Ueto Aya

candyman808 wrote:
Yep POI <--Hawaiian Word is made from the popular taro plant. It's the Hawaiian's Staple food. Like to Asians rice. Poi was traditionally enjoyed with fresh fish, seaweed, breadfruit and sweet potato -- an incredibly tasty and nutritious meal. And when it came to eating poi -- fingers were the utensil of choice. One, two, or three fingers to scoop out the pudding -- two finger poi was considered the best! And many Hawaiians loved their poi fermented a bit, giving it a unique, slightly sour taste.

Fermented?!?That reminds me of Natto.But I don't think poi is fermented till the extent of natto right?Staple food of Hawaii...healthly as well...wow!!!That's way better than rice!Too much rice makes a person fat if you excluded the energy they provide.Just think of bodybuilders.They either eat rice or oatmaels or bran...in huge quantites.No longer they are around 300 pounds...

candyman808 wrote:
Yep POI <--Hawaiian Word is made from the popular taro plant. It's the Hawaiian's Staple food. Like to Asians rice. Poi was traditionally enjoyed with fresh fish, seaweed, breadfruit and sweet potato -- an incredibly tasty and nutritious meal. And when it came to eating poi -- fingers were the utensil of choice. One, two, or three fingers to scoop out the pudding -- two finger poi was considered the best! And many Hawaiians loved their poi fermented a bit, giving it a unique, slightly sour taste.

Do u have a picture ? :mrgreen: Never heard about POI until now. Never saw it either. But I'm always interested in anything which is Food so don't hesitate to share ur knowledge on the pretext that Aya-san tasted it :fingerscrossed: ( :hehe: :hehe: :hehe: )

Sangohan wrote:

Do u have a picture ? :mrgreen: Never heard about POI until now. Never saw it either. But I'm always interested in anything which is Food so don't hesitate to share ur knowledge on the pretext that Aya-san tasted it :fingerscrossed: ( :hehe: :hehe: :hehe: )

you can watch it in here---> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c2LDe0n0c8
or watch the whole thing in my channel:
http://stage6.divx.com/AYA_UETO/show_video/1085391

I also like the Part when after Aya was learning Hula from Hawaiian Japanese girl (Riza), they went to the beach and Riza was talking about Kama-puaa (played by Tsutsumi Shuusuke) which is a Demi-God that can turn from a man to a pig and the Goddess Pele (played by Aya) wife Kama-puaa . Funny story

Oh, And HAPPY BIRTHDAY BORIS :woot: ! Old fellow from the far land bulgaria, ancient country of kings. :woot: Congrats on ur entry on E.U. Thx for your on-demand uploads on the past year. HIP HIP HIP, Mr JANUARY ! HURRAY !



@candyman : why do u always repeat urself lol ? Some of your posts are alike.

Sangohan wrote:Oh, And HAPPY BIRTHDAY BORIS :woot: ! Old fellow from the far land bulgaria, ancient country of kings. :woot: Congrats on ur entry on E.U. Thx for your on-demand uploads on the past year. HIP HIP HIP, Mr JANUARY ! HURRAY !



@candyman : why do u always repeat urself lol ? Some of your posts are alike.

oops..Man sometimes I don't check what I posted..My bad.. :P

@Sangohan Sorry.. Just was showing you where that POI thing came about..I thought you wanted to see that part of the Episode or what poi looks like.

ben_galahad wrote:Another silly and totally out-of-point question by me?Any of you tried ”[“¤(fermented soybeans) and actually liking how it tastes?Seems like Aya-san likes Natto(another assumption by me,thanks to that what U-Style show on her) and maybe I can like...try it out.No harm trying anyway right.Besides,natto is good for our health courtesy to info by Wikipedia.But the infamous fame of ”[“¤ got the better of me-its smell.Any solutions to help me eat it up?(Try forcing it down my mouth,but it backfired...)

I tried it and all I can say is: donLt do it :hehe:
I was interested in trying nattou because Aya likes it so much, too. And it is said that it is extremely healthy. But the taste is aweful. I wasnLt even able to eat much of it mixed with rice and japanese curry :beaten:
The describtion that it smells like (very) old sport shoes is fitting :hehe:

Sangohan wrote:OMG :omg: ! :grumble: It's the MONK who talks about reincarnation, not Aya !!! Whether she believes in it or not we don't know ! Chirstians do NOT believe in reincarnation, for muslims I don't know, nor for taoism. (hm and as far as i know, confucianism doesn't raise up this question). Yes Aya-san is catholic (one of the 2 forms of christianism), like many japanese people, but that doesn't interfere with many cultural beliefs. For info, buddhism is not really a religion but rather in philosophy :grumble: so, one can be catholic, believe in buddha, and also believe in shintoism. Well I almost know nothing about shintoism though.

whoaaaa aya is catholic??? where does it say this?? I never knew that! I dont remember reading it in any profiles..

her being catholic isn't hard to believe though. A lot of asians wear a crosses as fashion but you can see that aya favorably wears this with about 40-50% of her clothes. because if you think about it this way, if you were japanese, why would a cross match nearly half of your clothing (if you're trying to be trendy)? Or maybe it does? I guess you cant really tell from frequency but she does wear it wayyy more than other people would call fashion. But yea, you'll never know for sure unless you ask Aya =)

i dont think you can be catholic and believe in buddha. You're right it's a philosophy but if you "believe" in buddha, then you probably would pray to him (or the many Gods associated to Buddha) - which would mean you aren't catholic. Unless you believe in multiple Gods and like to contradict yourself :beaten: But yep, religion doesn't interfere with culture etc. cause they're 2 totally seperate things.

jinzoaya wrote:

I just know maxc in another forum about aya. :mrgreen:

The vid you're talking about should beƒI[ƒ‰‚̐ò(Ohra no Izumi), right? In fact, the 'western woman' is a man, not woman, but he is used to appear in this style. I also can't catch every word in this show. Anyway, just remember some important points as follows:

1. you're right. She cried becasue the fortoune teller said that the life of aya's mom was very tough in the past ()

2. The fat man also said that her 'previous life'(‘O¢)(do you understand this concept?) is a girl of veryx3 poor eye-sight in indonesia. she was used to recognise things by smelling. That's why aya nowadays is good at smelling. (of course, believe or not, up to you. :mrgreen: )

3. There's some relationship between aya and Kokubun Taichi (the young host of the show) in their 'previous life'. But what's the relationship? the fat man didn't tell them the details.


@Thy-san, I don't know who'd do such a thing. I also came across similar cases when I dled the vids. But sometimes after several attempts (inc. reboot my PC), it worked normally. Sorry for my poor IT skills and not able to answer your question. Can anyone help?

thanks for the translations! You're a very valuable member to the forum :mrgreen: it's okay about the dls, i'll just redownload them again. I'm sad that some of the links have been blocked though...

ThyGriever wrote:

whoaaaa aya is catholic??? where does it say this?? I never knew that! I dont remember reading it in any profiles..

i dont think you can be catholic and believe in buddha. You're right it's a philosophy but if you "believe" in buddha, then you probably would pray to him (or the many Gods associated to Buddha) - which would mean you aren't catholic. Unless you believe in multiple Gods and like to contradict yourself :beaten: But yep, religion doesn't interfere with culture etc. cause they're 2 totally seperate things.

Aya can be a Part time Catholic. LOL.

ben_galahad wrote:

:shocked: Ok that's kind of demoralising.Maybe I eat it up while pinching my noses.That way its taste will not be that strong anymore.But is that considered eating Natto?No way!!!Wow.Th exotic foods of Japan seems to be very very hard to stomach...

ILm not sure if thatLll help. :hehe: The biggest problem is the combination of the bad taste, the smell that it is eaten cold and the consistence. It is slimy and a bit like caviar. Soft beans but still a bit crisply.
There is many other more tasty japanese food. DonLt know why Aya likes it so much. Well good thing for her that she likes and eats it so much. It is very healthy and low on calories. So she keeps healthy and her great figure :mrgreen:

ThyGriever wrote:
whoaaaa aya is catholic??? where does it say this?? I never knew that! I dont remember reading it in any profiles..

Yes, I also don't think she's a catholic. There's no ground to support that. From what she said and act, it's most probably that she has no religious belief.

@Sangohan, as I'm not a buddhist, I'm afraid I'm not qulaified to answer the complicated question about reincarnation. Sorry~ :mrgreen:

Anyway, here's a couple more Kinpachi Sensei eps :

EP_21 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3S067B32
EP_22_A http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SW84YOXW

ben_galahad wrote:

Makes sense.But then again we should not make unnecessary enemies by criticising American films.Instead let's say that American films looks bad with Asians in it and vice versa.Too big a cultural difference.Well Aya should continue her success in Asia.Need not be Japan.But just not outside of Asia.

Cheesy films of Americans are maybe due to their more straight-forward approach towards sexuality.While many Asians still label sexuality as a taboo language,Americans are more open-minded and talk about them not in a casual tone,but at least they do not try to end any conversation relating to sex,which Asians will do.

So bottomline is that...Aya stays in Asia!!!But now that she "invaded" the entertainment sector of China with her debut film there

...and should the film turns out to be successful and her fame grows throughout the endless plains and roads of China...well by then she will have trouble spreading her name.When you conquered the entertainment sector of China and Japan that's bound to happen.So I can't rule out the chance of Hollywood for her...

i wouldn't want aya to make it in hollywood. hollywood has to be one of the most dire and false places in the world, plastic place for plastic people.
the quality of films generally has taken a dive somewhat too, i feel a lot of what america offers in films in the last few years lacks originality.
i hate the idea that making it in hollywood is the goal and dream, the best actors in the world didn't need hollywood, and some resented it.
anyway, what with china being the new super power this century, be better for aya to make it there!

ben_galahad wrote:

Reincarnation?I thought reincarnation was believed only by Buddhists,Muslims and Taoists only?From what I think...(Is Aya a Christian?I seen many photoshots of her wearing a saint cross...)But it's rather weird.Not to say that the 'o-bo-san' is lying.(God pls forgive me for these disrespectful words) but do Christians believe in reincarnation?I am rather confused.Why will a Christian(or I assume...is a Christian) seek the words of a monk?

christians don't believe in reincarnation. however i don't believe aya is a christian. wearing the cross means jack these days, its fashionable to wear one. many people wear a cross and are not christians.
also the cross was a pagan symbol as well as christian symbol, but for different reasons.

nubs_cooper67 wrote:

christians don't believe in reincarnation. however i don't believe aya is a christian. wearing the cross means jack these days, its fashionable to wear one. many people wear a cross and are not christians.
also the cross was a pagan symbol as well as christian symbol, but for different reasons.

I really don't want to say this but wearing crosses as an act of fashion?That's equivalent to disrespecting and mocking religions!!!Why of all things must they play around with religion?This is a disgusting act...and the directors who requested Aya to wear it for the photoshot is a...no words to describe him/her.

ben_galahad wrote:

I really don't want to say this but wearing crosses as an act of fashion?That's equivalent to disrespecting and mocking religions!!!Why of all things must they play around with religion?This is a disgusting act...and the directors who requested Aya to wear it for the photoshot is a...no words to describe him/her.

why is wearing a cross an act of disrespect?
the cross as a symbol existed before the christian religion, in ancient egypt they had symbolic images of crosses and pagans had similar ones.
its like crucifixion, people act like it was something that happened to jesus and jesus alone despite the fact that millions of people were tortured thus by the romans.
but in my honest opinion the strength of a religion lives in its tolerance of other people and their views. many religions today do not, and that shows how weak they are, i believe.

nubs_cooper67 wrote:

why is wearing a cross an act of disrespect?
the cross as a symbol existed before the christian religion, in ancient egypt they had symbolic images of crosses and pagans had similar ones.
its like crucifixion, people act like it was something that happened to jesus and jesus alone despite the fact that millions of people were tortured thus by the romans.
but in my honest opinion the strength of a religion lives in its tolerance of other people and their views. many religions today do not, and that shows how weak they are, i believe.

Eh I think I wrote wrongly.I was trying to imply that ppl wearing crosses for fashion sense instead of really believing in Christainity is doing something very disrespectful...

nubs_cooper67 wrote:
but in my honest opinion the strength of a religion lives in its tolerance of other people and their views. many religions today do not, and that shows how weak they are, i believe.

I'd like to add something more about the role of a religion.
I know it's quite a mess in continental china about religion. But when u think about it, according to many intellectuals (among whom there are some chinese intellectual) christianism, or the idea of a single god being kindly to each person and conveying a message of love though social classes, is a very important step to democracy. In comparison, it appears that confucianism was favourable to the emperor, which wasn't bad, but which seems to be outdated nowadays. I don't say confuciasnm has no future either : in my own opinion, I like the filial piety it conveys, and also the importance given to the spoken words, to promises. One might call this sense of honor, though I prefers the word piety to describe it. Anyway, chinese are making a sort of melting-pot to grow up; and one may fear they lose their own identity, but for my part I think they'll be okay. Even if I'm kinda worried for young chinese who feel lost, like in shangha&#239; for example, I think a several times millenar culture cannot be undone so easily. It can be bearfooted for a few decades but not more. They'll find a good mix somehow. Same goes with young japanese and koreans, with their respective cultures of course.
Well I cut the whole explanation short, cause I m not really qualified to talk about that, it's just what I remember from one of my readings. That was for the apport of religion among the big bunch of philosophical concepts in Asia =).

Oh oh what a topic on Aya-chan's thread :shocked: Sure sure Aya can bring along with her lost (edit : Lots not lost xD) of discussions :hehe: :hehe: :hehe:

ps : oh and sorry for saying too fast that Aya was catholic. I don't really have a formal confirmation. And I can't really judge by her interviews since I don't understand :bonk: (ashamed :ashamed: sure sure i ve got to learn nihongo)

Uh, please stay on topic.

bmwracer wrote:Uh, please stay on topic.

hai hai senpai, so how's ryoko-chan doing ? Did she recently met her kouhai Aya-san ? :beaten: