Sean Akizuki's Personal Blog

Cartoon Network served as part of my childhood. Yup, that's until I had to face off against a Cartoon Network obsessed idiot who made me nearly hate it. Part of my childhood was brainlessly crying to escape reality with Cartoon Network. Two of those moments involve me watching Cartoon Network Christmas and New Year marathons as part of the celebration. It was a time to chill out before December 26-29 was devoted to STUDYING for incoming examinations. December 30-January 1 was yet another break from studying.  In the 90s, there was Cartoon Network and there were Turner Classic Movies back when it was still known as TNT. Both shared the same channel. TNT came before Adult Swim. I really could remember some of the Christmas specials were mostly by Hanna Barbera. There were a couple of new year specials too which I could remember but maybe not so fondly. Back then, I didn't like Cartoon Network that much because most of the cool cartoons were on channels like ABS-CBN and GMA-7. Car...

  Instagram I just love how this photo of hers is edited to make it look like a photo from the 1970s/1980s with that classic hairstyle. It just makes her look like Pamela Anderson who's pretty much old enough to be her mother. 

  I was thinking about several alternatives to lose weight. Some say to walk 10,000 steps casually though there's also the suggestion to burn THAT MUCH calories. I was thinking about how to get the steps. 10,000 steps is said to be 200+ calories - that's if we don't consider the heart rate. So, I decided to do 10,000 steps in two ways - casual walking in a peaceful subdivision vs. dancing your way. I find casual walking to be rather relaxing and at your own pace. In fact, I prefer casual brisk walking to be more fun and calorie burning than treadmill. An hour on the treadmill usually burns 200+ calories while brisk walking for an hour can burn 300+ calories.  What about dancing your way to 10,000 steps? Dancing makes you move your arms and legs. It requires lots of effort to get hand and eye coordination practiced. I don't think you need to be good at dancing to enjoy it and reap its benefits. You just need to diligently practice and do it without thinking about becomin...

I don't know if I should really watch Tagpuan online during the now-online Metro Manila Film Festival. Sure, I could afford PHP 250.00 but I'd usually get a value meal for that! Her role is Tanya who is a half-Filipino and half-Chinese character. The character of Tanya was born out of rape between a Chinese man and a Filipino domestic helper. Tanya becomes a sex worker in Hong Kong - one that would really lure you out. So, I thought does Shaina (appearance-wise) actually fit the role of a lovechild between a Chinese man and his Filipino rape victim? Granted, I really love to mention that Shaina Magdayao resembles Korean actress Jin A Nana in some way. In Shaina's case, she does have Caucasian blood in her veins. I can't be sure of Nana but almost every angle (except the eyes) is nearly the same. One can argue Shaina has rounder eyes in contrast with Nana. Well, don't some Filipinos who are half-Chinese have round eyes even if they may have other Chinese features? Sh...

It's just the first day of Christmas (though the rest are workdays) and here's her looking very much like an 80s Pamela Anderson. Yup those Pam jokes really suit her! Instagram

TBH she looks really pretty but can't get over that protest for the franchise thing...    Instagram

She's looking super stunning in here!  

  Here's one fitness drive I tried a few weeks ago. I'm a fan of Indian food but I really don't like their movies. Ironic, I dislike the movies while liking their soundtrack. The Bollywood-style cardio is really that hard to pull off. I tried this one and found myself with a higher heart rate (160-180 bpm) trying to pull these dance moves. I found myself really pounding and my step count didn't really increase much. Maybe, walking 10,000 steps isn't such a magic number in contrast to doing cardio? Then again why not combine both and see better results? Those attempting to do Bollywood cardio may want to try the beginner's steps first. Rahul's workout did cause me some minor aches after doing it. I had to rest for a while and proceeded to simple slow exercises to get my step count for the day to at least 7,000 steps to 8,000 steps. Beginner's Bollywood cardio could at least get you to feel the beat before going to advanced.

Is the pandemic really making you fat? Well, it doesn't have to be. I was thinking about how having a Mi-Band (though mine is not the latest model yet) is helpful in monitoring the calories burned. One fitness instructor you might want to check out is Joanna Soh - a Malaysian-Chinese female fitness instructor. I usually prefer to work with a male instructor (and having women work with female instructors) but I don't see any reason why a female instructor can't do a co-ed calorie burn. Some men have handled co-ed classes so I don't see any reason why a woman can't handle a co-ed class.  I was thinking about Joanna's 3KM fat-burning indoor walk. What I experienced is that it didn't give me my desired number of steps (6K to 8K) BUT I did sure burn nearly 400 calories on my first try of this workout. It's much more calories burned than doing the treadmill or regular walking routine. Sure, hiking around several levels of elevation can burn calories but so far...

One of the many scams I nearly fell for was the detox foot scam. There were foot washes that claimed to remove toxins and another was the detox pads. However, when you do some basic chemistry experiment - you may find that it's actually a SCAM. Yes, a scam to get you to buy them in this health-conscious generation. But what happens next is that you realize it's all a scam. A simple science experiment of the foot washer and some salt reveals it. There's really that chemical reaction that creates RUST since saltwater creates more rust than fresh water.  How do the detox pads really work? It turns out that they don't. The mixture simply creates some mud and it's not even SOME TOXINS. I really find it crazy how they use this foot treatment to determine how much toxins you have.  The kidney is responsible for cleaning up the body. The urinary system and the digestive system do their job in removing pathogens. So why are we believing that these devices work? Shouldn't...

Instagram Woah, you gotta realize she's the near-perfect copy of her mother!

Well, she's really looking naturally pretty in here. Gotta admit I did ship her with Tori Matsuzaka (who just married Erika Toda a few days ago) last 2010. 

If having toys based on the very adult Mortal Kombat franchise was just weird then consider the Aliens vs. Predator franchise also had toys. I could remember a trip to Nova Fontana (before it got closed down) or to the SM Toystore. Wait, wut? You've got toys based on an adult franchise? This was really something when I considered how the Aliens movie was rated R-18 yet why are there toys based on the franchise?  It makes me think of how the existence of the toys made me think the movie was for children. Yes, I was a 90s child and I remembered watching the Aliens movie. Ugh. I was in for a surprise, really, like when I saw Conan the Barbarian back in the day. The movie franchise themselves were for adults but why in the world are there toys for children? The franchise was for ADULTS. I wonder what in the world was Kenner even thinking with that?! I heard there was a planned toned-down version of Aliens vs. Predator coming up but was that even a good idea? There was also the Spawn to...

I'm not really a fan of American entertainment while I find myself a fan of her music.