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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!

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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. =)

this is the last one before the new year begin. once again, this is all what i remember the most from these years.

2008
1. Bigger gap. i stopped my club activities that year. somehow i feel that there is a gap between me and my friends from my club. and it got bigger when i didnt attend Usrah anymore. when i started with clubs, i promise that when things got tougher than i can handle, academic come first. i dont wanna bite more than i can chew. dont know if they know it but i felt a bit sad about all this.

2. FT Island. their song After Love is awesome. they bring some fresh vibe to me since all i listen to was either Jpop or hiphop R&B. they are young indeed. but something off about them is that MOST of their songs sound the same. weird..
 
3. Nissa. she is my close friend since Grade 6 and we're in the same class in Form 1 to 3. but i lost contact with her around early 2006. anything about her, i got through An but we lastly met around July that year. miss her so much!

4. Improve grade. i prove myself and erase the guilt from leaving clubs activities.
 
5. Near death experience. whenever i think  about it, i seems to laugh more than anything. it was a trip to my hometown with a bus. i was with Ckna that time. it was around 4-5 am in the morning when suddenly there was a loud pop sound and the bus driver started to lost control. all i can think that time was, "I am going to die" and all sort of thing came to my mind. i take a look at Ckna, who also in same state as me. but thank God, after a few minutes the bus stop. someone get down from the bus and check the tire but he said that nothing is wrong with any of the tires. it sounds weird but we continue the journey without fixing anything. i still wonder what is it that make the pop sound.
 

2009
1. Wonbin left and Seunghyun in. Wonbin is my fav member of FTIsland and the news was so devastating. the reason that make he left also seems so unreasonable. but as time goes by, i just can wish he is happy with his decision. honestly, i was among those FTIsland fans that Seunghyun's anti even before they come out with Bad Woman, the 1st song he involve in.
 
2. Big decision. looking back, i think i was brave to take the challenge. thanks to Mrs.Sabrina, my uncle and my dad for giving advices that lead me to make that decision.
 
3. An. i promised i wont talk about this anymore so i will hold it. In memory 1986-2009. May Allah bless her..

4. SUJU. they are like Arashi who i knew the existance but i didnt have interest in. not until i watch Attack on Pin Up Boys and their Super Show Concert. all thanks to dayah. i really hope everything went smoothly about Hangeng case, hope people will forgive Kangin again and hope Kibum back into action with them. SUJU always 13elieve, 13 as a group but 15 as a family.

5. Graduate. since 25 Nov 2009, i am a fresh graduate who are looking for a job.

yeay~!! i finished the project successfully.
today is the last day of the 1st 10 years of 21st century. i wish myself for a better 10 years ahead. Good Luck~!

ja~!

these were the years that i started to look for something interesting. aside from jdrama & kdrama, most of my time is filled with study. i got bored and fall into my fandoms.

2006
1. CT left. if i remember correctly, she left in the end of our 1st year after her mother died. it was quite sad but we have to let her go. she has her own reasons for doing that. what i love about CT is that even though we're apart, she never forget. Love you CT!
 
2. Yati. initially, we're just club mate. we got closer since end on 1st year and early of 2nd year when we took some classes together. we stick together since then. she is the most patient person, aside from An, that i ever know.

3. NewS. known Yamapi for quite sometime from his dramas. Massu & Tego in GachiBaka. sucked into their fandom with Cherish PV. dissapointed knowing that they are in hiatus coz of the 2 members fault. content myself with their old videos.

4. Ngohz left. finished his PPOU, he left to MRIT.

5. nuna@vox. i started this blog around July that year. why i start blogging? i need a space for myself where i can talk about anything and everything i want, regardless of what people may say or think.

2007
1. NewS comeback. as NEWS on Johny's coundown concert. when i 1st know, i feels like i wanna jump as high as i can. whoah..lol
 
2. Ckreen & Ckna. i get to know Ckreen in Random class but she was quite something. she will always MIA most of the time. Ckna was my group partner in Microprocessor class, the toughest class ever. together we escape F with just slightly.
 
3. Cik left. to Ukrida but he would come home most of the holidays.
 
4. Arashi. unlike NEWS who i fell instantly, i knew the existance of Arashi for about a year before i began to be their fan. thanks to my sempai, Shooqie who was a extreme fan of them. Nino in Yashashi Jikan left me with a big expression of what an actor he is. then i started to get to know Nino and Arashi. MatsuJun was my least fav member but his portray of Domyouji in HanaDan was excellent!
  
5. Big Bang. the charismatic TOP in I am Sam lead me to BigBang. in their fandom, some fan need to be cantious of what the lyric of their songs means. i my opinion, some of their song are just too much for listening. good beat but bad lyric. Lie is a masterpiece but since HaruHaru, i think GD just recycle if not rearrange the melody since both sounds too similar. no offence since i myself is a VIP. overall, they did bring something new to Kpop.

to be honest, since i got started with NEWS, my grade slightly decrease every semester but i dont think that it's the fandom fault 100%. subjects got tougher and tougher. at some point, i wish i didnt take engineering. LOL that is too much!

next: Year 2008-2009

ja~!

yo minna! genki ka??

haih~...my situation now is becoming worse...

all the extra classes i wanted to take after SPM are definately burnt....
driving lessons also seem impossible currently...

i really dont want the past to repeat it self...i really dont....

haih~....i really need to get a job....REALLY!.....i dont want my parents to worry bout me that much....
i really wanna study hard and earn a huge amount of ''greens'' so the same history will not repeat...again..
call me ''green'' minded..i dont care....

lately....ive been very stingy towards myself when it comes to ''Greens''........even if that particular item does not cost much...id reconsider in buying it again n again until at the end..i didnt buy it..

i guess ''Greens'' do make the world go round ne~..=_=''......
i need to go get a job....ZETTAI DESU!!!

may Allah s.w.t bless us..

it means transition from school to college.

2004
1. Longest Holiday ever. the months before SPM result was out was the longest holiday i ever felt. all i did was watch TV, eat, sleep and the rotation on repeat.

2. 2 failures. i took my driving test and i think you can guest from the title. i was born not to drive. LOL
 
3. new cousin. i don't even know he exist. LOL..just discover that i had long distance cousin and we are at the same age. we went to the same college but thank God we're in different course. i can't stand him..duh

4. new world. life as a college student was cool. i did feel the late adaptation feeling but everything went smoothly. that year, i met CT and Nita. my first close colleagues. those who i depend upon when i need something. thank you guys~
 
5. stand on my own feet. school and college is different. when you get spoon fed in school, you kindda struggle in college. and that was me. as time goes by, i learned to stand on my own.

2005
1. WW3 end. Alhamdulillah.

2. Ngohz came for his PPOU. he did his preparation in my college so i remember meeting him in college sometimes and i find those meeting awkward..(-.-)
 
3. Celebrate Raya Haji alone. that was a hard decision since raya haji fall between midterms. i remember waking up to the Takbir and staring out of the window, wondering what my family was doing at that time. i was studying Calculus (if i'm not mistaken) all day that day.

4. Jdrama interest come back. i think i was in Form 1 when they showed GTO and Beach Boys on TV. i got sucked into watching jdrama since but the interest fade away when i enter MJSC. anyway, it started again after i knew that there are underground activity and one of them is sharing dramas. it was the easiest way to get jdrama ever!  

5. First (?) crush. he was in Silat club and attending that club activity is the hardest life in college. it's end a year later when he show his interest in Nita. it's all burn to the ground. and me, just the sidekick. LOL

those just the beginning of my life as a college student. compare to school, college really make my life more colorful with all sort of problems and life decisions.

next: Year 2006-2007

ja~!

those were my last years of secondary school but i think i didn't grew much. all i had in my mind was about school.

2002
1. New School. i went to MJSC with An and Fizah. everything was new to me because the school itself is different with public school. it was cool when i first got accepted but everything went down hill when i started. well, it took me quite sometime to get adapted.
 
2. Lost interest. this was the first few months in MJSC. i suddenly lost interest in everything. school, friends, life..nothing motivate me. in my eyes that time, the school schedule is too tight, the teachers are mean and collegues are ignorant. haha..i even consider to go back to my previous school but it was embressing to do so. i think what make me stick there for 2 years was my parents. their words make me think of my future..

3. Homeroom. my new family in the harsh world. lol. that what i thought of it back then. but activity that we did that year was kindda lame. our homeroom teacher, Abi, as we called him, is the best though! :)
 
4. SClub7. i didnt remember what year they started but it was 2002 when i got sucked into their songs. Their bubblegum pop songs were quite nice to hear for a teenage like me,that year.

5. WW3. Ramadhan that year, the war started. Nothing was intentional but it just happened. this is one of those things i wanna erase from my life if only i can go back in time.

2003
1. Third Public Examination. SPM. talking about this make me remember one thing. running from hostel to exam hall because i forgot to write the question number for English paper. lol. but the teachers didnt allow me to write it. they said, it's all right. me, tawakal tu alallah..till the end.

2. 5E's Heart to heart Night. it was an night even for our class. that night everyone let their heart to be heard. everyone but me. why? because i won't. i did said something about thanking everyone bla bla bla. haha..i think everyone was fooled that night. i just can't say what i wanna say if i 'think' i was force to do so..

3. Time Bomb. i was a walking time bomb that year. enduring every little things. my friends always get the blow. i'm really sorry.
 
4. Refugee. i can't really sit still in my own room that year coz i can't stand people who cannot respect others. just because..! yes, i was one problematic kid. lol..i was always in either Fizah or An's room. study, sleep and sometimes eat supper in their room.

5. End of school years. lastly i ended it that year.

God only know how much i miss those years.
next: Transition Year 2004-2005

ja~!

It's out!

1st	With a median of 9, the first place winner is: The Perfect Christmas Date By karened
3rd	With a median of 8 (mean: 7.3), the third place winner is: Myeong Dong and Mistletoes By karened

I'm super duper happy! But as I've read all the entries, I think I was just lucky. I have wrote so dilligently since Fungyi. Maybe I will stick to one-shots for now. I never managed to do one-shots but full fanfics usually need alot of determination and perserverance, especially if readers are mainly silent. But as I used to write stories independent of a drama, it was hard to flesh out the characters and their background within a one-shot. 

Below are my entries for both short and long fics.

Myeong Dong and Mistletoes (Long fic. Pairing: none. Avg rating: 7.3)
The Perfect Christmas Date (Long fic. Pairing: TKMN. Avg rating: 8.5)
A Gift For... (Short fic. airing: none. Avg rating: 6.4)

And one more, that precedes all the fics (the fics make minute references to each other).
"She was wearing his shirt."

Lastly, just for reference, the wonderful graphics contest.

Will It Snow For Christmas.

What an irony.

I was 90% through ep 8 and was thinking how the supposed-to-be angst-filled ep unfolded quite nicely and captured my heart without being overdramatic. And then, the ending of the ep, which I had expected given the scene set-up, started to push things downhill.

Kang Jin kisses Woo Jung in front of Ji Wan because he recalled Tae Jun's accusation that if he doesn't let go first, Ji Wan will continue to hold on even if it means death (as she develops illness from feeling too guilty). Seeing that, Ji Wan leaves, heartbroken. But she doesn't see the tears that wells up in Kang Jin's eyes and how they fell down his cheeks after she left. In a voiceover:

I dreamed a dream. In that dream, I met Ji Wan. In that dream, I made Ji Wan a promise, that I won't let go of her again. That I won't be that foolish like back during our San Cheong days.

Such bittersweet words.

And then, the preview destroyed it all.

With Kang Jin's new, Kiiroi Namida era hairstyle.
With hints that Kang Jin and Woo Jung collaborated in accepting bribery and plotting against Tae Jun.
With Kang Jin and Woo Jung looking like they got together.

It doesn't really make sense and I hope that it's just the PD trying to mislead. I mean, given Woo Jung's character, I don't think she would dabble with anything underhand. And if Kang Jin did something of that sort, ep 8's "Because he's (Kang Jin) honest and honerable" wouldn't make sense. Ok, now upon thinking through, I think the preview  is misleading. I hope. But why is Kang Jin's hairstyle so different? Even Woo Jung's hairstyle looks different. I think there might be a time leap. If so, then perhaps it's possible for the two's character to change...T.T I hope not, or I might just drop this drama. Just as I was starting to really like Woo Jung and Kang Jin. haizzz

I had a late Christmas celebration with my Arashi family (excluding dear Mrs Ohno who has left for Indonesia) today  at the KTV. And it was basically an Arashi matsuri! SantArashi came to the room and piled on the table tons of un/official photos, keychains, calculators, photobooks, the 5x10 Best clips dvd, My girl singles, newspapers detailing Arashi's claim in the Oricon charts, fanclub letters, fanclub anniversary gift, My girl photobook and many more. XD I think this ktv session was wasted as we spent like 30% of the time squealing over all the Arashi goodness on the table.

I went in late and was told that my friends were in Room 39, all the way at the back. But as I headed for the back, it felt wrong as it seemed to be leading to the storeroom/toilets. At that instant, I heard an Arashi song. Yes?No?. So I turned back and walked towards the source of the song, one of the ktv rooms, and wanted to head right in. But as I reached the door (which was mainly transparent glass), I saw that the people inside weren't them. I hesitated, and then looked around for Room 39, and found them, bringing them them news that the people next door were sing an Arashi song. I wondered if they saw the My girl photobook I was carrying by my side when I walked past their room. XD In between songs, during the brief periods of silence, we opened the door and eavesdropped on what the other room was singing. All Arashi songs!! HAHA it was so fun picking up bits and pieces of the song and guessing its title! So, confirmed! Arashi fans they are. Still in a very high mood, I suggested popping over to say hi. XD But in the end, I didn't want to disturb them and so settled for singing as loud as possible in hopes that they will catch on what we realised. And when I went out to order a drink, I brought the My girl photobook along. XD

Later, as we flipped through the pages, we realised that some songs such as Niji, wasn't listed. So, after a lot of hesitation, I went over to ask. Ok, it really was an excuse to say hi. But I really wanted to sing Niji!! I walked over, looked in, and turned away immediately. Because I saw a mini Sho uchiwa in a clear box file, facing right at the door!!!!!!! HAHA! But with the company of Angel, I knocked onto their door and asked about Niji. In the end, we started to exchange songs. We had managed to find some newer songs eg Ashita no Kioku, and had wrote them down on a piece of paper, which we shared with them. XD And then we exchanged cyber contacts, talked abit about our ichibans, and left. It turned out that they had purposely put Sho's uchiwa at the door. LOL! And they heard us singing Carnival Night Part 2. Gosh!

I had recently experienced some not-so-friendly Arashi fans, the first time in the past 4 years, but today's incident helped me get over the disappointment. Arashi does bring people together. =)

[EDIT] Their account here.

i was still in my early years of secondary school in 2000 and 2001 so most of the things i remember is related to school.

2000
1. Y2K virus. i was thinking that all computer related equipment would go *boom* on the strike of midnight of the new year but nothing happened. ceh..it's all just a prediction..

2. New School System. i was in Form 2 that year. The headmaster that came in the middle of previous year introduce a new system to the school. Instead of having a rigid classroom, we need to go to different class for different subject and there will be always 5 minutes walking time in between classes. In the 5 minutes time, they would play a song. The idea was to make us move a lot and refresh ourselves for next class. Later on, we learned that it was because there was not enough classroom so when some of us move to laboratory for Science Class or to Art Room for Art Class, we actually have enough room for everyone. haha..clever headmaster! The system ended three@four years later.

3. New Best Friend. i get closer to the best student.

4. Spent Longest Time at School. On days without extra co-curriculum activity, i spent approximately 10 hours a day at school starting that particular year. from 7.20 am to 5 pm. why? i have to wait for my dad to finish his job and fetch me from school. This continue for two years.

5. Best in Geography. Geography is the only subject i can beat the best student a.k.a my best friend. it is funny how i was so proud of that one subject. LOL

2001
1. A Very Tough Year. It was so tough going through that year. A lot of problems just keep coming up. in school, in class and among family member. However, a cure of all pain appeared at the end of the year..   
 
2. Lonely Study Days. Since i always spent most of my time at school while others went home at 2.30pm, i remember studying alone in an empty classroom and playing by myself if i felt bored or sleepy. it was quite lonely days..

3. Did not chosen for SBP form. in our school that time, only those who the Counselor choose can get one of the form. from our class, there are only three people (if remember it correctly) that get to fill up the form. one is the best student, the other is Head of Student Body and the other one was a teacher's daughter. haha..it was a small thing but i was in rage that year questioning, why didnt i get a SBP form too? thinking it again, i am glad i didn't because my path in the other way. Allah knows it all..
 
4. A Very Big Bad News. shocking and it change my whole family..fullstop

5. Second Public Examination. PMR. Failure is the Mother of Success. This is a Korean proverb. It means that a success beginning from a failure. I didn't do good enough in my First Public Examination but i was among 3 best students of our school for the second examination. Alhamdulillah..Thus more expectation was put on me for the third.

next: School Year 2002-2003

ja!