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Talk about Unmei , I was tuning & fiddling with the TV yesterday morning deciding what show to watch & then suddenly I turned to Kids Central & they were showing the movie Teen Titans : Trouble In Tokyo which really made me go !! because I didn't expect that KC will be airing this movie which I wanted to watch for the longest time ever & needless to say , I had a great time watching it as ARASHI's One Love was kinda on heavy rotation on MTV Mandarin , not that I'm complaining though .

I was practically a couch potato the whole of yesterday . I caught the 2 hours Batman marathon on Cartoon Network & as much as I like The Batman , I can't help but feel a bit sad that the show has finally ended after 5 seasons :( & also it's quite hard to say goodbye to Totally Spies after 5 seasons too , especially Totally Spies .

I've been a longtime fan of TS since it make its debut 7 years ago (wow has it been 7 years ?) so to see it finally concluded after so long , it's quite sad but I suppose all good things will & must come to an end eventually in some point in time .

Well since it's a brand new week now , it's time for me to stub out the 'drug' overdose of too Lana chocolate cake & the brain freeze ala too much chocolate ice cream since I practically went overboard with both items over the weekend & I thought watching TV non stop on a frequent basis's bad .

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Sunday, July 27, 2008

If there's 1 sinful thing that I love to eat despite talks of elevated cholestrol levels after consumption , it's crispy fried pig lards pieces that're served in Char Kway Teow .

Except for my case I don't like to eat Char Kway Teow but earlier on , I went to Kay Sow with my family for dinner & they served the fried pig lards pieces as a condiment so it's pure heaven man to whack them like nuts although I shouldn't have went for 2nd helpings but still alongside with other sinful things like chocolate cakes , just now during dinner I thought I went to heaven after I ate the fried lard pieces like there was no tomorrow .

My mum just subscribe to MTV Mandarin on Mon & barely a week has passed but I'm already loving it even more than MTV Asia simply because they dedicate an hour every day for J & K Pop stuff which's awesome .

For weekends they dedicate 1 hour to the J & K Pop Chart where they documented the top 10 j/kpop singles & top5 j/kpop albums charts respectively in Taiwan .

I'm still not used to seeing the traditional chinese wordings on the J/Kpop PVs & not to mention the 'chinese' names of the artistes too . It's a bit weird at this point in time but I'm sure I will get used to it soon & it's nice to know that Taiwan's quite supportive of J/Kpop music & not to mention MTV Mandarin plays the latest & most up to date J/Kpop PVs which's super rad .

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Monday, July 21, 2008

I asked my mum to subscribe to Ch51 , the MTV Mandarin channel as I have heard quite a lot of good things about it especially since they have regular hour time slots dedicated to J & K Pop which's great for Hui Li & I !

I used to like MTV Asia a lot during the time when Donita , Jamie , KC were onboard the show but in recent times I find that I have been watching less & less of it because there's an onslaught of reality shows that were aired on MTV Asia in which a good 90% of them I hate .

The only nice ones that I don't mind to watch are Punk'd , MTV Cribs , Pimp My Ride but aside from those , I find the rest quite stupid & rubbish like Tiara Girls , My Super Sweet 16 .

& my mum still complain that I watch too much cartoon shows . Between cartoon shows & senseless brainless reality tv shows hovering & hoggling the limelight & spotlight of MTV Asia , I don't mind to settle for Cartoon Network anytime of the day .

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Thursday, July 17, 2008

The Dark Knight was awesome to say the least . There was a lot of hype prior to the opening of the movie in which 1 of the reasons was to the sudden passing of Heath Ledger who passed away due to an accidental drug overdose .

I personally think Heath did a superb job portraying The Joker in which it was frighteningly funny & sick at the same time . He really gave it all when he portrayed The Joker & of course the rest of the fellow cast ain't 1/2 bad themselves although I find the sequel to be a few shades darker than Batman Begins .

But I suppose with a sinister & twisted villain like The Joker , that gotta be the case .

Now's to wait 2 more movies to be shown here in due time , Hana Yori Dango Final & High School Musical 3 especially Hana Yori Dango Final !

I'm hoping for this to be opened in S'pore , I wanna see it man . 3 million people in Japan has already viewed it since it opened in cinemas in Japan 3 weeks ago dammit . Not to mention I have seen the trailer , read 2 spoilers which were ooh , read the plot even though it sounded really silly & downloaded the soft copies of the brochure & photobook but still the main reason I want to see it is because the movie will close things the Hana Yori Dango 'trilogy' nicely with a bang of sorts .

It make sense anyway since I have seen both seasons of the dodrama on the net .

& there's of course MatsuJun ... & Shun Oguri !

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Saturday, July 12, 2008

I was at HMV Heeren just now to catch Electrico's performance . It has been like what almost 9 months + since I last saw them perform live .

Except this time , Dan's absent in the pic since he left the band in April this year & it was a bit weird/odd not to see him onstage performing with the rest anymore :(

The brand new quartet did songs from their We Satellites album . They did Save Our Souls (I realise the initials of the song's SOS haha) , The Slaves And The Digits , We Satellites & Shadow .

I guess officially my fave track on the new album's The Slaves And The Digits as it's such a catchy song . Hopefully that will be released as the next single after Save Our Souls .

I was at the 3rd level of HMV watching them performing from upstairs & I realised 2 things . Des was wearing pink sneakers while Dave seems to have a tattoo at his right shoulder ! Not sure if it's a permanent 1 though , it seems like it .

I left the place after they finished playing Shadow as I wanted to go home early as i thought ARASHI's Summer Tour 2007 Final Time - Kotoba no Chikara DVD would arrive today from YesAsia but it didn't came :(

Looks like I will be expecting it sometime next week .

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Monday, July 07, 2008

Usually I'm not the sort of person who will take naps in that I will only take naps if I'm sick but today was an exception because I got up waaay too early today .

Initally I just thought of laying down on my bed & rest my eyes but 1 thing led to another , I slept for 2 overs & woke up just in time for dinner ! Now I'm a bit worried whether later on can I turn in for the night because I know for a matter of fact I cannot sleep after I took a nap . Guess I take over my dad in that both of us only take naps only if we're sick or in the rare circumstances , damn tired .

The month of July I'm sure will bound to be a good 1 . Quite a decent lot of new releases coming from Japan in which 1 of them is in the form of abingdon boys school's 1st concert DVD which I hope there will be an OS press of it .

I'm psyched that there will be an OS press of ARASHI's One Love single ! I already have the Jap press of the CD only ver that I got from HMV Heeren . I'm planning to get the OS press of the CD + DVD when it's released this Fri via HMV HK .

Not to mention next week , The Dark Knight opens in cinemas yay-ness !

I enjoyed watching Batman Begins when it stomped into cinemas a few years back , I hope The Dark Knight will continue to keep up with the theme & standard that the 1st movie has set . I think stakes & people's expectations will be raised especially since it's the last flim that the late Heath Ledger worked on before his sudden unfortunate demise .

Last but not least , Electrico's highly anticipated 3rd album We Satellites will be released island wise tomorrow . This's their 1st album released as a quartet after the departure of former lead guitarist Daniel Sassoon who left the band in April this year .

The 1st official single lifted from the album's Save Our Souls while the 1st internet single's Shadow . Too bad Everyone's Here is absent from the tracklisting . It will kinda complete the album in a way of sorts .

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