Author: Amy

  • Yu Aoi Film Discussion – Kame wa Igai to Hayaku Oyogu – Turtles Swim Faster than Expected

    So it’s been almost a month since the last Film Discussion because I thought it’d be good to keep Hula Girls up while it was playing on TVs in Latin America. So expect more reviews more often this time around… unless they show other Yu Aoi films on cable, of course. And Happy New Year!!

    So this Kame movie, or Turtles Swim Faster than Expected, comes after Hana & Alice according to various filmographies…

    What’s the movie about?
    (from AsianMediaWiki)
    Film starring Juri Ueno as Suzume Katagura an ordinary housewife (despite how only being 23), whose husband goes overseas on business leaving behind his pet turtle at her care. She lives her days monotonously, wondering if she will ever be noticed, until the day she spots a tricky ad sticker searching for spies.

    Genre: Comedy
    Starring: Juri Ueno, Yu Aoi, Ryo Iwamatsu, Eri Fuse
    Duration: 1:30hr

    There’s a 2-part at CrunchyRoll [Part1, Part2]

    Spoilers ahead, you’ve been warned.

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  • It’s Xmas, and I’m already late~~

    , but need to share this. LOL’

    yam001_dec08-cover

    Thank you, Nate… for poking my eyes on the voodoo dolls you’ve got stash away. Yes, we’ve done YAM. Please, help yourself to some YAM for Xmas over here…

    Hope you enjoy.

  • Thousand Origami Crane 2009 Greeting

    Thousand Origami Crane 2009 Greeting

    Thousand Origami Crane 2009 Greeting by amy-wong.com

    This year I’ve made the Thousand Origami Cranes, or Zenba Tsuru… because, well~ I didn’t know what to get my dad as a gift, so I thought… I’ll get him a wish! And he’s a fan of origami cranes~~ so! there you go!

    ^^

    Make this crane wish make your wishes come true. LOL’ ^^

  • How

    I feel I haven’t written anything in ages… so  this is new. ^^ Just wrote it a couple of hours ago.

    How
    How I’m looking at the picture,
    remembering the laughing and the tears,
    all the moments throughout those years.
    Sharing our fears,
    waking up at 4 am. some days,
    walking ’bout in a crazy haze

    How would I’ve known
    that I’d be so much in love
    with someone I met so many years ago.
    Where did you go?
    I haven’t seen you, or heard you call-
    We’re ten thousand miles apart or so.

    How am I supposed to reach you?

  • Where in the World is Yu Aoi? Part 2

    In the “Lost World,” of course~ LOL

    About 2 months ago (a few days later, give or take) I blogged (and try translating) this msg. Now we (I) know why…

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  • magenta blue serenity

    okay…real name is obviously not that. Major props to Maco who shot this. I kinda felt very compelled to this photo just a minute a go. Even made me thing of Marisa Shimamoto. xD

    You like it? Favorite Maco on his Flckr account.

  • Celebrate P!nk!

    Yay! I got my Funhouse CD yesterday, and I thought “wow, I’ve got 5 P!nk albums.” I like to call myself (shut up, amy) Pink’s first Peruvian fan… which is not fact. Maybe… just MAYBE, there was someone who knew her and bought her album faster than me.

    Pink's 5 CDS

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  • SAG Nominations 2009!

    Sorry for the late LATE post. I’ve been watching WALL-E for the 5th time… LOL – Special 3-disc DVD edition is pretty cool. Totally worth it if you’re an animation/film fan… maybe not so much as a family DVD.

    Nominations weren’t much of a surprise though, were they? Perhaps biggest snub, Leonardo DiCaprio? And DOUBLE nom for Kate Winslet!! LOL Big announcement for Doubt with 5 nominations, leading… followed by Milk and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with 3 nods. exclamation!! And The Dark Knight, Frost/Nixon and Slumdog Milionaire with 2.

    On the television front… 5 shows lead with 3 nominations (30 Rock included…), and 7 follow with 2 nominations (including House, Dexter and Weeds). Check the full nominees here.

    SAG will be announced on Jan. 25th 2009 on TNT.

  • Best of 2008!

    So… it’s only 2 weeks short of the new year, and yet another list of what was good this year~~ Though, I’m considering of not doing 2008 stuff, and just focus on things I found in 2008 instead.

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  • What Amazon MP3 Needs to Do…

    is go international for once and for all.

    iTunes is not international. For one, if you’re from Peru (just found this one out, hahahaha) there IS a new iTunes Store Peru, which you can possibly use ONLY with a Peruvian CC. Makes sense that there is a Peru iTunes Store, now that they sell iPhones here. Only BIGGEST problem of them all…

    THEY DON’T SELL MUSIC.

    Same with iTunes Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, Korea, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela and Vietnam.

    Yes, I went through all the stores by country when I found the one from Peru to check that I’m not the only one getting screwed here. What good is something called iTUNES if I can’t get tunes… *rolls eyes*

    Then there’s the issue with “only one-region” exclusive download, which could be in either of their country stores and you won’t be able to buy unless you got the cc and billing address from that region.

    If Amazon is intelligent and goes international without regional restrictions (meaning no US IP addresses or minding the billing address) they will gain market. Availability is all. iTunes is still more available than Amazon since Amazon only works with a US IP.