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
Sunday 29 March 2009
a few weeks ago i sent a message to Versailles's official myspace. i said something along the line of wanting to finish my BA year with a new Versailles single accompanying me =P yea yea maybe about 123,232 people who send them those messages everyday, so i don;t think they paid any attention to it. Labels: versailles, x japan
but anyway, hmv and cdjapan has put a new single up on their website. it' s called Ascendead Mast, the first major maxi single of versailles. ...wait, then what was Prince&Princess? o.O oh heck whatever, anyway, the thing is, this new single, albeit it made me ecstatic and so happy, it comes with a DVD bonus for the limited edition.
a DVD bonus of a 15-minute movie.
which is split into 3 parts.
each part contained in a different type of the same single.
get it? this new single, Ascendead Master, has 3 types of limited edition version. type a,b,c, which each has a part of the 15-minute movie. so each type would have about 5 minute of the movie? and altogether will make the 15-minute??
they're CRUEL i tell, you, CRUEL!!! i know now why people prefer their indie band remains indie and not go major.... major record companies are EVIL!!! can you believe that fans have to buy 3 different versions of the very same single just to be able to watch the 15-minute BONUS??? EVIL!!!!!
and yet, i couldn't resist from preordering all 3 versions >_<> i'm SO gonna wail over this later when i start planning for my taiwan trip and realise that i don't have money... but this is Versailles we;re talking about, Versailles!! i can't just sit back and not do anything wheni know that they're releasing a new single...
oh, have i said that i'm going to taiwan? =D X Japan is finally going there for concert on the 30th may. it's AFTER fashion show, and so i'm gonna push my way to it.
http://www.xjapan.com.tw/index.php?F=information&Fid=5
Versailles is my favourite band, but X Japan remains my greatest hero ^^
12:44 pm
today is such a roller coaster day, and i've been induced with all sorts of emotions and feelings since morning til night. Labels: musing
the day started with school, duh~ what else is new. at school, as usual i was always happy doing my work with everyone. went into a slightly high S-mode just now, disturbing velnyo who didn't want to be filmed. then i went into serious mode and continued draping my dress. and when velnyo pointed out that my "long" dress could be made into a jumpsuit, and thus adding the very first pants into my collection, i went into happy and highly grateful mode. as i said, what would i do without them, my friends.
went home during Earth hour and went into high party mode for lysia's birthday party. tony and nata prepared games which were direct copy-and-paste from Gakkou e Ikkou and Arashi; the takki's game of synchronised posing and sho and riida's "match-the-picture" game respectively. they're tremendously hilarious! i seldom laughed as much as i did in parties, it was awesome!!! we shall watch more gakkou e ikou and watch Aibaland in AnS for more ideas for awesome games xDDD
and at night, when everyone had went home, had one of those rare heart-to-heart talk with koko. ... i didn't mean to get too emotional about it, but i just did, geez. i know the first step is always the hardest, and the beginning is the hardest to maintain. but i believe that if we're committed, it's possible to create the bond that my dad always speaks about. and i wish we could have the bond that my dad have with his siblings. and i believe that we can, have it.
yappari, i'm a Confucious, ne?
1:42 am
Saturday 28 March 2009
i know my production speed is devastatingly slow, and i know that at the back of my mind my subconscious self is already screaming in horror, "WEEK 13!!!!!!!!!!", but everytime i finish a garment and people say they like it, i feel so happy. it's been so long since i feel appreciated. i wish i could tell everyone how much their kind words mean to me, each and everyone of them, but i could only say a simple thank you. still, i hope they can feel the weight of gratitude behind that simple 'thank you' and how much i really really mean it everytime i say it. Labels: 101 things i love about BA
if only we could do a BAFD degree book like 2006-2007 graduating cohort, there are so many people i'd like to thank for pulling me thus far and enriching and teaching me all i know about fashion and art-related stuff. it was a shock for me to switch from science directly to art, but i think i'm starting to get the hang of it, slowly....
i'm in my melancholic, drama mood again =p
today we had lunch with LR and charlie after fitting. it kinda remind me of hongkong days xD hopefully we could have more such lunches in the future, eventhough the first few minutes are awkward and painful =p LR were talking about indo fashion show and how horrible the models were, and he demonstrated what he meant, to our utmost horror! LOL! it was like in broad daylight in kopitiam and we were smacked right in the middle of the area, and when he stood up some of us yelled in shock and inadvertently drawing even more attention to ourselves xDD that was hilarious xDDD
i spent one whole entire freaking day doing a measly facing for one measly garment. unbelievable. i can't imagine when it comes to actual production, how am i going to finish the stupid thing???? even with calico and all the markings and notches clearly drawn everywhere (my pattern always look like some country map or something...) i still took forever to understand how to sew it! -____- ok i've decided that this particular garment is the one that i'm gonna make with my own 2 hands. i mean if time is running out and i need to outsource the rest of them, that is. but i think i should be able to finish everything on my own.
toriaizu, ganbare!
2:17 am
Friday 27 March 2009
the story started after the Sheyps For Peace show. we didn't go for dinner coz we thought we'd just eat at the reception and continue working right after. me, ning, vel and mas went to get food while bern went up with kae (mot and lis duno go where). i only got some desert coz i was getting food from the 'wrong' side of the buffet, so no food tongs were available at my side. so in the end i ate ning's food. Labels: 101 things i love about BA
ning offered some food for bern too, who was back sewing in class and was persuaded to eat some. ok, we were sitting at yunn's table, me at the low stool and ning beside me at the taller stool, vel was at the other side of the corner. because i was sitting next to ning, and i was eating her food too, bern had to go behind me and take the food. if you can imagine, she was standing right behind me and her mouth had to go as close to the plate as possible, which was on the table, so she had to press close to me, with her hand on the table and me sandwiched in between her and the table.
well at that time bern was wearing her black blazer-jacket, and something came to my mind and i just had to say, "if bern's a guy, this would be a very romantic scene", and a split second later vel burst laughing. honestly, it's been several times that only she could decipher my cryptic message while others couldn't, or at the very least she'd be the first to catch on to what i was trying to say xD
bern was still eating, by the way, i think she didn't hear me. but anyway vel told them what i just say, and there was a silence, and then bern protested, "eh! eh i feel very self conscious already now," and she took the plate from the table and moved away from me xD LOL! and from then we were saying that she would make a good boyfriend, and that we would like her to be our boyfriend and what, and all the while she was protesting xD
after that, time and again this subject kept being brought up, but more like light teasing, "boyfriend~" which would be followed by her dismissal protest.
then, some time after that, she was sewing, ning was back at her table, and she was whispering something that we couldn't hear so ning had to go near her to listen to what she had to say. i still duno what it was, but i think it was something unimportant coz when she did that again, ning was like "if you just want to say something that you said just now, just don't say it." and then she said, "i'll say it in my head, and you'll receive it in your head."
and i couldn't resist the temptation, so i chimed in again, "so romantic..."
and everyone was laughing while she adamantly protested xD LOL! she said that she's gonna wear something sexy tomorrow, perhaps to totally erase away her masculine aura that makes us want to make her our "boyfriend" xD her reaction is so fun xD but really, a blazer makes anyone looks more manly and cool, even if the person's a girl. furthermore bern is more cool than warm, and emits rather dangerous (if not grouchy) aura that, if combined with the blazer, makes her somewhat masculine xD
hilarious! just have to see what she'd wear tomorrow =P
2:08 am
Tuesday 24 March 2009
i splurged on x japan visual shock dvd box. it's been released for quite some time, like last year, but i didn't have the urge to really get it; the hole in my pocket when i bought aoi yoru shiroi yoru complete box is still there (all of my salary from my month-slaving at rasa sentosa were all gone...) and i only watched it like, once? so this time i was quite reluctant to get it...
until i saw the "Out of Order" sign at cdjapan. when i saw that, i went "eeeps!!!! it's gone!!" and off i went to hmv japan, amazon japan, and yesasia to hunt for it. don't let it be gone!!! that box has amazing stuff!!!! hmv and yesasia have them, and after placing an order at hmv japan, i realised that i could save a little if i order from yesasia coz they don't have the "buy 2 music dvd for 23% discount" campaign that made me wanna buy "NewS 0304" DVD also. so i placed an order at yesasia too, and cancelled my hmv one. only that i don't know if they would cancel it on time. if not.....would i end up paying SGD600 for 2 sets of X Japan Visual Shock box???
yes, a box is worth 300 bucks -___- all my savings since last year will be gone for this -___- maybe i should take up rasa sentosa job again after assessment....
btw i was at cdjapan in the first place coz i wanted to preorder NEWS koi no abo new single that comes with a DVD for limited pressing. they've never released single+DVD since Hoshi wo Mezashite single, which was the single that marked their comeback from hiatus. this could mean 2 things:
1. YAY!!! the single comes with a DVD for goodness sake! and it's NWPD footage of gan ganbatte happy birthday and more con songs on 31st dec 2008!!
or
2. omg....they're releasing footage of NWPD as DVD extra for this single....does this mean that NO NEWS DVD THIS YEAR??????
-___-;;; docchi desuka.....
but anyway i won't miss another single+DVD release like i did for HwM v__v i so want the DVD that comes with HwM....
but come to think of it, i never buy Tegomassu's single with DVD, preferring to stick to regular ones coz they contain more songs o.o perhaps it's not a good decision after all? hmm...
gotta rush to sleep. tomorrow's another long....loooong day.................
2:09 am
Sunday 22 March 2009
at first, i believed that everyone deserves the chance to enjoy this year just as everyone elses does, so it wouldn't make sense just to single her out without a justified reason. Labels: school
but now i realised that everyone also deserves to study and do their work in a conducive place just as everyone else does, so it wouldn't be fair if the existence of someone is bothering someone else's work and affecting her work.
thus my change of mind.
2:36 am
Saturday 21 March 2009
like, finally??? Labels: 101 things i love about BA, NEWS, school
i've heard the song a few days ago while watching the new Russ-K advertisement for this summer. it's kind of an upbeat song, hopefully similar to weeek ^^ called Koi no Abo. it'll be released this 29th of April.
great. it's after assessment. what's the use of a new single if i can't listen to it while labouring with my final collection? v____v oh well, at least there are a lot of things to look up for after assessment, this single and Cats for example. i just hope i can spare some time to listen to K-chan NEWS, cos usually he plays a snippet of songs from upcoming single in his show. i need to decide if i want to preorder the limited version or just wait for the reg version to come down to HMV.
for the time being, about 80% the content of my iPod is classical music. i'm educating myself about haydn, someone whom i've never really listen to before. i suppose there are more things for which he's famous for, but right now i'm listening to the cello concertos. and, i found a very long performance of tchaikovsky's piano concerto no1 which is even longer than the 20-minute version i've heard in xiaufung's CD. i suppose it's the complete one? o.O
on school-related news, yesterday mr AP came down to class! not for any specific reason, he just likes to wander around and check up on the students, i suppose, which is amazing of him, coz i never even know the name of our previous president, much less the face -___- and, by visiting class and talking to us random people, i suppose he could hear comments and problems of the students directly from the student body, like me, for example, who went reckless yesterday and asked if we could get permission to stay overnight in school xD i know the answer would be 'no', and he did say 'no', and he explained to me why it is 'no'. but, while i've heard that excuse being explained to me for as many times as i've asked the question in the past 3 years, he also mentioned that he'd ask the guard about the posibility of changing of school opening hours. he said he won't promise anything, and i also won't expect much (i've been asking permission since, what, level 1? and i can give lecture to anyone who asked "can we stay overnight in school?" why we CAN'T according to the school policy, but i'll still ask the question to the teachers myself xDD) but at least the gesture is enough to show that he cares, even though he might not be able to do anything about it. and i think that's more than enough =)
such a pity our friends left without experiencing this final year. there are so many good things happening this year!
11:03 am
Wednesday 18 March 2009
ysterday was ED's birthday. i didn't know that everyone's serious about wanting to buy her a cake, even though don't have class with her. anyway, we got LR to trick her to come to class, and we'd have no idea when and how, only that it was "around 6pm", which dragged on til about 7? i suppose they're having a meeting, or somehow it'll feel weird if LR suddenly impose on her the idea of coming up to the BA room. Labels: 101 things i love about BA, school
anyway, due to my sitting position, i was able to give the class a headstart when they were coming, "they're here!!" (but anyway you could hear LR's booming voice from 50metres away i guess xD). vel, ning and mot went out to get the cake, and everyone else stayed in the room. when LR came in, he said, "so who wants to show their work to emma??"
...silence... LOL! well he had to come up with something to bring her up, so of course that would be the easiest 'plot', but it was 7, and the cleaning auntie's in the room (meaning: break mode!) and everyone just kept silent...........
and LR and ED kept walking deeper into the room, and suddenly he nominated, "ok, it's Dani." i can't say that i didn't see that coming, coz it's always the interchange area people, dani, yunn, bern or rache's work.
but, to my horror, dani answered something like, "oh i think it's pauline," (ning's outside! with the cake!) and "i think she's in the toilet..." and got up from her space and walked outside, passing by me, and she asked me again, "pauline's in the toilet is it?" and i whispered to her, "outside! with the cake!" but she gave me such an earnestly clueless and blur face i became confused, everyone knows about the plan, what.
then the cake was ready, someone off the light and the trio walked into the room while we sing happy birthday (people, we should really practice happy birthday song. like seriously! everyone's singing at different pitch and different key and i just duno who to follow, and in the end i sang horrendously offtune -___-)
i saw ED's shocked face, and she slapped LR's arm while he laughed xD that was funny. she seemed to be really surprised ^^ anyway we do the usual routines, blow candle, cut cake, take pic, and eat the cake. the cake was chocolate cake from rive gauche, and it was THE best chocololate cake i've ever eaten in my life. the BEST cake even! it was heavenly!!! even LR and ED agreed that it was good. i don't mind eating the cake again not for any special ocassion xDDD
so, after eating cake, we got into a bit of talk about the coming fashion show and how they're planning to do it and stuff. it's just 5 weeks from assessment, so ED didn't want to burden us with more things to think about, but, yea, we should just think about it, our exhibition and stuff.
at night, somethings made me think a lot, and it bothered me til at home. but, i talked to koko, and somehow his words made me feel better (even if they don't make much sense, really xD) so today i'll just be an even happier friend =)
on JE-related note: kame's drama got the best drama award and he got the best actor award, edging out uta no oniisan. now, i like kame the most in KT, and from NwP, i think he's a good actor. but so far there are at least THREE different people in lj who were wondering why the hell that drama won the best drama when the rating is so low, and some of them were pretty incredulous, like, "kame's fans voted for him but didn't watch his drama?" and "the drama's boring" and such. and i'm watching uta no oniisan and i thought it's interesting, though not as much as Maou. so i'm wondering if kame's drama deserves to be the number 1 instead of uta no oniisan...
8:50 am
Monday 16 March 2009
watching Arashi no Shukudaikun #125 090309, no guests. Labels: arashi, crack, jani jimusho misc, NEWS, variety
someone should really invent "the arashi therapy" for people in depression or something. really, i see them more as comedians than singing/dancing group, like honestly xDDD i mean, who else would flaunt their show's lack of fund blatantly on air and come up with a theme such as "no money special" and focus on really cheap materials for their segments and games? their food segment is devoid of any luxurious food this time, and they became like yamada tarou family xDD they made "katsudon" made of bread instead of meat, and filled in the middle of takoyaki with 'leftovers' instead of tako. in the end, sho ate one with shrimp tail end and matsujun ate one with ocha, but both were unable to identify what they were eating and asked aiba to tell them xD
the game segment consist of an ordinary jankenpon, and the loser get to be hit by balls, and another game which was like throw-the-ball-at-the-person game coz the person's supposed to dodge the ball, but he couldn't! coz he's facing the wrong way xDD really no-money episode... but since we're talking arashi here, this episode of Arashi no Shukudaikun is no less interesting than others. in fact (i don't usually like to listen to guests talking so) i think it's more interesting than others xDDD
after watching this particular episode, i'm beginning to admire aiba as an MC. this whole show it's steered by him. the other members were a bit perplexed that they really have such a weird and pathetic theme for this particular episode, and aiba went on and on each segment as was planned and push and drag the others into the direction that he wants, i mean the direction as directed by the paper he was holding xD
i thought of kei-chan as i watched aiba, and i wonder when NEWS has their own show (please note the usage of "WHEN" instead of "IF", to be discussed later) kei-chan will be like aiba? the main MC and all, and will he be able to be a good MC who'll be able to include everyone in the group into whatever was happening? i know he's been trying hard doing that for tours, calling tesshi's name every now and then and including him into the conversation. but MC and game will be 2 different things, ne? i'm waiting to see what would happen when NEWS has their own show =)
watching VS Arashi #047, guest: bekki and one ojiisan i duno who =P
bekki, the "rumoured to be" tesshi's gf, which i doubt, is very hyper xD though, i'm not really into her, she's a bit too tomboyish somehow? ^^ i laughed the hardest at juntoshi moment. like O-M-G-L-O-L!!!!!!! ohchan is really funny xDDD duno whose idea it was but matsujun just went behind ohchan and he started talking, and ohchan was left to synchronise impromptu with whatever matsujun says xD and....both are just freakin cute xD sasuga ohchan, i love his lil acting xDD and it's fun how the rest of the group played along xD and...and...and as sho stood frozen in that cliff corner with a very sad (not to mention very pretty) expression, he was just .....*glomps sho-kun* xDDD he looks no older than tesshi *_____* i could just imagine a very very sad BGM being inserted then, and everyone going "awwwww"-ing lol! and nino at falling pipe is just...........xDDD okay i never sound coherent whenever i watch anything arashi related coz they're all very funny xDDD nino happens to be really cool and funny ^^ sasuga arashi the dancing group, their bodies are very flexible, ne. ok maybe not for sho xD
yea, regarding this NEWS show, which doesn't seem to be happening anytime soon: fans are growing impatient that NEWS doesn't have their own variety show when other johnnys groups have. and even NEWS members themselves have started voicing their wish that they might be "meeting the members outside concert/tour time, for example for regular show" and they say it in magz articles!
and just some time ago HSJ is said to going to have their own show. IMAGINE! they sure don't give face to NEWS, do they, JE? their kouhais of many many years are getting their own show just ONE freakin year after their debut, and NEWS had been waiting for 6 years and what show do they have? zilch! -______________________- irritating johnny jimusho management....
2:17 am
Sunday 15 March 2009
gonna miss my friends so much after grad, and the things we do everyday. i'll miss 'walking the extra mile' to lil india to take bus just so that i could walk with them instead of taking my bus outside sch. i'll miss our worrying out loud over schoolwork and the impossible looming deadlines with horrorified tones and increasing resignation as we get nearer to it. i'll miss the nightly "bye, cya tomorrow" and the reassurance that i will see them again tomorrow. i'll miss the "are you coming back again later?" whenever someone has to leave early (as in before night) for some special reason and the following worried "why??" if the answer was "no" or "ok, then see you later =)" if the answer was "yes". i'll miss the phone calls from someone who happens to be in bubble tea shop, asking of we would like any. i'll miss the snack breaks and the "we're going to XXXX, anyone wants anything?" from anyone going down for food. i'll miss dabao-ing our meals and eat them outside classroom, consuming and clearing them up quickly and getting back to work immediately. i'll miss us being "hungry ghosts" and scouring around the room and flocking together at the place where there are snacks. i'll miss the ocassional wandering Santa who goes around the classroom offering snacks to everyone. i'll miss alice's "na, bagi butter paper donk" and dimuthu's "hana, can i borrow your loopturner?" and everyone's (who happens to be using the overlocking machine) "hana can i borrow your tweezers?" xD Labels: 101 things i love about BA, school
i'll miss BA...
11:54 pm
Saturday 14 March 2009
okay i'm rectifying my rating for the liar game. i think yesterday i was still too caught up in my hatred to kanzaki nao. the more i remember her, the more irritated i get, and the lesser the rating would be xDD so, liar game, overall rating....8.5/10.
what, it's true that all Hanazawa Rui characters are the most eye-catching ones, coz they're not snobbish and irritating and goodness-i-want-to-smack-your-face arrogant, and they are always the knight in shining armor for tsukushi, deshou? apart from oguri shun, just look at zaizai and fujiki naohito. i always hear people fans-ing over them if compared to tsukasa character who got about equal amount of lover-hater =p i, for one, hated matsujun so much in HYD (he only started to redeem himself after i watch him being silly in Arashi no Shukudaikun and other variety shows) -___- and i'm never, ever, a fan of jerry yan. though i don't like zaizai either. but i think i still prefer him than jerry yan. and until now i still duno who played tsukasa for fujiki naohito's HYD o.O
eh. don't scare me can? i'd like to think that the bomb will not rain on me. so, humour me til the time comes =P
1:28 pm
Warning: Spoilers! Labels: comment, drama movie
so, after ngaret for days (weeks?), here comes the comment for Liar Game. i have absolutely no idea what this dorama was about, only that obachan kept shoving it under my nose recommending it to me. i think waaay before this, i've read the profile of toda erika and this was listed under her filmography, but i obviously didn't remember until i started watching.
okay. first thing to comment is: the setting and usage of camera. who agrees that, if you take out all the actors/esses, this dorama doesn't look japanese at all? *raises up hand* look at the type of camera, i mean the quality of the image produced, it's so different from normal japanese dorama! and the setting looks freakin china! rural china, if i may add... what's wrong with this dorama? o.o...
that was actually the second thing i noted in my notepad ^^ the first thing i commented was: OMG that's the guy in Hanayori Dango! xD lol... i remembered him coz i remembered liking him there. even in HYD the way he talk was soothing and "can calm little kids" =p i hated Matsujun in HYD, and Oguri Shun is, of course, the most eye-catching one (all Hanazawa Rui characters are like that). but, while i don't remember the other guy, i remember this one ^^ i couldn't remember his name tho, both in HYD and in real life. at the end of it, i wasn't that interested in him to want to know his name, eh =P
but anyway. i think from episode 3-4 onwards, i developed great liking to him. "great liking" is an understatement though. since i duno his name, i started calling him "hot guy" in my notepad, and i even bugged obachan by unintelligible sms-es about him at random times of the day xDDD i was seriously, seriously into him. and i think there are 2 reasons for it.
firstly, as i've said before, his voice. not as much as his voice but the way he talk. it's like as though he produced his voice barely effortlessly, keeping his voice deep down, almost always ending his sentences in husky tone. yet, he will raise his tone sing-song effortlessly at times, showing a playful, teasing character beneath the laid-back persona. of course there are other actors with low, bass-key voices too, but his voice has a certain colour that attracted me tremendously ^^ and of course, the easy way he would raise his tone even a fraction of a note that sounds like he was playing and having fun, and showing his total confidence in himself: it's his voice that pulls me to him!
secondly, it's his character. Akiyama Shinichi is a brilliant swindler with a mind matching that of Yagami Light. and Liar Game is a game whereby you swindle money out of other players and play mind games to save yourself from debt. foresight, ability to discern anomalies and alertness are indispensable qualities that one must have to surive in this game, thus making this dorama a perfect hybrid of Death Note and Kurosagi. both happens to have excellent story and plot (though i have much to complain about Death Note real action movie, and i've never read Kurosagi the manga) and are some favourites of mine.
i'm always attracted to brainy characters in manga/doramas, coz they are usually cool-witty. they're funny in a subtle way, usually by playing mind games, which adds to the appeal and the mysterious-ness of the character. furthermore, these character are usually able to process information in any kind of situation and take advantage of them, making them appear strong and powerful, even if it's not necessarily physically. thus the reason of me liking Ootori Kyouya of Ouran Koukou Host Club, Yagami Light, L and Near of Death Note, Hiruma Youichi of Eyeshield 21, Kakashi Hatake of Naruto, Urahara Kisuke of Bleach and Sanji of One Piece. just as most of these characters, Akiyama has brilliant mind beyond belief. and the way he process those information and analyse them out in that husky voice of his is enough to make me go *heart* ^^ now i know my definition of hot. basically, hot = akiyama shinichi xD i wrote my comments as i watched the series, and i honestly kept writing "hot guy" this "hot guy" that in my notepad. this is what i wrote in my note for episode 4, regarding the possible reason why i like akiyama:
maybe it's the way he talk (since epi 2, when he talked in the phone to nao, i've felt it. (in fact i've felt it since HYD!)) or maybe it's the way he work out all those ingenious ideas and schemes (much more convincingly than pi-chan too, and i've always been attracted to brainy, witty people), the look in his face, the aura as he's thinking and pondering upon something, or maybe it's the lighting in that scene at 9.40 and the way he's dressed that made it looked like something might have happened at night *coughs*with #15*coughs*, or maybe it's the cute way he tucked his hair behind his ears, or maybe it's the way he handled that super-thin flip-phone in his big hand and how his delicate long fingers covered the bottom part of the flip-phone, or maybe the way he was snapped out of his thinking with a cute, "hmm?" into the phone, or maybe...........maybemaybemaybebaybeeeeeeee anyway i don't really care, i just think that he's totally HAWT!!!!!!!!!! *_*
LOL! i think you can hear the craziness in that paragraph, yea? i was like that like for the whole entire series xD
btw i looked out for his name after i finished devouring the series. hot guy's real name is Matsuda Shota. ...now where have i heard the name before, i wonder... i'm pretty sure that before this i have heard of his name somewhere. i'll update this post when i remember.
several days after i went bonkers squealing "hot guy~~", i sms-ed obachan. it was one of those unintelligible, fangirl-mode-on smses of mine. obachan replied me, "yea i agree la, in that drama he's very cool." to which i replied almost idiotically but honestly, "cool jyanai yo, hot da yo, hot! i'm talking hot and you're talking cool..." lol, oh dear, me....
while i said that i like brainy character, the opposite is also true: i hate idiots. i agree that stories usually revolves around idiots coz they make stupid mistakes which are supposed to create interesting openings for futher developments. but really, i never like any of those stupid characters. for one, i never sympathise for nobita, and for sena, naruto, luffy, i only admire them when they're showing the courageous and loyal side of them, during which they look really cool =) howwwever, if there's a single person who acts idiotically in any manga, rest assured it will be my most-hated character. like kon of bleach, or usopp of one piece. i hate them like sh*t and i think that the manga will not lose anything without them. (on an entirely different and unrelated note, Gintama is an exclusive exception to all these xD)
anyway, as i was saying, i hate stupid characters. which is why toda erika, or kanzaki nao, earned the title of my "most-hated character" in this dorama. honestly? the lead actress? the most important character of this dorama? i hate her to the bottom of hell. to illustrate how much i hate her, i'm gonna quote my notepad again, this time from the last episode. bear in mind that i was writing as i watched, so usually a break line, a new line, or a new paragraph, would mean that it's been some time since the past comment, a new scene, or a new development. here goes:
o.o............nao, i know you're idiotic beyond belief. but i won't believe that you're also partially mean against akiyama just because of your own crooked sense of justice and happiness!
omg it's official that the character that i DETEST in this dorama is the main character herself.
she always wants everyone to be happy and not lose and all.
but when it comes to akiyama, she just wants to control him around her little finger. if not, she's willing to sacrifice her whole team for her own selfish desire! talk about 'too good for your own good', she's not the least GOOD!! baka is such an understatement so i disagree with you, shinichi. this girl is a b*tch!
an apologise is not enough, idiot.
little b*tch trying to play hero. omg i hate her so much.
both great minds are vying for the oscars. i love them!
and little idiot is still little idiot. i hate her more than i can say.
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha of course lo. i'm really speechless beyond belief.
i hate her so much i kinda laughing together with yokoya at her baboon-like stupidity.
you better start reflecting that whenever you start thinking using your puny brain, you'll just make people miserable.
HA! i really laughed out loud at shinichi kun's brilliant ness
and i really do hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate her to the core of my bone. i really can't express how much i hate her. never ever before have i hated anyone as much as i hated her.
hahahahahahahhahahahahahahhahahahahhahahahah that silence was so FUNNY! after both of fukunaga and yokoya laughed so loudly, it was my turn to laugh.
i. have. never. ever. watch. anyone. whom. i. hate. more. than. i. hate. her. idiotic. stupidity. and. her. idotic-beyond-belief. crooked. sense. of. happiness.
way to go hot guy. no credit for the-one-whom-i-hate.
i can feel your pain, hot guy.
adoooooi this dorama is the most unbelievably cliche and the most unbelievable out of all unbelievable reality dorama i've ever watched man.
that ends my comment for Liar Game.
see??? everything else is perfect! perfect, i tell you! a hybrid of 2 favourite stories of mine, a droolsome actor and awesome actress to boot, and all ruined just because of a single idiotic-beyond-belief character. honestly, even though the ending is happy for everyone and whatever, the ending kinda sucks and so cliche that i lost whatever respect i perhaps had ever have for the drama earlier on. i agree that it's a good drama worthy to be watched, though, awesome plot and storyline. just that the ending kinda ruin the whole tasteful image of the drama.
actually, after re-reading what i wrote regarding kanzaki nao, i was surprised at myself, at my language and my choice of words to describe her. i was so freakin harsh and frosty o.o i spare no heart for the idiots -____- in fact, the goodness of her heart is nothing if compared to her idiocy. oh my.... no wonder when i took a "heart quiz" last time, i was said to have black heart o.O"""
btw obachan said that it's thrilling, and that her heart beat faster when she watched it. unfortunately for me, i didn't feel a single thrill, nor suspense o.o in fact Death Note the manga is still the only thing that can make me feel great suspense and thrill while reading, making me go doki-doki at the climaxes. maybe that's why it's my all-time most favourite manga. Liar Game....is not so much. the music at times is cool though. not outstanding, but good enough to give a suitable ambience to the scene.
overall, i think i'd rate this dorama 7/10. character-wise, i think 10/10 for akiyama shinichi and 3/10 for kanzaki nao. acting-wise, about 8/10 for both? slightly higher for toda erika who played the idiot character perfectly, she really looked innocent
btw. i've heard news that matsuda shota will be having his first leading role in a drama real soon. from what i could infer from the website, i think it will be detective-related story (excellent!! i'll stalk it immediately xDD) and it's gonna replace Mei-chan no Shitsuji time slot, if i'm not wrong. can't wait to watch another brainy character of shota-kun!
12:40 am
Thursday 12 March 2009
as i was saying about believing in independence of women (before i got caught up in the heated speech about chauvinistic dramas), i think that it's not wrong for women to chase their careers first before settling down, after all that's what the guys are doing, are they not? i think it's unfair to burden women with early marriages just because we are the ones who are supposed to bear the babies and our ticking biological clocks are always being scrutinised by people, even fellow women. if a person gets married a little old, people will talk. if a person gets pregnant above a certain common age, people will talk. what's wrong with us? even personally, whenever i heard of girls getting married a little older than usual or getting pregnant a little late, the thought will automatically enters my head, all the whys and the wows... geez! Labels: random
having said that, of course i have nothing against people who marries young. after all, it's personal choice and if people manage to find their life partner early, i'm happy for them =) i'm just sad for those who aren't able to marry young, and pissed at those who diss them for marrying or getting pregnant late. all the moms, aunts, whatever who are acting "concerned" about our "future", please be assured that even without husbands, women will still be able to live and live happily -___-;;;
after some time, though, my vehement objection against "women's subjection to the household" view has somewhat weaken. me and my friends used to be like, "i don't want to get married!" and, with fiery spirit, supported the view that women doesn't need to get married to be happy. the latter part still holds true to me, but reality has also opened my eyes that being a homemaker is not such a despicable job, and, of course, after all that i've said, i do want to find someone whom to share my life with, and eventually get married. that is, when the time has come. i will NOT be rushed, that is another thing that is still standing.
my own mom, and dad, still haven't started talking about my "future", and were even concerned about my brother having girlfriend. but again, i'm just going 23 and hasn't even graduated. and my brother's a guy. he has the privilege to "wait patiently and chase your career first and choose wisely" without the constraint of time. some of my other relative is not so lucky with her parents already asking when she would tie the knot, just because she's been with her current bf for quite some time.
i just wonder when the hell will the bomb start raining down on me, or whether it will come at all. from my past talks with my parents, they "leave everything up to me" and i can decide everything on my own, they said. even when i say "what if my husband is an angmoh, or someone cannot speak any languages that you can?" or "what if i marry someone older than me by 20 years?" =P my parents are always like that, they're always "it's all up to you, we're just here to guide and advice you so that you don't make bad choices that will make you suffer in the future" and stuff. and in the end i know that if they don't agree with my choice, chances are i'll leave him just so that i don't make them sad *sigh* so deep has the confucious teaching sunk into me. here's hoping that whoever i like/love/choose in the future is agreeable with my parents.
2:04 am
Wednesday 11 March 2009
the first signs of getting oldER is when you start seeing people around you getting married O.O Labels: random
it seems like only a few years ago that i was in penang, studying in chung king pvt, having a first-time-out-of-home-independence and a bliffsul middle-school life that's free of burden, toiles and essays and slowly exploring the life of a teen...
...and slowly i'm hearing things about people getting married, people whom i know, old classmates... and even more alarmingly, people who are closer to me are starting to get married too! i heard from van that dewi got married quite a few years back, that was when we were like 21? (i'm 22, i know but my 23rd b'day is coming...) and then after level 2, debby got married... and then now i'm hearing wulan planning her marriage around next year or something...
...and wenny just found me on fb, and, goodness me, she's married too!! my dear cute lil wenny who used to share a room with me in penang together with stephanie, wenny who's still a distant relative to a distant relative of mine (belitung people are all connected to each other, honestly), wenny who's sweet to everyone and never (in my whole entire time of knowing her) ever got angry with anyone, that wenny: is married!
all these marriages are really starting to make me more conscious of the ticking of time -_- i read an article somewhere, written by a guy, which said that women in the earlier time of their age are proud and arrogant, they play hard-to-get, waving off men in their wait for more perfect men to come and stuff. it's only later when they start to realise that their biological clock is ticking that they started to lower their standard and started making moves to 'ordinary' men, looking at men more objectively and stuff.
that couldn't be the exact summary coz i've read it quite some time back, but i'm pretty sure that's the gist of the article. i hated it when i read it. and it's written by a man, according to his point of view. sounds somewhat chauvinistic, i thought. but somehow i could picture that scene quite exactly. i don't think he's very far from the truth.
i was one of those girls who were fighting my own 'destiny' as a female. i don't know if being in girls' school had anything to do with it, but i believed, and still do believe, that women have to be independent and be able to take care of themselves and not relying to their husbands for a living. i reject the notion of 'a woman has to find husband, get married, and takes care of the house'. i think that the house is the responsibility of BOTH parties! i admire independent women, strong independent women like minghui who are able to support herself and her family (though her husband is surely making a part) and not relying to anyone.
i hate chauvinistic view that women are weaker, stupider, not-wiser than the men. physically, perhaps that can't be argued, but otherwise? which is why i hate Dragon Zakura who portrays the women as foolish, sentimental creatures who can't think more than a short term benefit, and the men as powerful, wise judge and capable-of-anything figures. and i hate this singaporean drama that has a girl who ran away from home, found herself pregnant, and brought to social service worker, and the parents fought in front of the worker, and the dad said, "this is all because of you who cannot raise your kid properly" or something, to which the mother indignantly replied that it's the father's fault too blahblablahtypicalclichelines. i hate the character, but more importantly i hate the scriptwriter! the fact that the dad character can say things like that (maybe purposely) shows that the scriptwriter acknowledges the view of "women are the homemaker", and even though s/he might not agree to it, the fact that the line is included in the manuscript actually brought our attention to it and popularise the view of "women are the homemaker and responsible for the upbringing of the kids"
i didn't watch the continuation of the show because i hated it from that point onwards. i could picturise the continuation of the story, somewhat, they never get too far from the old typical pattern of something-more-dramatic-happens-to-the-kid-and-the-parents-realised-their-mistake-and-reunite-to-give-support-to-the-kid-and-they-live-happily-ever-after or the-kid-dies-but-the-parents-found-support-in-each-other. add in a couple of lines of "it's my fault" "no, it's my fault" conversation between the parents and, voila, you get the perfect solution for the problem. not to mention a totally boring and uncreative one. but, don't ask me how it really ended, coz i didn't watch it.
gee, i've been jumping from one topic to another O.o.... and look at the time -__- will round this one up later on. jyaa!
1:47 pm
Saturday 7 March 2009
i've been having really bad case of lethargy and drowsiness these few days. i attribute it to the iron supplements that my doctor prescribed me but i failed to consume for about 2 weeks already. hence, i think, my anaemia is back, and this time my body is telling me about it -___- Labels: 101 things i love about BA
anyway, i was about to lay on my arm and sleep in class yesterday (coz i couldn't stand the sleepiness) when the following conversation took place:
ning: *talking about rache* she got slapped someone before leh
kae: you slapped someone before??
rache: i slapped a girl before
kae: why??
rache: she slept with my boyfriend
kae: then your boyfriend never slapped her back?
us: ...?
rache: ... she 'slept' with my boyfriend, not 'slapped' him...
i was about to sleep, honestly, but i just had to laugh at this point xD
4:01 am
Friday 6 March 2009
it is my personal belief that if i'm asked about a certain things that i'm not sure i could give a good answer or guidance, it'll be better if i keep quiet instead of leading the person askew. it would be a different matter altogether if i'm asked about a personal opinion. and even then, personal opinion differs greatly from person to person that i wont' even sure if i should impose my view upon the person who was asking. after all, it would be MY view, which the person shouldn't even care coz it may be right, wrong or neither; and what i thought shouldn't matter much coz there could be so many other thoughts about the same matter. Labels: school
thus, it's only natural that i'm always reluctant to share my view regarding design matters. after all, i'm still studying, and i know that my knowledge is still far below my peers. i do have my personal taste, whether i like a certain thing or not, which i won't easily share with people because of the things i mentioned above.
perhaps it's because of that that people don't come to me for advice or opinions, coz i rarely would (or could, for most of the cases) give any. there's nothing personal about it, it's not like i don't like the person or whatsoever, it's a matter of my level of self-confidence. more often than not, i ask questions back, coz these are the questions that i would be asking myself when i'm faced with the same problem, and by asking those questions i hope to lead the person to the answer that she needed, base on what she thinks and her personal choice, not mine.
some of my friends have established themselves as people to go to when you need an advice, and i agree whole-heartedly because they do offer you great advice and help you a lot. i do believe that it's better if people go to them when they needed help coz they are the 'experts' and they do know a lot more than i do.
and yet. it still hurts when people are blatantly pushing me aside for our dear experts.
i don't have the confidence to help you, but i do want to help you! ...even if you might not be able to see my effort.
this is the 2nd or 3rd time i've felt this way since last month. and apart from feeling rotten about my knowledge, i feel rotten for being upset about this kind of thing. but i can't help it! i may seem happy-go-lucky and amiable person from the outside, seldom gets upset or offended by any remarks. but i'm unusually sensitive about certain things, like this, and i do get highly offended by it.
yet, i don't have anyone to blame, exept myself.
sometimes life is not as wonderful as it ought to be.
11:50 pm
Thursday 5 March 2009
today kickstart the first day of our old routine after our essay "break". tomorrow hopefully we'll get permission to stay later than usual in school for the rest of the week. Labels: school
this might sound crazy but i'm getting used to being in school 13 hours day. i like working in the studio with everyone. i love lunch/dinner breaks and in-between get-your-hands-on-someone's-snacks snacks (usually alice's xD).
despite the stress level, i really love BA.
i think i'm very, extremely, tremendously fortunate to have gone to BA and having such a warm community in the studio. i've heard of stories about last year's and i pity my seniors who couldn't have such a conducive environment to create their collections.
i'm gonna be repeating this again some other time, i'm sure. as the days roll by and we get closer to assessment, the good-bye-day with the studio, with everyone, with the lecturers are slowly getting nearer, clearer...
can't believe that last year i was so sure that i'm gonna get a hard time, that i'm gonna be dragging myself off towards degree with all sorts of rotten feeling, that i look at the school building and say, "good-for-nothing school..."
...now i'm gonna be so sorry to leave.
ps: liar game comment -> tomorrow.
2:08 am
Tuesday 3 March 2009
95% JE-related Labels: arashi, jani jimusho misc, ohno, ryochan, yuuyaan
i'm about 25% done with my modules. one of my module, research method (aka extended essay) is halfway done: i just submitted my 6,008-word essay yesterday after slogging on it for days. yatta!! left the presentation aaaand~ we're done with ONE module!
just now went to the breakfast briefing with spring and yes, both programmes to help young entrepreneurs in sg. i must say that the talk really opens up possibilities! i'm gonna tell mimi and merr about it soon. and, today i have received some enlightenment and encouragement =) you know how some people improve when they are criticised and some improve when they are complimented? i think i belong to the latter category. i just need someone to show faith in me, that's all, and i can feel myself going towards the better.
okay now let's move on to the 95% JE talk xD
first thing first! RYO-CHAN DAIJYOUBU KA NA????? >______<> i was like *gasp!!!!* when i saw the news. if you're too lazy to hit the link, apparently he caused a minor accident on a highway and hit a car whereby an old lady was inside. the car then hit the car in front. the old lady is injured and hospitalised for a week while ryo-chan, though only suspended from driving for 6 months, volunteered to give up his license. oh dear... just when we're about to hit 3 years of their comeback, another incident happens -___- i'm glad he's not injured or anything, but, like some other people in the community, "intrigued" that only NEWS name is being dragged into this mud and not eito -____-
next, let's move on to lighter things.
my favourite arashi pair, the ojiisan team! xDDD while watching Maou, nino-kun appeared, in Yamada Tarou Monogatari, ohchan appeared, and now sho-kun guest-appearence-ing in Uta no Oniisan?? arashi is really truly madly deeply supportive of each other, huh? LOL! and AS HIMSELF some more! omg!! when they were ad-libbing i was like, "wowww~~" !! xDDDD arashi is truly the most exciting and enjoyable group to watch! their close relationship with each other is just adorable, which is why they're able to make such cute ad-lib. sasuga ohchan who started it xDDD
thirdly. as i have indicated above, i have watched Yamada Tarou Monogatari starring sho-kun and nino-kun. i don't know if i had made official post about it tho, i think i haven't. but anyway, yea, that song has Happiness as its starting song. to tell the truth, Happiness isn't an easy song to like. for me, at least, it sounds weird! the front part sounds perfectly okay. the chorus sounds perfectly okay. but the transition from the beginning part to the chorus sound MIGHTY weird! it's like they change the key or something...it just flicked my ears everytime i heard it. obachan likes it, but i was bordering irritated by it.
but of course, i can't escape from the song when i'm watching Yamada Tarou Monogatari. so now i've gotten myself used to it. and now i think that the song is cute! except for the transition beginning-chorus part, which still sounds "deenkkk" to my ears -__-
but anyway, i just love this video tenjostyle had made. as i've said before, arashi is the best group to watch! they're funny, they're witty, they're adorkable, they're so comfortable with each other that they exudes a very warm feeling, like brothers of 5 having fun together ^_^
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before i end this (and move to another post to talk about LIAR GAME *BIG winks*), just want to share another youtube vid. foreword: when i was totally noob of arashi (it was before i knew nata, i think O.O) i watched arashi performance in Music Station. all i remembered was that there's one person who was given exceptional solo (for a johnny's group, anyway), and while he was singing the rest of the members danced. then i got to know obachan. then she said about someone in arashi who has the best voice but can't really dance. remembering my previous memory of arashi performance, i was like, "ooo..."
i know i've said before, obachan, so it's not like i want to keep reminding you =P but, yea, oh-chan was actually appointed the dance leader of arashi, by johnny himself, when it was first formed. johnny said he has good rythm. and, when i watched Truth PV, my favourite moment is actually when oh-chan was singing at the beginning coz i love watching him dance. his movement is small but lithe, subtle and yet powerful. i love his dance in Truth! even though for the rest of the PV he was ousted at the back of the formation (aiba and matsujun are ALWAYS in front, i realised!), i still believe in his dancing ability.
i mean, 2.30-2.38, WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT, MAN!??!? ohchan hontou ni sugoi desu yo!
if i were to say my dream about JE, then i guess my dream would be to have oh-chan, tegonyan and sakamoto masayuki singing a song together. that would be my dream. oh, and depending on how his broken voice would be, yurichii too! ^___^ the 4 greatest voices in contemporary johnnys. oh, i take it back. ....it's not that i don't like kinki kids or what, and it's not that nagase's voice is not good, and it's not like i hate eito to that extent, but really those 3 are my favourite singers in the whole entire jimusho. i mean tego-ohno-yurichii, though xDD i know sakamoto's voice is excellent! but still my favourite voice in V6 is inocchi's. but perhaps inocchi bakal kebanting kalo join voices sama tego-ohno, so yea, sakamoto is the best. i don't have to listen to anyone else if those 3 made a group. it would be like, oh my goodness, no less than AWESOME! johnny shouldn't spare any humility in choosing a name for this collaboration, coz they are THE golden voices of johnny's jimusho. i know eito has loads (and i do mean loads) of good singers, but due to the fact that there are 6 unknown voices (i can only recognise ryo-chan's) and i don't wish to familiarise myself with their voices coz it took too much effort in watching their performances and tv shows and whatnots (which i can't tahan at times), i'll exclude them out for the time being
i shall stop and start writing my comment on the Liar Game. on the next entry. tomorrow. xD
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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
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
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)
Phase 3.1 (2008)
Phase 2.0 and 2.1 (2007)
Phase 1.2 (2006)
Phase 1.1 (2006)
Phase 1.0 (2006)
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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
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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...
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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
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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
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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!
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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!