Bleu Neptune

I knew nearly nothing about baseball but when I randomly picked up the first book of the perfect edition of "Touch" at the library while I was waiting for something to finish downloading on my laptop, I was totally captivated by the series and couldn't stop reading it.  Initially, I thought the drawing was a bit mediocre and it was not the style that I preferred.  Besides, it was difficult to tell the twin apart in the beginning. But I chose to keep reading for killing the time waiting for the download on my laptop. However, the more I read, the more I was intrigued by the simple and sweet story between these three main characters.  Both of the twins had affection for the neighbor girl whom they grew up together with. The younger brother was not only good at his studies but also at baseball. He was both talented and diligent and the star student who was admired by everyone at school. And the girl was also a diligent and smart student with many admirers. She a...

Somehow I really enjoy Japanese dramas these years. And I have found them closer to everyday life and not overly dreamy like the cliched poor-girl-meets-a-rich-man kind of Korean dramas. I was often left feeling more lost after watching dramas of other regions because it made me long for having a prince charming kind of person beside me and that really didn't help my already loner life at all. Besides, another pro of Japanese dramas is that it doesn't take as much time to watch the whole thing as they are usually comprised of 8 to 12  episodes. And the following dramas have inspired, taught, or affirmed me in one way or another. There are also some other good ones I have watched over the years but they don't speak as much to my heart as these ones do. I love the interaction of the lead character with his pet tortoise, George. And in one of the last episodes, when the guy asked his superior at worker, the senior professor, why his mom just left, disappeared from his ...

This is a story about three generations of a family - From Abraham to Jacob. I observed that habits and traits passed down from generation to generation. Issac did the same thing as Abraham did by lying to the king of the place he and his household visited and resided that his wife was his sister in order to avoid being killed. And I also noted the similar story of rivalry between brothers in Issac's sons, Esau and Jacob as in Adam's sons, Cain and Abel. And the fight between them began from right in their mother's womb, then, continued to the day they were born and culminated by the death bed of their very own father. The problem between the two brothers probably had got to do with each parent's favoritism. And it was a pattern descended from their early fathers. Fortunately, neither of the brothers were murdered this time. As I was reading through these chapters, I was trying to read them like any story of any good fiction and turning off the old mode of religious...

There are various stories throughout these chapters but the story of Abraham obeying God to sacrifice Issac speaks to me the most. Children are precious to parents and they are willing to sacrifice themselves for their offspring. However, here God asked Abraham to do such an unthinkable deed of sacrificing the child of Abraham and the very one who was given to him at his old age. We can imagine how precious Issac must have meant for Abraham and yet he obeyed God and was going to give away his son. Issac represents anything that is most valuable and treasured in one's heart. And Abraham thought of nothing else was more important than God. That really showed how deep was Abraham's faith in Him. He knew the priority of things in his life. That's something to take away from this story. To let go of the less and pursue what matters the most to us. I thought about what I treasured in my life and I thought of my toy collection. I have been very indecisive about keeping or sellin...