My Tackey, My Sadame...

Wednesday, May 21, 2008,

**Poporo 0805 - T&T translations to interviews**

Hi y'all this morning. Hope everything is going good for you this week, as it's now nearing summer. The colleges are really deserted (I'm the only one today at the media center at SDSU..lol) and it's lightly drizzling too. *sigh* I dislike it at times when it's cloudy and drizzling in the month of May, mainly when it's supposed to start getting 'summerish'. -_- Gee, in Hawaii where my family is living, it's hot, humid, blue skies, and sunny. I should move back there. lolol *laughs* Oh well... But they always said in San Diego, around this time of the month, it's what we call 'May grey'. Today, it's been cloudy and drizzling. I hope it won't be like this all day. -_- (reminds me of Washington State)

Well, I have a certain magazine interview request to post, since I once asked qwe to transliterate this for me not too long ago. It's the Poporo May issue (0805) of both Takki & Tsubasa's interviews on what they thought about marriage and proposals, falling in love, and having a family. *aawww* Just what I've always wanted to know. ^_~ I won't spoil it for you all as I won't say anything on my thoughts about this. (well, I couldn't help it...)

Takki's translation: (click on link)
http://www.mediafire.com/?g9nemyeb9dx
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LDFB9ST1

Tsubasa's translation: (click on link)
http://www.mediafire.com/?dqmitxoy3jd
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TD7PXJ83

*WARNING: SPOILER AHEAD*
(Reiko's thoughts on interviews)

~DO NOT READ FURTHER IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE TRANSLATIONS YET~ (unless u dun mind...lol)

But, I will say this...

In Takki's overall thoughts, I think I liked the way how he felt about women not only being good for just 'staying home to cook rice'. lol At least he'll think of her 'more than that'. It was Tsu who said this type of thinking, that he wants a girl to stay home and have rice ready for him when he comes home.

As for proposals, I love the way how Tsu feels about this, that he wants a ceremony and he respects the woman who'd want one. (and even ask her parents for her hand in marriage) *aaawwwwwww...kawaiiiiiii~* Like for Takki, he doesn't feel like having a ceremony. He doesn't want one, and would be satisfied with just meeting her parents, and that's it. lol But, I can respect that too. It's just, here in America, where I'm from (and brought up n'raised), ever since I was a young girl, I've had dreams of having a wedding ceremony, having a large reception party n'such, dressed up in a bridal gown. And to have a guy not feel this way or even respect my wish to have one, just kills my dream on the spot. lol But, if I'd marry Takki, I'd respect his wish in not having one. First of all, at least it saves the couple money. lolol :P And Takki said he also isn't good in figuring out 'how' to propose n'such. lol *poor guy* Such pressure with the guys ne?

But, then again, there's LOTS of pressure with the women in Japan to marry at a young age too. I spoke long ago to my outside friend (Maiko; she lives where I live) of mine and we talked long about all kinds of things that day.

One of the things we talked about were the differences in having a bf and dating in Japan compared to America, and also about getting married. She said that the girls in Japan are expected to get married by the time they reach their mid-to-late 20's. Aya! And she said since she's 26 years old now (same age as Takki; lucky HER), she's being teased a lot by her mother and her mother's friends for being 'an old maid' cuz she's not married yet.

Gosh, here in America, it's the career that's most important in a woman's life first (or finishing college and getting the degree, then finding work) compared to getting married first. (marriage comes second) Generally, here, there's no pressure whatsoever to get married, period. I mean, if you do you do, if you don't you don't. Simple as that. And we're not 'looked down upon' if a girl decides she doesn't want to marry or stays 'single'. In Japan, if you're not married by your late 20's, you're sort-of looked down upon. That's so sad.

Oh! Another insight to Tsu's part of the interview too.

I never realized this until now but, thanks to Miron (*hugs her*), I now realize that the same way Tsubasa said he wanted to meet a girl and after being with her for quite some time (in dating), he wants to think like 'What it be like to get married?'. When I was growing up with my hubby (we knew each other since we were elem. school age), he thought the same way about me when I'd come over to his house to play. Since both our parents are classmates from hs and hung out w/one another, we grew up together. He also had a crush on me when we were about 7 or 8 yrs. old. My hubby felt (thought) the same way like Tsu did when I'd come over to his house. He wondered what it be like to be with me. *aawwwwwwww* So kawaiiiii~

Now, as for Takki (his interview part), omg...I SWEAR I want to squeeze and kiss him to death. ^_~ Like in the family part, he's soooooo sweeeeet! He's so overly protective of a daughter if he had one. *aawwwwwwwww* I thought that maybe he'd be all 'macho' or not think this way if he'd have a daugher but, omg...I love him to death the way he thinks. *melts* @_@ I can tell he'd be so good to my daughter though IF I ever was married to him. I love it how he's overly protective like that of having a girl. *aawwww* I think most men think this way though...hehe~ (I know my hubby thinks the same way as Takki) ^_^

But as for proposal...oh boy...hehe~ I just hope Takki changes his attitude later when he does meet (find) Mrs. Right. Because frankly speaking, there are a lot of women (or girls) out there who think like me and who'd still would want a wedding ceremony and/or reception party. But, I totally respect Takki's wishes though at the same time. If he's not the type to want one, I can respect that. All I can say is, saves money on the woman's part (her family who has to pay). lolol And it's quite funny in the way he just said that he would like to just meet them and then marry or something of the sort. lol He said he's not very good either in doing formal (asking for girl's hand in marriage to parents-kindof thing), and drink osake w/her father. lol *poor Takki* Talk about all the stress and stuff men have to deal with, all just to 'propose' to the girl and getting it right with her parents. ~_~

Well, tell me your thoughts on the interviews and please ask qwe if you'd like to repost these elsewhere. (she's the one who translated them in the first place for me...thanks~) And please credit her too.

*Reiko*

9:29 AM

Monday, May 19, 2008,

**Found and bought T&T cd singles at Book Off! store!!**

On Saturday, I ate lunch w/my hubby & daughter for an outing since it broke a heatwave over this past weekend. We ate at Kayaba inside Mitsuwa (food crt) since it was casual and not a fancy place. I wanted to eat something Japanese and so did my daughter. It was good, as I had shoyu ramen...mmmmmm~ *so tasty* But, then I was hungry still, as eating only noodles, meat w/kamabuko, and tamago wasn't enough. lol

It sure was really busy that day, because not only was the food court crowded, but even the middle of the walkway (from front door and in btwn the food crt & Sanseido bookstore) was crowded too. There was a booth selling crouquette's. There was crab cream crouquette, corn, potato, pumpkin, etc. It's soooooooooo OISHII!!!! (esp. the crab one) I asked for 2 crab ones, one potato and one corn one. Yikes...the crab ones were 2 for $6bucks. lol But, that's ok. (seafood is always exp.)

Anyway, after lunch, I bought more grocery goods from the market area. After that, we headed out the door and started to go to the beach cuz it was so hot. I ended up wanting to hit a Japanese discount bookstore next to the Staples (an office supply store) store. It was new and it's called "Book Off'. I think they even have locations in Japan too if I'm not mistaken. I've never been to this store b4.

Well, turns out when I was looking around at the cd section (Japanese), I came across 2 T&T cd singles I didn't have! 1) the Kamen Mirai/Koukai cd single (yellow jkt), and 2) YumeMo cd single (w/the karaoke vers. and Takki vers. & Tsubasa vers.). Here's my findings:

(YumeMo cd single; front cover)

(front cover; Kamen/Mirai Koukai cd single)

Anyway, just wanted to share what I found. Never thought I'd come across any T&T cd's somewhere else other than Sanseido. lol But, I did. I tried asking the lady if they had any dramas from him but, nothing. Oh well...*sigh* (i.e. Taiyou no Kisetsu, Bokumado, or even Yoshitsune; nothing) I did not see any Yukichan dvd box sets either. But there was a Ho!Summer and Samurai cd single left, and the Two You For You cds, incl. the cd/dvd ones. ^_^ (already have these of coz)

*REIKO*

2:12 PM