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Sunday, November 4, 2012

BRAVE


 




ORIGINAL ARTICLE
http://crescentcrane.wordpress.com/2012/10/19/brave-by-tomiko-van-sengoku-basara-2-theme/



BRAVE
 

- Tomiko Van (伴都美子)



Hi wa nobori kurikaeshi
Kyou ga hajimaru
Utau tori kasumu yume
Tamashii no koe


The sun rises once again,
And today begins --
The birds singing, a hazy dream,
And the voice of my soul...

Mukai-kaze wa mada tsuyoku fukitsukeru
Soshite kodoku o ajiwau
Mune no itami ga uzukidashite mata
Takanaru kodou


The wind is still blowing hard in my face,
And I taste loneliness.
The ache in my heart gets worse,
And my heart beats faster...


Mada minu ashita o kaete yuku no sa
Kokoro no mama
Kizutsuki hashirinukete kita daichi no ue
Hana ga saku itsu no hi ka
Sorezore ni sakihokorou


I'll change the tomorrow I've yet to see...
I'll let my heart decide.
I ran, wounded, across the earth...
One of these days, flowers will bloom,
Each one blooming to the fullest in its own way.

Hitosuji no hikari sasu
Kurayami no hate
Yureru kaze
Samayoeru
Tamashii no kage



A single sliver of light shines 
From the edge of the darkness --
The dancing wind,
And the wandering shadow
Of my soul...


Dokomademo tsudzuku owari no nai tabi
Soshite ikiru imi o shiru
Mune ni idaita hitotsu dake no ai
Mamori-tsudzukeyou


There's no end to this journey; it goes on forever,
And I learn the meaning of life...
I'll keep protecting
The single love I hold in my heart.

Mada minu ashita o koete yukeru sa
Kimi to naraba
Ikidzuku inochi ni takushita akai hana ga
Utsukushiku chiru toki mo
Saigo made mitodokeyou


I can't see tomorrow, but I can get through it
If I'm with you.
Even when the red flower of my living, breathing life
Dies beautifully,
I'll watch over you until the end.


Mada minu ashita o kaete yuku no sa
Kokoro no mama
Kizutsuki hashirinukete kita daichi no ue
Hana ga saku itsu no hi ka
Sorezore ni sakihokorou


I'll change the tomorrow I've yet to see... 
I'll let my heart decide.
I ran, wounded, across the earth...
One of these days, flowers will bloom,
Each one blooming to the fullest in its own way.









Friday, October 26, 2012

LEAVING A LEGACY

LEAVING A LEGACY
http://frostwhisper2012.blogspot.com/2012/10/leaving-legacy.html


THE UNDERTAKER: 20-0 AT WRESTLEMANIA. 3-TIME WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION.


A TRIBUTE TO THE DEADMAN
 


I HAVE CHOSEN THE UNDERTAKER TO BE
 

MY ROLE MODEL
MY IDOL
MY HERO


I HAVE LIVED THROUGH 

THE 22-YEAR CAREER OF THE UNDERTAKER

I FIRST SAW HIM AT WRESTLEMANIA IX
Ceasar's Place, Las Vegas, Nevada 1993


HE WAS FIGHTING THE GIANT GONZALES
A MAN WHO DOES NOT EVEN KNOW HOW TO WRESTLE
EVEN HE WAS IMMORTALIZED BY THE UNDERTAKER

IT IS ONLY BEFITTING THAT
THIS 2012


I WILL WRITE MY TRIBUTE TO THE UNDERTAKER
CEMENTING HIS LEGACY FOREVER


A MAN SHROUDED IN DARKNESS
SHEDS SO MUCH LIGHT TO PEOPLE
ALL AROUND THE WORLD

 

IN THE MATCH PROPER:
Harvey Wippleman (Manager) threw Giant Gonzalez a Rag soaked with CHLOROFORM knocking The Undertaker OUT COLD
The Undertaker was carried out of Ceasar Palace on a STRETCHER

The Giant was celebrating in the Ring.
After 1-2 Minutes...
THE DEATH BELL TOLLS
Green Smoke Appears
The Undertaker groggily comes back to the Ring
Paul Bearer grabbing The Undertaker's Long Hair
Restraining HIM
And Chops down the Giant with 2 Tomahawk Axhandles off the Top Turnbuckle
Then Finishes him off with the Running Clothesline
The Referee disqualifies The Giant for using a foreign object
Awarding the match to The Undertaker

Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, "JR" Jim Ross, Macho Man Randy Savage (TV Commentary Team) STOOD THERE

SPEECHLESS
AWESTRUCK
AMAZED BY THIS RESURRECTED
HUMAN BEING

HEENAN SHOUTS

OH MY GOD!!!
HE IS NOT HUMAN!!!

HE IS NOT HUMAN!!!


IT WAS HERE THAT I MYSELF DECIDED....

I WILL FOLLOW THIS MAN
I WILL FOLLOW HIM WHEREVER HE GOES
HE IS IMMORTAL
NOT HULK HOGAN
NOT THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR
BUT HIM

I CHOSE THE UNDERTAKER
I CHOSE HIM
I KNEW HIM
I BELIEVED HIM
HE WILL BE MY GUIDING LIGHT
THEN
NOW
FOREVER


MATCH LINK:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXLha7tbt50








 



WWE: Undertaker - The Streak DVD Cover




THE SHOWCASE OF THE IMMORTALS



WRESTLEMANIA
The Signature Event of World Wrestling Entertainment
THE UNDERTAKER IS 20 AND 0....
ZERO!!!





FOR OVER 20 YEARS....20 LOOOOONG YEARS....
NO ONE HAS EVER COME CLOSE
ONE BY ONE
THEY HAVE CHALLENGED HIS IMMORTALITY
BUT THEY FAILED
ALL SOULS FALL VICTIM TO THE DEADMAN
 

I HAVE CHRONICLED ALL HIS LIFE
I HAVE RECORDED ALL HIS LORE
HIS WORK ETHIC FOR 20 YEARS HAS ENCOMPASSED EVERYTHING IMAGINABLE
 

BLOOD
SWEAT
TEARS
DISCIPLINE
BROKEN BONES
EMOTIONAL TURMOIL
DIVORCE
BREAKUP
TO FIND NEW LOVE
TO BE A FATHER TO HIS NEWBORN BABY
TO BE MARRIED TO A CHRISTIAN (Michelle McCool)
TO ENDURE Ortibal Eye Injury, Hip Replacement Surgery
WRESTLING A Hepatitis-B Infected Cowboy Bob Orton AT THE RISK OF HIMSELF GETTING INFECTED
THE WILLINGNESS TO REINVENT HIS PERSONA (Funeral Parlor Mortician, The Ministry of Darkness, American Bad Ass, Deadman, Modern MMA Influenced Deadman)
TO BE PART OF STABLES AND TEAMS (Brothers Of Destruction, The Ministry Of Darkness, The Corporate Ministry)
THE HUMBLENESS TO ACCEPT NEW WRESTLING STYLES, SUBMISSION STYLES AND MMA TECHNIQUES
THE WISDOM TO ADD TO HIS ARSENAL OF FINISHING MANUEVERS (Tombstone Piledriver, Chokeslam, Hell's Gate Submission)

TO SACRIFICE LOSING AT THE COST OF HAVING ONE GET OVER HIM
THE WILL TO WIN...NO MATTER THE COST
THE VOICE OF THE LOCKER ROOM
TO ALWAYS HAVE THE 10/10 BEST MATCH IN ANY WRESTLEMANIA EVERY DAMN YEAR


THE UNDERTAKER'S LEGACY WILL NEVER NEVER EVER BE REPLACED BY ANYONE
THE UNDERTAKER'S LEGACY WILL LIVE ON IN OUR LIVES FOREVER











SORRY
ABOUT THE LENGTHY WRITEUP ABOUT MY IDOL
BUT I AM HERE NOW TO PROVE THIS POINT TO YOU
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN

WE HAVE


 

LANCE ARMSTRONG: CYCLING CHAMPION. CANCER SURVIVOR.



FALL FROM GRACE


In June 2012, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) charged Armstrong with having used illicit performance-enhancing drugs.
In August 2012, they announced a Lifetime Ban from competition and 

Stripping Lance Armstrong of his SEVEN Tour De France Titles.

TOUR DE FRANCE --- THE ULTIMATE CYCLING RACE OF ALL TIME


On August 24, 2012, the United States Anti-Doping Agency stripped Armstrong of ALL competitive results

from August 1, 1998 to present.
On October 22, 2012, Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the sport's governing body endorsed USADA's verdict and confirmed both the lifetime ban and the stripping of titles
(Source: Wikipedia)


THINK ABOUT IT...

LANCE ARMSTRONG SURVIVED TESTICULAR CANCER
A CANCER SURVIVOR
LANCE ARMSTRONG IS BANNED FOR LIFE
SHAMED FOR LIFE
STRIPPED OF ALL HIS TITLES
PEOPLE WILL FORGET NOW
LANCE ARMSTRONG IS A DRUG ADDICT
A LEGACY THAT CAN NO ONE CAN EVER BE PROUD ABOUT

BUT AS FOR ME
I STILL AM PROUD OF LANCE ARMSTRONG
NO MATTER WHAT THEY SAY
I LOOK AT THIS GUY'S CHARACTER AND HEART
LANCE  HAS WHAT IT TAKES


BUT YOU SEE
THAT IS ONLY MY OPINION
WHAT ABOUT THE OPINION OF OTHERS
LANCE ARMSTRONG IS BANNED FOR LIFE
SHAMED FOR LIFE
HE CANNOT BE A ROLE MODEL FOR KIDS
ALL OF HIS CORPORATE SPONSORS DUMPED HIM LIKE TRASH







A LEGACY FULFILLED


NARUTO'S PARENTS: Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze and Uzumaki Kushina

LEAVING A LEGACY
TO THE NEXT GENERATION
A GOOD LEGACY
AN EVIL LEGACY



WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT
THE LIFE WE LIVE NOW WILL IMPACT 
THE GENERATIONS AFTER US


TO PASS IT ON
TO PASS IT FORWARD
TO YOUR CHILD
TO YOUR CHILDREN
TO THE NEXT GENERATION

WE WILL ALL BE GONE SOON...


I am a Flower Quickly Fading
Here Today and Gone Tomorrow
A Wave Tossed in the Ocean
A Vapor in the Wind

GONE SO SOON....




I JUST WISH
I JUST WISH
I CAN TAKE MY OWN ADVICE
I WISH I CAN DO THAT

I WISH I COULD DO THAT
WHEN THE TIME COMES
I WILL
I WILL BE READY
SOMEHOW




A Mother's Love
























Thursday, October 25, 2012

Gaara's WAR SPEECH






Gaara's WAR SPEECH
(NARUTO Shipuuden Episode 261: Ninja World War Arc)





 

   
I LOVE Gaara's SPEECH HERE!!! 

IT REALLY INSPIRED ME!!!
Everybody needs a Savior.
Below is the Speech as Fan-subbed and
Translated from Original Japanese Language






From the First Great Ninja War to the Last,
Shinobi have WOUNDED AND COME TO HATE EACH OTHER
for the benefit of their OWN Nation and Village.
That HATRED led to A DESIRE FOR POWER,
and that DESIRE FOR POWER CREATED SOMEONE LIKE ME.

I too, was once FULL OF HATRED AND POWER!!!
I WAS A JINCHUURIKI!!!
I HATED THIS WORLD and ALL THE PEOPLE IN IT!!!
I constantly thought of NOTHING BUT DESTROYING IT.
I WAS NO DIFFERENT THAN WHAT AKATSUKI IS NOW!!!

However a certain Shinobi from Konoha STOPPED ME! (Uzumaki Naruto)
HE SHED TEARS FOR ME!!!
HIS ENEMY!!!
EVEN THOUGH I HURT HIM...
HE STILL HE CALLED ME HIS FRIEND!!!
HE SAVED ME!!!
MY ENEMY!!!
MY FELLOW JINCHUURIKI!!!
He suffered the SAME PAIN as me, and yet BORE NO ILL WILL!!!
The moment WE UNDERSTAND each other's PAIN, our MALICE WILL DISAPPEAR!

THERE ARE NO ENEMIES HERE!
We are ALL ONE and it is because we have ALL BEEN AFFECTED by Akatsuki!!!
The Sand Village, Stone Village, Leaf Village, Mist Village, Cloud Village...
THEY NO LONGER EXIST!!!

WE ARE NOW ONLY SHINOBI!!!
IF YOU STILL CANNOT FORGIVE THE Sand Village THEN
I WILL GIVE YOU MY HEAD ONCE THIS WAR IS OVER!
OUR ENEMY IS NOW AFTER THE VERY FRIEND WHO SAVED ME!!!
If they capture him then it will be THE END OF THE WORLD!!!

I WANT TO PROTECT HIM!!!
I WANT TO PROTECT THIS WORLD!!!
HOWEVER, I AM TOO YOUNG and NAIVE TO DO SO...
THAT IS WHY...
I NEED ALL OF YOU TO GIVE ME YOUR STRENGTH!!!


To protect our friends and this world, we will fight as one...
Until our dying breaths...

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

SPORTS. FOOD. TRAVEL. ANIME.

An Awesome Foursome!


These will be the Four Spheres of Thought that this particular BLOG will be focused about.
Well I guess, you can throw in some other stuff here and there...
But this will be mainly what we will write about.


DISCLAIMER: All Articles are Original Pieces of My Work. 
All Sources and Research are properly credited to their original owners. 
Thank you WIKIPEDIA!!!
ALSO, I treat Blogging/Writing as a Good Therapy and Stress Reliever for myself.
This BLOG Medium is only a Container to put whatever comes in to my Brain in Writing.
By The AllSpark!





I have a knack of SPORTS HISTORY covering an extensive timeline and a whole wide range of Sports. Basically it is because I grew up in the 1980s and still up to now....I AM SPORTS FAN. If it was not for my Childhood Friend then I guess I will not be able to appreciate the PBA, Cycling and the WWE now. I also love watching and analyzing the Olympic Games, Asian Games and Southeast Asian Games where Philippine participation is present.

I am writing all of my first-hand experience about Sports History before I lose my Brain...and go Wacko! I want to share the information to the next generation where they have not yet experienced the 80s, 90s, 2000s and beyond...




I LOVE FOOD

Being a CHEF is my Dream! 
My second career after IT.
Just do not have the money now to go to Chef School.
I do not know only how to cook stuff 
BUT I know and researched the Natural Health Benefits 
of ANY Ingredient I add to the Frying Pan/Wok 
 to create one tasty, healthy dish. 

I am very, very fond of the Food Business too.





 
I TRAVEL

Mainly because of the FOOD!!! :) 
I want to try out all countries' street food and good stuff. 
Maybe you have heard about Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations. 
MAN! That guy has the BEST JOB!!!

The BEST way to know a country is through their Food! YUM!



 
ANIME....I LOVE JAPAN!!!

Everything from Japanese Culture, Food, History, Language, Heritage, etc.
'Nuff said! 
Someday 
I WILL GO THERE FOR A HOLIDAY!!!









WORSE THAN TRASH






Those who DO NOT FOLLOW RULES are TRASH,
but those who DO NOT CARE about THEIR COMPANIONS 
are WORSE THAN TRASH!!!
- Hatake Kakashi 

Naruto: Team 7

Photo: http://www.rubberslug.com/user/ce78f7cf4ea14759aabcd5d2b2b10726/701211-2918344-kakashi%20bells%20thumb.jpg




I reflected on this statement for some time now and found that it does apply to our Everyday Lives, no matter what the setting is!  Maybe this was what was guiding me all these years....

I believe that this is really A MATTER OF THE HEART...A PERSONAL CHOICE!!!

I have been in the Call Center - IT Technical Support / IT Helpdesk Industry for 12 years now and counting.  From Sykes Asia, Accenture and now Hewlett-Packard Philippines.  

I was never, never ever, able to follow ANY PROCESS that I really did not like at all...I would constantly argue and argue to my Superiors, Team Managers, Quality Analysts WHY?! I needed to follow the Process laid out...when I really felt that there was SOMETHING WRONG!!! I tried my best to analyze myself why I have this kind of behaviour.
* I am very, very proud and happy working in Hewlett-Packard HP now by the way!

Why should I follow YOUR Process, when I can definitely discern and sniff out that you are only fooling/contradicting themselves and making things soooo hard for the customer and myself???!!! Why should I follow your process when it is something that you just made up in your head and wanted to apply to the Helpdesk Policies when it definitely makes NO SENSE AT ALL!!!! You only want this because you are only concerned about the STATISTICS!!!

Maybe that "Something Wrong" was that I really felt for my Customer at that point in time that he/she needs help, he/she needs someone to listen. There is a saying in Basketball that come the 4th Quarter of the Game...you throw ALL the Statistics of the past games and quarters OUT OF THE WINDOW....Whoever wins the has the most HEART! ONLY THE ONE WITH THE MOST HEART AND WHO WANTS IT MORE WINS THE GAME!!!

I was never ever able to get a Passing Mark in my QA Scores....BUT.....I racked up THE MOST NUMBER OF COMMENDATIONS a Month, every Month!  And THAT is what I believe WHAT MATTERS THE MOST! NOT being a STATISTIC but being the RIGHT PERSON at the RIGHT TIME to HELP MY CUSTOMER NOW!  I am very, very proud of doing this....And, I think this is where people get PROMOTED OVER the others! 

A LOT of Commendations = Good Feedback from Customer/Client = A Notification to your Supervisor = A "Nice Job!" Letter = A Good Performance Rating = A Hefty Salary Bonus!
 * A very profound thought...Now that I am writing about it... :)

And now, in my life, in all my ups and downs...I have thought and realized that I can not do things on my own....I need HELP....it has to be a TEAM Concept....a TEAM effort that will get you over any challenge in life.  But still, this Principle still guides me today....TO GENUINELY CARE AND HELP THE PERSON NEXT TO ME!  CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME!

I will try to be a better Teammate, a better Person, a better Team Player. But I still need to HELP and CARE.  And if I can not do that.....then EVERYTHING IS USELESS....I AM WORSE THAN TRASH!!!