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politico-cultural insight

this is true. whenever we wonder about apathy in some members of society especially the low-income class with regards to cultural and political phenomena, this is possibly one of the factors that explain it: "There’s a point at which somebody is so far removed from the formal system that he has no interest in changing it." - Peter Hessler, Tales of the Trash, The New Yorker

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the first trailer for lee min ho's new movie, gangnam blues, is finally out! aaah!!! :D

kenshin

naiiyak pa rin ako kay kenshin. i never want to forget rurouni kenshin. to ms. navarra, thank you for writing this article. i understood even more about rurouni kenshin from it. Article: 'Rurouni Kenshin' Ends Explosively - And Romantically http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/172259/rurouni-kenshin-ends-explosively-and-romantically

rurouni kenshin

when people listen to me speaking in english, they often surmise that i must be a reader. the simple assumption would exasperate me sometimes, particularly because i actually read a lot less books and writings than the self-professed bookworm and also because a lot of what i read i read because i have to, not because i want to. but today, sitting on my bed thinking of the movie rurouni kenshin: the legend ends, i realize that people were right - i am a reader, but not, i think, in the sense in which they think. i am a true reader in that i have a reader's mindset - especially that mental receptiveness for allowing an author or creator to establish a world or a storyline and having it fully come alive in one's imagination. to that kind of thing, i could give myself whole-heartedly. the night before, i had watched rurouni kenshin 3 again with mai. i was impulsive about watching it - i had just wanted to get lost in a story. and maybe in kindness the stars decided to align f

heartache

Artist: One Ok Rock So they say that time Takes away the pain But I’m still the same And they say that I will find another you That can’t be true Why didn’t I realize? Why did I tell lies? Yeah, I wish that I could do it again Turning back the time Back when you were mine, all mine So this is heartache? So this is heartache? Hiroi atsumeta koukai wa namida he to kawari oh baby So this is heartache? So this is heartache? Ano hi no kimi no egao wa omoide ni kawaru I miss you Boku no kokoro wo yuuitsu mitashite satteyuku kimi ga Boku no kokoro ni yuuitsu furerareru koto ga dekita kimi wa, oh, baby Mou inai yo mou nanimo naiyo Yeah, I wish that I could do it again Turning back the time Back when you were mine, all mine So this is heartache? So this is heartache? Hiroi atsumeta koukai wa namida he to kawari oh baby So this is heartache? So this is heartache? Ano hi no kimi no egao wa omoide ni kawaru I miss you It’s so hard to forget Kataku musunda sono mu