On status:

Watched Spirited Away today. Finally completed most of what i set out to do except writing about trip. I wonder whats so hard about it, especially when i had all the notes written out. Seems that the starting is the most difficult thing to do. Oh well. I will try to get on with it.

Enjoyed Spirited Away very much. I think i like this more than some of his more serious cartoons (e.g. those env-conscious ones like feng zi gu and ba bian li mao or the tear-jerker zai jian yin huo cong). It is not as cutesy as totoro but it has the right mix of fantasy and "morals". A mixture of alice in wonderland and the wizard of oz. I feel a certain sense of familiarity with the story and issues but it was still enjoyable and refreshing nonetheless. It was pitched just right for me i guess.