the air at mediacorp

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Photo of the day…

Nope. Didn’t have tickets for the recording but went to Mediacorp nonetheless. To celebrate Uncle Kel’s birthday. Ahhhh…now that explains the cake in the photo above.

I know Per is going to tsukomi me after I say this. While waiting to take photos with the guys at the reception area, it happened again. Suddenly the noise gets to me. My brain does it again – trying to seperate out sounds. Then I get the feeling like I’m just standing there and everyone is just rushing past me. It’s like I’m too slow and everyone’s just too fast?

There is something about the air at Mediacorp. It makes Kuek go “ting tong“. He makes a dash for downstairs everytime he comes out from the studio. It’s like as if he has his escape route carefully planned out. At first, he’s fine. He responds to questions. After awhile, when a lot more people come down to take photos with him, he suddenly switches to “ting tong” mode and paces around on the driveway making random sounds at random moments.

If I were to seriously discuss this behaviour, I’ll say that it’s his reaction to being mobbed by fans. Imagine people walking all round you, asking questions, expecting you to answer them. Cameras flashing in your face. You can’t breathe…there’s no personal space. Sad ain’t it? But that’s the price of fame. Anyway, I’m just guessing here…

Sis told me that if I want a chance to take photos with the guys, I have to just go up, stand next to whoever while saying “take photo! take photo!” I’m thinking isn’t that kinda rude? You don’t just stick yourself next to someone and make them take photos with you. Hmmm…shouldn’t you ask the person first whether it’s ok to take photos? They are humans with feelings, not exhibits.

Everytime I talk things like these, I should prepare myself of getting bashed up…

Shinya’s girlfriend, Wawa is so cute. 🙂 She got so excited when she saw the guys coming out from the studio. Her face just lit up. It’s the simple things like this between couples that make you feel so happy for them…

Lastly, a picture that paints a thousand words…a lasting memory…

one night only

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Coolest tattoo in town…

Haha, just kidding. That’s just the stamp from the i-weekly birthday bash held yesterday at Sentosa.

Scream! Make some noise! Jump around like never before. All for one night, let your hair down and unleash that crazed fan in you.

As the concert began, I couldn’t switch myself to the “feel high” mode. I was beginning to really believe that maybe I’ve passed that phase. I was proven wrong by the time Qi:Nobe performed. Then, the moment I was waiting for came. Lucify performed the song they performed for the revival round of SuperBand, Energy and 小猪’s “一起走吧”. By then, I was jumping up and down and screaming the lyrics.

Omg. And Kel was wearing his cap AGAIN. 超かっこいい!!! :woot:

Let me try to summarise the whole evening in this way:

Number of 帅哥s: 5
1) 洪俊扬 – Aiyah, can’t deny it lahz. He is 帅。Oh, but he isn’t that tall either.
2) D from JuzB – Malay 帅哥。
3) Bryan aka Brods 弟弟 from Brods
4) Andy from Soul – Actually the whole of Soul looked good with their silver and black outfits. I know Per is going to say that Andy looks like Arnold Schwerzenegger. AND WHEN DID I SAY I AM ISHI’S FAN?! I just said he looked good in the beginning of SuperBand. Per grabbed my hand and started waving it while screaming for Ishi’s attention. -_-|||
5) (Uncle) Kel from Lucify – Just coz he was wearing his cap which made him looked good. Aiyoh…please don’t let your head swell just coz I said you’re 帅 horz. It’s not permanent. Oopz…now, did I just burst your bubble? Hahaha…

Number of cute guys: 1
1) Tank – 帅 but in a different way. Smiles a lot and got that boyish charm.
Hurhur…Per is going to strangle me coz I didn’t mention anyone from 迷路兵…

Number of Massu lookalikes: 2
1) Awi from Soul – His pearly whites should score him a toothpaste endorsement. Throughout Soul’s performance, he was just grinning from end to end. Can’t understand what he’s so happy about. Maybe he’s taking the same type of happy pills as Massu…
2) Tank – Another guy who smiled A LOT.

Number of Rain lookalikes: 1
1) 伍洛毅 – One of the hosts for the concert. He does look a little like korean superstar, Rain.

Number of sound system screw-ups (that pissed me off): 4
1) 馒头’s bassist – I think the mic for his bass wasn’t working properly at one point?
2) Nic from 迷路兵 – No sound from his mic.
3) Yanto from Qi:Nobe – His problem was during sound check. Mic for his instrument wasn’t working.
4) Misaki from Lucify – No sound from his mic. WTH. Couldn’t hear his rap lorz. The sound crew ought to be shot. :glare:

Number of lip-synchers: 1
1) 潘嘉丽 – We’re all guessing she wasn’t singing live…

Number of irritating hosts: 1
1) 伍洛毅 – This one wanted to share the limelight with the artistes. Tried to act cool and made everyone call him “Rain”. Please lorz…try harder next time. Oh wait, don’t even try at all. *rolls eyes*

Number of performers who cried: 1
1) Renfred – From Campus Superstar fame. We were wondering whether he teared coz he was upset when the crowd didn’t pay attention to him and started screaming for Qi:Nobe coz they were getting ready behind while the hosts were asking Renfred some questions. Later we concluded that he teared coz of the smoke which might have irritated his eyes.

Number of times the (stupid) smoke-machine expelled smoke: countless
Nothing to say except the smoke STINKS! Left me gasping for air when it kept expelling smoke during Lucify’s performance. Irritating. Made it hard to see who’s performing on stage.

Not going to post up any photos coz the quality are all lousy. Blurry and all blah.

Cost of ticket: $2
Cost of entrance to Sentosa: $3
Cost to see Per get all high: Priceless

Haha…quite shocking actually. Per was like screaming for everybody and anybody.

attack (back)

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Went to watch that FOCUS First Cuts movie we got free tickets for. “Love Story”. This is one movie that for once I can’t figure out. But I did tell Sis that films that make you scratch your head the most are usually the ones that are rated the best and have won awards.

The only remotely possible conclusion I can come up with for the movie is how the question, “what is love?” is being made the focus. A writer who claims to write love stories lives his life in a mixture of make-believe and reality. Him battling with his inner demons, struggling to separate fact from fiction and vice versa. Getting so confused and tormented by his own thoughts.

The above paragraph is my interpretation of the movie. Really want to know the real meaning behind it. *sigh*

Oh, the title for the entry…the movie has nothing to do with it. Coz Sis was looking through the comments left on the SuperBand blog for Lucify. She came across this rather mean one and started reading it out to me. Got me a little agitated but I’m smart not to leave a reply to that comment there. I’m going to leave it here. Coz this is MY blog. Everything here goes according to MY wishes, MY fancy, MY terms.

So…a person going by the pseudonym of “Grossed out” left 2 nasty comments. The second one read…

“Hmmm… lets see… Are you better off by leaving good comments on the band you like? Dude, grow up. Heard they are imitating the Jap band Alice nine right? OMG!!! Stop disgracing yourselves pucified!!! Thinking that by dressing like a bunch of shit heads and rambling like lunatics can get you the title of a super band? Lets see… NOT IN A MILLION YEARS.”

Now, I really cannot understand why people have so much time and energy to waste on leaving nasty messages for a band they so obviously hate. I guess the person must be really naive to think that by doing so, maybe fans will start to question their liking for the band. Have you heard of reverse psychology? Your nasty comments only make fans grow stronger, their love for the band deeper. And you’re obviously digging your own grave here. If fans were to find out who you are…all I can say is good luck manz. I really want to say that you’re the one who needs to grow up, fancy all the name-calling and vulgarities. But this time, I’m going to prove to you…so you say we need to grow up? You think we’re juvenile? Fine. Shall show you how juvenile I can be. Two words. FUCK OFF. 

finally out

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夏日风 is out!!! WOOHOO! Finally manz! I bet their comments board is flooded with comments. Haha…even if they get through, their comments board will still be flooded with comments. It’s just a matter of type of comment.

Since Sis went to tell Kel, I have nothing to lose now. My image is already gone. *laughs madly* I was going “UNCLE KEL! UNCLE KEL!” at the tv screen when he appeared. Coz he looked good with the cap. I :heart: newsboy caps. I have 3…though I seldom wear them now. His was the squarish type.

I got distracted. Continued working on the layout. Sliced the images and all. Then I got distracted with other things so I guess it won’t be up today. Probably in a few days time.

normal person

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Just read Nino’s Jweb entry at Binan no Nikki. He expressed his wish to watch his own movie as a normal audience. Like a normal person going to watch a movie… That’s cool. Watching your own performance from the angle of a normal person then deciding whether you did a good job or not.

Reminds me of how Sly went to the SuperBand recording to support Lucify. Going there with a friend status to support his friends. Not wanting to attract attention to himself, he sat at the second level. Who knew, the fans readily pointed out his “hiding” place. Hahaha…I can just imagine him cringing and having the -_-||| feeling. *sigh* But that’s the downside of being a star. You sort of lose your privacy. It’s like suddenly everyone’s interested in the little things you do. I bet the media will even be interested as to how one brushes his teeth.

Ah. The bathroom calls me…

the mm connection

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MM as in Morning Musume.

I was asked to do this first.

See the connection? If you don’t…*psst…h-a-i-r*

So Sis went round sending it to people. And I got the second request. From Misaki.

Somehow, I feel this one was done much better. I don’t know from where I dug out that much patience working on it at 4am in the morning. You know, I really should spend that much time on a layout. This Berryz Koubou one wasn’t done nicely. The blending seems to be quite odd. :glare:

I just watched 2 AAA lives for their new song “ハリケーン・リリ，ボストン・マリ”. I couldn’t help but think that if only 夏日风 were half as good, maybe they would stand a chance. I remember the judges saying that their dance seemed to be out-of-place and not nicely choreographed. Maybe they should learn a thing or two from AAA. AAA’s dance moves aren’t too complicated but they still leave a powerful impact as a youth group. They probably make the older generation go “あぁ～～良いな。。。青春～～”

I don’t like Shinjiro’s look in the new song though. I still like his look from “Dragon Fire”…

Almost forgot…it’s Raynor’s birthday! お誕生日おめでとう!!! 

backtrack

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Too caught up in my thoughts and the recent SuperBand fever that I’ve left out quite a few things.

  1. Haven’t visted JpopMusic forums for a long long time.
  2. Forget to visit Binan no Nikki and friends’ blogs.
  3. Haven’t blogged on certain things.
  4. Haven’t made screenshots from Kanjani8 Spirits! dvd.

Point 1. I’m trying hard not to go there too coz there’s just too many temptations there. Too many things to download. Still haven’t cleared out my harddrive. I’m seriously lagging behind. Haven’t even downloaded the new dramas. Bleargh.

Point 2. I somehow forget to check on Binan no Nikki. Always end up having to go back at least 2-3 pages to read the entries. Ryo and Tacchon went to watch Da Vinci Code. So cool~~~ And I haven’t watched it. Shige talks about English and Computer class. He has bad luck manz. The computer he uses always hangs while he’s doing his quiz. I had a really bad thought. Imagine him getting the blue screen of death one of these days. Muahahahahaha… Friends’ blogs aren’t that bad…coz there’s usually not much to catch up.

Point 3. Fancy me talking about wanting to blog about Xiuwei’s party. Actually I don’t really have the mood to blog about it anymore. And I actually missed out with all the birthday wishes. So whoever I haven’t wished in my blog yet. Happy belated birthday to you guys! May all your dreams come true. 🙂

Point 4. Meant to make a screenshot of aho Maru in his “aunty” costume. To make an avatar out of it. Need to get it done soon so I can return the dvd to Per. By the way, Per, is my Summary concert vcd with you? Or is it just somewhere (lost) in my house? Can’t seem to find it.

Recently, my posters are all falling off the door/wall/cupboard. First it was my S.H.E poster, then the Arashi one, then the Ayu , and just yesterday, the Eriko one. It’s a sign that it’s high-time I change them. The plastic is all warped already. The big Ayu A Ballads poster on the wall just above my bed decided to drop in the middle of the night. Thank God it made a noise loud enough to wake me up before it actually dropped. Imagine waking up to an Ayu poster covering my face. But I don’t really want to change the plastic and all that coz it won’t be long before we move. So there’s no point at all. Maybe I’ll just change the blu-tack.

Just visited the SuperBand blogs. I must say that people can be quite stupid. Yes, it takes some guts to post a not-so-nice sounding comment. But please consider what might follow. Say your not-so-nice comment in blog A (belonging to a not-so-good group), that’s still ok considering the number of other people who are also posting their not-so-nice comments. But if you go post your not-so-nice comment in blog B (belonging to a popular group), I think you’re just digging your own grave. Simply coz the number of fans outnumber you and I don’t think the fans are just going to take all your “valuable” comments sitting down.

Be smart. Post in your own blog. Like ME…HAHAHAHA… Coz it belongs to you so you more or less have full control. :laugh:

Ok…got to go now. Going to watch X-Men…lalala…

relak one corner

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Everytime I watch the SuperBand results show, I can almost get a heart attack. Lucify seems to always get thrown into the “unconfirmed” group. And it doesn’t help that the stupid show keeps going on commercial breaks. The feeling is like pushing you off a cliff and then holding you back just before you actually fall off.

Anyway, 夏日风 is still in. Dots. Static. Whatever. WTF!!! Heard that they get backing from church. Isn’t that like that Jerry fella from Singapore Idol? Even the judges had that “WHAT?!” feeling when he kept getting through.

Thank goodness Lucify is still in. Can you imagine if they got kicked out again? Wah lau…it’ll be like playing ping-pong. Out, in, then out again. *CHOY! touches wood*

Out of sheer boredom (or maybe to celebrate Lucify’s success in this round), I decided to do something…

:woot: WOOT! I finally couldn’t stand it. Photoshopped the uncle out! *pumps fist in the air* To match Kel’s level of nonsense humour, I added the words and the kira kira. HAHAHA…new talkshow on the block. WOOHOO!

Another thing, I find the bassist of Amber, Butter looks like he just walked out of a Digimon episode. To prove it…I found a picture of a character from Digimon…

Butter looks like him right? People said he looks like Naruto. Looks more like this character lorz. Ain’t I a genius to have figured it out? :laugh:

retired idol chaser

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I probably scared off the spammers with my previous post since I logged in to find…NO SPAM COMMENTS! :rofl: Hallelujah!

Have I passed the phase of idol chasing? Getting the adrenaline rush when queuing up and then seeing my idols. Or is it simply coz I’m not a big fan of the people I’m supposed to be there for? Now, I’m half expecting someone to scream “THEN WHY THE HELL WERE YOU THERE FOR?!” in my face. But I must say, it’s kinda nostalgic doing this all over again. When was the last time I actually did this kinda thing? 2 years ago?

Thinking again, no…I don’t think I’ve really passed that phase. Hell, if it were a JE boy now…Massu, I’ll probably queue up overnight or something. I think it just depends who is it now…

So, I’ve been rambling on and on without getting to the point. The point is…I went to a SuperBand recording (on the pretext of supporting Lucify). Don’t get me wrong here. I do support them since they are sort of related to Japanese music. How related? Ermz…it’s quite a long story and I don’t have the mood to explain now. But anyway, I’m not like a big fan or anything. Unlike Sis who’s laughing really LOUD behind me now…chatting with her friends (fellow fans of Lucify) on MSN. You can call me a…sidelines supporter?

Yes, I did scream to support Lucify while holding Vics name board. It’s only appropriate to do so. It gives the performers encouragement to do well. They enjoy, you enjoy. But it’s not like I’m going to go all doki doki if Vics saw me holding his name board and smiled at me. If Massu did that to me…it’s a different story. *slaps myself…ya…dream on* Yea…so now you get the idea of how much of a fan I am.

After the recording, waited around to take photos with the guys. Again…Sis being the one more excited ok… They appear. A million other people zoom in on them. Ermz…so now we wait?

While waiting…

Then we got to it…

Fanservice…100% :laugh: I must explain the weirdness of having a guy stick his face so close to mine. That’s coz even my poly guy friends don’t do that. So just not used to it ne? And it sucks being short. Coz everyone has to freakin’ bend down when taking photos with me just to match the level of my face. Damnit. :angry:

Here comes the highlight of the day. Sis, Carol and I had supper with Kel. :whistle: Looks can be deceiving. He looks scary and fierce but he’s really not at all scary. Quite a funny person. Talk about 人不可貌相。

So…I guess everyone’s first impression of me is…Elisia is quiet. Damnit. I seem to give everyone that impression. Even my tuition friends said this of me back when I was having tuition in secondary school. Ok, fine. I am quiet. But only towards people I don’t really know. Just ask Per…she’ll tell you when I’m being high over Massu.

I mean…the only options I have probably are:
a) talk something wise/funny and end up the wise/funny topic is only something I can understand. The rest are all going *blink blink* Haha…NOT.
b) hold a conversation totally in Mandarin. I swear I will see question marks popping out above your head. I’m quite comfortable conversing in English…thank you very much.
c) find any topic to talk about. My brain probably runs on 56kbps. Plainly, I’m not skilled in this area. Unlike Sis…
d) remain silent but laugh and have at least a little input at the right moments. So…ME.
e) tune out. I’M NOT RUDE OK!!!

To summarise everything. I’m probably not going to another SuperBand recording. Probably just support Lucify from the sidelines. Go, Lucify~~~GO~~~ *echo: go where? I don’t know~~~* HAHAHAHA… Ok…not funny. But really, ganbatte ne!

Now, with everything said. Should I prepare myself of getting bashed up again? This time by a million Lucify fans?