Meme: 5 Topics

[talisa_ahn]

Comment to this post, and I will list five things I associate with you. They might make sense or they might be totally random. Then post that list, with your commentary, to your LJ (or just add a reply back at me). Other people (including me~) can get lists from you, and the meme merrily perpetuates itself.

This list is from: kira_shadow

Comments

[kira_shadow]

Pho
Yeah, I went to the "Vietnam Festival" in Yoyogi last summer and even though the foostalls there were kinda awesome (and expensive) it was hard to really find something good. The things were nice but not quite...right? I did find one or two restaurants I took to though and after talking to people in vietnamese, you even got better food XD ha! I win! (still the same price though but hey, if it's better quality, who am I to complain?).

Cooking wise, Pho requires so many different spices and a lot of time...my mom took a few years to make this recipe perfect. But I think it paid off. Only problem, now I compare my mom's pho to all the other pho and the others never quite taste 'good' anymore? ^^; aah.

Went to eat vietnamese with Rachel in Shibuya as well but that wasn't much of a success either...was okay. I heard from the vietnamese insiders at the festival though that there's a good restaurant in Yurakucho below the mall towards Ginza...but that's probably hella expensive. My friends tell me there are cheap and good cafés in Kichijoji that serve vietnamese cuisine. *random* Aaaah, I just wanna go back and cook, damnit.

Tokyo
It sure is different. I guess that's why I love to go to Osaka whenever I get the chance. It's refreshing. My first thought of Tokyo was that it was a "Clockwork" it works like one, very mechanic, somehow. In comparison Osaka is "Alive" more. Of course it's good fandom wise (or not because bye bye money) and there are a few places I like...but I think...feeling wise, I might like Osaka better, too...or even just Yokohama :X

Matori
I noticed him "the nose" in mags in my early days but yeah, I didn't really follow any Kanju boys until Gokusen 3 and Butoukan rolled around. That's when I started to immensely enjoy the Osaka Episodes of Shounen Club. I then re-discovered Matori because of you ;D

He pulled me completely onto his side though when I went to Kis-My-Ft2's tour in Osaka and had him dancing RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF ME. And now...the Oekaki Shiritori for Daremo Shiranai J Gakuen! ♥ Kusumoto, too ^_^ I enjoy writing fic about them. Wish I could see them again live... *crosses fingers*

Futon
Haha, well random question but usually people ask "bed or futon" in questionnaires or interviews? So I thought I'd do it, too. During my stays in Japan I've had both, bed and futons. I think I liked the futons better so far. Somehow the beds I've had were all...meh. Even at hotels or hostels, the futons were usually better. Only the bed at my host family's place was pretty nice...so far. And I guess it saves a lot of space to have a futon instead of a bed. I don't even have a 'real' bed here. It's a couch that you can 'fold out' to get more space.

Fanfiction
Well, you know I agree with all the research. And yeah I've become increasingly picky with what I read. I usually only go with writers I know (and I know I like) unless there's something really intrigueing about the summary or plot or whatever.

I also started writing in the Sailor Moon fandom when I was around 10? And then progressed through Digimon and Gundam Wing and what ever else there was...Digimon was also my first Shounen Ai/Yaoi fandom. Real person slash I kind of got into through HP first and then for real in around 2004 when I lived in NZ and my friends were huge LotR and HP fans...and they didn't just slash characters but also the actors...and through the course of the year I fell into JE fandom and well, yeah, we know where that went.

I also don't want people to read my old stuff. Re-reading it myself makes me want to delete some of the things I wrote in my early days ^^;

Fanfiction also flows easier when you're dealing with something and just want to work it off somehow, I agree. Things just start flowing then. The reason why I dislike taking part in fic exchanges is, I simply cannot force myself to write something. Either, I'm inspired or I'm not. I prefer memes...I can pick stuff there to write.

Wah, long random ranty comment again... ♥