FIFA's 2014 World Cup Starts Today!

Today is the beginning of the 2014 FIFA's World Cup in Brazil!

What is strange is the fact that there isn’t that feeling of World Cup in the air here. Maybe it's because the World Cup was flooded with controversy. Loads of public money was spent to build modern stadiums while other needs such as the improvement of Brazil’s public education and health care were neglected. Not to mention Brazil's poor infrastructure.

Anyhow, Brazilians love parties and soccer, so I believe the mood will change from today.

In my opinion, the favorites to win this World Cup are Brazil, Germany, Argentina, Spain and France. Brazil has a good team and will have the local fans support, which need to be considered. The biggest problem in Brazil’s national team are the strikers. Neymar is still very young and inexperienced. And Fred and Hulk are just not that reliable. Well, let’s wait and see.

Yummy Curry!

Japanese Word of the Day #261

Anime Recommendation: Detroit Metal City

Soichiro Negishi is a music obsessed young teen, making the jump from his rural hometown to the big city of Tokyo. His goal is to become a successful musician. Negishi has a love for indie twee pop. Unfortunately for Soichiro Negishi he fails miserably in gaining any type of following for his music. Then one day he spots a flier for a music agency looking to recruit musicians. With his home-burned CD in hand, he enters the music agency’s office.

Fast forward a few more months and Negishi is now the front man for an up-and-coming band. Unfortunately for him, the band is an ultra-heavy death metal band that sings about satanism, rape, & murder…

There is also a live action movie, but the movie is terrible.

Source: Asianwiki.com

When you get older (part 2)

I just remembered another music video that is actually a homage to a 1962 french film directed by François Truffaut. It is called Jules and Jim.