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I'm rewatching episodes of Nino's drama, Stand Up!! 

I remember when I first started watching it, I really was more of an Oguri Shun fan rather than an Arashi fan, so Nino's character was really dorky, somewhat perverted and wimpy. And he totally pulled it off. I loved the comedic scenes interspersed with slightly serious ones, like the one shown in this screen shot: 




I think I might make a list of my favorite drama moments from Arashi dramas in a little while. XD

Okay, I'm surfing on Youtube and came across this video on "Bumping", a lock picking technique that novices seem to be able to pick up without much effort. This totally freaked me out. The news reporter seemed to do it immediately.



You can read more about lock bumping and how it works here.

This video just eloquently explained why I learnt to translate in my free time even though I had to juggle it with my job. It's so satisfying when people are able to use words and elaborate on a truth. It's a gift.

I discovered this kid's guitar videos some time back on Youtube; he arranges the percussion, bass and melody and plays at simultaneously on his guitar. He's insane. You need to check out his videos if you haven't.

He plays Merry Go Round, from the soundtrack of Howl's Moving Castle. I love Joe Hisashi's music and to hear Sungha play this is just pure magic. (Pardon the pun.)



A much younger Sungha, who plays the hell out of his guitar in this video.