My Mad Life

Isn't it time for a change?

2008-10-17T18:19:00.000-07:00

Change is important!

Change on how we see life...

Change on how we see ourselves...

Change in how we see life, we see others, we see this world

Change is here

Ultimate showdown

2008-10-17T18:05:00.001-07:00

The Iron Chef...

The suspense of watching this and all those awesome knifing skills! The experimental dishes....the secret ingredients....the creativity of plating....JUST AWESOME!

What about reality of life

2008-10-06T19:21:00.000-07:00

I like posting in my blog some cool sites i'd enjoy, or some thought i've explored and some realism of how to face life.

There you go all three sites you must see. Am not much of a talker or a writer

Ninja movies

2008-10-06T19:15:00.000-07:00

Hey you kick ass loving people. Here are some movies you might wanna watch

A Man called Hero

Dragon tiger gate

Arahan

Kewl and awesome stunts...good storyline....but as usual the 2nd one is about tragic hero and his tragic life... Heroes have to pay the price...you have the talent to save people, and you have the talent to loose the people you love the most too. The stereotype storyline.

Been a long time

2008-10-06T19:09:00.000-07:00

Strange how thing u need the most seem to disappear and when your in an outmost panic it suddenly shows up. I've been looking for my wallet you see.....and finally i found it.

Thats how easily i forget things. I think my brain is being constantly fried with all the radiation from the computer, cellphone, microwave, and alot more...i think somehow everything has radiation now. I need to drink alot of wheat grass!

Colors of Autumn in Japan

2008-09-28T18:34:00.000-07:00

In the bustling street of Kyoto
tucked in a far away, corner of the city are tree full of color....a place where i want to be
A silent passage where i can think..relax...remeber...and meditate

People who love videos!

2008-09-27T19:41:00.000-07:00

It ain't nothing like youtube...but it's something interesting....Check this out

For anime lovers

2008-09-27T19:35:00.000-07:00

Hey you fellow anime lovers...

check out this site

Who is Lauren Conrad?

2008-09-23T19:13:00.000-07:00

to give u an idea

here

Why Lauren is Up the Hill?

2008-09-23T18:59:00.000-07:00

I actually dont know the answer to that question...but i just wanted to talk about Lauren Conrad who ever she is...

I mean is her series even for real.....

Reality shows are like the in thing today...but I highly doubt that it's even reality they may have a added a few issues to juice things up....or perhaps for the veiwers to "learn" something....what learn how to flirt the fast way.... or how to fight with your best friend...

Gee...she's like all over the news....

U know what's reality? the reality in life is not drowning in all problems and issues of life....reality is facing life..meaning finding the solutions to your problems and facing it head on. Reality meaning facing the reality that we are unhappy and we are imperfect...and that this world is not perfect....

this the answer

Learning a thing or two

2008-09-23T18:49:00.000-07:00

All about Japanese Geisha

They just dont wear extreme clothes...and look cute...there is more to it....

Geisha - Geisha information, Geisha pictures, where to see Geisha, Geisha and prostitution and Maiko - trainee Geisha.
Geisha (芸者 "person of the arts") are traditional Japanese artist-entertainers. The word Geiko is also used to describe such persons. Geisha were very common in the 18th and 19th centuries, and are still in existence today, although their numbers are dwindling. "Geisha," pronounced /ˈgeɪ ʃa/ ("gay-sha") is the most familiar term to English speakers, and the most commonly used within Japan as well, but in the Kansai region the terms geigi and, for apprentice geisha, "Maiko" have also been used since the Meiji Restoration. The term maiko is only used in Kyoto districts. The English pronunciation ˈgi ʃa ("gee-sha") or the phrase "geisha girl," common during the American occupation of Japan, carry connotations of prostitution, as some young women, desperate for money and calling themselves "geisha," sold themselves to American troops.

Trainee Geisha (Maiko) Kyoto Japan

The geisha tradition evolved from the taikomochi or hōkan, similar to court jesters. The first geisha were all male; as women began to take the role they were known as onna geisha (女芸者), or "woman artist (female form)." Geisha today are exclusively female, aside from the Taikomochi. Taikomochi are exceedingly rare. Only three are currently registered in Japan. They tend to be far more bawdy than geisha. Other public figures who contributed to the creation of the modern geisha were Oiran, or courtesans, and Odoriko, dancing girls. The Odoriko in particular influenced geisha to include dance as part of their artistic repertoire.

A Maiko going to work in Gion Kyoto.

Geisha were traditionally trained from young childhood. Geisha houses often bought young girls from poor families, and took responsibility for raising and training them. During their childhood, apprentice geisha worked first as maids, then as assistants to the house's senior geisha as part of their training and to contribute to the costs of their upkeep and education. This long-held tradition of training still exists in Japan, where a student lives at the home of a master of some art, starting out doing general housework and observing and assisting the master, and eventually moving up to become a master in her own right (see also irezumi). This training often lasts for many years.

The course of study traditionally starts from a young age and encompasses a wide variety of arts, including Japanese musical instruments (particularly the shamisen) and traditional forms of singing, traditional dance, tea ceremony, flower arranging (ikebana), poetry and literature. By watching and assisting senior geisha, they became skilled in the complex traditions surrounding selecting, matching, and wearing precious kimono, and in various games and the art of conversation, and also in dealing with clients.

Once a woman became an apprentice geisha (a maiko) she would begin to accompany senior geisha to the tea houses, parties and banquets that constitute a geisha's work environment. To some extent, this traditional method of training persists, though it is of necessity foreshortened. Modern geisha are no longer bought by or brought into geisha houses as children. Becoming a geisha is now entirely voluntary. Most geisha now begin their training in their late teens.

Are Geisha Prostitutes?
Strictly speaking, geisha are not prostitutes. Because they entertain men behind closed doors in an exclusive manner, there has been much speculation about the underpinnings of their profession. The confusion that surrounds this issue has been complicated by Japanese prostitutes who wish to co-opt the prestige of the geisha image, and by inaccurate depictions of geisha in Western popular culture. Although a geisha may choose to engage in sexual relations with one of her patrons, geisha engagements will never involve sex.

The first geisha was indeed a courtesan named Kako. Over time, she discovered that she had no need to engage in the red-light district. Kako was directly or indirectly to heir to many schools of Japanese art. She called herself a geisha ("arts-person") and confined herself to giving artistic performances.

Occasionally, a geisha may choose to take a danna (an old fashioned word for husband), which is typically a wealthy man who has the means to support a geisha mistress. Although a geisha may fall in love with her danna, the affair is customarily contingent upon the danna's ability to financially support the geisha's lifestyle. The traditional conventions and values within such a relationship are very intricate and not well understood, even by many Japanese. Because of this, the true intimate role of the geisha remains the object of much speculation, and often misinterpretation, in Japan as well as abroad.

Life in the Fast Lane

2008-09-22T20:04:00.000-07:00

Life is like driving a race car..everything is in fast forward....

Scary how it goes to one extreme and the other...