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Anime Review: Cardcaptor Sakura Clear Card-Hen

February 15, 2018

Hi all,
Still remember or known Anime* called Cardcaptor Sakura? If you don't know what is this anime, this anime is about a primary (elementary) school girl called Kinomoto Sakura. She possessed magical power that came from the magical book at her father's library. Which her accidentally released all the cards inside it, and also two of the guardians, Cerberus (Keroberos) and Yue. She used the power that possessed to her for gathering all the cards, and changed it to be Sakura Card.

After the anime finished a couple years ago, CLAMP finally makes its sequel, called Cardcaptor Sakura - Clear Card Hen (CCS Clear Card Hen).

So, this post is about my comment to this new sequel of CCS. I am lucky enough that I can stream the anime here, when I don't know where to find the manga* in this new country. LOL.

At first, I thought the CCS Clear Card Hen is like Sailor Moon Crystal. Where in Sailor Moon Crystal, the story is not change, but they just upgrade some things to follow the world now, like now they used mobile phone, laptop, etc. But, my thought is wrong.

*anime = Cartoon that made in Japan
*manga = Comic that Made in Japan, some mangaka now isn't from Japan anymore, but I am guessing that the drawing method is look alike Japanese mangaka

Manga

CCS Clear Card Hen manga actually release from July 2016. Still with CLAMP as the author, and Nakayoshi magazine as the magazine in Japan. In Japan it self, the manga already run for 3 volumes now and still on going. Talking about Japanese manga. I remember that Detective Conan and Inuyasha still not finished yet.

Anime

Different from its manga, CCS Clear Card Hen anime starts at january 2018. Of course it makes this anime is still on going. I was so happy when I came at my anime streaming program at my laptop, and find this anime pop up at "new release" folder in that program. Makes me remember i cried when someone borrow my first CCS manga, and not bringing it back to me.

Since it start in January 2018, until now just a view episode that already release. It will come every week, so I have to be really patient for waiting a new episode of this anime.

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Story

Sakura and her friends now is at (Junior) High School

Beside the setting is still same, at Tomoeda city, Sakura's home, and people around her is also still the same. Sakura habits also not change, she still having difficulty to wake up early. Touya, Sakura's brother also still called her "monster". Even they are at (junior) high school now, not all Sakura's primary (elementary) school is having the same school. Rika, Sakura's friend who likes her teacher (Mr. Terada) entered private school.

Even though Chiharu and Yamazaki entered the same school like Sakura, they class is different with Sakura. And Li Shaoran also attending the same class with Chiharu and Yamazaki. So, Sakura, Tomoyo, and Naoko are at the same class (talking about how I really a big fan of this anime).

That is right, Shaoran return to Japan after "finishing his business at Hong Kong". And we could see and still ship Sakura-Shaoran relationship in this series.

(Another) Weird Dream and Sakura Card that Change

A little bit throw back story too at the beginning. Sakura had a weird dream again. But this time it wasn't Clow that appeared in her dream ( I think). Someone that came in her dream is put the hood covering the face, and in her dream, the Sakura seal key suddenly change.

The seal key that changed at Sakura dream apparently also changed in real life. And surprisingly all the Sakura Card that she had changed to be transparent and all the pictures are gone.

Beside, all the people who had the magic like Kero, Yue and Shaoran didn't feel any magical activity around, but Sakura able to feel it.

The Appearance of New Card

Yes, the transparent Sakura Cards, Yue and Kero that can't feel the magic, new key, and the new one, another new cards. The appearance of these cards are also the same like before. Sudden magical things happened around Sakura, and she had to seal it with her new key.

Yukito (Yue) & kero vs. Touya

Same Yue, same Kero, but a different Yukito. Yukito isn't the same Yukito who able to eat tons of food in one time. And he didn't suddenly fall asleep anytime everywhere. And in this story, Yukito know that he have "another" person that couldn't been seen by him. Yukito also know Kero now, and everytime Kero appear in front of him, he willingly to allow Yue appear.

If Kero and Yue have a good relations, it is different with Touya. Even Touya now loosing his magical power, he still suspicious that Kero isn't that ordinary plush toy like Sakura always said.

New Caracter

There was no new character until episode 5. In this episode Sakura had a new friend named Akiho Shinomoto. In glimpsed she looks like Rika. And her name is look alike Sakura's. Because Sakura is bubbly and really easy to close with a new friend, so it is easy for her to get close with Akiho.

But, when Li Shaoran asked Eriol about Sakura new friend, even though Eriol said she didn't have a magical power, but he warning Shaoran to be careful with this new friend. I wonder what is going on, especially in the first CCS there are no antagonistic character at all.

Nothing is Really New

The story line of course different, and not the upgrade version of the first CCS. But since this is the continued story from the first one, beside Rika that not appeared anymore since the beginning, nothing is change from Sakura's friend.

Sakura's friend also the same. sakura also still sit beside Tomoyo at class. Tomoyo isn't change at all. Still love to record Sakura, and love making costume for Sakura.

Beside upgrading the gadget, like all of them now having mobile phone with touch screen, Kero's game still the same. Some times we also able to see that they are getting along with the new gadget like video call, or selfie.

An added of new character probably will happen, especially after Akiho said that she had someone that really close to her too.

Same Dubber (?)

Since I used streaming with Japanese language, I a little bit awe with their voice. It is not change at all. All of them.

Worth to Wait

For me and another fans, in some point a couple years ago we wish to see the sequel of this series, right? And now they made it, of course I am happy.

Even the characters are not change, the stories is look alike (Sakura have to use her power to collect new cards again). But I personally become really curious about what kind of card that will appear, and who will be the new character, and what is the link to Sakura new cards.

Especially, when Eriol suddenly don't communicate with Sakura, but having a tense communication with Li Shaoran. And he also said to Sakura before all the strange things happen that Sakura should be really careful, and he keep saying "it's not time yet." When Miss Mizuki and Ruby Moon keep asking why he didn't tell Sakura about what is going on.

And, elevated and continuing dream that Sakura had it added more curiosity in me. In the episode 5, at her dream, Sakura been drag in front of the mysterious face. She seems to see who is the hooded person is, but when she wake up she forget.

I guess for us who wait for this sequel, it is worth to wait. Really

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Hello Straya: Travelling to Mornington Peninsula

February 10, 2018

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Finally,

Another post about travelling. After spending lots of times for changing my visa (and still going on). We guess last week was a good time for having some relax time out there.

That is true, that we are still on budget. Especially, after lodging my visa that costs us lots of money. But it doesn't stop us for having a little travelling. And, in here, we could find lots of places that free. So, even we are still on budget, we still able for having a stress release time.

This time we went to Mornington Peninsula. This place is very famous among tourist. because its name is "peninsula" so we will see lots and lots of beaches in this place.

Yes, because Mornington peninsula serves us a beautiful scenery, the fresh sea air, winery, cafes, and of course beaches.

Did you know I once made a post about my visit to Point Nepean? If you know, you also know that Point Nepean is also one of the places in this peninsula. You could able to visit more places in this peninsula that look alike the Point Nepean.

And the fun thing is almost all these attractions are free. Except if you coming to their souvenir shops or cafes, LOL

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This Mornington Peninsula also face to face with Philip Island too. So if we are standing at the right sightseeing places at Mornington Peninsula, we could see a small tip of tge Philip Island. Beside Philip Island, we also could see the French Island, another Island near Philip Island. As long as we find the right spot.

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Since there are lots of sightseeing post along the peninsula, we didn't stop to all of the posts. Beside there are lots of them, we couldn't just finished it in one trip too, especially when we started our journey around 11am. So, we decided to go to some places only, likes these three:

HMAS OTAMA

Our first stop is the submarine-wreck. Yes submarine. But it is not a submarine like the submarine at the transformer movie, when you are able to enter the inside of the submarine. This submarine-wreck called HMAS Otama

this is the nearest pict I can get for the submarine

HMAS Otama is the submarine that used by Royal Australian Navy (RAN). If you want to see its wreck, you could go into Stony Point area at Hasting. At the Western Port Bay to be exact. All you going to do just follow the Wolleys Road and you can stop in front of Victorian Maritime Center, and walk to the beach.

Taken from North Queensland Aboriginal language, Otama means dolphin. Made at Scotland by Scott Ship Building & Engineering Company in Greenock, May 25, 1973. This submarine launched at December 3rd, 1975 and becoming part of RAN at April 27th, 1978.

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This submarine is the oberon class submarine. Which is the submarine with the higher class from its senioe (Porpoise). Made in England for operated by only five countries. This class have the same design like its senior, but higher level at its weapon.

This submarine operated until end of 2000, a year delayed from its plan. Because HMAS Otama should replaced by HMAS Stirling at 1999. But because the problem about the introducing new class of submarines (collin-class), this Submarine finally rested at 2000.

After finishing its duty, at 2001 this submarine sold to Western Port Oberon Association, and planned to be a real museum. But since the association still working on the permit, this submarine that moored at Western Port Bay at 2002 is waiting.

Victorian Maritime Museum sign (1)

Victorian Maritime Museum sign (2)

Victorian Maritime Museum
*Sorry about the backlight from the sun :(

If you want to come, just try to find the Western Port Bay Look Out Beach, but it is so difficult to get near the submarine. We will need the speedboat or yacht to go near it. Some yacht and speed boat owner able and allowed to do so. These yachts and speedboats are commonly came from the yacht club at Hasting.

Western Port Bay Lookout Beach

The look out beach is not that bad. Even the beach line is not really long, but it's enough for enjoying or sun bathing here. While you served with the submarine and yachts and speed boats that tried to go near the submarine. Some mangrove also become another things to see here. A little green in the blue is not bad tho.

POINT LEO LOOK OUT

After being satisfied seeing the submarine, that really hard to see from that far, my boyfriend then took me to another spot, Cape Schanck. But, before we arrived at Cape Schanck, we stopped at the place that edge enough to see the edge of Philip Island, called Point Leo Look Out.

This place is the place for having family picnic, BBQ or camping. This place also have the playground, so if you want to bring your kids for camping, this place is not boring for kids too.

wild bunnies

If you are lucky, you will see lots of wild bunnies here. Since they are wild, they are not too friendly to human.

Free place for camping and BBQ, this place is awesome. There is a beach too here, but since we running out of time, we didn't go to the beach.

CAPE SCHANCK

Our final destination, Cape Schanck. This place is the most southern tip of the Mornington Peninsula. At the meeting of Bass Strait and Western Port. This place is the most attractive place among the tourist. Why? Beside the lighthouse, we also could see the spectacular views over geological formation called Pulpit Rock and Devil Desk, which were created by volcanic activity over millions years ago.

a lighthouse seen from the path to the wooden stair

You could come at their lighthouse. We could see the former lighthouse keeper's house too here. This house build arong 1859. Too bad we couldn't go to see the lighthouse because we are a little bit late. The lighthouse open from 9am until 6pm.

What a beauty!!

But, we still able to see another beautiful view from Cape Schanck. In this place, they provide us the wooden stairway that lead us to the pebble beach and rock platform.

alternative for wedding photograph

We even met some people doing their pre-wedding photoshoot here. Since they are busy doing their photo shoot at pebble beach, we decided to go to the rock platform instead. Since the beach line of this rock platform is long, and full of rock, so be very careful to step at this place.

Wooden Stairway

"Life in the Rock Pools of Cape Schanck"

Waves, check, blue water, check. what else? If you are lucky, you will find a sea life at the ponds around the rocks. Even my boyfriend takes his time more less an hour to find it. You could see what kind of sea creatures you could find at their board.

And yes, we are lucky enough to see crab, small fish, and some of big fishes too around it. They are pretty shy, so yeah, it tooks time to see them moving around the rock inside the nature ponds.

Want to make your instagram picture more nature and beautiful? This place is also the place. We could see some people tried to pose here for their social network feed. Us too, LOL.

Catching the sunset

Beautiful two different sea water colors

Eagle nest

I guess, this place is best. Especially you could enjoy everything here. The sunset is also the best time in this place. Go on and catch the waves, sunset, and the different colors of the sea water.

Once you drive around this place, pay attention to wild animal too. If you lucky, you will find wild kangaroo, wombat, or koala. Like us, we found a wild kangaroo hopping around at the side of the road. Lucky its hooped at the side, so its not being hit by any car.

Because the kangaroo appear so sudden, and we are shock. All we did was slower the car, and amazed by the hopping kangaroo. LOL.

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Life

Facing Australian Way of Living || My Culture Shock Experience

February 03, 2018

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Hi all,

Before, let me makes a Disclaimer first:

All of the stories that came from this post is came from my point of view, as someone who lived at a small suburb at Melbourne, Victoria. The probability of different stories in other side of Australia is big, so I hope you understand and not generalize my stories to be one image of Australia.

I made this blog since 2009, but starting to be active updating it since I have my Australian boyfriend, and move here. So, please be considerate that almost all the stories in this blog about my Australian life. Because, that was the reason for me updating this blog anyway.

Before, I have lots of story about my travelling around Australia, and what did I do. First time eating Australian food, my struggle to be able stay here permanently (and still), and those kind of stories.

More less half year already stay in Australia, and I learned lots of new things in here. Because I came from Indonesia, which is have totally different culture from people here. Some I can accept it 100% some still makes me have to put lots of patient in it.

Let's break it down!!!

Strayan Language

Well, since I am able to speak English since in my fourth grade primary school, for me English language is not that difficult to understand. At least if I speak with English speaking people, I could understand them.

Accent

But, since we, Indonesian people used to hear American accent, just because our school and movie are based on American culture, so I, my self used to hear American way and slang too. Maybe some of us (including me) able and understand how to speak with more British accent. But, a British accent that we have more to Received Pronunciation accent, which is more common in London, or Harry Potter movie, or anchor at BBC. Even it is sound so difficult to understand to some people in Indonesia, but it was the common accent in Brit.

Talking about it, even I am able to speak with Received Pronunciation accent, but it also not helping me when I faced the 100% Australian talked with their Australian accent. In fact, my boyfriend sometimes mocking my Received Pronunciation accent.

Maybe some of people in my country (Indonesia) or you people outside Australia think that Australian accent more into British (what I mean British accent is Received Pronunciation accent). Oh well, that is A BIG MISTAKE.

In fact, even in Australia, they are have their own nick for someone who speak with British accent, they called it POMY accent. If you think they will nick my accent that too, nope, they wouldn't do that because my face is so Asian.

Even so, I think their accent IS really like British accent. For example, water, they speak it wotah. My boyfriend too, even his accent is more understandable and looks like American way, but it's not quite American and not quite British too.

I think, getting to know their accent is an important thing, since my ear used to hear American and British accent, so it is a little difficult for me when the Aussie talked with their Aussie's mate with their Aussie accent.

I maybe able to understand my boyfriend's and his family accent, but I still find it is difficult to understand his children's accent. It takes me a couple second to understand they sentence. Really :(

Aussie Lingo

Aussie lingo is just only find at Aussie, I can tell you. None American or even British use this. that is why I am so confuse when they started to use their Aussie word.

For example, this picture, it sum up the Aussie lingo:

And, in conversation, they more like to put one or two Aussie words in it. Want to know Aussie's lingo? Just watch this youtube video from the real Aussie bloke:

But don't put it wrong, not all Aussie lingo is always put Aussie words. Like these blokes said, if you put all Aussie's words in one sentences, you will look like a bogan.

What They Do at Home

Once again, probably not all Aussie's doing it, but I have to adapt it hardly. Since I grew up in Indonesia, and our custom behavior is totally different. Some are difficult to adapt, some are easy.

Footwear inside the house

Like many Asian, I grew with the culture of "not wearing footwear inside the house". But it is different in Australia, and maybe some countries outside Asia too. But I couldn't stop being angry if my boyfriend came inside the house with his shoes on, while I just finished mopping the floor.

Even thought I keep saying take the shoes off while entering the house, but I couldn't just let this kind of culture off from my boyfriend everyday life. It is so difficult and took lots of patient too.

Actually, one thing that makes me less angry is in Australia, it is not everyday you clean the house. Unlike in Indonesia, we have to scheduled time for cleaning the house, everyday. In Aussie, the house will not easily get dirty in one day (note: this is not apply for they who have kids at their home). So it is not too tiring to clean the house. Sometimes i need three days or a week before I starts to clean the house.

And, cleaning the house is much easier, since they have vacuum cleaner. All Asian must know all of the Asian broom that their mother have, but this things isn't always at every house in Australia, unless you are come from Asian family. The positive of having the vacuum cleaner is you only use one vacuum cleaner for carpet and floor. The negative side is not all the corners at home can easily cleaned, and also the machine is quite heavy.

Kitchen with Complete Utensils

One of my favorite corner, kitchen. While in Indonesia, all kitchens in household placed at the back of the house, while in here is in the middle of the house. And while in Indonesia having a stove with separate gas tube (usually 5 kilos or 30 kilos) is something common, but in Australia you could find stove, oven, range hood and dishwasher machine attached at your kitchen.

And I don't have to worry about empty gas tube. Because in Australia, gas is like electricity and water. You pay to the company every month and you will have gas every month. Beside cooking, the gas can be used for shower and bath, tap water, and also home heater.

That is why kitchen is one of my favorite corner (beside bedroom), because I could cook or bake anything. Since it is so complete.

It Is NOT ASIAN Bathroom

Definitely not Asian bathroom style. No squat toilet, no bucket for fill the water, no spray water near your sitting toilet. And the toilet paper is only for your bum, not for placing at the dining table. Yes it is common bathroom in every westerner household, sitting toilet, shower and bath tub.

Of course I really enjoyed the bath tub, because it is so easy to find the bubble soap, and yes, bath bomb too. Which I couldn't do that back in Indonesia. Unless I stay at the top high social level class, or at least four stars hotels.

Supermarket

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Their self checkout technology, that I couldn't find anywhere at Indonesia is the fun thing for me. Even until now. LOL. And their supermarket is clean, their public toilet also clean, and it is complete.

Frozen food isle is my heaven. Since we are on budget, this isle is a great deal for us. I could find pizza, dim sim, fried chicken, until organic food in here. And, this isle also our savior when we are late to go for our grocery shopping.

Talking about late shopping. Coles and Woolworth are best for whom always have a little too late time for grocery shopping. They open until midnight.

Aussie Food

In general I have no problem with food at Australia. In fact, you could find lots of multinational foods here. Talking about Asian food, of course you could find Chinese and India restaurant around Melbourne. They could help me (as an Asian) to get rid the missing feeling for eating rice. But, do you know what the most food that every (real) Australian have at their pantries?

vegemite

Not a jam not a chocolate hazelnut too, but this thing always there at every Aussie's pantries. Not sweet, not sour, but it is delicious. How you eat it, just put a right amount of butter and a normal amount of vegemite at your toast.

But don't you know, I like eat my vegemite on toast with peanut butter too. My boyfriend said that is weird, but I say it is delicious.

weet-bix

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Whole grain cereal with brick or smallest. You could eat it just like that, or mix it with milk. Usually this one is every kids favorite. I like it, especially when it have berry flavour and berry fruit in it. When I am on weight lost program, I ate this for my lunch, just one brick of weet-bix, or three if it come in the small shape.

Kopi

Melbourne really famous for its coffee. It is so delicious. That is why I just only able to find starbucks at the city, not in a big suburb. Because their local coffee is so delicious. And cafe is everywhere.

One thing that I couldn't find in Indonesia. Australian make their home coffee mixed with milk. Just one tablespoon or two of milk in their cuppa... Just like Brit with their tea.

Very Care (or Spoiled) Government

As someone who came from a country that have not really good care from government to its people, knowing how care Australian government to its people makes me jealous plus a little bit irritated. In Australia, if you are Australian citizen, 18 years old, and not having a job yet, the government will give you money. Even it is not much, but for someone like me it is a little bit irritated.

Plus point, you could able to start your life by that money, and starting planning for what you can do with that money. Minus point, for some it makes me them a little bit lazy, and their competition soul is not that strong. People like me, come to Australia, have to beat our arse hard to get the right visa, to work. And, back in our country, either we are 18 or 80, no government funding to help us. So we have to fight harder.

The Australian government also care about a single mother. For example you have a baby, and you taking care of the baby by your self, and you are still not working, government will help you. In one case that happened around me, this young woman (she's not 20 years old yet), having the baby. And beside she get the money from government, she also get a money from the baby's father, and of course, because she living with her boyfriend, she have facility and also money too from her boyfriend. Again, it's a little irritate me. You don't need to beat your arse hard just to buy your baby milk. Compare to someone with the same condition in my country..

And the government also help the senior citizen. In this matter, I could understand. They also have village for the senior citizen called the retirement village. Which the senior citizen able to buy a house, with a helping fund from the government.

As an Australian citizen or permanent resident, you have right to get health insurance from the government, and the government also able to help your study, by paying something percent at your tuition.

So, those are some new things I found in Australia. Some I could accept it 100% some I should learn harder to accept it, LOL.

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