A funny remix while waiting for new posts!

Hello everybody!

Yes, I'm back, and sorry for not writing earlier than that. I've been busy acclimating myself to Vienna again. It's diffrent living here than I did in the US the past 3 weeks.

In the next few days I plan on updating my blog with new pics and material from my vacation in Algonquin, Illinois. Please be patient.
As I seem to have cought a flu yesterday I won't be writing long today.
Instead I'm gifting y'all with a funny video to go and hope you'll all come back again soon!

London Heathrow

Finally arrived in London, save and sound. I'm slightly tired, but
that's to be expected if you're not sleeping but watching movies
instead. Will report as soon as I'm in Vienna again!!!

Mitsuwa

I am officially jealous now!! We just went to the japanese super
market chain Mitsuwa here in Algonquin and they had Onigiri riceballs
as well as Calpis Lychee!!!!!!!!!!! And it's nearly empty... *cries*
anyway, awesome day today. We drove to Chicago city. I'll post more in
an update later.

The Moline Episode

Hello there!

:D The weekend in Moline was just plain fun. So what did we do?

We actually were in the Quad Cities, so there was plenty to see. The ride took us 3 hours from Algonquin near Chicago to Moline, on the other site of the state, near the border to Iowa.Kumama's Mums house was awesome (I forgot to take pictures >_<'''). It had closed porches, a big yard, an extra guest house (where Kumama, Stiltz and I slept in), a music room (as Debbie - Kumama's Mum - is a music and orchestra teacher), an actual library (I so wanted to take with me XD), and lots more. On the first day in Moline we visited a used book store before Kumama's Mum was back home from school and after she came home and we introduced ourselves (so to say) we went to see some other shops in Davenport, right over the river and already in Iowa. Since Debbie always tries to save up errands she can do with her daughter, we went to a lot of shops (A LOT!!! and I hate shopping TT_TT but I survived the trip).

On the next day we started out really early; woke up at 6.30am and we were out the door at 7.50am. We were on our way to the Farmers Market, right at the riverbank and sample the local foods and watch the river in the morning. It was really soothing and Debbie bought me breakfast and fresh lemonade, while Kumama bought me an egg roll (the food was awesome and nearly every stand had samples we could taste). THANK YOU GUYS!! XD Later that day we went to Chick filet for lunch and visited a bunch of other shops, because Kumama and Debbie wanted to buy some stuff. Stiltz and I were really just going with the ride and we kind of felt like decoration (which was fun anyway). When we finally got back to Debbie's house we did some stuff around her house before we left for the evening to go eat out at the TEXAS ROADHOUSE. A W E S O M E food, by the way. I had the 1/2 size rips with Caesars salad (for some reason it was topped with parmesan cheese) and a backed potato on the side. The salad I finished, but I wasn't able to finish the potato or the rips so we packed it up and took it with us. After we went out to eat (which was actually really cheap for the amount and taste of the food) we decided we wanted to see a movie, so we went to see "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" (which I already saw back in Vienna, but I loved the movie and so we went again. The other choices for the evening were "Julie and Julia" or "The Time Travellers Wife". Since I hate chick-flicks and I already read the book about the time traveller’s wife I wanted to see a fantasy movie, again!). After the movie we just crashed and everyone went their merry way (mostly to bed).
On the next sunrise we decided to sleep in and start the day late (as the day before we woke up sooooo early). I actually really just wanted to hang around and maybe watch a movie (I was desperate to see "Mama Mia" on DVD, but I didn't get a chance), but we decided to do something outdoors. So we went on a ride on the Mississippi, saw the typical Casino boats they have there (because playing is against the law, so they use those ships to move around while the Casino is opened in the nights). We also visited the Village of East Davenport, which is littered with old houses, established shops and brands (like Isabella Bloom's clay figurines that are really price-y, because they're popular) and stuff. Unfortunately, as it was Sunday, everything was closed. One would think that when there's a river cat (a transportation service by boat) that brings tourists and locals to the port they would be open, especially on a day, were most people have no work and would actually do trips with their families. Debbie seemed really annoyed with it and shortly after we shipped to the other side of the river to have lunch there in a "jazz bar" and later catch a ride to our car.
All in all, the day was awesome. After that we didn't do much anymore. Kumama drove us to Borders again, as I wanted to grab another book I forgot the other day and then we went off to our ride home to Algonquin.

Well, that's it for this tale. There's more to come soon!

The very long flight... #2

Still tired and thirsty...

Later I realised that I'm stupid, because I did have a credit card and I could just buy my water that way. So shortly before the flight to O'Hare Chicago left I stalked one of the stores located on this side of the airport and got myself a whole bottle of water which I chugged halfway down in a few minutes. And then it was waiting time again. But finally they opened the gates and we all boarded the bus to our plane. Luckily the lady at the boarding station told me "I'm very sorry, Miss, but there seems to be a problem with the entertainment unit at your seat. If you want to use it, please talk to one of the crew onboard, so they can maybe relocate your seat and you'll be able to use the entertainment unit." Dreading this particular conversation with the crew I just sat down on my place and hoped for the best. I had a book and music so I figured I might not need it anyway. After getting all my stuff packed up and sitting down on my place I just waited till everyone boarded the plane. Funny enough, but my entertainment system worked just fine when the security measures of the plane were announced and later the announcement form the captain. Since this worked, I figured the entertainment unit would work for everything else too - and it did.

After taking off I decided to check out the movies on board and I have to say I was really pleased. First, the seat next too me was empty, so I had room to move around. And second, they had all the new movies scheduled to come out on DVD somewhat this autumn. They also had movies I had wanted to watch at the cinema but never came around to actually watch. So taking my sweet time I re-watched "Angels & Demons" (the second movie featuring Robert Langdon, which ran for 2 1/2 hours and I needed nearly 4 1/2 hours to complete, because our very yummy late lunch arrive - pasta with chicken, a salad, chocolate mousse with mandarin sauce, water, coke and tea - and I was having a conversation with the girl sitting 2 seats beside me). Later I also watched "The Fast & the Furious 4", as I totally missed out on that movie. After that I switched to soothing music to get some rest and I actually slept for 2 hours while trying not to have cramps in either my feet or my back. After that I woke up and got something to drink again and started watching some kids program till our breakfast/dinner arrived - 2 yummy sandwiches. Munching it I started watching the latest Star Trek Movie but only got finished an hour of it, because we were going to land in Chicago soon.

The fight over the city of Chicago was really amazing. You couldn't see a lot, because it was really dark, but the lights of the city were so beautiful and the more we neared the ground the better you could see. We still were 40 minutes late and I was glad, that I took the time in London to warn Kumama that I was going to be late at least 30 minutes. Unfortunately she and her husband were already waiting for nearly an hour when I finally arrived. But it would be way too easy if that were all. I still had to go through immigration and the guy at the booth was talking sooooooo fast and repeatedly asked me the same questions that I got kind of nervous. I still had to find my luggage and this guy wouldn't shut up. Additionally to that, I kind of fucked up my Visa Waiver application, as I forgot to add a letter in my passport number, so they couldn't find me. Fortunately that guy took a heart and let me through after repeated interrogation. I'm just happy that everything went fine and I finally arrived at the airport; 40 minutes late, tired and very, very happy.

... Too bad, I couldn't speak for the next 2 hours, because I was brain dead and not used to talking in English at all. Otherwise Kumama and Stiltzkin are doing their best to help me out, explain things to me and talk to me, so I get used to talking too. Unfortunately XD I mix up words, start forming sentences with weird words and generally forget to think before speaking.
YAAAY!

Okay, that's the tale of my flight to America. I'll try to get back to you soon.

The very long flight... #1

The flight from Vienna to Heathrow (London) and than to O'Hare (Chicago) was a very long route I took, but I actually kind of liked it. I only slept for like 2 hours because they had really awesome movies on their little movie consoles right in front of me. More of it later...

So, I started out pretty early and drove with my friends to the airport after I got my blood-thinning shot at my doctor's office. Esther and Philipp accompanied me, so I wasn't alone. The check-in went fairly fast, though we had to wait a few minutes till the check-in crew showed up. After that (I had checked-in my flight the day before so I only had to leave my bag at the bag-drop area) I was able to just drop off my bag and we waited around a little bit. The waiting area was really tiny and Esther soon had to go back to the city because she had things to do and didn't sleep very long the night before. Philipp stayed with me and we chatted around a little and walked around the premises. Since we really couldn't do much at the airport I soon decided to go into the duty free area to check out how everything looked and go through security in time. But to be frank; there was no need to do that, because my flight was late...
The boarding should have been around 1:40pm that day so the flight for London could leave at 2:10pm. For some reason we had to wait really long to actually board the buses that were supposed to drive us to the plane.
Well, finally sitting in my seat at the window and waiting for the flight to actually start I stared out at the window, finally realising that I was going to leave the country by plane for a very long time and that I actually might find something I want to pursue later in life. The flight to London was pretty uneventful as we only had a 2 hour flight, a lot of clouds as soon as we crossed the Austrian border to Germany and only a chocolate chip cookie and some water during the actual flight.
Finally taking my leave from the plane, I stumbled through customs and security in less than 30minutes (which is really fast) and was left alone with my hand bag and purse at the airport in London Heathrow. And it's effing H U G E!!!
Since I couldn't do anything else and I was messed up enough because I forgot to actually change some money into British pounds I was walking around the airport exploring and finding this charming "little" restaurant called "Wagamama" (which also means "selfish" in Japanese). I had to pause and take a picture of it.
After locating a toilet, using the facilities and walking around a little more I finally found out which gate I had to locate at this airport and took of in search for Gate B35.

It turned out to be a gate at another building so I had to use the underground transport and a 20 minute bus drive to arrive at the right building and start the painstaking process of going thru border and security checks again. After that my fellow travellers and I were sitting around waiting for the boarding to start, which was delayed...., by 40 minutes (so I actually had to wait 2 hours and I still didn't have any money to buy something to drink).

God, was I tired and thirsty... (more coming soon)

Patrick Swayze died...

Yesterday something really shocking happend. While watching a TV show with my friend Kumama "Breaking News" appeared on the screen telling us, that "Dirty Dancing"-Star Patrick Swayze died after being sick with cancer for some time. Both Kumama and I agreed that we were happy for him and that he doesn't have to suffer through the pain of cancer anymore.

Our deepest regrets and consolences go to his family and friends.
R.I.P. Patrick.

Weekend in Moline

Hello, there!!! Sorry for not keeping you up-to-date but we were kinda
busy in the last few days, because we went to visit Kumama's mother in
Moline this weekend. We had lots of fun, I bought a bunch of books and
we took a boat tour on the Mississippi (or however you write it). I
might do more Updates tiomorrow as I'm about to go to bed. Good night,
folks.

Arrived save and sound!

Hello everyone!
I just wanted to drop a short note that I arrived save and sound. I've been sleeping the jet lag off last night and I'm feeling really good. Kumama, Stiltzkin and me are currently lounging around, talking and doing weird stuff. I'm also working on some new Mognet releases right now and Kumama is actually encoding stuff (while playing Final Fantasy 11 on one heck of a big HD TV in their entertainment room).

I'm trying to keep you all posted, but since my cellphone isn't working properly (I can only send like SMS and make calls, but I can't use the internet which I was using to post messages up here on the blog) you just have to wait till I get ahold of my laptop again so I can post something.

Okay,
see ya guys!

Arrived at Heathrow

I just arrived at Heathrow and now I'm sitting in front of Gate B35
waiting for my flight connection to Chicago O'Hare in about an hour.
The last flight was a little taxing and I'm actually hungry, but I
don't want to change any Pounds just to buy food. I just hope there'll
Be somerhing on the plane. BTW: Currently I have a bright red face.
Seems like the face cream I used in the mornings doesn't agree with my
face :( I Look stupid TT_TT

Waiting at Gate A50

Hey there!! I'm currently waiting in
front of Gate A50 to board the plane in about 30minutes. I'm really
excited and also realived that going through costums went smoothly. I
did everything right. Okay, now I have to wait. See ya!!!

Boarding

Day 1: Mornings

Good morning!! Today is THE day and I'm really excited. I just woke up
and now I'm going to take a shower and get ready to visit my doctor.
Will keep you up-to-date if I can. Laters

One Day until Take-off

It's only one more day until take-off and I'm really excited!!! I hope
I'll be able to get everything done in time. I already have the
computer stuff ready to pack and toilettries as well. Will do clothes,
books and stuff tommorow. Going to bed now. Good Night everybody!

Hello there!

Ppl still think that I'm a boy. Guys, this argument is really getting
boring!!!! And, yes! I am fat and short. So sue me. I'm still making
more FXs than anyone else.

cuteness overload!

I just realised we didn't have any new pv announcements here, which is why I'm going to remidy that.
Today one of my latest projects was released on Hello!Online. I'm talking about the Opening for the awesome-ly cute Anime series "Shugo Chara! Doki!!".
H!F asked me to do the PV of this song, so here it is Shugo Chara Egg! - Minna no Tamago, the first single of that short-lived unit. I was in a really desperate mood to do something awesomely cute with lots of colors and shapes, so I kept the actual effects really easy and put on a lot of color and glitter. The next video will be a little more subdued.

I hope you guys like it.

Also - and I really forgot to post it earlier - one of my korean works has been released a while back too. BoAjjang is officially back in the subbing business (or so I have been told, but we're mia again, whyever...) and our first release was my work on Lee Hyori - U-Go-Girl, an upbeat pop song from the artists latest album.

Douzo!

Experiment: Peach Pie

Today I tried out something new. I made myself some peach pie with the leftover peaches from my grandmother's garden. いい匂い, ii nioi!! It smells fantastically!

I can't wait to eat a piece of it. Right now it's still way too hot to even try, but I'm really looking forward to it.

YAY. My first selfmade peach pie!

Hello everybody!

I just wanted to make a short post to tell you that I'm back home, save and sound.
I'm just a little tired and overwelmed with the work I still have to do in the next two weeks.
If anybody is reading this and currently waiting on karaoke stuff from me, please give me a little more time. I'm still terribly tired and overworked and I want to make a slow start on the karaoke I still have to do.

Cheers!

Addendum: It's so freakishly hot here.......

Currently Reading

Hey guys!! Sorry for being really busy. We're currently working a lot
in the house. Cleaning and stuff. Today we made another patch of peach
jam but unfortunately we're still not done. Who would have thought,
that we're going to have more than 25kg fruits. We currently have
cooked and made 18kg fruit into peach jam. I finally reached the point
were I really can't see them anymore.

Tomorrow we're going to take it slow and just clean the bathrooms and
do the laundry.

But since I can't clean and cook jam the whole time, I'm also reading
a book for the upcoming test at the beginning of the next semester.

Well then, off I go. Good Night!!!!

PS: It's a book about the history and sociology of East Asien countries.

Spiders

Spiders everywhere!!!! It's like a nightmare come true!!! I really
detest spiders and they give me the creeps. I'm Not sure if I can
really sleep tonight. I normally don't mind them, as long as I can't
see them or at least, that they are not around my bed somewhere!!!?!
Is that so strange???