gaaaa J-One/JStorm is making me & the fangirls poorer by the single . I received the email listing from CDJapan this morning news relating to KAT-TUN's 10th single release RESCUE in the same 3 different release format like Keep the faith , LIPS & ONE DROP .
Just imagine the release date gap between ONE DROP & RESCUE is exactly a month apart & no surprises at this rate J-One/JStorm are pumping out single releases , I think I have to survive on nothing but bread in weeks to come .
But jokes aside , Irene said that she's getting for me the 1st press CD only of RESCUE which's a big YAY :D & naturally both of us are very excited about the release of RESCUE .
Now's to wait for the following of KT :
1) Covers for ONE DROP to be out
2) PV for ONE DROP , that prob might never happen til a few days prior to 11th Feb
3) Preview of RESCUE to leak out
4) Covers for RESCUE
5) PV for RESCUE
6) put out their 4th & overall 3rd original album
& with all that , I'm set for a sweet 2009 , KT music wise :D
Mag wise , I WANT TO SEE THE HQ SCANS OF KAME EATING GRAPES IN TVLIFE @_@
I'm still waiting for Hey ! Say ! JUMP to release their album :(
whew I just finished watching the 1st episode of Uta no Onii-san starring ARASHI's leader Ohno & also prior to that , I watched the subbed episode of last Sun's Shounen Club Premium where all 5 of the ARASHI guys came & talked to TOKIO's Taichi & they did a reflection of memories of the things that stuck out to them the most during the past 10 years since the formation of the group .
I can't believe it has been a decade since the guys debuted & I'm so happy to support them alongside with other Johnny's bands since last April/May . I may have been almost 8-9 years late in doing so but hey better late than never & I'm proud to come onboard the Johnny's bandwagon now & doing whatever I can in helping/promoting the Johnny's boybands .
It was very insightful as always & that applies for every single subbed SCP that I have seen as it showed to me a different side of the Johnny's bands which's great .
The show has changed my perception towards the KAT-TUN guys especially with regards to Tanaka & Ueda as before that I always considered these guys as moody & all but after SCP , that's not the case especially for Tanaka . You see him in pics having the I want to kill you kinda look but in reality he's very sweet & caring which's a sharp contrast to his image & of course now , Ueda's my fave DoS aka sadist :)
So Uta no Onii-san is the 2nd drama I'm watching which stars Ohno , the 1st being his debut drama the extremely awesome Maou where he did such a superb job . I was quite hesistant to watch Uta no Onii-san initally no thanks to the costumes that he has to put on & also the plot was a bit eh to me .
But after I watched finish the 1st episode , it was an eye opener for me as I never thought even during behind the scenes of a kid's show (think Hi 5 that sorta mode) , things can get very bitchy . See this's what happens when you're in show business , your back will bound to have plentiful of stab wounds & what's not .
So far so good & I'm still waiting for the subbed episode of de facto leader Kame's new drama Kami no Shizuku to be up . Last I know , the drama placed a heavy emphasis on wine so coming from someone who's a wine noob , that's going to be quite an interesting challenge for me to watch but daijoubu , I think it will be ok .
& Kami no Shizuku will be the 2nd drama I'll be seeing of Kame , the 1st being One Pound Gospel . Sister !!!!!! .... haha I just HAD to do that heh heh & no surprises One Pound Gospel's the show that practically made me go nuts over Kame now lmao but before that happened , it was all the commotion that took place in the LIPS video @_@ .
Seriously , I want him to don eyeliner , eyeshadow & black fingernails again as Irene & I want him to do that again . Nowadays my heart goes doki doki whenever I watch LIPS gaaa
I'm still pondering if I should watch RESCUE or not as frankly 24 episodes of a drama is a bit daunting for me & frankly the only thing that's motivating me to do so's to hear KAT-TUN's upcoming single after ONE DROP which's RESCUE . It used to be called Tactics but it has since changed .
I have to ponder over this still
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Radio rip of ARASHI's Believe is finally up & running [Thanks for playing it on your radio show Jun Style , MatsuJun :D] & I just love how the song sounds in that it's very uplifting & cheery .
& of course Believe's used as the theme song for Sakurai Sho's brand new movie Yatterman .
Eng translated lyrics as follows & credits to dear http://saladesu.livejournal.com for them as always :
It's a brand new world
No matter how far we go, we can't outdistance them
Even if time goes on, they won't go away
Then, how far do we have to struggle along before we arrive?
The memories of that faraway day
If we look at the sky at dawn
It's a brand new world
Gazing at the single shining star we saw in our dreams
Because we will get back even the dreams we'd lost
Time and time again to the repeating days
We don't need a world of lies and falsehood
We can seize it with these hands
That's right, we're always waiting
No matter how long it takes, we wait
Because the dream that we're always embracing in our hearts
On the road that continues forever
Will surely come true
We'll continue on, crying, laughing
Unable to reach the end of the night in which we felt
A sudden feeling of loneliness, no matter how long it takes (the end of)
I questioned the sky,
Why do tears overflow like this?
Seeking passion all the time
It's a brand new world
Because the light we'd found
In the days that darkened in injury
Shines on a single destination
Thoroughly carving it out
We don't need a future that tarnishes our pride
We can seize it in these hands
That's right, someone is surely waiting
Waiting, wishing to tell us something
We'll continue on the road that goes on forever
Shouting ourselves hoarse [1] as we
Endlessly chase after that dream
That sparkles as it faces tomorrow
The hope of wanting to be touched by a love that extends into infinity
Is overflowing in you and I
The love in this heart (The love in this heart)
Each and every one of them (Each and every one of them)
Confirm the meaning by which we were born
Sakurap
Bokura wa zutto matteru (matteru matteru)
We're always waiting (waiting, waiting)
That's right, we're always waiting
No matter how long it takes, we wait
Because the dream that we're always embracing in our hearts
On the road that continues forever
Will surely come true
We'll continue on, crying, laughing
That's right, someone is surely waiting
Waiting, wishing to tell us something
We'll continue on the road that goes on forever
Shouting ourselves hoarse as we
Endlessly chase after that dream
That sparkles as it faces tomorrow
This is the movement
Looking for my life
I can find myself
It's a brand new world
This is the movement
Looking for my life
I can find myself
This is the movement
Happy Birthday to the following people
Today :
Ken Hirai (37 , my god , 3 more years & the dude's pushing 40 :O)
Tomorrow :
Sor Lay (22)
Mon :
Travis (14)
Utada Hikaru (26)
The reason why I'm doing this triple combined into 1 birthday greeting entry is because I'm just too lazy & I'm pretty much drained out of my energy flat today since I had to go back to school today on a SAT & I have to do so for the next 2 Sat's in time to come d'oh
whoever said that having public holidays is good should be shot . It's not good for me as the next 2 Sat's lesssons are to make up for Chinese New Year . I don't mind going back on Fri's but Sat ?! Hello I need my beauty sleep here .... thank goodness Secret Recipe's cheesecake was there to put a smile on my face earlier on :D
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Haha the past few days AHS was in a state of anxiety of sorts after it was announced that ayumi hamasaki will be releasing her new / 45th single Rule / Sparkle on 25th next month .
Initially I told them & said that ARASHI might be releasing their new single on that day & some people were going ?!?!?! . It was only til this morning that I received an email listing from CDJapan saying that the guys will be putting out their new single AFTER her single release so those diehard ayumi fans are heaving a HUGE sigh of relief now .
Besides nobody wants to go up against a Johnny's band who's under Johnny's Entertainment , J-One/JStorm at all , period .
ARASHI's new single Believe / Kumori Nochi , Kaisei will be out on 4th March & it's their 5th double a-side single . At 1st I thought they might just released Believe which will serve as the theme song for Sakurai's movie Yatterman but imagine my surprise when Kumori Nochi , Kaisei comes into the pic which's a solo of leader Ohno whom he will sing it to promote his new drama Uta no Oniisan which's out today in Japan .
This's the 1st time that I'm seeing this happening to the guys .
I wonder what lies in the fate for away now though ? hmmm & I'm still in a state of shock that both the CD + DVDs of the single are totally outta print :O . Thank goodness I have no plans to get them & instead I will wait for HMV Heeren to import the CD only of Believe / Kumori Nochi , Kaisei here .
Alamak then what about KAT-TUN's Tactics which was supposedly gonna be releasing on 4th ? Weird ... I just wait for J-One/JStorm to confirm the release date of it since it's already confirmed that the guys are singing Tactics for Nakamaru's & NEWS's Masuda new drama RESCUE .
At least now I have 1 less item to buy for Feb haha & grr next 3 Sat's inclusive of tomorrow , I have to head back to school booooo
I usually use the weekend to catch up on sleep & the thought of waking up at 8am on a Sat for the next 3 weeks is just ....
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If there's 1 thing I'm not ashamed to say , it's that I have a sweet tooth & a terrible one for that matter . Frankly I can't imagine a world without all the sweet treats available in shops at all & for the past few days , I have been sneaking in chocolate , chocolate & more chocolate here & there in my diet .
& just 1 tip , please don't go & order the Dinosaur Shake that's currently being sold in McDonalds , it's seriously not worth it at all . I paid $2.60 for it & I decided to try it yesterday & I was surprisingly disappointed at it . I thought it might be a milkshake version of McFlurry or something but it turned out that it's just a vanilla milkshake with the Milo powder being poured inside the cup after that d'oh .
If I know it's kinda that pathetic , I would have ordered a normal milkshake or an iced Milo instead or better yet , head onto the nearest 7-11 or petrol station to buy bottles of Pokka Milk Tea which's probably the best bottled milk tea out there in the market now .
I was tempted to buy a bottle earlier on on my way home after buying groceries for dinner but I was carrying way too many things on hand so maybe tomorrow or on Sat since I have to go back to school for the next 3 Sat's due to make up of lessons with respect to the upcoming Chinese New Year :(
At my peak , I can downed 2-3 bottles of the Pokka Milk Tea & it's some seriously addictive stuff .
Travis can vouch for me on that lol
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Woo hoo Eng translated lyrics of KAT-TUN's ONE DROP is finally up & already the whole single has leaked out within the past 3 days which's really something considering that it wouldn't be released officially til next month on the 11th .
After the beautiful White X'mas , the guys are back to their rock roots which's great & the B-sides D-T-S (It probably means Drop That Shit no thanks to Akanishi that was going on LOVEJUICE haha) & ON MY MIND are just <3
Now's to wait for the covers for all 3 editions of ONE DROP to be up & running and also the music video for ONE DROP which probably wouldn't be out til early next month :( . That's something J-One/JStorm can work on ie. to get the PV ready about 2-3 weeks prior to the official release date of any single .
I already had problems with JStorm after they released the PVs for ARASHI's One Love , truth / Kaze no Mukou e & Beautiful days so late , a mere few days prior to the actual single/s release date & the same thing goes for White X'mas too d'oh
At least in a way I'm real glad that I have preordered the 1st press CD only of ONE DROP real early from YesAsia , 3 days before Christmas because I have a US$5 coupon & I might as well use it since it will be expiring this coming Sat .
Irene was annoyed that she wasn't able to preorder the 1st press CD only on YesAsia as a while back , it was outta print & so's for the CD + DVD but thankfully stock were replenished for both so she quickly went to preorder the 1st press CD only once she found out about it haha .
& below is the Eng translated lyrics for ONE DROP & is it just me or when Akanishi was saying "Love, dream, eternity, hope and" prior to bye bye , I swear I can hear droplets of wine dripping 1 at a time in the music background :O .
Guess I only will find out if I was right on that analogy once the HQ version of ONE DROP is up & running then .
Credits - http://saladesu.livejournal.com/
"Love, dream, eternity, hope and... Bye-bye
Bye-bye, days of solitude
Bye-bye, days long gone
I want to protect that one drop
Only lonely your tear drop
I looked at you with cold eyes
In the one drop of your heart, tears are softly falling
In these eyes are reflected
A kindness that I'd never noticed until I'd lost it
Bye-bye, entwining thread
Bye-bye, sadness of the past
Loneliness, even the tiniest wound is a reason for tears
Bye-bye, days of solitude
Bye-bye, days long gone
I want to protect that one drop
Only lonely your tear drop
We were shaken around in a prank played on us by time
Even the words left behind always made you hesitate
It's okay to give up, it's okay to drop the strong facade
It's not your fault
Bye-bye, tangled thread
Bye-bye, mistakes of the past
Forgive me, even in the tiniest today there is hope for eternity
Bye-bye, lonely days
Bye-bye, the melancholy of those days
That one important drop
Only lonely your tear drop
Right in the center of this starved body
Only your scent is suspended
Whilst swaying, whilst hesitating, I still continue to believe
In that dream, and the indelible feelings in those tears"
Wow I didn't realise the lyrics for ONE DROP are quite sad & I actually like this paragraph a lot :
"I looked at you with cold eyes
In the one drop of your heart, tears are softly falling
In these eyes are reflected
A kindness that I'd never noticed until I'd lost it"
& speaking of which , Kami no Shizuku will be airing tomorrow ! Psyched ! :D . Not to mention 8 more days before the OS press release of 1 of the most highly anticipated items that I can't wait to get when it's out in Taiwan next Tue ie. KAT-TUN Live Tour 2008 Queen Of Pirates DVD <3 , 1st press no doubt with the 6 huge trading cards of all 6 guys , stoked .
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Ah this's so annoying . I'm able to upgrade my phone now but the problem's , the phone that I wanted to change to , there's no stock at all for all 3 colours which's so frustating .
The worst thing's I went to about 3-4 M1 shops for the past week or so & enquire on the same thing & all gave me the same answer - no stock on the Sony Ericsson T700 model :( .
If I know there was a shortage of supply of the T700 , I would have changed it last year in Nov where I had the chance to but how am I supposed to know that the T700's so well loved ?
I really wanted to upgrade & change to the red on black model which looks really awesome but due to slight $ woes , I didn't do so . Now the chances of stock being replenished is more or less zlich .
Looks like I'm stuck with the fact that I probably might not be able to change my phone now d'oh
Anyway on a happy note , Kami no Shizuku will began airing this coming Tue YAY :D can't wait for J-One records to sub it in due time & hey Irene , why I can't have Kame still :( & no summersnow cannot have him during the weekends .
At most I take him when you guys are asleep LOL
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I want to thank all the lovely people who left me birthday wishes/messages on AHS which I really appericate all of them & special mention goes to Irene who allowed me to borrow her husband for the day *cough* . How about for life Irene haha ;p but hey at least I tried but still thanks guys & also to Maggie as well .
I had quite a good day celebrating my 22nd birthday today & I ate way too much chocolate cake earlier on & my whole family went to Jack's Place for lunch & not to mention aside from the birthday wishes/messages that I received from AHS , I also received $ from my relatives & parents yesterday & today in which I practically banked most of the amount into my bank account . Have to lah so that I can save it on a rainy day & not to mention I have so many things to buy next month & March it's not funny at all & with Feb being so far the worst between both months , I don't know how will I keep up at this rate :(
Initally I had thoughts of going to the Esplanade Outdoor Theatre earlier on at 7.30pm cos of some performance by a band who goes by the name For This Cycle but eventually I decided not to as I felt it will be pointless & probably my presence wouldn't be felt that much .
If you want to know why I mention For This Cycle , just go to MySpace & do a search on them & you know why . I don't wish to mention the main reason/s on here as it's quite a touche subject by my standard/s .
See this's another reason as to why I left/boycott supporting the local music scene & did a crossover to the jpop side full time since Oct '07 & for the record I more or less have no regrets doing so .
I have considered repairing broken relationships before but after considering , I thought why should I when the other party's not willing at all ? It's sad but life has to go on in my end
Already an 1 hour & 11 mins since midnight & it's official , I'm 22 whee & what better way to greet me with the 2 early morning birthday presents with the 1st one being this - Kamenashi Kazuya In Feb Issue Of POPEYE Mag
Can someone say MAJOR NOSEBLEED ALERT ?! My brain short circuit when I saw the pics earlier on @_@ . Someone please call the love doctor cos I'm in need of medicine to cure my evergrowing fangirling obsession on the adorable , gorgeous & boyish Turtle Pear ;p
Irene is going to flip out badly when she sees the pics of her husband later haha & OMG yay earlier on the full radio leak/rip of KAT-TUN's ONE DROP song was already uploaded (Cliff was going OMG earlier on when I told him that on MSN as well) & verdict ?
Awesome , not as hard rock as LIPS & Keep the faith but it's still all good for me . It sounds like a much harder version of Yorokobi no Uta imo but in anycase , I can't wait for the covers & the PV to be out .
J-One/JStorm just don't give me crappy covers , I'm still in love with both editions of White X'mas so please don't give me something tacky/cheesy/lame for ONE DROP *prays* .
& oh yes happy 1st anniversary to me as I just realised I joined AHS exactly a year ago on my 21st birthday which's so cool . That makes things easier to remember 2 occasions/events at the same time haha
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See it pays to learn something new everyday & yesterday I learnt of the term HBIC . I never heard/seen this term before prior to yesterday in the brand new KAT-TUN thread in AHS & Irene said that it stands for Head Bitch In Charge LOL .
The funny thing's that she tagged the term HBIC on who else her husband Kame -_- but it's ok it's all for good fun anyway even though recently both of us have been 'fighting' over Kame for obvious reasons ;p
Man about less than 2 hours before I hit the grand 'old' age of 22 . Frankly it still hasn't sunk into me yet that I'm officially an adult & I still behave like a 12 year old instead of a 22 year old but of course mentality wise it's a different issue . I think like an old hag ie. 32 LOL but as what Cliff has put it to me earlier on this afternoon , it's only my physical appearance that will aged in due time but it's the inside that wouldn't & that it's only me that will be able to do so .
Wise words for a dude who behaves & thinks young :D
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Oh wow I couldn't believe it , MTV Asia has included 4 1/2 hour broadcast segments of JK Hits every weekday & that's not including Asian Takeaway which takes place every Tue & Thurs on 10am & 4pm respectively :O & just now I saw Hey ! Say ! JUMP's Your Seed being played which's so cool even though I was hoping they would play Mayonaka no Shadow Boy but it's ok , a good start I say !
& speaking of HSJ , they SO need to put out their debut album like NOW , just like for alan also although I heard rumours that HSJ will be releasing their 2nd DVD in due time & their 5th single in April . Not sure if it's true , I hope it's false for the single part especially as it's so long overdue on their part to put out an album . Come on Johnny-san , do your thing !
I was flipping though the cable channel when I saw MTV Asia's new schedule channel lineup & naturally I'm so pleased that they decided to broadcast the 1/2 hour JK hits segment 4 times a day every weekday at 6am , 11am , 5pm & 8.30pm which's so neat & I think it's a great way to get my JPop fix unlike stupid MTV China where they only air a measly 15 mins worth of JK stuff per day .
The good thing's that they aired the J chart which's on every Fri night at 10.30pm & an encore broadcast the next week on Fri afternoon & night at 2pm & 7.30pm . Usually I try not to watch the encore but sometimes I can't help it lah especially this week's encore broadcast where they will replay ARASHI's Beautiful days & KAT-TUN's White X'mas among others haha .
So today it was my 1st lecture/tutorial on Foundations Of Law & so far from what I was being taught it's quite interesting but it will be better if my lecturer would have uploaded the powerpoint slides on Blackboard so that I have a much better way to take down notes & etc instead of doing so all over the place but just like what I thought , law's interesting after all although I had some problems with certain law terms that my lecturer mentioned but I think in due time , I will probably get the hang of it .
& unlike Marketing , there's no group project for Law which in a way it's yay for me & oh note to self , never ever try & act like a hero & try to buy/lug back home 2 brand new heavy/thick textbooks home . I almost died doing that this afternoon when I bought/brought back the Marketing & Law textbooks :O .
If I know the Law textbook has came already , I would have bought the Marketing one yesterday d'oh & now I'm aching all over & that's not including from what I 'suffered' when I went gymming after I came back from school .
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So school has officially started for me today & 1st lesson that I had this morning was Principles Of Marketing which was a bit deja vu for me especially since I did Marketing 3 years ago when I was in ITE .
More or less the 1st lecture on Marketing today was kinda like a refresher course for me so I didn't really had any problems understanding today's lesson but I must say that my lecturer's really pretty & I find it hard to believe that she's a mother of 2 :O .
It's a bit unfortunate that she's not going to take over tutorial classes as I find her interesting & I like the way that she delivers this morning's lecture in a rather smooth sailing manner . Oh well you can't have the best of both worlds .
Tomorrow I will be having my 1st lecture & tutorial on Foundations Of Law in which I think it will be interesting as I never studied a law subject before although I heard things in that there's a lot of memory work involved in law subjects so I'll see what to expect tomorrow when it comes .
Also I just realised that this trimester , be it for lecture or tutorial , my lecturers will all be ladies which I guess it's quite cool .
& yatta , tomorrow's the release date of the OS press / CD + DVD of GIRL NEXT DOOR's self titled debut album :D in which I already SOS'd to Cliff quite a long time ago to get it for me when it's out in Taiwan tomorrow whee since there's no way I'm going to shell out $70 for a Japan press / CD only of their album that HMV imported here to be sold .
As much as I love GND's music , there's no way I'm going to do that at all :O
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I welcomed the new year via watching the making of KAT-TUN's LIPS & White X'mas ! But aside from that , the new year welcomes me with so far with 2 pretty good things via a 300 points bonus that CDJapan gave me , a 50% discount card that Perlini Silver sent me which's great .
Also earlier on , I watched the Johnny's Countdown 2008-2009 with Hui Li that's up for streaming via veoh.com & it was awesome to see all the juniors & seniors performing either their own or their fellow Johnny's songs . It was the 1st time for me in watching it & I must say that I was impressed with the whole event that mainly took place at the Tokyo Dome .
Everyone even wished KinKi Kids's Domoto Koichi Happy Birthday at the stroke of midnight as Jan 1st's his birthday & he turns the grand old age of 30 so happy birthday Prince :D
I do hope that 2009 will be a much better year for me in all aspects of life , be it personal & also in the music front too . I'm quite sure the music front will be a very exciting one as there will be many great things that will be awaiting me but if there's 1 thing I'm not looking forward to , it's the start of school which I will be heading back next Mon bah .
Also I'm not liking the 1st few weeks of my school schedule . Like who will wait for 4 hours after the lecture to attend the tutorial ?! What am I supposed to do in between the 4 hours break ? :S
Oh well all good things must somehow will come to an end ...
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