Ekkusu no Studio phase 4.1.
Happy 44th birthday, dearest Yoshiki ♥!!
The last time i updated my skin was on Yochan's 43rd birthday, and a year had passed. I'm glad that his surgery went fine and i hope he's recovering well. Don't neglect your therapy, Yochan, and hope to see you next year in China ^^
God bless your abundantly!!
(o^___^o)
love,
ekkusu
NAVIGATION ELEMENTS for phase 4.1:
TVfXQ - blog entries
Always - chat and wishlist
Keep - blog links
The - profile
Faith - past skins
A fan of JRock music and bands. Most favourite band of all time: the legendary band, X Japan.
Loves its leader, drummer, pianist and main composer, Hayashi Yoshiki , usually called Yoshiki.
Loves one of X's guitarists, Matsumoto hideto, or usually called hide, and
one of the best vocalist I've ever heard, Deyama Toshimitsu, or usually called Toshi.
A list of favourite bands and artists/singers:
Versailles Philharmonic Quintet
(members: Kamijo (vo),
HIZAKI (gt) ,
Teru (gt) ,
Yuki (dr), ,
Jasmine-You (ba) ,
Tohoshinki or Dong Bang Shin Ki or TVXQ
(members: Xiah Junsu (mid-high), Micky Yoochun (mid-low), Youngwoong-Hero Jaejoong (lead), Choikang-Max Changmin (tenor), U-Know Yunho (bass))
SKIN
(members: Yoshiki (dr, pi) , Gackt (vo, pi), Sugizo (gt, vi), Miyavi (gt))
Lareine
(members: Kamijo (vo) , Mayu (gt), Emiru (ba), Machi (dr))
Kamijo (vo)
(bands: Lareine, Versailles
HIZAKI
(bands: HIZAKI grace project, Versailles )
Mana
(bands: Moi dix Mois, Malice Mizer)
Raphael
(members: Kazuki (gt), Yukito (ba), Yuki (vo), Hiro (dr))
DuelJewel
Dir en Grey
L~Arc en Ciel
Janne da Arc
Psycho le Cemu
GLAY
Luna Sea
Rentrer en Soi
Siam Shade
Was part of management committee of Endless Dream website and
ScreamingKIAI International forum, dedicated to Yoshiki and his music.
Alumni of the following schools:
Jakarta, Indonesia:
TK Genesis
SD Tarakanita III
Penang, Malaysia:
Chung Ling Private High School
Singapore:
Kent Ridge Secondary School
St Margaret's Secondary School
Pioneer Junior College
St Andrew's Junior College
Friday, 24 November 2006
alright, i'll take off in about, err 5 hours time, and i don't know when is the next time i can blog. and since in jakarta my mobile phone isn't even connected to any gprs connection, i can't even do mo-blogging. so, see ya next time, folks ^^
1:10 pm
Thursday, 23 November 2006
Johnny Depp has a rival in Hong Kong. Japanese movies don't tend to fare too well in that particular market, but the manga adaptation "Death Note" had an impressive opening day that was almost on a par with the latest in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series. Starring popular young actor Fujiwara Tatsuya (photo, 24), it pulled in over a million Hong Kong dollars on August 10, far more than any Japanese movie of recent years. And on a per-screen basis it did even better than the Hollywood blockbuster. The success isn't so surprising in light of the fact that the original manga sold over 12 million copies, and the Chinese translation also did well in Hong Kong. Several companies are said to be sniffing around Nippon TV, producers of the project, and a Hollywood remake is definitely on the cards. The movie is the first of two parts, with the second scheduled to open in October. (More about the movie in an earlier story)
2:56 pm
alright, another not-so-new news, but this is the first time i saw the official report. have a look at it, yoshiki's writing song for Hollywood movie ^_^
1:52 pm
Wednesday, 22 November 2006
aka Perfect Girl Evolution aka My Fair Lady. translated roughly from the original title, it means roughly: 7 steps towards a perfect lady.
Labels: manga anime
3:01 pm
Monday, 20 November 2006
youtube is great, it can keep me entertained for days! xD this is video which dated, i think, back in the early 90s, when Yoshiki still has that kind of hairstyle. it was funny, but not too hilariously so, i was just amazed at the audience, goodness they almost raped him!
7:42 pm
*conducts* 1...2...3...4!
3:01 pm
Sunday, 19 November 2006
this, is, truly, one of the FUNNIEST gackt video i've watched in the past few years. and he's so bloody good-looking here! honestly, i don't like it when his hair was too short. i think he looked gorgeous with long hair (malice mizer era) and medium-long hair (this vid). and expecting mothers better watch this vid many times and pray that their daughters' eyes are like him, for gackt has -THE- most beautiful pair of eyes i've ever seen in anyone, ever!
11:24 pm
so here goes the rest of the article:
11:09 pm
continuation of Yoshiki's article in JANIME:
12:41 pm
when i bought the X Clamp OST II for Hany, the shopowner also included a tabloid into my plastic bag which, upon first glimpse, contains news about manga and anime. unbeknownst to me, the tabloid also covered the OTAKON news! and some of you might remember that YOSHIKI WENT TO OTAKON IN BALTIMORE THIS YEAR!!! and i didn't see that thing properly until TODAY!!
1:35 am
Thursday, 16 November 2006
hee, today's last day of O's, so can give hany the much-too-early birthday present. when joyce brought me to sunshine plaza to visit those shops selling loads of anime stuff last week, i saw these 2 CDs in 2 different shops. the X OST II contained several songs which i really admire, namely The Last Battle and Secret Sorrow, so i bought it. then the shop-owner said the first CD is out of print, so fearing that i'll never see it being sold anywhere anymore, i bought the first CD too, from the other shop, though none of the songs there registered anything in my mind ^^
7:10 pm
Wednesday, 15 November 2006
oh i forgot to talk about the town. Bleach readers, heads up! the parlour in Showa Town provides a hairdo that looks EXACTLY like Rukia!!! =DDDD it's like WOWWW!! haaahahahaha
10:52 pm
and HELL!! oh, that's merry beside me, she's my saviour throughout the journey (lvl 115 PRIEST!) and she was showing me all the wonderful skills of priests, including DOOM, MYSTIC DOOR, and the one being shown here is summoning DRAGON!!!! that little small dragon flying around her is the dragon!! isn't it cool???!??!?!! 
here is the high level monsters are. i died twice and merry had to open the mystic door to let me come back to that place again =P the map after that got Bain, bigger version of Cerebes. the music in those map is very very very cool!!! like totally rock!!! xDDDDDD hana ganbatte!!! must train hard so that can go there alone!!!! thanks for showing me around Mer! ^________^
10:45 pm
youkoso kinoko machi!
yepz, it's the NEW map of maple story, Zipangu Japanese map! it's SO FUN i tell you!!! they have all sorts of map with GREAT graphics and nice music! there's sakura garden with backdrop of Mt Fuji in the day like this (complete with the kitsune monsters)
then there's old japanese town with old wooden houses and electric posts and backdrop of old electric train, 
then there's ghostly cemeteries full of heal-able ghost monsters (including jr wraiths with tongue sticking out xD and frankenstein zombies) complete with the gorgeous backdrop of mt fuji in the night with a HUUUUGE cresent moon and pagoda, then there's ONSEN!!!!! 
aka communal hot bath tub ala japan with slippery floor and separated bath area of men and women, then there's HELL! as in, red hot burning kind-of-mine, that looks like HELL, complete with red slimes and ghostly fire floating around and poisonous gases bursting from the ground.
IT'S AWESOME! THE NEW MAP!!!! love it so much!!!! xDDDDD
10:03 pm
Tuesday, 14 November 2006
sometimes i just wonder how people could afford to be so irresponsible and have the nerve to trouble other people just for their own gain.... it's like, i would rather NOT have studied if i need to trouble other people for it, i'd rather BUY the book instead of borrowing other people's just on the day BEFORE the SAME exam at all... i'd rather have ME sufer instead of letting others suffer, even if that person seem to be so smart that she doesn't need to study it or use it in any way, stillthe book is hers and the exam is on the same day and i'd be depriving her off her chance to study it when i borrow it.... i just will never have a fleeting thought of borrowing that book from her, even if i need it very much, coz her priority is as important as mine.... i just won't have the nerve to trouble her that much....
10:00 pm
Sunday, 12 November 2006
okay i've decided that my next layout will be themed "yoshiki symphonic 2002"
4:12 pm
i'm thinking of changing my layout. problem is, the dimension of skin that i should be making. for the past 2 layouts i made them with monitor of standard size 17", bt now i have 19" monitor and i'm scared if i make according to this size, it'll be too big for some other comps and resulting in many scroll-bars, which is really ugly and irritating >.< anyone can help me solve this problem? is possible this time i just wanna make a header image and navigation bar at the side, with position that's not absolute, like original blogspot skins. but i don't know how to...coz i learnt my layout-making skill by reading other layouts' html, and out of those that i've read, none are not absolute v.v
3:18 pm
this morning i was visiting The Lost Path of Time, thinking of comitting suicide, when i met 2 people there: a lvl 77 chief bandit and a lvl 68 ice-wiz called ItRawus. it was very rare to find people training there, so i was fascinated by them. after going around watching them killing the big ghost teddy bears, the ice-wiz asked me, 'can pt me?' and i said, 'can, but i'm not planning to live'
3:55 am
Friday, 10 November 2006
what a fun day, i was really de-stressing myself today. today's outing supposed to be with many girls, we've talked about it when we were waiting for our assessment to be done and all the girls said they'd want to have an outing. but when i contacted them yesterday, only 4 people could make it. 2 never replied my sms at all (tuna, jiajia), 2 had something on (debby, sniffy) and hidayah's sick and her parents wouldn't let her out til 3. so in the end only me, joyce, merry and mira went for the planned ladies night kbox-ing.
4:24 am
Thursday, 9 November 2006
http://hogacentral.blogs.com/hoganews/
2:06 pm
Tuesday, 7 November 2006
what's the feeling of freedom? for one, it's: pain. my arm, especially right arm and wrist, and also my waist, is painful and tense now due to the fact that i just dragged 15-20kg worth of drawings, notes, sewing cloths, paper patterns and all other stuff to school for assessment. i purposely put them inside one of my luggage which has wheels and can be dragged around, but that stupid luggage's handle is broken! so in the end i have to slightly bend to drag it around, and after sometime my waist was painful >.< urgh!! thank goodness for taxis! if i have to drag that stupid thing around to bus stop and up and down the bus, i'll faint!
6:01 pm
and still a 10-hour worth of work to be done arrgrhhhhrhggrhrhhrhrhhrhrhrhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
9:15 am
Monday, 6 November 2006
studying is stressful, huh? if you need a break and wants to do a little simple easy game with nice cute graphic and soothing calming background music, i highly recommend Ferry Halim's page at http://orisinal.com or http://www.ferryhalim.com, especially the piggy game:
2:01 pm
Sunday, 5 November 2006
after reading nata and marlin's blog, i realised that starting a trend of writing 'something' in blogs can be quite easy provided that the readers have that 'something' to talk about =D so funny... anyone else with stories related to the rain and thunderstorm? ^^
2:42 pm
Friday, 3 November 2006
reading marlin's blog i just remembered that there's a second part to the day when i blogged about 'wrong week', so here goes.
2:21 am
i remembered the first time since i became member that MD (mangadownload) opened PA (private access) and we could all get the rare manga within 1 day, and i tried to get, errr, what manga i can't remember, and i couldn't, coz my internet wasn't too fast and MD's server wasn't either. instead all my other queues became very slow like snail. i was so sad! PA day, which was supposed to be THE day to celebrate, coz EVERYONE can get access to PA, is the most sad day for me.
1:59 am
Wednesday, 1 November 2006
a week where things gone wrong. alright so it's still wednesday and the week is not over yet, but in these 2 schooling days (i have mondays off) things kept gone wrong with me. first it was yesterday with peck leng's work. i didn't realised that she'd be marking it, so i didn't bring my stuff. so in the end i had to go back today to show her my stuff. then today's lynn's class, which i completely didn;t know of coz usually her classes are on thursday, so i didn't bring any of my stuff either. i brought peck leng's stuff, but i didn't completed my pattern, without me realising it, and i didn't bring my final pattern either (which i didn't know called final pattern, arrghhhh) and when i went back home just now, i missed my stop and had to take another bus to retract my journey ughh!!!!
1:07 pm
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Yoshiki - Eternal Melody 1
CD Wishlist
JaeChunSu - The... (preordered)
Versailles Philharmonic Quintet - Jubilee (major debut album)
Jejung & Yuchun from Tohoshinki - COLOR~ Melody & Harmony/Shelter Double A single
Tohoshinki - Stand By U single
Dong Bang Shin Gi - Rising Sun album
Tohoshinki - Five in the Black album
Tohoshinki - Heart, Mind, Soul album
Dong Bang Shin Gi - Tri-Angle album
Tegomassu - Tegomassu no Uta album
Tegomassu - Tanabata Matsuri
NEWS - Touch
Tegomass - Miso Soup
Yamashita Tomohisa - Daite Senorita
Hizaki GRACE Project - Ruined Kingdom
Hizaki Grace Project - Dignity of Crest
Within Temptation - Mother Earth or Silent Force
Saint Preux - Concerto Pour Deux Voix
Lord of the Rings Complete Recordings
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Complete Recordings
Raphael (Kazuki) - Forever and Ever
Raphael - Raphael Singles
X - Vanishing Vision Album
X Japan - Dahlia Album
X Japan - Art of Life ~mini album
X Japan - Art of Life ~live
L'Arc en Ciel - Smile
Hyde - 666
DVD Wishlist
JYJ - Thanksgiving Live in Dome DVD (preordered)
Tohoshinki - The Secret Code live in Tokyo Dome
TVXQ - All About TVXQ Season III DVD <--- !
Versailles Philharmonic Quintet - Chateau De Versailles DVD
Versailles Philharmonic Quintet - History Of The Other Side DVD
X Japan Returns Complete DVD 30th/31st December 1993
Versailles - Aesthetics HIZAKI version, with perfume Princess Stairs
Versailles - Aesthetics Kamijo version, with perfume Louise
Hizaki Grace Project - Monsho
Raphael - First
Raphael - Last
Raphael - Raphael Clips
Raphael - Pictorial Poem 2
X Japan - Art Of Life - 1993.12.31 Tokyo Dome
X Japan - Dahlia Tour / Dahlia Tour Final
X Japan - Complete Collection II (which, upon acquiring, will cancel the earlier 2 DVDs mentioned)
hide - Film The Psychommunity Reel.1
hide - Film The Psychommunity Reel.2
hide - Seventeen Clips - Perfect Clips Presented By Hide Museum
hide - Ugly Pink Machine File 2
hide - Alivest Perfect Stage 10000 Cuts Hide Hide Hide
CD In Possession
Tegomasu - Tegomasu no Ai minialbum
Versailles Philharmonic Quintet - Jubilee (major debut album)
Tohoshinki - Bolero/Kiss The Baby Sky/Wasurenaide Triple A single <--- !the perfect single!
Tohoshinki - Stand By U single
Dong Bang Shin Gi - Mirotic album (Platinum edition)
Tohoshinki - T album
Tohoshinki - The Secret Code album
Versailles - Ascendead Master (Reg + Ltd Ed. DVD Type I, II, III)
NEWS - Koi no ABO single (Reg and Ltd Ed.) <-- i'm selling the regular edition, contact me if you're interested (only for beijing, singapore and jakarta buyers only)
Versailles - Prince & Princess single
NEWS - Color album
Versailles - Noble album
Tegomass - Ai Ai Gasa single
Tegomass - Kiss ~Kaerimichi no Love Song single
NEWS - Summer Time single
NEWS - pacific album
My Chemical Romance - I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love
HIM - And Love Said No, The Greatest Hits 1997 - 2004
HIZAKI Grace Project - Curse of Virgo single
Hyde - Faith
Yui - Can't Buy My Love
Versailles - Lyrical Sympathy mini album
Yoshiki - Catacombs Soundtrack
HIZAKI - Maiden Ritual ~experimental edition
HIZAKI - Dance with grace
Raphael - Fumetsuka
Within Temptation - Heart of Everything
X Japan - Blue Blood & Blue Blood Special Edition
X Japan - Jealousy & Jealousy Special Edition
X Japan - The Last Live
X Japan - X Japan on Piano
X Japan - B.O.X (Best of X)
X Japan - X Japan Perfect Best
X Japan - Best Fans Collection
Yoshiki - Eternal Melody II
hide - hide BEST Psychommunity
Malice Mizer - La Meilleur Selection de Malice Mizer "best selection"
Moi dix Mois - Dix Infernal
Gackt - Mars
Dir en grey - Macabre
L'Arc en Ciel - Awake
L'Arc en Ciel - The Best of L'Arc en Ciel 1998-2000
Luna Sea - Never Sold Out
Glay - Speed POP
Glay - Rare Collection vol.1
Glay - Rare Collection vol.2
Glay - Love is Beautiful
Glay - Drive, Complete Best
GLOBE - Level 4
Aikawa Nanase - ID, Best Album
Hamasaki Ayumi - Duty
Every Little Thing - Every Best Single + 3
V6 - seVen
V6 - Very Best I
V6 - Very Best II
My Chemical Romance - Threee Cheers For Sweet Revenge
My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade
DVD/VCD in possession
Versailles - Ascendead Master (mini movies in Limited Ed singles type I,II,III)
X Japan - X VISUAL SHOCK DVD BOX 1989-1992
TVXQ - All About TVXQ Season II DVD Set <--- ♥&hearts♥
NEWS - Pacific Concert 2007-2008 and First Tokyo Dome Concert
NEWS - Never Ending Wonderful Story
Happy Feet Japanese version - Tegoshi Yuya as Mumble
X Japan - Aoi Yoru Shiroi Yoru Complete Box
Yoshiki - Yoshiki Symphonic 2002 featuring Violet UK
hide - Ugly Pink Machine File 1
X - Hamettsu ni Mukatte 'On The Verge of Destruction' Concert
X Japan - The Last Live
X - X Clip 1
Phase 3.2 (2008)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v457/arsenalx/ekkusuphase32c.jpg
featuring: Yoshiki
about: Yochan underwent a surgery to correct his spine, a problem that had persisted since 1995, when he finally started to feel numbness in his fingers. the surgery went fine, thank goodness. hopefully he will recover completely and it doesn't affect his piano playing. as for drums...don't forget your neck braces everytime you drums, yochan!
etc: read below xD i've made too many layouts featuring Yoshiki i don't wish to repeat myself =P
Phase 3.1 (2008)
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v457/arsenalx/?action=view¤t=ekkusu3.jpg
Featuring: Versailles
Background: formed in 2007 by founding member Kamijo (ex Lareine) and Hizaki (ex Sulfuric Acid), they released their debut single Revenant Choir which tells a story about a clan.
Just as like Kamijo's past works, Versailles tells a story through their symphonic metal music and extravagantly elaborate costumes inspired from antique European era.
Members: Kamijo (vocals), Hizaki (guitar), Teru (guitar), Jasmine-You (bass), Yuki (drums)
etc: Versailles beautiful music managed to win my heart totally. saddened by the loss of Jasmine-YOU in 2009, but i hope the 4 of them will still make great music from now onwards. rest in peace, Jasmine-YOU, and watch out for the guys from up there...
Phase 2.0 and 2.1 (2007)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v449/arsenal_x/ekkusu2.1copy.jpg
featuring: S.K.I.N.
Background: Formed in 2007, performed first during Anime Expo at the States in May.
Members: Yoshiki (drums, piano, guitar), Gackt (vocal, piano), Sugizo (guitar, violin), Miyavi (guitar, shamisen)
etc: ekkusu phase 2.0 was lost because i didn't save it in photobucket (because it refused to upload it properly).
and so, from now i'll start my skin from phase .1 instead of .0
Phase 1.2 (2006)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v457/arsenalx/ekkusunostudio1-3.jpg
Featuring: Hiruma Youichi
Model's background: manga character (Eyeshield 21)
More about the model: quarterback of Deimon Devilbats, The Commander From Hell;
the backbone and the brain behind Deimon High School's American Football Club, The Deimon Devilbats.
Icons: various facial expressions of Hiruma, the maniacal, elven-faced leader of Devilbats ^^
Etc: Eyeshield 21 is a sports manga about American Football and it's one of my current favourite.
My rating for them is:
hilarity 10/10
excitement: 9/10
intellectual level: 9/10
drawing: 7/10
characterisation: 9/10
Phase 1.1 (2006)
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v457/arsenalx/?action=view¤t=yoshiki56trialwithrollovercopy.jpg
Featuring: Hayashi Yoshiki
Model's background: leader, drummer, pianist, main composer of legendary band X Japan (1982-1997); leader, drummer, pianist,
guitarist, composer of band Violet UK, debut coming soon.
More about the model: Yoshiki in the early X Japan era in early 90's when he still has long curly locks.
Etc: YOSHIKI IS MY HERO AND IDOL!
Phase 1.0 (2006)
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v457/arsenalx/th_yoshiki46copy.png
Featuring: Hayashi Yoshiki
Model's background: leader, drummer, pianist, main composer of legendary band X Japan (1982-1997); leader, drummer, pianist,
guitarist, composer of band Violet UK, debut coming soon. Born in Tateyama, Chiba (Japan) in 20th November 1965 and currently living in Los Angeles, California (USA).
Head company of Extasy Records, Extasy Japan and Extasy Records International (now defunct). http://myspace.com/yoshiki
More about the model: the faint background picture of Yoshiki was taken in the recent years when he's already cut his hair short and
started the habit of wearing sunglasses.
Icons: pictures taken from Yoshiki's house in LA: his front door, piano in the middle room, dining room and swimming pool.
Etc: I can write essays on Yoshiki, but let's just keep it simple and straightforward: YOSHIKI IS MY HERO AND IDOL!