January VK Reviews (+ 1 Jpop)

Uiihh. I almost fell asleep while cleaning up my tags. =_= Old age. Maa~ maa~ Let's round up this month's music reviews:

Title: 空と糸 (Sora to Ito)
Band: MUCC
Verdict: 3 stars. So maybe I had expected too much of another 'Ageha' after a loong wait. This new single is solid especially with Miya's sexy chorus, but it doesn't deliver that same punch. Hey, PV is out! And to top it all off, I'm already heady anticipating their album in March. PFFFT SOMEBODY GIMME MONEYH.
Go for: -

Title: 約束 (Yakusoku) *HOT*
Band: KinKi Kids
Verdict: 4 stars. Such a beautifully sad song. I assume their vocals aren't strong here in order to portray the 'Guy-gives-up-on-love-when-girlfriend-strays'. Hearing it live is even better. Oh yeah, this is so fangirl-bias.
Go for: Truthfully, I could only stomach 'Yakusoku' and 'Loving'. The other two tracks are bleh.

Title: GHOST
Band: Gackt
Verdict: 4 stars. Not baaad. This guy finally ditched all those lame 10 minutes sappy shit and came back with stuff he really should be doing esp. his previous single 'Jesus' (which I haven't listened to yet).
Go for: Both tracks 'GHOST' and 'Blue Lagoon ~shinkai~'.

Title: vesperbell. *AWEFUCKINGSOME*
Band: kei
Verdict: 5 stars. Wha-WHO?? kannivalism member? Hmm can't say I listened to them before, but this kei guy is EXTREMELY talented in a certain Sugizo + Inoran + Jinkaku Radio way! To sum it all up, all three songs are completely sweet, completely dear and completely cool. You have to try it.
Go for: 'vesperbell.', 'pitiful emotional picture.' , '4letter word.' (yes, with the dots)

Title: As
Band: 12012
Verdict: 2 stars. Right. Ignore this song if you've never heard their songs and go try 'Aitai Kara' instead.
Go for: 'flower'.

Title: STRENGTH (anime Soul Eater ED)
Band: abingdon boys school
Verdict: 4.5 stars. The TV rip doesn't do justice. But damn if they can ever make a bad song. :DD
Go for: -

In Bad Need of a Massage

My shoulders ache real bad (for like almost a month) ever since I shifted the position of my monitor. I've been slouching in my seat too. -_- Bad habit of mine.

The amount of stress these days ain't helping either. Sigh.

The year of the Bull predictions? Not in the mood to further think about money currently. Not when it's already like duh 4 more months to May, thank you very much. *requests you oh-so-kind souls to help pray that I get to save up for Tokyo*

Luckily I'm able to find solace in Yaracchi's arms Koichi's melting smiles. With the consent from Farah and Michele, my first JE initiation is by having my profile layout changed. Mwahah. I got tired of Sugi's Juno tour layout. So...

Behold: KINKI KIDSUUU!

*skips away to watch Yaracchi musical goodness*

Oh, I forgot. Please check out the compiled list of my music reviews here or click on [Past Music].

Malnourished. Dying, dying.

I've hit a dead end with Kpop. This glass wall has been blocking my way and it's been going on for months now... Most probably had been built right after Shinhwa's concert. I could try to smash my way through or find hidden latches or steps to climb over this hulk of a blockage.

But when I look across to the other side beyond the glass, the sparkle seems to have dimmed.

I can see it. I can hear it. Yet the warmth doesn't pull at me anymore. No longer beckoning.

I turn around and there stands the encompassing mass of J-ent. Within an arm's reach from where I'm standing from.

Can I just please take a breather? It's very tiring to keep up with the younger generation from that tumultous side - mainly the shining light of neo-Kpop, Big Bang, Wonder Girls, Super Junior and so forth. Funny how I don't even tingle when I speak their names.

I'll. Just. Sit down right here by the edge of the precipice with the semi-cold wall at my back - There, right there. Aah.

Once there's that glimmer of hope again, someday, perhaps I shall rise back up and rejoin you.

Anime version of Koichi Domoto

BWAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA! *wipes tears*

I'd be more than happy to lend my Sushi Ouji, aka "Sushi Prince", dorama and movie collection to fully understand Koichi (Kinki Kids) and Nakamaru (Kat-tun)'s appearance in the following Shin-chan episode.

Shin-chan gets up close and personal with the two during Kochan's practice session. ROFL.

So unexpected of the Prince. Bwaaahah. Just look at that uber glossy idol-esque hair of his!

Shuffling Guys

Omg have you read Dongwan's latest photo-post? Hensem gile! Drooling over one pic eh. So sad leh. I'm happy he's happy, ya know. But can we pleeeease have moar Shinhwa pics oppa please please please kamsahaeyo T_T

Lol. My reaction towards my first reaction ("OMGSHOHUBBAHUBBAHUBBAHAWTE!") to that photo of him was: "Not even Kochan can make me squeal like this."

Dongwan is safe, people. Yes, thank you. Oh hey, but even so right.. I do squeal when Tsuyo and Kochan goes lovey-dovey -- HEYYY!! enough KinKi talk for today lar.

New dorama 'Love Shuffle' looks promising. Matsuda Shota and Hiroki Tamaki and... DAIGO? Serious drool bath. Won't Can't say the same for 'Boys Over Flowers' tho. I'm avoiding that K-version the same way I'm avoiding Twilight: Utter ignorance.

But Dongwannie is actually watching it??

Kinky Purchases

Oops. I meant KinKi purchases. As if I intended to put such a racy header to get more people to read my blog, eh? *wink wink*

Yesterday's noraebang meetup with seonsaengnim was tiring. I'm sure she was bored of us but she'd never tell us that lah. So, I vow never to sing in the presense of humankind any living being anymore. The pics I took are damn ugleyh to be shared.

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I don't know why the discs for We Are (Phi)'n 39!! And U? and Endless SHOCK 2008 have a BluRay logo. At first I thought the pirates wrongly put into those boxes. Are the DVDs compatible with a BluRay machine? Who knows lehh if I can play it on my brother's tv (plugged to his PSP3)?

Wuah syiok gile kalau boleh tengok Kochan on big screen. But too bad that the Phi concert doesn't include all the ments and second encore. Will have to leech that infamous Kochan-kiss-Tsuyo fancam from YouTube lorh while it's still there.

Both the concert and musical kept me awake until 5am *grins sheepishly*. I'm supposed to have an afternoon nap now because three hours of sleep does not make me a sane person.

Anyhoo, you can read my super-panjang-berjela review for Endless SHOCK here. Lemme know if you can't open the page and if I should add the review in this post.

Moshikashite?

Yabai!

I think I've officially become a KinKi Kids fan.

1. I listen to them while at work. Everyday.


2. I hum their songs almost every other time when I'm not listening to them.


3. I've requested Roy to pass me their full discography if he has.


4. I have Kochan as my cellphone's wallpaper.


5. The first thing I do when I reach home is open Youtube and watch their concert fancams.


6. I haven't laughed so hard in a long time (watching TV shows) until I started backtracking Domoto Kyoudai.


7. I watch their shounen-ai type of fanvids to release stress.


8. My sleep is cut short so I can have more time to watch their videos.


9. I now follow a KinKi fanblog diligently for updates and studycases.


10. I bought Koichi's old dorama, Remote, on a whim just now. Hey, it was selling for less than RM10. So, yeah!


11. I'm going to S&M tomorrow to look for concert DVDs.


12. I've written two posts about them.


13. I feel guilty for thinking of buying their CDs instead of completing my Luna Sea nor Sugizo collection.


14. I'm already budgeting for merchandise purchases if and when we go to Johnny's Shop in the next few months.

My theory is that their bond reminds me so much of what Shinhwa has. I know I'm extremely thankful to my six beloved oppas for endearing us to their close-knit friendship.

Being subjected to the more volatile relationships among Jrockers for all my life, I was temporarily shocked at the sort of male skinship in Johnny's Jimusho. Apparently I've gotten over that pretty fast. :P

Oh, FYI Roy if you're reading this... you're not the only one who has liked J-ent for 10 years. Frankly, I'm surprised you don't know my history and transitions into what I am today since I thought I had mentioned to you people d. :S

Moving Forward to Greater Productivity...

.. and even better sneakiness. This is my third relocation and I'm kinda digging it although this place is colder than the little corner I sat in before.

Yes, definitely a plus point when you get a desk which faces your boss(es) and the angle of the screen enables you to sneakily open non-work related websites/applications. Mwahah.

Syiokness. Ehh but I'm a good girl ya know, I only do this after office hours ;P

On the sadder side of life, I hope they/we manage to crease over this crisis as gently as possible. I've personally went through a lot of intentional and severe breakups with good friends. I hated it but I did it so I could move on with the people I most trusted in.

I HONESTLY don't want us to go through that but since some people can't be forced or coerced, let's neither push nor give up. Because I'm sure you or they or heck anybody wouldn't like other people nosing into private matters.

You've got to be true to yourself first. Is this what you want?

Johnny's Yaoi Pairing

Twinnie has gone and influenced me good. Our spazzing session with J-La last Sunday has indefinitely made me curious about Kinki Kids.

In the beginning, ohh about 10 years ago when I just started listening to Jpop, I used to buy those cheap Taiwanese magazines called J-Point (me thinks that's the title). Being unable to understand chinese, all I could do was cuci mata - ogle at the hot looking dudes.

Lol. It was then that I was 'introduced' to most Japanese artistes/performers (of that era) considering how Internet was still an ultra expensive commodity. Masa tu pun memang aku tengah gile semangat cuba belajar Japanese by myself.

Eh so anywaaay, I remember I was harshly disliking Kinki Kids because I couldn't understand why people liked them so much. And up til now, I've never given them a fleeting thought. Well if I had today's Internet access privilige back then... then maybe I would've understood how adorable and loving these two are. Akekekeke.



Koichi was I assume trying not cry and spoke nonsense at the end. Aww. Tsuyo? Lol. He's so shy!! Below is what the letter says thanks to the uploader:

Koichi-san, first saw you at the audition and you were wearing black sunglasses and jeans and my first impression was that you are such a 'square'.

I thought we might not be able to work well together but after some time, I start to know you even more. We are not frens nor brothers but we share a very good relationship. Because of our very good relationship, during breaks, both of us know each other that well that we can talk what we want and not talk when we don't feel like talking.

I had thought that if we work separately, I will not feel lonely but during my Shanghai work trip, due to hardships in filming and language barriers, and I was very tired to had to bear a heavy responsibility. But after hearing your voice over the phone, I had a feeling of a long-time-no-contact-brother kinship, and it made me felt at ease and hearing you say 'work hard', made me very happy.

I had thought I could live by myself, but only to realize that I need the support of the people around me. And the person can only be Koichi. Truly from the bottom of my heart, I feel that its great being with Koichi.

So from now on, let's both of us work hard together. I know you are someone who doesn't like to talk to others about your problems, so please from now on, do open up and talk to me. And listen to me for my own troubles and problems
- Tsuyo

Slow Baby Steps

What a slow start for the new year... The long holidays sure drag your mood along, ne? Asyik tiduuuuur je. Eat, sleep, Internet. Oh my gawd, my life is so 'exciting' =__=

All I'm looking forward to in January is MUCC's new single. Sheesh. Wth is happening to the Jrock world?? So friggin boring.

First day of work in 2009 pun as if takde challenge. Not like I'd want to be challenged anyway. Huhu.

LAZY BUM!