Cosmo Clock 21

11.11pm, Thursday June 4th 2009

Anyone watched Honey and Clover anime? If you did, you'd understand my following rants. =)

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I was checking my email a moment ago and I came across a forward message from Wing entitled "Nice Night View of Japan". Not suspecting anything, I opened it and waited for it to load patiently... 

... and instantly felt like I was being slapped awake by what I saw. 

Oh, don't get me wrong. It was a night view alright. A really nice one at that too.

 It's just that... when I saw it, I immediately knew that I've seen it before. 

Dejavu 

That's right. It's from Honey and Clover anime series. (Episode 19 and 20, Honey and Clover season 1. I found the  episodes through Google. I didn't memorize the whole series, I swear!)

It's so pretty, isn't it? Certainly brings back memories of the time when I was watching the series. It taught me many valuable lessons about love, and life. The choices we have to make, the roads we have to take. 

So I went to Google and search for the place the ferris wheel is at, and found out that it's called Cosmo Clock 21. (Don't ask me why its name is such. I don't know! @_@) 

Cosmo Clock 21, Yokohama Cosmo World, Yokohama city, Japan. 

That's another reason for me to visit Japan, I suppose. I never knew that the ferris wheel was based on an actual one. (or maybe my general knowledge is just staggeringly poor) 

And okay, I'm not exactly the type who loves a slow, boring ride such as the ferris wheel. 

But now that I know about its existence, I'd love to take a ride in it!! Hopefully with someone whom I love dearly, though an emotional ride alone would be nice too. 

After all, having "15 minutes separated from the world" (that's how long it takes for Cosmo Clock 21 to make a one full turn) would do a lot for me to think about what the series had taught me. I still had a lot of growing up to do, mental-wise. And God knows how much I love to have my own personal space and time when I needed to think and sort out my feelings and personal goals in life. 

But either way, I WANT TO GO TO JAPAN AND RIDE THAT FERRIS WHEEL!!

I'm keeping my fingers crossed. =D

P/S: Does anyone know if Honey and Clover J-drama had the same scene in the series? It'll be so awesome if it does!