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
Thursday 28 January 2010
omg~~~~~~~ Labels: junsu, performance
i was like feeling so, effing, bloody proud of him when i watched the clip. like, junsu! our adorable dolphin-boy junsu! on that stage! as a musical performer! his very first musical role, and also his first leading role in his acting career! our multi-talented one and only xiah junsu!
*beams with pride* honestly, what can you not do, xiah? *_____* i'm so proud of him. so proud.
i know what you can do, xiah: improve.
this (above) was good, but i'm sorry to say they're not up to Park Eun Tae's standard yet (below). i've been listening to Park Eun Tae's Can't Escape My Fate almost every night, and so i've been building up standard for the song. but, that was your very first performance and Park Eun Tae's voice is so different from yours, i believe you can improve to be much better than that, junsu =)
initially, in the pics, i thought he looked soooo pretty xD heavy make-up works wonder to change your facial features.
and i hope someone would come up with clearer audio recording please ^^ i'm sure su would sound better if i could hear him better ^^
Park Eun Tae - Can Not Escape My Fate
Mozart The Musical CD better be sale online because i'm going to grab a copy *__* park eun tae's voice is amazing!!
tremendous thank you to cassiopeia who've provided us with the clip! i-Cassies are forever indebted to you!
6:09 pm
Sunday 24 January 2010
i prefer fic than fanmade MVs, but this one is excellently made i just want to share it with everyone: JUMP! TVXQ!! from TCB master on Vimeo. Labels: fanwork
10:39 pm
Saturday 23 January 2010
i just realised, the more i like an idol, the more i could talk about things that aren't so good about him o.o and if asked why a certain idol is not my favourite despite the good qualities they have, then my answer would be because of those good qualities they have o.o Labels: soulmate, toho-musing
like, just for an example, why isn't yunho my favourite member?
well, i don't know. *)but he's almost perfect. a gentleman. responsible leader. amazing dancer. good singer. loves doing charity works. beautiful, beautiful heart. compassionate. awesome physique. great-looking. super dependable in all situation. all in all, someone so admirable i respect him as much as i do yamapi.
i could sing praises after praises for him, but nah, he's not my favourite member. reasons being? err..uhm... i don't know. (* repeat)
on the other hand, chun's a lazy bummer with low stamina and tendency to fade to the background and jae's a vain narcissist who loves camera attention a tad more than he cares to admit. at the moment i have compiled so many negative opinions about soulmates i could write an essay that would invite the wrath of the fans, i guess.
having said that, they're still my favourites. o.o. it's just that, for some inexplicable reasons, whenever i see them on screen, all these bad things would come up automatically.
heh.
i'm weird or what.
8:28 pm
Thursday 21 January 2010
The Gospellers feat Tohoshinki - Towani Labels: performance, tohoshinki
this just made me beam with pride. like, so much! i dare say they're the only idol group in japan who would be able to pull off an accapella collab like that. other than tegomasu, i believe =p
oh, i forgot, Tohoshinki is not supposed to be called an idol group; they're an accapella group. heck, they're an accapella group cum idol group cum comedians cum dancing group. they're... truly an all-rounder group. just, wow~
what made me smile so much was how Gospellers seemed to be so supportive of them when they were singing, and it's so heartwarming ^____^ no doubt they still have much to learn (even though they're called accapella group, sometimes their harmonising doesn't really hit the right sound) and i hope they took valuable lessons during this collab with Gospellers ^____^
10:45 pm
Wednesday 20 January 2010
Labels: crack, toho-musing
nat u duno how how HARD i laughed at those!!! like OMGROFLMAOOOOOOOOO xDDDDDDDD
*bursts into giggles again*
haiz, iya nat, gw aja ngerasa. kmrn tu gw dipanggil unnie (oneesan gt) di forum xD! but nevermind la nat, fans nya mrk memang wideee banget age range nya. junsu has a fanclub that's reserved STRICTLY for people older than him, jadi smua jadi unnie-nya xDDD im sure jae has one =DDD
7:01 pm
why do i have 1.06gb worth of songs from a group that i never listen to anyway? Labels: KAT-TUN
oh yeah, a long time ago i was bent on NOT wanting to hate them, and so i tried making myself listen to them.
then again... i found tohoshinki. the chances that i might want to listen to them had gone from 1% (prior to knowing THSK) to simply vanished into nothingness (pasca knowing THSK).
shyt, i should've offered this to hany before she went to swiss.
well, for now, bye bye my kattun folder.
... that's what i'd like to say. but i've gone through the trouble of getting it, might as well browse it through and keep what i like =/ for the time being, it seemed like their songs are more upbeat and catchy than NEWS, definitely good for my current cravings for jrock songs (aughhh where's my Jubilee copy???). i think i can make do with them for the time being.
6:01 pm
Saturday 16 January 2010
this is one of my fave talk show. the hilarity of their conversation is one of the highest xD
highlight: 6.28 onwards
jaejoong: my concept was "don't say anything, keep quiet and just sing".
jae, the producers and manager knew that the moment you open your mouth, everyone would just start laughing and people would see you as an adorable dork that you are instead of a charismatic beauty and it would be a waste not to utilise that gorgeous, pretty face of yours to its fullest xD
2:04 am
Wednesday 13 January 2010
i've missed many good movies in the past, movies that i wished i had caught on cinema but didn't and i had to watch them at home instead. main reason usually because there's nobody to catch the movies with. but luckily, thank goodness, i didn't miss this chance to watch Avatar. in 3D. and i had really good seat too. Labels: drama movie
to sum the movie shortly: it's effing awesome beyond belief. i've never watched anything like that since Lord of The Rings, a movie that brought us into a world of fantasy so powerfully and so amazingly i was left gaping and dumbstruck in awe on the cinema seat. the incredibly gorgeous graphics is simply breathtaking. in one word: it's EPIC!!
i'm still quite speechless with the experience, so i'll just post the most important comment that i conjured up while watching: "take that, you f*cking assholes!" and, no, i wasn't talking about the blue, indigenous people. can you believe that that movie managed to make me feel ashamed for being a human being for about one hour or so. like, manz, it's truly epic....
james cameron had just became another one of my favourite directors, together with peter jackson.
11:12 pm
i was terribly disappointed at Ascendead Master the singles package. i mean, for someone who paid more than USD75 for 4 singles which comprised of 3 sets of limited edition + DVD and a regular edition, all i got were TWO full songs and several mini short soundtracks and 3 versions of 5-minute clips. Labels: versailles
terribly disappointed was an understatement. i was angry! angry at myself for being foolish and broke my own principles of prioritising songs instead of PVs and DVDs. angry at versailles for letting their company run things this way for them and disappoint the fans. angry at the stupid company who just milked out the money out of loyal fans' pocket at the earliest chance they got.
though upon further reflection, i was terribly disappointed with the price that i had to pay for the song, not the quality of the stuff inside because the song and the PVs were absolutely absolutely amazing. Ascendead Master joined the ranks of Aristocrat's Symphony and Love From Dead Orchestra, songs so grand and brilliant i could always get myself lost in it.
Versailles Philharmonic Quintet - Ascendead Master
i don't think i've ever enjoyed watching and listening to anyone's guitar solo as much as hizaki and teru, apart from hide and pata, of course. their skills as composers are another thing to marvel at, but with their guitars on, they're just simply mesmerising 0_0
i'm getting myself ready for Jubilee. it should be out by now, but because i also preordered Tohoshinki's BreakOut as well, it would be shipped together with Breakout later in the month. gotta be patient gotta be patient..... manz i'm really building up anticipation for Jubilee. none of Versailles albums/singles have disappointed me yet in terms of quality of content (price is totally different thing altogether) and i'm really really excited about this new album!
1:43 am
Tuesday 12 January 2010
if yoochun is really currently in las vegas doing something for samsung, then i will start believing. i'll tell myself to start believing.
7:24 pm
last time, in this post, i linked onto a Love In The Ice parody that was hilarious. Labels: crack, tohoshinki
you know what, apparently there are a lot of such parodies in youtube! if SNSD have their anti-fans that make mean and cruel parody dissing them, then DBSK have a bunch of idiotsgeniuses who create hilarious parodies about their singing.
bolero is one of my favourite tohoshinki's ballad. but listening to this just made me laugh and laugh and laugh and laugh til i cried xDDDD
sometimes they sang pretty well though =DDD but the one doing yoochun is a natural comedian, man, i kept cracking up at him! the latter part is especially funny xD
oh, just so that everyone can make a comparison, this is the original Bolero:
sometimes they didn't manage to sing bolero perfectly live. this, i think is one of those times when they managed to do it well =) especially especially chun's wail here *___*
5:30 pm
Monday 11 January 2010
just now some people in the community were talking about yoochun's cyworld and his love for leaving cryptic messages (damn him, he knows the fans can access his cyworld and all) Labels: yoochun
his last message went like, "don't forget our beautiful memories".
it kinda has this ominous aura, somewhat, depending on how you were feeling when you read it. personally, i see this as a positive message, perhaps for the year 2009, for people not to forget the beautiful memories they've had in 2009.
but some people see it as a kind of, i don't know, farewell message or something? =/ anyway, the negative comments much outweigh the positive ones. but there;s this one comment that just made me LOL
http://www.dramabutton.com/
goodness, so hilarious xDDD
3:04 am
Wednesday 6 January 2010
i never knew that koda kumi is so small... really. i've seen her a number of times in music station, and from the way she talks, and maybe her body proportion, she looks like 165cm-170cm. that's why i was shocked when i saw this performance: Labels: koda kumi, performance, tohoshinki
omg she looks so small beside the boys =D especially when she was singing with changmin xD so adorable! really, at 154cm she has the aura of a giant, which is awesome! *____*
that was from Black Cherry, which was koda kumi's concert. i can't help but notice that the costume was better than the boys' own T Tour:
i like the fact that they brought each other into their tours =D actually this song isn't among my fave. but the performance is a totally different thing. i'm not familiar with koda kumi's songs, but i find her strong stage presence weirdly stimulating =DD she is one hella sexy singer, and her live singing is awesome as well *__*
8:18 pm
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CD Wishlist
JaeChunSu - The... (preordered)
JYJ - Thanksgiving Live in Dome DVD (preordered)
Tegomasu - Tegomasu no Ai minialbum
Versailles - Ascendead Master (mini movies in Limited Ed singles type I,II,III)
Yoshiki - Eternal Melody 1
Versailles Philharmonic Quintet - Jubilee (major debut album)
Jejung & Yuchun from Tohoshinki - COLOR~ Melody & Harmony/Shelter Double A single
Tohoshinki - Stand By U single
Dong Bang Shin Gi - Rising Sun album
Tohoshinki - Five in the Black album
Tohoshinki - Heart, Mind, Soul album
Dong Bang Shin Gi - Tri-Angle album
Tegomassu - Tegomassu no Uta album
Tegomassu - Tanabata Matsuri
NEWS - Touch
Tegomass - Miso Soup
Yamashita Tomohisa - Daite Senorita
Hizaki GRACE Project - Ruined Kingdom
Hizaki Grace Project - Dignity of Crest
Within Temptation - Mother Earth or Silent Force
Saint Preux - Concerto Pour Deux Voix
Lord of the Rings Complete Recordings
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Complete Recordings
Raphael (Kazuki) - Forever and Ever
Raphael - Raphael Singles
X - Vanishing Vision Album
X Japan - Dahlia Album
X Japan - Art of Life ~mini album
X Japan - Art of Life ~live
L'Arc en Ciel - Smile
Hyde - 666
DVD Wishlist
Tohoshinki - The Secret Code live in Tokyo Dome
TVXQ - All About TVXQ Season III DVD <--- !
Versailles Philharmonic Quintet - Chateau De Versailles DVD
Versailles Philharmonic Quintet - History Of The Other Side DVD
X Japan Returns Complete DVD 30th/31st December 1993
Versailles - Aesthetics HIZAKI version, with perfume Princess Stairs
Versailles - Aesthetics Kamijo version, with perfume Louise
Hizaki Grace Project - Monsho
Raphael - First
Raphael - Last
Raphael - Raphael Clips
Raphael - Pictorial Poem 2
X Japan - Art Of Life - 1993.12.31 Tokyo Dome
X Japan - Dahlia Tour / Dahlia Tour Final
X Japan - Complete Collection II (which, upon acquiring, will cancel the earlier 2 DVDs mentioned)
hide - Film The Psychommunity Reel.1
hide - Film The Psychommunity Reel.2
hide - Seventeen Clips - Perfect Clips Presented By Hide Museum
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
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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!