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 24 February 2009
100% JE-related
arashi is a very, VERY easy group to get sucked into, coz they're FUN! all of them! there's no other group that is as fun and funny as them, this i can say. and their friendship is so easily visible. with so many shows that they have, VS Arashi, Arashi no Shukudaikun, and whatever other shows that i don't understand about their whereabouts (like D no Arashi, G no Arashi, Nino Arashi, what la, can anyone please please enlighten me what the heck they are about and how to catch one? coz i really want to watch them!!), it's easy to laugh at the group doing all sorts of funny things (especially arashi no shukudaikun) and fall in love with them. everyone makes arashi a really dynamic and fun group, and as a whole, there isn't a single member whom i can not-like: all of them are so likeable ^^
just a few clips that i think is funny:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtcW3DGSZ6w
they're playing daruma-san ga koronda -> the one whereby 1 person is oni and must say this phrase while closing his eyes. when he was saying the phrase, everyone can move about (usually proceeding towards him), but when he stop and turn around, everyone must freeze. one movement will render you losing, or something. it's very funny! and i really do like riida a lot!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X5rOmWHaBk
they always have new games often, and usually it's aiba who introduces it, so he doesn't have to participate in it. i laughed the hardest when jun said he couldn't get out of those gooey stuff xD LOL!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhKoUbcMXCI
this one started rather boring, but i couldn't stop laughing nearing the end xDD nearing the end!!! omg LOLOLOLL!!! xDDDDDD
for these ones, please watch them in this order:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao0alTiIXE4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CqHc0prX6o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj8PTBxPDxM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EB_GyErUqI
the second one, i've blogged it once, i think. poor sho-kun has so little physical ability that even his team mates don't trust him? and he grew to become more desperate xD the last clip was hilarious xDDD sho-kun...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMiF9FmS8bE
for this one, i can only say that, well, arashi bring the meaning of "fanservice" up to a whole new level xD and this is pretty much among the milder ones xD
for this one clip, it's a little special. KT fans, please stop reading at this point. further reading at your own risk. flames will NOT be entertained, you have been warned!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXnvL4GN3go
well. if talking about arashi, i could perhaps say that in order of favourites, there are 3 levels which are (1)ohno-sho, (2)nino, and (3)matsujun-aiba, for me. but if we're comparing these two, jin vs jun, i can honestly say: jun, i'm behind you AAAAAALLL THE WAY, MAN!!! =p my favourite moment was when they showed the little box, matsujun debuted 7 years and jin debuted 17 days and i was like "L!O!L!!!!!!!!"
to be fair to jin, i'd say that matsujun's do-s personality is something that people outside arashi would get easily offended with, somewhat... if you watch shukudai-kun, or clips, when they're talking about matsujun's personality openly, you'd see him giving you that sheepish grin, and i believe that he doesn't mean it when he was being mean to people. especially, once, ohno was telling story when matsujun came storming into the studio in one morning, pissed about something, but still managed to greet ohno *with hostility*, "ohayo, riida!" xD somehow i know i'm very biased but i believe that he's kind underneath his do-s tendecy. and i like him. but, as i say again, it'll be hard for people outside arashi to understand, and to not get offended by him. and i'd say that matsujun had been very, VERY annoying, irritating and pretty hostile towards jin throughout the clip.
then again, calling your senpai's name without the -san honorific is just... -_-;; took all the fun out of the game. after all, like the show pointed out, jin had only just debuted (17 days) while matsujun has debuted for 7 freakin' years. even when we're not talking about the fact that matsujun is among the johnny's 3-elites, he's a senpai deshou? let us not talk about age coz i think they're not that far apart, but from the JE standard, 7 years difference in debuting is big deshou? even tesshi still call yamapi as yamashita-kun, yamapi-kun, pi-sama, and ryo as nishikido-kun or ryo-chan, never without the honorifics. (shige is a special exception xD and massu xDD)
i just wonder if jin's position is filled with tesshi. hmm.... interesting! do-s vs do-s xD but tesshi isn't someone who'd get offended and worked up at something like that. and i think that he's someone who respects senpai-kouhai relationship very very much. i can just imagine him giving that huge grin ala tesshi (like he always does when he's bullied in itteQ) and come up with a clever remark that will shut matsujun up ^^ furthermore tesshi almost always able to use his cuteness to his advantage (something that kei-chan had noticed and brought up) ^^ i really wonder what will happen if these 2 guys meet (and matsujun is in his do-s mode) ^^
alright. on the NEWS frontier. just a note that new Russ-K page has appeared on their website, and i think that the CM (that they took in Hawaii) will be released soon. by then, i hope, a new single will be announced. rumours had been going around in the community about the title and possible content of the single (goodness, are you sure it's still rumour? sounds concrete already leh!) and i'm putting my hope that this time i'll like the song much better than happy birthday =)
kei-chan has finished his Call butai in Tokyo and moving on to another city. otsukaresamadeshita, kei-chan! ^_^ every NEWS member had come and watched his play, including the NEWS-mama minna-san xDDD i find it soooooo cute that their moms' formed this 'association', koyamama, tegomama, katomama and massumama xDDD how adorable!
1:01 am
Sunday 22 February 2009
i think i've embedded this before, when i found out Truth and haven't even heard of Maou yet. i've loved this song since then, but after Maou, i like it even more *_*
just about when i can about say confidently that "my favourite member in Arashi is Sho-kun", i watched Maou *sighs*.... now i'm back to "my favourite members in Arashi are the 2 oldest ones* xDD lol... but ohchan is really amazing.... he's really COOL!
i'm planning to watch Yamada Tarou Monogatari (starring Nino and Sho-kun). perhaps after that i'm back to "sho-kuuunnn~~"? =D haha... coz in one of the episodes supposedly sho-kun played piano, and the melody wasn't simple *______* me like people who plays piano a LOOOT *______*
btw Yamada Tarou Monogatari is Poor Prince, for those who might have watched the taiwanese version, i think the casting is some taiwanese F4 members, if i'm not mistaken.
2:49 am
prologue: Labels: arashi, drama movie, ohno, toma
i've heard the reviews of this drama, and nobody had ever rated it less than outstanding. it even won some drama awards, oh-chan winning the best actor award last year. obachan told me a little about the story and that oh-chan is a great actor. furthermore the theme song is one out of my top 3 favourite song of arashi: Truth. this is definitely a must-watch!
if you don't want to read my play-by-play comment (i write my comment as i was watcing so xD) please skip to the last part, the epilogue ^^
WARNING: BIG TIME SPOILER!!!
epi 1
i'm already impressed within 2 minutes. oh-chan kowai!
believe it or not, i forgot that toma was inside xDD but anyway, i only found out that toma was inside when i was watching a lil clip about ohmiya, when ohchan was interviewed about ninokun as guest actor, and he said, "suki na hito nan desu" and toma snorted into laughter beside him xD and THEN i noticed the presence of this guy beside ohchan, and i observed him and realised that he looked like toma, and he IS toma after i checked xDD oh dear toma, how could your presence be so insignificant??? xD
O.O! wah! they're playing opposite each other?? sugee!!
alamak, that choir.. it's a little girl choir leh! but the voices are so adult choir lo -___- baka
that meichan no shitsuji felt sooooooooo short! but maou felt sooooooooooooo long!!!!! intense sia...
ohchan can become like that last criminal that hercule poirot finished with his own hand at the last case of hercule poirot, committing murders without dirtying his own hand: THE perfect criminal!
!!!! =DDDDDD ninokun!!!!!!!!!!!!!
.....? lha? cuma gitu doank? ninokun arrived just to have one lil bit lovey-dovey scene with ohchan and then leave? lol xD
epi 2
that yousuke, isn't he one of the delinquents in gokusen 1? together with oguri shun? o.O
oh no.... this is going to be bad.... i think the episode won't have clear-cut ending anymore, and they would start weaving together... oh no, how? it's against my better judgement but i'm continuing with epi 3.... shyt....! okay i promise to myself that i will stop at epi 3, bathe, and come back and start doing my essay whole-heartedly!
epi 3
haaaa sugoii ^^ i duno why but at that scene of toma bursting into tae-san talking to ohchan, ohchan look so cool and dependable ^^ the way he calmly looked up, like he was kindly listening to tae-san and some intruder came in, but he was still fully confident of his ability. and the way he calmly answer, "let's go," when toma asked tae-san to go to the headquarter, like he was ready to support tae-san from the back, very reassuring indeed =D
have i said how much i LOVE the background music for this drama? it's freakin cool!
i love ohchan, yappari the best actor award winner deshou =D padahal kayaknya dia ga acting banyak2 banget, but his facial expression is awesome!
ohchan...that cold eyes with no hint of warmth or shine in them... i think i know another person who might be able to do this role too: tesshi. he can look both kindly and caring, and i don't think he'll have a hard time pulling off a cold-blooded face =\
epi 4
mou shikashi, IF, kira had been a killer, i guess he'd be, more or less, in the form of ohchan.
i agree with one of the commentor, i guess if ohchan and toma's roles were reversed, we'd get a really evil lawyer and a really weak and pitiable detective ^^
i dun like that female cop. got this irritating air around her.
omg toma ganteng! his features are really nice! nice almond-shaped eyes, straight nose (though hawk-nosed if seen from the side), shapely lips, nice chin, defined jaws~~
btw the lady who's having affair is really really pretty~
ohchan kawaii~~~~~~~~ demo ohchan kowai....
wah, toma, don't think that you can outdo ohchan ok. if you can catch ohchan in the end, it must be because ohchan made one grave mistake. hyaaaaaaaaa ohchan~~~~~ he looked SO fatherly when sora approached him!
it's remarkable how long Maou feels but meichan felt so short!
omg ohchan, those eyes! >_< phone =" very" style="font-style: italic;"> zettai ni, make mistake and become the downfall of the great mind!
that souda deserve to die -_- and that serizawa oniisan is too good for his own good. he'll continue to be trampled over his whole life if he continues to be that good -__-
this time souda will get killed by kasai. pasti.
aiee.... you should've silenced him first, ohchan.....oou you did o.o cool~
aiyoo ohchan, you're GUILTY!!! making a girl wait for you ONE WHOLE DAY is not something that a gentleman will do.....!! shiori is just too crazily in love with you -__-" guilty ohchan!
how would this end..i wonder... maybe ohchan will die... maybe he'll go to jail... but i think he might die protecting shiori or sora, that's what my romantic mind says =P
awww shiori don't cry.... you look too cute crying in that outfit...
oh no oh no oh no oh no oh no oh noooooooo ohchan they found out your identity!!!!!!!! oh no oh no oh no oh no oh no.................
epi 9
cool, the first murder by poison in the drama.
what i find the coolest in this drama is that ohchan, who staged all these murders, have actually killed NONE, and that's mighty cool!
sou yo sou yo, even thou he staged and engineered those murders, he wasn't the murderer at all! he's not even close at proximity when the murder happened. you're gonna have a tough time tying him up for murder...
whoooooooaaaa, ohchan, i do LOVE your expression!!!! and that music, everything was so GRAND! like, "this is the time when the we meet face to face as our real identity and this time we'll battle for REAL as ourselves" kind of feeling, so COOL! ohchan, i LOVE your acting!!!
bad choice. the truth will really pierce your heart, toma... coz it's your aniki who killed souda.....
O.O for a moment ohchan looked like donnie yen! O.O
that rat-faced megane will get killed for sure...ohchan will finish him off, i hope...
epi 10
kasai, while protecting mari, is also protecting naoto from the bitter truth that his own brother is a murderer.... the dad will have heart attack man... the younger son was acquited from manslaughter based on the self-justifed act case, but the older brother is downriht guilty for murder.
aaaahh ohchan's words.... he always sound sooo kindly!!!
ohchan....lacks yagami raito's confidence. but then again, he still has some humanity unlike raito...........
awwww....toma.........................................................................................
*sniffs*
both men are about to cry...... this is tough on both of them.........................................
ohchan doesn't look like he wants to kill anymore.... he looked like regretful........................
cool cool cool cool cool cool cool coooooooooool!!!! ohchan no me, KOWAI desu!!!!!
"yoku wakaru"tte uso! but what he said is true la... that's what a parent do to their kids.....
cool it, ohchan...cool it... don't lose your composure....
wah. he still remembers ohchan's name!
cool it ohchan....
finally, after 11 years, he got his apologise, from both father and son... but then, he's already deep into the ravine of sin......
oh no... naoto kun, can you do this to your own brother?
i loooooooove the background music around 39th min! love it! strings plus drums and guitars!
ohchan.... to be able to put in so much humanity inside this so-called cold-blooded murderer................... you deserve that best actor award, you really do.
wheel of fortune...
epi 11
oh no.... he wants to kill himself?? oh no.......... naoto, it's so hard on you.....!! serizawa otoosan.... i can't imagine how you must have felt....!
that was shattering! the dad's acting is..... this drama, saikou desu!
ohchan.....
oh no............. ohchan, now you're at the same position as naoto.... but naoto didn't do it purposely, you DID....
omg naoto....... naoto wa baka!! call ambulance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
have i registered that i LOVE the background music?
oh no oh no oh no...ohchan pls pls pls pls call shiori chan!!! pls!!!!
omg rat-faced megane.... naoto, you did the right thing by bullying him last time >_<>
epilogue:
say. i finished watching this within 3 days (and today alone i devoured 5 episodes) coz i've never watched any drama that is this engaging. this is THE best drama i've ever watched. at first i was skeptical of ohchan's acting, even though he won that best actor award, coz at the beginning of the series, i feel that he didn't do much. but later on... i was in awe. this drama is a definite MUST WATCH! especially especially especially for JE fans, coz of ohchan and toma are inside, and both are leading actors, and both actings are AWESOME!! i LOVE this drama!!!
i can't give comment on the climax scene...it's full of emotion, too sad and painful and... you just have to watch it yourself. both actors are very convincing, and it was amazing!!
ohno who was playing naruse ryou acted in small, but profound, gestures. he acted mostly with his eyes, barely doing big movements but changed his facial expression depending on the feeling that he was portraying. he can look sad and kindly, dependable lawyer who was capable, full of confidence but ultimately down-to-earth persona, and still there's air of sadness around him; or he could look mean and cruel with ice-frost eyes that are devoid of any hint of warmth, cold and calculating gaze that speaks of uncompromising revenge. there were times when he was disturbed out of his vengeful spirit, and his tears was so full of regret that i could see that there's still a very human side in this person who plotted those brutally clever schemes of murders. ohno brought a lot of humanity into naruse, whose bright mind and ruthless plans reminds me a lot of Kira from Death Note. the difference is, kira had thrown aside his heart and humanity when he undertook his role, naruse had not. as much as he was bent on pursuing his enemies and carrying out his revenge, he still could not throw aside the humane side of his heart and his kind nature, which was prompted out when he came in touch with shiori.
toma as serizawa naoto was a courageous soul who braved a horrible past and forced himself to continue living with it. the burden of guilt that he was carrying for 11 years was clearly visible in the form of, first, anger towards amano makoto whose clever schemes killed his close friends, and then deep regret that his dark past actually dragged his innocent friends into terrible situations and deaths. naoto blindly and painfully ran after amano makoto, slowly and painfully confirming that he was the initial target, and that his beloved associates were in this ordeal because of him, and his search for this murderer became even more frantic. and yet, as he learnt more and more about amano makoto, he realised that he didn't only brought sadness to his close friends but also to the associates of his victim. he didn't blame amano makoto for pursuing revenge, believing that if he didn't trigger the incident 11 years ago, amano makoto wouldn't have become what he would become, a ruthless murderer bent on revenge. unlike naruse who could direct his sadness and pain towards murder, and relish when the plan started to unravel, naoto was, since the beginning, shouldering his guilt alone, unable to share with anyone, and the weight just got heavier and more painful as the revenge plan started because more victims fell and he took it all as his fault. naoto is very, very pitiful, and a very sad character to play.
it's quite a pity that toma didn't get the best actor award, and he is not qualified for the supporting actor category because he IS also the lead actor in Maou... such a pity... coz his acting was great too!
if i were to rate it, this will get 9.9/10! excellent drama!!
side note:
i've just been here: http://jdramas.multiply.com/journal/item/76 and it amused me to see the list of top 5 best actors: 4 out of 5 of them are JE boys! xD ohno 1st, yamapi 2nd, toma 3rd and domoto tsuyoshi 4th. teppei filled in in 5th position. i duno for which drama tho =o
Maou won over Code Blue for the best drama category by near to 5,000 votes! awesome! but again, it was an awesome drama! =D and ohchan edged out pi-chan in the best actor category too. i dun wonder that toma get so little votes, coz he and ohchan are in the same drama, and they're vying for the same title... perhaps people who love Maou gave all their votes to ohchan, ne? quite sad for toma...
i feel like watching code blue, but again, maou is quite tiring. i want to watch something light for awhile... like mei-chan xDD (rihito-sama~~~~) or at home dad =DDD or, the one that obachan had been shoving under my nose recommending to me: liar game?
talking about at home dad, i FOUND sbass's CD wallet! yay yay yay~~~~ i knew i kept it in a safe place! it was at the plastic bag at the top of my whatever piles in my room, and everyday i walk past it... but it was burid deep inside together with my other beloved CDs (arashi and nakashima albums) ^^ ...
...but again, i duno where i kept the at home dad DVD..... seems like i misplaced it somewhere.... -____- i'll burn one for you again, bass -_____- sumimasen deshita!
12:39 am
Thursday 19 February 2009
i'm back from the intensive fabric-sourcing training camp from hongkong! blog about it later coz i have essay to catch up on. Labels: drama movie
...that's what i wanted to say. the truth is, ever since i'm back from there, i've been on laggy mode -__- and my mind kept getting corrupted by advertisements that pop up constantly one after another.
i'm watching Mei-chan no Shitsuji and Maou simultaneously. and it's like eating strawberry mousse topped with ice cream while drinking ginseng herbal chicken soup at the same time -__- their essece is so freakin different!
mei-chan no shitsuji is very very very shoujo fantasy, a school whereby a girl is accompanied by an "ikemen" (read: handsome) butler (tho sometimes the butler look like the girl's gigolo or like the girl's father instead of butler) who would do everything for them including resetting and combing their hair when there's a wind, cooking and preparing sumptuous meals (that comes from nowhere, though a mysterious black plastic trash bag might be one of the sources), and flipping the pages of their books when the teacher said, "next page!" O.O
maou (read: satan) on the other hand, is suspense drama. a dual-faced lawyer who is slowly working his bloody vengeful scheme towards the person whom he believed responsible for his little brother's death. it's heavy and dark and sombre.
so, from mei-chan whereby i went, "kyaaah~ rihito-sama~~~ <3 <3 <3" i'd switch face expression and watch maou with a grave expression, perhaps one or two praises about ohchan's and toma's brilliant acting, or silly comments like, "goodness, look at tofu-faced riida now, kowai!" O.O
i'll do comments for individual drama when i'm complete, but mei-chan is currently still in progress, so perhaps i'll do maou first.
and i'm still ngobrak-ngabrik rumah nyariin dompet CD nya sbass -___- i'm 100% sure that it's somewhere, and i don't believe in the existence of tuyul yang suka nyolong barang, so it HAS TO BE SOMEWHERE! now where is it?!! *grumbles grumbles*
6:01 pm
Friday 13 February 2009
about 7 years ago, minghui advised me to follow the class trip to japan if my parents allow me to, coz something that is called "class trip" is not something that you can easily have, and once your academic life is over, you won't have it anymore. you can have backpack trip, vacation, whatever, but no more class trip. Labels: 101 things i love about BA, school
i'd never imagined that just a few weeks prior to graduation i'd have another class trip ^^
how would it be 5 days later? will we survive hongkong and come back with our friendship intact and bonds that are stronger than previously? i really hope so =)
will we have more nicknames to give to people on top of our current ones? apart from ning who has double stomach (one special for potatoes and chocolate), velnyo the forbidden lover and bern who treats her imaginary boyfriend better than she would for real life bf? xD saa na ^^
for that last one, let me recall the incident. some days ago, we were about to go down for dinner when we saw bern's eye candy outside classroom. she was still inside, and, initiated by kae who started yelling out her name, we followed suit and soon her name was filling up the whole balcony of block H. we didn't manage to get into the same lift with him tho.
then, during dinner, somehow she just started, like, "this seat is for my boyfriend, daryl," and things went on from there. supposedly, he was sitting on their bags coz he's bit short, and he's currently two-timing bern with sarah xD it was so amusing xD she even fed daryl some of her food, claiming that if it's her real bf, she wouldn't =P
i told ning2 that when i went to japan, i just followed my friends around and didn't really join in the excitement of them shopping. she was quite concerned and said that there are many anime-related shops there and loads of gacha machines, and there are also electronic shops xD how sweet of her! of course i wouldn't imagine some other people would want to go to those shops, but if we happen to be around the area and they go shopping for clothes or accessories, perhaps i'd wander to those places and have fun on my own =P we'll see ^^
my hope is: to go see the place whereby X Japan played live last month! i hope that there are still some remnants of the concert that i could grab on... v__v and i'll be crossing my fingers that i can catch any X members there xDD who knows they're back for some random management stuff or whatnots... the chances are perhaps 0.00001%? but, well, it's higher there than here =/
right. i shall continue packing. it's 3 o'clock and i've not finished packing my stuff, much less doing colour combination work. i've been fiddling with my air cond units which refused to be switched on other than for fan mode -____- geez...
i hope nothing happens in this 5 days. i'm currently waiting for NEWS new single to be announced, and i'm crossing my fingers for a tegomass single, though it's a long shot. NEWS single should be announced sometime soon, tho. i just hope that i'm back in sg when the news is out, if not my f-list page will be 100 pages long when i check it on wednesday xD
adieu, minna~ cya in 5 days time~
ps: he's been in really, really good mood this week. i've received kindness and nice advices instead of stabs of mockery in his eyes. that's why i can feel excited about going to hk now =) here's hoping that the good mood continues on and on after we come back from the trip =)
pps: HANY, HAPPY 20th BIRTHDAY! welcome to the "2" heads! muahahahaha~ be wise at all times, and be happy =)
2:30 am
Monday 9 February 2009
i'm sitting in front of the comp for hours and instead of finding peace and relaxation, i jump from browser to browser, folder to folder, unable to find anything that i can enjoy.
i'm officially lost. and bored while at it.
my studies is facing a terrible wall. after the beheading session on friday, i'm unsure whether i should follow JS's advice completely, and start afresh with new concept and new designs (and in the meanwhile, coming up with 6 new outfits and making the toiles for fitting soon, which is almost inhumanely impossible to be done) or whether i should keep to this current concept and design, and be sure that i get a "pass" degree instead of an honour when i graduate because it's just inadequate.
either way, i'm screwed. like, seriously screwed.
and people's words of encouragement of, "it's just a few more months, jiayou" is just not working anymore. it's not like i'm lacking of the will to move on, it's just that i'm at loss as to how i should move on!
what should i do now? do you know?
12:38 am
Saturday 7 February 2009
if i use other word than total massacre for yesterday's work check submission, it'd be an understatement. i felt like i went the gallows inside the room and went outside with my head chopped off. it it wasn't the fact that it was JS who was so rational and clear in her comments and feedback Labels: 101 things i DON'T love about BA, 101 things i love about BA, schoolinstead of the usual, erhm, people i would have bawled my eyes out when i went out of the room. but she was being very objective in her comments, and her eyes didn't stab me with knives of mockery, so i felt like i was being helped and shown the right path instead of being slammmed and looked down upon and mocked and...and..., and i was very, very grateful for her.
anyway. i have to face the music when monday comes, coz i have to totally change my designs and redirect my concept, and i only have a week before departure to hk to hunt for fabric, and even less time before starting fitting for models. i have no idea how i would pull it off... but i have to go there anyway.
btw, this happened a day before assessment. it was the night before, i think. i was feeling like, "goodness, i can't finish this on time. geez it's already at this time..." and was slowly resigning to the fact that i'd hand in unfinished work tomorrow, when:
ning2: how am i going to finish? i'm so dead la, i'm so gonna get it tomorrow, i'm sure of it (or along those line...)
me: jiayou ning2! don't give up til the last!
bern: hana is so positive
me: .....if only you know what i was thinking about just now...
=P i'm a hypocrite? or i was just trying to cheer myself up also?
2:37 pm
Thursday 5 February 2009
this happened yesterday. (all i'm blogging is about yesterday, coz when i come back from school, i'd be too tired to do anything else -_-) Labels: 101 things i love about BA, kei-chan, yuuyaan
well yesterday was wednesday. wednesday usually means that neko_lovesyou's K-chan News's recording for this week is already out. ivonnemcgruder, one of the subber for K-chan News team whom i've been talking to recently, commented that i must be happy since this week's guest is tesshi, and i told her that i didn't have the time to listen to it yet. and anyway i would rather get it after it's being subbed.
...but, after futher thinking about it, i'd prefer subbed version if the guests are someone else, for tesshi, i don't care whether it's subbed or i'm completely clueless about what they're doing (coz all i want to hear is his voice during mousou kiss). so, i immediately put it in my iPod, thinking of listening to it while working.
i only remembered about it like around 9-10 pm at night while i was drafting my 5th top. i quickly changed from hizaki to k-chan news.
i knew i would be grinning like an idiot the whole time, but i thought that it's okay coz everyone else would be working on their stuff anyway.
i forgot that i have the tendency to giggle during koyatego mousou kiss situation.
i played the file, completely like an idiot, grinning to myself from the start.....until i reached mousou kiss, when the urge to laugh and giggle couldn't be controlled anymore.
so i went outside, walked around while giggling to myself, and finally settled on the railing outside comm-d's room when it was the second situation.
i couldn't understand much of what was said, but tesshi's voice was just SO expressive, that i don't need much words anyway xD he's that good at mousou kiss! i giggled, squealed, laugh, grin, all the while agreeing that mousou kiss should be made his personal corner xD basically, in the middle of tension and stress inside the class (friday's our submission and people dying over their unfinished toiles), almost incredibly, for that little while, i went into fangirl mode! unbelievable...
well, while i was listening, several people walked pass, amot and mas. some time after mas went in, velnyo came outside and asked what's wrong with me........and i still had this silly huge grin on me, and i just started laughing again, while coughing quite badly, and the earphones were stilll stucked in my ears, and i was grinning widely while gesturing to her that "i'm perfectly fine!"
i can't think of how weird i must look, coz velnyo almost thought that i went bonkers xDDD
apparently mas thought that i was crying outside, coz i had a hand covering my mouth and i was shaking xDDDDDD how sweet of her! thank you, mas! ^^ she said she didn't know how to handle people who are crying (neither do i!) so velnyo went outside xD
and when we went inside again, velnyo was like, "she was laughing!" and i still had that stupid grin on my face, and soon i continued listening to the last mousou kiss while surpressing my squeals xD!
that was funny! and so sweet of them ^__^ i do love my BA class ^__^
9:23 am
Tuesday 3 February 2009
every day is just so crazy now. worse than tang's hellish days whereby i can get a breather on weekends, now we're just working 7 days a week, 12 hours a day in school. and i don't mean just being physically in school for 7 days a week and 12 hours a day, i mean working -____-... we get about an hour off for lunch and dinner, and sometimes i skip either meals nowadays, which means i'm working roughly 11 hours a day... Labels: 101 things i DON'T love about BA, hizaki, NEWS, school, stressed
yesterday i was wondering why my feet hurt when i didn't even go anywhere, and i just realised that i was on my feet the whole day v____v like singtel's policy of getting their customer service officer standing up while serving clients, i also find that standing up makes me work faster, somewhat...
clocking in at 10am, clocking out at 11.30pm. it's just crazy...
and when i'm tired, i'm more prone to be sensitive over things. and yesterday LR was on his weird mood, asking certain people "do you think you should come back next year?"
... it might be funny, really, on his part. i might even see it as remotely funny if only i wasn't working my ass off as much as i might, and still getting that, and with eyes that says a thousand things...
i'll just listen to what lise and bern said. lise said that we can't please everyone. if he can't appreciate what we're doing, doesn't mean that nobody else can't. and bern was just determined to prove him wrong (that we won't finish our work by fri deadline).
tired.
on a random note, yesterday, while blasting Aristrocrat's Symphony, i realised that i have to bring Hizaki back into my iPod. i need their support for the whole day now. so, who goes off my 2gb iPod? ...........*drumrolls*.............. NEWS! yep, as much as i regret it, now i need the blasting of hizaki's and teru's guitar more than i need tesshi' and massu's sweet voices.
but, i didn't remove much songs. what i removed were: the MCs of NWPD! xD believe it or not, i've developed a habit of listening to them talk while doing my work. so, instead of songs, i was listening to them bantering back and forth during MC part of NWPD tour. and often i would grin gleefully to myself when something funny happened xD a perfect example is during member's introduction, the whole of "now, for anything that i say, please say 'shige/masuda-massu/yamapi/kei-chan'" followed by a loud "kyaaa!!" by the fans never fails to make me grin ^^
yea, since these MCs are quite big sometimes (the shortest about 20 min, the longest last about an hour plus), i only removed about 5 MCs and i have 200mb free in my iPod xD i can put in ALL my hizaki songs, and still have some place left to put back some MCs.
9.30. time to go to school. jyaa~
ekkusu random word of wisdom:
kindness is seeing a schoolgirl standing under the 12 o'clock sun holding a charity bag, and you stop and give 50cents.
8:20 am
Sunday 1 February 2009
this happened yesterday. setting: we have settled into our new daily schedule of spending an average of 12-hours in school 7 days a week. but, getting more tired everyday, sometimes we allow ourselves some treats in the form of bubble teas after meals, or snacks, or cookies. and, being more tired everyday, sometimes we get deliriously high. don't you know that stress can trigger hysteria? in my case, usually it's in the form of hysteric laughter xD and even more sensitivity to amusing things spoken or done ^^ Labels: 101 things i love about BA
talking about the new food place while on the way to peace centre to get drinks and snacks:
rache: *blahtheplacewashorribleblah*... and the laksa tasted like tomyum...
me: what's the difference between laksa and tomyum?
k.hana: laksa has coconut milk, tomyum is clear soup
yunn: haaa?? tomyum and laksa is sooo different! tomyum taste like...tomyum, and laksa tastes like laksa
me: ... ^^;;
k.hana: that doesn't help at all!
bern: tomyum is sour! tomyum is sour, and laksa is.... heaven~
me: .... xD!
later at night. i didn't catch the earlier part of the conversation coz i always have my ears stucked with my earphones, but somehow it was like bern was complaining that someone had someone else to help them cut their paper pattern.
bern: now i feel so alone....
velnyo: why don't you get bernard to help you?
bern: bernard is in detention camp in NS!
class: XD!
velnyo: what about your twin brenda?
bern: brenda is in australia, doing sexy photoshoot on the beaches (<--i couldn't really remember the setting, but it was about sexy photoshoot xD)
class: XDD LOL
for your information, bern is an only child. but she plays house with her dad, and they both acknowledge this imaginary brother of hers xD! and the imaginary twin's name is something that her parents planned to name her, and her dad decided that she wasn't sexy enough for the name... XD!
maybe i should change my tag to: "101 ways bern managed to make me laugh".... xD
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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
hide - Ugly Pink Machine File 2
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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
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
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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
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Glay - Rare Collection vol.1
Glay - Rare Collection vol.2
Glay - Love is Beautiful
Glay - Drive, Complete Best
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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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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
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Phase 1.2 (2006)
Phase 1.1 (2006)
Phase 1.0 (2006)
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!