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
Sunday, 31 August 2008
that's my motto this year. to play as hard as i work. there's a reason why i didn't put it the other way round, coz this way it sounds more fun xD so far, still can't really put it into work, but i'm still trying even until now. wish me luck!
Labels: school
11:51 pm
watching NEWS while feeling angry, jealous, envious, curious, dissatisfied, displeased, stubborn, unaccepting....
Labels: jani jimusho misc, NEWS
12:52 am
Thursday, 28 August 2008
before and after picture
8:12 pm
Wednesday, 27 August 2008
had consultation with lionel just now, voluntary one-on-one tutorial. my friends who've known me long enough in this class would raise one eyebrow, coz i've always have this phobia of one-on-one consultation with all the teachers, with exceptions of peck leng and hideki (to whom i approach whenever i can for help). you name me any teacher, i'll tell you the degree to which they intimidate me, starting from the highest range (helen) to the minimum-but-still-there (adrian). basically all design studio teachers intimidate me, and all pattern drafting and production method teachers are at the lower range of my 'phobia'.
Labels: school
11:28 pm
You Are An ISFJ |
 The Nurturer You have a strong need to belong, and you very loyal. A good listener, you excel at helping others in practical ways. In your spare time, you enjoy engaging your senses through art, cooking, and music. You find it easy to be devoted to one person... a partner who you do special things for. In love, you express your emotions through actions. Taking care of someone is how you love them. And you do it well! At work, you do well in a structured environment. You complete tasks well and on time. You would make a good interior designer, chef, or child psychologist. How you see yourself: Competent, dependable, and detail oriented When other people don't get you, they see you as: Boring, dominant, and stuck in a rut |
1:29 am
finally blogging about it. well, briefly only. for more details, please visit http://natael.blogspot.com xD
Labels: NEWS
12:33 am
Tuesday, 26 August 2008
it's amazing how i could still get severe goosebumps attack when i listened to that song again after some time...
5:59 pm
Friday, 22 August 2008
they've done it again! the thing hany called "marketing" but i regard as "irritating"!!
Labels: NEWS
12:14 am
Thursday, 21 August 2008
seriously? sometimes i still think that a certain someone hates me. not hates-hates me, but more like if-not-necessary-then-turn-on-hate-mode-hates me. then another person simply looks down on me. call us girls for having all these 'intuitions', but we do feel it (clearly!) when someone we're talking to actually doesn't talk to us sencerely. then another one was pretty hostile once, but i'm not giving up, ne. by xmas, i want to be on friendly terms with everyone, excluding the one who looks down on me who has, on the surface, been on a friendly terms with me. when i've achieved that, then i'd call it "a truly hard-earned friendship".
Labels: school
8:32 am
Wednesday, 20 August 2008
*singing*
Labels: NEWS
9:57 am
Tuesday, 19 August 2008
-__- it's about time they start releasing new album! or at the very least a new single! come on... it's august already! coming into september soon... if they released taiyou no namida around march, summer time in may, then by now they should have come up with a new single, yes?
Labels: NEWS
8:48 pm
Saturday, 16 August 2008
i'm still watching d.gray-man. as i've said before, i like the music a lot. the more i watch, the more i realised how much the music resembles Inuyasha, especially for the fighting part. sometimes i have to convince myself that it wasn't inuyasha's music being recycled to fit this anime. other times it felt very lord of the ring-ish, super cool =D
Labels: manga anime
2:16 pm
it's unusual how i went to different cash studio sessions with different people everytime. this time around we have harry, who's a self-claimed otaku and seemingly a huge fan of laruku. and, not only that, his style of singing is very much like hyde too XD cool, eh?
Labels: cash studio
12:31 pm
Thursday, 14 August 2008
for those who don't know, about 80% of my classmates last year (and 100% of my close circle clique) drop out of school after obtaining diploma, which left me starting this semester in absolute despair and dread. it's been 2 weeks that i've been trying to find people whom i can share lunch regularly with, and some have been really really kind (and very very sincere) to talk to me throughout these 2 weeks, and asked me to eat lunch with them too. thank you especially for R, Y, J and H! i truly appreciate you! some other people i could feel their insincerity when they're not talking to me, others simply intimidates me because they radiates this arrogance and refusal to include me in conversation with their eyes eventhough i was clearly there, talking with everyone...
Labels: school
9:57 pm
Wednesday, 13 August 2008
yay!! banzai for HMV for their super-fast (but also expensive) delivery!! on th 11th i was told that my order had been dispatched, eventhough the release date for the DVD was on the 13th, and by this afternoon it has arrived!!! banzaaaaaaiiiiiii~~~~~~~
Labels: NEWS
10:46 pm
Sunday, 10 August 2008
first thing first: thank you for voting! due to obachan changing her opinion, now the standing between me and hany is 2:3 ("who looks more like my mom?" xD)
10:16 pm
Friday, 8 August 2008
right, it all started with a little random chat i've had with my mom about traditional wedding beliefs. she was saying that "kalo pengantennya udah masuk ke mobil trus brangkat dari rumah, jangan nengok ke belakang, ntar anaknya bisa jadi mirip sama orang rumah. coba loe liat, diantara loe orang ada ngga yg mirip diku saku mereka?"
4:41 pm
Thursday, 7 August 2008
many things that we can do by picture editing tools!
10:26 pm
according to newshfan, this is one SC which hasn't sucked, and she subbed the whole thing! this is also the first time Shige is MC-ing, replacing Nakamura. seeing by his words "mata raishuu" (see ya next week) at the end of the show perhaps Shige would be replacing Nakamura from now on?
6:27 pm
Wednesday, 6 August 2008
i'm keeping my mind as positive as possible in this beginning of the semester. it's important that i build my mentality well earlier so that later on IF it drops, it won't go beyond the danger zone (my stress treshold limit is about A's level of stress)
Labels: nihongo
2:13 am
Tuesday, 5 August 2008
hey hey hey! Ai Ai Gasa was released just around 2 months ago, and now they already have a new song!! banzai tegomassu!!!! =DDDDDDDD
Labels: tegomass
4:32 pm
Monday, 4 August 2008
testing testing, those who can read the japanese words, please leave me a comment on my tagboard! (click hizaki!)
Labels: nihongo
12:26 pm
Saturday, 2 August 2008
just came back from the wedding ceremony of my mom's cousin's son. that would make him my.......... err.....distant relative? xD anyway, was introduced to my mom's other cousin's daughter, who is studying in lasalle jakarta, and the stupid thing was that i forgot to ask her name -_- talk about being slow...
11:11 pm
technically, coz i count my weeks from sunday. i just hope they don't do something as stupid as "school reopening is delayed til next week" again like last semester -_-
12:47 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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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!