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!!
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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
Tuesday 30 September 2008
trying to finish off my layout before the end of today so that i can print them out >___<>
it's sad coz tomorrow's hari raya, and my parents are here, and i can't see them coz my work is not done >___<>
and i haven't been sleeping properly since last week trying to finish off this portfolio... and my illustrations are still not clothed! and i can't start colouring them unless i have all my fabrics ready!! and i still haven't gone to china and arab to add to my current swatches! and my technical drawing needs adjustments... should i leave it at that first and buy more swatches and make the adjustments later on? i think i should.... hmm....
back to in-design!!! >______<>
ps: my left cheek kept twitching (it's been half a year!!) and just now my left index finger also did... now i'm really freaking out! one more twitch and i'm gonna see a doctor!!
4:06 pm
now starting to delve into the usual pre-assessment routine of eating nothing for lunch (popped in a gastric pill though) and the barest minimum for dinner (1.50bucks loaf of kaya bread, yumm~ NOT!) due to time constrain to finish up work. Labels: school
but now i'm breathing with a lesser weight on my shoulder! my presentation is done!! now to wait the verdict.... if we get the email from the teachers, means something's wrong about our topic. if not, means we can proceed on with our stuff and come up with essay outline for next week.......!!!!! omg...... ok...... i'm not going to think about that now, now i just have to keep my focus on portfolio portfolio portfolio!!
anyway, i've been on my toes (and my stomach's been excreting excessive amount of acid) since morning due to nervousness and anxiety, and i just want to rest my mind for awhile. perhaps a couple of hours of sleep, then i'll wake up at 4am to do work again.
but before that, i want to talk about saturday night, which was my 8th cash studio session xDD friday night, dira-devil called me, asking me if i want to go karaoke on the next day, soale dia diajakin paman yg minggu lalunya karaoke-an ma dia, "karaoke e ikimasenka?" katanya, dan dira spontan langsung "ikou!", dan trus tu paman baru bilang lagi dia blun ngajak sapa2 lagi XDDD jadi dira lsg telpon gw d, "gawat gawat!" LOL kocak!!
eniwei, i kept it on my mind throughout the entire friday and saturday. i even forgo sleeping on friday just to make sure i can finish enough work to take a break to go karaoke. but even without sleeping, i still couldn't finish what i needed to do. so in the morning i told dira that i couldn't go. and she was like, "muri shinaide", tapi gwnya yg mo pegii!!! -___- sedih... throughout the day i kept smsing her again and again, all the while setting a certain goal for myself on what to finish...
well at the end of the day, against my better judgement, i told her, "i'm going." and she was like, "?!??!? bener?????" lol, she sounded so happy xDD aparently mai didn't want to come because the next day she has morning shift, and dira managed to get her dance friend to also go, though she doubt that the friend would be singing, so she was happy that i would go, coz it means more people singing.
left for cash studio at 9.30 from school. before leaving i was walking with dimuthu, and told him, "i'm going to town right now. going karaoke." and he was like "you're insane!" LOL he's so funny xD but anyway we agreed that we need to take our minds off the work for a while before getting back to it, and furthermore i've more or less completed the task that i set myself to do at the start of the day, so i went with a less guilty feeling xD
was introduced to yamanaka-san (ato watanabe-san ya?) and yungzhen-san? i'm sorry i'm so much worse for chinese names than japanese names. yung-san is dira's dance friend, n kalo ga sala yg ngenalin dira ke yamanaka-san. mereka bertiga ngomong jepang, dan gw dengan rendah diri (bukan rendah hati -_-) ngaku ngga ngerti jepang =p abis emang comprehension gw kacau abis si xDDD yamanaka-san ni dipanggil oom sama dira (tau kan jepangnya apa? m nya diganti ama ssan aja xD) walopun blun tua2 banget la. yamanaka-san speaks japanese and SINGlish xDDD sugoi desu ne xD lengkap dengan la le lo nya, kata dira xDDD lol...
dira bilang dia jago nyanyi, n suaranya kayak vocalistnya B'z. gw tau B'z, n gw tau suaranya kyk apa, jadi pas gw denger gw kayak "wooow~" keren man... dan terus pas nyanyi, bener sia, mirip xDDD tapi trus gw juga keinget ma penyanyinya Spitz. pokoke, suaranya tu oom keren abis d! there was once when he forgo using the mic altogether, "iranai" he said ("ga perlu"), and yung-san who was sitting beside him was still covering her ears, his voice is THAT powerful xDDD *applause*
abis tu, ga berapa lama dateng lagi satu oom, watanabe-san (kalo yg tadi watanabe-san, berarti yg ini yamanaka-san, gw lupa deh o.o). nyanyi bareng orang jepang tu ga enaknya jadi minder kalo ga bisa baca kanji o.o dan gw jadi lebi seneng dengerin dira ma yamanaka-san ma watanabe-san nyanyi xD si dira nyuru2 gw nyanyi trus, in the end gw nyanyi sedikit, diru's jealous reverse (solo), gackt's december no love song (duet), V6's generation gap (duet), NEWS's dreams (solo) ma asian kungfu generation's haruka kanata (duet).
the last one was our second last song, and we were shouting and yelling as per usual haruka kanata xDD this time i could reach the pitch! maybe that time waktu ada harry ama erica i was too tired that i couldn't reach the pitch even with full-power yelling... yamanaka-san baru pertama kali denger tu lagu, n pas di chorus dia ud bisa teriak2 nyanyi sama kita xDDD dan kata yung-san suaranya lebih powerful dari kita xDDD lol, kayaknya dia ud mabok, minum bir sampe 4 botol sia (di rumah katanya ud minum 3!) gawat gawat....
eniwei, akhirnya pulang jam stgh 1. naek taxi pulang. kalo di-itung2 itu cash studio session yg paling mahal buat gw, considering that gw ga nyanyi gitu banyak lagu. but the weird thing was that: i was happy o.o mungkin gara2 melarikan diri dari kerjaan yg banyak (apalagi waktu tu blun presentation!!), jadi kayak waktu gw diajak ke wedding reception ma merry waktu seblun assessment, gtu d. "the sweetness of medicine could be tasted the best when in poisoned state" kalo mo quote yochan xD
eniwei, yesh, that was my 8th cash studio session. will have another one as soon as my parents are back in indo, alright people? (calling out to obachan, harry, dira, MAI!!!) xDDD
12:34 am
Monday 29 September 2008
please pray for me that i'd still be alive at the end of today. Labels: school
there's research-in-progress presentation later on, and just thinking about it can make me feel nauseated...
well, i tried my best. if later my topic is getting slams from LR or LL or ED then... then i'll just hae to make it better. no matter what, i'm going to get through the presentation in alive state! and whatever comes after that, i'll welcome it with jubilance (portfolio, omg)
ps: my parents are here for more than a week!
9:15 am
Friday 26 September 2008
-___- :::::::: no comment about the above title.... other than it's true.... Labels: school
anyway. today, again, i'm thankful for my classmates who are readily and willingly offer an advice and encourage you not to get too stressed. around 2.30pm, dimuthu adviced me to "divide up your day. do essay til 5, then 5-10 do deisgn studio. that way you get to do both things in a day." which really does help to calm my mind and focus my attention to one task at a time instead of going beserk with "oh shyt i gotta do this gotta do that haven't done this haven't even touched that oh shyyyytttt" mode.
then at night, when i was getting ready to go home, told him that i gotta finish all my work before sunday coz my parents are coming. instead of going "oh, you can do it, hana" or something, he went "oh wow, you're so lucky! you must be so happy!" o.o i was like, "yea i'm happy, but that means i have to finish everything by tomorrow you know, everything!" and he insisted, "yea but your parents are coming! if i were you i'll be so happy!" =) it's great that he could see the bright side of my plight when me myself am feeling pessimistic. thanks dimuthu! =)
yanghong came to school just now, to pass me "something to do" for her birthday, which would also involuntarily forcing me to attend it xDDD don't worry yang, i'll be there ^^ we talked about creating some games for her birthday party, and i suggested 2 games for her. one is the yamaki's nobuta wo produce promo game, the drawing game one where yamapi drew a really cute santa claus and rocket xD the other game that i proposed is inspired (if not copied!) from shounen club, the one where you gotta put your hands in a box and guess what's inside xDDD
of course i gotta come up with the list of words (for the drawing game) and items (for the box game) but the idea is so fun i can't help but kept thinking about it xDD
anyway, while in class, she observed that my class seemed very fun and she lamented about her course. guess it's true, this year's class is very fun, all the people are simply great and the environment is really condusive to do work. thank god for this year's BAFD! ^^
8:21 pm
Tuesday 23 September 2008
wonder if obachan had seen it.... if she has, she's definitely keeping mum about it o.O Labels: jani jimusho misc
V6 - Swing! PVi'm sorry to say that i like this song much better than NEWS's new Happy Birthday!! ooops..... o.O somehow when i was watching the PV, i couldn't help but smile =DDD it's such a happy song! like Summer Time =DD love it!!! unlike when i was watching Happy Birthday, my face was wooden still, coz it's like maa-maa dake desu (read: so-so only)... but i've never taken down V6 from my fave JE group, ne, so it's okay xDD
NEWS, mou sukoshi ganbare! V6, otsukaresama deshita! nice song!! ^__^
edit: the power of youtube and its linking videos....
from Swing! i checked out some other V6 songs which i haven't seen the PV before. maklum, i know V6's old PVs coz i have some of the PV DVD, but the newer songs and singles i'm quite clueless about (obachan ga perna share si -_-)... now i understand why obachan likes Arigatou no Uta so much. junichi is like the star of the PV la =P
but anyway, i'm still so-so with the song (i like way of life much better =p)... and then~~ at the link there, there was this "News - arigatou no uta"
remember my story with Kobukuro's Tsubomi, Kinki Kids' Hakka Candy and Nagase Tomoya (TOKIO)'s Hitoribocchi Haburashi (or something like that)? for Arigatou no Uta...err..... i'll let it open for interpretation ^^;;;;; but one thing for sure, i'm willing to sing this song with you next time, obachan xDDD *just give me tesshi's part, ne~* xDDDDDDDDDD
9:54 am
for those who doesn't know what is Taste of Chaos, well sbnernya gw jg ga gt tau sigh o.O *hueehehehe* but when i was still closely following the myspaces of versailles, diru, yochan, the jrockers, i remember reading about this tour several times, and so i associate it with collaboration of several rock bands concert.
and, this year Taste of Chaos is coming to Singapore!!!!
and together with it, it's bringing along: *drumrolls*.... MUCC!!!! and Atreyu, and blablahblah sorry i duno the rest xDDDD
MUCC!! i don't listen to them, but they're established long-standing rock band, that also performed during yochan's JRock Revolution in LA last year.
the tix is very ex though -_- $98 without booking fee, which is 3bucks, so the total would be $101... the highest amount of money i've ever paid for a ticket that is closest to that number was Phantom of the Opera ticket...
perhaps i should just catch MUCC at the airport =DD when will they come, i wonder ^^
9:37 am
Monday 22 September 2008
half a year and 13 days ago, i became a tegoshi fan (and subsequently NEWS and Tegomassu). about 2 months after that, during my 'research', i started to dig up on tesshi's dramas. successfully retrieved complete with the english subs were Gachibaka and My Boss! My Hero. successfully retrieved raw was Shabake.
but, today, behold, the power of youtube and its advertisements: SHABAKE with Indonesian Translation is out there!!!
it started with me watching the translated version of k-chan news with tesshi in june. the segment that i was dying to understand due to its... err... yaoi-ishly weird session, for those who understand little enough to know that they were re-enacting some scenarios with smooches sound everywhere (and tesshi with his breathless-sexy voice just managed to make everything sound so WRONG!!!). really really wanted to know what the heck was that about. and just now i found the translated version in youtube.
well, i'm always thirsty for new NEWS-related (make that tesshi-related) translation, and having someone other than newshfan translating is good news (coz newshfan does not usually sub something that others had done). so i checked out their website. and, voila, SHABAKE indonesian-subbed!!! today's my lucky day!!! xDD
thanks to all the translator-crew of NEWS Express (NeX). minna-san, arigatou gozaimashita!! otsukaresama deshita!!!! anyone who's interested to join Indonesian NEWS Forum, please go to their website!! ^__^
btw, on the newest K-chan news segment with tegomassu+shige, there's that wild kiss whatever segment too. i wonder if they'd sub that too =DDDDDDD
*happy* ^_^
10:20 pm
i share newshfan's sentiments, where are those people who used to make all the juniors do random things like this? bring them back!! xDD Labels: jani jimusho misc
well the whole thing is about "battle of endurance" of the tokyo jr team (takki, tsubasa, yamapi, toma and jimmy) versus the kansai jr team (yokoyama, shibutani, ryo-chan, murakami). perhaps it's also appropriate to call it "battle of survival without water" coz that's what they did for the triathlon. dance for 3 hrs (with pre-determined dance movement!), running 5km (within 30 minutes!!) and sauna (half an hour, divided into 2 sessions!), all done without drinking any water or they'd get disqualified.
this clip was taken in 2000 may, so it means that yamapi had just turned 15 and ryo-chan is half a year early into his 16th... yet in the clip, somehow i can see yamapi as a 15-yr-old, BUT ryo-chan doesn't look a day older than 13 xDDD he's so freakin freakin CUTEEE!!!! xDDDDDDDD and not to mention very very very good looking O.O!!!
the additional "no sleeping" segment after the triathlon is THE highlight of the whole show. just like "gaki no tsukai (don't laugh)", the producer try all kind of means to lull the boys to sleep which includes: a classical string performance, a math lecture (that would definitely put me to sleep, no doubt!), a lullaby sung by a soprano, and a video called "peace blue" which featured swimming dolphins in the blue ocean complete with soothing, tranquil music xDDDDDDDD bearing in mind that the boys had just completed a hard day of physical workout at the triathlon, a sumptious dinner, a relaxing bath at the hot spring, and they were in their pyjamas, lying there on the soft futon with thick blankets on them, this is NOT an easy task!! xD
so fun! go get the video from newshfan!! ^^
10:51 am
Sunday 21 September 2008
19 Sep 2008, dearest yamapi has graduated from Meiji University, as all of facebook friend of his account would know. translation credits to newshfan. Labels: yamapi
can't say that it made the biggest impact on me, but the fact still remains that his determination to go to uni and obtain a degree despite his mega-idol status and 'shining' career achievements and his "i think that a man who doesn't try his best in all that he does, doesn't deserve to be called a man" quote are some things that i always think about when i was contemplating my future and whether or not to continue degree or not.
so, i was very happy with his graduation =D omedetou gozaimasu, yamapi! here's hoping that you can be an inspiration for the younger Jrs and also million other fans in the world! kanpai~~ =DD
11:28 pm
Saturday 20 September 2008
if there's any ghost trailing behind me all day today, it must be laughing, coz i was like an idiot for the whole day. there's some delivery men who are supposed to deliver some stuff today and lighting men who'd be coming at different time. since i also wanted to spend some time in school doing school work, i didn't go for the morning 9.30 lighting time and decided to go for the 3-5pm delivery time.
11am. went to school. on the way there, koko called. told me that they would be sending the washing machine + tumbler and fridge separately. and one of them would be coming at 12.30.
i alighted at tekka centre. crossed the road. instead of walking straight to school, i turned left and made my way to the bus stop to go back home. waited for bus 23 while thinking. bus 23 came. i suddenly thought, "why not while i wait for those deliveries, i read up on my essay topic?" so i made my way back to school as bus 23 approached the bus stop.
halfway done the path to school, another thought struck me, "wait, is the reading file at home or in school? wait, the side lift doesn't operate on saturday sunday, which means i have to make my way to the main lift, sign my name and class, make my way to 4th floor, cross the Sky Bridge, climb the stairs to 5th floor, and go across 2 blocks to reach my class. too troublesome!" i stopped, turned my heel 180degrees and back at the bus stop. waiting for the next bus 23 to come.
reached home. decided to bring koko's laptop along so that i can do some technical drawing while waiting. decided to bring the little folding table that obachan gave so that there's some place to place the laptop. i made my way to the bus stop behind the house with 1 sling bag, 1 backpack (for the laptop) and one humongous Art Friend plastic bag which contained the folding bag. looked freakin silly. furthermore, i was wearing my black yoshiki t-shirt, complete with my iLuv across my head. ha. i don't even want to see how i looked. alighted at united square. didn't want to walk under the freakin hot 12-pm sun, so i opened my umbrella. i really really really didn't want to see how i looked at that time.
anyway, fast-forward to 3pm. i thought the delivery would come soon, so i took a short nap. slept for a long looong time. when i awoke it was 5.30 and koko was calling Courts to ask why wasn't the fridge here yet. Courts said it's gonna ask LG to call my bro again. of course, when they say "we'll call you back," 999,999,999 cases out of 1,000,000,000 they never, ever did. so my bro called LG. they're already closed. great. so he called Courts again. he was given "you call is important to us, please continue to wait" automated message for years until it was "sorry, no customer service available." wtf???? nvm, try again. he got lucky, apparently there's still one human being left alive at Courts customer service. so he asked about the delivery again.
"normally the day before delivery, we will call you to confirm. if we didn't call, means there's no delivery."
...WTF?!
what freakin bullshit was that????????? Electrolux didn't call me yesterday, was i supposed to assume that they wouldn't come???? shouldn't it be "if there's no delivery, then we'll call you the day before"? anyone with any portion of common-sense would think in that way! but either the logical way of thinking or non-logical way of thinking, they didn't call yesterday, and today there's supposed to be the promised delivery day, and i waited for 3-4 freakin hours doing nothing, and they gave me bullshit for an excuse (only koko was too nice for them and didn't scold them, if it was me, i would send them hell through the telephone line!!) and got me really pissed i don't even know what i've been doing the whole day other than the fact i didn't get any work done.
such a horrid day. and, no, it's not my PMS. -_-
Courts+LG, bad service!!!!!!!
7:31 pm
Thursday 18 September 2008
yea man, went to watch yamapi, i mean kurosagi!!! =DDD yeeeey~~~~ hahahahaha the very first scene was like yamapi's face close-up shoot, and the whole theatre went "whooo~~ <3" L!O!L! i was laughing la xDDD i guess what obachan said might be true, i think the whole theatre was filled with girls xDDDDD anyway, i didn't watch kurosagi the drama, but i still understand =) Labels: cash studio, school, yamapi
after watching akira, kurosaki is a fresh change, though not a very interesting one. i have this habit of branding everyone who act cool as "duno how to act" *cough* like tesshi in gachi baka *cough* so just now i have to keep reminding myself of akira, then i don't see yamapi as one of those "duno how to act" cool actors. in fact, comparing the contrast of the two characters, i think he's a really good actor =D
asked joyce to watch nobuta wo produce, "he's such a dork there, so lame!" and joyce simply refused: "i don't want to destroy his current cool image" =/ no fun, i thought he's more exciting and cute as akira instead of kurosaki ^^
random thoughts as i watched the movie: ...yamapi's so tanned...i want to touch his cheek (during those close-ups)... he really got cup C... want to touch his cheek... so cuuuuteeee!!! lol, especially for the kurokawa acting, what with hand gesture like that, to be able to act within and act, i think it's great!! =DD banzai kurosaki! i mean yamapi!!! =DD now i really really want to watch the drama!!
so, afterwards went to cash studio session 7 with obachan, harry and tessie. just to keep a record of my cash studio sessions, here's the combination of people who've gone with me since the very first session in may:
1. dira(1), nata(2), tony(3)
2. nata, hany(4)
3. dira, mai(5), wan xing(6)
4. dira, nata, harry(7)
5. dira, harry, erica(8)
6. nata, harry, hany
7. nata, harry, tessie(9)
weww~~ i've gone to cash studio with 9 different people for 7 sessions!! xDD my card is full. the next time i go there i'm gonna ask for a new card. fill 2 cards and we can get a premium membership =D duno what it'll bring but definitely sounds better than a free-3-hour session for filing one whole card, ne? the next time i go, i wouldn't know what to sing...i'm running out of sing-able songs!! they don't even have pacific album inside, and i so wanted to sing 'ai no matador'... and they only have taiyou no namida full single, not weeek's, so i can't sing 'with me' either -_- sigh... wish they'd update it soon...wanna sing summer time ^^
anyway. deadline for sketches is done. deadline for presentation and portfolio is coming up next. eventhough we have one week to do that, i think it's still gonna stress me out. it's high time to start planning what to do for each day so that i don't come to friday with "oh no i haven't done a single thing" syndromme -_- but i guess, with classmates like mine, it'll be easier to keep working. rachel scolded me off facebook yesterday, "do design!!" she chatbox-ed me xDD yosh, today is enough of playing, tomorrow back to work =)
11:47 pm
Wednesday 17 September 2008
writers have their writer-block and designers have their designer-block. Labels: school
unless it's those people who don't have the knack of it to start off with and had been 'blocked' since the start anyway. (like me!!)
but i'm surprised with the reactions that i get from my friend. iie, not surprised but more like didn't expect it.
i'm used to be like pulling my hair and wailed to mimi merry "i can't designn~~~" during sketches selection weeks, and they would be giving me advices (all tried, by the way, but i'm just like this!) and they would be looking at my sketches and offered bits of suggestions.
but now i'm receiving the same kind of treatment in the class too! dani came to suggest some ways i can break out of the boring silhouette by using my collages as real templates. jit has always been telling me that my cpj has a lot of stuff (but i can't process them properly...). pauline was almost authoritative in her suggestions (thanks pauline, i need that). alice was very, very straight-forward in her comments, which i learn a lot from. veli's suggestion was thrown to me again by LR. basically everyone whom i approached to for a talk (and sometimes they come to me) would be giving me some forms of advice.
i'm so thankful for such a class this year. i tried them all. i just hope the end result won't be too messy...
11:11 pm
Tuesday 16 September 2008
just to let you know that not everyone gets this sheet of paper called "progress report" and when you get it, it means that there's something that you have to improve in your work. (read: NO GOOD!) Labels: school
just got my second progress report in less than a week's time. surprisingly, i don't feel upset or anything when i got it. in fact, i acknowledged it as a form of reminder and even an encouragement to do better.(unlike the earlier progress report in which i was upset with the content because, while it was telling the truth about my condition, i believe that i wasn't been given enough help to prevent the situation.)
yappari, having a good teacher makes a whole world of difference to students, ne!
10:29 pm
banzai! today is a happy day for 2 different reasons. 1: i've gone through and survived that group discussion, and 2: i have been assigned ED for my supervisor, which would render my last facebook status invalid ^^ yey!! Labels: school
right. gonna go to sleep and wake up early tomorrow for LR's work. ganbare~
12:46 am
Monday 15 September 2008
i hate it. never thought that the module that i will hate is this instead of design studio. hate it! not as much the module as the teacher... Labels: school
i will survive the day. even if it means admitting my fault openly and getting slammed in front of the class, crying in front of the class, getting criticised and wrongly accused in front of the class or whatever horrid things you can possibly imagine happening in class today.
i will survive it.
see you at the end of today.
11:23 am
Saturday 13 September 2008
look at this clip
so my memory served me correctly. it's been X Japan since 93 until Kinki Kids took over, and now it's NEWS!!! can you imagine how happy i was to see that list up there? my 2 fave (group of) people are up there!! =DDDD
point to note: since 88-92 it was all western acts (bon jovi, metallica, loudness, michael jackson) BUT they're written in kana, which foreigners can't read anyway. and 93-08 onwards are all japanese acts, and they're written in romaji. can you see the irony? =p
point to note: 2:07 --> "riida no koyama keiichiro san wa..." ---> ????!?!?!?!??!?!??!?!?!??!?! the fact that yamapi is NEWS's leader should be very very clear ever since their debut, why now kei-chan is the leader? mistake from news-presenter? or yamapi's been demoted?? o.O!!!
btw, preview of the song "gan gan gan ganbatte" =DD now i like this song MUCH MUCH BETTER than happy bathday xDDDD sorry ar, but it sounds more happy and cheerful, the image of NEWS that i like ^^
an extra clip of tesshi talking about futsal in his oh-so-sexy voice... ga cocok buat segment ini, yuuyaan!!!!! xDDDD
the thing about tesshi and annual season is: while we look at his clips (or PVs or TV shows or whatever in which he appeared in person), we can deduct WHAT SEASON was the clip taken at. for example, during summer, he'd get so freakin tanned (like the above clip) whileas during winter he's so fair like snow-white xDD
ok i really gotta rush to school... wish me luck everyone...
12:43 pm
starting the weekend was cash studio session 6 with hany, nata and harry. was using the free-3-hr-from-1-to-6pm voucher, os hany had to get there before 6 else we can't use the voucher. was out at PS with pauline to pick up knitting stuff for fabric manipulation. was late in the end, sori hany. it was hard because i left my cheat sheet at jakarta, so in the end she have to look up for lyrics. sang many songs that i've never attempted before, including one Rentrer en Soi's Protoplasm ^^
yesterday was a great day until 4.30pm, after which it became like a cold hell. until i met merry and decided to forget what happened in the past 3 hours and just be happy. ate at cafe cartel and in that 3 hours i was with her, i talked more than i did for the past week combined together xD such a chatterbox!
anyway. dad is coming this sunday. today is the last day to buck up and do work before next week. ganbare!
12:00 pm
Friday 12 September 2008
as usual, watch it before it's taken down by youtube, ok? Labels: comment: song, NEWS
it's a laid-back happy song, NEWS style. Summer Time feel and (some) Taiyou no Namida dance move and no difficult singing part. NEWS style. not truly exciting or what, NEWS style.
i don't sound too thrilled about it, huh? oh well, it'll take some time to get used to a new song, and the PV is too laid back for any excitement, not to mention almost half of their screen time is being eaten by the irritating graphic animations. we want to see NEWS members, not the story of the PV, get it? it's like Summer Time PV but with many additional un-necessary animation (during which we can't see any members at all)
hany commented that she used not to like Easy Come Easy Go because there's a part where their singing seemed out of beat. i bet she'd be equally un-thrilled with this PV, coz at every chorus part they practically have this unharmonious beat xD but, oh well, just get used to it, ne?
9:17 am
Wednesday 10 September 2008
tell-tale signs. Labels: NEWS
2 pairs were standing. tesshi and jin vs someone (paiseh i duno kattun's members other than kame, jin, nakamaru and koki) and kusano. the rest were sitting down. it's a priviledge for tesshi for standing beside jin. but it's to be expected la hor.
2 members from missing, one from each group: kame and yamapi.
it's unfortunate that kusano was standing there instead of massu. or rather, it's unfortunate that massu isn't given another standing microphone. but the fault doesn't lie in NewS, ne...
interpret it according to your own will. i did. and i'm so very proud of NewS =)
7:24 pm
anyone would like to go to Tokyo on the new year's eve and new year this year? Labels: NEWS
quoting heroisme and buttrflikissr, (which posts i read from newshfan's friends button) the tour will start on 25 OCTOBER 2008 and will end on 12 JANUARY 2009.
if you realise, yes, it covers the NEW YEAR 2009 in their tour schedule.
and, yes, they are going to have a concert on those celebration days.
... and, YES!!! THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT IN TOKYO DOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*bursting with excitement that was contained while writing the previous sentences*
OMG!!!!! NEW YEAR TOUR AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and it lasts very very VERY long!!! from october to january, that's like 3 months!!!!! O.O!!!!!!
and NEW YEAR CONCERT AT TOKYO DOME!!! omg, that's big. like B!I!G!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! O.O!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and it's not one day, not two days, but THREE FREAKIN DAYS!!!! THREE DAYS IN TOKYO DOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DURING THE NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
X Japan occupied Tokyo Dome for New Year concert in 93, 94, and 95. after that i heard that the most consecutive new year concert in tokyo dome was taken over by Kinki Kids.
but this year, it's no longer Kinki Kids!! it's NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that's big news!!!!!!!!!! =DDDDDDDDDDDDD
and, Johnny Jimusho is STILL going to be having their annual Countdown concert. can you do the math?
YES!!! they're going to have the countdown concert AFTER NEWS' concert!! which (highest likely) means that this year's countdown concert is going to take place in NEWS stage and props!!!
*totally gearing up for thurs cash studio* I'M SO GONNA BE SINGING GOOD NEWS!!!!! xDDDDDD
omg omg omg omg i'm too excited!!!!!!! *glances at clock* and i'm gonna be late for PL's class but...
...BUT!!!
NEWS IS GOING TO HAVE 3-DAY NEW-YEAR CONCERT AT THE FREAKIN TOKYO DOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
not to mention the announcement of a new ALBUM!!! NEW ALBUM!!!! Happy Birthday single is not even out and now they're announcing an album!!! it'll be like last year? "weeek" and "pacific" being released simultaneously?
i'll be expecting cdjapan to send me an "upcoming artist newsmail" that contains info about this album soon, perhaps by tonight or tomorrow? cdjapan is always fast in announcing their releases.
i told hari that i'm gonna be singing songs that i'm unfamiliar with this coming thursday, but perhaps it'll be another all-NEWS songs that i'll sing =DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
1:04 pm
Monday 8 September 2008
i just spent a very guilty sunday doing nothing but watching One Piece and NEWS and Tegomassu clips and eating whatever's available in my room... oh nooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (not ohno!) Labels: school
very very guilty!! it almost seem like i'm back on my old self!! that me resolution only last for 5 whole weeks!! shuuuckssssssss!!!!!!!!!!
it's horrible, starting the week with lethargy level like level 2, horrible, horrible... i need to do something to return me to my original energy level!!
*if only i know what*
7:58 am
Sunday 7 September 2008
when i was still a fan of Arsenal and still followed the goings-on in the football world, i often read the sports pages in the newspaper. i always find sports journalists to be really creative in their language and highly descriptive in an entertaining way. not seldom they give a summary of what's happening currently in the world of soccer besides writing about the particular news.
it's been a year (or two?) since i lost touch with anything soccer (mark it from the time henry left arsenal) but today i was hooked to this article on the Sunday Times called "New tale of Arabian knights" the [OFFSIDE] section. written in an unusual format of a (supposedly) letter, it's very funny and half-joking in the choice of words. if you're not really sure about the names, don't worry, it's meant to be a joke (most of the time).
written by Tay Yek Keak, this is how it went:
First Robinho, next the world. Tay Yek Keak peeks into the personal drawer of new Man City owner Sulaiman Al-Fahim and his plans for world domination.
Hi, I'm Super Sulaimain and I'm here to buy up your players.
Dear ______
Sir/Madam/Manager/Owner/Fellow billionaire/To whom it may concern of ______ (Manchester United/Chelsea/Arsenal/Liverpool/Real Madrid/Barcelona/AC Milan/Inter Milan/Juventus/Bayern Munich)
Allow me to introduce myself.
I am Sulaiman Al-Fahim.
I represent the Abu Dhabi United Group for Development and Investment, the new owner of Manchester City.
I am also known as the "Donald Trump of the Gulf" due to my real estate company and my hosting of a TV series in the Middle East which looks like The Apprentice.
However, I would be just as honoured and pleased if somebody considers me the ______ (Bill Gates/Warren Buffett/Don Corleone) of Abu Dhabi.
Let me clarify first.
Although it sounds like it, Abu Dhabi is not the name of a midfielder in Arsenal or a prison in Iraq where people are tortured.
No, you are confusing us with Abou Diaby and Abu Ghraib.
We are a very wealthy emirate, one of the seven states which make up the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
You may have heard of us - the stadium at Arsenal is called Emirates Stadium and one of our fellow emirates, Dubai, if hoping to buy Liverpool once the American owners there declare ______(bankruptcy/insolvency/foreclosure/a fire sale/a suicide pact).
As you are probably aware, we are in the process of transforming Manchester City into the biggest football club in the world.
We are already the richest club in the world, overtaking even Roman Abramovich's Chelsea.
We do not want to boast but our financial muscle of US$______(1 trillion/2 trillion/3 trillion), depending on the price of oil, is more than Mr Abramovich's who, by the way, is welcome to join forces with us as our _______ (assistant/trainee/butler/jester/falcon trainer).
As you are probably aware, we have just bought Robinho of Brazil.
______ (Pele/Maradona/Cruyff/Beckenbauer/Dr Phil) may question Robinho's judgement and sanity, but he is our first superstar at Manchester City.
I can assure you, sir, that he will definitely not be our last.
I am writing to you now because we are very keen to add to our collection to form the Greatest Team Of All Time.
As such, we wish to buy ______ (Cristiano Ronaldo/Fernando Torres/Francesc Fabregas/Kaka/your best player) from you.
He is a wonderful, wonderful player, befitting the ambitions of The Biggest Club In The World.
We are very eager to acquire him as our coaches have already engaged the services of ______ (Usain Bolt and the entire Jamaican Olympic sprint team) to train him to be even faster.
You should be pleased that you player is heading to a better place.
At manchester City, we call our home New Paradise, we have a former Thai prime minister on our board, and part of our development plans is to include similarly powerful people such as a _______ (president/king/emperor/United Nations secretary-general/American game-show host) in our committee too.
Please remember, sir, that in our business dealings, money will never be an object, a subject, or a reject.
We do not concern ourselves with such trifle matters.
There is no question of how.
Abu Dhabi United Group is used to getting who, what, where and when it wants, and we are very happy to have invited ourselves to come and play with you.
Please name us a price for your player but again, as I have stated, do not be intimidated by the extra penny or two.
US$ ______(100/200/300/400/500) million will be wired to your Swiss bank account.
If you prefer the amount to be in more tangible terms, we can always thrown in ______ (Hull City/Stoke City/Newcastle United/Tottenham) too.
Our manager, Mark Hughes, will be in touch.
If he does not call due to his busy schedule, kindly contact ______ (Kevin Keegan/Alan Curbishley) who is now part-timing with us in view of his recent resignatuon from ______ (Newcastle United/West Ham United).
I would appreciate if you could reply to this letter soonest.
Bearing in mind that kick-off next Saturday is at 5pm.
Thank you,
Sincerely yours,
Sulaiman
PS: Please call me ______ (Donald/Bill/Warren/Don Corleone the Godfather)
1:12 pm
Thursday 4 September 2008
recently been clicking on the "friends" icon on newshfan's journal and always find interesting stuff to read. this is the latest one, it's a statement from johnny boys (hey! say! jump in particular) about stalking and how much they DON'T appreciate it, and the (supposedly) original message in japanese. if you can read a little bit, you'll realise that those boys weren't even using normal polite language (those that end with "masu" or "masu ka" or "desu") o.O! Labels: jani jimusho misc
ouch, hurts, doesn't it, stalkers? we have to remember that while these guys are saying "i don't mind if you approach me while outside and ask for a handshake" or something (pi-chan said it several times in several tv shows), it's totally different if you wait for them somewhere and stalk them. "accidentally meeting somewhere" means you recognise them as you're outside. "stalking" means you recognise their house and you make a point to wait there and ambush them. where's the romantic part in that? =p
have to be in school in 30 min. blog about convo later.
EDIT: someone actually translated the whole bunch of the messages regarding this stalking things, including messages from NEWS, KAT-TUN and Arashi members!! O.O
7:05 am
Tuesday 2 September 2008
i'm doing cardio exercise regularly now, at least once every week. if not tuesday, it's thursday, or sometimes wednesday. yeaps, it's the time when i meet the DS lecturers. i mean lecturer, since now it's left LR alone and SR would only be teaching us once a fortnight for textile manipulation techniques. i decided to start using initials, don't ask why. Labels: school
anyway, today, against the will of my heart, my brain ordered me to see him for consultation. it was not an easy thing to do. but somehow my body had learned to stay detached from my heart and listen to my more rational mind during times like this. so, i consulted him.
the things that he asked me to do the previous week, i did them. though, the resultant product wasn't so satisfying, for me. but still, this is not a good week, what with convocation and the looming 40 design roughs submission next week. i decided that seeing him today will do me much good rather than on thursday, or, worse still, not at all.
the consultation (or interrogation, to a certain degree) went on for some minutes, during which some extra members were also called in to help the clueless yours truly for some keywords, and then kicked out soon after due to the fact that they were so good in answering they would do me no good xD
at the end of the interrogation, i mean consultation, LR cleverly deducted (or perhaps he had deducted for long time ago) that i'm "lacking of exploration in level 2" which cause me to "not know what you're lacking, and now you're wondering why is it so" since i'm still "not sure of your own identity as a designer".
spot on! is he psychic or what?
yep, i admit that i'm quite far away from my classmates who have found their own identity and able to conceptualise their collections and express it in a better articulation than me, who's still lost in the fog about my own identity.
he asked me to do more exploration. and that the "emergency bell" must be ringing now. yea, true.
but, the thing is, i also believe that i can pull this project well. quite unusual for me to feel this way, but i'm quite optimistic about this collection and i believe that with his guidance, i will be able to suceed.
with each week that i consult the teachers, i feel myself going forward in a more sure manner than last time, when i would shuffle to the front while watching mimi and merry doing all their fantastic stuff, shining so brightly that i was reduced to mere ghostly shadow trailing behind them. i failed to pull myself forward against the light and seek concrete help from teachers, and the teachers were unable to notice me in the midst of those lights and missed me. of course mimi and merry tried to pull me forward with them to the world of light, but (refers to nakahara sunako) sometimes creatures of the dark are just meant to stay in the dark, ne?
but now, i'm like starting afresh. it was lonely, and i missed my friends so much! but in this new pages, i'm forced to walk alone without those guiding lights which were mimi and merry, and by doing so i learned more things about myself, academically and socially.
and, it's my first time, after LL in level 1 semester 1, that i have a design studio teacher who's willing to sit there for the whole of 5-10 minutes, focusing his whole attention to talk to me about my concept and theme, asking and probing questions for me to answer, and giving constructive advice for me to ponder about and weekly task to guide me to the next step. as much as i like JS (and our trio's obsession with him) he was unable to help me much because i didn't even dare to seek much help in the midst of confusion (that was one rollercoaster semester!). and, unlike LR who probed me with questions eventhough he (must have!) sensed my apprehension and cowardice, JS helped me as much as i seek help from him, and when i wasn't sure of what to seek help for (which i usually did), he didn't push me on.
well anyway, jangan sampe ntar gw dibilang "hangat hangat tahi ayam", i'll be sure to keep this spirit up and end this BA year with a brilliant result and wonderful memory of the last schooling year in my life (right now possibility of pursuing my studies is still being explored, but nothing's confirmed)
11:27 pm
Monday 1 September 2008
the start of a stressful week. glad that day 1 is over.
went to the library just now. only had 2 buns for lunch. i think i'll get used to such lunch menu every mondays.
supposed to be doing my work, but, geez, gaki no tsukai in youtube is really addictive! =_=
10:03 pm
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CD Wishlist
JaeChunSu - The... (preordered)
JYJ - Thanksgiving Live in Dome DVD (preordered)
Tegomasu - Tegomasu no Ai minialbum
Versailles - Ascendead Master (mini movies in Limited Ed singles type I,II,III)
Yoshiki - Eternal Melody 1
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
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
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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
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NEWS - pacific album
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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
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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
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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
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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
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X - Hamettsu ni Mukatte 'On The Verge of Destruction' Concert
X Japan - The Last Live
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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
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...
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
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
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!
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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!