I’m starting to remember this quotation about the man and teaching him how to fish. That is exactly what we have to do in CWTS!

The activity about the blindness actually got me… I might look so arrogant with this rants but I’m actually not good when talking to other people. Yeah, I might look like a coward here but that is my weakness. I only hope that God would give me the strength to change my personality. With that, I would be a frank and straightforward person. I wouldn’t have the problem whenever to approach someone. I don’t know if I’m making sense here or if my grammar is messy. It’s because I don’t talk too much and does it in writing (that’s where the blog goes).

By the way,

“Poor people aren’t made to be charitable to rich people.”

It is also a quote from Judy Abbot. She came from the anime Watashi no ashinaga Ojisan.

The first upgrade of Code Geass R2 was during the introduction of both new flying units, Guren Kashoushiki and Lancelot Conquista. Because the said series were already introduced, let’s discussed now the other/new Knightmare frames that was shown in the recent episode 11.

First of all, let me introduce the Britannian’s Knightmare frames, Tristan and Mordred.

Tristan is Zino’s Knightmare frame. It is the fastest aerial unit when it is on its jet mode(fortress mode). It can transform pretty fast to the Knightmare form itself. It is equipped with a double ended pole arm. Thus, it can perform mid-range damage to several enemies at a time. It can also launch two of its harkens and combine them to produce a beam that could match Shen Hu’s Baryon Cannon.

Mordred is piloted by Anya Earlstein. It is very massive compare to other Knightmares. It is also an aerial unit but it is pretty slow. Even though it is slow, It is very sturdy because of its shield. It can also shoot multiple hadron shots from its hips, arms, chest and legs to hit enemies around it. Its shield could stand against a tackle of two Akatsuki Jikisanshiyou. The strongest weapon of Mordred is its Stark Hadron Cannon. It is the shot that uses both of its hadron cannon shoulder pads and unleashes a radiation wave to the enemy. It is quite similar to the Guren’s radiation wave. I think it is quite stronger than the Guren’s shot. It is slower to activate though.

With the help of Lakshata’s team, they were able to upgrade several weapons and parts of the Knightmares. They were able to upgrade several systems such as the float system and it was made possible by Lakshata. The India also gave them enough support and assistance so that they would achieve the rebellion.

At the Black Knights’ side, there is also this new Zangetsu frame. It has the same system as Guren. It was made to be piloted by Toudou Kyoshiro. It replaced his former Gekka. It can produce a radiation shield by its chest. Its primary weapon is a sword which has a hilt that is a harken. It is said that it is just a float unit. It means that Zangetsu is originally a land unit but through the help of the float system, it can now do maneuvers on the sky. Hidden at its chest is a pair of machine guns. When I first saw Zangetsu, I remembered Reuben, an AGWS from Xenosaga.

Another frame is Shinkirou. It uses the Gawain’s druid system that enables it to automatically activate its shield whenever a projectile is detected. For that, it enables the Knightmare frame to have the so-called absolute protection. It is piloted by Lelouch himself. I think it is just a reinforcement frame. Even so, it has an attack where it launches a “prism-like crystal” followed by a beam shot. The “prism-like crystal” causes the beam to refract and hit multiple enemies at a time. It is the most versatile Knightmare frame in terms of terrain capability. It has a float system to enable flight. At the same time, it can transform into a submarine for Lelouch’s personal use so that he could go back and forth to China and Japan undetected.

There are also Akatsuki Jikisanshiyou(s). It uses a sword as a primary weapon. It has radiation wave missiles as well. It is piloted by Nagisa and Asahina, the two remaining allies of Toudou from Japan Liberation Front. C.C also has her own customized pink Akatsuki Jikisanshiyou. It is weak compared to the other single-unit frames because it is the next generation of Knightmare frames made for mass production.

The olive green colored Knightmare frames (the one that Tamaki pilots) are the plain Akatsukis. It is just a land unit but it can do decent damages. It is the present generation of mass production Knightmare frame.

There was also this Knightmare frame from the Chinese Federation called Shen Hu. It was said to be just at its 40% when it fought Guren Kashoushiki so it really is incredibly strong. Shen Hu was made at the same time with Guren though it was way too high-spec causing it to be delayed. Its Baryon Cannon can match the power of Guren’s radiation wave. It has a sword as well but it uses primarily the swirling pendulum on its arms (wrist harkens) to entangle, constrict and purge with electricity the enemies. It is an aerial unit as well like the others. It can also use the wrist harkens on its arms as a shield by swirling it at its maximum torque.

Ikaruga and Avalon are the mother ships of the Order of the Black Knights and the Britannia. Ikaruga possess a twin hadron cannon equipped at its both sides. It also has layer of shields for weak shot attempts. Avalon hasn’t show anything yet.

It’s been a while as well since the episodes got a bit puzzling and plot twisted. I hope they would continue such production unlike the other episodes that did not met my expectations because of the lack of significance of characters that is supposedly important. The mecha units are also slowly turning into Gundams! I hope not! And what’s sad? I haven’t seen Kallen lately because of that silly abduction! -_-

I’ve got nothing to do today but to rest and play Wild Arms 5 in order to finish it once and for all.

I don’t know why days with no classes would be the day my brother would be at home to do his stuff. Anyway, It would be sad since he plans to go overseas. I think I should enjoy his company while he is still here. I badly want to finish Wild Arms 5 before he go overseas because he might bring along with him his PS2…

I’m glad my brother came back safe and sound from a “camping” in Rizal. They sure got some guts right? Camping in a stormy day huh. Sounds fun. Anyway, I heard they lost 2 tents(one of it is ours) because of the squall. Poor tents… That’s what they get for the reckless camping during rainy season . My brother also lost the other pair of his sandals. How sad, he seemed so happy when he bought it just because of the camp.

I’m also glad that the classes are suspended today since I’m doing a cram mini research supposedly to be submitted today. Anyway, tomorrow is a holiday because of Manila Day.

I just like to comment with the signal suspension when it comes to college. Why is it we should wait for signal #3 to come just to have our class to be suspended? Signal #2 is enough already to suspend our class isn’t? Are they trying to differ our health level from the elementary and high school levels? Isn’t it unfair for us college students? What do they think of us? Just because we are grown up we have stronger resistance against sickness? It’s just non sense.

Rain, strong or not, it could cause colds that would hinder the studies of everyone. Then why not treat the students fairly? Are college students resilient to sickness? Of course not. They should think about it once in awhile. We are the ones to suffer every now and then if there is a heavy rain but our classes are still not suspended.

I hope the people who are suffering the rage of the storm right now would make it. I heard there are many people were stranded on their roofs… There were also this ferry that sunk because of the storm… I feel sorry for all the passengers and feel hatred for the captain. He should have at least noticed the gray sky right? I thought they were trained to predict the weather.

Anyway, I think PAG-ASA has their fault as well. The original path of the storm were reported to go to Aurora and not to central Luzon. Maybe their weather forecast radars are already rusty. Considering that the Sierra Madre would act as a barrier of the storm, then it wouldn’t rain pretty hard here on the Central Luzon. But it was a turn of unexpected events… so the ferry might have decided to continue its sailing not knowing that the storm is on their way.

I’ve been playing this for the past 6 months I guess…

In terms of the playing hours, I’ve been playing this game for nearly 2 days. To be precise, I’ve been playing it for 40++ hours. It’s been a while since I planned to “finish” a RPG. The last RPG I remember I finished was FF Tactics so it’s really been a long time since then. Something(or was it someone?) motivated me to finish this RPG for this might be the last PS2 RPG that I might ever play. Too sad eh?

I don’t want spoilers so I won’t narrate too much detail when it comes to the story. The characters of Wild Arms 5 are well-developed. They really have the reason to join the party and defeat the radicals. The main plot of the story is how the party would be able to break the wall between the two races; Human and Verunis, which is one and the same before some time.

Dean Stark is the main protagonist, he is totally dense. He is obsessed with the idea of being a golem hunter and had Nightburn, the number one golem hunter, as his idol. He loves golems very much that he would dig everytime just to find a golem part. An incident changed his perspective and decided to travel with the others. He is very idealistic that most of the characters are annoyed. Even so, he is considered very influential to all his comrades.

Rebecca Streisand  is Dean’s childhood friend who seems to have a crushon him. Knowing Dean, a totally dense person, she never dare to confess it even though she seems to exert effort so that Dean would realize. She plays the part of the narrator because she kept a diary since the start of their journey. She is also the coolest character for me for she can do acrobatic-shooting.

Avril Vent Fleur is the reason why the boring days of Dean and Rebecca progressed. She had a grand entrance from the sky alongside with a golem. Coincidentally, Dean and Rebecca is at the site where she landed. She woke up without any trace of her memories except the word “Johnny Appleseed” and the dual ARMs she carries which she gave to Dean. She was accompanied by Dean and Rebecca on a journey in order to regain her memories.

Chuck Preston was soon introduced but the last one to join the party. He is the golem apprentice that was mistaken to be the thief that stole the artifact from a town. With the help of Avril, he was saved from being hanged. He was resolved by the party to do something instead of watching each of his friends from his hometown to be taken away by the Verunis. He joined the party last.

Greg Russelberg is a renowned golem crusher and fugitive during this time. He had once a family that was murdered by a man with a golem’s arm. That was the day that he swore to destroy all the golems and kill that man in order to deliver his vengeance. He soon met Dean and the party. Dean was angry the fact that Greg is crushing golems but he believed that he is a good person. Greg somehow remembers his son whenever Dean is with him. He agreed to accompany the party believing that he will meet the person who killed his family once he join the party. He promised as well not to destroy golems to Dean during the journey.

Carol Anderson is the klutz but very reliable comrade of the party. Despite of being small, she is capable of defending herself just fine. She is also very knowledgeable to the things going around the Filgaia because she grew under the premises of Professor Elvis. She decided to search for her professor and went to a journey but met the party. Avril reminds her of the professor so she decided to go with them while also searching for her professor. She also considers Dean as her big brother. She is afraid of being alone again so she seek the company of others and she finally knew herself what to do since she met the party.

I don’t like to introduce the antagonists ^^.

I like the HEX system of the game. I wonder though how does one bullet hit multiple enemies in one HEX. Anyway, I also like the dual tech system because it reminds me of Chrono Trigger/Cross. My favorite Dual Tech is…

Trigger Rondo!~ Dean and Rebecca are very cool during the Dual Tech. It is also not so exaggerated unlike the other dual techs.

The story is kind of puzzling during the later part. I’m already at that part so I hope I could finish this game soon.

This is actually my first Wild Arms game so maybe I would try to play the rest as well.