That's it! Yamapi deserves a masterpost on its own!

Concert Goods

Pictures of goods 1
Pictures of goods 2
Pictures of 72 pamphlet offshot official shop photos


Concert Reports

Yokohama Arena (21, 22, 23 Nov 2009):

Picture of stage in venue
21 Nov, 2.30pm setlist (tiny bit of MC and other observations)
21 Nov, 2.30pm fan report 1 (lots of details)
21 Nov, 2.30pm fan report 2 (highlights)
21 Nov - picture of concert outfit

Yesterday was Ayaka's last live at MTV Unplugged. T__T But...there will be a DVD of the concert with documentary! And the first press limited edition will include a bonus CD of the MTV Unplugged live. Needless to say, I went bonkers when I saw this piece of news and proceeded to pre-order on CDJapan.

I usually wait for HMV but I saw someone said only first press editions will get the bonus CD and among all the online merchants, CDJ is the only one that guarantees you will get the FP bonus if you buy when the FP button is still seen. I didn't want to take the chance of not getting the bonus CD so I ordered from CDJ first. Turns out, HMV has a special price for pre-ordering the DVD online. So after shipping, it works out to be almost 1000 yen cheaper than CDJ (even after using 300 yen points and the 500 yen Christmas discount coupon). HMV saikou!



She cut her hair short btw. And finally, she changed her wardrobe stylist! It seems a bit too sombre but at least it doesn't look weird.

Yamapi's Loveless first day sales:



I thought it would be higher. But still considered decent sales? We'll see the figures tomorrow. I hope it doesn't drop too much.

P.S.: The #deadfisheyes project on Twitter was interesting. I admit to contributing to some of the spam in the later part. :P

I've decided to ban myself from browsing je_sales. In just 3 days, I've bought the following items:

1. Ayaka - ayaka's History 2006-2009 LE with photobook
2. Arashi - Crazy Moon RE
3. 5 old Aiba official shop photos
4. Dream "A" Live plastic pouch

I've actually thought long and hard about Ayaka's LE because I really want the photobook but I already have the CD+DVD LE version of it. In the end, I decided to buy it while Play-Asia still has stock as it's very difficult to buy non-JE stuff from online sellers. As for the Crazy Moon RE, I needed to reach a minimum of US$50 to use the Play-Asia US$5 off coupon so since it's the cheapest CD among those on my WTB list, I ordered that with the Ayaka CD. The old Aiba photos was an impulsive move I admit but I've already paid so can't do anything about it. As for the Dream "A" Live plastic pouch, I honestly intend to use it and it seems harder to find people selling that compared to CDs and pamphlets so I jumped at the chance of buying it.

Yes, I need to stay away from the evil clutches of je_sales until next year. Unless CDs are going for $5, I will not browse the community. Good thing I'm not watching the community which should make things easier. :P Since I've already spent so much, I've decided to forgo this year's Countdown uchiwas because frankly, I don't need another uchiwa. And I think Yamapi's concert goods list seems pretty much final so unless there's a keitap strap, I won't be buying anything else. I've not bought a fair bit of this year's shop photos and I'm going to keep it that way for now.

That said, my NEWS DVD and Yamapi singles are finally making its way here! I cannot wait for Monday to come! I want to watch the entire DVD at least twice on Monday. I've done pretty well in resisting from downloading rips this time. *pats*

Oh, and I've finished watching Ai no Uta! Pretty good drama and Kanno Miho is excellent in it. Her skin is sooooooooo translucent and smooth, she deserves to win that 'best skin' award! I'm watching Hito ni Yasashiku now with Katori Shingo. Seems funny so far so it shouldn't be too difficult to finish the drama. But before that, I need to finish the last 3 episodes of Powerful Opponents. I love PO and think it's a fantastic drama but as with all dramas, I tend to lose steam in finishing the last few episodes. I will finish PO by today though.

I've been itching to cook or bake something new but with exams and all, that just wasn't going to happen. Well, yesterday was my second last paper and always after the second last paper, I'll already be in holiday mood. So finally, with just one last paper to go, I can relax and cook or bake!

So I decided to bake thyme crackers today. Good thing Fayth was planning on going Coles so I could hitch a ride from her. Since she drives, me and Magdeline did our major shopping. She stocked up on 4 boxes of tissue paper (yes, she drinks tissue paper XD) while I stocked up on Pokka green tea. :P I think I do not have an affinity with fresh thyme in Coles. The first time I went there with the sole purpose of buying fresh thyme, they had every herb except thyme! And today which is the second time, they ran out of thyme too. The fruit and vegetable store opposite Coles saved the day otherwise I would have to make these crackers with dried thyme. Anyway, the thyme crackers are yummy and addictive! They're really easy to make too. I've posted the recipe with some improvisation and tips at arashi_ryouri here if anyone wants to try it too. Maybe I should give these crackers for Christmas instead of the usual cookies since they're healthier and something different.



I've listened to the tracks on the regular edition of Yamapi's single now. Among the 3 songs not on the LEs, I like After the Rain the most. The other two songs are ok after listening to them a few more times but not outstanding for me. Personally, I think it's not a strong regular edition. Hmm have I even approved of any single's regular edition as being good? *looks at iTunes* I think truth/Kaze no Mukou e counts since I grew to love Smile after watching the AAA 2008 in Tokyo DVD. Happiness too since I LOVE Still... a lot. I think a few of Big Bang's mini-albums count too. I can't wait to listen and watch the making clip when my order finally arrives on 23rd Nov. You can bet I'll wake up early to be sure to catch the person delivering it.

I'm so sad the only auction for Ayaka's Sing to the Sky concert pamphlet on Yahoo Auctions Japan had a bid and ended today. It had been listed for a really long time so I thought it would be alright to wait and buy it later. Lesson learnt. I've decided to ask in the main community and forum topic in jpopmusic if anyone is willing to sell me the pamphlet. I don't want to have any more regrets.

Buahahaha...! I just bought Arashi's Hadashi no Mirai LE single for SGD$8! ♥

SGD$12.50 after including postage and fees actually but still a steal! I like both songs on the single but don't particular love them. It's the cover that I love that made me want to collect the single. I thought it being an older single and limited edition, it was out of my league but yay for good luck! Can't wait to be able to see it in December. :D I'll take a picture of it and show it to my aunt who is/was an avid Coca Cola merchandise collector. XD

I'm obsessed with the latest mini album, Voice of Autumn, by 4MEN, a Korean group consisting of 3 guys now who are not new on the scene. To be exact, it's just 1 song on the album titled Tok Tok Tok.

The song in hangul is 똑똑똑 which romanized is 'tok tok tok' which is the sound for knocking in Korean. After I had looked up the Korean alphabet to romanize the title and search the translation of the title on google, it made no sense until I came across a comment in a Youtube video. The single consists of instrumental tracks too but the name only has (MR) which was an acronym I've not come across. Of course filled with curiosity, I had to google it. :P Turns out, it stands for Music Recorded which is essentially no vocals. Thanks to the netizens who were bored and decided to create MR removed videos of Korean singers and groups, I now know what MR stands for.

Anyway, the song is a nice R&B song with good vocals! I love the Music Recorded (i.e. no vocals) version too which is rare. I usually can't be bothered with the instrumental tracks. It's been too long since I've heard good vocals so I decided to try making an a capella version of the song. Lucky, it turned out about 95% successful. You can still hear a very faint drum beat but after looping the song a couple of times, you probably won't notice it.

Do give the song a try! Download the entire mini album at music_envy HERE. A capella version fanmade by me is below. (^^)


Download: A capella version

How was everyone's weekend? It was quite a fun one for me with the Halloween party and DVD rips of NEWS's Diamond DVD!

First off, the Birthday/Halloween party. We don't celebrate Halloween in Singapore so I've never had a chance to dress up in costumes so it was something new to try. I wish I had spent more time and effort in my costume but it was the easiest I could come up with without spending lots of money on it. I wore a normal dress with a witch hat I bought from Kmart for $3 thus making me a modern day witch. :P I wanted to paint my nails black and carry around a red poison apple too but ended up too lazy to go out to Coles on Sat before the party. Nevertheless, I had fun looking at the other costumes.


All my housemates. The guy (Spongebob) is actually the birthday girl's (Devil, on the right of the nurse) boyfriend but he practically lives here.


I love these tiny plastic jack-o-latern decorations so much! I did keep one btw for keepsakes. :D

More pictures on my Facebook here! Costumes to look out for is the Pope, priest and the Go-go dancer.

In the midst of the party, I managed to sneak off to my room for water breaks and saw the post for DVD rips of NEWS's Diamond concert! I decided to be a good girl and spoil myself with Yamapi and Massu's PV and the first 40+ minutes of the concert. It's enough to keep me satisfied till 23rd Nov which is the day my DVD and Yamapi singles should reach my house.

I love Massu's PV! I like it when he dances and I like his style of clothing which consists of mostly loose clothing and is a little quirky but cute. The reverse heroism of the superman sketch is funny! Yamapi's PV is cool with all that grey and silver tones but I don't really get the red rubber glove. Makes me think of fishmongers. :P I love that he did a remix of MOLA and not just the original since the song is already being performed like normal in the concert section. The PV really suits the electronic feel of the remix.  And Yamapi dancing is awesome! <3 I'm really glad the makings of the PVs isn't just like 1-2 minutes long but is about 4 minutes long, except for Yamapi's but that's alright. I love behind the scenes!

Viva NEWS! v(^___^)v

I was surfing around when I came across the website that has official Big Bang related merchandise. Some of those caps are really cool. I would love to own any of these caps.

BEATOY Crown Cap - Black

This cap is soooooooooooooo cute! <3 It's sold out on the site but I wonder if it's permanent or they'll restock again. This is my favourite cap!

BEATOY BubbleGum Color Cap


Kawaii right! It's the first cap I saw at the website. Magdeline thinks it looks too kiddish which is true but still, very bright and cute. :D

BIGBANG Fila Cap - Black


The Big Bang feat Fila cap which started my search. Looks really cool. It comes in white too.

My nose is a bit blocked which is a sign I'm about to fall sick. Eating spicy Kimchi stew on Sunday didn't help unblock so I decided to make some ginger tea yesterday night. I put the pot of water with grated ginger on the stove and thought I'll go to my room and check my email. Bad move. I ended up browsing Yahoo Auctions (YA) and completely forgot about my ginger tea! I only remembered when my housemates knocked on my door to tell me! I did smell something burning just before they knocked but I thought it was just from someone toasting bread. It's a good thing I wasn't alone at home otherwise I would have continued happily browsing YA and maybe burn the house down. :/

As for what I was browsing on YA, it's Arashi's Ashita no Kioku or Crazy Moon LE singles. I love Crazy Moon and the PV but I already have the Best album and will buy the PV collection DVD later on so there really isn't much point in buying the singles. Except I love the covers! All editions of the covers looks super cool! I think it's one of the coolest CD cover I've seen. I'm not into collecting CDs but for those lovely covers, I intend to buy all editions of the Crazy Moon single. I was planning on buying both the LEs from a seller but turns out she threw away the obi and I want my CDs to have the obi. It can be opened without the outer plastic but the obi is a must. That's when I decided to take a look on YA. I found a couple of auctions and picked the cheapest one and asked my relative living in Japan to help me bid and mail to me. I hope I'll be able to win the auction. *fingers crossed*

I think shopping on YA can become addictive. I looked at some of the other NEWS, Arashi and Ayaka stuff and can't wait to get a job so I can buy more things. I think a lot of people collect CDs and DVDs but they don't interest me. I prefer pamphlets because there's plenty of pictures so it's like a photobook. So I'm gonna try and collect NEWS and Arashi's pamphlets. For now, I'll aim to buy the pamphlets with nicer looking covers. :P List as follows, not in order:

- Wasureranai Hito (Aiba's stage play)
- Arashi Summer Tour 2007 Time
- Arashi - 2007 Final Time
- Arashi Around Asia in Tokyo 2008
- Arashi ga Haru no Arashi wo Yobu Concert (2001)
- NEWS Concert Tour 2007
- Ayaka - Sing to the Sky

Btw I hope a more veteran Arashi fan can help with this. I found out today that there's 2 pamphlets for Arashi's Time concert. But in YA, I saw an auction for Arashi's Time tour pamphlet but the preview picture is different from the other 2. Is there actually a third pamphlet or does one of the Time pamphlet come in some kind of outer case which looks like the one I saw on YA?


The other Time pamphlet I saw in YA which doesn't look like the 2 below.

Picture of Time pamphlet and Final Time pamphlet

I LOVE THIS PERFORMANCE OF A BOY! His hair is better than the one where he had curly Maggi noodle hair, the special dance interlude flows better with the song and the stage for the first part of the performance is pretty cool. It reminds me of Sho's DJ console in the 5x10 pamphlet. Watch the performance in HD quality!

I love A Boy from the very first listen and it's still my favourite track from GD's album followed by Gossip Man and Heartbreaker. I don't understand why tons of people like The Leaders. The background music sounds like it's from Mario, they repeat the phrase "Wassup" way too many times for my liking. Maybe people like it because it's a collaboration with Teddy and CL who are leaders of their respective groups so it's cool. Or maybe they can appreciate songs consisting mostly of rapping. I don't so I don't like the song. Hmmm but I like Arashi's A Day In Our Life. (^^;)

This Saturday, my housemate Drishty is organizing a birthday cum Halloween party and we have to dress up. Halloween isn't celebrated in Singapore so I've never dressed up for it before but I don't mind since it's fun. She sent us a link to rent costumes but it's quite expensive. I really want to go as Harry Potter! Queen Arwen from LOTR is really nice too! But it costs $55 just to rent it. I can find better ways to spend $55 like buy Big Bang's single...So my plan is to buy a pointy witch hat and wear it with a dress which would make me a modern day witch. At least I tried, right?

I chatted with Bernice on MSN for a bit too. After watching the recently subbed episode of MMA where Sho and Ohno introduced some places in Kyoto, I really want to go Kyoto now. I like traditional Japan buildings because it looks gorgeous. And we agreed to visit Kyoto together when I visit her in Japan. I think spring in Kyoto would be the prettiest? I can't wait for 2010!

I LOVE YAMAPI'S LOVELESS SO MUCH! ♥

Loveless > Daite Senorita

Download the preview here btw.

On a side note, I've been repeating AKB48's RIVER (before Loveless came). I saw the PV and it was quite cool so I decided to download the single. I like RIVER only. Perhaps it was easier for me to like RIVER because I'm in the mood for female pop pop songs now. Getting a bit sick of the electropop, hip-hop, R&B and male pop songs in my iTunes already.

For lunch today, I made baked sweet potatoes with leeks and blue cheese, recipe courtesy of Hui Ling (duckholme). She had suggested the recipe after looking at my 101 list. In my list, one of the task is to eat blue cheese and another is to cook or bake 5 items with sweet potatoes so this recipe would let me kill 2 birds with 1 stone.

I've not eaten a lot of gourmet cheese since I've not been exposed to it in my family. The first gourmet cheese I ate was Edam and Gouda when Grace, my previous housemate, brought a mixed cheese platter to our flat's picnic. Since then, I've bought Edam cheese on a few occasions. I like feta cheese with a Greek salad too. Why did I choose to eat blue cheese as one of my 101 list task is because even though I know next to nothing about cheese, I have heard that blue cheese is one of the stronger cheese so on a whim, I decided I want to try it for myself. Did it live up to the stories I've heard? Not really. Maybe because I had bought Danish Blue Cheese which according to Hui Ling is milder. The smell isn't as pungent as I expected and was bearable. Taste wise, I think it tastes like mushrooms. I won't say I love blue cheese but I'm game to continue eating it until I can say I like it. What cheese should I try next?

As for what I think about the baked sweet potatoes with leeks and blue cheese, I could mostly taste the sweet potatoes only. I think I need to cook the leeks longer until it's golden in colour and either use more cheese or a stronger cheese. I'll be more generous with the salt and pepper too and remember to not make a mistake and use too much olive oil which resulted in a very oily dish. But overall, not bad. Will definitely be trying it again in the future.



Now, what should I do with the remaining half of my leek...

Big Bang is releasing a Japanese single on 4th Nov! Drama tie-in to Teppei's Ohitorisama too! I've never bought Big Bang's CDs but I thought I should support them once in a while and the first press of the LE comes with a poster too. So yeah, I ordered it on CDJapan which is the most reliable site that guarantees first press extras but I had it shipped by Airmail so shipping won't cost a bomb. I'm in no hurry to receive it anyway since I won't be in Singapore yet when it reaches my house.

Why is every group that I like releasing everything in November? I'm so low on savings after ordering NEWS, Yamapi and Arashi's stuff and Big Bang had to grab a piece of my savings. So now I'll limit myself to buying only the pamphlet and the cellphone strap if available for Yamapi's solo concert and no more buying any other things too.

Look at how packed November is!

04 Nov - Big Bang Koe wo Kikasete single
              - NEWS Live Diamond DVD

11 Nov - Arashi My Girl single

18 Nov - Yamapi Loveless single

21 Nov - Yamapi solo concert

Fall season of dramas has started too. In all honesty, I thought the first episode of My Girl was a bit boring. After I finished watching the first episode raw, it felt like nothing much happened in the episode. All it contained was Masamune discovering Youko had died and he had a daughter and that's about it. I'm not sure if I want to continue watching the drama on a weekly basis now. I'll decide after the second episode.

I watched the 6th season of the Koi no Kara Sawagi drama special raw too. I had rather high expectations for it since it had Yamada Yuu, Kashii Yuu and Tanimura Mitsuki and the previous few seasons I had watched were pretty good but it fell short of my expectations. 2 out of 3 of the stories had the main female characters not ending up with the main male character. The same 2 episodes didn't seem to be really about love too especially Yamada Yuu's episode. I liked Tanimura Mitsuki's episode the most. Her devotion to the baseball guy is really sweet.

Real Clothes with Karina has also started! The clothes are amazing especially in HD! I should learn a tip or two from the drama. :P I can't wait for Karina to transform into a fashionable character. Mag doesn't think Karina is pretty but I thought she was quite pretty when Matsuda Shota's character took photos of her in Love Shuffle. The official website also lists the brands of clothes for selected outfits which is cool since people can actually buy them. Among the current 5 outfits for Karina, I like the second one best. Especially the beret. See it here.

I've started watching the Kdrama Powerful Opponents too. After finishing Mr. Brain, I was in the mood for some action. Female bodyguard to the son of the President of S. Korea definitely screams action. Who doesn't like seeing women fight? Cat fights over men brawling for me. XD The female character in the Kmovie My Girlfriend is an Agent is pretty kickass too. I hope Powerful Opponents won't become too draggy as it continue.

I can't wait for Ohitorisama to air tomorrow! Can preview Big Bang's upcoming single. :D

Darn! I just saw the Big Bang Monopoly game board!!! It's super cool and I love Monopoly! The thing is......everything is in Korean! Why not English?! YesAsia sells it for US$60 but I saw a LJ seller selling it for SGD$60 only! I don't even know or care whether it's an official item or not. I just checked, it's an official item! It's just plain cool they have their own board game. I bought the Kurosagi Othello set for the same reason. :P If this was in English, I will buy it.



More pictures at YesAsia and here! If anyone wants to buy from the LJ seller, it's here. Or buy directly from YG's shop here.

P.S.: I finally got a new Big Bang icon! Well, TOP to be exact. 8D

*edit*

Believe it or not, I found English translations for the game here! Now, it's becoming more tempting. D:

I finally decided to try and see if I used scotch tape to stick my poster of Aiba onto my wardrobe's door, would the tape come off easily. Thank goodness the material of the poster is pretty thick so I can easily remove the tape without ruining the poster but to be safe, I stuck them on the back. :P I figured since the poster was dented during shipping, I won't be able to sell it so might as well use it now since I'll never use it when I'm back in Singapore. So now Aiba is placed proudly below my Yamapi poster. ♥



Well, since I had my camera out already and I was bored, I decided to take pictures of my room. See how fandom has invaded my room. :P

( My little room )

Well, there you go, that's how my room looks like. When I first viewed the room, I thought it was quite small but now I think otherwise. I love my room! :D

P.S.: I ordered Arashi's My Girl LE single from HMV together with November's issues of Wink Up and Potato! Unfortunately I'm shipping them to Singapore so I can only see them in December.

I've finished watching The Queen's Classroom! It's a great drama! Good and interesting plot and great acting from Amami Yuki and Shida Mirai. I thought it would just be comedy but I end up shedding a few tears at the end of almost every episode. Ultimately, it's quite a touching drama. I don't agree with Akutsu sensei's ways of teaching but what she said is right at the end of the day. If only her methods weren't so extreme but if they weren't extreme, the students would never learn huh. Anyway, I highly recommend this drama. :D

I would like to try my luck and see if anyone can identify this song. One of the students from The Queen's Classroom drama sang it in karaoke in the last episode. I find it very familiar but I can't recall any details about it. I think it sounds like a nice song and want to download it. Anyone has any clue?

   
LE                                      RE

WTF! I just saw Aishah's post about the DVD cover of NEWS's Diamond Concert. What the hell is wrong with JE! It is the ultimate ugliness ever. From the small preview picture, it looks like a rocket in the shape of a diamond launching to me. Seriously, what happened to the coolness vibe of the concert followed up with the Koi no ABO DVD. The designers of NEWS's DVD seems to have lost their touch after the N.E.W.S. DVD. I didn't really love the Pacific DVD but Diamond DVD seems to be worst. D: I think it's time to start a petition to change the cover. I really hope JE realizes how bad the cover is and demand a re-design.

On another topic, I just recklessly bought the Arashi Best album from Playasia. Someone posted that Playasia had stock for the Japan LE. Being quite tipsy from after drinkng 4 tequila shots in the span of 30 mins equals to reckless behaviour. Well, not really. I've always regretted not ordering the LE because I really like some of the songs in the bonus CD. And well, since it wasn't that expensive and there's free shipping to Singapore, heck, I just decided to buy it! That will make it my first Arashi CD.

Alright, I'm gonna rest. My head is pretty crazy now with 3 round of the drinking game and 4 shots of tequila within 30 mins. D:

Today is an awesome day! Good things do come in 3! First thing, I check the RSS feed and sees the announcement of Yamapi's solo single AND concert in Nov. *flailing* Then after calming down, I open my door to check if Mag is done with the bathroom and sees a HMV envelope which means my Ayaka CD!!! Grabbed it, turn around and went back to my room and proceed to flail again! After opening it and listening to Minna Sora no Shita piano version which is just perfect, went back to my computer, checked the RSS feed again and see DIAMOND DVD. AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! For real?! Not a very late April Fool's joke?! Quickly clicked and YES! DVD! Finally! T____T So much footage too from the looks of the contents! I hope the backstage contents will be as long as the N.E.W.S. DVD though. The LE is a bit on the expensive side for NEWS and contents is the same as the RE but something about the video format or audio makes it 3 discs while RE only has 2 discs. But whatever. Johnny can have my money. Now, all I need is for Arashi to announce a new single for Aiba's drama and I can pre-order it together with NEWS's DVD and Yamapi's solo single.

Aight, I'm off to watch the DVD that comes with my Ayaka CD! Viva to 28 Sept 2009!~

The above is a plain yoghurt cake I made on Wednesday. There wasn't any special occasion but I was craving some cake filled with cream and fruits after my housemate gave me a slice of Génoise to try. We both enjoy cooking and baking so we usually let each other try what we've baked. Hence I baked a yoghurt cake which is a plain cake and filled it with whipped cream and tinned peach slices. As a result of baking the yoghurt cake, I ended up with a 1 litre tub of plain yoghurt less 1 cup for the cake. I don't know what made me think that 1 small cup of yoghurt wouldn't be enough for the recipe so I bought a 1L tub. Problem is I don't like to eat plain yoghurt. :/ It's a waste to throw it away so my mission to finish using the tub of yoghurt before it expires began. So far I've used it for the following.

- yoghurt cake (duh!)
- yoghurt-lemon marinated chicken (lacked flavour)
- yoghurt omelette (you get fluffy omelettes!)
- yoghurt parfait (healthy :D)
- my concoction of yoghurt, rice grains, honey and flour to make a body exfoliater (pretty good I say)

I'm now halfway through the tub and running out of ideas on how to use it. The most common usage is to make a curry or curried meat but I don't have curry powder of any kind and I don't cook curry from scratch so I don't really want to buy it just for this time. I'm gonna make a yoghurt pasta next which had quite a lot of good ratings. Anyone has any suggestion?

In a bid to find more ways I can use up my yoghurt, I found my way to Yahoo Answers. I started reading other topics not related to yoghurt and found them quite interesting thus decided to register an account and read other people's questions for fun. One of the topics I read was about dreams. In the past, I've had numerous dreams of me being chased by a monster and I use ridiculous ways to escape. I finally found out that if you're being chased in your dream, it means you're trying to run away from a person or situation in real life. That doesn't come as a surprise since I think I have a tendency to run away from problems and escape reality.

I finally downloaded and watched some of the newer episodes of AnS and HnA. Episode #151 with Fujimoto Miki is awesome! Sakuraiba in a bath tub together. XDDD Seriously, I can watch the reenaction of that scene countless times and still laugh my ass off. 8D The episode with SPEED was quite funny because there's Mr. Yoga Sho. I am as bad or worst than Sho in terms of flexibility. In the previous episode with Yamada Yuu where they did yoga too, I was like Sho and couldn't do any of the poses without tearing a muscle. I've always had stiff muscles and even the masseurs agree whenever I go for a massage.

The episode with SPEED resulted in a new discovery which worries me. I always know that my sense of balance is pretty bad. Unbelievably, I still don't know how to ride a bicycle. :/ But after watching the episode, I realized just how bad my sense of balance is. I googled and apparently if you're below the age of 25, you should be able to close your eyes and balance on one leg for at least 15 seconds. I can't even do that for 5 seconds. I'm surprised I can even walk without tripping on my feet all the time. I'm now going to start doing basic balance exercises and hopefully my balance will improve. I really want to try yoga now too but I wonder if they'll deny me entry once they see how inflexible and bad at balancing I am. (^^;)

On Friday, I watched Music Station live on Keyhole. About 30 minutes after watching then did I realize it was a 3 hour special and about 30 minutes before it ended, I realized that I had missed the first hour as it had started earlier than the usual time. Yep, that's how observant I am. I originally watched it for Ayaka of course but during her performance, Keyhole was at it's worst. Jerky video and audio. But it doesn't matter now because I've downloaded her performance in HDTV format! Awesome as always. :D

The special segment of the MS special is they had a top 100 nationally famous songs ranking. I missed the first 30 so no comments. Ayaka's Mikazuki was ranked #41! I love the song! Arashi's A.RA.SHI was ranked around 50+ and One Love at #18 which surprised me. Apparently celebrities were also polled and If a celebrity had also chosen the song, they'll show their face and name in a small box while the VTR continues playing in the background. Guess who had chosen A.RA.SHI? Chinen! He really loves Arashi and Ohno huh. XD Seishun no Amigo came in #12. <3 Other songs which I recognize and love are as follows.

- #31: Utada Hikaru's Flavour of Life
- #29: Aoyama Thelma's Soba ni Iru ne
- #23: Remioromen's Konayuki
- #10: Kobukuro's Tsubomi
- #05: GReeeen's Kiseki
- #03: Yutaka Ozaki's I Love You (I prefer Ayaka's cover though)
- #01: SMAP's Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana

I'm really looking forward to Monday or Tuesday which is when my Ayaka CD will arrive!