Shakariki

I've always a huge fan of cycling movies, but Shakariki has it too much.

It's a good movie overall: a lot of bicycles, spirit, and of course--cute female supporting character. But to some extend, some scene over-exaggerates the cycling aspects: making the characters look like some super athlete like Contador or Schlecks.

See:
The main protagonist was forcing himself to run the way after his teammate (captain) suffered from puncture. Running on climb with cleat-equipped pedal is just reckless: it's just easy to lose the grip and balance. Moreover, the steep climb was just 'too-much', if you tilt your display correctly according to how trees grow--you'll find the gradient was much easier.

D'oh!

Fira: Her First Pictures

Yesterday I went to Coban Rondo with my not-so-new 2011 Helios 100. The ride takes about one hour and half--who really cares--it was recreational, no? (at least no one overtaked me during the whole ride)

She arrived at August 18th, then I started riding with her by late of September. I hadn't taken any pictures of her--not just until yesterday :)



Anyway, by the (long) descent in Payung I had puncture in rear wheel. I'm just grateful that I didn't crash from it.
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Sorry for the bad pictures, I took the photos with (cheap) cellphone's camera.

Yosuga no Sora (complete save game)

I've been a huge fan of visual novels myself--it's also the reason why I never convert my whole boxes to Linux. So here's one of my favorite: Yosuga no Sora.



The story revolves around siblings which develop certain degree of (possible-then-to-be-so-called-incest) love. And yeah, it's harem. :D

I've completed the game (though I can't read Japanese without looking at those character tables), so here's the completed save game (it gives you full access to full CG library anyway). Place the file in C:\Documents and Settings\~username-here\Application Data\Sphere\Yosuga\save (in WindowsXP, I don't know where to place in another Windows version).

I won't encourage you to download the game *illegally*, but I'd like to say you can fetch it from here.