NewS going to taiwan

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何で?! *抓狂 mode*

NewS is holding a concert in Taiwan in October.  If I wasn’t going to study, I would have saved up to go. Afterall, going to Taiwan is cheaper than going to Japan right?

Feel like biting someone now…#$%^($#*^

can you see?

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I think I can understand a bit of the lyrics without searching for the translation. I’ve been listening to the song over and over again. At first, I just enjoyed the tune – emotional. Then, I tried listening to the words. Got most of it but didn’t think much coz I always listen to it before I drift off to sleep.

Now, I listen to the song again. The words hit me. I could just cry coz the lyrics are pure and emotional.

The song is OLIVIA inspi’ REIRA (TRAPNEST) – Shadow Of Love.

Oh ya, I read Chloe’s blog and realised I have yet to thank Yui for helping me get Tacchon’s uchiwa and NewS photo album. I spent most of the time squealing over the photo album last night. The old man is wise for choosing what I call the “wedding pic” for the photo album coz everyone is so 帅。Sankkyu! Chu! :heart:

Sis and I were discussing over the uchiwas we collect. We’re puzzled over why I never collect aho Maru’s uchiwas. I thought about it. Answer: I like his aho moments which will never be captured in the uchiwa.

Attack All Around

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*FANGIRL ALERT*

可愛いでしょう? :heart: 絶対可愛い~~~ Somehow I always felt Shinjiro looked good when he was all serious and cool. Whenever he smiled, he looked a little odd. Compared to the ever-smiling Nissy, he paled in comparison of cuteness and being vocally strong. He hardly sang solo parts for AAA. Despite being a good dancer, he is always at the back.

I would not have watched 美味學院 if not for Shinjiro and Nissy acting in it. Hmmm…the storyline for the drama is so-so with lots of scenes that make you go -_-|||. Anyway, I’m just trying to catch up with dramas.

Ok, I just went to the AAA website and found out that Yukari has left the group due to health problems. It was from the forums that I learnt that Yukari has been taking breaks due to health problems. I never thought that Avex would actually remove her from the group. Maybe saying that would be a bit too unfair to Avex since it could have been a mutual agreement.

With gymnastics girl, Yukari out of the group, that makes AAA a 7人 group – 5 guys 2 girls. Really really unbalanced… Get well soon, Yukari! And all the best! 🙂

the future of MM

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I’m sorry that I’m not blogging about my Japan trip yet. It will take some time so I’m trying to settle other things first. Haha…like visiting blogs and reading fan gossip.

The future of MM seems to be pretty bleak. One incident after another. First it was Mari, then Aibon, then Nono, now Mikitty. The leadership torch has been passed down quite a few times in such a short period.

Mikitty’s case is similar to Mari’s. She was spotted and photographed by a tabloid magazine (aka trashy mag) with her boyfriend. She admitted to the news and has since decided to step down from her leadership post in MM. She will still be part of GAM and H!P.

I really don’t know if I should be excited now since Ai-chan has taken the role of leader and Gaki-san, the role of sub-leader. My 2 favourite MM girls.

welcome back

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キャぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁ~~~ 内くんと草野くん帰ります!!!

They will be in PLAYZONE!!! If I weren’t going to study, I might want to watch the play even though I won’t understand it. We’ve been waiting for their return for so long that I bet some of us were starting to lose hope. Now, they’re coming back!!!

Although there is still no say of whether they will rejoin NewS and 関ジャニ∞, I really pray that the old man will decide on that.

I really miss 8人 NewS…

PS: Thank God for WordPress’ timestamp function. I meant to blog this before I left for Japan.

new songs for me to sing

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Sing Sing Sing
Went CS-ing yesterday with Sis, Per and Joyce. So exciting! They updated the songs in the system so there were all the new songs. Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa~~~ :heart:

I managed to sing NewS’ “星をめざして”!!! :heart: I also tried OLIVIA’s “Stars Shining Out”. I was a little afraid that I wouldn’t be able to manage it so I just kept silent while the first verse played. But I figured it was quite ok. 🙂 Only there’s this part that goes very very high-pitched, my already thin voice goes even thinner and Sis says I sound like I’m singing for the mosquitoes to hear. :rofl:

Yea, I once joked with Sis that if ever I join a group, I’ll just be the wall-flower of the group. Coz the wall-flower of the group doesn’t get to sing upfront due his/her weaker vocals. He/she sings most of the harmonising parts. Haha, but even so, that is totally impossible! Why? Coz I can’t dance. Don’t laugh, I’m serious. Maybe someone should invent the “stiff cardboard dance” or “wooden dance”…

Leggings and Shoes
I was flipping through May’s issue of Kera and I saw this model wearing the type of leggings I wanna get. Ya, you don’t have to bother about the rest of the clothes she’s wearing…haha…

Also, I decided to check out the website for this online shop that sells punk/rock shoes and boots. They also sell the rocking shoes. They do international orders but the shoes don’t come cheap. Hmmm…

Teacher of Technology
Our phones are of the same brand but different. Thank God the settings for Mum’s handphone is about the same as mine.

I was in the shower and Mum just asked me how to change the alert tone when there’s a sms. So, I gave her instructions there and then by memory.

Why does it happen to be only me in the family who knows all this technology stuff? I wonder if anyone really thought for a moment how did I learn how to do all this stuff. I too had to read the instruction manual or fiddle around with settings. I don’t just know things you know.

*thinks*

Ok, fine. I’m the same. I keep asking James to fix my internet connection when it goes wonky.

Slow vs. Ill-bred
Our family was having dinner at a hotel restaurant yesterday. 3 kids from a neighbouring table were running around and making a lot of noise. It’s very dangerous for kids to run around in a restaurant. Moreover, the noise they were making was getting on my nerves. All this while, the adults at their table didn’t even bother to stop them. :angry:

Grace said that she didn’t mind children who were slow at grasping facts but there’s no excuse for ill-bred children. I totally agree with her. Now, I’m really thanking Mum and my babysitter for whacking me when I was young. At least, I grew up knowing what is to have good manners.

Hurhur…now, I know of 2 who badly need smacking…

mummy dearest

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“听妈妈的话，别让她受伤” – 周杰伦 ‘听妈妈的话’

I :heart: Mummy
Happy Mother’s Day! 13 May and I’m still acting like a brat. Just shoot me.

But of course, I love my mummy!!! ママ大好き!!! For having to put up with this わがまま娘, ママは最高!!! It’s useless to say sorry for this and that coz I’m going to keep doing it. Your patience with me is endless. 本当ありがとう。

Steamboat
I think that 天天火锅… place in Bugis is overrated. After watching the commercial repeat in the night, I was all set to try the place.

Last Saturday, Grace, Sis and I had dinner there. Just looking at the variety of food items on the lighted board outside the place made me happy. Got seated, chose the soup we wanted then went over to pick our food items… Ermz, where are the button mushrooms? There was a huge variety of ermz…balls – fishballs, sotong balls, prawn balls, meatballs, mushroom balls, vegetable balls but no button mushrooms. How can~~~~~~~

Mind you, having a meal there doesn’t come with a cheap price tag. I would have expected a better variety of food rather than just balls. Too bad, the steamboat place at TM is gone. Although the place wasn’t buffet style and probably cost more, the variety of food was good.

Meow Meow
There’s a temporary resident in Per’s house. A black cat named Boover, belonging to a friend. The good thing is you can touch Boover without having to fear of your hand bitten or scratched. Doesn’t really matter to me since I am quite afraid of cats. I can be in the same room with a cat but please don’t come near me. I tend to be a little more jumpy too.

Talking about cats, Sis and I name the cats around our neighbourhood.
Yoda – old cat with a limp and funny ears. Disappeared.
Calico – a very pretty calico cat but pity she’s a ‘fraidy cat. Disappeared.
Small Brown – young cat who has been coughing up hairballs lately.
Mean Face – well, he just has a mean face.
Ellie – looks like Mean Face but has a nice long tail. Sis came up with this stupid name which is shortform for ‘Elephant’. Just coz the cat is grey-ish. -_-|||
Oreo – black and white cat. Missing for a few days now.
Mikan – orange cat who loiters around the other end of the block.
Ham – funny little brown thing with frizzy fur and no tail.

Music
I got S.H.E’s latest album “Play”. Normally I would wait till later so in case the singer/s come for an autograph session and the album comes with the session coupon then. But I couldn’t wait this time. I wanted to get it so I can listen to it on my Japan trip. Familiarise with the tunes.

Luckily I rip the music out to fit into my mp3 player. Else, the cd would have been played until 烂。Same goes for 飞轮海’s cd.

I must say that there’s something different about this new album. More rapping and other music influences. I’m currently into the title track “中国话”. Haha, aiming to master the tongue twisters in the song. Wish me good luck with that.

Shock
H!P girl, Tsuji-chan is pregnant and getting married. Of course, that means she’ll have to leave H!P. In other words, kicked out.

In Japan, getting married at 19 isn’t something you should be shocked about since it’s common. But yea, never expected her to decide on something like that since she has still got a long way to go in showbiz. After Kago’s bad publicity, I thought Tsuji-chan would have been “more sensible”. Besides, she was named to form a new unit just recently.

Then again, these girls enter showbiz at a young age not really knowing what they want in life. The life in showbiz can be really cruel. You don’t have the time to do the things you want. Even if you get the time, you aren’t allowed to date and form relationships. You have to be really really careful all the time coz the public has their eye on you. Just say byebye to a “normal” life. It’s pretty interesting why then people still try so hard to enter showbiz.

Anyway, congrats to Tsuji-chan and thank God she decided to keep the baby.

Ouch
I was prepared, I had plasters in my bag. However, even with 3 plasters pasted on my feet, the damage was done. I have 4 blisters, the one on my left heel the most painful. Pretty new shoes = feet torture.

Mum says “Ai swee mai mia” (meaning “Wanna look good but don’t want your life”).

tadada tadatadaa

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Clothing and Online Shopping
Everytime I go to the mall, I see clothes and I think to myself that I need to shop for new clothes but I never get to it. There was a time when I got hooked on online sprees and would keep checking the site to make sure I never missed a good spree. Anyway, I didn’t go crazy and buy a whole wardrobe of clothes, only got about 2 pieces of clothing. But of course, everything has its cons. Buying online would mean I couldn’t try on the clothing to make sure it fit nicely. I have to just trust the measurements given and hope it fits. This time I joined 2 sprees and ordered 4 pieces of clothing. Crossing my fingers that they will fit ok.

I found a good online shop with Japanese inspired clothing but don’t seem to have any luck with it. So I signed up as a new customer and logged in. Click on the menu but it keeps throwing me back to the login page. I checked out their forum and found that I’m not the only one who has encountered this problem. However, there isn’t any helpful solutions. So, if you have luck with AsiaJam.com, do let me know.

Music
I’m hoping that some band will perform an OLIVIA song at the annual D’J Party. Since most performing bands play J-rock music, they could choose songs like ‘Stars Shining Out’, ‘Wish’ or ‘SpidERSpins’.

If you’re not the kind who listens to rock music, ‘SpidERSpins’ may seem a little too much at first. All the “drum banging” and furious guitar playing just seems like noise. But OLIVIA’s “tadada tadatadaa…” will soon get stuck in your head and the music will grow on you and finally you’ll learn to love it.

Rock music and an angelic voice/face seems to be an odd couple but OLIVIA has done it. One would never have imagined her with such a cute face to be associated with angsty/morbid album titles such as ‘The Return of The Chlorophyll Bunny’, ‘Comatose Bunny Butcher’, ‘Merry & Hell Go Round’ or ‘Internal Bleeding Strawberry’. Then again, she does it well and I find myself drawn to her music. Her newer works are less angsty and have more of a dreamlike sound so there’s variation and choice for those who just can’t stand rock music and morbid lyrics.

By the way, this sounds really random but my little first cousin, Lee Ann looks like a mini version of OLIVIA. 小小 OLIVIA…haha, how cute. :rofl:

Drama
Recently, I was talking to Shaz on MSN. Turns out, he’s watching 1リットルの涙。This is one drama I cannot stop talking about. It’s really sad and will make you cry buckets but it’s worth watching. Even better if you end up buying the book to read coz the drama and book is a little different.

I am even thinking of recommending the book to my aunt who has a condition that has almost similar effects as what Aya suffered from. Trouble is the book is only translated to Mandarin and I’m not sure my aunt can read Mandarin. I am hoping that the book will give her comfort and hope.