我最爱那热呼呼的叉烧包！

我最爱那热呼呼的叉烧包!

Click to feed the lovely fishes (*^ v ^)v

Click to feed the fishes (*^v^)v

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Arashi Concert News ~~ * v *

This is continuing from a discussion which shokim had started over at her LJ, about the rumours of Arashi's concert this year being done in acapella so as to save energy and keeping it simple... I mean it is a wonderful concept, just that I worry for Jun... he will never be able to hit most of the key... T_T ... Aiba might just giggle his way through the entire concert... and Sho... How does one rap in acapella?? Anyway, the news I heard was that the Boys really wanted to do more for the victims - I mean they are so sweet... National Idol and all... So they have decided to donate away most of the budget for their concerts... Everything will be kept simple...including minimal lighting on stage, mainly candlelights and the illumination from the penlights... Members may have to fondle and grope each alot to make sure that they know where each and everyone is going to be and if their dance positions are correct... Of course, they would also not be spending money on elaborate costumes...the rumour is that most of the time they will be naked through out most of the concerts... However, but Jun and Aiba have thrown up interesting and creative ideas - like draping/ enveloping/ wearing coloured bedsheets on themselves... It was said that minimal costume/clothing thing was endorsed by Sho, and Nino. They felt that since they perspire so much during each concert, having many costume change would mean that they need to waste a lot of water and use electricity to wash those costumes. Nino also calculated that the laundry money saved could probably buy enough fuel for a small town for a month or so. Instead of creating elaborate sets, they are going to look for things that they have laying around, like kitchen tables, sofas, water beds (ie beds that have been soaked by rain, because someone forgot to close a window), and make full use of them... in many a creative ways. According to credible sources, at one point, Ohno suggested painting/decorating the entire set himself. Unfortunately that was very quickly put to a stop by the Concert Planning Staff, when Nino said that he will provide toilet papers as part of the art deco ~~ the Concert Planning Staff were worried about the origins of the toilet papers...if Nino was caught taking them from public toilets it would be a PR disaster, not to mention the stories they have to come up with to explain the long queue at the toilet cubicle Nino was using... Discussions are still ongoing, but thus far it seemed to be moving along quite good. They have, according to another credible source, landed sponsorship from a big international brand, famous for its clothings, leather goods and also home deco. The company also has their own popular perfume... *K Be, C* One, ** One **iSex... Anyone wants to attend this concert? Shall we go together? Lolxxxxx denise_dinc as requested... Lolxxxxx

An Obsession…

lj-music: 嵐-Lotus

I think I ought to at least post something… just to prove that I am still very much alive

What have I been doing these days   Well, if I say, I have struggling to survive … I am not that wrong… but it is just too depressing to be posting about such morbid things after so long…   So, I shall write about happier things… perhaps about my present obsession and no, it is not about  

 

I don't like the fact that I have no privacy here...

I find it baffling that Typepad assumes that everyone who blogs is seeking attention and wants the rest of internet world to find them and read about this daily life...

Since I am not able to lock any of my posts, without locking up my entire blog, I am just going to be going back to my LJ account . 

I don't think I would be posting many entries here, but will maintain this as a means of keeping track of happenings around my former neighbourhood... for which I have yet to fully recover T_T

 

For Fanservice! And I think results were rigged *again* ^v^

I think TBS rigged the votes for Mannequin 5 SP II...

Ok, I mean Jun's outfit was sort of plain... But who can blame the poor boy. He really wants to win and decided to stick to the safer fashion... which was why that Adorable But Mean Mouth Plastic Surgeon Whose Name I Cannot Remembered, picked him to win.. she has the practical eyes and tastes... 

I also think that TBS has a team of rather smart people... They definitely know who in Arashi can bring in the crowd... Jun looks so much better on that trailer compared to the others... not that the others don't look good, but the one who has the looks that brings in the unsuspecting, is unfortunately/ fortunately, XDDD  Jun... ^o^   Poor boy, his birthday this weekend, he would probably get lots of congratulatory messages, as well as photos of his trailer going all around town... wahahahahaha!! 

I loved the way Aiba layered his pants... that little bit of rainbow sticking out was so pretty... YES!! He looks good in almost anything... probably also because he has the height and broad shoulders =) 

I don't like Nino's outfit, but I love his jacket - the little collar part... I don't know why, but my eyes catches little details and I fall in love with those little details...

Mannequin 5 SP only proved one thing for me.... 

Ohno is actually a very very smart person... he knows that in terms of fashion sense, he probably will lose out to all his members... so he got the professionals to help him pick them out... lolxxxxx, and he was not breaking any rules that Aiba wanted implemented... Waahahaha mighty smart of him... 

And Sho... gosh! That man is a strategist!! He was the first one to have thought that since the voters would not know who wears what, he can do an Aiba-style and people who likes Aiba fashion would vote that... and this time round, he figured that there would be people who would not think that much about whether the fashion belongs to who, but are voting based on aesthetic of how the outfits looked on the mannequins... so he choose based on how it would look on the mannequins... SMART man!! Even though the outfit looked strange on him, esp the spectacles and the hat, but on the mannequins, it looked outstanding... THAT MAN really takes after my own heart and mind... lolxxxxx  

This morning while driving in, the last song played before I got out of the car was Made Ue Wo... and I realised, that my love for Sho, was not from variety shows or dramas or where he graduated from... I am just mesmerised by his voice when he raps.  I have admitted time and time again that Sho cannot sing.. he does not have a strong calm voice like Ohno... but, the way he raps...the frequencies just hit me in the right spots... No wonder my favourite song from them is Kitto Daijoubu... and no wonder Ken Hikari is a fan of Sakurap... Cos I am one too...

And like I had told antron77  in my email... I had written such a long email to her... that I am using part of that mail as my journal entry... lolxxxxx

Work has been hectic... I am amazed myself how I had still managed to squeeze time yesterday to rush home to watch, record and upload VSA and HnA... hohohoho... can I maintain this?  I wonder... Perhaps, since I have less overseas trips now... except for those to - in rinkuro  words - Lalashi Land... lolxxxxx

I know, I know... I should not be complaining and whining... I had had my wish.  I wanted more work... and I got more work.  Now, I just need to get the loose ends tidied up before I start to seriously plan and put to action what is expected in the new appointment. 

And of course, I have October's trip to look forward to... hahaha... Jamie was totally amazed that I am still flying there, and that as compensation to meself, I am going to try and catch a movie and go shopping.. hahaha.. Well, I did tell her that I would also be queuing for goods... She should just go and ask ZhuZhu, who had stood in line for close to 7 hours to get ENDLICHERI☆ENDLICHERI limited edition cushions... lolxxxxxx 

Gosh! I can't wait to meet up with them again... and I do hope that Mel can make the trip too! It would be so fun!! 

And YES! Yuko is back! And Isumi is coming back this weekend!! It will be reunion next week!!! Yippeee!! Noriko neesan said she has presents for me which Isumi will bring back!!

Yeah!!  I love presents!!  ^o^

This, I want!!

Now, this is what I really need!! 

 

And if it comes out, I would like to have all of my DVDs and video files, screened from this... and of course, those Calvin Klein CMs!! 

With "Touchable" 3D *drools* .... can anyone see what I am seeing in my pervy little mind now... lolxxxxxx

All I had asked was 揺れてる...

So, the other day, I was really perplexed, after watching some PVs (yup... I only watch those 5)and listening to Sho's T.A.B.O.O ... you asked over what... well...  I was perplexed over how to say

"Swinging Hips"  in Japanese... Being the *ahem* ever learning student, I posted this really INNOCENT question to my dear learned friends... and GOSH!  XDDDDD

I had never ever expected them to come up with such OH MY *rolls eyes* RA suggestions!! 

faithez  claims that in her entire JLPT2 course, she has never ever strayed from the straight and narrow path and she is only aware of words like ヒップ　(hips) and well, so she did some research and *ahem* she was searching for crotch and p***s ... ergh...  why are my friends all so hentai-ish?  When I am such an INNOCENT little bunny?  lolxxxxx

Anyway, she suggested 揺れてるヒップ　Swinging Hips

But to be safe, she asked for denise_dinc 's inputs too.. and guess what!?  Wah!! Denise was worse than Faith!!  Lolxxxxx

All these girls were all out to CORRUPT my SWEET and INNOCENT and PURE mind with HENTAI ARASHI CRACK

Denise said, Faith was diplomatically correct... but perhaps, the closest she could think of is 突き出た股  (tsukideta mata) ~ thrusting crotch ... Denise!! Oh my!!  Is that all you can think of??  突き出た股！！ OhNo! 

And then Denise started expanding her lesson to include the following:

- プリけつ puriketsu - sexy butt     whose????!!! 
I did not even ask for butt =p 

And WHY did my dear sensei Denise have to add

- 押す股 osumata - pushing crotch

- 駆け股 kakemata - riding crotch

 

Ooooohh!!  ^ o ^ all these bring back fond memories of Crotification and Pornification...

私の見ている風景は嵐のプリけつと突き出た股。。。ほし！！

ただいま！

Right! Finally! I have arrived back from Canberra, the City of Exciting Nothing!

=p actually, I arrived back early this morning at about 0020h... Nearly did not make it onto the flight, because Qantas, the carrier that we used for all the domestic flights, messed up on the flight out from Canberra to Sydney… First they cancelled our 1350h flight.  Instead of giving us priority on the next available flight, we were put on the 1455h one, which was delayed for close to an hour, departing only at 1600h!  While we did arrive in Sydney with an hour to spare, the bloody inter-terminal bus transport, was operating at 20minutes interval and the bus driver was happily sitting in his bus reading the sports pages!! 

The bosses I was travelling with, were really calmed about the whole time though.  Even when we have less than 40 minutes to get to the international terminal, they were still joking about getting someone to hold the boarding gates open (one of our delegation member managed to get himself on the earlier flight and had arrived before we)… someone even joked that he cannot be lying down in front of the plane, because the plane will be reversed out… if he was to lie down, it will have to be infront of the back wheels… lolxxxxx

We did finally made it to the gates, with about 2 minutes to spare before the gates were closed… I think it was the first time SQ ground staff had to deal with a situation whereby 8 passengers were so close to missing the plane and one other passenger was at the gates, playing diplomat and telling them to hold the plane for us….

Finally reached home at about 0020h, had to stop for MacNuggets as I somehow was starving… slept at about 0300h, after starting the DL on all the shows that I had missed… and did not rose from my all too lovely pillows until about 1200h…

Trip wise, this was a damn good business trip - as in, I did not expect to get so many things wrapped up and ready to proceed on!  Fun wise?

Wahahahaha!! I would be kidding everyone and myself if I had said that this was a fun trip.  Canberra ley... it is such a properly designed and structured business, cum governmental administrative city that they don't even have people walking dogs in their parks... well at least I don't see anyone walking any each time I am there.   We used to joke during previous trips there, that the dogs were so bored that they want to stay home... lolxxxxxx Ok, it is me being horrid and evil... XDDD

Firstly, the flight over was WONDERFUL!   For me, but not for SQ... the senior air stewardess commented that she had never ever seen such a low number of passengers on the flight... I practically had the entire cabin to myself... lolxxxxxx... it was better than Business Class air travel

  I tried to take a photo of me lying across the entire row of seats, tucked in warmly amidst 2 layers of blankies and 3 pillows… but, the cabin lights were to dim for me to properly capture the picture..   The point is, I got to sleep well!!  The fact that I got to watch , and found this on the “On-Demand” music playlist , had nothing to do with me declaring the flight to be absolutely great… the fact that  was programmed to be the only album on my in-flight play list also had nothing to do with my joy of flying to Australia… XDDDD   Oh and I did a really crazy thing… I played Boku no Miteiru Fuukei on my iTouch and All the Best Album on the in flight entertainment system… plug into one ear, the earphone from my iTouch and into the other ear, the earphone from the in-flight unit….simply because I wanted to have All The Best of Boku no Miteiru Fuukei mah…. lolxxxxx

I am happy simply because I am person who can find joy in simple little things… like having my first pie - since arriving in Australia (^v^ me and my pie obsession!) while waiting in transit in Sydney… and if you believed that, then you should also believe that I like Akanishi Jin and was upset that he left KATTUN and thinks that KATTUN should start performing at Kokuritsu too… and did all of you enjoyed the snow storm in Changi yesterday? XDDDDDDDD    

Anyway, the weather was freaking cold the moment we landed into Canberra.  Sydney was nice and sunny, but Canberra greeted us with cold and neery weather, 6 degrees going onto 3 degrees and then dipping into the negative in the evening... I was glad that I had my scarf with me when I got out of the plane - I only had on a wool cardigan and my coat was in the luggage.   The first thing to do, was of course exchange pleasantries to our host who had so kindly driven out in the cold weather to the airport to receive us and to send us to the hotel... after which, we collected our luggage... Hahahaa... as usual, mine was easy to spot... not many business travelers use purple (to be specific pastel purple) luggage. =p

The first thing to do, of course was to check in to the hotel… it was Crowne Plaza again… the rooms were ok,     but this hotel is kinda of old… so… ergh… to me, the pampered one (only during business trips),this kinda like… well… anyway, the location is excellent, just minutes from the city center… then again, Canberra is so small, nearly everything is just minutes or within walking distance to the city center… lolxxxxx …

<---- My second pie since arriving in Australia ^0^  yummy!!!

And given that I am in Australia, and I had time to spare before the official dinner at night, how can I give up precious time!!

Yes! I went and paid homage to my greatest fashion (Australian specific) love  They were having a fantastic sale – on top of the 50%storewide, many items had an additional 30% discount slapped on them… and for full priced items, as long as it is more than A$80, you get A$25 off the price tag… @.@  Well, obviously this, plus the visit to the JAG store located within the Direct Factory Outlet 2 hours before departure from Canberra, burnt a really big hole in my bank account… I did not want to leave Canberra with any regrets ^o^

After a quick change, it was time for dinner, which was LOVELY!!! At least this time, they did not bring us back to Ottoman's… I mean, it was a great restaurant… but really, after 3 times, I don’t really want a 4th time eating Turkish food at the same place… Of course, I had to whip out me trusty little camera to snap away… with a bit of a difference this time… ^v^ I tried snapping at my pictures with a “touch” of style… too much Food Channel…

 

First, the teaser… which is really a small tasting sample of really rich and sweet pumpkin soup given a classy french sounding name… next came the real appetizer  I love the caviar border.. >.<  Then, my main course… which comprised a cow cheek pie, with a 90-day corn feed beef steak accompanied by crispy potato balls (I can’t remember what they called it on the menu)   This photo did not do justice to the actual tenderness and juiciness of the steak!! I was smacking my lips all the way (I mean figuratively… harrow, I have proper training in the table manners and formal dining etiquettes one hor !!)

I had to order the vanilla creme brulee with wild berries, cause I always have a soft spot for creme brulee… ^ v ^ it did not disappoint… but before that, the chef decided to once again tease our taste buds with one of his new creation for spring… mandarin sorbet… Someone arrest that man and lock him up for FOOD!!  He committed serious crime!! One should not be allowed to get away with such a heavenly piece of cooking!! The sweetness of the mandarin orange, with just a slight hint of sourness, to refresh and cleanse the palate and ready it for the real sin of a dessert…

  

How sinful can a innocently looking creme brulee get? You asked?

It is THIS SINFUL!!

      

I don’t even want to know what is my weight gain after this trip!!

I did not take any pictures the rest of the trip, as I was preoccupied with the entire meeting, which really, as I had mentioned earlier, been really a fruitful one.  I did regret not taking a picture of the lovely muffins that they were serving us through out tea-breaks… and also, I missed out on taking a photo of the 2 drinks jar at HMAS HARMAN’s wardroom… one was RED, the other was GREEN… they were placed together and somehow, I really wanted to snap a picture and name it Sakuraba

Oh, this is totally random, but I need to rant a bit… The happiest news that I received while in Canberra was from ^v^ Noriko neesan, who sent me and Isumi chan an email, saying that she had gotten the following for us…

  The Wii booklet and AU Voice Special Summer booklet!! And she still remembered that my ichiban is MatsuJun… and that’s why she photographed it with that page and not the rest lolxxxxx she is so adorably sweet!!  Now I must think what to get for her… cos the last time I met her, she gave me Jun coloured hair accessories… hmmm… I must crack me head and think hard… she likes orange coloured stuff…. not green though… =p  even though her ichiban is Aiba…

Now, if only someone can tell me what the hell was wrong with SMAP on Friday’s episode of Music Station… they all looked so pissed… what?! cannot share stage with kouhais is it?? or they feeling threatened??  TV Asahi was nice to them what! They also had a stage to themselves… although I did think that TOKIO did everything they could to mention “Arashi” at least once every 2 sentences…. ^v^ I have no doubts that TOKIO love their Kouhais very very the muchi! ^ v ^

I had a strange but lovely dream last night... I dreamt that I was holidaying with Jun in Tahiti, staying at one of those lovely huts out in the middle of nowhere... @.@  But I can't remember the rest of the dreams!!! T__T  I need this dream to have a re-run! 
I need to know what I did to Jun did to  me!! 

Purple Potatoes

Was out with Mom earlier today...sorta for more retail therapy... Friday night's ice-cream and new frames was at best mildly satisfying...
Anyway, ended up at Giant's and I had to get these again...

  Unfortunately, Mom helped cooked the potatoes and she undercooked it... .  It was really hard smashing undercooked potatoes and when she tried adding water to it, it turned into this ----> ergh... actually more creamy that this photo showed it to be... I finally had to put it into the microwave to have it cooked and "dried".

The croquettes were easier to made these days, after having accumulated experiences from several past successes.   
Now the best part of making croquettes from purple potatoes... when you cut open the croquettes, they are actually also purple in colour!!   Now, ain't it great? Just in time for Natsu no Koi wa Nijiiro ni Kogayaku ... Now, all I need is a Jun centric party, where everything, from the plates, cups, cutlery, drink and food, would be in Jun colour  ^ v ^

And these tasted great too!! I am going to add cheese the next time I make this.  XDDD