:+: Fine after rain :+:

High School Musical 3 : Senior Year was quite good surprisingly . S'pore officially released the movie on the same day as US ie. today & I went to see it after I finished school .

I must say that at 1st I wasn't really looking forward to it as from the songs that I heard on the soundtrack , I was not impressed with the tunes as I find a majority of them really bland unlike the 1st 2 soundtracks which I enjoyed all the songs from but after watching the movie , suddenly the tunes from HSM 3 began to stuck a chord with me which's something .

This time round the dancing & choreography were taken up a notch which really impressed me . The way that the papers wrote on the movie sounded like it sucked really bad but I actually enjoyed watching it earlier on but the difference's unlike the 1st 2 movies in which both were only showed on cable tv , this time round it's being taken to the big screen & for the record yes I also have bought the soundtrack of HSM 3 which came with a folder nice !

I'm a closet HSM which's something I'm not ashamed to say & in a way I'm quite sad that HSM 3 might be the final instalment of the whole HSM franchise as I really hate it when all good things come to an end . What's up with stuff that's coming to an end this year ?

1st , it was Totally Spies , Hana Yori Dango & now this :( but I guess it's better to leave things on a high note .

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Saturday, October 11, 2008

My parents left for Genting last night & rotten timing in a way because my mum was down with the flu when she left but thankfully after a good night's sleep , she's alright now in Genting .

So my mum's 2nd elder sister whom I always call Ah Yee brought me & Hui Li to Vivo City today for lunch as my maternal grandma had a terrible craving for crab so we went to lunch at No Signboard Seafood restaurant .

Too bad I don't eat crabs or else I would have shared the restaurant's White Pepper Crab with my grandma . While eating , Ah Yee suddenly asked me about Dan (of all things , random much ?) & well I just tell her straight in the face that he has been busy with work & etc & as a result I haven't been in contact with him for a while where in actual fact , I kinda lost touch with the local music scene already .

In a way she was quite stunned when I shot her that answer since she knows that I used to talk about both issues to her quite on a frequent basis but since last Oct everything has changed significantly for me musically .

For me I guess it's better this year & not to mention on the bright side of things , I have even more common topics to talk to Hui Li on about too so in a way I have the best of both worlds .

If I could , I would like to dedicate ARASHI's truth to Dan & to the whole local music scene . The feel of the song , the lyrics & the vibe of it , everything signifies it all inclusive of the music video . The message's basically there .

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Sunday, October 05, 2008

Wow how time files . Tomorrow Hui Li will be back home & it seems like yesterday she just left for Oita , Japan . I do look forward to welcome her back home tomorrow afternoon at the airport . Can someone say Okaeri , sweet home ?

She said that she bought for me NEWS's Happy Birthday singles & she got for herself Potato magazine which has Ohno Satoshi & Ikuta Toma on cover & ARASHI's Dream"A"live photobook :O . Kyaaaa I can't wait to see the photobook although I have seen the soft copies scans being uploaded on the net before but to see the real thing upclose that's a different thing .

So 2 unpleasant things happened to me yesterday & today back to back . I start with what happened yesterday . I ordered BREAKERZ's singles from YesAsia & outta the 4 singles that came yesterday , I was shocked that 1 of the singles that I ordered wasn't the right one to begin with & needless to say I'm quite peeved on what has happened & from now onwards , I probably stick to other sites besides YesAsia .

I find it amusing that YesAsia mixed up a BREAKERZ single with an Aoyama Thelma single of all people T_T but luckily I'm a fan of Aoyama's music so that's not so bad .

& today's unpleasant event came in the form from a comment that someone left on MySpace sorta . Why I even bother to text that person to begin with in the afternoon , I have no idea especially since I haven't been in proper contact with him for the past 6 months + .

But in a way do I really care ? not really *shrugs* since I already told myself in that I always hate to be the 1 being the giver in a friendship so with that , I close my case .

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Thursday, October 02, 2008

Wow I just realised something . It has been exactly a year since I 1st started to venture & listen to JPop full time although I must stress that my 1st step to JPop music was 2 years ago + but a year ago , I decided to venture to listen to JPop although now from time to time , I still listen to Eng music .

It has been a life changing experience for me especially this year when I gradually added bands under Johnny's Entertainment & then subsequently JRock bands . I'm loving L'Arc~en~Ciel & BREAKERZ at this point in time .

I still remembered initally when I started my JPop journey , I was in the beginning listening to female solo artistes like ayumi hamasaki , Koda Kumi , Namie Amuro , ayaka . Slowly but surely , I begin to add JRock to the list (abingdon boys school yay) & Ken Hirai (he's still so far the only male JPop solo act I listen to ) this year in Jan since Hui Li was commenting how boring I was in just listening to female JPop acts .

JE didn't came knocking on my door til May & in comes full explosion & madness drooling over the guys who're in the numerous JE bands ala ARASHI , KAT-TUN , NEWS , Tackey & Tsubasa , KinKi Kids , Hey ! Say ! JUMP , Shuuji to Akira , Tegomass , psycho Kanjani8 among others & also the inclusion of some fantastic folk pop/rock bands like GReeeeN , Kobukuro also help me to expand my JPop knowledge as well .

& in the midst of things , I began to befriend people who share the same common music interests as me & I'm proud to say that it has been an enriching & wonderful journey for me to come across JPop .

I just wish that I have done this much much sooner .

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Wednesday, October 01, 2008

Hui Li called back home last night from Oita , Japan & it was so nice to talk to her for a while & it's great to know that she's having lots of fun in the land of the rising sun .

At 1st I thought who was calling me via my handphone until I saw her phone no. on the screen which kinda shocked me cos I didn't expect she would use her phone to call back home but at least it's good to know that she's safe & sound even though she lost & subsequently got back the Fujiflim camera :O

& LOL when she asked me whether I need her to get some ARASHI posters or NEWS's latest new single Happy Birthday which's released officially today . I said no to both especially for NEWS since I don't know if HMV Heeren will import both the regular & limited editions over here from Japan or not . I'm sure they will for the RE , not sure for the LE .

Besides I don't wish to trouble her since I know her schedule will be quite tight for that matter but anyway I see how things goes .

I look forward to next Mon afternoon when I welcome her back at the T3 arrival hall =D

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