I went for a stroll down the shore, where I live, yesterday. We've had this crazy winter weather in January, but this is just nothing like I've ever experienced before! :O
It felt like being on Greenland XD
Monthly Archives: January 2010
Maki’s speaking English for her new movie!
Maki amazed me here! :O She sounds really great, her accent is very convincing! xD I like you still can recognize her voice even though it's in English! She's so talented!<3<3<3 :')
Must watch this movie!
Must watch this movie!
A long awaited order arrives… ~*O*~
I've waited over a month for this order! Normally it only take 7-14 days for delivery for Yesasia, it's probably the wild winter weather we have had recently which slowed it down -_- But now I've finally received the wonderful goodies, I'm going to gush very very much over it ^O^ heheh ;)
My order consist of
- Ranie's brand new album: Rainie & Love…?
- The highly acclaimed Arashi concert: ARASHI Around Asia 2008 in Tokyo
- The epic Berryz vs. C-ute concert in Nakayoshi: Berryz Koubou & C-ute Nakayoshi Battle Concert Tour 2008 (Berryz Kamen version)
- Extra: Japan Mini – Rilakkuma Maskot Wall Pocket Christmas
I was really REALLY happy when I finally got to open up these little treasures! I opened the Rainie album first:
I was totally taken aback by the beautiful cover with Rainie<3 How can a gal be that pretty?! xD
I've never purchased a album in such a different shape and style! It's absolutely stunning! I got 4 postcards for her new drama "Hi! My Sweetheart!", I think they were randomly selected, because some of them were a little funny ^^; I'm totally in love with the booklet – it's baby pink!!!<3 I adore the "rain" theme, she looks good damn gorgeous in that white dress! The umbrella handle was decorated with white little pearls – LOVE!! And then, they have somehow managed to make the rain look pink, it's so girly and pretty<3 ;3
Now to the songs.
The first track I've already heard many times in the new drama – "Yu Ai" but now listening to the full version and in much better quality, I think the song is even better! It's such a beautiful song<3 ^^ The second song "In Your Eyes" is a duet with Show Luo (the guy who plays the male protagonist in Hi! My Sweetheart) and when I heard it the very first time, I had a little shock, because I didn't expect a male voice just after the first song! Lol xD But the song was pretty nice, but not something special :)
The third song ROCKS! XD "Tick Tock (Beat The Clock)" is such a cool song and reminds me of electro pop! (and the tick tock part reminds me of "What Are You Waiting For" by Gwen Stefani!) Probably my favorite song on the whole album! :O
Then the three following songs are all ballads – very normal Rainie songs – but otherwise fantastic as always<3
The seventh song "On The Beat" also has a quite different style than her previous songs. It's an up-beat, cute and very much hilarious song :D I really like it, at any rate one of my favorite songs<3 ^o^
The eight song "Jue Dui Da Ling" has a somewhat acoustic feel to it? It sounds really lovely and is a very relaxed song – also one of the top songs on this album ;3
The lyrics for the ninth song "Love Rocks" are really crazy! In the chorus Rainie sings in such a fast pace that it on some point sounds like pure gibberish (maybe because I don't understand Chinese? lol) but it actually make the song stand out and after hearing a couple of times, it's a really great and neat song<3 ^o^b Also one of my favorites.
The tenth song plays so suddenly you can't believe it XD Haha The final song on the album "Er Du Lian Ai" is (surprisingly) a ballad song ^3^ It's a pretty song, but then again – she has done so many ballads now, it's not the most sensational song on the album. If you know what I mean? ^-^; But still a nice song :)
My final opinion of this album is: Fantastic album – my favorite of the whole bunch!<3 :D
(Always wanted to do this –>) Rating: 9/10 ~
Afterwards, I opened the Berryz/C-ute concert DVD, and as always the cover is in a smooth quality~ (wonderful, wonderful ^O^) Watched it this evening, and I got to describe it with one word: EPIC!
When Berryz and C–ute perform with combined power, it gets on a totally different level :O They look so good together xD But then the concert also made me a little sad, because Kanna and Erika still were a part of the group, I couldn't stop thinking about the new 5-nin group… How I wished they still were together… T-T *sob* Love Kanna-chan so much! >o< The Berryz Kamen and C-ute Ranger "play" was really funny, I enjoyed it very much :D
Then I opened the Arashi Around ASIA concert DVD<3 The bluish cover is transparent, and the yellow color of the A is actually provided by the yellow booklet inside the dvd! :O Such a cool detail XD Now I haven't watched it yet, but it has received so many great comment from other fans, I have a feeling it's going to be a awesome concert! ^O^ Well, when Nino-kun is performing, all it's perfect ^#^
The last thing I opened was the Japan Mini toy, which came as and extra goodie from Yesasia ^^ I choose a Christmas themed Rilakkuma toy<3 Then I can use it next Xmas ^O^
All in all, a great batch this month!! x3
Look forward to the new Buono! album and Berryz concert next month! ^^
A bittersweet love story
I've just finished a wonderful book by Gabrielle Zevin: Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac
I must admit I only discovered this book, because one of my favorite actresses (Maki Horikita – 堀北真希) is staring in Hans Canosa's film adaption of this book ^o^;
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She's cute right? ^^
But she's so talented too<3 Just watch any piece of her work, you'll know what I'm talking about ;)
(Typical of me to discover books only because they get adapted into movies >3<)
Back to the book ^O^
It's actually a very long time since I bought this book, but I have had a lot of other books to read before this one (while going to school, this can take a while >.<;). After finishing "ZOO" by Otsu-ichi, I thought: "Now it's time to read something less dark….!" xD When you look at the cover for this book, I think of a nice light and happy novel ~ ^o^
As soon as I got started on this novel, I couldn't put it down. Gabrielle Zevin writes in such a different way, for what I'm used too. It was a little hard adjusting to at first, but now I think the challenge was very much worth it. Zevin is a really talented writer :)
The theme "amnesia" proved to be a much more interesting quality in this book, than I expected at first :) I really liked the fact that the protagonist Naomi, being an amnesiac after the accident, suddenly had the opportunity to be a totally different person; such many opportunities…Even though she didn't know if her memory would come back she just wanted to live her life as it was now and distanced herself from the past, which of course felt alien to her.
I also liked the part where Naomi cuts her long hair; with each piece it felt like she got rid of someone's expectations of her – interesting way of thinking! ^o^b
The three boyfriends' drama was very entertaining, even though I felt a little sorry for the first guy, Ace XD haha
Naomi's friendship with Will (William) was so sweet<3 Maybe he was a little dorky at times, but I loved how the boy made her a CD mix every time something was up (I wish I had a friend doing the same thing for me!!) He's such a caring and loyal friend :') Really adorable~ (Tegoshi Yuya is totally perfect for this role XD)
Then there was James. I really liked him at first, but in the end I had a really hard time understanding him… The death of his brother really gave him a tough time :O I can not tell you any more, then I'll just spoil the ending xO That wouldn't be any fun ;)
But anyways, I really loved the ending – so perfect! In some kind of way it made an end to all the conflicts and struggles, which had troubled Naomi throughout the whole book, in a very natural and heartwarming way.
Totally recommend this book to everyone who would like a little different kind of love story ^___^
PS. Man it was hard picturing Naomi, when first watching the cover, then seeing the movie trailer xD The two girls look nothing alike, so I had a hard time choosing the look in my head, but in the end I went with Maki's look of course :p I'm going to watch the movie anyway ^_~
Yaay~ Finally!
Today (or yesterday) the full Buono! PV of their new single "Our Songs" was shown the first time on tv ^O^ I'm really happy to finally be able to watch the whole video~ x) If you read one of my recent posts, you know I really like the setting, the clothes, the song and just everything about it! :D Even though Momo's shirts a little ….. special :P lol
Well, her it is<3
Please comment on, what you think of their new song and PV ;3
