Bear with me.

This is preposterous!



After all these last 2 friggin years..only 2 OVAs?!

Is it really just 2 episodes of OVAs?

I've only known the number of episodes from Wikipedia, generationotaku.net forum and myanimelist.net forum. But from the youtube video above and School Rumble's page at onemanga.com, it didn't tell me anything bout the number of episode. 'course there's the School Rumble webpage at kodansha site, but hell I don't understand Japanese..maybe the answer is there.

The reason I became so agitated is because..School Rumble Sengakki is too friggin short to conclude School Rumble! Ok, lets try recalling our memories on the last episode of School Rumble Nigakki. Tenma told us that the class will be on a field trip to England right? Right?

-----[SPOILER WARNING : START - Read at your own risk]-----

Following the consistencies between the manga and anime, the point at which the anime should start is at Chapter 162, where Harima Kenji and Sawachika Eri are chosen as the representatives to organize the trip. After some botched planning, cancellations, misunderstandings and other major events like Eri's birthday party and the walking festival (where Harima Kenji was misunderstood to have accidentally kissed Yakumo and Tenma's love confession to Karasuma). These events goes all the way to the current chapter I read, which is now, at this time, at Chapter 274.

Thats 112 chapters away from Chapter 162 in SR manga. One hundred and twelve. Its helluva number of manga chapters. Sure they would ditch a couple of chapters for this new season, but looking at the other seasons, until School Rumble Nigakki, it is until Chapter 161. About 80 chapters of manga for each season. So, in my opinion, if they are using these huge pile of manga chapters, why dont they make School Rumble Sengakki a bit more than previous seasons? Yesssss...I'm not talking bout 2 episodes, let alone 26. I'm talking bout 30+ episodes (but it would seem rather weird to see a 30+ episodes of Japanese anime). But I can only speculate..and nothing more.

And yeah, forgot to tell you guys something. Japanese school have 3 terms in a year, so logically, School Rumble would have 9 terms overall. But theres a scene in the above video which I think would shatter School Rumble's fans' hope to see a fourth season and other following seasons(if there is one). Its the scene where Harima said "I would do anything to make you happy". For your information the scene took place at Chapter 265 in the manga.

Yep. Chapter 265.

Until Chapter 274, in which Tenma goes to the US of A to finally meet Karasuma, she was devastated when she realize the true nature of Karasuma's absence from school. His sickness is not fatal (said Miko-chan), but it robs away Karasuma's ability to think. I speculate that this sickness mess up his memory and his thoughts, or something because he seems unable to recognize Tenma. Tenma can only cry since their memories together seems only remembered by her, including her failed confession at the beach after the walking festival. I believe that this is the climax of the arch-story and soon to be followed by a conclusion. And that means no more School Rumble after that. And its anime too.

------[SPOILER WARNING : END - Read at your own risk]------

Of course, this is only a speculation. The manga could have another couple of hundreds of chapters yet to be drawn. Dont ask me, ask Jin Kobayashi-sensei. School Rumble is my favourite manga and anime of all time and it hurts for me to speculate these kinda things, but someone needs to say something.

ps: School Rumble 4Ever!!! We want more anime episodes of Sengakki!!!!

pps: If its only OVA, I think that its like a prelude to the real Sengakki. Like the OVA in between season one and season two. I hope.

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Here i am. In front of my lappy, still fresh from the laughter i got from watching The Longest Yard on TV2. But truthfully, today is kinda shit day for me. Oh wait its Thursday already.

Ok, so yesterday was the shit day. On yesterday's yesterday, we(me,myself and irene me and my housemates) came home from work to see this strange looking can (yessir..a metal can) that looks like a lock on the water valve outside the house. Well I think you guys can pretty much guess it already. We didn't pay the water bill(yet). Crap.

Because of the, ahem..serious predicament, the household didn't take shower that night. And on the next day also. Which is yesterday morning. So, thinking rationally we decided to take our delayed shower at AMD. Thank God there's a shower on the new third floor (or I'd rather say, the second floor). After a cool shower, I continued my job, web-surfing.

Well, technically I'm just being lazy to do some coding. So web-surfing it is. Good God, what the heck am I doing. I'm becoming lazier each day. And fatter too. Back to da story, we went to Komtar for lunch. And to search for PBA office there. Gotta pay the bill quickly though, don't wanna be a goddamn goat for the night.

And then after paying, eating and being lost for fifteen minutes in the heart of Penang we came back to the house office...and then the cycle starts again.
Open IE. Surf the Net. Go Home.

Ah, I feel crappy.

ps: I'm grooming my hair so that it would be like Harima Kenji's hairstyle. But what I get is Kuchiki Rukia's. Demmm!

pps: currently a 11/63 Regular Warrior, level 37 on Mercury server. Cabal SEA best!

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So its another post after 1 month.

Its 13th April. And its my birthday. And as I am writing this post, I cant help but to constantly peek my phone's inbox. No new message. As always. I am used to this by the way.

I remembered my first year in MRSM Langkawi. It was the year 2000 and I'm just a 13 year old brat. Having never even once separated from my family before, I arrived at this boarding school. Sure its fun and exciting and all, but I was homesick all the time. Soon I was too engrossed in studying that I didn't remember my own birthday. I just realized my birthday when my friend throw a small birthday party for another friend of mine.

Then, for the next years until I graduated, I always remembered my birthday and celebrate it alone. Sometimes I cursed my birth date thats so inconvenient. Its never near any holidays. I would then get angry and sad. Sad, that I was not be able to celebrate it like any other kids-brats to be exact. I was always hoping that one time a friend of mine would remember my birthday and throw a party for me, and its still is a wishful thinking.

I was never popular to begin with. So a party is totally out of the picture. But, hey, I remembered my friend's birthday so why they didn't do the same thing for me. I hate boarding school. They rip me off of my own birthday celebration.

Whenever I saw birthday party, I can't help but to feel sad and pity to myself. Those people are lucky their family and pals remembered them. I have never experienced one before. And maybe never will.

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I was hooked with Cabal SEA Online. The game's great. And I can't help myself but to play it for hours until my game client hangs and need to be restarted again. And again. And again. Damn.

Here are some eye candies for you guyz. Enjoy~



Oh yeah. By the way, I'm a level 8 Warrior(for now). And I'm playing with my pal a.k.a housemate, Pali. He's a level 9 Blader. We're playing on Mercury. Oh I wish my character can be like this Warrior below. Goddamn cool!



Oh I luv this video also. Cute 3DCG characters. I like cute things.



Register for Cabal SEA Online here! Its free to play. Yep. FREE TO PLAY!! You can download the client from its website, www.cabalsea.com

ps: i'm not sponsored to tell you this meh. its a recommendation meh.

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Stumbled upon this great piece of joke. But it true though. Men, laugh all you want. Women, learn carefully.

We always hear "the rules" from the female side. Now here are the rules from the male side.

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The Men's Rule

These are OUR rules:
Please note… these are all numbered "1" ON PURPOSE!

1. Breasts are for looking at and that is why we do it. Don’t try to change that.

1. Learn to work the toilet seat. You’re a big girl. If it’s up, put it down. We need it up, you need it down. You don’t hear us complaining about you leaving it down.

1. Saturday = sports. It’s like the full moon or the changing of the tides. Let it be.

1. Shopping is NOT a sport. And no, we are never going to think of it that way.

1. Crying is blackmail.

1. Ask for what you want. Let us be clear on this one:

* Subtle hints do not work!
* Strong hints do not work!
* Obvious hints do not work!
* JUST SAY IT!

1. ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question

1. Come to us with a problem only if you want help solving it. That’s what we do. Sympathy is what your girlfriends are for

1. A headache that lasts for 17 months is a problem. See a doctor

1. Anything we said 6 months ago is inadmissible in an argument. In fact, all comments become null and void after 7 days

1. If you think you’re fat, you probably are. Don’t ask us

1. If something we said can be interpreted two ways, and one of the ways makes you sad or angry, we meant the other one

1. You can either ask us to do something or tell us how you want it done, not both. If you already know best how to do it, just do it yourself.

1. Whenever possible, please say whatever you have to say during commercials.

1. Christopher Columbus did not need directions and neither do we.

1. ALL men see in only 16 colours, like Windows default settings. Peach, for example, is a fruit, not a colour. Pumpkin is also a fruit. We have no idea what mauve is.

1. If it itches, it will be scratched. We do that.

1. If we ask what is wrong and you say "nothing," we will act like nothing’s wrong. We know you are lying, but it is just not worth the hassle.

1. If you ask a question you don’t want an answer to, expect an answer you don’t want to hear.

1. When we have to go somewhere, absolutely anything you wear is fine, Really

1. Don’t ask us what we’re thinking about unless you are prepared to discuss such topics as:

* Sex,
* Sport,
* Cars,
* or Computers

1. You have enough clothes.

1. You have too many shoes.

1. I am in shape. Round is a shape.

1. Thank you for reading this; Yes, I know, I have to sleep on the couch tonight, but did you know men really don’t mind that, it’s like camping.

Pass this to as many men as you can - to give them a laugh.
Pass this to as many women as you can - to give them an education

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Yeah, we men are simplistic.

ps: the fact..err,joke is from lawakjenaka.com. The exact link HERE

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This topic--this matter that I'm about to say(type?) really bugs me for some years already. And it's about birthday wishes in Bahasa Malaysia. Birthday wishes? Yes. Birthday wishes. The world-renowned not-so-sincere-speech-cause-you-only-came-for-the-foods-and-cakes. But not in English 'cause I don't have any problem with that. The problem lies with the improper use of words in Bahasa Malaysia during birthday wishings. So, lets get on with it.

Lets start with birthday wishes in English. And its usually, "Happy Birthday!" right? I don't know if there are any other words you can swap for the two-word sentence. "Happy Anniversary-of-coming-out-of-your-mother's-womb!" sounds crappy and horrifyingly long. "Happy birthday!" is simple. No hidden meanings. Straight-to-the-point speech. And you can say it in any manner, and the receiver still understand your..well,wish. Be it in fiery anger, or ear-popping yell/shriek, he/she will understand you. Probably.

OK! Now let us learn how to pronounce "Selamat Hari Jadi"! (its "Happy Birthday" in Bahasa Malaysia). This is for all you newbies in Bahasa Malaysia out there. Before we start I will show you the association of words so that you know what's what.

Selamat = (loosely translated to?) Happy
How to pronounce it?
The word "selamat" has three syllables. 'Se', 'la' and 'mat'. For 'se', you pronounce it like the 'se' in 'secure'. For 'la', you pronounce it like the 'la' in the word 'lark'. Lastly, for 'mat', well..uhh it sounded more or less like 'mart', but try to make the r absent.

Hari = Day
How to pronounce it?
Okay, this word is simple. It only has 2 syllables, 'ha' and 'ri'. For 'ha', when you try saying it repetitively a couple of times you'll realize that you are actually laughing. Yes, laughing. Haha. It sounded just like that but make sure you say only one 'ha'. And for 'ri', it sounded like the 're' in the word 'refund'.

Jadi != Birth
How to pronounce it?
'Jadi' also has two syllables, 'ja' and 'di'. For 'ja', err..uhh it sounded like the Jaa in Tony Jaa's name. Yeah, it sounded just like that. And for 'di', you can pronounce it like the 'de' in the word 'determine'.

If you notice, "Jadi" do not have the same meaning as "Birth".Yeshhh! It's not the same at all! "Jadi" literary means happen. So in my view (MY VIEW AA..not yours..but if we share the same view its okay la), whenever somebody wishes "Selamat Hari Jadi", he/she is like wishing the anniversary of you(yes you!), becoming a multiple-cell organism and sadly, not your BIRTHDAY. If a pervert has the same view as mine has, he/she will probably guessing the date when your parents are having a sexy time together. Yes, the time when you started off as a single cell, trying to find its big, fat mate in a journey full of squeal and sweat. Ewww.

As for me, I've ditched "Selamat Hari Jadi" a long time ago. And I go with "Selamat Hari Lahir" now. And yes, "lahir" is literary "birth" in Bahasa Malaysia. I'm not trying to convert you to become a "Selamat Hari Lahir" follower but to let you know what I felt of this..err, rather unpleasant use of word.

ps: 'lahir' has two syllables, 'la' and 'hir'. For 'la', it has the same pronunciation as 'la' in the word 'lark'. For 'hir', well...uhh, it sounded just like the word 'hair'.

pss: I'd rather go with a kenduri doa selamat for my birthday celebration. I want to eat pulut kuning. No more cakes for me. Urgh.

psss: go with "Happy Birthday" la! Simple! End of story.

pssss: sorry for my crappy English grammar~~

Posted by rippa at 9:13 AM | 0 comments Links to this post  

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US of A is the world police. Along with its cronies and allies. Said peoples around me when I was small. Well until present times actually. The Malaysian mainstream media kept labeling them defunct world police on and on and on. Well, you could say that. But to me US of A is kinda good. Apart from them backing on Israel. At least they have the money and effort to deploy their troops in crisis-infested regions, and lose thousands of soldiers for that. Not some country that receives 80 billions(in currency)of profits from a national company but kept the spending in the dark. Shady hmm?

Yes, they do have other motives other than peace-keeping but hell, everything needs motives right? From planning an accident to help the father of a to-be-girlfriend, to helping small countries create a government so that their natural resources could be sucked dry. Admit it. WE DO SOMETHING THAT BENEFITS US. IT'S OUR NATURE. There is no such thing as free lunch bebeh..

But what I am trying to say is the world police is turning to a world criminal. As reported by a US of A media itself. Roughly 2.3 millions are jailed at the start of 2008, and that is 1 in every 100 American adults. The populous China only have 1.5 million people behind bars. And US of A spent $49 billion(yes,billions!) on corrections for 2007, its 6 times greater than the spending for higher education!

Some may say that it is okay since they are one of the countries which have the most strict laws and regulations. And weird, bizarre laws too. But other people may only see that US is producing more criminals than any other country in the world. Hmm they should be worried..

ps: I'm not feeling well today. So this is the only crap I can think of. Juz my 2 cent~~

Posted by rippa at 8:34 AM | 1 comments Links to this post  

Labels: Rant, World and politics