Hibi Chouchou

At a random point of the day, I decided to put some colors on Kawasumi from Hibi Chouchou. I'm a an amateur in coloring or rendering manga caps so pardon me if it's not that good. Thank you! :) I'm glad that  the outcome of the coloring (or rendering) the color of the eyes went well. The problem that I'm having right now is how to render his hair. And I just realized, Kawasumi doesn't have blonde hair and blue eyes. Here's a picture from the manga.

Btw, if you are interested in reading a light romance manga, I recommend you to read Hibi Chouchou by Suu Morishita. I enjoy reading this manga. It's a story about a quiet and cute girl named Suiren who always become the immediate center of attention among the boys. But among the boys, there's this particular boy who doesn't look her way. It's a really cute story between a quiet cute girl and a quiet karate athlete boy.

The main characters' progress in the story is really cute. While reading the manga and stumbling upon those cute moments, you'll just smile and say to yourself how cute the characters and their personality are. You'll always feel the "kilig factor" in every chapter of the manga.

Secret (2007) review

Before the second semester ends, my college friend, Rajj, recommended me this movie. And because I was into movies these days, I decided to watch this movie. Secret is a 2007 Taiwanese film. According to Wikipedia.com, "It is the directorial debut feature film of Taiwanese musician Jay Chou, who also stars as the male lead and co-wrote the movie."

Ye Xianglun is a music piano student who transferred to Tamkang Secondary School. It is a prestigious school for musically talented students. On the first day of school, while wandering through the old piano building, he hears a lovely melody being played in one of the piano rooms. He followed the melody until he entered the piano room and saw Xiao Yu inside, tucking a music score in the book shelves. He then ask her about the song she was playing. She said to him that it is a secret that cannot be told. After Xiao Yu learned that the old piano building was on a schedule for demolition on the graduation day, she teached Ye Xianglun the lovely melody.

The movie made me speechless. The music and the characters blend well within the story line. I like how the story progress and how it made the viewers go "Ahhhhh." at a certain point a movie. It's a great movie for music and non-music lovers out there. And also a great recommendation for those who like or love watching romance films.

I like how the movie shows how the father really loves his only son and also the burst of the son's love at the end of the movie. Throughout the ending, it was tragic. But, the ending won't disappoint you. I like how the concept,"Love conquers all." is played well in the end.

I love the peaceful landscape of Taiwan shown while Ye Xianglun and Xiao Yu are on the bike together. It is like a heaven for me and the view is just relaxing. I would like to have a chance to live there in that marvelous area.

After watching the movie, I realized that true love has power. The power to go through all those challenges and struggles just to be with that special someone who you really treasure.

Taare Zameen Par (2007) review

While reading some stuffs in the news feed of my Facebook account, I read a friend's status saying that she just finished watching the movie, "Like Stars on Earth". I became curious and interested after reading her status. I said to myself that I must watch a movie every week to explore the world of movies and know more stories. I decided to watch this movie and immediately search it if the movie was uploaded in Youtube. Thankfully the whole movie is uploaded there.

Taare Zameen Par is an Indian movie directed by Aamir Khan. It was released in the year 2007. The story begins with an eight year old boy named Ishaan (Full name: Ishaan Nandkishore Awasthi) who had dyslexia. His family, neighbors, teachers and classmates can't understood what he's always thinking inside his mind. Through making art he expressed himself. Little did they know that Ishaan's mind has a wide and rich imagination that only Ram Shankar Nikumbh, his temporary art teacher in his boarding school, noticed.

I had lots of things I would like to say about this movie, but I don't know what to type first. (And my thoughts are drifting away.) I like how the movie teaches us that children who are suffering from mental illnesses are also people. They can also feel emotions that us, normal people, feel too. We are all equal. We are all unique. And everyone has gifts and talents. Don't let people say to you that you're talentless and worthless.

Art is an expression. It is a way for people to express themselves. I look highly to artists out there. :) Never say to people that the art they're making is worthless because there's a huge chance that they'll quit making art for sure. Pursuing art is a good thing.

I like the painting that Ram Nikumbh painted in his art event. He painted Ishaan's happy face. Such a good painting. I would love to learn how to paint portraits like this.

Just a random thought. Aamir Khan is surprisingly good-looking for his age.

I like that one part of the movie where Ishaan woke up early and dressed himself up properly in front of the mirror. I like the quote the narrator was saying and the matching background song. 

"There have been such gems amongst us who have changed the course of the world, because they could look at the world differently. Their thinking was out of the box and not everyone understood them. They were ridiculed. But despite that, they persevered and emerged such winners that the world applauded them."

* Disclaimer: Pictures aren't mine.