SHIZUKA ARAKAWA

SHIZUKA ARAKAWA 
(荒川 静香) 

http://frostwhisper2012.blogspot.com/2012/11/shizuka-arakawa.html

 






Shizuka Arakawa is Japan's First-ever Ladies Figure-skating Olympic Champion.
In the Torino 2006 Winter Olympic Games,
Japan was posed to have its WORST EVER Performance with a Gold Medal Shutout.
Arawaka won the Gold Medal and became Olympic Champion.

Shizuka Arakawa came through with Flying Colors as one-by-one her competitors fell by the wayside. She was the Most Consistent Performer of the Figure-Skating Program.

Her Signature Manuever is the INA BAUER ("The Arakawa Way").
It became a National Japanese Term and source of National Pride.
If you watch the Her Winning Performance below
...it is just Soooo Beautiful.


This is Shizuka Arakawa's Gold Medal Winning Long Program
from the 2006 Torino Winter Olympic Games.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6aSOpy2Z9g



Date of Birth:
December 29, 1981

Place of Birth:
Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan

Family:
Shizuka Arakawa is the only child of Koichi and Sachi Arakawa.
She grew up in Sendai, Miyagi.

Early Skating:
Arakawa began skating when she was five years old. It has been said that she began landing triple jumps when she was eight years old. She began to compete in national Japanese figure skating events in 1994.

Shizuka Arakawa's Olympics:
At the age of sixteen, in 1998, Shizuka Arakawa competed for Japan in the Olympics in Nagano. Japan. She did not qualify for the 2002 Winter Olympics, so she did not participate in the 2002 Olympic Games.

Shizuka Arakawa was not the favorite to win in 2006, but she skated a perfect long program and pulled up from third place to win the Olympic title.

Arakawa was twenty-four years old when she won the Olympic Figure Skating title. That made her the oldest women's Olympic figure skating champion since 1908 Olympic Figure Skating Champion Florence "Madge" Cave Syers.
Syers won at the age of twenty-seven.

Education:
Arakawa graduated from Waseda University in 2004.
She won the 2004 World Figure Skating Championships at the time she was completing her college education.

Hobbies and Interests:
Shizuka Arakawa enjoys gourmet cooking, swimming and diving, golf, collects beanie babies, and loved animals.

Trademark Moves:
Shizuka Arakawa did a beautiful layback Ina Bauer at the Olympics. In her winning performance, she bent back all the way with her head completely upside down. The Ina Bauer is now considered her trademark move. In Japan, when fans see the move, they don't call it an Ina Bauer; instead they refer to it as the "Arakawa way."

Arakawa is also known for doing beautiful spirals. Her signature spiral is a "Y-spiral." When she does that move, she releases her free leg and completes the spiral with her leg still close to her head. She does not use her hand to assist in holding the leg close to her head.

Professional Skating Career:
Shizuka Arakawa retired from competitive skating after the 2006 Winter Olympics.
She has performed in exhibitions and is a figure skating commentator for Japanese television.








SOURCES:

http://figureskating.about.com/od/olympicchampions/p/arakawa.htm
Wikipedia
Youtube
Google Images

THE LIFE STORY OF MVP

THE LIFE STORY OF MVP



ORIGINAL ARTICLE
http://www.millionaireacts.com/569/manny-pangilinans-success-story.html



I would start featuring success stories of famous entrepreneurs and leaders to serve as inspiration to others. Today, I will feature the life story of the highest paid Philippine Chief Executive Officer Manny V. Pangilinan, the CEO of the most profitable company and the largest company by market value – Philippine Long Distance and Telephone Company or PLDT, the Philippines' pioneer in telecommunications.


His life story came from his speech during the Ateneo Graduation last 2006 where he himself studied. During his speech, he narrated his own rags to riches story in three journeys from being a student to eventually becoming a corporate magnate. Let’s learn from him and be inspired.



OPENING

Manny V. Pangilinan

This day of academic ceremony must be a day of touching, personal memories. It is also a day to pause, and give honor and praise to your parents and to the good Lord for the grace to be at this place, at this time. While all of us may be seated, we’re actually standing on their shoulders, proud and thankful. Your years in college were a journey of discovery and preparation, a discovery of yourself and the gifts bestowed upon you. You’re now about to commence a new journey, of becoming an adult, of finding your place in society, of starting a future. Today, I’d like to share with you my own journey, as I traveled from being a student, to being a professional manager and an OFW, and now, an entrepreneur and corporate activist.


First Part Of The Journey: A Student

The first part of my journey begins with my family. My lolo (grandfather) started as a public school teacher in Pampanga and Tarlac, rising through the ranks to become superintendent of public schools and, eventually, secretary of education. My dad began his career as a messenger at Philippine National Bank, and retired as president of Traders Royal Bank, one of the larger banks in the ’80s. During my elementary years, I had ten centavos to buy a bottle of Coke, five centavos for crackers, another ten centavos to take the bus home from San Beda in Mendiola, which I made sure I wouldn’t lose, otherwise I would have walked home. In college, my weekly allowance at the Ateneo was P10, and that included my jeepney fares. I have a lot of classmates who have cars and others even have their own drivers. They were lucky. Someday, I said to myself, I will reach all those. My scholarships in both San Beda and Ateneo were only my lucky charms.

In late 1965, as my own graduation was approaching, I had come home from the Ateneo one Saturday afternoon, and spoke with my dad about taking an MBA in the States. I was met with silence, which meant there wasn’t enough money for an education abroad, that if I really wanted it, I had find a way myself. Fortunately, Procter & Gamble was offering a rare scholarship to the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. It was a national competition. I entered-and won. For three generations of my family, life meant coping with challenges despite modest means, relying on God-given talent, hard work and a passionate determination to succeed.


Second Part Of The Journey: A Professional Manager


Let me now turn to the second part of this journey. After two years in Philadelphia, I returned home, hopeful about landing a managerial position in a large company. I struck out at first bat. My benefactor, Procter & Gamble, turned down my application. So I ended up taking the first job I was offered, as executive assistant to the president at Phinma for P1,000 a month. Without any job experience, we can’t be choosers, right? Grab the first decent job that comes your way, immerse yourself in work, and soon, you’ll find the right job, or it will find you.
After six years with Phinma, I decided to work abroad. There were the usual reasons: the glamor of being an expat in Hong Kong, the stifling staleness of my local career but, more importantly, I needed to find myself, to prove that I can stand on my own and succeed. The warmth of family ties, the comfort of an extended family system so embedded in our society were indeed beguiling, but I wanted to assert my independence.

I was recruited by Bancom International, a Philippine investment bank based in Hong Kong. It was a stimulating experience. I learned the dynamics of international finance from my Chinese colleagues, not from the Filipino executives. Thereafter, I was seconded to a joint venture investment bank with American Express. I had expected to be appointed CEO of that new bank, but wasn’t. While disappointed and even depressed, I soldiered on and, sure enough, this venture failed inside of two years. A huge dilemma confronted a young man of 30 years: return to Manila or stay with AMEX? I decided to remain a soldier of fortune in Hong Kong. Why? Because after this setback, I wanted to prove something to myself. I felt I had to prove to AMEX the Filipino can. Indeed, after four years with AMEX, I received a phone call from my boss in London. He said, “You’ve outgrown Hong Kong and are now ready for London, and to fast track your career.” After reflection, I politely said, no. I’ve proven the point to myself and to AMEX, and that had been enough. Besides, I felt Asia is my home — and so it shall be.



Third Part: An Entrepreneur and Corporate Activist

 
The third, and final part, starts with First Pacific. Whilst working in the region, I met some clients – foremost being Anthoni Salim – who were willing to support my idea of a regional banking and trading business. With their help, I founded First Pacific in Hong Kong in 1981. I started out with only six people, on 50 square meters of office space, and little capital. Now, the companies that constitute First Pacific have sales of $5 billion, with more than 60,000 employees across the region. But I won’t tell you about our successes at First Pacific. Instead, I’ll describe our failures – some of which indeed became total failures, but some of which we turned around and made a success.

In 1989, we were negotiating to acquire Hanimax, maker of middle to low-end cameras based in Sydney, Australia. I took the overnight flight to Sydney from Hong Kong, confident that when I arrived the following morning, a letter from an international bank approving our financing would await me. But lo and behold, it was a letter of disapproval. So there I was in Sydney, committed to purchase Hanimax, but without enough money to complete it.

Providentially, there was a competing bidder who sought to take us out of the race by offering a sum of money. That practice is called “greenmail.” Our gambit won $7 million that day when we had no cards to play. But there’s a sequel to this. Buoyed by confidence – perhaps overconfidence, even hubris – we were off to the races again, and decided quickly to buy another company. This was Tech Pacific, Australia’s largest distributor of computer products. 

It was indeed a large company with sales in excess of a billion dollars! Well, it was a disaster. It took us three years, and enormous pain and effort, to turn its fortunes around. I fell sick from stress and anxiety and, on several occasions, contemplated resigning. But we stood to our tackle and, after those three years, Tech Pacific is now Asia’s largest distributor of computer products.

In 1998, I came home, after 22 years abroad – after what father (Roque) Ferriols often calls “the days of wasted youth.” When we invested in PLDT seven years ago, we faced the massive task of repair and renewal. Critics told us that we couldn’t change the culture of monopoly, that misdemeanors in PLDT couldn’t be eradicated, that our fixed line business had no future. But we made the tough and unpopular decisions at PLDT. Like reducing the number of employees from 14,000 to 9,000. Like changing dubious practices and encouraging honesty and transparency. Like converting the mindset of bureaucrats to that of innovators and entrepreneurs. Decisions about people are always difficult for us because First Pacific is an Asian company with Asian values. But head count reduction was critical for PLDT to survive.

Now that PLDT has recovered, and is now the most profitable company in the country, my confidence in the Filipino’s ability to succeed has been absolutely affirmed. In fact, despite the downsizing I mentioned earlier, we now have more people under our wings – about 19,000 – simply because PLDT is now a different company. And to most of you who might be familiar with Piltel or Talk N’ Text – it was a company in extremis. I’ve had to tell creditor banks that Piltel could not pay its debts – the first time I’ve done that in my life. My officemates told me to close Piltel. I didn’t agree. I believed that the cellular frequency it owns, as well as its brand, are potentially valuable, as they have become today. Also, I did not want to imperil the financial health of local banks to which Piltel owed much.

After five years of rehab, Piltel’s return to profitability has been close to supernatural. It is now the country’s most profitable company – after PLDT and Smart. Finally, some of you have raised with me the question – is business bad? Let me respond by saying, business is not all bad. It is people – some people at least – that may make business bad. No business can prosper in the long term without the right values. The best performing companies are those that manage their businesses which meet ethical standards. Transparency, accountability, integrity, discipline – all these good governance principles – must permeate every policy, every process, of the company, as they do at First Pacific and PLDT.



CLOSING

Therefore I close, I’d like to make a personal request. I’d like to ask each of you a favor. Give me bragging rights. Do something great. Sometime in the future, I want to hear some incredible thing you’ve done. And I’d like to brag that I spoke at your graduation. In return, I offer you a few more pieces of advice. Keep it real. Stay true to what’s best in yourself, to the best of your experience here at the Ateneo. Trust your instincts. Believe in yourself. Engage in sports, you’ll need it as you age. Make art, or at least, value it. Be brave. Be bold. Find something that moves you or pisses you off, but do something about it. You have a voice, speak up.

Take a stand for what’s right. Make a change. You may not always be popular, but you’ll be part of something larger and greater than yourself. Besides, making history is cool, isn’t it? But I also want to offer a warning: you will meet people who’ll entice you to compromise your principles. They’ll try to seduce you and distract you with money, power, security and perhaps, most dangerously, a sense of belonging. Don’t let them; it’s not worth it.
You can have genuine values and still get that job. You can have a conscience and still make money.

Let me send you off with one final thought. I was born poor, but poor was not born in me. And it shouldn’t be born in you either. You can make it. Whatever you may wish to do with your future, you can make it. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes always. Suffering breeds character. Character breeds Faith. In the end, Faith will not disappoint. You must not disappoint.

DREAM TEAM 1992 VS. 2012

USA BASKETBALL
DREAM TEAM 1992 VS. 2012
http://frostwhisper2012.blogspot.com/2012/11/dream-team-1992-vs-2012_6.html

It was in the London Olympics 2012 wherein a nasty Kobe Bryant Online Comment
sparked the debate of


WHO IS THE BEST?
1992 DREAM TEAM VS. 2012 DREAM TEAM

In my opinion and the consensus of experts....
1992 Dream Team HANDS DOWN!
WHY?!
They have the 7'0" Centers - Patrick Ewing and David Robinson
PLUS
They have Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen - 6-TIME NBA World Champions!
11 out of 12 1992 Dream Teamers are BASKETBALL HALL OF FAMERS NOW!



Charles Barkley, now a NBA on TNT Analyst says,
THERE IS NO OTHER DREAM TEAM
1992 WAS THE ONLY DREAM TEAM
NO OTHER TEAM COMES CLOSE



Incidentally, this 2012, is the 20th Anniversary of the DREAM TEAM!
Well, I am writing this topic now because this Debate has triggered
A HUGE Interest in USA Basketball History
by the New Generation.


I am writing this account to share my Personal Experiences on the matter.

THE 1992 DREAM TEAM

In 1989, FIBA, International Basketball's governing body allowed Professional Players
to participate in the Olympics for the first time.


The USA won the Bronze Medal at the last 1988 Seoul Olympics -- bannered by David Robinson and Collegiate Players.  USA Basketball was looking for REVENGE!


The Team assembled by USA Basketball for the tournament in Barcelona in 1992, was arguably the most illustrious collection of talent fielded on an actual competitive team in the history of sports. Of the 12 players on the team, 10 would be named in 1996 to the NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team, the NBA's official list of the 50 greatest players of the league's first 50 years. Because of this star line-up, the team's games usually featured opposing teams asking for pre-game photos with their U.S. opponents — and idols.



 

ROSTER
NO	PLAYER NAME
4	Christian LAETTNER
5	David ROBINSON
6	Patrick EWING
7	Larry BIRD
8	Scottie PIPPEN
9	Michael JORDAN
10	Clyde DREXLER
11	Karl MALONE
12	John STOCKTON
13	Chris MULLIN
14	Charles BARKLEY
15	Magic JOHNSON

The First team to unfortunately feel the Dream Team's WRATH
in Olympic Competition was lowly ANGOLA.
And they were CRUSHED!


USA won the GOLD MEDAL beating CROATIA
Led by Toni Kukoc, a future member of the Chicago Bulls,
Dino Radja and the late-Drazen Petrovic.


In the Victory Ceremony, there was a Marketing Controversy.
The Official Apparel of the US Olympic Team was REEBOK.
Jordan, Barkley, Johnson...all NIKE-contracted Athletes,
Covered the REEBOK Logo on their Jackets with the American Flag.
The American Flag was used for more than Patriotic Reasons that time.


This was also the first time Croatia and Lithuania earned medals
since declaring their independence from Yugoslavia and
the former Soviet Union USSR, respectively.
 

Team USA cruised through its qualifying round with a 6-0 record. The team then took on Angola in the opening game of the Olympic competition. Charles Barkley had 24 points in a team USA 116-48 romp. Next, the Dream Team took on a talented Croatia team and beat them soundly by 33 points, led by Michael Jordan's 21. The United States team then defeated Germany behind Larry Bird's 19 points and Karl Malone's 18. In the next game, seven USA players scored in double digits and Barkley set the new single game Team USA scoring record with 30 points in a 127-83 rout of Brazil. Team USA then closed out pool play with a resounding 122-81 drumming of Spain.


In the quarter-finals, Mullin scored a team high 21 points as the Dream Team scored a 115-77 victory over Puerto Rico. Team USA rolled on in the semis with a 51 point win over Lithuania. Nine US players scored in double figures. Jordan led the way in the gold medal game against Croatia, scoring 22 points. Patrick Ewing had 15. Barkley had 17. The final game was the closest of the entire Olympics, with the Dream Team winning by 32 points in a 117-85 blowout to take the gold. The average win margin by which the United States won throughout the Olympic tournament was 43.8 points a game.

What is not publicly commonly known about the
1992 Dream Team was the Origins of the Team.

EARLY SCRIMMAGES 

A Select Team of NCAA all-stars scrimmaged with the professionals.
 

USA Basketball selected college players whose play, it hoped, would resemble that of the Europeans the Dream Team would face.  Members included the penetrating guard Bobby Hurley, the all-around players Grant Hill and Penny Hardaway, the outside shooter Allan Houston, and the tough Chris Webber and Eric Montross.

Consequently, in the above list, only Hurley and Montross did not become
NBA Legends.

In late June 1992 the Dream Team first met together in La Jolla, California,
astounding and intimidating the collegians who watched the professionals practice.

On June 24, the Dream Team LOST to the NCAA All-Stars 62-54, however, after underestimating the opposition.

Coach Chuck Daly intentionally limited Jordan's playing time and made non-optimal substitutions; Krzyzewski later said that the head coach "Threw The Game" to teach the NBA players that they could be beaten.

The teams played again the following day, with the Olympians winning decisively in the rematch. The college players visited Jordan's hotel room afterwards and asked
Their hero for his personal items as souvenirs.
 


The Real Competition for the 1992 Dream Team started in the FIBA-Americas Tournament of the Americas. The Dream Team had to win this Tournament in order to qualify for the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.

AND WIN THEY DID!


The Dream Team made its International debut on June 28, 1992, at the Tournament of the Americas, an Olympic qualifying event in Portland, Oregon. (Home of the Portland Trail Blazers)

The team defeated Cuba 136–57, prompting Cuban coach Miguel Calderón Gómez to say,
"You can't cover the sun with your finger."

Marv Albert, who announced the game, recalled that
"it was as if [the Americans] were playing a high school team, or grade school team.
They were so overwhelming ... a blowout after blowout".

The Cubans were the first of many opponents who were more interested in taking photos
with the Americans than playing them.

The next five games were also easy victories for Team USA,
who ended the tournament on July 5, 1992, with a 127–80 victory over Venezuela.


Magic Johnson in 1991 was diagnosed with the HIV-Virus
and abruptly ending his NBA Career and announcing Retirement.

Magic came back re-instated in the 1992 NBA All-Star Game
in Orlando Arena, Florida to win MVP Honors.

He hit consecutive three-pointers in that Game to cap of his Performance.
The West All-Stars won.

Note that, The last few minutes of the 1992 All-Star Game were not
played any more....as all players stopped playing and celebrated with 
Magic Johnson....a fitting Tribute to the Magic Man. 


The Final Shot was Magic hitting a turn-around three-point shot capping the night.

“     I look to my right, there's Michael Jordan ...
I look to my left, there's Charles Barkley
or Larry Bird ...

I didn't know who to throw the ball to!     ”

— Magic Johnson, on his Teammates

1992 DREAM TEAM LEGACY

Sports Illustrated later stated that the Dream Team was
"Arguably the Most Dominant Squad ever assembled in Any Sport" and compared it to
Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison, the Allman Brothers at the Fillmore East, Santana at Woodstock."

The team was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2010,
and is one of only eight teams enshrined in the Hall of Fame.

Charles Barkley later said,
"I don't think there's anything better to representing your country.
I don't think anything in my Life can come close to that."

Larry Bird called the medal ceremony and the playing of The Star-spangled Banner "The Ultimate" experience.

Magic Johnson said "The 1992 Dream Team was the greatest moment of my life in terms of basketball, bar none." 

Michael Jordan said that the biggest benefit for him from the Olympics was that
he learned more about his teammates' weaknesses.

He later defeated Barkley, Malone, and Stockton in Three Future NBA Finals.
Jordan cemented the Chicago Bulls Dynasty in the 1990s winning SIX NBA Championships.

As of 2012, 11 of the 12 players on the roster (except Laettner),
and three of the four coaches (except Carlesimo), have been elected to the Hall of Fame.

Global interest in basketball soared due to the Dream Team.

International Olympic Committee head Juan Antonio Samaranch stated that
"The Most Important Aspect of the Barcelona Games has been the resounding success of the Basketball tournament, as we've witnessed the Best Basketball in the world."

Subsequently, the number of international players in the NBA rose.

On opening day of the 1991–92 season, NBA rosters included 23 international players from 18 countries.  At the start of the 2011–12 season, there were 74 players from 35 countries.

THE 2012 DREAM TEAM

Kobe Bryant and LeBron James said they believed their 2012 Olympic Team would win against the Dream Team.

Bryant said,
"They were a lot older, at kind of the end of their careers.
We have just a bunch of young racehorses, guys that are eager to compete."

Charles Barkley said that he "just started laughing" upon hearing Bryant's comment
and that the Dream Team would win by double digits.

Jordan added,

"For Bryant to compare those two teams is NOT one
of the Smarter Things he ever could have done...
Remember now, they learned from us.
We didn't learn from them."

Bird joked,
"They probably could.
I haven't played in 20 years and we're all old now."

ROSTER
NO	PLAYER NAME
4	Tyson CHANDLER
5	Kevin DURANT
6	LeBron JAMES
7	Russell WESTBROOK
8	Deron WILLIAMS
9	Andre IGUODALA
10	Kobe BRYANT
11	Kevin LOVE
12	James HARDEN
13	Chris PAUL
14	Anthony DAVIS
15	Carmelo ANTHONY

OLYMPIC TOURNAMENT PLAY
 

The Americans went an undefeated 8–0 and averaged 116 points per game,
Winning by an average margin of 32.1 points—the fifth highest in US Olympic history.

Team USA trailed in the fourth quarter only once, against Lithuania in the opening round.
Lebron James became the leader of the team with Kobe Bryant—who would turn 34 in August 2012—stepping back.

James facilitated the offense from the post and perimeter, called the defensive sets, and
provided scoring when needed.

After winning the gold, Team USA coach Mike Krzyzewski said
James "is the best player, he is the best leader and he is as smart as anybody playing the game right now."

Kevin Durant scored a United States Olympics record of 156 Points in the Tournament.
Durant also made 34 three-point field goals, breaking the previous United States mark of 17 set in 2012; Carmelo Anthony (23) also exceed the old record.

Bryant was not in peak condition early, but he played himself into shape and
was a key contributor in the final three games. While Chandler was the team's only true center. Anthony Davis was thin and had no professional experience.
 
Krzyzewski also played Love, James or Anthony as Team USA's de facto center.
Kevin Love led the team with 61 rebounds (27 offensive).

Compensating for its lack of big men, the US played small ball and spread its playmakers
around the three-point line and with a player penetrating and passing the ball back outside.
They won with "basically five players on the perimeter," Spain coach Sergio Scariolo said.

Bryant and Krzyzewski declared at the completion of the tournament that 2012 was their final Olympic appearance. 


 
They both joined Team USA after the disappointing bronze finish in the 2004 Games.
Krzyzewski left with a 62–1 record and a 50-game winning streak in international play for the Americans. He joined Henry Iba as the only US coaches to lead the team to consecutive Olympic gold medals.





LEBRON JAMES HAD HIS FINEST YEAR EVER IN 2012
NBA CHAMPION, NBA MVP, NBA FINALS MVP, GOLD MEDALIST AND OLYMPIC CHAMPION

Despite all the FLAK he received after joining the MIAMI HEAT,
And Losing to the DALLAS MAVERICKS in the 2011 NBA FINALS.









SOURCES:
http://hoopedia.nba.com
Wikipedia

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.

THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN

THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN
http://frostwhisper2012.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-amazing-spiderman.html

THE STORY OF MY LIFE 
THIS 2012


A PERSONAL STORY
OF DISCOVERY
IN A MODERN WORLD


WITH 


A CHOICE
OF WHAT
MORAL FIBER 
OR
WEB


DO WE
CHOOSE 
TO TAKE
IN LIFE

FIREWORK

FIREWORK

- Katy Perry


Do You Ever Feel Like A Plastic Bag
Drifting Through The Wind, Wanting To Start Again?
Do You Ever Feel, Feel So Paper Thin
Like A House Of Cards, One Blow From Caving In?

Do You Ever Feel Already Buried Deep?
Six Feet Under Screams But No One Seems To Hear A Thing
Do You Know That There's Still A Chance For You
'Cause There's A Spark In You?

You Just Gotta Ignite The Light And Let It Shine
Just Own The Night Like The 4th Of July

Cause Baby, You're A Firework
Come On, Show 'em What You're Worth
Make 'em Go, Oh
As You Shoot Across The Sky

Baby, You're A Firework
Come On, Let Your Colors Burst
Make 'em Go, Oh
You're Gonna Leave 'em Falling Down

You Don't Have To Feel Like A Waste Of Space
You're Original, Cannot Be Replaced
If You Only Knew What The Future Holds
After A Hurricane Comes A Rainbow

Maybe Your Reason Why All The Doors Are Closed
So You Could Open One That Leads You To The Perfect Road
Like A Lightning Bolt, Your Heart Will Blow
And When It's Time, You'll Know

You Just Gotta Ignite The Light 
And Let It Shine
Just Own The Night 
Like The 4th Of July

'Cause Baby You're A Firework
Come On, Show 'em What You're Worth
Make 'em Go, Oh
As You Shoot Across The Sky

Baby, You're A Firework
Come On, Let Your Colors Burst
Make 'em Go, Oh
You're Gonna Leave 'em Falling Down

Boom, Boom, Boom
Even Brighter Than The Moon, Moon, Moon
It's Always Been Inside Of You, You, You
And Now It's Time To Let It Through

'Cause Baby You're A Firework
Come On, Show 'em What You're Worth
Make 'em Go, Oh
As You Shoot Across The Sky

Baby, You're A Firework
Come On, Let Your Colors Burst
Make 'em Go, Oh
You're Gonna Leave 'em Falling Down

Boom, Boom, Boom
Even Brighter Than The Moon, Moon, Moon
Boom, Boom, Boom
Even Brighter Than The Moon, Moon, Moon
 

THE FORCE IS STRONG WITH THIS MERGER

THE FORCE IS STRONG WITH THIS MERGER

http://frostwhisper2012.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-force-is-strong-with-this-merger.html

DISNEY BUYS LUCAS FILM

which gives DISNEY

THE POWER OF THE FORCE

THE STAR WARS FRANCHISE


They PLAN to make

STAR WARS 7 8 9





COMING SOON!





With NOW



 
MARVEL
LUCAS FILM
and DISNEY
COMBINED

 


DISNEY has 
THE FORCE IN
 


MOVIES
FILMS
THEME PARKS
NOVELS
INTERNET MEDIA
PRINT
HOME VIDEO
TOYS
GAMES
ETC



EVERYTHING WORKS IN

1...2...3....

THE TRIANGLE OFFENSE


USED BY


NBA DYNASTY CHAMPION
CHICAGO BULLS
IN THE 1990's


Created By TEX WINTER
Implemented and Coached By PHIL JACKSON