I really think there has been a change in JE's marketing team/strategy.

Other than all the FC/sales of tickets (some concerts) to overseas fans, recently, they even introduced the smartphone version of their official site.

And just a few days ago, they started to allow fans to sign up (non-FC fans) as members of the smartphone version of the FC. And. And!! They even have an instruction saying "If you live overseas, you may only pay by credit card". Implication is, YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIVE IN JAPAN/HAVE A JAPAN ADDRESS TO SIGN UP!! Of course, everything is in Japanese, but still!

I did it!

I'm off to reading their backposts and the videos (we have access to all artistes' extras)! But, there is a charge of 300+yen per month. So...oh well, that would be S$66/yr...so I guess it's ok? =P

I love each and every member of Arashi.

And here is one reason why I love Nino.

I was just watching the 1 Sep 2011 VS Arashi and I noticed his 優しさ/thoughtfulness/meticulous nature again.

I had caught that once on Arashi ni Shiyagare before, and now again.

Out of fun, Jun agreed to put on a pair of very funky (yet very him) glasses, which caused his vision to be completely blocked. The game of Kicking Sniper started in that state. For the first formation, the first player scored a perfect. At that moment, I heard "終わった、終わった！"/"It's over, it's over!". It sounded like...

For the second formation, Sho scored a perfect, and the voice came again.

Just when Sho was jumping around in glee,

When Aiba was clapping in excitement and Ohno sitting around...like miracle!sho is an everyday thing,

Nino was there updating a confused Jun what was happening.

And this is why I love him so.

[EDIT]

Finished watching the episode! Have to say that it has been a while since I've felt so excited during VS Arashi! The Bound Hockey was exciting! It was great to watch generous Arashi give up all the x2 pucks, and for the guest team to present Arashi back with 1 after their amazing score of 520. 520! My jaw dropped at that! The guest team was amazing, with an almost perfect track record.

And then, all the adrenaline rush when cheering for Arashi to beat the odds and score the 500 they needed to win!

I thought it was quite impossible, but, like what Ohno said,

When he sets out to do something, he will do it.

Imagine the surprise I felt when he managed to score the final deciding puck!

Arashi, your trust in the steady riida's abilities and determination has been well placed!

Like what Ohno himself said, he was in good form, even scoring 110 points with the revamped (the 50% smaller opening) basket!

But, miracle-causing or not, he is still our same old ridda. The riida who doesn't seem to know what just happened.

And I'm human.

First, it was Jun.

Now, it's Nino.

Oh my gosh. I'm so very glad that I downloaded this show!! I had refrained from watching Gantz promo clips, but this one sounded interesting so I risked getting spoilt any further. I'm glad I did.

NinoMatsu in LA SP.

Why not a screencap of Nino/Matsuken?

BECAUSE IT'S THE HOTEL THAT'S MAKING ME EXCITED.

Grand Hyatt!!!

The hotel I always stay at!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

<3 Jun, Nino. kyaaaaaa. Who's next?

Maybe Nino stayed at the hotel room I stayed at before!

LOL. I kid myself. He's a Tokyolite for goodness sake. *knocks some sense into myself*

In any case, I'm exhilarated! I guess Hyatt's the only option if they want a place to stay at before the premier at Toho.

ARGH but why wasn't I in Japan during this period!!!? =(

[EDIT]
I'm barely 10 mins into the show and I'm already feeling sorry for Matsuken. All I hear from fangirls there is "NINO~~~"

It's ok, Matsuken, I LOVE YOU TOO.

[EDIT 2]
Why does Nino look so tired. T.T Why why why.

Deep, prolonged frown.

Watery, bloodshot eyes.

I'll be editing this post as I watch...

I'm dying.

Of happiness.

It was 4.40pm.

At Harajuku.

Only 4 tickets left.

One was at the 2nd level stands.
Another pair was also 2nd level stands.
Last was an Arena.
Block C6.
I have no idea where that block is, and I know that Arena doesn't guarantee a good seat.

But I went for it. Like...30% cheaper than my Friday stands seat. The storekeeper said I was lucky coz that ticket really became much cheaper now.

And then, I rushed to Dome, reaching at 530pm. Found the gate (which was really far from the main gate 22). I saw that Gate 11 was right at the side of Dome so I thought that it was a seat very far left. But no.

When I entered the Arena and saw the board with the blocks' location printed, I nearly died. The block was only 3 blocks away from the hanamichi joining the main and center stage. I went to the seat, and then REALLY died. My seat was only 3 rows away from the left hanamichi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Like, so lucky!!!

( How lucky can I get!? Ohno's birthday surprise! )

Concert audio clip, only for friends. Please refer to this post for the password.
Since it's Ohno's birthday soon (and 'my birthday' today), I'm opening up the post to public for 24 hours. But please, please, please DO NOT SHARE/REUPLOAD. It's not exactly legal doing recordings, and I still want to enjoy my future concerts happily. Onegai ne!
MediaFire
Not very high quality and not full because my recorder died halfway =( It's only up to Aiba's part in the second stage greeting.

Brief concert reports from others!
Nanao
Yarukizero
Jen
Arisa

No full concert report, because I suck at those and I'm sure someone else can write a much better one.

But I'm gonna just jolt down what I can remember from the day.

( So, it ended up very very long. Not guaranteed to be accurate. My memory is bad. )

Concert audio clip, only for friends. Please refer to this post for the password.
Part 01/02
Not very high quality though. There's a 1 min 20 sec blank at the start so just skip over.

Other con reports:
Yarukizero
Nanao

While waiting for Natsuniji ep 10 to download, I started on Arashi ni Shiyagare (25/10/2010 ep). And I discovered this:

While the table was being pushed onto the stage, it got stuck a little.

This jerked the table, causing one of the baseball stands to topple over.

But soon, we see someone reaching out for the toppled stand and the baseball.

I didn't have to guess who the hands belong to, because I had, right at the start of the episode, noticed the interesting prints on his jacket.

There. The baseball stand is back upright.

Nino, our meticulous Nino.
Nino, our down-to-earth Nino.
You who give such witty remarks on tv and on paper.
You who made me feel so touched on the recent SCP.

I love you!

I'll continue watching the episode another day. My eyes are shutting!

[EDIT]
Finally finished Natsuniji. It was a nice ending, and I especially liked the part where Taiga had his stage greetings. When he raised from his bow, he saw his father at the back of the hall. My eyes got watery at that moment....because, more than a love story, the drama was about a son proving himself, working towards his childhood dream, and exploring the potential his father saw in him. It was too late, because his father had passed on...but...surely, somehow, his hard work would have made his father proud.

I was distracted from the whole MiniSuite Talk by the very obvious Ohmiya bullying on the left side of the screen.
Nino pushing Ohno into the background by leaving no gap between himself and Aiba.
And the look Ohno gave Nino when Nino finally let him into the line.

( More screencaps under the cut so they won't flood your f-page! )

Stole this from

k_littlebraver

嵐５人が身近な人だったらー

もし嵐の５人があなたの身近にいたらどうなるでしょう？（※重複あり）

（1,933人が診断結果パターン 3,125通り）

For my actual name, I got this:
大野智は恋人、櫻井翔は友人、相葉雅紀はハイテンションな兄、二宮和也は隣りの家のアキバ系オタク、松本潤は恋人でしょう。

And for my online nick, I got this:
大野智は友人、櫻井翔は仲のいい先輩、相葉雅紀はいつもはっちゃけてる幼なじみ、二宮和也は妹思いの兄、松本潤は自慢の弟でしょう。

HAHA! The first is quite close to my current situation. I'm stuck between Ohno and Jun, so I just stuck them together into one JUNTOSHI!

Btw, I'm trying to bring over some translations from my vox to lj...But everytime I try to post a long post, lj cuts it off! It's irritating, really. Anyone has any way around this stupid error?

Made with funkadelicsinc's scans of Weekly The Television 20100306-12 posted in arashi_no_jidai.

It's confirmed. I love all pairing in Arashi, but for now, it's Juntoshi for me! See, Ohno is blushing in the picture! LOL.

But seriously, even their hair matched. The ends of their hair are pointing outwards!!

I had an Arashi-kai yesterday, and when it ended we went for dinner. On the way there, we heard loud shrieks and screams. FANGIRL ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think something came over me today, and I started jumping and shouting "Arashi!!!" like nobody's business in the middle of the pavement at City Hall. There were tons of people at this hotel entrance. Then some people walked past us and I spot a DBSK shirt on one of them. Seemed like the brother of one of the DBSK members was there. Strange.

Btw, I scanlated a fan manga! My first scanlation! I spent hours cleaning up the darn pages...It's shared here (locked).

( Transfered comments under the cut )

I really hate you,

For making my cry.

Ogura-san built up the mood throughout the episode, asking the members about those events they did back in their C,D,G no Arashi days, and as the member explained to him here and there, it really made me feel "Ah, they've really gone through alot on this series of variety programs ne!"

I'm glad that they refreshed some of the loved segments in the past, like Sho's fail drawings and even Aiba's capsicum experiment. Like what they say, it's like back to where they started, but this time, they will be exploring a different direction from this starting point. Along the way, they will grow as they've done in the past 8 years, return back to this point again as themselves, just better.

At the very end, my heart soured as Ogura-san started his farewell message. But the mood wasn't sustained by Sho, or Jun. But when Aiba came, he brought those tears back in my eyes again as my nose soured. And in his eyes, I see tears welling up too...And came Nino, the usual guy who's straight to the point, realistic yet true. He sustained the mood such that when Ohno gave his farewell message, the emotional build up gotten the better of me and I started crying! It didn't help that Ohno himself was on the verge of tears...Riida always maintained that he found it difficult when he's asked to say some ending comments. But this time round, I guess it just came out naturally.

When he said that he won't sleep, because if he did the episode will end, that was the final straw. I was tearing and tearing. The best line I've heard from Ohno, I feel.

This is totally irrational, I know. Especially since I haven't been following ANS like many others had been doing. I only watch selectively. But....having gone through D no Arashi, G no Arashi, and now ANS, I felt that I could at least understand the attachment both crew and cast had for the series. It was this series that contributed so much to Arashi's growth in character, in their bond and in their popularity. And when I saw even Ogura-san's eyes welling up with tears, I can't help but be affected too.

I'm glad I didn't follow ANS throughout, because I can now go back to catch up those I've missed until I start to get into the new program.

And, for some odd reason, Ohno's ranking has suddenly shot up. I guess it started when I watched the Dream A Live concert fancam last week, where they were singing the final chorus of Life Goes On and everyone else was put in the dark except for Ohno who was put under a spotlight at this particular line. Then I finally caught up with the Odoroki no Arashi 10th Anniversary SP, who Ohno's yasashisa and maturity shone through during that swing inertia experiment. And then now, ANS's farewell message...

Ohno, yappari suki desu.

Arashi no minna, suki.

I was driving to school this morning and heard this song on my cd player. I think its lyrics bear the answer to dear matsuzy's question. Being a Cantonese, I enjoy HK music, but this cd from Alex Fong (National swimmer turned singer/actor) is one of those I really love. The melody from the songs in this album are really soothing while the lyrics are easy to identify with.

Alex Fong 2008 New + Best Selection

( Translation under the cut )

On a side note, I had Audit class this morning, and of the scribblings me and my tutorial buddy did, this one is quite interesting.

I have no idea what happened to her but she suddenly wrote this on the rough paper on the table. Without me prompting or baiting or anything yo! Remember the eyebrow introduction I wrote about a few days ago?

aiba - smart
Nino - Favboy
jun   - ym's bf
sho  - brown eyebrows
xx    - girl eyebrows

I was so tickled! So I told her that the first and the last 2 were wrong. And I gave her a hangman setup for Ohno's name. She was so lousy! I had to give her _h_ _, _h_o, _hno before she managed to get it. And then she told her boyfriend really randomly, "Hey do you want to be called Ohno? No, you choose. Ohno or Nino." LOLLL...
Then she continued to try correct her mistakes and add on more info I told her about.

~~aiba~~ sho   - ~~smart~~ thin eyebrow? - most talented.
Nino         - Favboy. ~~AA @ concert~~ Cute
jun           - ym's bf. Cu AA @ concert
~~sho~~ aiba - brown eyebrows (ugly, don't like)
xx ohno - girl eyebrows (ok, not bad) -----------> Father politician?

I told her Ohno and Sho's lines were mixed up in terms of name, and finally she got them all right. LOL...I'm surprised she remembers. Because she's just not the type.
How can I get her to see that Aiba is cuticle!?!?!
Btw, we have this stimulation game for one of our subjects, and the slogan for our imanginary company is...one of these:

Big Danger, very cuticle!
Meccha Big Danger!
We like birds.

Guess?

( Transfered comments under the cut )

I'm so happy!

For the past few days, my friend has been coming to my house to camp in and finish up the darn project mess we were made to do (see prev post). And, one day, she was in my room, we closed the door, and out into sight came Arashi laminated posters I bought from Harajuku! HAHA! I was surprised she took a closer examination at them, commenting:

From Right to Left,

This guy has thin eyebrows.
This one has such thick and dark eyebrows! Your favourite right?
This one has eyebrows like a girl's....it archs up and then down again sharply.
This one has normal eyebrows! I like this one best.
This one so weird one...his eyebrows like dyed brown, just like his hair.

Guess who's who!??

And so, now we talk about Arashi in their eyebrow terms. Though not alot, and she usually confuses who's who. And given her personality, she'll never convert into a fangirl. But I'm just glad to share with her my CxDxG no Arashi and the con dvds while we worked on the presentation. HAHA!
( Transfered comments under the cut )

Please do not repost the scans without permission.

I have tons of photos that I bought just because it looks fun/ridiculous/thought-provoking. And I thought they'll be good for participating in the photo caption game. I'm sharing them with you guys here! Have some laughs! ^_^ Some of my silly, 4D-ish thoughts....

Ohno: I'll eat you raw if I can't fish you up!

( More silly captions inside! )

PHEW! I had totally forgotten about 紅白歌合戦 until 15mins ago, when I started to clear space for the impending JE Countdown download. So, frantically I switched on the tv and checked the 紅白 website to check up if I have missed Arashi already. Mika Nakashima was singing, so, I was just 6 songs from Arashi! PHEW! Choohh lucky.

Mika's fringe was odd...and her dress made her at least 5 years older. Oh well....I still prefer NANA Mika.

And then, YUZU! With my favourite song aitai, supposedly written for his father. I really liked the contrast during their performance. The stage looked really grand with bright lights and royal-looking decorations. But there they were, two man in front of standing mics, singing and playing the guitar. They looked so bare. I loved their harmony. XD

Now, waiting for Arashi! I'm kinda sad that I missed TOKIO though. =S Nvm...Kobukuro is after Arashi, so at least I have 2 groups to watch. My wish fulfilled! Them, on tv!

[EDIT]

HAHA! My gf saw me camping in front of the tv. "Are you watching this?" he asked, refering to the enka-looking singer on tv.

"No, mine is coming up in 10 mins. I'm gonna watch for 5 mins and you can switch channels after that."

"Arashi?"

haha!! I was totally beaming when they appeared!

My gosh, I loved their costumeS. The first one was red...at first I thought it was pink, a shade deeper than Kitto Daijyoubu's. Demo, I think it's red. I liked how during Happiness they started to go wild a la concerts. Jun even leaped (literally leaped) off the stage and go up close to the audience, shaking hands, smiling, bowing...KAWAII...like an over-excited kid at his birthday party. At that moment, it felt like an Arashi concert. Sasuga Arashi! Maybe it's just me, but compared to the other perf I saw (Mika Nakashima, Yuzu, Koda Kumi), the camera shoots seemed to become more wild and excited along with Arashi, with a lot of wide zooms and sudden close ups.

But the thing I loved most was right before they started singing Believe. As Happiness ended, they went to the upper stage, where they were engulfed by thick smoke. At first, I was going to throw the remote control because it seemed like they were going off stage just like that. But no. After the smoke dissipated, they emerged again! This time, in line with Believe, they had changed into silver suits! And as the camera panned from above, I couldn't spot their red costumes. O.o I didn't even see any holes in the ground. They changed really fast, like within..3~4 secs! haha.. Concert-trained! But it was strange that they only sang one song after the costume change. =S

So, all in all they sang A.RA.SHI, Wish, Happiness and Believe in a medley.

As Nino said after the perf, it'll be great if they returned next year!

Oh, during the short talk, a male fan actually shouted out to them, and Nakai-san was like, other than female fans, Arashi has a lot of male fans too. True ne! That's our Arashi for you. They have the substance besides the face. =)

PHEW! Finally finished up translations for WISFC ep5. O.O And now I can catch up on all the online going ons! The above was taken at the Seoul Incheon airport on Sunday. Not because of the face on it but because of the English. Just for laughs!

And yes, I'm back already. I'm so glad to be back, really. My skin was sprouting rough, sore patches all around, but after I returned to Singapore's air, with aa night's sleep, the patches started to get better without me applying any medicine! I love the humid air!

I already knew that a parcel arrived for me when I was in Japan, but still, I couldn't help but feel giggly when I saw the box sitting on my desk!

( In the box was................. )

I haven't downloaded an Arashi perf in a long while, mainly because most downloads require me to join the community, which I dislike (me and my odd peeves). But I downloaded this one because it promised the most awkward moment in the history of Arashi, aka the translucent costumes debut. XP I really wonder what eventually happened to the fashion coordinator who worked on this project.

It was so fun watching both fresh-from-the-Junior-ranks-Arashi (my gosh...chibi JUN and his voice!! And awkward members) and now-10-years-old-Arashi (haha they looked ~~embarrassed~~ amused by how they looked/behaved/spoke back then). Well, history does come back to haunt you!

Aniwaes, I disgressed. My main purpose is to share this screencap from Music station 13 Nov 2009

I love his eyebrows!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lol....Forgive me, Jun, but Sho's brows look really good!! Especially when he does that faint frown! This performance is like one of the better ones I've seen for My Girl...although I've only seen 2. XP But yeah, all 5 looked happy and good, Jun looks relaxed, Nino openly flirted with Ohno, and Aiba's just plain cute. Of course, Sho's brows. =)

In celebration of Ohno's *ahem*th birthday, let's do a test!!!

Diagnostic criteria for 312.31 Pathological Gambling
A. Persistent and recurrent maladaptive gambling behavior as indicated by five (or more) of the following:
(1) is preoccupied with gambling (e.g., preoccupied with reliving past gambling experiences, handicapping or planning the next venture, or thinking of ways to get money with which to gamble)
(2) needs to gamble with increasing amounts of money in order to achieve the desired excitement
(3) has repeated unsuccessful efforts to control, cut back, or stop gambling
(4) is restless or irritable when attempting to cut down or stop gambling
(5) gambles as a way of escaping from problems or of relieving a dysphoric mood (e.g., feelings of helplessness, guilt, anxiety, depression)
(6) after losing money gambling, often returns another day to get even ("chasing" one's losses)
(7) lies to family members, therapist, or others to conceal the extent of involvement with gambling
(8) has committed illegal acts such as forgery, fraud, theft, or embezzlement to finance gambling
(9) has jeopardized or lost a significant relationship, job, or educational or career opportunity because of gambling
(10) relies on others to provide money to relieve a desperate financial situation caused by gambling
B. The gambling behavior is not better accounted for by a Manic Episode.
- As taken from my "Are You OK? Mental Health In Singapore" elective lecture notes on the topic "Addictions".

Let's do change some words to suit our purpose better:
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT: Note that the creator of these guidelines is herself a fangirl who views writing as an acceptable form of schizophrenia.

Diagnostic criteria for A.RA.SHI Pathological Fangirling

( So, are you....? )

The brightest star in episode 14...

Who do you think was the brightest star in episode 14?

For me, it was him...

who shone in spite of the sorrowful darkness that filled those few minutes,
who took over from Shin Woo to be this episode's star,
who beat even Tae Kyung's sweet (though unoriginal) kiss.

Let's recap those heartwrenching moments...

( Image heavy! )

Who do you think was the brightest star in episode 14?

For me, it was him...

who shone in spite of the sorrowful darkness that filled those few minutes,
who took over from Shin Woo to be this episode's star,
who beat even Tae Kyung's sweet (though unoriginal) kiss.

( He's evidence that idols do not necessarily suck at acting. )

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