You Stand Watching

2009-03-30T23:15:00.001+08:00

From today onwards , I will be blogging mainly at LiveJournal cos some of my friends have LJ a/c's so yup .

I will continue to blog on my music blog still , no way am I giving it up so easily so for other fangirling & non fangirling moments , just click http://minlilin.livejournal.com/

2009-03-22T14:54:00.027+08:00

A very happy 3rd anniversary to 1 of my fave acts in the form of KAT-TUN ! it has been exactly 3 years since their debut single Real Face was released on this very day ie. 22nd March & naturally all the KT fangirls are celebrating this very special day & so am I .

This's special for me because it's the 1st time I'm celebrating the sextet's 3rd anniversary as I only came onboard their music just like last April / May .

Frankly I surprise myself in that I never would have thought I would be supporting Johnny's artistes alongside with non Johnny artistes as seriously they were the last bunch of people that came knocking on my door .

I was already supporting quite a lot of female solo acts with some JRock bands thrown in for good measures & then Johnny's acts didn't came knocking on my door til much later on in which I frankly can say that I so regret in supporting them a bit too late lmao .

I still remembered before I officially became a full time KAT-TUN fangirl (alongside with being a full time ARASHI one among other artistes) , I read & have heard so much about them ... via wikipedia no doubt . I was wondering to myself at that time , what's so good about them & for a band that was put together originally as a temporary group for KinKi Kids's Domoto Koichi 8 years ago & subsequently becoming a permanent unit , it's saying something .

& the fact that they didn't managed to debut officially til 3 years ago , it was a very long wait to say the least but it was I'm quite sure worthwhile for the 6 extremely talented guys to finally see the day/light of debuting .

Boy when I finally gave their music a try in the form of their 5th single Keep the faith , I was immediately sold as I never expect a boyband to dab in rock music seeing that I'm a BIG & HUGE fan of rock music . That & also with a rapper & a beatboxer on board , you definitely can't go wrong with that .

Also the fact that Eirynne on AHS kinda brainwashed me to like their music & then some helped too haha ;p .

The thing I like about KT's that music wise , it's not really pure rock that they do . Instead it's a mash up of many different music genres that they have put together & in the process creating an unique sound of their own as evident in their 3rd FUCKING AMAZING album KAT-TUN III - QUEEN OF PIRATES - .

That & also how often you have heard of a rapper & a beatboxer being in a boyband ? I don't think it's something that's quite commonly known in the Eng music scene & let alone locally too .

KAT-TUN III - QUEEN OF PIRATES - was the very 1st Johnny's album that I downloaded/listened to , let alone for their album & I was so impressed with what I have heard on 1st listen as I never thought an album would have sounded so amazing from the start to the end .

It's awesome that they blended in so many different music genres in their 3rd album offering & considering the fact that there were only 3 singles & 8/12 new songs , the album tracks sound on par if not even more superior than the singles counterparts which's quite a rarity .

I was so blown away with KAT-TUN III - QUEEN OF PIRATES - so much so that I ordered the album online straightaway after listening to it for 1 whole week & it's a no brainer that it's my fave album of last year , I stressed this so many times in my music blog , I probably should shut up on that fact now lmao & I personally feel that it's 1 of the best Johnny's original albums that I have came across too .

It's still my fave album of the guys at this point in time even though I also dig their debut album Best of KAT-TUN as well but right now nothing still beats KAT-TUN III - QUEEN OF PIRATES - .

& since then I have listened to their whole discograhy & I probably officially came onboard to support them 100% full time after hearing KAT-TUN III - QUEEN OF PIRATES - .

So I have talked about their music but how about person/people wise in the group ? I honestly can say that before knowing who's who's in KAT-TUN , I really had no idea as to how they looked like at all , let alone for other artistes that I support , be it Johnny or non-Johnny as to me I always always go for the music .

It's pointless for me to give me a very good looking girl/guy/band but yet they sound tone deaf on record , let alone live .

At 1st when I began to know who's who in the group , I saw pics of the guys on magazines & etc & I thought to myself what a buncha moody looking dudes they're but it turns out that by right they're very very funny .

I have seen them numerous times on variety shows such as Utaban , HEYx3 , MUSIC STATION & also their own variety show cartoon KAT-TUN & they actually can carry a joke or 2 which surprised me as I guess the image that they portrayed's so different as compared to what you see in real life .

In fact I was shocked to find out that at 1st when they were formed 8 years ago by Domoto Koichi , they can't get along for nuts & they have said it many times before even up to now that they had a lot of fist fights & 1 fight grew so big/major between the de facto leader Kamenashi Kazuya & my fave sadist Ueda Tatusya which threatened to spilt up the group .

Kame & Ueda talked about that in the very 1st apperance of the group in HEYx3 in a rather open manner too . They laughed over it but of course at that time when it took place it wasn't a laughing matter at all .

Thankfully they're all adults now but I suppose kids will be kids . That's what I like about the guys in that they're very honest & outspoken of the good kind . I don't like people faking it in front of people , it's just ugh on every single level & also you can tell that they genuinely appericate the fans's support & care which I admire that in the guys .

At least it beats supporting the local music scene in which I probably can name about 10-20 people or more who fall under the ungrateful/arrogant category in my books *COUGH* [I left supporting the local music scene because I wasn't happy in what I'm seeing in that feeling under-appericated & all but that's a different story altogether , BACK TO KAT-TUN now OK !]

Also unlike other artistes I support , they're the only band that I called all of them by their surnames . I'm so used to it already so if you ask me to call Akanishi by his given name Jin , it just sound so wrong on all levels to me .

& did I mentioned , I adore their factory skits in the making of segments of their music videos . Nakamaru , you're a genius man for starting it . I really want to see more of it in their future making of segments :( . White X'mas ones was awesome though <3

That & also I feel everyone in the group can sing & they displayed pretty good songwriting/composing skills in numerous songs scattered all around their discography .

Here're some thoughts that I want to share on how I feel for each member in KAT-TUN & it goes according to their surnames so yup & it's quite a rarity for me to like all of them equally for their own individual right even though I must admit that there're certain days that I have my own particular faves :)

Kamenashi Kazuya -- the K in KAT-TUN , this's the guy whom I'm currently fighting over Eirynne on a never ending daily basis since last year *joke* & that's Kame !

I find it hard to believe that he's only a year older than me but the way he presents himself , he stuck me as something who's very mature & probably had gone though a lot in his life before KAT-TUN came about despite being the youngest in the group .

He's often considered as the unofficial leader as he & Nakamaru are very outspoken of the good kind & tend to do a lot of MC during concert takes .

That & also the amount of fanservice that he has done for all the KAT-TUN fangirls let alone for me & Eirynne . Nowdays whenever I watch the group's LIPS video , I always will have a fit after that because of him @_@ no thanks to the eyeliner & the visual kei inspired like esemble that he donned on there .

It's odd that when I watched him in One Pound Gospel where he was practically topless for 85% of the time , I didn't reacted that much but with a video like LIPS it's just O_O & to think I didn't had any reaction when I 1st saw the video but now OH MY GOD , I will be staring at him from the start to the end whenever I watched it , it's that BAD I tell you lmao .

That & also the crazy whack solo performance he did in the Queen Of Pirates DVD aka w/o notice ?? . That was just ... something even though his hair was horrendous on there :S .

Also what more can you say about this really good looking guy who's more or less really likeable & hot ? :) & he displayed really good singing & songwriting skills as evident in SPECIAL HAPPINESS & the awesome awesome awesome Kizuna .

Oh Kame you're just too modest lah in saying that your songwriting skills suck because I frankly think they don't !

*back to fighting with Eirynne over Kame now* ;p

Akanishi Jin -- Eirynne loves to pick on him all the time lmao which figures & she dubbed him the wannabe american while I love calling him nowadays blockhead & Bakanishi at times .

For me , it took me the longest to appericate Akanishi in the group seeing that most pics that I have seen of him , he only does 1 thing which's pouting waaay too much . I didn't like the fact that he doesn't smile for practically almost 99.999% of pics that I seen of him , be it solo or group shots & that sometimes goes for variety shows too .

I guess you can say that he has that kinda face in which you want to beat him up & etc LOL

Thankfully as time goes by , I began to see Akanishi in a different light & it helped after I found out from Eirynne that he's the 1 that insisted SIX SENSES to be included in KAT-TUN III - QUEEN OF PIRATES - which scored big time in my books as that's 1 of my fave songs on the album even though by right I love every single song on the record .

Also unlike other people I know , I like the fact that he doesn't fake in front of the camera in that if he's pissy/moody over something , he just show it & don't fake around even though I still think he needs to show a bit more professionalism in the group but that's the blockhead for you .

Vocal wise , he sings quite damn good & I like his solo compositions like LOVEJUICE (I hated the song at 1st omg something was wrong with me back then :O) & BUTTERFLY which he cowrote with Ueda on Best of KAT-TUN .

Then again , he & Kame are not dubbed as Akame for nothing seeing that they're the 2 lead vocalists in the group so go you Akanishi .

Taguchi Junnosuke - the 1st T in the group aka the DoM / Masochist , Taguchi aka Junno as he's affectionately known .

I think he's someone that brings the atmosphere & mood in KAT-TUN as he's always the one cracking jokes & puns , be it good or bad ones . He makes me laugh which's a good sign & is always getting beaten up by the rest .

It's not that he's the most hated one in the group but rather he asked & requested for that to happen & it's usually Tanaka that's doing that to Taguchi LOL .

Surprsingly the tallest one in the group is also the most acrobatic & he's really skilled in dancing too & he's probably considered as the best dancer in KAT-TUN . I have seen him doing back flips & etc in the group's concert dvds without breaking a sweat & that's really cool & just like ARASHI's Aiba Masaki , Taguchi's quite light hearted & a KY person .

Even though he's not the youngest in the group , he tend to behave like 1 which's frankly cute .

Solo material wise , I really like Natsu no Basho & SAMURAI LOVE ATTACK . The performance for SAMURAI LOVE ATTACK is just too cute for words & I hope Junno will deliver another great cool solo track in due time .

Tanaka Koki - the rapper in the group & the 2 T , it's the loveable Koki who goes by the name of JOKER when comes to writing his own rap lyrics in KAT-TUN . He's responsible for writing all the rap lyrics in the group's discography .

On 1st impression , Koki scared me a LOT when I was getting to know KAT-TUN because of the chao ah beng image that he portrayed but oh man he's so misunderstood as time goes by .

I never would have thought that JOKER is such a sweet person & a teddy bear in real life which's definitely a sharp contrast to the image that he portrayed in pics .

Ironically when KAT-TUN was 1st formed , he was the 1st person to object to the idea seeing that outta the 6 , it's he that joined Johnny & Associates the earliest so techincally he's their senior in the group .

All that changed when the group held their 1st concert together before debuting . In fact I watched an episode of him where he appeared at Shounen Club Premium where TOKIO's Taichi was the host & Tanaka opened a lot to Taichi on what he feel then & now about the group .

I never thought that it's actually Tanaka that persuaded Akanishi to come back after he took a leave of absence of 6 months 2 years ago & that's quite heartening to know

Ueda Tatsuya -- why lookie here , it's my fave DoS / sadist in the form of Ueda ! I remembered when I 1st got to know the whole group , he really fascinated me quite a big deal & still do now .

He stuck me as someone who's really quiet & mysterious , kinda like a slient killer in the group haha but give him the chance to talk , he will say something funny if not just something plain serious .

He's just a really cool person I feel & he's kinda bizarre in a good way . I laughed at the whole 'I see fairies & JRock reject' images that he portrayed in the past but at least those are long gone now & he's being himself now which's probably the best for him as it makes him look more 'normal' LOL .

Tat-chan's an extremely talented person , he wrote/composed many of his own solo songs like Ai no Hana , LOST & I still want Love in snow on a CD in due time as I really love it when I heard it in his Mouse Peace concert .

That & also he has some of the coolest long earrings around & it helped that I'm a sadist too & so's Eirynne so sadists unite , HURRAH :D

Nakamaru Yuichi -- the N in the group , it's Maru aka the beatboxer & together with Tanaka , both of them formed the comedy duo TaNaka which's a barrel of laughter .

I adore his beatboxer skills as he's so scaredly good in it & he's the 1st Johnny to showcase really good beatboxing skills as he started it to stand out from the masses as he doesn't want to blend in like a wallpaper in the group which really served him well .

Aside from that , he's also the one that's known to stop whatever fights that goes on in the group , kinda like a mother hen for that matter as he's the oldest outta the rest .

I also admire his singing & songwriting skills as evident in key of life & most recently SMACK .

I'm currently watching his drama RESCUE & he's doing himself pretty well as an actor & props goes out to you as well , NEWS's Masuda :)

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with that said , it's another round of saying a HUGE & happy 3rd anniversary (music wise) to KAT-TUN & may you have many more wonderful years in time to come & I can say that I'm proud to support you guys .

Considering that I have your whole music discography it's saying something I guess haha .

Now can you please make a trip down to S'pore , I want to see you guys perform live in the flash , that will be awesome if that were to come true . That & also maybe a stop by Eirynne's house er I mean California , LOL

:D

2009-03-21T22:46:00.002+08:00

A big happy birthday to Lisa who turned 17 today , woo hoo . Just before I went to bed last night , I decided to create a birthday thread for her on AHS & I sent her a personalised birthday card featuring MatsuJun & ARASHI and also Koda Kumi's TRICK album for her on Fri the 13th & she told me that she received this on Tue which really shocked me .

But at least I'm real glad that her birthday card & TRICK arrived safely at her house & early for that matter :) & just because today's her birthday , I let her have MatsuJun for the day lmao .

School wise , I'm so relieved that I already have finished 1/2 of my marketing individual assignment & I think by tomorrow I will finish the other 1/2 as I have to submit it online this coming Tue afternoon . I know it's bad for me to leave things at the last min all the time but that's my nature & I'm stubborn too .

At least after I get my marketing assignment outta the way after Tue , I have a group presentation to prepare & then I'm more or less done for my incourse work for marketing .

& every KAT-TUN fan is gearing up for tomorrow seeing that on tomorrow's very day ie. 22nd March , it has been exactly 3 years since the release of their debut single Real Face :)

2009-03-16T22:35:00.003+08:00

Wow , Ohisashiburi Desu des , has been a while since I last updated . Not that much is going on in my life other than the fact that school's still same 'ol same 'ol (I have an individual marketing assignment due next Tue) & finals are next month @_@ .

Lots of stuff will be taking place this coming weekend including my friend Lisa's birthday in which she's gonna be 17 this coming Sat .

She's already dropping so much hints on AHS on that haha but at least last week I went to the post office to mail out her birthday card & a pressie in which I really hope that she will like it . Well she better be , it has MatsuJun's pic on her birthday card which I did it myself :)

Speaking of weekend , I went though an eating marathon of sorts . On Sat night , I went to Merchant Court for buffet dinner & yesterday I went back to my maternal grandma's house for dinner . Frankly nothing beats home cooked food , especially when it comes to fried sambal blelachan kangkong & steamed herbal chicken <3 .

& I'm going to have another eating spree this coming Sat at Noble House with due respect to my maternal grandma's birthday , oh my god , I'm going to be a flying dumbo at the rate I keep on eating good stuff all the time . See it's so hard to go on a diet if you're living in S'pore , it's no laughing matter at all .

Fangirling wise , this coming Sun's an important date for all KAT-TUN fans . Eirynne & I are both excited because on 22nd March , it will be exactly 3 years since Real Face was released & since this will be the 1st time I'm celebrating the guys's music debut anniversary , all the more I'm very excited about it .

Eirynne said that she has something planned in mind for all the KT fans in AHS & I look forward to it big time .

2009-02-22T22:45:00.002+08:00

There's nothing like hearing a fave song of yours being played on radio even though you have downloaded it from the net . That feeling's just something you can't explain at all .

What am I talking about ? Earlier on , KAT-TUN's On My Mind was played on Yes 933FM & someone in a KAT-TUN LiveJournal community told me last week that 933 tends to play the Oricon top5 hits every Sun from 10-11pm with a bit of KPop thrown in for good measures & because the guys's 9th single ONE DROP was #1 last week , the radio DJs played On My Mind earlier on which surprised me because I thought they might play the A-side but ah to hear it on the radio it's just <3 .

I don't know whether other radio stations in S'pore played JPop as I'm more or less lost touch with the radio scene but at least now I know every Sun 10-11pm , I will be tuning into 933 for sure & I can't wait to hear RESCUE on air =D . If not , then the 2 B-sides on the single I also don't mind at all .

I'm probably be tuning into 933 next Sat afternoon just to hear On My Mind again hahaha because this's what I found on their site :

星期天晚上10点首播/星期六下午2点重播

so yup hee .

1 thing's for sure , I guess I will be tuning into 933 specially every Sun night just to hear them play the top 5 hits from last week's Oricon chart & I suppose I will be able to hear ayumi hamasaki's Rule / Sparkle , ARASHI's Believe / Kumori Nochi , Kaisei in the weeks to come .

This's a bit early but a HUGE happy birthday to the K in KAT-TUN ie. Kamenashi Kazuya =D =D =D who turns 23 tomorrow . Hopefully Irene has something planned for him or not lmao but YAY to this gorgeous & handsome guy who can knock me & Irene out big time with eyeliner , eyeshadow & black fingernails anytime of the day wheee & dude please lose the perm ;p

Only Domoto Tsuyoshi & Matsumoto Jun can rock the perm but NOT you .

Ok I'm done with fangirling for today & onto something solemn in that I want to observe a min of slience now because it's exactly 3 years ago on this day that my friend Tracie has passed on .

The memories of my friendship with her still lingers on after so long & yeah I still do miss her very much . I'm quite sure she's in a great place now where there's no more suffering on her part now .

Here's to you Tracie , KAT-TUN's PRECIOUS ONE .

2009-02-15T11:32:00.008+08:00

I haven't done this for a long time so it's good for me to let off steam now & it's probably the 1st time that I went to bed last night feeling so utterly pissed/annoyed at some idiot .

1) YOU said that I keep changing my avater on AHS on a very frequent basis . Who're you to dictate on what I do on every nook & cranny that I do on AHS ?

2) YOU put words into my mouth . I never said that Aoyama Thelma's songs were boring , it's just her videos that I find them a major bore so zip it !

3) YOU keep picking on me for every jpop CD/item that I purchase/post in the Asian Collection Thread & even mentioned that my jpop collection's so big & how do I find the time to manage it . SO WHAT it's ?! Other people have even more things than me but I don't say anything about it & it's really no big deal .

Besides it's my $ that I'm using to buy & not yours to expand my jpop collection so deal with it .

4) are YOU crying/desperate for attention on the forum ? Probably so , if not how do you explain the numerous posts that you make everyday since appearing outta nowhere til 2-3 weeks ago in which probably 1/2 of it are classified as spam .

5) why do you care so much on when I logged onto AHS ? I'm pretty much real annoyed with the whole 'omg Karen you're back online' blah blah blah . It's not like I'm the only person you know/talk on there , you closet freak .

Are you stalking me in secret ? I'm more or less grow sick of you & your nonsense you heard ? & because of you , I'm now very afraid of coming on AHS . As the last resort , I will put YOU on my ignore list should this persist on .

& I thought being nice to you was ok initally but you more or less have pushed my limits & looks like my resolution for 2009 in not being so nice to people is finally paying off .

OK rant over .

2009-02-14T17:00:00.005+08:00

RESCUE's just awesome , be it song or drama . I didn't want to watch it initally because of the concept/story plot behind it but after I watched Ousama no Brunch where Nakamaru & Masuda mentioned on how much back brickering work they put into , I had to see it in which I did so earlier on when I watched the 1st 2 episodes on streaming on mysoju & needless to say I'm very impressed on what RESCUE had to offer .

Considering that it's Maru's 1st role in a drama , he has done himself well & Masuda's ain't 1/2 bad either . The 2nd episode ended on a cliffhanger where it's just too shocking for words & I just hate it when bad things happened :(

Oh well , reality's usually more cruel than what you see in reel life . So this means I have 3 dramas that I will be juggling to watch in the form of Uta no Oii-san , Kami no Shizuku & now RESCUE .

It's a lot but I can manage ... I hope haha

& earlier on in the morning , I saw pics of Maru & the DoS Ueda on the new POPEYE magazine & gaaa brain short circuited especially for Ueda @_@ . I know he has a buff body but after seeing what he had to offer in POPEYE mag , *thud*

Guess you can say that more of less all of KAT-TUN has been growing on me , be it music or members wise & things have more or less shifted gear for me in which I couldn't be more happier about . That's not to say that I don't support the other Johnny's . I still do but KT takes priority for me at this point in time .

& what a cool way to celebrate Valentine's Day of sorts in which it's just a day where you get lousy excuses to jack up the prices of roses & chocolates & what's not .

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So ayumi hamasaki will be releasing her new album NEXT LEVEL on 25th next month & naturally people I know are flipping out over this new release & especially because of the fact that it will be out in 4 different editions in which the last one's , her material will be housed in a 2GB thumbdrive which's designed like her 10th anniversary logo .

Not to forget , it will be out exactly a month later after Rule / Sparkle & the same thing has happened to alan too .

I probably am the only 1 who doesn't get it on why people are flipping out that the thumbdrive's already sold out on most online sites . It's just an IT gadget filled with her new album's material . Like you will die if you don't get 1 . I probably can ask someone to replicate the design & then in return I will have something like the real McCoy & that I will pay it for 1/2 or probably 3/4 of the original price .

The thumbdrive's selling for 6,800 Yen which's retarded . I think you can buy a 2GB thumbdrive for $20/30 since it's so cheap now & for people to be flipping out about this in that they can't get their hands on it anymore , I don't get it at all . Not to mention , is it worth it in the 1st place ?

To me definitely not as it's stupid to pay $250+ for it inclusive of shipping . I can make my $ worth with $250+ & there's a limit on how much I can go . Like as much as I support ayumi & other top notch acts (imo) such as ARASHI , BREAKERZ , KAT-TUN , there's no way I can shell out that kinda amount to 1 artiste , let alone all of them .

It's not the end of the world anyway . Besides I already have an 8GB thumbdrive & I use her 10th anniversary logo keychain to attach the thumbdrive on it in which I'm more than contented about .

& the other group of people who're flipping out over this are the ones who're buying her Rule / Sparkle singles . Well I wouldn't blame them but thankfully I'm not affected by this since I don't have any singles of ayumi at all so I gladly wait for the album to be out in due time .

2009-02-09T18:12:00.003+08:00

Lyrics Of KAT-TUN's On My Mind which's the 2nd B-side in ONE DROP & it's only available in the 1st press CD only copy .

credits - http://futari-love.livejournal.com

Baby please come back, I can't tell you that
What can't return
When it goes
Ask with the flow
I just wanna forget

For that answer that wasn't told
Saying one more time
Getting out of the mouth, looking
At the front, then it wasn't said

Everytime you remember the chance you gave
I want forever
Without caring about the chance you gave
That's why always, anytime, I'm yours
Stay in my mind

Baby please come back, I can't tell you that
What can't return
When it goes and
Even now I keep moving on
I think of your return, Again it enters
The thought that doesn't go away from time ago
I thing you pray, I just wanna forget

The way it blossoms, My friend, a meeting
A thing that we just wanna hear
You don't have to touch
Why is it of your concern?
Exiting without success
No kiss, no mind, you can't turn off
You're still on my mind

Baby please come back, I can't tell you that
What can't return
When it goes and
Even now I keep moving on
I think of your return, Again it enters
The thought that doesn't go away from time ago
I thing you pray, I just wanna forget

Every time it passes that city
Every time he exits that train station thinking
That pain can pass from one to another
Without being concious
Even then only for my mind

Baby please come back, I can't tell you that
What can't return
When it goes and
Even now I keep moving on
I think of your return, Again it enters
The thought that doesn't go away from time ago
I thing you pray, I just wanna forget

Baby please come back, I can't tell you that
What can't return
When it goes and
Even now I keep moving on
I think of your return, Again it enters
The thought that doesn't go away from time ago
I thing you pray, I just wanna forget

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I so love the song , it's 1 of their more stripped down & very mellow B-sides that they have come up so far which's so good that it hurts .

The 2nd B-side of the guys's next single after ONE DROP ie. RESCUE is titled On Your Mind -Please come back to me- which is an interesting title because it's an answer call of sorts to On My Mind so naturally I'm very excited to get RESCUE in due time .

But before that , come on YesAsia , ship out my copy of ONE DROP like NOW !

2009-02-08T22:33:00.002+08:00

I'm so relieved that my injuries have more or less been healed after sustaining quite a bad fall in the rain on Wed . I still had a bit of problem walking as my right kneecap's still not healed 100% but I guess in days to come , I will be able to make a full recovery which's such a huge relief on my part .

I went back to school earlier on today to discuss & finished up writing the Marketing group report with 2 of my groupmates that my tutorial lecturer randomly allocated to . That goes for the topic as well & I'm very lucky that my 2 groupmates are very selfless & willing to contribute their share , if not even more for this assignment as everyone understands the important/seriousness on how this will eventually affect our overall grade for Marketing which's really cool .

If I happened to be stuck with people who're free riders & etc , that's gonna be a nightmare but thankfully all 3 of us finished up the report & things went on rather smoothly from there :D

Now what's left in the marketing presentation that will be taking place in April & I'm all done for this portion of the module .

2009-02-04T22:59:00.003+08:00

Man I'm probably cursed or something because just now , I fell down AGAIN when I was climbing up the stairs to my house's lift & it's just suai on my part .

I probably must have lost my footing or I just slipped as it was pouring very heavily when I was walking up the stairs .

Either that or that particular flight of stairs is cursed because this's the 2nd time that I fell on the exact same spot which's so freaky .

My left big toe was chipped in the process when I fell upfront & I also injured my right kneecap which's mega OUCH . My toe was bleeding when I got back home & blood continue to flow until I used medicated oil to stop the bleeding & I also applied some to my right kneecap .

I think next time I should hold the stairs railings whenever I climb up or down in future . If not , I just avoid climbing that particular flight of stairs which led to the lift of my house .

Later on I'm going to worry as to how will this affect the way I sleep :S

2009-01-31T21:11:00.002+08:00

YAY I'm so relieved that today's the last day that I went back to school on a Sat ! Can you imagine , 3 Sat's back to back , I have been waking up so early just to go back to school :S

Even my lecturers were kinda pulling a long face at the back of me as come on , who wants to go back to school on a weekend where I usually will catch up on sleep .

Frankly I don't mind if I have to attend makeup lessons on the weekdays but on a weekend ?! That's just so cruel ! I was supposed to have Marketing tutorial at 4pm today but my lecturer was so kind , she pushed the timing all the way to 3pm so at least I got back home early today of sorts .

The same recital will continue this coming Mon again d'oh :( . It's really no fun waiting 3 hours 30 mins in between breaks from a lecture to a tutorial man I tell you .

Luckily I know how to kill time in between & NO it's not smoking , I go to Raffles City & window shop around . I have been doing that the past 2-3 Sat's & on every Mon when I have Marketing lessons .

At least I wouldn't have to wait 3-4 hours after the 3rd week of Feb , whee

2009-01-29T14:10:00.007+08:00

1st of all , happy 20th birthday to Jenny :D . I hope you like the card that I have sent to you . Sorry I couldn't think of anything that's worth sending you to other than a card but hey it's the thought that counts isn't it ? :)

& you have the honour of sharing the same birthday as L'Arc~en~Ciel's frontman hyde who turned 40 today :O . DAMN the guy & the rest of L'Arc~en~Ciel keep getting younger as time goes by , I tell you !

I had a scary experience earlier on this morning . My dad's 2nd older brother called me in the morning & said that his mum aka my paternal grandma's hand was bleeding & naturally I had a shock when he told me over the phone :O & he asked me to accompany my grandma to the nearby clinic .

I left a note for my dad & called my mum to tell her about this matter before I left the house & it was real scary to see the amount of blood that was gushing outta my grandma's finger when I saw her sitting inside my uncle's truck .

Thank goodness it's only her 2nd finger on her right hand & NOT the whole hand which was what I thought at 1st . I accompanied her to the clinic & the doctor dressed & cleaned up her wound . Turns out that the wind was so strong & when my grandma tried to close the kitchen door , BANG ! , it slammed against her finger .

She was telling me that the bleeding was persistent & it only stopped for a while til she applied medicated oil to compress it .

Luckily I was at home & my uncle didn't had to work today or else I wouldn't have imagined what might happened to my grandma . My dad was waiting outside the clinic after my grandma & I came outta the doctor's room .

The good news's that the wound was superficial & the bleeding has stopped PHEW . The doctor prescribed my grandma some antibiotics & painkiller at the same time .

Whew , am I glad my grandma's ok now .

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& I found out from http://tsuyaka.livejournal.com that exactly 3 years ago today , it was announced that KAT-TUN was finally able to debut on March 22nd , after a 5 year long wait !

Who knew ... & of course it's also another form of celebration when March 22nd comes in :) .... & BAH the ONE DROP PV has been delayed :( . I thought it might be out tomorrow but instead LIPS will be played on Space Shower Mega Hits d'oh but it's ok , LIPS is <3 & it's a no brainer , I CANNOT WATCH THE VIDEO ANYMORE BECAUSE OF KAME :S

I saw a 15 secs clip preview of it last night & oh dear poor Kame . What's up with your Medusa inspired like perm hairdo LMAO . Even the wife doesn't approved of it too !

but actually it's not that bad compared to the one that he sported in the Queen Of Pirates DVD which was CRINGE worthy :S

Guess only MatsuJun's fit to carry the permdo well , ala in Hana Yori Dango 1/2 & in the movie . It's ironic that when he donned the bowl cut , I missed the perm hairdo which was so weird but anyway Lisa can have him now LMAO

other than that , the ONE DROP video setting looks awesome & very high class , I can't wait to see it in due time & someone said that Akanishi looked even more Diva Jin-lish with the fur getup in the video :O

& I finished watching the 2nd episode of Uta no Oii-san last night together with the 1st episode of Kami no Shizuku .

For a wine noob , I sure do learnt a few things here & there when I was watching Kami no Shizuku & of course Kame in a suit + tie = <3

I FINALLY managed to change my phone to the red Sony Ericsson T700 last Sun , YAY :D after I was informed that stock has finally came for all the 3 colours last Fri ! I just forgotten to blog about this but man , my new phone rocks big time . It's super slim like a candy bar & it's really awesome .

It sure beats the old phone that I used to have , ala the Sony Ericsson K800i . I wanted to change it for some time now to close a chapter or 2 in my life if you know what I mean & for me to able to do that now , it's quite a big relief on my part .

2009-01-28T11:53:00.005+08:00

Eng translated lyrics of KAT-TUN's brand new single RESCUE : (credits - http://miyamiaki.livejournal.com/)

Yo, hey! Listen up!
I’m not scared,
Until help is sent,
I’ll rescue you.

I don’t wanna cry alone
I don’t wanna cry alone

I don’t wanna cry alone
Help me out Search my life
Please take me back home

I don’t wanna cry alone
Into place Lost in maze
Someone call my name

I don’t wanna cry alone

I never thought I could live for someone else
I've finally found, for the very first time
Something so precious, so dear

I don’t wanna cry alone
Help me out Search my life
Please take me back home

I don’t wanna cry alone
Into place Lost in maze
Someone call my name

I don’t wanna cry alone

I don’t wanna cry alone

No matter how faint, I can hear your voice
When you feel like disappearing in anxiety,
And darkness approaches
I'll be right here

I don’t wanna cry alone
Help me out Search my life
Please take me back home

I don’t wanna cry alone
Into place Lost in maze
Someone call my name

I don’t wanna cry alone

Running up, I’m running
Running up, I’m running
Running up, I’m running
Running up, I’m running
Running up, I’m running
Running up, I’m running
Running up, I’m running
Running up, I’m running

This smile that I want to protect

So much...

I don’t wanna cry alone
Help me out Search my life
Please take me back home

I don’t wanna cry alone
Into place Lost in maze
Someone call my name

I don’t wanna cry alone
Help me out Search my life
Please take me back home

I don’t wanna cry alone
Into place Lost in maze
Someone call my name

I don’t wanna cry alone

I don’t wanna cry alone

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Amazing amazing amazing song ! Just when I thought they can't top it off with ONE DROP , in comes another fantastic no. .

I can't wait to get my copy of RESCUE in due time when it's out in less than 2 months .

Covers for ONE DROP are already up & running via the official website of Johnny's & they look pretty good . Way better than DON'T U EVER STOP although I find the overall mood for ONE DROP's covers a bit too purple for my liking .

I like the 1st press CD only outta the 3 . I'm not sure why but it's probably because I'm getting it in due time haha

& anyway happy chinese new year everyone , gong xi gong xi !

2009-01-22T17:30:00.005+08:00

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 :(

2009-01-22T00:07:00.004+08:00

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

2009-01-17T23:49:00.002+08:00

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

2009-01-17T23:39:00.002+08:00

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

2009-01-16T16:56:00.003+08:00

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 ....

2009-01-15T20:13:00.002+08:00

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

2009-01-12T22:21:00.010+08:00

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 .

2009-01-11T19:35:00.003+08:00

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

2009-01-10T21:20:00.003+08:00

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

2009-01-10T01:11:00.006+08:00

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

2009-01-09T22:23:00.002+08:00

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

2009-01-06T21:03:00.005+08:00

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 .

2009-01-05T20:34:00.003+08:00

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

2009-01-01T17:25:00.002+08:00

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 ...

2008-12-29T14:19:00.017+08:00

I wanted to do the whole high & lowlights for 2008 but I decided not to as it's so troublesome & for me to pour out so much of my feelings = killing of too many precious brain celles of mine .

So instead I will do the whole fave guys that I come across for 2008 which's more entertaining for obvious reasons ;p & who doesn't like fangirling at all .

It's not really in order for starters & yes hot pics are included of the guys that I have picked :D

1) Kamenashi Kazuya (KAT-TUN)

Currently I'm fangirling over this guy like mad (Irene should be careful on AHS mwahaha as I might steal her Turtle Pear away from her in due time ;p) & he's considered to be the de facto leader of KAT-TUN & no brainer he's the K in KAT-TUN .

I find it hard to believe that he's only a year older than me but I think he's really talented . I have seen his drama One Pound Gospel & he acted quite convincing as a boxer who of all people , fell in love with a nun & it was funny to see him chasing after Sister Angela in the drama & he's going to star in his new drama Kami ni Shizuku next month which I can't wait .

If not for Bakanishi as recently Akanishi has been undergoing a somewhat long extensive case of the male version of PMS (ie. looking sour faced & puss like in magazine pics) , I would like Akame on whole as well they're more or less the dynamic duo of the group since they're the 2 main lead vocalists but unlike Kame , I feel Akanishi can't dress to save himself , be it with or without the help of stylists .

Hey at least Kame won the pregstious Male Best Jeanist at the Best Jeans Award for a couple of times already inclusive of this year too as I find him pretty stylish be it on/off work even though there was a period of time he permed his hair which was EEWW but thankfully that's a thing of the past & he looks great now especially in the White X'mas PV :D

It's weird that initally when I 1st watched the video for LIPS , I didn't took notice of Kame that much but as time goes by , that's a different case & I swear because of Kame , I cannot watch the LIPS PV anymore because I will be staring at him from the start to the end & face it he's like the hottest in the video due to his killer combo of black eyeliner , black eyeshadow & black fingernails .

See what I mean ? ahhh @_____@ . I want the black eyeliner , black eyeshadow & black fingernails combo back .

Aside from that , I find Kame to be a really good singer & songwriter despite the fact that he said he himself was a bad songwriter which I beg to differ . I mean he wrote a few songs that I really adore such as Kizuna , SPECIAL HAPPINESS under the pen name K^2 .

2) Ueda Tatsuya (KAT-TUN)

The U in KAT-TUN , I frankly find him to be a really interesting person & it's hard to imagine that initally 'Tchaikovsky Tatsuya' (watch the White X'mas making & you understand why LOL) volunteered himself to be the leader of the group only to quit later on because he couldn't stand being scolded the most by the dance instructor .

It's a bit unfortunate that he doesn't get much screentime & attention as Akame as I think he's a cool & extremely talented person . He wrote/composed many of his solo songs such as LOST , Ai no Hana & also cowrote BUTTERFLY with Akanishi & that's really impressive . Also he plays the piano & electric guitar as well .

When he did BUTTERFLY live in the Live of KAT-TUN Real Face tour DVD with Akanishi , that was really awesome .

Not to mention I think he's very funny despite the image that he portrayed . Heck I think everyone in KAT-TUN are very funny & can joke around big time .

3) Taguchi Junnosuke (KAT-TUN)

The 1st T in KAT-TUN , I think Taguchi's really funny & a KY person . Even though he's not the youngest in the group (that will be Kame) , I like his carefree nature & he's kinda like ARASHI's Aiba where both of them love clowing around & both behave like they're the youngest in the group even though techincally they're not .

I also like Taguchi & his puns too . Iriguchi (Enterance) , Deguchi (Exit) , Taguchi desu , cute .

4) & 5) Tanaka Koki & Nakamaru Yuichi (KAT-TUN)

The 2nd T & the N in KAT-TUN , it's the duo TaNaka consisting of rapper Tanaka & beatboxer Nakamaru . The reason why I put them together is because TaNaka is a comedy duo formed by them together using their surnames & even though they kinda suck as a comedy duo I still find them funny & quite entertaining although in a comedy competition they will lose against HEYx3's Downtown pretty badly .

Tanaka has a chao ah beng image but in reality JOKER's a very sweet & caring person which's a sharp contrast to the image that he portrays in pics . Ironically , when KAT-TUN was 1st formed , he was the 1st person to object to the idea strongly & I was surprised he was the one who decides whether Akanishi should return back to the group or not during his 6 months hiatus from the band .

I have seen numerous shows featuring KAT-TUN & Tanaka's always clowing around for the camera which's cool .

For Nakamaru's case , I admire his beatboxing & it's really refreshing to see or should I say hear it in KAT-TUN's songs & I like the way he execute rhythm & style in his craft .

Also he sings really well in his solo songs which he wrote them such as key of life & SMACK .

In fact I think practically everyone in KAT-TUN can sing really well as I like their solo songs , just a bit unfortunate that most of the attention tend to centre on Akame a bit too much . Everyone should get his fair share of the limelight without the rumours & etc .

5) & 6) DAIGO & AKIHIDE (BREAKERZ)

The hot frontman/lead vocalist & guitarist of BREAKERZ , it's kinda a no brainer as to why I like both guys a lot be it in the looks or talent department .

DAIGO's late maternal grandpa was Noboru Takeshita in which Noboru was the former prime minister of Japan which's yeah I know a bit woah & for a guy who turned 30 this year in April , he looks really boyish & well cute .

Despite this , he's surprisingly quite stupid in the way he behaves & talks haha which's actually quite charming if you look at it & don't get me started on his signature hand pose & his trademark where he likes to end WISH at the end of a sentence .

I like DAIGO's voice & also admire the fact that he wrote most of the songs & also compose quite a lot of material in BREAKERZ . The same thing goes for AKIHIDE too , I like the showmanship he displayed when he played his lead guitar & he's a pretty good songwriter/composer too , as evident in Sekai wa Odoru & Aitakute which're both great tracks .

7) Domoto Koichi (KinKi Kids)

Dubbed the Prince in Johnny & Associates is Domoto Koichi who will turn the grand old age of 30 in 3 days's time .

Face it between Tsuyoshi & Koichi , Koichi's considered to be the more hotter one although just like DAIGO , both of them are actually quite funny/stupid in real life where they keep spacing out from time to time haha

8) Ryo Nishikido (NEWS & Kanjani∞)

Dubbed by Irene the sexy psycho Osaka man , it's Ryo who's in NEWS & Kanjani∞ . I think he's a pretty good singer/songwriter & thankfully his new solo song ordinary sounds great , even more better than code imo .

It's just funny that he's also in Kanjani∞ as well because well the guys in Eito are loud & I mean really loud/outspoken so yeah .

9) Tegoshi Yuya (NEWS)

I personally think Tegoshi has the best voice in NEWS despite the fact that he's not the leader in the band . Not to mention he's probably the only one in NEWS who has changed so much over the past 5 years (physically & then some) since NEWS was formed back in 2003 .

Voice wise , he has probably the best one in NEWS alongside with his best friend Masuda . Just give Tegoshi a solo song of his own to sing , it's already long overdue & Ai Nante's still epic sounding .

HEYx3 Downtown should stop bullying him too LOL

10) Matsumoto Jun (ARASHI)

I used to suffer a bad case of Jun-baitness but it has died down quite a lot considerably since discovering other Johnny's within Johnny's & Associates .

I still like MatsuJun but too bad vocal wise he's 1 of the weak links in ARASHI & please don't get me started on Naked which's GROSS .

Even though he's the youngest in the group I find him that he tend to behave like he's the oldest in that he takes things seriously , well sometimes probably a bit more but other than that , I respect him in that he's a pretty good actor & I seen some of his drama shows like Bambino ! , Hana Yori Dango 1/2 & the movie itself .

There was a period of time where he was sporting a dreaded like Kimi wa pet hairdo ala a bowlcut but thank goodness he reverted back to his 'normal' hairstyle now & I was starting to miss the perm that he sported in HYD :O

11) Aiba Masaki (ARASHI)

The guy who behaved like the youngest in ARASHI is Aiba who recently turned 26 on Christmas eve . Fans also nicknamed him Aibaka for obvious reasons & he even has an Aiba-land in 1 of ARASHI's many shows Arashi no Shukundai-kun

Despite the fact that he's somewhat stupid & childish , I personally find Aiba to have the biggest heart in the group in that he cares a great deal for everyone & also he has a charming personality & I can't think of any reason on why you should hate him at all .

He's also the one who kinda seems to make the atmosphere more lively & fun .

12) Ohno Satoshi (ARASHI)

The official leader of ARASHI , I admire Ohno for so many things in that despite the fact that he's a self proclaimed mummy's boy , he's no doubt the best dancer/singer in the group .

Also he's talented in many aspects like fishing , artwork & clay sculpting too . This year was the 1st time he bagged a lead role in a drama where he did a great job portraying a 2 faced lawyer in Maou alongside with Ikuta Toma in which I feel both guys did justice to the roles that each of them portrayed .

I got a rude shock when I 1st watched Maou because here's a guy whose mum still buys for him clothes & shoes & in the show he portrayed such a 2 faced laywer where on the surface he's kind & caring but in actual fact he's a ruthless & merciless 'killer' .

& of course the answers that he tend to give in interviews are funny if not random at times . No wonder whenever ARASHI appears on Utaban , SMAP leader's Nakai always tells Ohno to insult him back & vice versa & you get the drift . Both leaders will sought it out & fight but it's all for good fun . Sometimes it's Nakai's fault & the rest's of course Ohno's the 1 that's to be blame .

I still can remember how many different random gags Ohno pulled when he's in Utaban especially the most recent Utaban episode , "I want to dig up clams" is what he said to Nakai LOL with regards to the title of a movie that Nakai supposedly acted in this year . The correct title's I Want To Be A Shellfish btw .

13) Sakurai Sho (ARASHI)

Last but definitely not least , the Keio boy ala Sakurai . Even though education wise he's the smartest in the group as he graduated from the pregstious Keio university , surprisingly street smart wise he's not & in fact he's quite a baka like Aiba .

But the difference's , Sakurai somehow always get bullied a LOT by the 2 younger members in ARASHI which're Nino & MatsuJun which's quite funny because I always see both of them bullying Sakurai practically most of the time .

Other than that , I like the way Sakurai raps & most of the songs which contains rap done by him , I like it as it gives the song an extra edge/bite just like in Sakura Sake , Kitto Daijoubu , We can make it ! , Step and Go & most recently in Kaze no Mukou e .

2008-12-28T12:18:00.005+08:00

I figure it wouldn't be too early to start doing new year resolutions & here're 2 of mine so far :

1) stop being so nice to people & just be nice to me myself & I . Only exception's that I can be nice to Hui Li & a few others

2) cut my debit card into 1/2 with a pair of scissors & use 1 of my mum's many gazillion platinum credit cards to pay for my online purchases .

On a different & much happier note , the release dates for the OS presses for KAT-TUN's QUEEN OF PIRATES DVD & GIRL NEXT DOOR's self titled debut album have been confirmed on avex Taiwan's websites in which I'm so happy especially for KAT-TUN as their DVD's probably 1 of the most anticipated items that I can't wait to get in the brand new year .

GND's album will be released on 6th Jan (so long d'oh , I was expecting 26th Dec or something especially since they're under avex) while the QoP DVD will be out 2 weeks later & it's no surprises that I will be asking Cliff to get both of them for me & no doubt for the QoP DVD , 1st press with the 6 collective cards .

I actually saw pics on how the QoP DVD looks like & omg the whole packaging's AMAZING & I think this DVD will really blown me away . I think it will especially since their KAT-TUN III QUEEN OF PIRATES is 1 of the best albums that I heard in recent times .

Ok let me change that . The best album I come across for 2008 & 1 of the best JE original albums I heard .

183 mins , 30 songs , 7 singles (up til DON'T U EVER STOP) & all the 6 solo songs that were found in the 3 limited editions of DUES (Bakanishi performing LOVEJUICE , yay for "Tchaikovsky Tatsuya" performing Ai no Hana omg omg omg omg & Nakamaru doing SMACK in action although I can do away with Kame wearing shorts when he performed w/o notice ?? while he swinging a cane or is it umbrella while singing hee hee) , what's there NOT to complain about ?

2008-12-28T11:58:00.004+08:00

My Genting High & Lowlights .

Highlights :

- now that I'm officially 21 , it only can mean 1 thing = I'm able to enter the casinos legally now & it's such a relief that now I can go inside the casinos to check things out at my own will & etc & this means no more pesky security guards throwing me outta the place now .

The only thing I hate about the casinos is that not the whole place's smoke free which's a drag but the upside's that it's a great feeling when you win $ & also the food & drinks are dirt cheap . I can go for free flows of milo , teh terik & it's all free of charge .

- Did I mention I won $ in the casinos ? My mum gave me RM$50 as my inital starting capital to play Monopoly slot machines & my luck was there . Sooner or later , my capital shoot all the way to RM$360+ . I wanted to continue as I was on a hot winning streak but then all good things come to an end .

- 3 days of not accessing the net but surprisingly I don't mind . At least I could get away from all the harressment that I have been facing in recent times on MSN . In fact this's scary but I do hope that I wouldn't start hating the net & not going online at all .

- I stayed at the Presidental Suite in the 1st world hotel which's awesome :D

- I kicked Cyber Akuma's butt in the arcade more times than ever

Lowlights :

- I was down with a bad case of gastric flu on the morning of Christmas when I reached Genting which was horrible . It was triggered by a bad case of yeast infection which means I can more or less say goodbye to my love affair of bread & other what not's at this point in time already .

So I spent most of Christmas sleeping in bed bah but at least the beds in the 1st world hotel are good .

- I didn't get to eat turkey on Christmas :(

2008-12-24T20:03:00.003+08:00

Thankfully most of my fever has gone away but now it has since came back which's sucky considering that in a few hours's time , I'm leaving S'pore for Genting .

I don't know if it's a side effect but I lost most of my appetite today so much so that I barely finished 1/2 of the chicken porridge that I asked my dad to buy for me & also earlier on for dinner , I just had a raisin bun & a hot milo :( .

I just hope that my condition wouldn't spoil the mood when I'm in Genting in the next few days til Sat afternoon/night when I get back home . I wouldn't want to jinx anything or so .

& call me nuts but earlier on I did 4 albums reviews back to back in my music blog in which I know it's insane @_@ but hey when comes to music , I have plenty of things that I like saying , be it whether the comments are nice or not .

With that , Merry Christmas & an advance happy 2009 to everyone & oh ya before I forget , happy birthday to ARASHI's Aiba Masaki who turned 26 today :D in which he's the guy who you have no reasons to hate at all & despite his Aiba-kaness , he's the one who has the biggest heart in the group .

2008-12-23T17:41:00.003+08:00

Talk about rotten luck . I couldn't wake up properly this morning & I'm currently down with a fever :( . Even though I took 2 shots of panadol , the fever still came back . My mum scolded me & said it's because of the late nights I kept up with since I'm on holidays still & etc .

I think she's right which means I should go to bed early today instead of 1am/2am everyday :O .

Not really the best time to fall ill especially since I'm leaving for Genting tomorrow night but at least earlier on in the morning , I saw KAT-TUN's White X'mas & BREAKERZ's WINTER PARTY videos being played on MTV Asia so that made me really happy HAHAHA & mind you it's MTV Asia & NOT MTV China that played the videos .

I'm still deciding what to do when I will be Genting for the past few days til Sat night . Most definitely I will head to the casinos since I'm officially legal to do so now ! & also I want to catch a movie or 2 when I'm there . Bedtime Stories sounds really promising although earlier on when I saw the trailer , they said that the movie will be opening in Malaysia on 31st Dec but Genting's website stated Christmas eve so I don't know who to believe .

Oh well I will find out about it in due time .

2008-12-19T18:40:00.003+08:00

I know I said before that I wanted to watch My Boss My Hero but then even when I tried to finish watching the 1st episode , I just stopped altogether . There's just something about the show that I didn't like at all .

I'm not sure what it's though but it's just that you must somehow be able to feel that you can connect to when you're watching a show . I don't know if I want to continue to watch finish it or just stop it altogether .

At most maybe I watch re-runs of Hana Yori Dango 1 & 2 or the movie or maybe re-watch One Pound Gospel or Maou . Or better yet , watch the Wall:e DVD which I have in my hands & that I haven't had the chance to watch it for the past 2 weeks or so :O

I'm so looking forward to next week when I'm leaving for Genting . It will be my 1st time in 2 years & not to mention this will be the 1st time that I will be able to step inside the casinos legally :D .

Aside from that , I'm quite sure that probably many things have changed since I last went there & not to mention I will be spending Christmas in Genting during the time when I'm there .

Also there's always the food that will be pigging out when I will be heading there in due time as well ! I will be leaving S'pore on Christmas Eve night & wouldn't be back til next Sat . I just hope that I will be able to access the internet when I'm there though as I don't want to get cut off from AHS during the time when I'm on vacation .

2008-12-17T19:24:00.003+08:00

Finally after 2 weeks + , I managed to go & watch Bolt with Hui Li yesterday & it's actually not as bad as I thought it will be . I like the graphics & the characters of the show I must add . Well it's classic Disney stuff anyway so there you go .

& earlier on , I finally finished watching One Pound Gospel & it's such a funny & entertaining show . Who would have thought a boxer falling for a nun of all people ? I think the way KAT-TUN's Kame acted is good & Hui Li said he's 1 of the more versatile actors in JE in which I kinda agree with her .

Next up's to start to watch My Boss My Hero in which Irene said it's in her top5 JDramas list . Hui Li has already watched it a while back ago & I remembered she cannot stop laughing so much & so hard when she was watching the show & I did watched a bit of the show when she showed it to me & it's very funny & entertaining .

2008-12-06T10:45:00.004+08:00

Woo hoo school's out & holidays are IN ! Yesterday was my last exam paper & now I'm finally home free :D .

Yesterday was Statistics . I think more or less I be able to pass the subject overall but wish I can say the same thing for Management . Essay writing's so not my forte at all , period but anyway , who cares . Time for me to burn my books & just kick back & just relax for the heck of it .

I have a whole list of things that I will be doing during the next few days/weeks in time to come . Let me see if I can list them down .

- Maybe watch a Japanese drama or 2 . I'm deciding whether I want to watch some dramas that KAT-TUN's de facto leader Kame acted in like One Pound Gospel & maybe My Boss My Hero which Tanaka & TOKIO's Tomoya Nagase starred in .

- do up a Christmas list of sending people Christmas cards & a few pressies thrown in the mix too

- hit the gym fast & furious everyday if I can

- continue to blog , especially in my music blog . I didn't went online for the past few days & now I have buckloads of things to catch up on , be it videos , singles for me to watch & listen to

- watch my 2 KAT-TUN DVDs & Wall:e DVD ! (ah bring on the Queen Of Pirates DVD like NOW !)

- listen to YUI & GReeeeN's albums

I think I will add somemore in due time as I'm quite sure I will be doing more things during the holidays .

2008-11-24T12:13:00.003+08:00

Shoot , I just realised that HMV Heeren has began to import BREAKERZ's stuff over here :O after I went down yesterday & I was so shocked & yet surprised to see Angelic Smile / WINTER PARTY on sale (both CD only editions although oddly enough the one with the Angelic Smile cover is $23.95 , $2 more expensive than the WINTER PARTY cover) but I guess it doesn't come with the 1st press bonus which's a B2 sized poster .

The reason why I said so is because HMV doesn't import their 1st 2 albums , 1st 2 singles & also for Ao no Mirai EP case which caught me by surprise .

But still I'm real happy to know that at least there're some BREAKERZ , alan , GIRL NEXT DOOR's fans in S'pore as I believe HMV's bringing in their stuff now probably due to demand from customers since for alan's case , HMV didn't brought in her singles til Kaze no Tegami (HMV only brought in 1 copy each of Kaze no Tegami & RED CLIFF initally wtf but at least they brought in more copies of Megumi no Ame this time round) onwards & for GIRL NEXT DOOR's case , from Drive away / Shiawase no Jouken onwards .

Aiya if I know HMV is bringing in both the normal CD & the 1st press CD only editions of BREAKERZ's 3rd album BIG BANG ! (in which the 1st press comes with a 80 page photobook hello more DAIGO , AKIHIDE & SHINPEI goodness <3) this coming week , I would have long ago cancelled my preorder that I did from CDJapan but alas now I cannot cancel my order since it's already In Shipping Process .

Never mind it's a mistake that I have learnt but at least this means that in future , I just head onto HMV to get my alan , GIRL NEXT DOOR & BREAKERZ's fix as frankly I will only get something online if I cannot find what I'm looking for in S'pore & it just so happened this incident took place but ah well .

& just 2 more days prior to the release of BIG BANG ! , yahoo !

2008-11-22T13:40:00.002+08:00

Sometimes I wonder when to draw the line to be nice to people & to be too nice to people . No doubt there's always a constant stuggle to balance & to distinguish both aspects of things but this somehow always led to broken friendships & the fact that I'm disgusted in the way people walked over me in due time .

Even my friend Cliff said that I shouldn't be too nice to people but rather the only person that I can treat as a VIP is me alone which I feel he's correct since obviously he's older & can relate to mostly everything I'm going though now .

Because of the fact that I was too nice & not to mention too giving to the local music scene , which led me to leave the place in due time as I saw a lot of things I wasn't happy about , things like people not appreciating the amount of time/effort that I spent promoting the local bands & I remembered Weng Yew telling me they think they're too cool for their own good in which I can't help but admit that he's right looking back on what I've done for the scene .

So if I suddenly became this mean spirited bitch you know why . I think it's about time to tell the whole world that I'm actually by right not a very nice person to begin with . If you were to know the real me , I will give you hell all day & all night .

2008-11-21T21:20:00.002+08:00

Yatta ! I'm finally finally done with my Uni trimester today & it has been a journey & it's so fast that 3-4 months has flew by just like that in a snap .

Naturally I experienced my fair share of lows & highs during this somewhat difficult period that I went though but every cloud has a silver lining & I'm so relieved this nightmare that I had experienced , it's finally over ... for now . Not before I can sit around & just do nothing , I have exams knocking on my door in 2 weeks's time + but after that yosh holidays which I can't wait , inclusive of my 1st Genting trip in 2 years & also it will be the 1st time that I will be going into the Casino legally yay

I still can remember like it was yesterday in that I kept on saying that I wanted to quit & get outta this hell hole & I stuck with it & solidered on & after 3-4 months , this 1st Uni trimester that I went though , it's finally over & done with in which I'm so damn relieved .

In a way I felt that I got back my old spirit back after I received my 2nd statistics quiz results/paper back earlier on this morning . I really thought I would flunk it super big time as I took it last Sat in the computer lab & I was feeling so sick .

I was having fever & a flu but still I went ahead & sit for the test . If not I wouldn't get any marks & it's accountable in my coursework too . When you're sick , you don't know what you're writing in your answer script & that's what happened to me .

I was so proven wrong when I got back the paper today , 21/28 which's awesome to me considering that I wasn't in tip top shape when I took it but I did even better than I thought so & yes I was quite shocked when I got back the paper from my tutorial lecturer .

Guess it shows that as long as I put my heart & soul into something , things will work out for me .

I'm going to the temple tomorrow with my mum since she wants to pray for Hui Lin as she's heading to Genting next week (you know what this means ? the house will be damn quiet without her wahaha) . As for me , well the usual since my exams are coming & that's what I'll do . Head down to the temple & pray that nothing will go wrong when I sit for my exams in time to come .

2008-11-19T19:49:00.002+08:00

My mum texted me eariler on this afternoon to say that 1 of my relatives whose name goes by the name of Daniel , his grandma passed away this morning at the rip old age of 88 & naturally I'm pretty devastated over this because I remembered Daniel's grandma to be a really cheerful lady & that her Eng & Cantonese command were really good & I always had a good conversation with her here & there whenever I got the chance to see her & that she also loved mahjong too as much as I do .

The last time I saw her was Chinese New Year this year & she was wheelchair bounded for quite some time . My mum didn't gave me the exact reason/s on her passing but I believed it was due to old age .

I still don't know whether will my whole family be attending Daniel's grandma's wake in days to come (as at this point in time I never had attended one yet) but all I know's that life's very vulnerable & short . I'm just lucky that at this point in time , both my paternal grandparents & my maternal grandma are still around & that they have watched me grown up from a baby til an adult .

I know other people are not as lucky as I'm but I think it's time for me to start cherishing the loved ones that you got around you because once they're gone , that's it & it will be too late for regrets by then .

Rest in peace , Daniel's grandma . At least you wouldn't be suffering anymore & that you're on heaven now watching every single one of your loved ones now .

2008-11-15T20:45:00.002+08:00

My mum & I had a fight of sorts earlier on when I told her that I went to meet Jia Rong & Travis for the 1st time after I was done with school . So much for telling her about this where I got scolded in the end & the ironic thing was that in the 1st place she wants me to tell everything to her in times of need but yet this's what I got of her , a scolding -_-

Anyway to me it doesn't matter because eventually at the end of the day I'm responsible for the actions that I choose to undertake . Maybe next time I should bring my mum along if I meet people & etc . She probably heard stories on the media about meeting people that you befriend someone but honestly so far I haven't had problems of sorts .. yet so in a way I'm lucky .

I just realise that next week will be the final week of my Uni term which's so fast & scary & to think it seems like yesterday that I kept on saying that I want to quit & get out of this hell hole but 12 weeks / 3 months has flew by already within a snap of my fingers & right now I'm more or less have been sane .

I so can't wait for the holidays to come when Dec comes in . Even though Christmas's still a month or so away , I probably should start planning to do up on my Christmas shopping list & also the no. of Christmas cards that I have to print & mail out to people too . It's early yes but better late than never .

2008-11-12T13:32:00.002+08:00

I went to Jurong Medical Centre for a 6 months follow up checkup for my ears . My dad accompanied me & thank goodness I don't have school on a Wed .

I did the usual standard tests to check on my ears & the doctor flushed out all the ear wax that were stuck inside both my ears & it was a bit painful especially with regards to my left ear as there was too much ear wax stuck inside & after that I did the audio test & oddly enough , my results for both audio test that I did just now & 6 months ago were roughly about the same .

I still have tinnitus going on in me & it's something that I have to live with whether I like it or not but now I'm used to it since I have this condition since young but the doctor said that to play safe , it's better if I go for an ear checkup on an annual basis since this problem runs in my family , practically my dad's side .

2008-11-03T18:39:00.003+08:00

Oh I received a card & note from Seb earlier on today which totally caught me by surprise & aw it made my day on this otherwise gloomy Mon .

The 1 thing that stuck me on what Seb wrote a thing or two is 1st of all , his handwriting's sibei neat for a guy & he actually wrote my surname in traditional chinese context which's hard to do :O

Thanks dude I really appericate on what you have wrote in the card & note for me .

Yesterday I went back to my maternal grandma's house for dinner & it has been a while since I went back to her house . Not to mention she was bored & wanted to play Mahjong with my dad & since everyone at my maternal side was going back I thought why not ?

I really missed her cooking & at least now her maid's cooking has improved a lot . As evident in the omelette that she cooked . Last time it was salty like hell but yesterday's one was pure wow , so much so that I ate everything ;p & my mum still asked me why I don't want to eat rice .

Well hello there were a lot of dishes that my grandma's maid prepared & poor Hui Li caved in under 'pressure' from my mum .

I hope I can go back to my grandma's house again for dinner . Home cooked food's always the best I say .

2008-10-24T21:41:00.002+08:00

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 .

2008-10-11T23:04:00.002+08:00

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 .

2008-10-05T21:10:00.002+08:00

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 .

2008-10-02T21:39:00.002+08:00

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 .

2008-10-01T01:12:00.004+08:00

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

2008-09-27T12:01:00.005+08:00

Yesterday was the 1st time I went to Changi Airport's Terminal 3 as I went to send off Hui Li as she heads to Japan for a 10 days cultural exchange programme . I'm sure she will have lots of fun especially since she's going to visit YUI's hometown ala Fukuoka .

She wouldn't be back til 2 Mon's later & she's hoping to catch some of the shows that will be aired in Japan , lucky her . She also wants to do a fair bit of shopping before she come back home that's if time permits her to do so .

I must say that Terminal 3's very big , green & beautiful although wish I can say the same thing for their carpark layout , it's so messy & it was quite a nightmare when my dad navigated though the carpark last night .

I took my 1st Stats quiz yesterday . Ironically I find the MCQ section tricky for that matter but I was able to answer the short answered questions without any problems whatsoever . Cos emotionally I haven't been stable that much for the past few weeks since I restarted school , I had thoughts of giving up & as a result I only prepared for it at the very last min but thankfully I managed to get over this hurdle .

Maybe I should take the next few days to sort out my emotional & mental problems as this's not doing good for me in anyway possible .

& say hello to my latest IT gadget purchase :

:D & this's the Canon DIGITAL IXUS 80 IS . It comes in either sky/baby blue , baby pink & sliver . I choose baby pink because sliver's boring for my liking & ironically the colour match the same colour as my alan's Kaze no Tegami single , be it single or OBI strip LOL

2008-09-25T07:47:00.003+08:00

The past few days I had a bit of a health scare & no it has nothing to do with the latest China milk powder scandal but rather I had been having some sorta chest pains that has been bothering me for the past few days or so .

At 1st I thought it might be something heart related & yesterday I decided to head to the polyclinic at Clementi to solve the situation . I did an ECG labtest & luckily there was nothing wrong with my heart & blood pressure . Instead I'm suffering some sorta muscle pain which frankly it's painful but thankfully the pain has subsided considerably after I was prescribed painkiller medication from the doctor .

1 thing's for sure , after I have gone though this phase , I will not take my health lightly because in the beginning , I thought I was able to have a heart attack which really scares me so in a way health wise , this's my 2nd wakeup call , the 1st one was when I found out my ex ITE classmate Nurul was suffering from diabetes 3 years ago & at that time she was 19 .

I don't want to spend the 2nd decade of my life being plagued down with health problems so maybe today's the right time to start taking my health & also my studies in a more serious tone .

I think I should come up with a study/time plan in a more efficient way to manage my time & not to mention stress too . Next time if I'm feeling stressed , I should just listen to music or drink tea to calm my nerves instead of heading to the biscuit tin .

2008-09-20T17:07:00.003+08:00

1st of all , this's my 1000th post :D which in a way it's a big hurrah for me I suppose since I 1st started this blog of mine about 3 years ago or so .

I received a letter from MediaCorp yesterday which says that LIME will cease operations & that the Oct issue will be the final issue that MediaCorp will publish which frankly surprised me because I didn't expect this coming from MediaCorp .

Then again might as well since I wanted to cancel my LIME subscription ever since they went for an over revamp which I hated it . In a way it's sad things turned out to be this way as LIME was really good when it was 1st started but then subsequently I don't know what happened as it was getting too vulgar for my liking .

As a result , MediaCorp is going to refund me back in a way of sorts with 17 issues of 8Days . I think I will call them on Mon & ask them whether can I get my $ back as this's another magazine that I hate to read & not to mention it's expensive . 2 bucks per week ? that's crazy , I rather spend $ to buy Girlfriend or something else that's more practical , like food haha

2008-09-15T15:33:00.004+08:00

So over the weekend I spent the time recuperating & in a way I'm lucky that my problem has been solved . I think it means that I should be more careful on what I eat in the near future .

Not only that , I managed & decided to watch Bambino ! on Sat & yesterday the finale episode of Maou . I only find Bambino ! a-ok & I'm surprised at the character that MatsuJun plays . I thought Ban Shogo's character will be the same as Hana Yori Dango's Domoyoji Tsukasa . They're quite the same to a certain extent as both of them are quite arrogant & the likes but poo between Ban & Domoyoji , Domoyoji takes the cake in the arrogant factor anytime of the day .

Somemore I don't see Ban punching & kicking the daylight outta strangers on the streets too .

I find the ending of Bambino ! a bit disappointing & in general , I wasn't really feeling that much love for the show & I dislike the 1st episode big time especially when there were scenes of MatsuJun smoking although I must say that I love the food going on in the show , I never seen & heard so many different Italian foods/phases in my entire life .

On the other hand for Maou's case , oh my god , the ending's just so tragic & depressing . I never seen so many people being killed off within a single episode which's scary & all the different types of permutations that Hui Li came up with for the ending , all of them didn't came true , well most of them but it's quite sad for both Ikuta Toma & Ohno Satoshi's characters to perish together at the end of the show although ironically at the end , both the main characters understood the pain & sorrow that each of them have went though 11 years since that faithful incident which changed Ohno's character big time & Naruse Ryo / Manaka Tomoo wanted Serizawa Naoto to live in the finale episode which's weird considering that at the beginning , Naruse / Manaka wanted Serizawa's life , the wonders of dramas isn't it ?

I thought the ending will suck as from what I have read but it wasn't that bad in my opinion .

But I must say that I have to give Ohno kudos super big time especially since Maou's his 1st drama role & for him to play such a 2 faced lawyer , it really took a toll on him & with that , it's bye bye Maou . Too bad there wouldn't be a 2nd season of it :(

& for the latest VS ARASHI , they should bring back the Most Dame ARASHI (MDA) segment back & MatsuJun totally blew it in the new game which's a weird surfing game & the falling pipe game tsk & I can't believe I'm saying this but I'm actually glad that they lost this time round as the guys's egos were getting too big for their bridges as they had 8 straight wins (aka they have been winning for 2 months non stop) & omg , Sakurai's new hairstyle's <3 & don't get me started on the latest pic of him from Oricon Style .

2008-09-12T19:38:00.003+08:00

Man I'm so glad that the weekend's here because well it's the weekend , like duh & not to mention I think I'm going to spend the weekend recuperating because I have been down with some sorta stomach problems since yesterday .

It's quite odd considering that I have a strong stomach to begin with & I never had such problems before prior to yesterday . At 1st I thought it was cramps but then I realise it's something slightly even worst than that because the pain kept on persisting on . I took painkillers but the pain only subsided briefly .

I finally couldn't take it & told my mum about this last night & earlier on this afternoon I went to see the doctor & he said that too much acid's building inside my stomach which explained why I felt so uncomfortable & just blah . There were instances where I felt like throwing up .

& no surprises I had problems concentrating in school yesterday & this morning but hopefully the pain will subside soon . The doctor thought it's because I skipped meals which I so don't . He suspect it's due to stress . Er I think so , probably built up stress coming from me which led to this problem .

So far the pain is slowly subsiding although I still feel really terrible . I hope this will go away in days to come .

2008-09-08T19:03:00.002+08:00

I caught Camp Rock yesterday after Disney Channel overplayed the many trailers of the movie to death prior to the release date in Asia . I frankly find the movie only a-ok & it's nothing mind blowing unlike the other original Disney movies that have been put out in recent times .

It's essentially the camp version of High School Musical . I only like some of the songs & not all stood out which's quite unfortunate but there're some gems here & there like Devi Lovato's This Is Me Feat Joe Jonas , Jonas Brothers's Play My Music & etc .

I think Devi can be the next big thing as I really like her voice & her music that's going on in her & this's scary but nowadays whenever I look at Joe Jonas , he's like a mini MatsuJun O_O . I think it's the hair going on in both of them , gee .

Ironically Joe played a jerk in Camp Rock & so did MatsuJun in Bambino ! (ok not so much) & Hana Yori Dango 1/2/Final (gotta hate/love Domoyoji despite the fact that he's a blockhead) & speaking of Bambino ! , I haven't caught it yet . Maybe I should in the near future ?

So far , school has been a-ok for me . I'm starting to get my foot & spirit back on track & practically music & ARASHI are 2 things that's keeping me going on despite how tough my situation's at this point in time when I'm stuck with 2 subjects that I don't consider to be my fave but still life has to go on .

Hui Li & I caught the 2nd last episode of Maou earlier on & I thought last Fri was the last episode but apparently not . ARGH the plot's beginning to thicken & it's quite exciting . This Fri ala the 11th episode is the finale , I really wonder what's going to happen at the end of the show .

Will Ikuta Toma or Ohno Satoshi's characters perished at the end or something ? Only time will tell .

2008-09-01T18:05:00.006+08:00

OMG finally after waiting for 3-4 months + , I FINALLY FINALLY managed to watch an early sneak of Hana Yori Dango Final earlier on at Cathay with Hui Li & her 2 friends & I must say it was worth the wait , big time !

Considering that I have watched the 1st 2 seasons of the dodrama on the net , it's a no brainer that I was waiting for this with much anticipation especially since the release of the movie in Japan way back in late June , it has done extremely well be it movie or song ala One Love .

In fact before I watched it , I already roughly know the plot & the spoilers but turns out what I know was actually on the surface of things but still I really enjoyed watching it earlier on & it's funny when the opening credits were rolling out , people were screaming when MatsuJun's & Shun Ogri's names were reflected on the screen haha

The plot was quite unexpected in ways or another & not to mention a bit silly but it's nice that everything worked out the way it should be at the end . I was laughing when Shun was dressed as a priest , it's like so random but the ending was quite awesome especially when One Love was played .

It's a bit unfortunate that this time the insert song aiko's KissHug was overshadowed by One Love big time considering that the 1st 2 insert songs for the 1st 2 seasons of HYD were really good but ah well .

I thought it will be even better if the FINAL Remix were to be played at the end of the movie especially since it strings together WISH , Love so sweet & One Love & the remix formed a wedding like song medley .

This's going to sound something but I actually have very little pic of MatsuJun topless & etc cos I frankly don't like to see him in that manner but I must say that in the movie , he was surprisingly quite buff & not skinny . Either he worked out extra during that period of time or it's the wonders of editing the footage but ah doesn't matter to me , I was all wide eyed & awake when that came onscreen , hee hee .

& I can't believe I'm saying this but I'm actually gonna miss MatsuJun donning the perm hairdo & Shun's dyed brown do because I frankly think Shun suck when he dyed his hair black . I couldn't recongise him at all when I saw him in black hair !

& as for MatsuJun , yeah I know , I detest the permdo that he donned in the drama & movie , especially in the 2nd season but still compared him wearing hair extensions 2 years ago (gross luckily I don't have any pics of him in it eew cos dude you can't carry long hair lah big time) , I take the perm anytime !

Anyway , now's to wait for the DVD to be out :) + Camp Rock & the 3rd instalment of High School Musical 3 !

I still haven't watched Wall.e yet though , I will do that , soon I hope .

2008-08-31T21:07:00.004+08:00

It's funny how history's repeating itself . Just barely a week since school started , I already have thoughts of quitting & I know you're going to think , what again ?!

The last time this happened was exactly 1 year ago at around the exact same time which's freaky I say . I think it's because I was so used to a lot of freedom surfing the net way too much & hanging out on AHS practically the whole day which explains why the sudden drastic change in my attitute/mood .

Perhaps I took a way longer 'vacation' & enjoyed myself way too much which led to such circumstances . Not to mention it doesn't help matters that I'm stuck with 2 subjects that I don't consider to be my faves at all - Management & Statistics !

I spoke to a couple of people on MSN & they advise me to hang on & just deal with it . Besides , time flies by so fast & probably without me realising it , I might graduate in due time .

I never had such problems before because I'm someone that can manage my time pretty well but after what I went though this week , it forced me to take a backseat & realise I really need help to manage time . Manage in such a way that I can cram in my free time , exercise & diet regiem , interest , study time & the list goes on .

You see I put study time as the last attribute which only can mean 1 thing - studies's like the last thing that cross on my mind which I know it's really bad . I'm trying to change all that & hopefully be a more hardworking student than before as now I realise , I need to put in even more extra efforts in these 2 subjects especially Management as I need to do a lot of reading & the only time I ever do reading's when comes to the latest gossip news on celebs & magazines .

& it doesn't help matters that I suck when comes to languages & it looks like my friend Weng Yew & I have quite a lot of things in common , more than I thought it will be since we're practically stuck in the same situation but in a different boat that we're taking .

I frankly don't know when will be the next time I will be updating here & on my music blog + on MSN too since now I reckon a good portion of my time I have to spend on studying & whatever free time I have to log onto the net these days , I just download the latest music/news .

I will take life as it's , 1 day at a time & I do want to graduate & to make my parents proud & I think it's about serious time I do something good for myself & to quit whining like a loser .

If not , then there will be no 1 to help me at the end of the day . Wish me , myself & I luck on this .

& oh before I forget , happy 25th bday to 1 of the most gorgeous guys around aka MatsuJun whose bday was yesterday :D

At least I have something to look out for tomorrow in that I'm going to watch an early sneak of Hana Yori Dango Final with Hui Li in which I have been waiting FOREVER for it to be shown here !

I have been waiting for it since late June so you can imagine ! Genie already sent the movie last night & people I known has seen the trailer that has been broadcast on TVMobile & I didn't at all -_- but never mind it's ok .

I want to thank all the lovely people whom I talked to just now on MSN , especially my aunt Yee Ma , cousin Felicia , Weng Yew , Gen . You guys are the best & I do hope that I can get my problem/s sorted out in due time .

2008-08-28T18:40:00.002+08:00

Suddenly I thought I was in a spin cycle . Ever since I started school again 2 days ago , my life has changed upside down . I started spending less time on the net & nowadays whenever I logged into AHS , at most I only frequent the Asian Media Downloads & Asian Media Chat forums as I don't have much time & luxury as before .

Not to mention with the demands of my new trimester , it's really no joke for me & I think it's about time that I come up with some time plan as I'm lousy when comes to time management .

I'm still in the process of adjusting my momentum back to the fast paced of schoolwork & I have to admit so far it's not easy at all but hopefully in time to come , I will get the hang of it .

It's suddenly strange that I wasn't keeping in contact with my S'porean & JE buddies on AHS as often as before but I do hope that they will understand my plight after I made the announcement on AHS on Mon . It's hard for me because I grown quite attached to some of them on there since I 1st joined the place this Jan on my 21st bday but I suppose absence makes the heart grow fonder ?

I just downloaded a whole buncha stuff from AHS , including upcoming new material from alan & Anna Tsuchiya & I can't wait to check them out . Sept & Oct are 2 months that're shaping to be good months in the Japan music scene since there're quite a lot of new releases coming from my fave Jpop artistes so that's 1 good thing .

2008-08-23T23:06:00.003+08:00

It has been VERY & I stress the word very cold the past few days here . It has been pouring big time on an almost daily basis & while I do welcome the change in weather , I don't like it when comes to night time especially in the wee hours of the night where things can get really chilly , so much so that I had to use my blanket & wrap myself up like a rice dumpling .

But I suppose it beats sleeping in a very humid place/surrounding but still I can't help but get too close or should I say too cold for comfort . Guess human beings are never happy with the things that they're most content with in the 1st place .

I received my new Uni timetable yesterday & I can't believe I'm saying this but I'm actually looking forward to start school again next week . I have been spending way too much time on the net & in a way I needed a new distraction of sorts .

I look at my new timetable & from the look of things , my schedule seems to be a-ok although frankly I'm not looking forward to studying Management . I'm not really a books person as I hate reading in the 1st place . I don't mind subjects that involve calculations like Accounts but for a subject like Management where I HAVE to read a textbook ? no go for me & somemore I'm not a bookworm too but oh well .

I suppose when next week rolls out , it will be a brand new school term for me to experience & also probably the odd change or so going on in me ?

2008-08-20T16:33:00.004+08:00

I can't help it , I MUST post the Eng translated lyrics links of ARASHI's truth / Kaze no Mukou single as today's the day that the single's officially released .

All the Eng translated lyrics credited to http://iruy.livejournal.com/

Eng translated lyrics of truth

Eng translated lyrics of Kaze no Mukou e

Eng translated lyrics of Smile

& I so can't wait for Hana Yori Dango Final to roll out now after I saw Teens & Teenage reviewing about the movie separately . I have been waiting for it since late June & it's about time I say for the movie to be released here !

& wow I love the lyrics of truth even more now :D . Kaze no Mukou e is an extremely uplifting no. backed with a strong encouraging message . Nice !

2008-08-18T16:03:00.002+08:00

Since Gen requested me to upload pics that I took when I was at Jurong Bird Park on Sat , here're some that I will post in here as it's downright impossible for me to upload over 70+ worth of pics on here , it will be scary big time .

If you want to see the rest of the pics , just let me know at the usual place . I can send you an email containing the link to my photobucket account .

Anyway here goes :

2008-08-17T19:45:00.005+08:00

This entry's kinda inspired by Yee Ma who I'm having a MSN chat with her at the moment . It's a real simple straight to the point 1 involving the C word - changes .

She asked me what kinda changes I have experienced during the past few months & so I thought why not I list them away ? It beats bottling everything up in the 1st place .

These're some few changes be it negative or positive ones that I experienced in the last 3-4 months .

Negative Changes :

1) I've drifted away from some people whom I'm not going to list their names on here . I'm sure people who have read my blog since day 1 might probably have a clue as to who're the people I'm referring to . It's not just 1 people , it's a few . It's quite sad actually especially since 1 of them I have known for almost 4 years now but now due to changes that occurred on my part & him , I slowly but surely have drifted apart from him since ... April this year .

I'm not bitter about it but like what Maggie said , at least I still have the memories to cherish & hold onto in my heart . Would I consider a recon of sorts if he were to make the 1st move to ask how am I since most of the time I'm always making the 1st move on our somewhat now ex friendship ? I might .

& so to these few people whom I have drifted away , I dedicate ARASHI's truth to you . The Eng lyrics , melody & the video said it all .

2) I don't support any artistes who neglect people/fans for bringing them the success that they're currently deserving . That was what happened when I supported the local music scene .

Somehow down the line , I felt underappericated & I decided to have a clean break of sorts & leave on the quiet . I still support Electrico & Lunarin (still waiting for their new album to be released) but as to other bands , that's a different thing altogether & now I come to understand that it's best not to take things on a too close for comfort level because once that happens , things will get in the way & it's not fun when you get too emotionally attached to someone/something .

3) Since I have set my blog to private mode officially no thanks to what I'm going to say next , I can say this here . Levan Wee of ex Ronin & Astroninja 'fame' sent me an email via MySpace & flamed almost the whole tagboard of my blog after he read a past entry on the fact that I said that I was disgusted with the way he reviewed albums in LIME .

I could go on & say nasty things about him but I wouldn't . I didn't even read what he wrote on the tagboard , I just delete the whole buncha of the messages that he left on the tagboard since I know they're not nice to begin with but might as well .

I still have the email he sent me on MySpace . Who knows maybe in the near future , I will take it & show it to the press if I feel like it ? That's if I want to expose the true colours behind his real personality .

Positive Changes :

1) I guess 1 of the biggest positive changes that happened to me during the past 3-4 months was discovering even more JPop acts than ever before after I decided to listen to what Japan has to offer full time since last Oct .

I'm always on the lookout for good JPop acts & have been expanding my JPop artistes list from day to day & lately I've been listening to JPop newcomer alan & she's not bad at all & her music's unique too . I'm officially in love with Sora Uta now .

2) I used to have a bad impression of bands who're under Johnny's Entertainment but something inside me convinced me to give their music a shot & I officially jumped onto the JE bandwagon in late May & now , they have earned my respect super big time & they proved to me that they're not just mere pretty boys .

You have to sing , dance , act , host among other things to be a JE boyband member & it's quite a feat to do that & unlike most fangirls , I do not know how the bands looked like prior to listening to their music & of course subsequently down the line , I got Jun-baited haha

& the bands that I support now be it Koukai or Sempai groups in JE , they have some great harmonies/melodies going on in their songs & the very 1st JE album that I listened to happen to come from sextet KAT-TUN ala their 3rd album KAT-TUN III QUEEN OF PIRATES in which in my music blog , I officially crowned the album as my fave album of the year .

3) it's funny on how the fave artistes that you support will in time to come inspire you in some ways or another to change on an aspect of yourself . In the past , I never consider to get additional piercings on my ears nor to get contacts as I didn't see the need to but after supporting ayumi hamasaki for a while , I decided to get 2nd ear hole piercings after I found out she has 2-3 holes on both ears & talk about suffering for your art .

I was nervous prior to getting 2nd ear hole piercings last year as it had been a long time since I got my ears done but luckily I survived in 1 piece although I hated the after effects of it .

Whereas for contacts issue , guess I have MatsuJun to thank for inspiring me to think about it ? & no it's not because he's hot or anything else (ok yes he's I can't deny it) , it's other issues . Fangirls will know what I'm talking about so I leave it as it's .

4) Ben & Jerry's <3 . If not for their outrageous prices , I don't mind to eat it on a daily basis but of course it comes with a price : getting brain freeze .

5) When all else fails , just listen to music will instantly lift up my mood be it on whether am I having a crabby or a great day .

6) HEYx3 & Utaban are 2 of my fave comedy shows to watch now . Downtown is a great comedic duo & SMAP leader's Nakai & comedian Takai are 2 class hosts for Utaban .

Nakai should probably stop bullying ARASHI's leader Ohno especially in the last Utaban appearance the guys appeared in but it's never the same without both leaders clashing against each other for good fun & I think Ohno's an expert in making Nakai pissed LOL

Ohno , next time bring along a toy watergun & a big watermelon to defend yourself from Nakai HAHA

2008-08-16T20:51:00.003+08:00

So I went to the Jurong Bird Park with Hui Lin & my mum this morning & my god let me just say that 4-5 hours trotting within the whole bird park probably will allow me not to set off in the gym within the next few weeks to come .

But jokes aside it was quite an educational experience & I became a tourist just for today , taking lots of pics within the bird park , enjoying the shows being put by the staff of the attraction , learning the many species of birds found in the world possible among others .

The only thing I remembered was that the last time I went to the bird park was when I was a kid which's like I don't know about 10 - 11 years ago ? But it was quite fun visiting the bird park although now my legs are dying on me big time & yes in short I'm exhausted .

But funny enough , 1 of the main draws for today was the food & let me just say that Bongo Burgers's officially 1 of my fave burger chains now . I love the beef burger that I had just now for lunch , it's 1 of the best ones that I had in a really long time & frankly to me , McDonalds , Burger King , Carl Jr can't really hold a handle to Bongo Burgers .

I still like Carl Jr's but whenever I have the chance to have some Carl Jr fare , I always go for their chicken burgers . I'm not sure why but somehow I don't really like the beef burgers being served at Carl Jr .

Too bad there's no plans for Bongo Burgers to open more outlets within S'pore but hopefully the tide will turn soon .

& I rekindled my love for Ben & Jerry's after that too . The Strawberry Cheesecake flavor's <3 among others like Chunky Monkey , Cookie Dough , Choco Brownie & etc .

Maybe I should scheduled every weekend to have some Ben & Jerry's if that's the case .

2008-08-14T14:14:00.002+08:00

The weekend's around the corner & more or less my mum has already laid down some plans on what to do during the weekend in which 1 of them's to visit Jurong Bird Park !

Yeah I know what ? Even I was stumped when my mum made that suggestion but if you ask me , it has been waaay too long since I last visited the bird park . I don't know if plans are firmed up yet cos my mum also mentioned that she might want to visit the Zoo or the Night Safari this weekend .

& Hui Li was making a joke in that Hui Lin will be able to get in for free if we were to head to the bird park this coming Sat haha , a nod to Hui Lin's zoadic sign haha

I only have been to the night safari once when I was a kid . I'm definitely sure a lot of things have changed since the last time I been there .

Well I have to see what my mum says because honestly at this point in time , nothing has been confirmed just as yet . It's a toss between the bird park , zoo & night safari right now , so which one my mum will choose & to bring me & the rest this coming weekend ? only time will tell .

2008-08-08T11:24:00.002+08:00

YAY the full length of the truth PV was released midnight - 1am today in Japan & already when I logged onto the net this morning , all the links are up & running to download it & it was agonising waiting for the full thing to be out . Well 1/2 of it since ARASHI's putting out a double A side single with both songs receiving their own PVs .

Hui Li & I watched it just now & it's <3 . It really does fit the whole Maou theme extremely well especially with the reference of the lily flowers in the video . I think if you didn't watch Maou , you wouldn't know why it's doing in there but yeah great stuff going on & it's probably the guys's most darkest , serious , emo video to date & oh also song wise too .

Nice to see Ohno & Aiba getting more screentime than the rest although all of them looked equally great in the video & also for once Ohno gets his own spotlight since in recent years to me he has been overshadowed of sorts by the likes of the rest so finally , Captain , you're there !

& speaking of Maou , earlier on I watched the 5th episode fitted with Eng subs . Ooh thrilling stuff , I wonder what's going to happen tonight when the 6th episode rolls out in Japan .

I thought the full PV of Kaze no Mukou e will be out today since it's the start of the Beijing Olympics & etc as Kaze no Mukou e is used as the NTV Beijing Olympics Theme Song but that will be tomorrow WOO HOO

& yesterday I was still grumbling on why the PVs are not out yet haha

I do hope someone can subbed the latest Utaban episode that the guys appeared in last night . From the look of things , it's hilarious stuff especially where SMAP leader's Nakai got taken down by a watermelon (of all things) when he was holding a toy watergun LMAO

Wouldn't be surprised if Nakai & Ohno clashed headon ... AGAIN . Then again according to Kaori , they have been at it for years . I wasn't sure because I'm not that familiar with Utaban that's why I got a shock when that happened the last time the guys appeared on it .

The guys did truth after the talking segment of Utaban & MatsuJun's <3 <3 & YAY he cut his hair thankfully but Aiba ... , 1st time seeing him looked so tense & in a permdo . That surprised me cos I was so used to seeing him being all Aibaka like haha

& oh before I forget , happy 15th birthday Jia Rong :)

2008-08-06T20:03:00.003+08:00

I went to watch the 1st 4 episodes of the Japanese dodrama Maou that're fitted with Eng subs the whole of this afternoon .

Maou is a remake of the popular suspense drama The Devil that was aired in Korea last year & also the leader of ARASHI Ohno plays the lead role in Maou in which he played Naruse Ryo who's a two-faced lawyer , one of which is a kind hearted soul & the other who is plotting revenge , using his brilliant mind , on the person who killed his relative .

Talked about being a doppelganger within yourself & luckily I watched it in the afternoon simply because I know for sure I wouldn't be able to sleep soundly later on at night as Maou emphasised quite a lot on the paranormal as it deals with tarot cards & the prophecies behind each & every card that was given to its victims & it was quite an educational ride learning about it & it proved to me that I should not dabbed anything with the supernatural .

It's fun to read about it yes but to dab in it , it's as good as playing with fire .

Ohno scared the hell outta me as I didn't expect he would portrayed such a brillant 2 faced defence laywer that well cos I was so used to seeing him being all of a mummy's boy as even though he's going to turn 28 this coming Oct , his mum still buys his clothes & shoes so it was a shock when I 1st watched Maou .

I think it's the same issue when I 1st watched MatsuJun playing a total basket case as Domyoji Tsukasa in Hana Yori Dango 1 & 2 too but in anycase , both MatsuJun & Ohno have my respect now .

Who would have thought it took me a mere 2-3 months to go from a total Johnny Entertainment greenhorn to an almost know it all now especially since now I support most of the current IT JE bands & also a few of their sempai's too which's so cool .

I think the catalyst which led me to get serious about JE was that I was getting to a point where I was in need of some 'fresh male blood' as in the beginning when I kick started my JPop journey 2 years ago , I 1st started to listen to female solo acts .

& then late Oct when I decided to went full time & dived in straight into my journey , the 1st male band I came across was abingdon boys school & then Ken Hirai .

JE didn't knocked on my door til a few months later on this year , around late May or so ? & ever since then , I've immersed myself in the JE bands's music but unlike most fangirls who got Jun-baited & etc , the 1st thing that drew me into JE was the music . I didn't even know how the members looked like prior to that .

I couldn't even care less as to what shows they host , what dramas/movies they act in & etc since you have to be a Jack Of All Trades to survive in JE . You even must do a back flip for god's sake among other things .

In fact dodramas wise , I only watched Hana Yori Dango 1 & 2 and most recently Maou & shows wise , some episodes of Shounen Club & VS ARASHI . I can't be bothered to watch the other 10 or so shows that ARASHI host , that's nuts .

Anyway I didn't had a good impression of JE prior to what has happened during the past 2-3 months for reason/s unexplainable but now the bands that I support in JE gets my respect big time .

Hopefully episode 5 of Maou will be fitted with Eng subs real soon as the plot begins to thicken as time goes by & it's exactly 2 weeks's time before ARASHI's 23rd single's truth / Kaze no Mukou e be released in Japan & of course truth's used as the theme song for Maou & in a way I'm real glad that Ohno is finally given his own spotlight to shine .

& oh the cameo that Nino appeared in the 1st episode of Maou , so un-necessary much ?

In a way I can relate to the plot sypnosis of Maou especially Ohno's character as by right I'm quite the bitter & 2 faced person in real life .

As much as I like dear 'ol MatsuJun , I don't think it's fair for him to hoggle the limelight all the time & after I saw the Eng translated lyrics of truth when I was watching Maou now , it make me appericate the song even more than before especially the lyrics which's very fitting for the show .

Anyway , I'm waiting for the PVs for both songs to be out soon (hurry up man J Storm) . The PV preview for truth's amazing & it's very Maou-ish . I was quite disappointed with the PV preview for Kaze no Mukou e when I saw it this morning as it's a studio PV when I 1st caught it but I find it not that bad now especially when Nino was strumming the acoustic guitar away which surprised me . Then again he's always full of surprises .

I think MatsuJun has been taking fashion tips from Nino ala from what Nino wore in the Step and Go PV . Sakurai ... damn the Keio boy was hot in the preview . Oh what am I doing ? Sakurai 'belongs' to Hui Li , I should not steal him away from her mwahaha .

truth lyrics :

One trembling shaking light
Disappears without healing the pain
I take your life forever
You take my life forever
One sweeping falling tear
Disappears without its emotions reaching the other
I take your life forever
You take my life
Can't stop
The trace of fallen tears
Concealed within time , the colour of almost fallen tears
Love is surely like the falling rain
Can't go back
The trace of fallen tears
Memories return , the colour of almost fallen tears
Everything that was taken by this world
Sorrow
No matter what kind of ending is shown
The heart reminds wrapped in mystery
Like the darkness that is
The truth closing in
No matter what kind of world is shown
I can't see tomorrow
Just like the lilly , oblivious of impurity
My wishes are clear

Told you it's deep stuff & more or less I dedicate truth to a friend whom I unfortunately drifted away from him . It's sad that things has happened but if he were to see the lyrics of truth & not to mention the PV of it eventually , the message's there , I probably wouldn't take him back again in my life & that's another story that I would go in depth if I want to on another day .

2008-08-05T21:01:00.002+08:00

I never done so much reading since the last time every new Hot magazine was released in stores on a fortnightly basis .

Earlier on in the afternoon , I went to purchase the latest issue of Girlfriend . I was about to leave for home & I decided to step inside Popular for the fun of it & I realised that the latest book ala Vol 18 of True S'pore Ghost Stories is on the shelves which made my heart stopped for a while cos I have been waiting for this like FOREVER to be published .

I finished the whole book earlier on & I must say the stories this time round are even more sinister & darker than the previous batch of 17 books especially part 2 of a story in which art intimates life .

Who would have thought whatever took place in reel life in the anime Jigoku Shojo would happened in real life ? The 1st part of the story initially surfaced in Vol 17 & I have been waiting for so long for part 2 to arrive in Vol 18 which I'm quite happy at the outcome cos part 1 of the story , things were hanging at mid air .

I'm so relieved that things turned out the way it supposed to be for the person who sent in that story of hers & I'm surprised that there will be a part 3 to the story wow .

Also the new volume has a more international feel to it as there're more stories featured in the new book which were sent & included from many people outside of S'pore .

Aside from that , I also learnt many new things which opened my eyes even wider to the paranormal world . Like what you should & shouldn't do during Qing Ming festival , some suspicions regarding Korean culture beliefs & non beliefs among other cool stuff .

Who says that reading up in the paranormal world doesn't benefit , it does for me .

2008-08-03T14:36:00.002+08:00

Wow I should give myself a gold star or 2 for accomplishing something this week . Something that I haven't done in a very long time aka hitting the gym with a fury everyday in that I surprised myself & I pushed myself harder than usual since I was becoming somewhat of a couch potato especially during the weekends .

But nowadays , I set aside about 1/2 - 40 mins in giving myself some me-time .

So yesterday the MTV Asia Awards returned back after it went MIA last year & this time it's held at Genting , Malaysia .

MTV Asia played the delayed broadcast of it at 11pm . I only managed to watch some parts of it since my mum was hogging the TV due to her football matches & 1 word = disappointment .

The crowd's reaction/response was lacklustre & also you don't exactly get the best top notch sound system when you're in the City Of Entertainment . I say so because the sound system was quite sub par when the performing acts did their thing onstage although I must say that Panic At The Disco were awesome when they belted out I Write Sins Not Tragedies & Nine In The Afternoon .

The Click Five performed Jenny (AGAIN for the gawd damn million time , will it kill you NOT to do it no matter how much I love the song . Wouldn't hurt to do Happy Birthday or Flipside right ?) , frontman Kyle looked different , way different than usual . I'm not sure what though , must be the all white suit that he was wearing . If not it's the harsh lighting .

& yes Stefanie Sun won the Fave Artist of S'pore AGAIN . Damn at this rate , Electrico can forget about winning the award :( & Stefanie still dared to say onstage that it's the 5th time that she won the same award grr . Oh rub it in don't you ? T_T

Her win surprised me because I thought JJ Lin would get it as I recalled there were a lot of votes being cast for him online . Guess not .

There will be a couple more encore broadcasts of this year's MAAs in days to come . I think I will watch it on Tue but despite how crap the show turned out to be from what I have seen last night , the hosts 30 Seconds To Mars's frontman Jared Leto & Karen Mok did a great job hosting the event , kudos to that .

2008-08-01T22:13:00.002+08:00

Something happened at the beginning of early this week in which I almost lost a friend due to some misunderstanding/s of sorts that we had but thanks to the kind intervention of Triple D , me & my fellow AHS buddy Kaori managed to patch things up .

The both of us were having some misunderstandings in AHS for quite sometime no thanks to my part for all the 'trouble' & 'misdoings' that I caused on there although probably Triple D will beg to differ but still without his help , I might not be able to patch things up with Kaori & honestly I would hate to see a friendship bite the dust just like that because I have her to thank for getting my foot started on the music of the Johnny Entertainment bands but yes I'm SO relieved that things are back to normal as they once were .

Kaori PM'd me on AHS & said that I didn't need to accept her apology & etc as she was being mean & all but I forgive her since I'm willing to give people 2nd chances if I see that they really mean it . I suppose each of us are hot tempered in our own extent but life's too short to be angry over such a matter & as such , I just let the matter rest & decided to start things anew with her .

The old me will not do such a thing but I guess as time goes by , the mentality & mindset of a person will change gradually . I mean the same issue that I looked & perceived at 5 years ago , will be totally different now . I think it's something to do with the transition from a teen to an adult .

& it's all part of learning from experiences from the past & ensuring that I wouldn't commit the same mistake again in the present .

2008-07-28T14:56:00.003+08:00

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 .

2008-07-27T21:04:00.002+08:00

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 .

2008-07-21T20:51:00.002+08:00

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 .

2008-07-17T16:38:00.003+08:00

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 !

2008-07-12T18:44:00.002+08:00

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 .

2008-07-07T21:20:00.003+08:00

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 .

2008-06-27T13:19:00.002+08:00

My 1st purchase from YesAsia came today & now I usually don't buy anything from YesAsia after hearing lots of complaints on the site but looks like my opinion on it has changed considerably .

The reason why I bought my 1st item from YesAsia is not because I want to but I had to . I bought the OS press of NEWS's Never Ending Wonderful Story DVD for Hui Li because she asked me to since HMV HK unfortunately doesn't sell OS presses of the DVD + there's no way I would be paying $134.90 for a Japan pressing of the DVD which's being sold here :O

YesAsia emailed me on Sun to say that they have shipped out my purchase & the DVD came a few mins ago . I was quite surprised because I thought it will take forever for the DVD to come but guess not & I thought the OS press of ARASHI's Dream"A"live 2 CDs set came :(

Maybe in future , those items that I can't find in HMV HK or ebay , I will consider to get from YesAsia ? since there's free shipping involved depending on what you bought that's .

2008-06-24T20:00:00.003+08:00

I want to blog about something which frankly made me really furious yesterday in the form of the latest LIME magazine which I received in which Levan Wee gave a pretty nasty & not to mention stupid album review of Jesse McCartney's Departure album & naturally being a longtime fan of Jesse since I have listened from his 1st album til now , I can't help but feel insulted on what Levan wrote about Jesse's latest offering .

To summarise without going over the fences , you can't expect Jesse to keep releasing the bubblegum /pop rock stuff that put him in the music business to begin with isn't it ? To me Departure presented a musically different & change of music styles coming from Jesse .

Even though Departure's not my fave album from Jesse in which my fave from him's his 2nd album Right Where You Want Me , Levan should cut Jesse some slack since I know obviously Jesse's music is not for him . It makes me wonder what exactly does he listens to on a daily basis .

Also I can't help but read that he ranked 2 local albums quite highly on the album review list . See this's why I will & cannot be a music critic in the near future . This spells out 1 thing = BIASED . & of course in the eyes of every music critic , that's always the case .

& naturally when he ranked those 2 particular local albums quite high on his list , my reaction's only like that -> ????? on the fact that 1) I have no idea how the bands sounds like 2) who's they to begin with ?

Anyway I can't be bothered about it . The only reason why I decided to extend my LIME subscription is because 2 issues back , they rated FAKIN' POP extremely high on their list but since then , every album review that LIME has put out screams out shit-heads bozo .

Which leads me to consider other alternative magazines/methods to satisfy my entertainment craving . Can someone say Hot magazine ?

2008-06-19T16:43:00.004+08:00

Talk about a small world . I met Des just now when I was at HMV Heeren . I was shocked when someone called out my name while I was browsing through the stack of jpop albums at level 3 at HMV & turned out it was him .

I know that his workplace's quite nearby Heeren but still I didn't expect to have bumped into him during lunchtime & he still looked the same even though he has changed his hairdo to a more normal & dye free style .

We talked for a while & I asked him details on the new album & yes it has been mastered already . Now what's left is the album sleeves of We Satellites & after that it's good to go !

I think I'm not in a position to reveal more details with regards to We Satellites but let's just say that Des has told me how the tracklisting for the new album is going to be like + what will be the 1st official single to be released from the album .

More official details will be revealed in time to come while for me , I just will keep my lips sealed on this just in case things happen for a reason but during the brief chat with Des , I can't help but to say that I'm really psyched over the release of the upcoming new album especially since this is going to be the 1st album that they will be releasing since Dan's surprise/sudden departure from the band .

OK enough of this , I want to rant on something/s when I was at HMV just now . In a way , screw you Warner & Sony BMG .

Warner - I saw fresh copies/stocks of Anna Tsuchiya's strip me ? album & it's the CD + DVD edition of her album . I was shocked because I know her debut album was released in Japan 2 years ago but I was surprised when I saw that on HMV + it's manfactured in S'pore too ! The cost of it ? $23.95 !

Not sure why Warner decided to put out SG presses of strip me ? only 2 years after Anna released her album in Japan but it's great to see that she's gaining popularity in S'pore . I hope Warner can release her mini album Taste My Beat EP in here though .

Sony BMG - Ken Hirai's Flims Vol9 DVD is now officially sold in here . I think Sony BMG imported it over from Hong Kong . The cost of the DVD's $26.95 .

Bah if I know , I wouldn't have ordered these 2 via HMV HK which can save me the cost of the shipping charges but what the heck , it's already too late to regret since my Flims Vol9 DVD came last week & my strip me ? album has been shipped out 2 days ago .

I also saw the Japan press of KAT-TUN's QUEEN OF PIRATES but it's the regular edition ie. only 11 songs on the album . The price of it ? $44.95 ! I don't mind to pay for it provided if it's the limited edition which comes with the DVD but there's no way I'm willing to pay that amount for a somewhat measly tracklisting of an album .

Too bad there're no distributors to import KAT-TUN or the rest of the bands under Johnny Entertainment , OS presses wise cos I have not seen any OS presses of JE's albums at all , not even for singles too :( .

I was quite tempted to buy ARASHI's Dream"A"live but after I saw the price tag which was $54.95 & it's the regular edition , I thought better order the OS press of it via HMV HK which they're selling both the regular & limited edition at a much cheaper price even when you add shipping into the mix .

The limited edition has 2 discs in which the 2nd disc contains 5 solo songs which're sang separately by each of the members (even though Matsujun's solo song Naked is .... ) + the album cover looks a bit more prettier too . The regular edition looks a bit retarded to me .

Speaking of KAT-TUN , can't wait for tomorrow where the OS presses of QOP are officially released via HMV HK :D since I have preordered the limited CD + DVD edition of QOP via there the moment I found out that OS presses of QOP are announced that I can preorder it yay

Thank god for HMV HK :D . Who says that I need to go to HMV Japan to buy my CDs/DVDs ? HMV HK will do for me !

2008-06-17T14:09:00.002+08:00

Birthday wishes to Hui Li who at long last finally turned the legal age of 18 today & also to 1/5 of ARASHI's Nino who turned 25 today .

At long last , Hui Li is officially legal to do the following in S'pore :

- drink , clubbing , pubbing
- learn how to drive
- watch M18 movies
- gamble outside of S'pore
- apply for debit card
- buy cigarettes haha

but not yet legal to :

- watch R21 movies
- go to IR when it's up & running next year in S'pore
- gamble in Genting
- apply for a credit card

Anyway to celebrate her birthday , the 3 of us went to have lunch at Botak Jones which has opened an outlet in Bukit Batok . I must say that I have heard a lot of hype surrounding Botak Jones but I never got the chance to try out their food til just now .

They're supposed to be famous for their Fish & Chips . While Hui Lin & I ordered that , Hui Li settled for Caijun chicken as she's going to eat fish & chips this coming Fri .

Now , I've never been a fan of fish & chips since young for some weird reasons altogether although just now , the one that I had at Botak Jones was really good . Although it can't beat the homemade/homecooked one that I had last Nov in Aust at the winery , Botak Jones's quite worth it .

Luckily all of us ordered regular portions cos the servings were quite generous & I was full after I was done with my meal . Imagine Hui Lin wanted to order a large portion :O

The fish that was used's dory fish & it's not the puny frozen ones that other places would sell (Mad Jack anyone *cough cough*) & the fries are real crispy too . Also the tartar sauce is pretty divine .

Could see that Botak Jones is worth the hype surrounding the place & not to mention they only cook when an order's placed & it's not like a fast food outlet where they serve their food to you on the spot .

I also like that the side dishes were served separately on its own because when my order came , the side dish was colesaw which's eew to me cos I never like that stuff since young . So I just bring it back to the counter & request whether can they change to another side dish & they gladly did it at no additional charge which's cool .

Thank goodness there's an outlet quite near my house as I don't mind to go back to try out their food again . When we were there , I saw a lot of guys ordering burgers from the stall & it's quite intimidating on 1st sight .

Maybe I should try the burgers next time when I stop by Botak Jones . If not , maybe the Cajun chicken will do for me .

2008-06-16T20:19:00.003+08:00

In the past I had the assumption that music that's being played in bars & the likes is stuffy & boring . I don't know why I assumed that's the case when I was a kid but now I'm glad to say that it's not the case .

Thanks to the fact that I have watched Ken Hirai's Ken's Bar theme concerts where he performs in a bar like setting , he squashed all the assumptions that I used to have on music that you can hear being played in bars where in actual fact it's a pretty cool concept going on in there , be it setting or the type of music you will hear being played in a bar .

In fact just now thanks to Kim , I managed to discover another hidden gem that was waiting to be uncovered which was Ken's Bar - 5th Anniversary Special At Yokohama Arena .

I did not had the chance to watch Ken's Bar - 5th Anniversary Special At Yokohama Arena at all as I only have caught last year's 2007 Winter & this year's Ken's Bar 10th Anniversary Special performances & needless to say I was so happy to have downloaded performance clips of Ken's Bar - 5th Anniversary Special At Yokohama Arena & to be able to view them too !

& I must say that outta the Ken's Bar performances I have seen so far , the Ken's Bar - 5th Anniversary Special is my favourite outta the whole lot at this point in time because of the songs that Ken did 5 years ago at that time because I could tell that the main bulk of songs he did was to promote his Ken's Bar cover album & as much as I like to hear him doing Hitomi wo Tojite , POP STAR now , at least these songs didn't surface on til much later although Ken did the staples like even if (for once that song started & not ended the show) , Love Love Love , gaining through losing & KISS OF LIFE in Ken's Bar - 5th Anniversary Special .

I guess Ken's Bar - 5th Anniversary Special took place during Winter as the setting of the stage was quite Christmas-ish + he sang The Christmas Song after he did even if .

I love the songs that Ken did which was found on his Ken's Bar album like Louis Armstrong's What A Wonderful World (even though this has been covered to death) , Bette Midler's The Rose , Cliff Edwards's What You Wish Upon A Star , The Jackson 5's ABC , George Michael's Faith . Even Crystal Kay made an appearance & duet with Ken on their take on Carole King's You've Got A Friend .

For me I'm quite nit picked if artistes do cover songs as it's quite a task to cover the classics & to be on par if not superior than the originals but I must say that Ken Hirai's takes on classic songs is an exception .

It's surprising to know that even though Eng's not his 1st language but yet the way that he delivers/sings classic Eng songs it's really impressive & to me , his Eng dictation's pretty good & last year at his Ken's Bar '07 Winter , he performed The Eagles's Desperado which was awesome .

Incidentally , his take on Desperado's the B side song on the Hitomi wo Tojite single but still I was happy to hear him performing Desperado live last year .

I only wish that he would have performed Norah Jones's Don't Know Why during Ken's Bar - 5th Anniversary Special . I would love to see him perform Don't Know Why live , I bet it would have been awesome since his rendition of Norah's song was included in his Ken's Bar album .

I also like the outfits that he wore especially the 2nd one with the newsboy cap & trenchcoat . In fact when he entered the stage , he looked a bit nerdy & within secs , he was striking poses in front of the audience which was quite funny but cute .

Heck , I think he's 1 of the rare few who can probably wear a gunny sack but still can carry it off well as from the many pics that I have seen of Ken , he does know how to dress well , be it smart casual , formal , casual & etc .

In fact at the recent Ken's Bar 10th Anniversary Special performance which took place in May 29th which was 2 months ago , he commented that he would love to do another 10 more years of Ken's Bar concerts which's YAY-ness . I do hope that he can continue his Ken's Bar concerts as thanks to him , I came to appericate such good music coming from him , be it bar or non bar inspired .

2008-06-13T00:11:00.002+08:00

I decided that from today onwards , I'm not going to update this blog of mine as frequent as what I did in the past .

The reason is because I figure since no 1 is interested in what's going on in my life now , I thought I put in even more effort to update my music blog in which I have been doing so on a more frequent/daily/regular basis .

Not to mention it gives me a lot more satisfaction & joy after I penned every entry in my music blog since I have definitely more things to say about music as compared to other issues .

+ at this stage I'm beginning to concentrate & study even more on the scope of how the Japanese music market works because as much as I hate to say this but I personally feel that now the English music scene's quite stagnant & very boring .

In fact I would say a good 85% of songs/albums that're found inside my mp3 consists of Japanese music so you can imagine where I stand now , music wise .

If depending on the situation , this main blog of mine will get more updates on a frequent basis but it reminds to be seen since now I'm concentrating more on my music blog now .

To end a happy note , OS press of KAT-TUN's KAT-TUN III QUEEN OF PIRATES is gonna be out next Fri on HMV HK ! YAY :D

I just hope Lovell will be heading to HK next week . If he's , he will definitely save quite a few $ for me when comes to the shipping cost of the album .

2008-06-06T21:57:00.003+08:00

The whole family went out to Central's Grains restaurant to celebrate my mum's birthday yesterday :)

This year I had a bit of a problem to decide on what to get for my mum then I thought why not I ordered a bouquet of roses for her online & get them to be delivered straight to her office in which I did that !

She was caught off guard yesterday morning when the flowers arrived at her office & I must say that the flowers on close inspection are so so pretty ! You can't go wrong with roses , at all .

Last night's dinner at Grains was quite nice . I didn't know what to expect & I went with an open mind cos I never dined at Grains before . My mum went there 2 times already & she commented that the food's good & I must agree with her !

The tofu dish that she ordered was very nice & smooth while for desert , the mango pudding was to die for .

I definitely don't mind to go back to eat at Grains again .

2008-06-02T10:34:00.003+08:00

To say that The Click Five's 1st major concert Modern Minds And Great Times was great is an understatement to begin with !

They played to a sold out crowd of 4,000 people at the indoor stadium last night & I went for it together with Hui Li & her friend Eveline .

This's my 2nd time that I saw The Click Five performed , the lst time was last Oct when they played a showcase at MOS but only this time , it's bigger , better & even more awesome than before .

Before the concert commenced , there was a Click Five store located both in & outside of the stadium where they were selling tour merch where they have your standard fare of T-shirts , posters , autographed copies of the tour edition of Modern Minds & Pastimes , lanyards , stickers , glowsticks .

I only buy 1 item off the rack which was the tour brochure/pamphlet & it's worth buying it as compared to the rest of the items that were on sale . I saw people that buy things like it's for free which's crazy .

To cut a long story short , the concert started at 8.20pm & it ended at about 2 hours later . Songlist was extremely generous with regards to the encore & supposedly 2 NEW SONGS that were played last night YAY

Outta the 3 new songs that were played , my fave I have to say has gotta be There You Are which's like Empty part 2 . The way that Kyle Patrick delivered the song , it sent goosebumps down my spine .

& YES YES they did Long Way To Go :) :) :) which's my fave song off the 2nd album & the lyrics are angsty/angry which's a perfect dig at someone that I'm having a love/hate feeling at this point in time .

The only song that didn't sat well with me was So It Goes . In fact I never like the song even up to now .

Songlist Set :

1) Flipside
2) Happy Birthday
3) Addicted To Me
4) Good Day
5) All I Need Is You
6) Empty
7) Summertime
8) *Don't Let Me Go (acoustic)
9) I'm Getting Over You (acoustic) -- Ben (harmonica) , Joe & Ethan (acoustic guitars) , Joey (drums)
10) The Beatles's I'm Looking For You
11) *There You Are
12) Just The Girl
13) Long Way To Go
14) Elvis Costello's Pump It Up , solo parts from each member
15) When I'm Gone

Encore :

16) Catch Your Wave
17) So It Goes
18) Jenny
19) Headlight Disco

The whole crowd went nuts when Jenny was played & it's only natural seeing that it's Click Five's biggest hit to date .

It was damn cool when Ben Romans wiped out his white keytar & just strut his stuff all over the place but to me , he NEEDS a haircut , BADLY .

All I can say's that just when I thought Click Five couldn't get anymore better , they proved me wrong last night .

The sound was great & the showmanship that the band undertook has spoken for the fact that they're no doubt 1 of my fave bands that I have came across in recent times .

I wonder now , who's next that will come down to S'pore to perform ? JE boybands ARASHI , KAT-TUN , NEWS ? or how about the ever soulful Ken Hirai or the abs boys ?

Only time will tell .

2008-05-31T22:32:00.001+08:00

Since today's the last day of May before the new month rolls out , time to end things off with a bang with 1 hell of a pic :

YUM what can I say ? :D

2008-05-30T19:30:00.002+08:00

To kill sometime earlier on in the afternoon , I finally managed & decided to watch Koda Kumi's 4th DVD KODA KUMI LIVE TOUR 2007 ~Black Cherry~ SPECIAL FINAL in TOKYO DOME which alongside with her 1st 3 concert DVDs , I purchased all of them from HMV HK seeing that it's MUCH cheaper to purchase online . I paid about $35+ or so for KODA KUMI LIVE TOUR 2007 ~Black Cherry~ SPECIAL FINAL in TOKYO DOME DVD & that includes shipping too .

HMV Heeren is selling it for a ridiculous priced amount of $54.95 :O

The KODA KUMI LIVE TOUR 2007 ~Black Cherry~ SPECIAL FINAL in TOKYO DOME concert footage lasted almost 3 hours & I must say that I enjoyed Koda's latest DVD a hell lot & this's probably my fave concert DVD coming from her so far .

The 3 interlude movies are very nice & it's a refreshing concept . I wish there were more interlude movies though as 3's not enough for me . Basically I like the whole concept of a pirate theme going on in the KODA KUMI LIVE TOUR 2007 ~Black Cherry~ SPECIAL FINAL in TOKYO DOME DVD .

Some of the songs were arranged differently like a jazz version of CUTIE HONEY , a rock version of Real emotion which was really cool .

TOHOSHINKI made an apperance performing LAST ANGEL alongside with Koda . It was a decent performance even though I'm not really a fan of the band's works but Hero's hot . The outfits that they wore were a bit funny & off key though :S .

I'm glad that I purchased KODA KUMI LIVE TOUR 2007 ~Black Cherry~ SPECIAL FINAL in TOKYO DOME as it's honestly a great DVD . I like that Koda offers something different in each of the 4 DVDs that she has released so far in her career .

Here's to more from her !

2008-05-30T09:54:00.003+08:00

I probably have died & come back to life so many times the past few days , I sometimes wonder am I a walking corpse to begin with .

I had hearing/ear problems at the beginning of the week & then the last 2 days , I was down with a viral infection no thanks to the stupid nasal spray that I inhaled . I probably overshot with the dosage which led me to keep on sneezing like a total shithead .

Thank goodness my health seems to be back on track now . The only thing that keeps me going is music . I just download a whole buncha stuff & not to mention saw a few PVs to keep my spirits alive .

I'm listening to Koda Kumi's That Ain't Cool which feats Fergie . They probably shoul renamed it as Fergie feat Koda Kumi instead as it's essentially a Fergie song , period .

Not exactly the type of comeback I was expecting for dear Kuu especially since the covers for MOON are so very beautiful & pretty .

I also saw the PVs for Moon Crying & That Ain't Cool earlier on . Quite a bore/disappointment especially for That Ain't Cool , doesn't really do justice to the song in anybit .

Moon Crying's ok but quite dramatic in a not very good way but the saving grace's that there's a cute guy in the PV :D .

I'm just curious to know how MOON will fare when it hit stores in Japan on 11th June . I just hope it wouldn't tank badly .

& rejoy for the return of Tackey & Tsubasa too :D

Oh before I forget , here's to 10 more years of Ken's Bar where dear Ken Ken celebrated the 10th anniversary of his Ken's Bar concept yesterday .

-1st stage-
Catch Ball
Melody (Original: Koji Tamaki)
LAKuEN
Lately (Original: Stevie Wonder)
Itsuka Hanareru Hi ga Kite mo

-2nd Stage-
POP STAR
KISS OF LIFE
Itoshi no Elly (Original: Southern All Stars)
Hitomi wo Tojite
Love Love Love
gaining through losing

-Encore-
even if

ooh I would LOVE to see the Ken's Bar 10th Annivesary Special to be uploaded on youtube or something , the setlist looks great & so's the pics :D

2008-05-28T16:44:00.002+08:00

I went to see the ENT specialist this morning at the hospital to get my ears checked . It was quite frightening when I walked into the room because I don't know what to expect seeing that it's the 1st time I'm faced to face with an ENT specialist .

After I told the doctor on what's going on with my ears , he proceeded onto do up a few procedures to check on me including an audio test to test my hearing on whether did I experience any hearing loss or not .

I thought I was going to scream for dear life when he checked the internal parts of my ears but luckily it wasn't as bad as I thought it will be & I swear after I tolerated this ear/hearing loss problem of mine for the last few weeks or so , I'm not going to complain when my next period comes because I can say that the pain that I felt for the last 2-3 weeks , was even 10x times worst than that .

But I'm relieved that there's nothing serious about my ears as I was afraid that it might led to something that requires surgery . Aside from a ringing sound on my right ear , I'm officially alright now , phew .

2008-05-26T18:47:00.002+08:00

Now that I have brought back the tagboard I have a dliemna to ponder upon so opinions will be appericated if you leave them in my tagboard .

I started to lose bits & pieces of my hearing from both ears since I was 13/14. I guess it runs in the family because my dad & so's his 2 older brothers & my paternal grandpa are all deaf in 1 ear .

While my paternal grandpa restore to wear a hearing aid & my dad's oldest brother went for surgery to retify the problem , my dad's stuborrn & refused to go for an operation nor wear a hearing aid as he has pride .

Anyway in the beginning I decided that it was fated that I suffered & lived with this problem .

However recently , I realised this problem of mine is starting to take a toll on me & my overall well being . I mean , if you cover both your ears , you will not hear some buzzing sound when that happened isn't it ? That happened for my case which I know something's not right . Not to mention I can hear a buzzing sound regardless whether I cover both my ears or not .

Also nowadays , I find out that the buzzing sound has been coming back to me on a frequent basis which in turn is affecting my hearing .

Even as I'm typing this out now , I still can hear the buzzing sound coming & it has been getting even louder than before .

& so on Sat , my dad brought me to see 2 doctors back to back about this condition of mine & I'm going to see the Ear Nose Throat specialist this coming Wed to get diagnosed on where the problem's at exactly .

While I have to wait til Wed to get my condition to get checked , I'm considering to withdraw from 1 subject this trimester & then push it forward all the way to next year when the new trimester rolls out due to my hearing problem .

Which means to say when the new trimester for next April rolls out , I will be doing 3 subjects & also I have considered on what my mum & Hui Li has said about the fact that I'm doing part load & taking my own sweet time to do my degree & graduate .

Because by right , I'm supposed to graduate next Aug if I were to undetake full load (4 subjects per trimester) since last year but being the lazy idiot I'm , I decided that no to do 2 subjects per trimester (part load) is better .

But now the more I think of what my mum & Hui Li has said , the more I'm considering to go for it . Because I have no idea when I will graduate if I keep up at this pace that I'm , ie. keep on doing part load per trimester where I myself have no clue when I will finish my degree .

Also my mum commented that it's better that I choing & get it over & done with fast , as evident to my dad when he went to Canada & got his degree at a much faster pace than his peers as judging from this snail pace that I'm at now , I have really no clue on when will the day that I will finally see the light & graduate .

Even Rachel said that I should have no problem to juggle full load should this idea of mine materialise . It's only a matter of whether I want to go for it or not .

Because at least if I were to do full load in my final year , I have a rough idea on what the day will come .

Ah opinions opinions opinions .

2008-05-22T23:50:00.002+08:00

I saw a thread posted on Gareth Gates's forums & it was a message that Sandy has posted on behalf of Nicola's parents . Nic's parents thanked everyone in the forum for everything & that Say It Isn't So was played at Nic's funeral .

I'm glad that Nic's unexpected passing finally has some closure of sorts & that it's finally for everyone & myself to move on & move forward in time , away from this painful moment which still lingers on .

I thought about Nic yesterday & also the pent up anger/sadness/upset over my supposed helplessness over my current schoolwork in which last night I shed tears over these 2 matters .

That's me , I will always cry after a bad situation has hit & sunk in me a few weeks after the incident took place but I must add it was a good cry on my part .

I know Nic will hate to see me in this current state where everyone including me grieved over her death . I was in fact relieved to see Sandy's post just now because that was essentially the catalyst for me to wake up & move on in my life now .

Not to mention earlier on this afternoon , I screwed up on my 1st Business Finance spot on quiz so I suppose both of this matter were knocks that I needed to say that 'yes the time has come to move on . Nic's in a happy place now with no more suffering at hand so you shouldn't moan & be upset over this anymore longer ' .

Yes I admit , I'm lagging behind in school but thanks to the support of Des , Mags & Jen , I decided to pick & dust myself up & continue to fight on despite the unexpected passing on Nic .

I can throw in the towel now but after reflecting & looking back on what I have accomplished the past 2 years , I figured it's not worth it . Somemore my parents will be pissed again .

Looks like I will take the weekend to do some serious catch up in a marathon style & Nic , this imaginery glass of wine is a toast to you from me to celebrate your life & on what a wonderful person you were .

2008-05-21T17:47:00.002+08:00

Ever since I started school again 2 weeks ago , things has not been smooth sailing for me .

I have just recovered from grieving over Nicola's unexpected death & needless to say , I'm quite way behind on my schoolwork .

I personally don't like the new timetable for the new trimester , period . Who would have 2 lectures/tutorials of the same subject back to back in a week ? That's really stupid but I suppose it will benefit me in time to come as there's a 'holiday block leave' of 2 weeks at the last week of June - 1st week of July for me to enjoy but still I rather suffer later than NOW .

So basically , timetable , screw it . Expectations from the subjects I'm taking , also screw it & my mum thinks that doing part load's easy . It's not . I can imagine if I were to do full load , I probably will end up at IMH at this point in time .

Bottomline , I don't know if I will have enough time to update this blog of mine frequently . I might consider to blog on an irregular basis or maybe switch to update my music blog on a more frequent basis .

Not to mention I have to curb the usage of the internet too . I suppose another reason as to why I'm lagging behind in my schoolwork is due to too much distraction in the ahs sekai forum & also searching for new items to buy online & last but not least , gymming after I come back home from school in which after that I get so tired , the last time I want to do's to revise my schoolwork for the day bleek .

I guess it's about time that I now do up some work & play timeplan for myself in that to cut down on the usage of the internet slowly bit by bit & maybe before I head to school , I head to the gym as to me exercise's sometimes a chore .

I hate to do this but sometimes I have to do what I must do .

2008-05-17T22:37:00.004+08:00

I've been a member in the sekai forum since I signed up to be a member on my birthday this year & most recently , I have came across people who're younger & older than me & are willing to spend big bucks to fork out on gazillion million of tour merchanise !

I don't mind since I myself have been doing that but what amazed me is that they buy by the truckload which scares me !

I have seen pics of their purchases & they don't buy 1 item . The $ they spent is not a small figure since they enlist the help of middleman sites & you probably can imagine how much such sites charge people for .

I have seen my friend posting up pics of her latest purchases of ayumi hamasaki's asian tour '08 10th anniversary tour merch & what she bought is really up there ! 3 keychains , 4 phonestraps , almost a dozen of AyuPans . Wow I say .

While I do buy tour merch & other items from the net , I have to be selective especially since the purchases that will appear on my debit card are gonna be in Yen . Add in bank transaction , insurance fees , commission , shipping & the snowball effect goes on .

I have been using a middleman site for the past month or so & I must say despite the rather skyhigh charges I have to pay them , they're very professional in doing business with me . I'm waiting for 1 more item to be mailed to the office before I can send them a shipping request so that the middleman site can ship out everything to me all at 1 shot .

After that , I'm not going to use their services anymore . Instead I will sought help from my new Japanese friend Shuji to do so since when you do business with a person that you trust , you will be more at ease .

3 purchases of mine came on Thurs , Fri & today , 3 days back to back & I have to say so far the purchase that came on Thurs is my fave outta the whole lot of things that I have bought from the net since I started doing this in late Feb .

It's quite a pricey & rare Ken Hirai tour brochure but it's worth every penny considering that there're not many of them floating around the net .

I went to the post office this morning to collect the parcel that Shuji mailed out to me just this Mon & I'm 1 happy bunny . The extra bunch of merchanise that came along in the parcel's <3 . I mean you can't say no to 6 exclusive postcards of dear Ken Ken , isn't it ?

Ah I can't wait for more to come . This's not the end , it's only the beginning .

2008-05-14T19:37:00.002+08:00

So school has already started for me & at this point in time I'm quite lagging behind , tutorial work wise . Because of the fact that I spent the weekend grieving over Nicola's sudden passing , this weekend , I really need to stay at home , catch up on my work & also speed up on my revision .

People are correct when they say time does heal wounds . I received support from people which enable me to get through this rather difficult time period that I'm currently facing .

Well it has been almost a week since that happened . I wouldn't say that I'm 100% emotionally recovered but I'm sure by next week or in probably 2 weeks to come , I will be fine .

Anyway I'm sure whether Nicola is right now , she's in heaven & is finally reunited with Tracie .

2008-05-13T10:38:00.004+08:00

This is what I was woken up to when Hui Li came to my room when I was having my beauty sleep & she screamed in my face over this matter - Breaking Electrico News .

Yes folks it's official , Electrico is now a quartet & before you go on MSN & bombed me with questions on why this happened , I'm not going to answer nor eloborate any further details because whatever Sujin has written on in the article , the answers that you seek are all on there so it's pointless for me to talk about it even more is it ?

On a separate note altogether , a big happy 13th anniversary to Ken Hirai ! It has been exactly 13 years since he debuted on the scene with Precious Junk .

Many happy happy returns to him , I can't wait to see what he has gotten under his sleeve for this month's double celebrations for him .

The reason why I say double celebrations is because later on this month on the 29th , he's going to celebrate his 10th annivesary of his Ken's Bar concept & on 29th , he will be holding a Ken Bar's 10th Annivesary Special concert in Japan .

I hope to see clips of it being uploaded on the net soon !

2008-05-08T18:12:00.002+08:00

I came back home , logged onto the net & then I was greeted with sad devastating news on Gareth Gates official forums .

I have lost another friend Nicola from the forums who unexpectedly passed away 2 days ago . I found out the news from the forums through Sue & this time round , everyone's extremely shocked , probably even more shocked than Tracie's passing .

I had known Nicola since the old forums was established & I had talked to her quite often on MSN so in a way , both of us gone way back & just like Tracie , Nicola also had various health problems since young .

Apparently Nicola was warded to hospital 2 days for a kidney infection & it was that which cut short her life unexpectedly . She was 25 when she breathe her last .

Nicola & Tracie were close to each other & I was quite close to the both of them & yes I'm upset over this especially since it felt like deja vu all over again for me because Tracie passed away 2 years ago & then now it's Nicola .

Including myself , everyone in the forums are still recovering from the state of shock over this matter . It's always always horrible whenever such a thing happened . Not to mention you don't know when you will make a date with The Grim Reaper .

But I suppose everything happens for a reason & both my friends are now finally resting in peace & that Nicola has met up with Tracie in their next lives . Also whatever Nicola has suffered , she will not have to suffer anymore .

Nicola , wherever you're now , I hope you're smiling away & I admire your bravery for sailing through numerous obstacles despite the difficulties that you had faced in life .

I'm proud of you for being who you're & for being such a wonderful friend & a loyal Gareth fan .

You will be missed by everyone on the forums & I thank you for everything that you have did for me & everyone else .

The forums will not be the same without you .

I will miss you , friend :(

2008-05-06T22:30:00.002+08:00

Argh the weather has been SO hot & humid , it ain't funny to begin with . Not to mention I feel really heaty internally but luckily I have been downing a lot of cold water to keep myself hydrated .

Anyway so 1st day of new trimester in school has started already & this time I feel expectations are being set a notch or 2 from the previous trimester . It's quite daunting when all the subject's objectives , course outline & the works were laid out in front of me just now in the morning :O

But I will take it in my stride & I will take things as it's as each day passes by .

Wow , 3 items arrived in my house today when I got back home in which 2 of them are CDs (Ken Hirai's Itsuka Hanareru Hi ga Kite mo single & Maksim 5th album Pure II which I purchased from Music Merch UK because the album's only available for sale in UK due to contract obligations) & the other's a super duper rare Koda Kumi photobook which I bought it from someone from ahs .

I almost didn't want to get hold of the photobook because I assumed that it's still in print but I realised after I dig up somemore information regarding the photobook which's unlike her MAROC one , that's not the case so I decided to buy the 14 pages photobook from Julian so thanks buddy !

2008-04-27T00:22:00.006+08:00

Oh I'm SO excited , I can't hide it any longer . I found out from the sekai forum on the tracklisting of abingdon boys school JAPAN TOUR 2008 aka their 1st concert DVD & I'm very thrilled over it .

The DVD footage was recorded during their performance at Zepp TOKYO on Feb 29th '08 performance at Zepp TOKYO .

Tracklisting of the DVD :

1. ReBirth + ReVerse
2. As One
3. HOWLING
4. DOWN TO YOU
5. NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
6. Via Dolorosa
7. DESIRE
8. BLADE CHORD
9. Desert Rose
10. Nephilim
11. LOST REASON feat MICRO from HOME MADE Kazoku
12. stay away
13. Frea@K $HoW
14. INNOCENT SORROW
15. DRESS
16. Sweetest Coma Again
17. ATHENA

This's just brillant brillant brillant ! They did all the songs from their self titled debut album , they also included 4 of the B sides taken from their 1st 4 singles & YES they did a cover of Luna Sea's Sweetest Coma Again !!

You don't see situations like this everyday where a band got to perform their whole album & did all the B sides too .

Man this's 1 heck of a DVD I MUST GET when it's going to be released in Japan on 16th July '08 . I hope there will be an OS press of it as I'm not willing to shell out so much on a DVD .

Only thing missing's the covers of the DVD . I wonder how does it gonna look like but something tells me it's gonna be the abs's symbol but we'll see !

2008-04-26T12:50:00.003+08:00

I just found out that 1 of my fave musicians Maksim has already released his 5th album Pure II & his 1st greatest hits album Greatest Maksim & I didn't even know any details surrounding both albums :O

I called the local HMV to ask whether do they have any stock on both albums but zlich so I ordered both online earlier on . I ordered Greatest Maksim from HMV Japan as HK's didn't list it on their site while I ordered Pure II from music merchanise UK as Pure II's only available for sale in UK damn it .

I have all of his albums & I know I'm such a groupie . I was brought up with classical music when I was a kid but somewhere down the line , I rebelled as I find it stuffy & boring but thanks to Maksim & also Bond , I'm enjoying classical music of a different kind .

I can't stand long boring classical scores as they will put me to sleep in a bad way so thank god for both acts .

I haven't listen to Maksim & Bond's material for a while . Gonna dust away my CDs of both acts & take a refresher course like now !

2008-04-23T20:46:00.003+08:00

The reason why I've been MIA for quite a while is due to exams ! Last week was my study break & yesterday and earlier on today were my exam papers & now I'm FREE ... for a mere week or so :S but still better than nothing YAY

With the extra free time on hand , I think I will be hitting the gym more often than before & not to mention catch up on the DVDs that I bought from the past 2 weeks or so .

It's quite funny to say the least in that whenever I'm having school , I want to do things that I want to do during my spare time but yet I don't really have much spare time on hand during my school days & now that I'm on a week break or so before the new trimester starts , I have suddenly so much time on hand that it's quite madness to think about on how to pass time at this point in time .

& oh I have bought my ticket to see The Click Five woo hoo . Did that last Fri & my goodness , almost 80 - 85 % of the $71 tickets were sold out when I went to buy the tickets :O

Luckily I decided to buy them last week because I think if I were to get them sometime this week , it probably might be too late .

2008-04-15T18:25:00.002+08:00

I bumped into an unexpected person on the bus eariler on this afternoon when I decided to make my way to King Albert Park's Cold Storage & it's none other than TingRen .

I'm surprised she still can recongise me after the last time I saw her . Turns out that she was on her way to school .

She asked me eariler on why I was fed up with the local music scene . My words might have been taken outta context or something but just to set the record straight , I'm not . It's just that I have different preferences in music now & not to mention whether or not I want to help out in the scene as much as what happened in the past at this point in time , I doubt it .

Things do happen & change for a reason . For my case partially as to why I made a quiet exit from the scene last Oct , it was due to the fact that I detest doing something which took a lot outta me & yet I don't receive due credit when it's due . Asking someone to say thank you to me personally's something that's not hard to do is it ?

I'm not naming any names in the local music scene since I do listen to a wide spectrum of acts aside from dear Electrico & Lunarin but something's different now I feel & I hate it when bands get too snooty for my liking . They sometimes forget that once success comes in their way , they forget the very people who helped & supported them since the beginning aka the fans .

Like just now I saw that The Great Spy Experiment's gig at Esplanade Recital Studio which's taking place on 25th this month has been sold out . I'm happy for them but when I 1st know that they're going to stage a gig at Esplanade , I don't have any intentions to go & purchase tickets despite the fact that I like their music .

In anycase before I get anymore bitchy , I found out yesterday that 1 of my all time fave acts abingdon boys school's gonna release their very 1st concert DVD titled abingdon boys school JAPAN TOUR 2008 in Japan on 17th July , Wed !

The DVD will comprise of the band's Feb 29th '08 performance from Zepp Tokyo & it will feature a guest performance from Home Made Kazoku's MICRO which means to say that LOST REASON will be included in the tracklisting since that's the only song that MICRO contribute his rapping vocals to YAY

I'm definitely sure that there will gonna be an OS press of the DVD . I mean , if Sony BMG can do an OS press for abs's debut album , I don't see why they can't do the same for the DVD .

Oh man I so can't wait to see the tracklisting & the DVD cover !! I hope they included INNOCENT SORROW , HOWLING , Nephilim & BLADE CHORD in the pic !

& HMV HK has just released on their website that the HK press of Koda Kumi's Black Cherry Tour DVD's available for preorder as it's gonna be out in HK next Tue !

I'm still thinking on whether to preorder from HMV HK or not as I have no idea how long Warner will bring in stock with regards to the DVD . Somemore with the whole stupid censorship board taking such a fucking time to watch & censor ayumi hamasaki's Tour Of Secret DVD , I'm considering whether I want to go & order the Black Cherry tour DVD or not .

2008-04-14T17:00:00.003+08:00

So the weekend has flew by & during the past 2 days , I overdosed or should I say over-ate on the following items :

- seafood dinner at Palm Beach @ 1 Fullerton on Sat night . Was my 1st time having dinner at Palm Beach . Dinner was great & so's the surroundings of 1 Fullerton . I been there only once many years ago & it's still so beautiful !

I never seen such big $ bag dumplings & fried yuotian squid fritters in my life til Sat night

- Korean snacks that Hui Li & my mum brought/bought back home from their vacation . I'm currently addicted to the Lotte Dream Cacao chocolate 'pills' as Yee Ma used to bring bottles of them back home whenever she return back to S'pore from Korea & also shredded dried cuttlefish . Argh the Dream Caco's my current downfall at the moment !

I managed to finish watching the Muse's H.A.A.R.P DVD last night which they performed at Wembley last June on the 17th . Great show & argh I so want to rob frontman Matthew cos of his guitars . For a guy who changes 3 guitars within a short 4 songs span , it's crazy .

I wanted to order Mute Math's Reset EP off ebay but after been outbid by people where the price has skyrocketed to a rather high price at this moment , I decided not to . Besides I want to start to cut down on my online purchases as I want to save up to get my Click Five's tickets !

Hui Li said that we should probably get them this week & I think more or less we'll be getting the $71 ones .

So this week's my study break as I'm supposed to be preparing for my exams which're going to take place next week & as usual , I'm so lazy & have always leave everything to the last min . I know it's a very very bad habit & right now I'm still munching shredded dried cuttlefish away .

I think I better start to prepare somewhere later on at night . I seem to be able to study & to absorb things better at night . Maybe in my past life , I was an owl .

2008-04-12T10:04:00.003+08:00

Oh finally I managed to get hold of OS press of ayumi's Asia Tour Of Secret '07 DVD & this's expensive , I shelled out $54.95 for it when I went to HMV yesterday ! I could have ordered it online from HMV HK since that's where the stock was imported from but my stand's that if I die die cannot find what I'm looking for in S'pore , then I will get it online .

I also bought a copy of Muse's H.A.A.R.P CD + DVD as well as YUI's I LOVED YESTERDAY for Hui Li . Sony BMG must be doing something right as the OS press hit stores in S'pore just a mere 2 days after it was released in Japan !

I did saw the Japan import of the album & it's insane , $72 for a CD only edition :O while I paid a mere $21.95 for the OS press & somemore it comes with a DVD !

I'm still deciding which DVD to watch this weekened , should I go for Muse's H.A.A.R.P or ayumi's one ? I think to solve the dilemna , it's better to watch both during the weekend haha !

Prior to this , I went to meet Dan for lunch as yesterday it was the last day of my trimester & usually on Fri's , I will finish school at noon but yesterday classes ended at 5.45pm for me & between noon - 3.45pm , I have absolutely no idea on what to do & since I needed a way or so to kill some time so I thought why not & besides I haven't seen Dan for a while as both of us have been so busy , be it in school or work .

I was supposed to meet him last week but something cropped up at the last min for his case so I thought this week will be much better especially since this was the last week of my trimester before I embark on my study break as exams are coming for me !

Anyway it was fun to see him once more since the both of us have been so busy in either school or work , it wasn't funny to begin with but at least I still keep in contact with him but it's cool . Yesterday he updated me on several things , some are pleasant while some are not .

I'm refusing to say anything as it's private . I used to be a big mouth on here but not anymore . I'm just grateful for the stuff that he told me yesterday during lunch & for the record Dan , I'm not a goody goody as what you might assume to be :P

I'm considering to vamp up my image in the near future but only time will tell :) Not in a slutty manner but I see how things goes heh heh

2008-04-09T17:40:00.002+08:00

I don't know if it's the mild flu that I got which led me to have a rather bad bad pissy mood this morning/afternoon but basically today's post's all about ranting on anything which pissed the hell outta me .

- I don't understand why people can't be bothered to bring umbrellas to school/work when they have huge big ass bags to begin with . It seems silly to me since an umbrella will take up barely little space or so inside the contents of their stupid bags

- I cannot understand when some people can just scroll into the lecture halls bringing nothing except their fucking self & their phone . You might as well don't come to school to begin with & sleep in your house with a book underneath your pillow/bed

- people who "blog bash" so & so in their respective own blogs are pathetic to begin with especially with regards to music/video reviews & certain artistes . Why do they do that in the 1st place ? it's stupid & it makes you wonder as to why they do that . For the fun of it ? I think so . That's why when comes to my music blog , I only will review & talk about my fave artistes . It's pointless to talk about some acts that I don't like as I will have a tendency to blast them into outer space

- people who wears short skirts/shorts when they themselves don't have the figure to flaunt them in the 1st place . Somebody should send this group of people to some courses on how to wear & dress according to their shape . You wouldn't want to be a rice dumpling if you wear something figure hugging , that's just so wrong on all levels !

Hmm ... I think that should be about it . The more I go on , the worst my temper's gonna be & at least now I know , NO Milo before bedtime ! & you think alcohol's bad .