Meanderings of an opera obsessed mind...

[Error: unknown template qotd]Ah, I remember very vividly this Japanese Yamaha commercial on HK TV about a little boy being taught by this older man to say 'Yamaha' properly. The man goes 'Yamaha' very strongly while the boy can only manage a very small polite kid version of it; they continue for about 3 or 4 times then finally the boy gets it right. The man goes 'hai' (yes in Japanese) then the boy bows.

It was kind of annoying at the time but it always sticks in my head no matter what.

[Error: unknown template qotd]I've read all of them and to be frank, got sort of disappointed/bored by the time I read 'Goblet of Fire' and 'Order of the Phoenix'...'Half-Blood Prince' thankfully got me back into the series...(and not because it had more Snape in it...since by the time I was half-way through the book I was already into it). It's a hard choice between 'Deathly Hallows' and 'Half-Blood Prince' as well 'Prisoner of Azkaban' which was my former favourite before book 6 came out but I guess I'll have to settle for 'Deathly Hallows' since it rounds up the series quite nicely plus it was the only book which I really wanted to read continuously (and did so!) for 1 1/2 days!

[Error: unknown template qotd]To be honest? To be able to just lie around doing absolutely NOTHING and feel utterly not guilty about it XD

[Error: unknown template qotd]I think this would be a no-brainer...

KAZUO ISHIGURO =D

(either him or Jane Austen as a close second choice)