102 posts tagged “arashi”

I'm just watching the SCP performances, right...and I'm laughing at myself..laughing at Arashi..hahaha it's so funny because I probably scanned through the lyric booklet months ago..so only by watching the performances did I realise the word "possibility" was there.. Before they completed singing the line, I was just staring at the word and wondering how on earth 5-syllable word dropped 2 syllables :DDD Man, why do they make me so happy?

Hehe Aiba's and Nino's hotness level skyrocketed in Move Your Body. And I right now I'm so craving for a ONE hairstyle-d Jun.

Speaking of which, I need to get a haircut very SOON. It's just growing about and so..shapeless and thick. But this time round maybe Nic will be bringing me to an acquaintance's, so maybe no Jun-inspired hairstyle :(

ps: Nic saw my wallpaper today and she told me it looked as if Ohchan wanted to kiss me because of his eyes and facial expression...hehe I got kinda shy/embarrassed looking at my own wallpaper after that. (can't rmb where I took it from)

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fufufufufufu...So much happened on the weekends while I was spending an entire day writing my assignment (I am a slow worker). Very satisifed with it so I allowed myself to come onto vox...and caught up with the SCP perfs.

First one I watched...My Answer.. so happy they did this song because it's one of my favourites from the album. Had to start controlling myself when I saw Nino come out with that outfit cause I immediately thought: Can try that outfit out xDDD Everyone looked good..haha but Jun's shirt was very...uh huh..

Second one was One Love. Kinda used to the hand signs by now, but since they sang the whole song this time, I realised that actually the choreography made them all kinda stagnant. Member RABU <3333 And you know what! I'm not sure about the previous performances that were after the first MS, but they let Jun BREATHE!! :D His collar... yes...no more buttoning all the way up xD

Last one was Move Your Body..really liked Jun's hair. When I saw the setting and outfits, I was thinking how appropriate it was to have everyone's hair slicked back. As much as I love Jun's long hair, I realised maybe I do kinda miss the ONE hairstyle too. And by the way do they have some kind of technology to make proper songs sound a little bit live? Cause I think they are totally using it. Hahaha and I had no idea that Move Your Body's sho rap had a line in there that goes Crew Whazzup? LOL!! And one more thing...not being perverted here but man I love watchig Nino shake his butt...he does it really well don't you think? xD

I am addicted to this right now! Oh my gosh I love it! This single is going to be so damn awesome because on one hand there's Truth is kinda dark and I love its style, on the other it's this absolutely upbeat song with Sho rapping away.. ahhh.. it's love.

Anyway, elementary 2 test is over. Had trouble with my particles, as usual. Couldn't remember if it was を to be used with おります or で. Thank goodness I remembered " ひとつ前の駅でおりで..." from Oh Yeah.

Just when I had a bad start this morning, crying like an idiot for a long time, Arashi rescued me with the Final Remix. (I even had the chance to chat with Joce and Crys online, which just made me feel even better) Needless to say, I love it and have it on repeat now :DD

Have been studying grammar since then. Something I found amusing in the Conjunctions section:

"It may help you remember these conjunctions by recalling that they all have fewer than four letters. Also, remember the acronym FANBOYS: For-And-Nor-But-Or-Yet-So."

taken from http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/conjunctions.htm

I have been mulling over this for a bit.. I don't know if I should try and attend the Taipei concert.. So many factors involved.

Firstly, concerts are on 11th and 12th. My school term begins on the 13th, which means if I do go, it's probably best to attend the 11th and give the 12th a miss.

But then the thing is, I've really never considered attending an Arashi concert outside Japan (so the idea is TRULY "brain = cannot compute"). I've never been to Taipei either, and on top of that, my Chinese isn't very good. I don't know how much I need - can't really gauge. I am really lost about how much I would need to save up for airfare, food, accommodation, transportation and the concert ticket. Speaking of which, I don't even know HOW to get my hands on a ticket. And then there's probably the task of finding someone to go with.

However, I was thinking, that if I don't even try or consider, then it'll really a great opportunity passed.

Then there is also SingFest to consider. I've never been to SingFest and I consider myself a concert virgin. But Jason Mraz is going to be performing (on the second - and more expensive - night). However it isn't a full concert, so I'm wondering is it really worth S$200. Of course there are other people performing...but, you know, Jason is the reason. And the thing is, it's not like Singapore is a country that is constantly on his tour places. The last time he came down was 2006 for Mosaic; so how lucky can I get to have him coming down a few months after I became a fan?

Or should I go for SingFest and forget about Taipei. Or try Taipei and forgo SingFest? Or try for both? I must also consider what my parents might say/think.

It's possible..that they might say yes more easily to a Taipei con now then a Japan con next year. Although I still want to go for next year's con (haven't told them my intentions!). But they might also say that Taipei is enough (if I do go). Or they might get use to me flying somewhere for Arashi's concert?

ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On a completely different note, my grandpa gave me a red packet just now! He told me, he isn't working anymore now, so this is just all he can give me to represent his xin yi..I was so touched that I almost forgot how to say thank you in chinese (thank you? arigatou? :P). Had to force myself to articulate "xie xie".

AHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAHAHA!!

Sorry..the moment the song started playing..and then they did the weird hand movements starting with the pinkys..I couldn't stop laughing..I kept laughing pretty much throughout the whole performance..

Can they not take it too far with the whole wedding theme please..xDDDD I was mentally trying to shoo away the two performers/dancers..

And I haven't really mentioned the suits..which I decide to ignore..on account of how much I love the song.. lol..I thought Aiba looked good, Sho too ^_____^..Nino as well..But what's with the FLOWERS? HAHAHAHAHA..Ohchan looked a bit space-y..(tired?) and Jun just..I really didn't like the suit on him. Does his suit, compared to the rest, look a bit gold-ish??

And then..Vocals was pretty good.. I thought Jun did pretty okay already, except the starting bit of his solo..but he really went really NASAL at the "kimi wa.." which I must say is supposedly the best point of the solo for me in the song..xD

Oh well.

Here's praying for better outfits for the next perfs xD

Probably in an attempt to calm my nerves for tomorrow's assessed impromptu speech, I downloaded and watched yesterday's Shukudai.

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Just some favourite moments xD I found Aibachan particularly adorable, especially during the Bakery bit, and Ohchan when he said "umai" to the last bread dish and Nino overall-y cute.

Sometimes I just love how people can't understand why I like these crazy looneys, you know? It just makes liking it even more fun.

For a few nights I would try to plug my earphones in to the stereo and listen to Dream Alive in the dark, scribbling my thoughts on the song because I feel the dark helps me hear better. But most of the time I'd fall asleep after Sirius. :P So anyway, finally getting down to it..my Dream Alive review..so far (:

01 Theme
Not any particular feelings for it but I find it a good opening, sounding very fantasy-like. Fantasy, dreams...yeah I get it. Oh hahaha you know how after 42 seconds, the beat changes..yeah well, I thought it was another song! xDD I was picturing how they could use it as an interlude song between costume-changes, what sort of props they could have..

02 Move Your Body
Great dance song! It's not something I'll fall in love with immediately, but it has an addictive tune. Especially che-che-che-che-check! and da-da-da-da-dance!

03 Happiness: (:

04 Niji no Kanata e
Okay you know how Oh Yeah was the song that I really love from Time? I think this song is the song from Dream Alive. It's absolutely poppish and it makes me feel happy. Like I'm in a good place. This may sound really weird, but I imagine rainbows and green fields and...wildflowers..fluffy clouds when I listen to this song. Gosh I don't even know what it means yet! xP

05 Do My Best
Infectious beat! It gave this fresh feeling when it was just Ohchan singing at the start <3

06 Sirius
Nino's voice at the beginning..*melts* I have to say that I think Jun's control over his voice is improving. And I'm not just saying this because of the solo solo he did in this song, but generally in the album. I love it when he goes lower. I must say that I was surprised with the choice of Jun singing the solo. Oh and there was this one bit where Ohchan was singing "Whoa~ whoa~"..oh gosh his voice is so amazing.

07 Flashback
Hahaha okay this is funny. I feel this song seems like something they would have done in 2004. I don't know why. Maybe it's just something in the song, or the tune, the style... Haha geddit? Flashback! xD I like the rap and the jazzy feel to the song.

08 Dive into The Future
Hahaha so much english lyrics. But I think Move Your Body has quite a bit too. You know when Nino sang "Soulmate"? I thought he sang "Sorry"..LOL! But Ohchan's "Give me more!" is awesome <3333

09 Koe
I thought the start of the song reminded me of BSB's What Makes You Different. Very sweet. Aibachan's voice is so yasashii <3 I really like this ballad. But my only problem is the "beat" in the background when they sing. It makes me think of Sirius and I just don't want them to sound similar.

10 My Answer
I like! At first I didn't, but this keep getting stuck in my head. "Tsutaeyou!" and "Body & Soul!". "Body & Soul" doesn't even sound english to me LOL. I like the pace I guess. Both the verses when they sing fast and also the chorus.

11 Life Goes On
I'm going to have to say I'm just okay with this one. Originally I thought it sounded very normal and I'd have a difficult time remembering it. But the chorus..Ohchan and Jun and Nino..the high voices..and "kyou mo life goes on.." proved my first judgement wrong.

12 Step and Go: rolling rolling on

13 YOUR SONG
Lalala lala la lalala lala la...I think the starting bit till the point where they sing "YOUR SONG" sounds kinda disjointed from the rest a lil..but I like the lalalas :D

*Oh no I haven't heard the bonus track from the normal edition. -hangs head in shame-

01 Hello Goodbye
This was the solo that stole my attention right away. I love it. I get teary sometimes thinking about Otsuka-san. I get teary thinking about how Aibachan will sing this with all his being. I don't know why but I really really like this solo. It's so pure Aiba. I think it's my fav solo so far among the 5. And probably second to Itsuka no Summer.

02 Gimmick Game
I'm trying to get use to it... a bit sexy, hip hop and cool. But I like! <3 Only right...now I do get confused sometimes whether I'm listening to Ohchan or Nino singing. Because the genre's what Ohchan did a lot in the past solos.

03 Take Me Faraway
I can't seem to put this song between a ballad or some sort of dance. Beautiful voice, nevertheless <3

04 Naked
Why do I like this boy...he just completely throws me off the tracks a lot of the time. It's again new and different and more mature sounding. Did Jun help in writing the lyrics of this song? (Also I think he mentioned something about considering something acoustic for a solo? Please do next time, okay?! I want acoustic!!)

05 Hip Pop Boogie
I felt..not enough Sho raps in the album. I don't know if it's because I wasn't paying enough attention. But I felt so anyway. xP So this is a good dose of Sho xDDD But really what gets me is: MY LIFE IS MY MESSAGE. Enough said ^^

Okay I didn't have much to say about the solos because I spun the album cd more than the solo cd. I just need to listen to more of it.

Album-wise, they seem to have more mid-tempo songs this time. Current favourites will have to be Niji no Kanata e, Sirius, Koe, maybe Do My Best and maybe Flashback. Cause I really am satisfied with the ballads. It will be interesting to see what they'll do this spring. I'm curious to see what sort of theme and how they'll incorporate the mid-tempos in.

Okay I was half procrastinating, half busy. So now I'll get down to posting what happened on Saturday.

I went to school to attend this Mac training session but seeing that only a handful turned up, I went to the school library instead. And I ended up watching the original Kakushin Toride no San Akunin. Yeah I'm starting to love my school library cause it has all these cool films there :D Anyway I've been intending to watch it since I spotted it on the shelves, but at the same time I didn't mean to watch it on saturday.

I'm glad I got to fulfill my wish of watching the original before I ever caught the remake. It's quite funny at times, but then the two peasants get a bit irritating at points - so I can't wait to see Jun in that position. I HOPE I get to dislike him in the film, even if it's for a few moments here and there. It is a bit difficult for me to appreciate properly, but I was able to see how it was comic and serious at the same time. Most of the time I was trying to draw parallels to Star Wars xD

Then I went to collect my album. Will have to find some time later to talk about it. Now I'm still a bit messed up (not the album, I mean. Messed up as in me in person).

Dream Alive

Saw Hog's Breathe Cafe guy. Even if it's just a glimpse. He's so cute. I totally want to go back with Wan Chien for another Foodie Adventure! Ahh speaking of Wan Chien, I picked up her discman from her that morning. Very nice of her to give it to me. I've been wanting one for awhile now. (I shall listen to the album on the way to school later :P)

Then I went to Starbucks in town for a study session with Kelly, De and Sui. Sui brought this for me:

Uchiwa back

Hahaha I think even the bag is precious. Okay, not that precious but still..I don't have that size of Mise bags. Never had a uchiwa until this one. I was sharing with Sui the other day how empty I felt my hands were while I was watching the Time concert dvd. And thus she sold me hers (only I haven't paid her xP).

HiG Jun uchiwa