christmas around the corner...

lilaLienations: mum's playing the fb zoo game and making me go on to give her some animal to adopt so she can earn money for her zoo to be upgraded.. -__-'

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xmas is around the corner....means the new year is around the corner too.....
wow wow. that was fast. suddenly it seems to be like where did the year go to?
I still remember being impatient hoping August came sooner...August 28 that is.....why? because i wanted to catch Mayday here in Singapore. It seemed to take such a long time....suddenly fast forward, now i'm thinking...the year's ending already? wow. time creeps up on you.

if only someone invented a time machine, then i can store the time i don't need and use it later and go to times i enjoy over and over again.....heh.

Since Christmas is coming...i've got loadsa stuff to do...loadsa gatherings to attend....in previous years i probably only have one xmas party with the buggers....:) nowadays there seems to be so many different gift exchages to participate in.... Don't get me wrong, i do love Christmas..the Christmas carols...the beautiful lightings, the christmas trees....I don't think theres anything i don't really like about it...

o. ok. maybe two things...Christmas has turned into what i think a somewhat over commercialised occasion....all brands are using christmas to sell whatever they have..its sales i guess, hit the rod when its hot! ;P

and just the other day on the street i overheard not one but more than that, teens (well younger than me, so teens, i'm a teen also ok.ahemx*) talking about gifts exchange..and they actually had a ready 'wishlist' and frankly from what i heard ( i was NOT eavesdropping, they were just chatting loudly. Xp ) it's not the kind of presents that i would have been able to afford than...or rather isn't it the thought of the present that counts? Going out to get the other party's present choosing it with love and care instead of just picking out from some expensive list of pressies? rich kids. -__- you don't ask for your present? not that it's any wrong...it's just that...Has the meaning of Christmas changed for many...trust me...i'm not too sure if many are sure what it really means...me included. opps...:P

pressies?
so many things...whose whose?
yesh. some are mine. haha.

i take xmas as a good opportunity to get together and enjoy with my friends and in our own way thank each other for another great year. Exhange gifts we choosed with thought and make merry and carry on with another great year....So who cares if i really know what christmas means...? It means another great opportunity to thank your friends and family for always beings there and sharing the love with them.

falalalala~ Jingle jingle. Jingle bells!:)

been busy of late...another crazy term up agaisnt us....you know it when you treat your textbook as a bedtime storybook....

tadaa.

I think Jibjib (our youngest birthday baby in the buggers) doesn't read my blog so it's quite safe to put it up...

The card's done...took me a little while to plan and organise and re-organise...it looks like a little kids piece of work...cut cut here paste paste there....lol...
and elmo! sesame street!:)

but after i got it done, i was kinda wondering if there is not enough space to write...so im soughting the buggers advise....waiting for their replies. :)
that little elmo is from cheers....spent 10 bucks just to be able to get one...-___-
can't they make it easier to purchase. tsk. haha...
i wonder why the elmo's eyes are looking above instead of towards the front though....
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ming kor's 'on the way' and '5 minutes' is always longer than it seems. hahahaha.
:p
jia you for your project o!
or issit done? haha..:P
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oo. i was so blur. I initially wanted to wish ting the best of luck for her paper...which i thought was on wed or fri...and i messaged her on tues night....
whichafter i realised...she had already finished her paper on tues-day.
hoo hoo. :'(
but nvm...the good luck goes to the results too. :)
right sis? ;) heh.
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o santa..remebered the mayday figurines i talked about in my last post...i realised from blood bubble that they are limited edition mayday monopoly set....
waah.
*mayday monopoly photos from bloodbubble's site*
so cool.
i oso wan.
taiwan fans are so lucky....they get all the cool limited edition stuff....
boo.
hahaa..
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Ok...that'll be all for now....
take care peeps.
be a nice human.
loves.

Mayday 55555 concert well done!

五月天DNA[創造55555人]演唱會
Congrats to Mayday on their big success at Gao Xiong for what was their biggest and most expensive in terms of setup concert!
wooohooo!:D

Just looking at the videos i wish i could have been there....but it's ok..lets not be greedy...hee..:P
I'll wait for the DVD to come out....wooo...*impatient* i wanna relieve the moment..again! and again! and again again again! just like a little kid...
i want agaainnnn!:P

I found this video on a report down for the concert....woah~ nice....mayday. lightsticks. fireworks. who needs more in a concert...? does it even get any better than that?! heh. beat that! ;P enjoy the little vid~
ashin teared again! heh.Xp tears of joy it must have been....:))

Were you awed by the fireworks display too? I can just imagine how spectacular it was....:D

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Last month it was monster's biirthday....:)

Happy Birthday 怪獸!
This photo was done up by the fb mayday fc...cute eh? ;)

This month..on the 7th Dec is shuai shuai de 阿信's Happy BIRTH day!:)
Happy Birthday to Youuu~
lao da your older by another year again!

but still always our cutest shuai shuai de. :D
*i wonder why he's always looking towards the upper left hand corner? :P*

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o santaaaaaa.
are you reading my blog?
*these collectibles are cute huh*
could i have the concert collectibles and mayday figurines...?

and their newly released concert cd pleaseee?
pretty please?
preeety preeetyyy pleasseee?
hahahahaha.
:P

for those like me who haven't gotten the cd yet and maybe is also waiting for the dvd instead can have a little appetizer first..
a friend of mine intro-ed this site to me which contains the concert songs...from <<五月天创造小巨蛋DNA LIVE>>
ahhhhhh.
now we're talking. ;)

He recommended 温柔... really truly awesome...
and so were the rest...
but how could they not be..?
:)
mayday rocks.big time.

Lets run towards the sunset!

lilalienations: i lent my GTO drama set to someone(whom i can't remember) and realised it hasn't been returned...:( oo. sad....if any of you find an unidentified owner GTO pls return.:) haha...
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"Lets run towards the sunset!"

"Fight-oh~oh!"
"Yankumi!"
"Lets play kick the Can!"
If any of these quotes come familiar to you...then you must be a fan or have catch Gokusen before, but definitely, all these quotes in the show were in Jap...they are just english translations....except for the two in the middle....

Last week...(?) jy and I went down to catch Gokusen...Yayness!:) i was wondering who to call to catch this show with..because not many people i know watch Jap shows and i definitely know of no one who has told me they have watched Gokusen drama series.....so i was cracking my head whoooo to call....because I was sooooo wanting to watch the movie finale to the series. I've been wanting to watch it ever since i was studying for my exam.....So i was absolutely relieved and very happy when Jy told me she was intending on catching the show when i asked her about it. She was one of the few people who go for J-stuff...so yay! she agreed!:) and i could happily watch the show i've been wanting to catch!

Here's a little background info.
Gokusen originated from a manga. Theres a anime series and then drama seasons 1,2,3, sp and the finale with a movie. You can read more from the wiki site.

For more movie info you can go here*

Though some would argue that the running storyline for this drama is all the same, idealistic teacher saving her students, teaching them the good from the bad...blah blah...but that won't make it any of a lesser good show, would it? It has in the running for around 7 years starting out the drama in 2002, and it won quite a few television awards....The main lead Yankumi acted out by Yukie Nakama won quite a few awards on her own for the portrayal of the role as a Yakuza descendant teacher.

For me, i have to admit...i'm a sucker for shows like this...haha...Let me run through the theme for all 3 drama, special and movie finale.
Kumiko is a descendant of a influencial Yakuza family, everyone hopes she would be next to take over from her grandfather, but she has other plans of being a teacher and her grandfather (not portraying any of those scary yakuza-ness) respects her decision. Thus she goes all out (as some say a idealistic teacher) to teach students, and she happens to only be good with handling deliquent classes.

she thought in 3 different boys school. i wonder why boys school only though? :p
first season leads in 2002, have all come a long way since then...Oguri Shun and Jun Matsumoto two of the leads then have also done Hana Yori Dango and were big hits just recently...
first season screens.
all of her students are delinquents and do not (that's a mild word) trust teachers, and she being a yakuza granddaughter having to keep her family background a secret...all the many obstacles which gives a lot more juice and comedic moments to the movie.
second season of students.

Her respect for each individual makes them learn to trust and respect her....something like that runs throughout all the seasons....but it still just makes me wanna catch it all....:)) not to mention all the handsome guys. ;P right jy? i think she catches it more for the cute guys...? opps...lol. she's happily enjoying the series now after catching the movie with me...she's catching it backwards...haha...never too late to catch nice stuff. ;)

so many different hair colours....

students from the third season who also play a big role in the movie.

wide range of cast being used for and from different seasons.

GTO....female version? a little? maybe? but each have their own merits. :) i still do recommend it. i love both of it GTO and Gokusen...won't wanna compare them;)

One of the biggest difference they have taken out from the manga is that they took out the love story bit. In which is kind of a bittersweet thing...for fans they do hope to at least see something happen or a sort of ending in the finale as the manga does emphasize quite on it, but on the other hand, i thought it was a good thing to not digress the main focus of what the movie (and drama) is trying to emphasize. The spirit of true friendship and learning to be oneself. Two awesome themes in the movie, money is important, cause everyone needs it, but it doesn't make the loyal man stay, you can't pay your way into people's heart.

And the most important bit of the movie i took away was when i heard of Kumiko/Yankumi protecting her students and saying a whole line of what would be a cheesy line if delivered by the unpractised, but she did it touchingly.

two of the main leads in the movie.
yankumi-kumiko.

Once her student, always her student. In life many of them were past delinquents, they have changed for the better, true, they still fall, still fail, still get into trouble but so what if they fall down and fail? It's ok. It's ok to fail, once, twice, thrice, more, as long as they look around they know they have friends and close people to stand by them, dust them and learn how to carry on again.
ahhh. when she said that i was going *awwwwww*
perhaps reading it does it no justice...you may just think some idealistic crap. you should just go catch the movie yourself...;) Teachers to be should catch shows like this...;) heh. Mr Chen are you reading this? hee;P
showing at all GV theatres only...official movie site. kinda useless, unless you understand jap :P

Good things must be shared right? :) So let me share where to find manga scans and anime..:)) for the drama...i watched them waaay back so i can't really remember...jy say its all around..just go search..;)

Here's the trailer!:) there's one with eng subs, but i found the subbing distracting, so i put up the one without it...if interested can click on the one with subs.;)

Go have a little laugh with Gokusen the movie.
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Hope you'll have a good laugh just as i did with this feel good comedy.
;)

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hee. me and jy after movie...:D
round face round face! hahaha.
will send you the pics soon:)

jy filled up the empty space with a hand sign. smart!
xie xies:)

lalalalala~

sweet sweets. :)

went out with my buggers the other day and was treated by jo...a big thank you. :) it's always totally awesome to get to meet my buggers...even if it's for the slightest reason or no particular reason at all....getting to see each other is the best reason. heh. ;) i'll blog more on that when i have the pics...:)

Look at that big *kling kling* smile!

and that night after such a awesome dinner and starbucks treat with my buggers. my sweet sis gave me a sweet treat which totally sweeten up the already sugary mood night. :) ooo...and she was awesomely kind to wait and meet me at dobhy ghaut station....remembering that this lil alien here, always manages to somehow get lost in that station lols:P

she chosed this super cute big smiley sweets specially to cheer me up...how sweet is that...? :) thanks sis. really. :)

Has various flavours....haven't open them up to eat yet...it looks so nicee....bu she de.:P

Lemon. Apple. Orange flavours. and more..
mmmm mmm.
:)
xiexie.

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look what i saw while i was at popular today?
colourful handmade clay figurines..!:)
nice and colourful...
it caught my eye because it was a cute and colourful display....
and something more...
it's piggy and sotong!
:D
foooong! are you seeing this? :)
remind me of the one you got someone to make for me for my birthday
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Piggy sotong!
Sitting nicely in my cuboard:))
so cute.
XD

thank you.

a phone call came at ard 10pm which lifted my spirits up quite a little. wow. you never know the magic of that little care and concern till you are touched by it. very sweet. :)

thank you man. it may have been a small gesture to you, but still, it was very kind. :)) xie xie ming kor.

and also those who in their own ways shared their love recently. i love All you guys too....

muack muacks. :)
big bug hugs.

張開雙手擁抱 全世界

Especially liked video timing 2.10 to 2.50 where ashin and masa speaked on their views towards how they see the world. nice. if you can understand mandarin, do look out for that part. :)

I think this was done for a certain magazine(2009天下教育特刊，五月天限量版！)if anyone sees this mag let me know ya.....kinda saw the interview but not in the mood to read it yet....but still going to share it in case anyone wants to have a look...its here, here and here.

Yeaps there you go. :)
after alot of mind whirling stuff, i needed my mayday fix, so this came at a good time.

Expert from the mag:
"經歷過自我懷疑、親人病痛的重重關卡，五月天卻從來不改樂觀本性，想要用搖滾樂實現愛 、夢想與勇氣！因為「'如果'握緊拳頭的話，你只能對抗這個世界；張開雙手的話，你就可以擁抱 全世界」！ "
translating the part which i like, the one in dark blue:
If we clench our fist and can only be able to fight the world, then why not unclench it? Then we would be able to hug the world. - ashin quoting from Lee Ang's film Crouching tiger, Hidden Dragon.

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o yes, to those who i haven't replied your mail, please give me some time yea? I open my mail after just coming home today and whoa was flooded by 165 mails....not counting my other inbox...haha...please be patient...thanks. :)

tired.

cat. taken on the way home when dad sent car to wash.

if you've realised, i've been missing for more than a week now. most probably, most of you would have known by now whats going on or has gone on. If not, ask someone in the gang...i think at least one person in all my buds have the info....don't ask me directly. if your still clueless read on, maybe i might write about it, or you can find a clue. But i think i will not really be blogging for a little while more until i feel like it.

Initially had alot of post to write on, shall let that wait for awhile. let me re-settle down.

physically very capable. mentally somehow very tired.

they say Pisces people's positive and also at the same time negative point could be that they think alot. They see alot more things that others do not, good or not, works in both ways i guess.

Sometimes i'm so dissapointed by how sometimes human characteristics are, really. I always wonder, why and how in the world can such traits and people even exist.

but as yin and yang always go hand in hand, when theres 10 bad traits, theres 20 more to uncover.
whatever it is, we should never go against our conscience...

i think alot. nag alot too. haa.
if i don't bother to nag that means i don't really care, so maybe it's a blessing i nag at those i love. hahaha.

today must be one of those pms days where i'm feeling emo. haa. owell.

anyway, many thanks to those who sent their condolences and well wishes. very kind of ya. loves.

being a 5 year old kid has it perks. sometimes.
ignorance sometimes really is bliss.