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It's okay babe it wasn't such a big deal, just don't get sad about the thing, I really love you stupid cunt.

I love you hun <3 ~

It's not silly. You're just not as intricate as me.

Are you alive, girl?

No problem, just take your time, school is more important.

There's no way I would forget you, you don't need to reintroduce yourself.

Yea, I was already wondering what you were doing.
Read your PM!

Sorry for the long interval, I've been busy and never took the time to reply.

I don't mind failing (in games), because whenever you fail, you can restart and polish your skills till they're good. In reallife, it's something else, I'm really scared of failing because people might laugh at me. Games that are not difficult? I'd say you should play games that don't have any "real" goals, like the Sims, Animal Crossing, Minecraft, etc.

Of course I've seen HK dramas. I still visit HK a lot, and used to live there till I was 5. I also have TVB satellite here, so I get to watch the series a lot. About the films, I know some good films, I liked Infernal Affairs a lot. Belgium movie business is small, but it's becoming big. For instance, there's this Belgian movie called "Loft", there's going to be a Hollywood adaption of it. Though you can say that about a lot of HK movies (again, Infernal Affairs for example).

Good thing they're going to teach them some manners. My mom said HK used to be like that too when she was young, but she also said that people already had respect for the community, way before HK got rich. That's not the case in China. Their minds are all corrupted because of communism. Always thinking about themselves and how to use other people... Also, if I sounded like I thought Japan was superiour in everything: I didn't mean it like that. It's just that every country has its good and bad sides, and I think Japanese people are polite in general. Though there are bad people EVERYWHERe, as you suggested before.

Do you already know what you'll be doing in the future? I know there's a lot of competition in HK, so I'm glad I will not be working there... As for me, I think in a few years, when I have my masters degree (hopefully in 3 years), I have to get a job I guess... Still don't know what I'll be doing. Of course I would love to animate, but that's a really rare job. My guess is something "simple" like illustrating commercials or something. Hope I'll be able to find a good job.

My parents moved because they thought Belgium was a calm place. They also know that paying for uni here is really cheap, in comparison with other countries. There almost isn't a chance to get into a famous uni in HK. Why did you move btw, for your father's job? How was life there?

Congratulations, you're going to uni / college now?

What games did you play then? Funny, how you would also "waste" time by watching games instead of playing XD. Of course I know Touhou, but I never bothered to download it. It seems fun though. I used to be addicted to the Sims too, but that was when I was 12, a very long time ago. I pretty much play ANYTHING, if it's good. But my favorite genre is first person shooter. I'm playing Left 4 Dead 2 and Oblivion a lot, lately. I also restarted a new game in Zelda: Twilight Princes recently. As you can see, I like all games. Did I just forget to mention Pokémon Black?

I guess I like to hang out with boyish girls. The female friends I have are like that too. They play games, like nerdy things. To be honest, I don't know why one should(n't) do something, just because it's for boys / girls.

When I was in Japan the thing I had to visit was Akihabara. I even went back for a second time, it was awesome. Didn't have enough guts to go to a maid cafe though, it's too emberassing, haha.

As for the toilets, I meant the one for men, where one should stand and pee. Not a real toilet where you sit on, that would be hilarious though.

I really dislike the celebrity and television culture in HK. I don't know why people should read the gossips about celebs in magazines. It's simply not interesting and idiot. The series there are also really lame and stale. It's always the same story, but with another setting. Don't get me started about the direction either... The camera is often horrible and static. The music are always the same, the "special effects" are something they made in one day. Seriously, I don't understand why people don't complain about it and keep watching it.

To be honest, I don't like the people from China mainland either... They're getting rich and think they can afford anything, without even having a proper etiquette. Last year, we were in Shanghai, and people were just impolite. They jump the queu all the time, push and drag people in lines. Always yell at each other all the time, ignore traffic rules... I can't stand them. I hope they'll teach the future generation some proper manners... And no, I have never seen people do stuff like that, but I've heard stories and I can imagine people doing that. That's just low...

The business is hard in Asia... It's better to work overseas than to have no job at all. It's a shame though, he misses a lot of family time. But I guess in a few years, you'll be the one who earns money, right?

My parents have a Chinese restaurant, because it's the thing they know how to do in this foreign country, when we just arrived. They didn't understand the language and the culture, so it was a logical choice. Getting along with my parents? I wouldn't say that I fight with them constantly, but I'm pretty hot-headed... I'm not a delinquent or anything, so it's okay. I'm just a bit asocial because I wasn't a lot at home, and I always stay in my room to play on the computer, while they're at work.

I'd say we just don't talk a lot, but I still love my family.

Actually, I'm a girl, but I don't want people to bother me, that's why I pretend I'm a guy.

Haha, no, I'm a guy, but you already know because of my name. You got me there for a second though, because there are a lot of people on the internet who do that.

You don't like shopping? Most women like shoes.
Yes, I'm a gamer. I'm your typical otaku, though I must say some otaku are really close-minded, because they stick to one genre of games or anime. Or some of them just like games and anime, because they don't have anything else to do, I kind of hate that. Haha, why would you just stare at games, what is there to see (though I just told you I looked at games when I was a kid too). But I understand, because there's a lot of piracy in HK, especially with the handhelds.

Well, when you live on your own, you can save for it. It's pretty expensive probably, but it's worth it if you really do want to visit it. When I hear you talking about it, I want to go too. A place I want to go to? I've always wanted to go to Japan... A few years ago. And I did last year, it was amazing. I love that place. The people are polite, the merchandise are awesome, the food is great and the places to visit are beautiful. I visited the temple of Asakusa, and I love how there's suddenly something ancient in the middle of a crowded city.

Next time, I need to visit more rural places like Kyoto. I love country-sides and they depicted it really well in Clannad.

You should search on the net for better places then, I'm sure there are enough good mountains in HK, it's full of them :').

Well, I don't really mind the Japanese taking pictures, but my fellow-students / other Belgians laugh about it. When I was a kid, the other kids would make silly theories like "they take a lot of pictures, because Kodak is a Japanese brand, so it's cheaper to develop the pictures". Last time, when my cousin from HK came over, he really did take pictures of a toilet, because he found it pecular to have an outside toilet (where people pee and be able to look around their surroundings, and vice versa). When he was taking the picture, passerbys were laughing, and I know what they were thinking XD.

I got sent to a boardingschool, because my parents thought it was the best for me. They have a restaurant and don't have time to teach me stuff. So they sent me to boardingschool so I had people to look over my while I study. A pretty lame reason if you ask me... Does your father still work "overseas"? It must be annoying to only see him for a short amount of time.

Haha, you still don't know my Chinese name.
You did horrible on the exams? What's going to happen then, you will be able to pass, won't you? "A free man", wait, I'm confused, are you a girl or a boy now?

It's not what I wanted 100 %, but I wanted to listen to the teachers, since they have a lot to say when it comes to delebirating me. About the exhibitionist, I was just doodling one day, and drew a fat guy. I liked it so much, I wanted to make a movie about it. But maybe it's something unconscious XD, we will never know.

About the Belgium government, the live goes on here. Nobody's really complaining on the streets or anything. Except we once celebrated it, and there were concerts and a big screen on the streets. It was pretty funny.

Aren't there a lot of mountains in HK? Those are good places to bike, isn't it? I think shopping is quite fun, because things here are expensive, and with shopping, I mean looking for otaku stuff. But I can imagine doing it all the time must be pretty boring. When I was younger, I used to love to go to gameshops, but I now realize it's pretty boring if you don't actually buy anything... You're right about the cultural desert. Hong Kong is too mixed up for its own good, it doesn't stand out in anything. The asian artefacts are pretty much deconstructed and the western culture in HK is just a blant copy and doesn't have enough history to stand out.

I once went to an animation festival, there were Hong Kong art school participants, I spoke a bit to them, watched their work and I had to say it was pretty crappy. They were just like things I see on the internet, made by amateurs (like my old movies). There's no soul in it, and no influence by big art periods.

You really should travel, if that's what you want. I love travelling (though I haven't done it a lot, alone), but when I'm older and I earn my own money, I really want to travel to a lot of places alone. When are you planning to visit Chile then? Belgium's actually pretty boring, but a lot of Japanese tourists come here and take a lot of pictures (people here often joke about "those silly Japanese, taking pictures of everything"). Maybe it's fun for Asians, because the culture's totally different, and you get to see churches that Asia doesn't have. I guess travelling is relative, everyone dislikes their own country, because they're used to it.

I wonder if those kids will change when they grow up. Sure, they could be misguided, but they do have their own thoughts and experiences aswell? I hope they grow up one day and realize they did the wrong thing. I didn't get a lot of attention from my parents either, starting from the age of 12. They sent me to a boardingschool till my 19th. And this year, I yet again live alone because I'm in college. I know it's a pretty sad thing, I always wanted more attention back then. But now I'm used to it, and sometimes I find it pretty annoying to do family activities too.

No problem, though I check every time if you've replied or not :'). Studies come first, and it's good to know you're doing your best.

I can give advice about a lot of things, but I realize that I can't actually say something about having a true interest. Guess it's trial-and-error, as you keep on trying stuff, you'll soon find something that tickles your interest. But it's all about studying in HK, and I think that demotivates people to actually do something that's time consuming, and people rather rest on free days than to try something new.

Don't get me wrong, I realize I sound really negative about HK, but I have considered to move back there. I don't really like it here, it's simply too boring... The only things the youth do here in weekends is to hang out and go to bars. I don't like to go out much, so I often ask myself what people actually do.

If you really want to teach children, don't give up on that thought. You're complaining about the corruption of the kids. Then you could be changing them. I don't blame the kids either, I blame the parents and the media. Kids don't know what they're doing, so they just copy stuff they hear. It's not like they have any intention to swear. I really wonder what parents are doing lately, though I think it's something we hear every generation. Sometimes, I see kids at the station, just hanging around, drinking beer and doing nothing constructive at all. Why would any parent allow that?

It really surprised me, the suicide rate thing. To be honest, it really IS calm here. People are too polite, they say "please" after every sentence. I don't see a lot of fighting or arguing on the streets either, and when something happen, people rather ignore it than comment on it unlike other cultures. You can compare them to Japanese people actually. Have you heard of our government? We don't have one since last year, because they're still discussing internal matters... On the news, they said that we're quite admirable, because we still pay our taxes and don't have riots all over. That's the kind of people Belgians are...

You said you like calmer places, but I love crowded places, it makes a city feel alive. I hate it when I wanted to buy something at night, and all stores are closed. On Sunday, litterally every store is closed. I used to go to a boardingschool, so I only had one day to buy stuff when I needed it. Because I was too tired on Friday, so there's only Saturday left...

Even though colleges ignore AP, it's a good thing that you have a headstart, just for your own sake. It's not like you lose anything, in fact, you'll gain more experience.

Before I forget, I finished my movie! You'll probably think it's weird, because it doesn't have a real story or anything. But my teachers are against a story. Consider it an arty thing, they want us to convey emotions, rather than to tell a cliché story in 1 minute. So I took their advice and made something quite weird.

http://youtu.be/UdMkYc8isxk

I was working on it for this whole week, it was hard... There were times I worked from 8 in the morning till 10 in the evening. It still isn't done yet, but the exams are coming. I asked for a delay and they allowed me to hand in on Tuesday. It's almost done though, just adding some music and edit it would suffice.

I decided to change myself, because I'm 21 already. I fooled around long enough. I feel like I'm not there at all, but I really want to try it at least. You said you have respect for that, in a certain way, I think it's admirable too (haha, got to praise myself sometimes too), but it took me 21 years to do it.

I will never get tired of animation, I simply love it. I hope I can pass, or else I really don't know what to do. I'm too lazy to study in a uni, I'm sure I'll be walking the same path, not bothering to do anything about my studies and fail again. So I want to give it my all this year. But about teaching children, I would really love that. Sometimes I look at some teachers and wonder, how did you end up teaching kids? I want to be able to have an influence on kids when they're most susceptible.

A lot of warped views of the youth are the results of things that went wrong when they were small.

I really think we're alike, because I understand how much you hate the laziness, but you can't be bothered to do anything about it. Then when something happens, it's too late, isn't it? This way, I missed out a lot of chances, but when I was a kid, I took the initiatieve to do a lot of creative things (like making movies). It's so annoying that I've become lazy. But I'm telling you, you're young enough to change, it won't work at once, but by the time you've become hard working, you'll be just in time to take your chances, like getting into a good college.

What are Advanced Placements exactly? From what I understand from Wiki, it's courses from college level that are being taught in high school. If so, I don't think there's anything like that in Belgium.

Also, I think to be able to talk stuff like this casually is quite mature. Just realizing the bad points about yourself and wanting to change is mature in my book. I also think that everyone has got his reason to do bad things, like the childish behaviour I mentioned, but then again, I've got the right and the reason to hate this behaviour too. Not that I never did / do foolish stuff, but I try to avoid it. I think HK is a hard place to live in, when I hear about the things your classmates go through.
Belgium is a calm place, so calm that it's even boring at times.

I don't mind the word "retard", I use it a lot too to insult friends for the heck of it. But I thought you're doing it for the sake of criticizing yourself. If that's true, you shouldn't.

Qualifications are useful, But it has to be specialised. In other words, a specialist or technical qualification. Something that would help in business. Its pretty hard to find a job that is stable even if you do get a good qualification though.

The other problem is, you need to have some work experience, Which is another problem, You can graduate with a good qualification, but without experience, most companies won't hire you. So try to get some part time work in any job.

So don't concentrate on studying all the time.

I just find that people had more to do in the past job wise then nowadays. Which most of england is just a service nation.

Yeah Jun Maeda is on my favourite list of people. For my favourite air song, it would be Aozora, which is also sung by Lia.

I like the whole Mind F**king genre. I will give it a try. but the character design was also another aspect of what put me off the show.

Ghost Hunt isn't bad, it starts of quite slow. But it gets interesting. There is alot of interesting facts on Ghosts and Exocisms, Which branches into Shinto, Buddhists and Onmyou. Also QiGong.

I have to start doing my ACCA qualifications, which is basically a large institution of accountants. its a global qualification so it would allow me to work nearly anywhere in the world. Its not the most exciting thing. but like with most things I do, it will pass the time. Which will probably take me 1 and half years to get the qualification. I say I have to get this. Because my parents want me to get it. After that I expect they want me to do a MBA or some kind of Master Degree.

I really don't see the point of these formal after educations and qualifications. I feel people seem to have convinced themselves that these things are actually important. Which is troubling when most people can't even do their own laundry or cook their own food.

Well, I'm willing to listen to people and their problems because I think people (especially friends) should care about each other.

If I had to classify the word "talent", I'd rather say that it's more the dedication and motivation to do something. People think talent is about being good at something without practice. That might be true at first, but people who persevere without the so-called talent catch up. It's like the rabbit and the turtle story. Think about it: having a strong dedication from the start is also a talent of some sort, isn't it?

And I'm happy to be able to motivate you, I mean it. Bakuman motivated me as well :p, I think I can even relate more to it because I'm in art college now.

Tips about college, I think we live in a different world. I heard that college / uni in HK is quite harsh. Or aren't you planning to study in HK? But I do think there are general tips. I think college / uni can be compared to a filter: those who aren't genuinely interested gets dropped out. So when you study something you like, you get to talk to people with the same interest. And when I'm talking to you, you seem pretty mature for your age. From personal experience, I used to be pretty annoyed at people's childish behaviour, back in highschool. When I say childish, I don't mean watching anime, or cracking jokes, doing silly pranks. I still do that, and a lot of people in my class still have this idiot sense of humour. With "childish", I mean bullying, searching for attention in a loud way, etc...

In college, most of these twats are gone, and that's pretty neat.

About my movies on the internet. I'm not really proud, because they're old and bad :'). And you don't need to watch them all. I was just showing them for the heck of it. The difference between digital and handdrawn animation is just like it sounds: in digital animation, you draw with your mouse or a tablet on the computer.

Handdrawn animation is drawing on paper, and scanning them in on the computer to generate a movie. I don't have the results yet, because it isn't done. Like I said, I have until Friday to finish it, quite scary!

Another thing: stop calling yourself stupid or a retard. Like I said before, you sound quite mature for your age. I know this feeling of demotivation though, and I also blame myself. Did you know I'm redoing a year because I was too lazy last year? I'm trying to change myself, step by step. It may not work immediately, but it's all about perseverance. People don't grow up in one day, do they? And after a long time, you're able to look back and see what you achieved by persevering. You don't realize these things at the moment, it's like history, you only notice it when a long time has passed.

Just pick up the thing you like to do again. Stop thinking "I'm not in the mood for it". Usually it's like that, but in an instant, you're so absorbed with it, you even forgot the time. Do this long enough, and you will see results, and with results, you feel happiness in what you do. It's a vicious circle.

I hope this long text didn't scare you off though, I'm kind of a blabbermouth.