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Excuse me while I take the time to vomit some of my random thoughts onto this space of mine. I warn you: totally boring, unless you are Zhuang Man or someone who really like Johnny's.

1. Uta no Onii-san was an absolutely cute show! It's the first drama I watched with Riida as the lead because frankly even though I had Maou before this, I could not bring myself to watch Maou no matter how compelling the plot was or how amazing Toma was. Every time I look at Riida trying to act all serious, I just want to laugh. (And the show is supposed to be dark!) But in Uta no Onii-san he was splendid! I mean, he looked ridiculous in most of the costumes but the story about the singing brother on a kids' show is quite fresh. There wasn't exactly much room for plot development seeing as there were only 8 episodes, but it does have some touching and deep moments.
2. Gokusen the movie was bland. I'm sorry Kame - fan, but an honest one. I have very strong beliefs that this movie was made solely to promote and make Kame look good. The plot was stupid, the acting was mediocre and I had to suffer looking at Takaki Yuya. Seriously, there are only so many times you can reuse a tried and tested plot. I really didn't like it at all, to think we nearly watched it in Tokyo.
3. This isn't the actual poster, but I recently watched Riida's Tensei Kunpu butai. WAH, it totally pwned Dreamboys. It was the typical time machine travel plot with a heart to it. It was also slightly comedy-inclined which made a heavy topic very digestible and light for the audience. The incessant reference to Arashi was a good move I think! Made it really interesting. And surprisingly, Riida can be quite intense and good at acting when he wants to be. As expected, his dance and martial arts moves are done with ease and he's very nimble, so I really did enjoy this butai quite a bit.
4. 5x10 is going on now and reading concert reports is making me a very sad person, I really would like to go for the Dome concerts but alas it is on the same day as my exams. Oh, another problem is that tickets cost a whooping 12 grand per pair.
5. Short But Sweet and then You & Jin. Loveless and then Bandage. Is there some BFF love going on or what? I have to admit that the little thing that went on on Music Station was quite cute, but I still don't like Loveless. And though I really would like to go for You & Jin, it's out of the question because I have work in Feburary and I am not willing to pay 11,000 yen for a ticket.
6. I am very tickled that Play Asia decided to ship the My Girl LE to me separately. Apparently, my LE is on my way to me while they are busy rummaging their warehouse for Zhuang Man's Happiness RE. The image of little elves trying to locate the RE is making me giggle to myself.
7. Kobayashi Mao is getting married, and not to Sho-kun. Infer all you want.
8. Yamada Ryosuke has a new drama coming up! I am just wondering if HSJ is even alive, seriously. Can they please do something already? There's 10 of them, I'm sure you can at least get 5 together for a shoot or a video or anything at all! Can someone just give them a job, a song, a new PV already?
9. Arashi at Tokyo Disney Sea. 5 million applicants and these guys are still telling me they don't feel that they are popular? Who in the world are they kidding? Or seriously, what is their definition of popular?

I told you it's boring. But if you somehow managed to survive, you might want to know that this is how I relieve stress. I write and write and write and word-vomit on my blog. I am seriously beginning to doubt this Waseda thing at the rate I'm going.

I just found SUPER high resolution screencaps of the Sakurai Sho Oshareism interview, thanks ghol88 ! I really liked this interview because Sho-kun was made to do his stupid 'Swan' thing and draw Totoro. Yes, that amazing drawing of what I call the cactus snowman is Sho-kun's version of Totoro. In anyone else's case, I would have killed them for destroying Totoro. But Sho-kun's drawing is in a totally different league (Oh, you should see his version of a summer concert.) But it's such a lovely interview and I really laughed out loud when he impersonated Riida's expression when he catches a fish. When I have time, it's time for a new batch of icons. SUPER high resolution.

Welcome to Play Asia, where CDs are much cheaper and includes free shipping within Singapore. I bought the much awaited Limited Edition (restocked after the initial sell out) for myself and the Happiness single for a now very happy friend. I wanted to buy SBFF Yamapi's Loveless LE, but due to his overwhelming popularity (WHY? Don't like that song at all.), it is sold out. So now I got to figure out what to get her. Crap. I hope they restock it.

Newswriting in Chinese paper at 9am. Article in English, answer in Chinese, but it's alright if I wrote in English because he wouldn't minus marks. This has got to be the most confusing module ever. Plus, he has a grand total of 5 lecture slides online. I'm worried.

After so many incidents with killer cabs, I am beginning to wonder if it's my payback for having a dad who drives a killer cab.

The little girl, Ishii Momoka, who plays Koharu-chan in My Girl is just about as adorable as adorable can get. She smiles, she laughs, she pouts, she gets angry and then out of the blue she says the sweetest things. "Papa's face when working is like the sun that I really love" or "I'll always be on Papa's side". I know these are things written in the script but even her off-shots with Aiba are so adorable! Too cute. Seriously.

1. Hayashi rice and Beef Stroganov rice from Ma Maison! Zhuang Man and I decided to give ourselves a treat on a lovely Friday weekend to celebrate her getting of a HDD. LOL The Hayashi rice was so good I don't even know where to begin. Makes me feel like watching Ryusei no Kizuna all over again.
2. The debut of my MIffy bento and Oyakodon. There are no onions in my Oyakodon, I know that makes it not an Oyakodon but I don't like onions! Unlike Riida. (:

To celebrate Joel getting back his pink iC, we went to play at Liang Court. This is actually for my benefit since I don't think he particularly finds anything at Liang Court fun, but I guess my company is enough for him. HAHA. Anyhow, we decided to have donburi for dinner and I was conversing with the chef when I found out that he was Japanese. Then I conversed with him with the little Japanese that I know and he said I looked like a Japanese. Momentary win, cause my losses in life still outweigh the wins. (I think it's my fringe though, more than anything else.) But I was super happy after that and I had an awesome Oyakodon. I also bought the Miffy bento that I was contemplating about a while back. I figured if it's on my mind after so many weeks, I must really want it. So I bought it and intend to starve the next few days. HAHA. Maybe just keep having rice with Natto.

Word of advice: Say you're hungry, don't google images of the food you're craving. Never. EVER. I blame this on AAA, after finishing the show I really feel the immense need to book the Xiao Long Bao Buffet at Holland Village again. But alas, since time is not on my side, I have settled for dinner at Ding Tai Fung with Lori tomorrow. At the rate my studying for tomorrow's Korean Listening Test is going, I'm pretty sure the Xiao Long Bao is going to end up becoming my comfort food. May I dream of Xiao Long Baos tonight.

The long awaited PV for My Girl is finally out! I don't know if it's the anticipation, but I think this is one of their best PVs so far. I like the plot, the general colour of the shoot, the shots used and of course the song! It's a semi-sad storyline and Aiba looks mildly depressed but it's so sweet at the same time! The mother's letter to them was the most touching! Aww. And yes, though I find it was unnecessary to have shots of the five of them standing and singing, I don't work for J-Storm so I have absolutely no say. All in all, nice show and nice song! Yay!

None of my friends think Inoue Mao is pretty or cute. I think she's both. Well, I have to admit she's nothing much as an actress when put beside Horikita Maki, but I like Mao-chan! Not so much in Hana Yori Dango I think, cause Makino was really not as impressionable as Guem Jan Di, but I generally like her when I see her on variety shows. She's super funny! And of course, she has nice manicures. Ah, just a year my senior and a life so different. LOL

If nothing else, my future boyfriend must be able to: Give up his seat to someone who needs it more when on public transport and not slap me with his bag buckle when sitting down and then proceed to land half his butt on my body. Men like this should really be locked at home for their own good.

「ねぇ、ほら見て見て
影が重なった...」

In a recent conversation I had with Lori, she talked about how we some times limit God's power according to what we imagine the Lord can do. But alas, the Lord is by far more sovereign and more powerful than what our little brains can fathom.I got offered both The Arts House and Hill and Knowlton job, and we all know what I'm going to accept. But I'm just reminded how blessed I am, because frankly I have zero PR experience. Thank you Lord. If from the abundance of my heart my mouth speaks, I can only sing praise and give thanks right now! (:

Okay, maybe just my day. Finally, today was the long awaited interview with The Arts House. I was early and decided to take a taxi because I didn't want to go to an interview perspiring after walking after the hot sun. On our way to The Arts House, it started pouring and I did a little "yokatta!" because I was in a cab and it wasn't going to affect me.

Little did I know, The Arts House does not have a sheltered drive through for passenger drop-off and pick-up. In light of the fact that I was going to be late for the interview, I decided to make the 50 meter dash from the taxi to The Arts House entrance. Bad move.

I was in my awesome 4 inch heels and when you run in that, general rule is you fall down. And I did fall down. Knee first and everything. My portfolio (file of my certificates, articles and what not) flew and laid there lying in the heavy downpour getting soaked. My bag fell far away from me, open and collecting rain water. And I sat there on the floor unable to move for a few seconds because I hit the floor hard and it was painful. Hence, I was drenched. Oh, did I mention the fact that my pants tore where my knees grazed the ground and it left two big holes?

I went into the building dripping wet and decided to towel dry every part of me as quickly and as much as I could, only to find out that the office was located at the building next to it. That means I had to walk in the rain again.

All in all, I turned up at the interview drenched, shivering, in torn pants and let's just say it didn't go very well. So tell me, would you hire me?

My life is straight out of a Channel 8 drama serial, I totally could imagine the shot of me falling down reenacted in slow motion. Now I have two huge bruises and I have to live with ugly knees for a while.

Today's bento was so fun to make! I had carrot cars going to work under the umeboshi light, four meatball drumlets, two tomato balloons and some boring things like stir-fried mixed vegetables. Of course, I sneaked in my beloved panda sauce bottle some where. So much fun! Doesn't eating such bentos during lunch make you a happy person? It makes me super happy. (:

A big thank you must go to Michelle who got me the adorable picks! I am enjoying them!

SBFF sends over much love with harsh words, but she cannot fool me, deep down she loves me. And i feel it. I also painted my nails on my own instead of booking a manicurist because I figured at the rate I cook and wash up, I'm going to wash away the money spent on my nails. Turned out alright for a first try I think, inspired by Inoue Mao. (:

As of now, I am totally screwing up my future plans with my own hands. I cannot believe I forgot to S/U Korean. With this major blunder, I'm almost sure my GPA will be so alarmingly low that I cannot even apply for exchange, let alone get into Waseda. I'm now on MSN with SBFF discussing our concrete plans for the future. Concrete plans, makes everything I've been trying to do now so futile and idealistic.

So last week was Arashi Challenge Week and the entire fandom was buzzing with excitement and flooded with updates. I didn't really have to time to read through every single thing seeing as I had this thing called assignments.

They have all sorts of experiments: can you cross the river in a boat made of lego, will cherry blossoms bloom in fall and even attempting to perform on a floating stage made of helium balloons. All a little mad, but I won't put it past Arashi, or rather Aiba.

But today I saw this challenge where they performed a song live, in front of a 3D camera. The effect was quite awesome. If you have some red and blue cellophane paper at home, why not try it out here? (:

Inari sushi with tamagoyaki and edamame! It's a healthy meal, finally. I'm a little annoyed with the bad use of space with the inari cause I feel like I can stuff more food there, but I don't want to risk getting my inari sushi tasting like something else. Again, decorations are for the sole purpose of making me happy while I have lunch. (: