Just Layla ♥

Japan [July 2010]

2010-08-02T03:38:00.003+08:00

The lives i rocked out for this trip. It was neck-breaking insane. Ahaha~

and yes... tokyo dome. finally.

TOKYO DOME!! HERE I COME!!!

日本武道館！！！

2010-04-27T15:47:00.000+08:00

YES!!! BUDOKAN LIAO LA!!!

HERESY = LOVE

お久しぶり！

2010-04-12T18:51:00.002+08:00

this blog has been.... neglected (laughs)

it's hard to continue writing on both sides, ahaha. Well, let's just say livejournal has been much easier, because the gazette communities are there, the jrock comms are there, most of my friends have migrated to livejournal too, or write on both sides so i don't really miss out alot here...

Well! I am still chasing gazette, for those who are wondering. And I've made plans with friends to go for their July budokan lives, as well as the mysterious Tokyo tour final in december. I'm gonna be busy, and so once again i'm gonna make a call here:

join livejournal!! it's exciting over there! (laughs)

and if u decided that yeah you'll respond to that call, lol, add me on livejournal and just let me know who you are!

other than all this, I'll be going Japan in 3 weeks' time! May 4th to 9th~ But it's to catch Matenrou Opera and Sadie.

楽しみ！

Meanwhile it's exams period, so yeah. blaaaaaaaaah.

YAY!

2010-03-04T19:23:00.004+08:00

YES! more things to bold off my discography list! but gazette just re-issued 11 CDs/DVDs ): means im further away from my goal again... lol. oh well! i will try my best!

school has been busy, but i like the intellectual challenge i get from it! i wish i'll do as well as i hope to!

and for those who added me, thanks! i really like knowing you girls, and well, thank you for reading my blog! although you all have been lurking for soooooo long... haha!

because it's just too hot

2010-02-28T19:43:00.001+08:00

i posted this everywhere. but heck, i don't care.

HOT STUFF IS HOT.

Update

2010-02-17T21:30:00.002+08:00

Hi there,

I know some of you are still stalking my blog... Not being boastful or anything, just that a few of you added me and the ways you all find my blog were surprising. So I'm sure there are still a number of you out there, mostly who are seeing if i post anything about gazette or their goods.

I've got a few items in the mail, so check back some time next week? Meanwhile, please don't hide and lurk around, I'll be glad to be friends with all of you. I don't bite ^^ It's nice to have friends within the fandom. Well if you don't feel courageous... you can always do so whenever you feel like you're ready to add me on MSN or something. or if you're on livejournal, feel free to add me and leave a comment saying you are one of my blog readers.

:)

Happy 28th Birthday Ruki!

2010-02-01T00:23:00.002+08:00

Here's to all our favourite Chibi-punkster! Ruki~ ♥

Happy birthday. Love from Singapore.

His lyrics and compositions are amazing. and how he does all his live performances, always sends shivers because his expressions are so real. and because he went through all the hardship, he's like a symbol of hope to me. that one day i'll be free from all these. just like him.

it's possible to still be loved.

Thank you Ruki for all your work with the band.

also, I'm putting this blog on semi-hiatus since I've got more activities going on in LJ. I'll still update this here and there though! (:

Happy 31st Aoi-shi!

2010-01-20T19:13:00.003+08:00

fufufu. guess who's birthday is it today?!

Happy 31st birthday, Aoi ♥
Although you're 31, I'll totally date a guy like you! HAHAHA!
Seriously. is he 31. it's a lie right. lol. Sigh!
how do all these japanese men stay this way lol...

Also, he's a very charming guy. As much as I love Uruha, I have to say when Aoi gets sentimental while playing his acoustic guitar he is... wow. it'll sweep any girl off her feet. I remember how I was subbing NLSG bonus disc when I repeated the part where he was playing his acoustic guitar along the road in his hometown... i totally went omgggggggg *Q* hahaha

Stay charming always, Aoi-san. And spend this birthday wonderfully - don't feel lonely, you have all the fans with you ♥♥♥

IF you do feel lonely, step out of your house and try to fall in love damn it lol!

the new semester

2010-01-11T22:31:00.004+08:00

so i'm starting my 2nd sem in uni~

had my first day of school today. a 2 hour lecture. on linguistics. Mmm. it was ok, it actually sounds interesting. I hope the coursework isn't that bad.

I'm attending all my lectures alone, since friends are all split up into our various major modules. No one wants to major boring-history with me. lol. i seriously think i'm the only one interested in it hahahhaahahahhahahahah

and there goes all the money buying textbooks! sigh.
*is in the midst of printing readings*

doing arts seriously waste paper. hahaha. but shrugs, sorry, poor trees!

OH. AND AOI. OH MY GOD AOI. AOIIIII. YOU ARE HOTTTTTTTTTTTT.
absolutely gorgeous. can you believe this man is 31! hell nooooo!!!
why is it that all these jrockers stay this way?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!!!

if you don't know what i'm talking about... check this out...

afjlksfjskldjfklsdjfklsdfds OMGGGGGGGGGGG AOIIII dlfjsdlfjsdlkfjdslfkd -spazz-
UNF. UNF UNF UNF. ♥♥♥
HOT STUFF.

*camps at kinokuniya to wait for arena to arrive in Singapore*

Gazelove for 2010!

2010-01-07T23:46:00.003+08:00

Ughhhh I've been hanging out in Livejournal too much. hahahaha! It's just too convenient... and since I do alot of stuff there too. I've been spamming entries there ._. gahhhhh. I hope I don't abandon here anytime soon! lol. Anyway, I got quite abit of gazette stuff recently too~ Just that I haven't been blogging about them.

I got Zy50! Ruki's on it for a solo photoshoot and interview. I love this shoot!!! It's really gorgeous... and you see his wriggly toes hahahhahaa~ But I really have a thing for Japanese clothing too xD

and then I've also got my gazette christmas live pamphlet... oh god uruha's just beautiful. when i first saw this pic i went *GASP* *stopped breathing* lol... and his silhouette... omg.... tell me! who can be more beautiful than him!! ajdskaldjlksajdklsajdkka ♥♥♥♥

and then I also received my 2010 calendar!!! of course I chose the Uruha poster for my bonus poster... hehehehehhehehe. They're in the process of being flattened out :D

one of the pages out of the calendar.... this is the november/december page lol. I took this one cos all 5 of them are there hahaha. the other 10 months are just individual members. Aiyooo I can't wait to put this up on my wall xD weeeeeeeee~

today i met maine for dinner at JP~ had MOS burger ^^b i love mos burger man... Rocksss.... esp their milk tea omg omg omg. Anyway, we were chatting and then randomly we thought since my brother lives nearby, we might as well phone him. and so i phoned him... and he didn't pick up my call! ToT... and later he called back lol. he was studying hahaha. after putting down the phone i smsed him and asked him to study hard. The reply I got was he's comin to JP LOL.

I met him and cheelup for awhile and later on we all headed home! aww. halfway i missed rei-chan too much i smsed her and told her "rei-chan! i miss you..." omg and she gayed back with me LOOOOOOL make me feel like a ReitaxUruha yaoi pairing is emerging... lol. this is bad HAHA!!!

shit im craving for matcha frap OMGGGGGGGG lol.... die...

TWOTHOUSANDANDTEN

2010-01-03T02:35:00.003+08:00

AHHHHHHHHHHHHH~ hahahhaha. 2010's here!

akemashite omedetou!

Well! 2009 was... not really EPIC but, many good things happened! i have good memories of it. and it's been long since I've got something like that to think back on... Not a totally smooth year, but i think i've picked myself up relatively well! :)

Hope 2010's even better!

Moet & Chandon

2009-12-30T22:43:00.003+08:00

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh~ this is life.

Moet & Chandon leaves this warm, fuzzy feeling in you that makes you relaxed and cheery. Hahaha. I shared this mini bottle of Rose Imperial with reirei-chan today while watching dimscene together. Rockssss.

This is today. and yep. today is the bestttttttt. i love you reirei-chan! and gazette! lol.

HEHEHEHE

2009-12-29T22:11:00.004+08:00

Got these from Lisa today. Nyahahahahahahaha. She gave me a Reita DIMSCENE pick as a late present too. omggggggggggggg thanks lisaaaaaaaaaa. she won't see this but i wanna write this down! haha THANK YOU LISA!♥

that's 3 NIL (apparently FC-limited) photosets, 2 Cassis (apparently again, FC-limited) photosets, and a Reila photoset (OMG REILA♥)

Things are all good. Wee.

Tmr reirei-chan's coming over for DIMSCENE session with MOET AND CHANDON woohoo. and aki and I are scheduled to celebrate the first day of 2010 together. HAHAHA. oh man, and she said yes to MOS BURGER HAHA. omgawd. turn fat. but whatever.

UGH.

2009-12-29T02:25:00.002+08:00

I FEEL FAT AND UGLY

...and i freaking wanna eat KFC and MOS BURGER

not in a good mood. zzz.

T_T...

OH AND I GOT MY FC MAGAZINE IN THE MAIL HAHA YAY OMGMGMOGMOGOMMGOGMOG
it's a good issue. Made me really happy. cheered me up. Sigh
Shall go back and look at it again.

A HYMN OF THE CRUCIFIXION

2009-12-25T23:31:00.006+08:00

oh shit. i saw the preview of the christmas live pamphlet already. I HAVENT EVEN SEE THE SCANS AND I FLAILED. OMGAWD. URUHA IS BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL.

AND THEN. I SAW THIS:

OMG EVEN THE GUITAR IS WHITE. OH EM GEE. LITERALLY A BAI MA WANG ZI. oh my godddddd.

WHY DIDNT I GO TO THIS LIVE. they had a super awesome setlist, with many not often played gazesongs and CASSIS WAS THE ENDING ENCORE SONG(!!!) and they did some christmas songs for the fun of it too OMG OMG OMG WHY! WHY DIDNT I GO!!! I WILL RISK FREEZING TO DEATH AND STARVE FOR DAYS JUST TO SPEND CHRISTMAS WITH THEM... and this was their first christmas live... i don't even know if they'll do it again...

and they announced a FC-tour scheduled for march. i am flying in MAY. you don't know how jealous i am now.

oh, and MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone. I got some pretty awesome presents, and some tiny but warm and fuzzy ones. This was the first time i got so much christmas mail too! It's all good.

DIM SCENE DVD!!! AND YUANSHAN I LOVE YOU!

2009-12-22T23:17:00.003+08:00

Hahaha. HAHAHA. I GOT IT!!!!! YES FINALLY YES YES YES YES YESSSSSSSSS! MY DIM SCENE DVD!!!!! and to my surprise! i got two packages today!!! The other one's with the Matenrou Opera digiphotos! well my day didn't start out all good though! I really wanna say thanks to the postman that always delivers my parcels. It's always the same guy, and today i was so surprised with what he did!

I missed the morning delivery by FIVE minutes. I was so pissed. and I woke up after being pestered by 3 private no. phone calls. when i finally woke up and went to the door, i saw that slip. i was like UGHHHHHH. and I was soooo depressed because for EMS packages u gotta wait at least TWO days before u can get it. and well 2 days later is christmas eve which means i will have no time to watch too. I was so upset.

Then i headed down for lunch when that private no. call came again. and the first thing i heard was "Hello? Miss Tan? This is the postman. Were you sleeping earlier on when I was delivering your parcel?" and i gasped in horror LOL. SO THE PERSON CALLING ME WAS THE POSTMAN. TRYIN TO WAKE ME UP SO I CAN GET MY PARCEL. i just went on the phone "oh my god oh my god oh my god!" lol! and he asked if I would be home in the afternoon, and he re-delivered my package to my place later on!! omg!! He is so nice!!! and sigh for once, things are lucky for me T_T I am so happy!

and so GURUGURU gave me a pamphlet for buying my DVD from them, and the default poster. and some flyers for some new upcoming bands. weehehehe.

and now on my floor im flattening out the poster before i keep it into my folder. happy! hehehe. YAY. I watched dimscene, the whole live, straight. I spazzed for 6hours. LOL. Mr Stoic Uruha is so high, I've never seen him this high before. The closest was NLSG and the secret live. lol. And Aoi omggggg he was just leaking sex all over the screen. He really was just seducing everybody with his chest and his smirks and his sweat. LOL. HAHA OK ENOUGH SPAZZING. Well... It's a really really good live. IF you even like gazette just a TEENY WEENY bit, i suggest you watch it. It's really quite a performance. And also the live had a good crowd, it was insane! Just look at the crowd and you will know.

Not to mention watching it brought back many memories. I'm really proud that I am part of this DIM SCENE tour. I was really moving and reliving some moments I had experienced myself... Like how i headbanged during this part, when did i squeal when i realise which song they're playing next etc... When LINDA played, I remembered all the actions, which parts to headbang what to do at each verse etc. It's insane. It really feels like a dream that I've experienced it. It's wonderful. Everyone who likes them deserves to watch them live at least once - it'll be memory of a lifetime.

PART 2: YUAN SHAN I LOVE YOUUUUUUUU
and i love you more than Ko-chan will ever love you because you support my gazelove. LOL. HAHA. i really like that sentence LOL!

well anyway, what happened was, I was already planning to buy HYMN christmas live goods... But december kept having so many unexpected gazette issues. and the ordering of murder scope etc... I had no chance to save money for the live goods at all. So i was all heartbroken... And when Starr posted the goods list I almost wanted to cry because I am such a sucker for pamphlets and t-shirts. and it was impossible to come up with the money in 2 days. Sigh. and then this lovely girl Yuanshan offered to loan me money for buying a pamphlet!!! i was so touched!!! I was so happy T_T

It's great when you have friends who are part of fandoms, then they know how you feel~ And if everyone helps out each other like this, isn't it nice :"D I am really indebted to this girl already T_T omgggggggg *sends many ossan ko-chan faces over to her* i really am grateful to you girl ♥

oh. and i got my results today. Haha. CAP score 4.1 and I'm lazy to elaborate alr. Still ripping my dimscene. muahaha. I can't believe there's like multi angle - i can watch Hyena with only Uruha in it (with the uruki moment omgomgomg) or choose to have some visual orgasm by watching Aoi angle. HAHA. WOOHOOS.

oyasumi.

MURDER SCOPEEEEEE

2009-12-22T04:08:00.002+08:00

hehehe. HEHEHEHEHEHE. I got them this morning! currently scanning/ripping/uploading again~ lol.

AND IM WRITING A LOVE ENTRY FOR YUANSHAN TMR. OMGAWD. I LOVE HER. TO THE MAXXXXXXXXX. MORE THAN KO-CHAN WILL EVER LOVE HER. I SWEAR. BECAUSE SHE SUPPORTS MY GAZELOVE.

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im so dead tired. oyasumi.

STILL NO MURDERSCOPE/DIMSCENE

2009-12-20T15:23:00.003+08:00

Ugh. I WANT THEM NAAAOOOOO.

Oh well at least I'm sure I'm getting something tmr. Hrrr. If I don't then obviously EMS is cocked up. I've already heard Murderscope and seen the PV - not very impressed by the single but Sono's contacts in the PV is cooooooool. And You *-* so bishie as usual. The bassline this time round is still pretty him. But sigh I dono whyyyyyyy murder scope just sounded too nasal for me. I need to listen to it more and stuff like that.

and i refuse to watch dim scene. I just refuse to. I'm gonna wait for my copy and watch it on a big screen! but i've yet to find the big screen SIGH. Shall ask around more. Even if i don't get a big screen, I shall wait for the DVD. the real thing's always much better yo. It's torturous to wait but I will do it! RAHHHH.

... and u know. you people should just buy their CDs at least once, you assholes. I mean, I'm a student. I still can afford to buy them (and i've given up many other stuff for it). If you can't buy every release then just buy ONE cd that has the song that you love the most / has special meaning to you / got you into loving the band. At least tell me you've bought it before. Ugh. Thank the band for coming up with that song that means so much to you, that's the easiest and most direct way. I know a minority of you have different situations that prevent you from buying, and I do know some of you... but that's just the minority. Some of you come up with excuses that to me is just bullshit. If you are not buying, just shut up and wait for the goddamn release. It's a privilege that people rip for you. It's not a fault for not buying it - it's only a fault when you don't spend a single cent and expect to still get it just as good and early as the others who bought it.

... just go die already.

DIM SCENE DVD preview!

2009-12-16T10:34:00.004+08:00

BECAUSE EVERYONE IS SPAMMING THEIR LIVEJOURNALS WITH THIS, i will not add more spam to my livejournal page. I SHALL DO IT HERE HAHA

do you know how amazing it is to wake up, and see ur favourite thing!!!!

Uruha's hair is moving!!! LOL!!! URUHA'S HAIR IS MOVINGGGGG. LOL.
i love that darling ♥
2:07 - OMG URUHA DONT BEND LIKE THIS AND HOLD UP YOUR GUITAR! YOU WILL MURDER LAYLAAAAAA -DIES- ~~NEED SOME URUHA IN BED NAO~~.

UNF. UNF UNF UNF.

DIMSCENE DVD JUST BLOODY REACH MY HOUSE ALREADY!! I CANT WAIT ANY LONGER JUST FASTER APPEAR!!! OMGGGGGG -FLAILS RIGHT EARLY IN THE MORNING-
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...i need to breathe again Dx

Holidays

2009-12-12T22:18:00.002+08:00

You know... I'm really glad to be on holidays. But at the same time I AM SO BORED.

there's nothing interesting going on in my life either. hurhur.

Then people are all gonna say go out and stuff but lol the fact is I don't wish to go out unless you ask me to~ because once i step out of the house i needa spend money and i'm not happy with that simply because i need to save money -A-

and i like lone time. yes. ahhhh, space *snuggles myself*

i should do some writing, reading and doodling. mmMMmm. and i should clean up my room. I'm losing things within minutes of putting it down lol. My house is in a mess, like forever.

tralala.

MORE STUFF. NYAHAHA.

2009-12-09T18:41:00.002+08:00

and Matenrou Opera's Last Game single [camera died before i can take a pic of it]. I'm too lazy to say anything lol. So... yay, more parcels. One EMS package is stuck in the office now cos i wasn't home to receive it. woo. i love receiving and sending mail. lol.

Rouga's New Hair

2009-12-07T21:32:00.001+08:00

hehe. rouga cut his hair. aiyooo... cho kawaii... <3

Dawn of Anomie DVD

2009-12-02T15:07:00.001+08:00

SOOOOOOOOO......... i got my DVD yesterday. And I spent my whole day ripping and scanning and watching and stuff like that. Ugh. TOO MANY HEADS, i can't find myself. Shall try again on Saturday when I watch it with cousin. I know a few times my side of the crowd was filmed but blah i'm too lazy lol to even pause it to look for myself. hahaha shall leave it to destiny(?) lol.

BUT BUT BUT LOLLLLLLLLLLLL I SAW THIS HAHAHAHA THANK GOD I WATCHED THE CREDITS:
(whispers: please click? lol)

Hey, how cool is that! I'm their crew LOL! AYEE THEN WHY HAVENT I SEEN YOU AND SONO LATELY.... LOL!
omg this is totally a fangirling post hahahha BUT AYE CANT RESIST

cross-posted this into my LJ hahahaha too epic! LOL

Uruhaaaaaaaaaaaaaa layout.

2009-11-30T17:00:00.005+08:00

New layout. fufufu. Uruha.
Can anyone be more gorgeous. Haha.
Visual orgasm. lol.

...unf unf.

sigh. i love uruha. -fangirling lol-

AYE. IT'S OVER!

2009-11-29T21:35:00.004+08:00

alsdjksajds yesh my exams are over! since ytd. nyahaha.

I celebrated by rushing to HMV to buy Cure magazine (Matenrou Opera cover!!!) despite feeling damn sleepy/shitty/tired, and went home to scan all the shit and the rest of the mag too for people wanting the other bands, and then was gonna plonk to bed but maine maine randomly asked me to go jurong point for a manicure SO I WENT (how can i resist nails!!)... so i was literally a walking zombie. lol.

check out my nails! for the first time my finger and toenails are matching! i chose a slightly lighter shade for my fingers. goddd i love the glitter. pretty.

hahaha. chio not. LOL.

ok and the postman came on a saturday morning to deliver my Matenrou Opera DVD. BUT NO ONE WAS HOME/AWAKE... do you know how im upset over it. i whined for hours. I wanna watch the DVD so badly GAHHH.

and i met reirei-chan today! we carried our best day operation and i passed her the wristband. LOL. shiawase. hahahhaha. yay. happy.

and then i went to find maine to buy undergarments LOL. woosh. yay. double happy.

ok im tired. i wanna eat and then sleep. LOL. baibai.

BLAH.

2009-11-20T14:28:00.003+08:00

hiatus till next week, Saturday.

am trying desperately to study ~~but failing~~ yes. next week's my exams. hurhur.

Btw Reirei-chan, look! it's here today, as I've predicted. Don't you want to wear it now? Haha.

Meet me after my exams to get it and carry out our "the best day" operation. LOL.

AHHHHHHH RILAKKUMA!

2009-11-15T00:28:00.002+08:00

reirei-chan showed me this while she was browsing alice nine's blog. this was up on Nao's blog:

omg. oh-emm-gee. oh my god. KAWAII! ♥

Japanese class was super draining today. and I really lack sleep. and i still stayed up past midnight. and I procrastinated about doing work again. BAH.

HAHA SO HERE IT IS...

2009-11-12T23:42:00.011+08:00

omg. i received my package at 3pm, I'm only done scanning/ripping/admiring/uploading now! OMG. that shows how much stuff I received. LOL.

Here is my stash! wee. as you can see, the items are... the same as the preview ytd. LOL. hahaha okay okay i'm going to squeal about all of them HAHA!

seems like this one got the most attention lol. Yes, it's You from Matenrou Opera ♥ and yes, it's a handsigned poster!! And it arrived safely~ Phew~ the only scary thing is that the poster is of very thin material... almost like your everyday paper. so it was quite scary handling it? Yep. but now it's safely in my poster folder! ^^

Before I Decay Jishuban Bonus! I wasn't that interested in the bonuses, since I was happy with my poster... until I saw Uruha in this card set. UGH! JUST.HAD.TO.BUY.IT. too yummy omggggg. the LAE one wasn't that yummy! lol. and everyone looked nice in this set omgggggg. so i bought it ._. LOL! -nomnomnom-

fufufu... I got this at a bargain. Both together for 1,640yen. It's like buying Optical then Auditory comes free. LOL. Both brand new sealed. So well, when i had the spare yen I used it on this one! ^^

YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW HAPPY I WAS TO FIND THIS ONE BRAND NEW SEALED. I looked everywhere for this. It's everywhere in auctions, but it's always opened already... and because of the material, I find it hard to trust the opened ones, unless the seller is v specific about the condition. Then i found a few new ones, but it was going for skyrocket prices. I found this one for a really reasonable price, and was surprised no one fought with me for it. Most prob cos the seller didn't upload a picture... but you know, it's alr stated new and sealed. LOL. so i jumped at it. YAY FOR ME.

OH THIS ONE MADE ME SQUEAL WITH JOY TOO... It's Reila, all 3 versions, brand new sealed. Reila... when I opened it, I was so... lol. The song that brought me to gazette. It'll forever be special. I'm glad I have all 3 now. Now just left with the reissued version! But I'm just glad i've got all G.O.D. versions. When I ripped it into my itunes, ohmygod. I fell in love with reila all over again. I used to think Aoi's acoustic was a little too soft, Reita's bass abit too much. But the new rip was... perfect. ♥♥♥ and uruha's shunsetsu no koro guitar solo has never sounded so amazing before! awesome.

and here comes the biggest surprising shit. are you all ready?! LOL! hahahaha!

Wakaremichi First Press Edition! gazette's very VERY first single. HAHA OLD SCHOOL GAZETTE. when Yune was around too. I REALLY HAVE NOTHING MUCH TO SAY ABOUT THIS ONE... i mean the rarity of it is understood. BUT... I discovered today, through the lyrics booklet, that wakaremichi was written by Ruki and URUHA. i always thought it was Aoi's work (i don't know why i thought that way...) but yeah. gazette's first single song was by ruki and uruha. URUKI!♥ my OTP... lol. but it just make me love the two of them even more. Wakaremichi is a wonderful song. Oh mannnnnnnn. lovelovelove.

EXAMS IN TWO WEEKS... haha. screwed. LOL. i was intending to study pol sci tonight but didnt expect all these to take so long. OH! right right, although the wakaremichi is rare, I still decided to share it on my livejournal... I shared all of the above CDs in my livejournal. I just don't feel good without sharing it. It has become kind of, part of me... lol. you're all welcome to take them. Just leave me a comment (: i allowed anon comments too, so u can leave just a name if u don't have livejournal!

Well, tired. haha. too much You and Gazelove in a day. I never felt so overwhelmed before. But it was enjoyable work, if it can count as work. lol. History tutorial tmr!! oyasumi!

I CANT WAIT FOR TMR!

2009-11-11T23:49:00.004+08:00

OKAY GUYS, I AM DEFINITELY UPDATING MY BLOG TMR COS...
I'M WAITING FOR A PACKAGE. LOL.

-aki: the surprise is finally here! LOL-

and yes. so i will update tmr. tried containing my excitement but i can't! HAHA.

YAY. im going to sleep early so tmr will come faster HAHAHA!

お休み！

oh wait, gives preview:

AJDSAKJDKSAJDS WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ♥♥♥

rilakkuma!!

2009-11-07T01:32:00.002+08:00

CUTE OR NOTTTTTTTTT. SO CUTE PLEASE.

rilakkuma for my ipod. lol. aiyo, so cute. hahaha. i cannot stop saying it. LOL. aiyooooooo. really very cute leh -fangirling- LOL.

people who see a girl with a rilakkuma holding her ipod on her bag on the streets just shout layla ok. hahaha.

...aiyo really kawaii leh! 可愛い！

YEAH $OCIAL RIOT MACHINE$$$$$$.

2009-11-02T17:17:00.003+08:00

i actually made a horrible mistake of remembering the wrong day for my pol sci essay. it was due today, and i only realised it at 3am. I thought it was tmr. so i worked on the last bits till 6am in the morning today so I cld hand it up today.

So I'm so tired. and a little grouchy due to the fact that i was rushed. I don't like being rushed. and the lack of sleep. But I'm heading to Kino later and meeting Sophia dear too. Can't sleep yet. Ugh. Zy. 49 hasn't reach me yet either - should be tmr then.

But this welcomed me home in the mailbox today (:

as good as brand new. only opened to take photos. disc untouched. and direct CD rips have such good quality. oh yes baby.

will get good night's sleep tonight, and hope the -already terrified of me- mailman will come with my Zy. mag tmr. yay.

Japan?

2009-11-01T01:29:00.002+08:00

I'm such a sucker for japanese stuff, it's crazy.

first just the manga and the anime. and then here comes jrock and visual kei. and then in between all these were the language, the culture... etc etc.

...and now the craziest shit, their acessories. heck, even if the ones i like half are meant to cater to guys, the design and workmanship is @%#^@$%* good.

but the price u pay for just silver. ugh.
...
-tells myself: it's JAPANESE silver...-

...more reasons for all my money being gone.

i should seriously start considering.

Here's to Another Birthday!

2009-10-30T01:43:00.010+08:00

HERE COMES ANOTHER BIRTHDAAAAAAAAAY! ♥

誕生日おめでとう、耀さん! Mr. Rock Hand!

It's You's birthday ♥

You's the bassist of the band Matenrou Opera. And if you haven't checked out the band Matenrou Opera - I urge you to do so now cos i absolutely love them! and You's gotta be my favourite bassist (sorry Reita-kun! you're on par no worries i fangirl over you too hehehe) and he is a really good bassist! He really impressed me with his bass playing and warm attitude towards the fans when I saw him live. I really really really still am very mesmerized by this bishie. I hope he has a wonderful birthday~ that Hamtaro boy fufufu.

AWOEIQ#RUQ$@U#(QK#$#$AKFJAKDA I KNOW RIGHTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!! BISHOUNEN! ♥

Kai's Birthday

2009-10-28T13:17:00.001+08:00

YAY SO ANOTHER BIRTHDAY -throws confetti-

誕生日おめでとう、戒さん!

awww, wasn't he adorable previously? now he's all grown up! showing how badass he can be. This is definitely some birthday! 28 years old alr, this dude's just getting hotter. HAHA. i used to go all wobble cute for him but now he's. eeps. hotstuff.

you see what i mean!!!! -faints- and now he's all cornrows and shaved side and looking all "IMMA FIERCE AND BADASS" kyaaaaaaaaaa such a different side of him but such surprises makes girls so crazy.

-showers kai with hearts-
uru-chan shall not make fun kai-san today. ^-^~

UGH. NOT GOOD.

2009-10-27T02:47:00.006+08:00

OH YES IM FINALLY DONE WITH MY ESSAYS!!!!

despite my stomach flu, i managed to get the essays due this week all done. Not my best, but ugh. My stomach was really bad. Sigh. I can only say that i'm unlucky. my ass is still hurting though.

hahaha some updates, yiteng officially became my reirei-chan. LOL. and i became uru-chan/ruha-chan. LOL. because we realised our friendship has the reita-uruha complex. and we respond to each other that make each other go O_O

then for no reason, reirei-chan was high today. HAHAHA. i asked her if i ever knew the boys, given my personality who would most likely fall in love with me. LOL i was thinking reita or aoi, and she was like no reita will end up with a weird girl blabla. then LOL the epic reirei-chan moment came HAHAHA

please click to view. LOL. it was so amusing i had to screencap. THEN SHE STARTED SPAMMING EMOTICONS OUT OF NOWHERE LOL ITS THE FIRST TIME I SAW HER USING THOSE STUFFS HAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH i just had to screencap again LOL!

not to mention the drink tea part is just... epic. LOL.

oh man, reirei-chan. you are such a weirdo (NO DRUGS!) lol. just like your reirei.

...tired. tired = sleep. yay.
お休み～

Stomach Flu

2009-10-22T12:41:00.002+08:00

i'm down with gastric flu. ugh.

haven't got it ever since i took the break from the academic world. now it's back. lol. makes sense anyway since i'm back to being a student. i can't feel stressed... my body has to tell me that i'm stressed thru such stuff. It's so weird.

But i guess i'm stressed. since i got the stomach flu again. ^-^"

the worst one in fact. cos this time round it was bad enough to make me get a high fever. and kept me out of school for 2 days... and maybe even tmr (that'd be 3).

blah.

The Posterssssss

2009-10-18T13:15:00.005+08:00

THE POSTERS ARE FLATTENED!
but... i forgot to take pictures when they're still on the floor LOL. so the pics are them in my folder alr T_T sorry about that xD;;

HAHAHA. poor poster. this one waited so long before i actually took it out of the tube. But well. Ahaha.

The regular edition poster for BID! ^^ woosh~

and of course... the insanely hot one -fans myself again- u know... i really love them AHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHA

ok that's all for updates - just delivering my promise of taking photos of the posters LOL. i gotta go back to my history essay - i love being tortured by history HAHA i'm such a sadist but whatever. lol.

and also - i've compiled the discographies of gazette and matenrou alr. It's up on my livejournal. It's just a list though. I intend to scan/upload them when I've got the time. but now it's uni peak period so... i gotta work first. also, many of my CDs are not here yet. I won't bold them till they're in my hands, despite me ordering them alr. So... please wait! ahahha!

Even More Stuffzxz

2009-10-16T18:07:00.009+08:00

aww the youtube video got removed T_T now i can't share the awesome urushorts, hot aoi, ruki sparkly sparkly, reirei looking the same and badass kai. LOL. buttttttt, i've got the video on my laptop alr. yay. can watch it all the time. (^-^)/

anddddddd...

My bandscores reached! erm. it was... confusing to read (laughs) i understood nothing lol. i could understand some of their tips though... and i figured phrases like technique wise it's not difficult, and the kind of mood you should bring when you play the song etc. It's interesting to look at it, you get to discover abit more about their songs. And the NIL bandscore came with stickers lol designed/drawn by ruki previously ahaha.

I also forgot to blog about something (was too distracted by the Music Japan performance lol). i bought this huuuuuuuuuuuge folder when i went down to Kino that day to buy my Neo40... not to mention the stares I got cos i bought 3 of the same Neogenesis LOL - people were either staring at my craziness wondering why i bought 3, or people started frantically searching for it on the shelves and it's not there so they continue to stare at me ._. lol it was amusing.

Erm, what happened was I really wanted to open my posters. and i hate how magazine posters are always folded. So i wanted to look for this huge file to store them flat. I later on found out that the Posters that come with gazette singles are always B2 size, meaning i gotta get an A1 paper size file to fit them (since A2 won't fit B2). AND, ZY Mega Edition poster's exactly A1 size omg. So... yeah. i found one! lol. now all my posters can be kept nicely ^^

That's my poster getting flattened after removing it from the tube... The one seen is the BID Ltd Edition bonus poster. It's...hot. -fans myself- lol. The regular ed and the DIM posters are below it. LOL. all being flattened now... and u can see my various rock and reads, bandscore and the artbook (still in EMS packaging) helping me with the job. lol. when it's all flattened i'll take pics again ^^

Meanwhile, I'm working on my next assignment - history essay. Ahaha. never ending. assignments and projects. I'm also building (typing more like it lol) the discography of gazette and Matenrou Opera. When it's done i'll post it up on my LJ (public post)... and then start collecting officially. Ahaha. yay (\^0^)/

Before I Decay [MUSIC JAPAN]

2009-10-12T13:52:00.003+08:00

OH YES BB, SMOKIN' HOT

URUHA IS IN HIS SHORTEST SHORTS EVERRRR. and he's in tights underneath ~~i bet it's because he gotta make sure his ass is covered since his shorts became even shorter~~

BUT -FLAILS- YES!!! FIRST BID LIVE PERFORMANCE ON MUSIC JAPAN!

the boys did a good job and they look like they're in a really good mood ahhhh! -flails somemore- i watched it 5 times straight and i still can't get enough of uruhaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

...uruhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

NOTHING HAPPIER THAN GAZETTE.

2009-10-09T15:45:00.012+08:00

Look what welcomed me home today~

My DIM SCENE Final Tour goods reached! I saw the postman downstairs but I didn't expect any mail actually... then he knocked on my door when i was changing. I quickly pulled on my shirt and ran out lol. And i screamed. I think he remembers me (cos he was eyeing me weirdly when i looked at him downstairs). OH! he was the same man who delivered my BID singles LOL and i screamed too HAHAHAHA he must be afraid of me LOLOL.

the necklace! i hung it on the cupboard to give an idea how it looks like worn. It's the opposite color! the bracelet and handphone strap sold in the normal tour was in black... But they're beaded the same style! AHHH~ comes with a black pouch too. Ahhhhhhh~ pretty!

The tour pamphlet! OMFG it's huuuuuuuge! When rawkstarr said it was bigger than A4 i thought it was only a little bigger.. but heck it's almost twice as big! i think it's like two thirds of an A3 paper size. took a snapshot of the uruha page for u guys to see. You all should hop to gazette_daily - rawkstarr lovely scanned everything. and i totally regretted not spending more for EMS. my pamphlet got damaged on the way here.. there's a few dents around the sides. UGH. T_T

AND LASTLY, the tour t-shirts! AHHHH DAMN PRETTY!!! i loooooove the pink and black ones. the blackmoral lady's on the shirt LOL i call her blackmoral lady cos she appeared on the wallpaper too hahahah. it's pretty!!! and the white one i like it enough.. but imma be biased cos the boys (URUHA!! I RMB!!) wore it HAHA so imma keep it LOOOOL i love them T_T i love my goods T_T i love rawkstarr for being so fabulous T_T

you know before this... i was starving... and then like im supposed to go find food. but lol it got delayed an hour just because i was fangirling over the goods. LOL. im really hungry now. AHHAHA SO IMMA GO EAT BYEEEEE!!!

OH! LAST NOTE - I saw the neo40 scans. IT'S FUCKING HOT. and the photography is hell good. the colours are damn good. and knowing neogenesis, the paper quality's gonna be damn good too. damn. and u know what's the best thing - I CALLED KINO TODAY! it's gonna be here this weekend HAHAHA YAY HAPPY☆ \(^-^)/

so going to tarp somemore of those pictures. esp the one where uruha leaked his chest all over omfg.

Selling DIM Limited Edition

2009-10-08T16:04:00.003+08:00

I'm selling away my DIM (limited edition) here@myLJ

ANDDD i've received my BID Singles! I actually got it on the day itself lol the postman came at like late aftn just before I went out. Did i mention the poster that came with the limited edition is ultra-hot?! shit.... i don't know where to stick it. and i don't feel like damaging it it's so pretty *-*

ANNND. i think before i decay is addictive. After listening more to it, I LOOOOVE Mayakashi over BID, but it's BID that i keep humming, although i like it too. i feel weird. lol.

Gonna meet maine maine for dinner yay.

Before I Decay [PV]

2009-10-07T10:46:00.003+08:00

so freaking hot bb ♥

headbanging woosh! \m/
And Aoi's obviously high in this vid... lol. LOOK AT 2:50 omdsfkhsdjfhdjf....
Aoi must have learnt some stuff from Saga. hahaha.
Oh god Uruha sometimes please. give me stuff like that.
Not like i don't love you more without it but... ugh.
If Uruha ever does that.. I think i won't be able to recover. LOL.

And me like Ruki's exaggerated hand actions as usuaaallll. ^^

and have i raved enough about uruha's tapping? have i? HAVE I?
oh god. oh god oh god oh god. fingers. oh god. LOL.

Before I Decay

2009-10-07T00:00:00.004+08:00

Happy [BEFORE I DECAY] Day to all Gazefans out there!

Have u guys got your copy yet?! I'm getting mine most prob tmr or Friday - CDJapan shipped it alr! Make sure you get one! ^^

And today i hardened my resolve - I'm collecting the GazettE's discography. I know it's gonna be goddamn hard (with their x number of first presses and reissues) but imma do it!!!

ANDDDD. I *might* start on Matenrou.

there goes all my money. /bricked

but i really love them too much. sigh. and i want them to have rice to eat and everything...you know? ok this sounds ridiculous, the rice part. but. think about it.

yes, there are 23743632783627 more fans out there. but if everyone think, 'someone else will buy it and rip it for me', then what's gonna happen? even if u don't have the money... i believe saving up bit by bit, just buying ONE thing from their entire discography... be it a cheap single, to an album, to an expensive ticket to their live. It's the best way to support them - because their music lives for not just them but also for us. i believe good music is always worth spending on. the emotions and feelings they provide us - it's priceless. Even if someone rips it free for us... Isn't it good to return the gratitude to whoever who made it happen?

and i hope everyone will see it. i'm sick of those downloaders who never bought even one item in their whole entire life. No wonder Ruki wrote such a sorrowful, painful song Nakigahara - criticising the internet. HAHA SURPRISED? yes, he said that in the interview. who would have thought... his lyrics is just. plain genius.

Well, Before I Decay and Mayakashi... i had mixed feelings about this one. I've also got differing opinions from EVERYONE. when i first heard it honestly i didn't like it that much. But now it's growing (partly also cos a HQ 320kbps rip is available after that) and it's getting me abit high hahahaha. Up till now I still like Mayakashi better. But Uruha's tapping in Before I Decay - omg plain awesomeness, owns Aoi's ass totally! -nomnomnom- sorry to Aoi fans - I just had to. LOL. i still love Aoi too though... but the whole world knows Uruha's ichiban to me! ^-^~

One Hundred

2009-10-01T22:37:00.005+08:00

THIS IS JUSTLAYLA'S 100TH POST

i was waiting and waiting... hoping to post something meaningful for the 100th post. but epic PHAIL. lol. hahaha.

Look who's here today~

so much for a scratch. please. the scratch on the DVD is like barely visible. i swear this one is as good as new. and omg the booklet. it looks as if it has never been opened before. THIS WAS A STEAL NYAHAHA (^-^)9

too lazy to open up my bag to take photos of the photosets. i forgot to take while looking at it -_-

Cousin asked if I want anything from this online shop and I suddenly remembered about the rilakkuma plushie. and then the pics I saw of Hana playing with giant Rilakkumas. eeps i want.

I'm saving up for a life-sized Rilakkuma o(・ω・)o
... that's worth more than a gazette live resell ticket. (/bricked)

ANDDDDDDD
NEOGENESIS VOLUME 40 COVER

ohmygod. i'm dizzy. ahh. *struggles to speak*
gjdhrwivsdhfsldf.....URUHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.
his hair!!! HIS HAIR!!! HIS HAAAAAIRRRR!!! omfg.
aufhafajfaerofsdf....dasdhjas (more incoherent speaking)
prince charming!!! o(*-*)o

Reila

2009-09-29T01:20:00.004+08:00

Yi Teng smsed me about an hour ago but i didn't read it till 1am. I have my history test tmr and I am tired and all, but i really wanted to blog about it because i need a memory of this.

she told me she teared while listening to Uruha's guitar solo in Reila.

That might have been the most memorable sentence she told me in our whole entire encounter and friendship and fangirlship.

Seriously... I think reila isn't exactly a huge favourite among gazette fans. I don't know, i never really went around asking. but it is a very special song for me because not only it shares the same katakana as my name, but because this is exactly the song, that made me love Uruha so much.

I remember vividly how I teared when i first heard reila... with no idea what the song was about at all. It wasn't Aoi that caught me despite him starting the solo first, or the fact he was the one playing both acoustic or electric that makes him seem technically more brilliant.

It was Uruha that pulled that string in my heart.

I know yi teng didn't feel anything the first time she heard it, and she was so surprised to see the number of plays reila got in my itunes gazette list. but... really...

i felt like i managed to convince and get one more person understand what i meant when i am able to differentiate the two of them, Uruha and Aoi, just by intuition and feelings.. I don't need to know how technically a guitar works, or what part is what or anything like that. I just know it... that it's Uruha playing it. Some VERY VERY rational, practical or whatever person might think i'm a big liar saying this but. really. even to me...

this is magical.

FAST AND FURIOUS 4 TRAILER

2009-09-27T21:15:00.004+08:00

TELL ME WHO'S THE STAR BABY - the sight or the sound? HAHA

FAST AND FURIOUS 4 TRAILER WITH GAZETTE MUSICCC
I'm so proud of them, every single one of them.

rock on bb. \m/

CURRY RICE

2009-09-24T22:52:00.011+08:00

YEH. I MADE CURRY RICE ~~with the help of my mama because I almost got too lazy and backed out~~. Let me bring you through the process. HAHA.

I bought this a few days back, when my papa brought me and my sis to buy some stuff at the supermarket ~~so i don't have to pay for it~~ lol fufufu. YAY JAPANESE CURRY 8D

Well... the curry stock is like, in cubes. so well there's basically nothing except curry sauce in it. So u gotta add some stuff if u want good curry rice! Well, i just added what i like (and that's why u don't see carrots lol). It's potatos, onions and chicken. Just cook em in abit of oil or butter. For the potatos u gotta cook abit longer, till it's soft... So we added meat later on when the potatos are done.

When they're cooked top it up with waterrr. And then let it boil awhile till the chicken's tender. I was impatient here. I kept asking why the potatos are not soft yet. actually they were alr, but it wasn't the starchy kinds so i couldn't tell until awhile later... ._.

Yehhh~ the curry mix's in cube form. Or rather a big cube, then we cut it into 4s since we're supposed to split it so it'll melt faster or smth. So yeah. dumped it into the pot and this was where it was fun xD haha i like the fact that i had to constantly stir it. At this point the fire's super small. well it's just simmering... cos i wanted my curry to be thick.

It ends up looking like this! -nomnomnom-

and then you eat it with gohan! japanese riceeee. BTW, it was all along cooking in the rice cooker from the beginning, if anyone is gonna try makin this. I don't think anyone's that stupid right? lol. well yeah! that was my dinner. nomnomnomnomnomnomnom

ok, i just felt like Kai while posting the whole process up. HAHAHA. but me likeee.

ANNNNNNNNNNND. I ordered Matenrou Opera Dawn of Anomie DVD today! 2 copies for me and cousin. Seems like we'll get priority to buy tickets to the May live. If the date's favourable... fufufu. You know where I'm heading to. LOL.

Alsooooooooo. Muku mailed me! YAY. he's got my stash. whoosh (*^^)9

That's my NLSG there! yeay! and a rare NIL photoset, for a dirty cheap price as well. Damn, i should have gotten the Reila set too. I'll be on a lookout for it. wahaha.

I've also finished my first hardsubbed video. Took me 3 straight days to do it ~~while abandoning all my uni assignments~~ It's the GazettE's Road to NLSG backstage video. If anyone's interested in downloading it, please hop to my livejournal here!

All these stuff in one day~
HAPPY ☆

Guess it!

2009-09-22T18:53:00.004+08:00

Okay. I'm damn bored. I'm randomly holding this competition. It's Guess-the-picture competition.

What happened was when i bought some 2nd hand gazestuff, I received a stack of photos. Well i'm assuming the seller printed it herself, but I really have no use for it, although i appreciate it alot. So i'm giving some of it away. Well not the best prints for sure, but it's free? lol.

So. yeah. Err. how should it go? i have no idea LOL! well it's free and if u guess the picture correctly I'll mail those photos to u free of charge, provided you're willing to give me your address. Please tag your answers on my tagboard with your e-mail addy to let me contact you (if u get it correct). This is open to all people who visit my blog.

Well you're to name who is this person, which costume is he in this shoot (i purposely left abit of stuff there so u can see lol!) and the hardest part - which magazine is this from?

Telling who is this is so freaking easy. i just had to include the last question. Cos I can't believe i didn't catch this photo the first time i saw it evem though he's sooooo beautiful. well i'm actually aiming for the magazine name as well as which month/issue but that might be abit too hard. But well if you get it all right you'll definitely get the photos LOL. if not as time passes I'll be more lenient.

so good luck to you guys!

imma go mug.

if you can't do it, then don't promise it in the first place.
disappointment is a painful feeling - much worse than feeling powerless.

Hurry Hurry Term Break!!!

2009-09-17T22:52:00.007+08:00

omg i'm so tired.

uni has been quite an ass and it'll get worse after my term break. oh yeah. tmr's my last day of school before the week-long term break (thank god!!!)

i took my first test, and handed up my first graded assignment for my uni life today. You don't know how much these two tortured me. My Assignment is for Sociology, while my test today was Political Science. It was torturous... Well the soci assignment's due tmr latest actually, but it's a pain if i left it till today to do it since i've got history and pol sci tutorial tmr too (omg look at all the work)

Well... i don't know what but i just couldn't get myself started on the Sociology assignment, and convinced myself i needed to choose an article that i am actually interested in. and guess what! My article is on Japan's Lolita fashion :D i think i rock, using Japan as the perfect thing to get myself interested in my work fufufu. anyway, well if anyone is interested in reading, you can always ask from me lol!

my current nail color. HAHAHA. it's one of the ones from OPI 10 year anniversary Japan exclusives. i've got a red one - gonna wear it next week or something. I was wearing colours like duochrome gold-blood red shimmers, superman blue (u can imagine the colors, i mean u can't tell what color if i start spamming you with nail color names) and the 'darker' and at the same time 'brighter' colors for the past few weeks... then i switched to this one. cos it has been idling and i haven't swatched it before. i love it! it's pink base, with a golden flash to it, then filled with tiny holographic glitters. at first i thought it was gonna be boring... since it's quite a normal pink. but the gold and glitter made it interesting! well u can't really tell the gold in the picture. but well there is lots of it on my nails actually.

and if you guys still don't know yet, this is on my phone:

DIM SCENE tour phone strap! i finally got it engraved with Uruha's kanji at the back of the blackmoral tag... it's been a few weeks alr i think? but i never got around blogging about it. oh well.

OH! forgot to say i love my school's jap curry rice. It's only 4 bucks. it rocks. i eat it at least once a week now -nomnomnom- 4bucks for katsu curry rice. ok luh, compared to other stalls, the price tag is abit high. but if u think about the fact that one box of jap instant curry is selling at like 4 bucks in singapore? and my school's actually has the cutlet, and potatos and carrots in the curry. rocks.

ok jumping to sleep. OH WAIT. I WANNA SAY - I BOUGHT NLSG FIRST PRESS DVD. i managed to find a 2nd hand that's pretty ok for a pretty decent price too. it has a tiny scratch on one of the disc, but it doesn't spoil the DVD or whatsoever. and the rest is kept in awesome condition. i just refuse to buy that damn unopened one for 25,000yen although i'm damn anal when it comes to condition of the stuff. it's insane. i rather get myself a chrome hearts accessory with that money.

and if anybody is interested - i am pre-ordering DIM SCENE tour final @ Saitama Super Arena DVD from GURUGURU. Whoever wants to "tompang" anything from there, please let me know, by saturday. lol.

Matenrou Hamtaro! LOL

2009-09-13T00:15:00.003+08:00

I found it i found it! the interview where You said he is a hamtaro HAHAHA. And omg You has the kind of voice where u just melt. So elegant and mesmerizing. I thought Sono's supposed to sound like that! Why does You sound like he's even better at that than him! lol. Anyway, Sono and You are both loved!

Anyway, i got the HERESY postcard. Damn, one ticket per person. Sigh.

and i should stop procrastinating sociology. If not i'm so failing it.

Aoi Spazz

2009-09-11T18:31:00.006+08:00

As you all know, Uruha to me is the best... but. ohmygod. HAHA IM RELIVING SOME MOMENTS HERE. Please click to see full glory LOL!

Ah.. Ah... Ah!!!!
AOI @#@(#@*#(@!)@!!!!! -dies-
new hair + chest = HOT STUFFZ.

I remember seeing Aoi's chest live too. but it was so tiny. HAHA. and he still had that snape-like hair at that time. This is so much hotter. but omg now i can picture how the chest looks like in my memories HAHAHA omg this is so amusing.

And here's a long preview - they uploaded it on Myspace!

the GazettE - Before i Decay

Version 4.1

2009-09-10T21:26:00.004+08:00

Now it's blogskin Version 4.1 - they released photos in color! so i changed it to the colored ones instead of the black and white.

school is just plain tiring now. i am so tired.

need to do history tutorial... shall chat later, if possible...
no i'm too tired. ugh. gonna scan my magazine and then go sleep!

oyasumi.

FLYER FLYER~ FASTER REACH!

2009-09-08T21:25:00.004+08:00

09/9/8 (火)
◆発送物のお知らせ◆

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IM SORRY LING, IGNORE MY TAG ON THE TAGBOARD

They've sent the instructions out! imma wait for it and hopefully when it reaches me, i still have enough time to take part in the ballot for the christmas live!!

AHHHHHH, WAIT AND SEE!

By the way, there's a 30second preview of the new single alr - 14seconds longer than the previous one. But it's just guitar shredding etc... you won't discover anything new. so i'm not posting it here. I do have to say, i'm loving how the song sounds like currently!!! and gazette being gazette, i'm sure the full song will have many surprises that we all haven't discovered.

my bottom line is - it sounds promising. i have a different feeling towards this one compared to the initial feeling i got from the invisible wall. it's good!

cousin just shared something REAAAAAAAAAALLY cute!! it's this conversation Matenrou Opera had. It made me fall in love with You even more - he's sucha cutie!!!! kyaa~ Imma translate into English for those non-chinese reading people - it's too cute to not understand it!

from Visual Kei Magazine Vol.3
Chinese translation by sorane

Sono：曾经有人说我长得像无齿翼龙（字幕原文是pteranodon），可能就像它了～
[Sono: someone once said I look like a pteranodon, most probably it's like it]
(layla: LOL SONO LOOKS LIKE SOME FLYING DINOSAUR HAHAHHA OMG HE'S SO FUNNY)

耀：彩雨的话比较像猫吧？
[You: Ayame should look more like a cat, right?]

彩雨：看上去像猫但是实际上我是熊。
[Ayame: Looks like it, but in reality i'm a bear.]

耀：我像哈姆太郎！
[You: I look like Hamtaro!]
(layla: OMG HAHA I TOTALLY SPAZZED AT THIS, HE IS TOO CUTE! KAWAII! HAHA I WANT TO PINCH HIS CHEEKS NOW OMGGGG I LOVE YOU!)

悠：你们觉得我像什么动物？
[Yuu: What animal do you guys think i look like?]

耀: (囧笑）
[You: *Bitter laugh*]
(layla: xDDD so my-type leh. HAHAHA. Uru-darling has this habit of just laughing as a reply sometimes too!)

anzi：大概不是动物，是怪物。
[anzi: most probably not an animal, but a monster]
(layla: LOL SO MEAN! but i kind of agree HAHAHA WHY!)

sono：anzi呢？
[sono: what about anzi?]

anzi：也许是人类吧？
[anzi: most probably human?]
(layla: lol, and to think he looks the most non-human to me cos he reminds me of michael jackson =X)

i think i have something for Jrockers that do this cute stuff comparison. First it was Uruha loving Rilakkuma and him behaving like one fufufu and now You thinking he's as cute as a Hamtaro HAHAHA omg i love these two guys too much!

now in color!

2009-09-08T01:39:00.003+08:00

W($&Q#($QFOAADIASFHA -dies-

i need to breathe ohmygod.

one more month please hurry...!!!

I JUST HAD TO...

2009-09-07T01:52:00.003+08:00

damn. whenever i enter my blog i just cannot stop staring at them. Especially Ruki... shit. this is so corrupted. HAHAHA.

WELL, NEW LAYOUT DARLINGS! although these are the only pics of them we have now and it's not that good ~~and so freaking small~~, i still can't help it.

you know it's almost 2am... and i've got school tmr. i'm supposed to reach at 8am. But i just... couldn't help it. BAHAHA. So i just rushed this layout, in like an hour. from the headers to the codes and everything.

OH god. one more month. that's too long. how the hell was i so patient to wait for DIM?!

Ruki/Uruha PLEASE TAKE ME

-gets shot/bricked/killed-

p/s: and i still don't know how to take part in the goddamn lottery! AHHH! CHRISTMAS LIVE! ;_;

Before I Decay Preview

2009-09-06T02:20:00.011+08:00

THEY PLAYED THE PV AFTER THE TOUR FINAL LIVE!

and they uploaded a short preview of the PV up on their website too!
CLICK HERE TO VIEW

OH NEVERMIND, I FOUND YOUTUBE VID:

oh god. Ruki is so fucking hot there, i just cannot stop going on about it. He looks like a S&M GOD (yes i don't care what you think of me anymore just because i said that!)

Don't believe me? check out the new popup where they have a small preview of their new outfits. LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF PVC, THE NAUGHTY RED GLOVES AND THE HAAAAT -dead from the flood of kinky smex- -noms ruki's fingers-

and i kind of knew smth like that will happen - where the members are all black in DIM, and ruki had the most white in DIM. then they kind of flip it to all white and ruki black. lol. so them.

AND! THANK GOD AOI'S HAIR, IT'S FINALLY GOOD AGAIN -NOMNOM- takes a bite of him ne cousin, good hairday again! must be a new hairdresser *laughs* Uruha looks kind of simple this time... but i still love him. He's so wonderful. he understands simplicity sometimes. hehe. and oh god, i love his hair, as always -nomnomnoms uruha- and kai's hair. official photo. enjoy people, the long, long hair! woooo.

the biggest news of this will be that this new single will be a movie theme song too! just like headache man, chizuru and without a trace. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, it's not some unknown horror movie theme song this time.

it's FAST AND FURIOUS. FAST AND FURIOUS!

these boys are getting BIG. and i mean REAL BIG. they are HUUUUUUUGE! i love them so much.

OH, there will be a Christmas Eve live too! FC LOTTERY HAS ALREADY STARTED. NOW, HOW THE HELL DO I TAKE PART IN THE LOTTERY?!

/edit: i just found pictures - but in black and white! ENJOY PEOPLE, AND ENJOY THE RUKI KINKINESS.

DIM SCENE TOUR FINAL

2009-09-05T16:18:00.003+08:00

As i am typing away, the ground must be shaking at Saitama. I can totally imagine the band bringing the stage down. AHHHHHHH. i feel so much excitement for this one because i know i was part of this tour fufufu! and hopefully rawkstarr got all the goods T___T i love her so much for living in Japan. HAHAHA

Anyway, i was making wallpapers yesterday, and took out the collection of flyers i had taken during the post-gazette live where people were handing them out. AND I REALISED I'VE GOT A DELUHI FLYER. omgomgomg. DID I SEE ONE OF THE MEMBERS WITHOUT KNOWING? ALSO... i've got DEPAIN and SCAPEGOAT flyer too!! i'm very sure DEPAIN i took it by my own hands too. OMG LAHHH!

i was telling cousin about it... and then our chain of thought went back to the many visual kei band members we passed and took flyers from. Shit. totally regreted not taking photos with them. ESPECIALLY THE DELUHI ONE. AHHH. did we even see him? who was the one giving out the flyer?! omgomgomg. why were we so high from the gazette live LOL!

sooooo! yeah. new wallpapers. both gazette and matenrou opera at my livejournal

ugh. I gotta mug now... :(

I AM SO TIRED!

2009-09-03T21:20:00.003+08:00

OMG, IM DROWNING IN PAPER -struggles and coughs and gulps and gasps-

People who say uni is slackier than JC - you are so goddamn wrong! i am drowning in texts, coursepacks, readings, paper and paper and more paper! -comes a gush of paper "senbonzakura"-

Okay... maybe it's just because i choose to do subjects that require alot of reading *sigh* but i love these subjects... :(

Anyway, yeah i finally feel the rush. so why am i still procrastinating here? hmm. Gonna go do my history tutorial reading after this.
AND OMFG my first mid-term test is in 2 weeks. HURHUR. i'm dead.

On a sidenote, i ordered DIM SCENE Tour Final Goods GASP. -faints- i hope i can wear everything HAHAHA if not you guys can start waiting for me to sell it. LOL.

but it's so fast huh. Can't believe i was actually part of this tour. And they're doing the final in like, 2 days. But my experience already felt like it's been so far back... you know, when you think of it, you get those nolstalgic feeling as if it was your childhood... lol.

Therapy

2009-08-30T20:09:00.002+08:00

my sister and i fell out today. usually i get pretty upset but then i get over it pretty soon as time passes or with some sleep. but i think the recent happenings has built up quite a tension within me that i got really frustrated that we cannot communicate with each other. and at times when i feel this way - i go for a haircut.

then alot of people will start thinking it's insane because like what if i screw up my hair and regret it etc etc etc. but i find haircuts therapeutic. Even when i'm in a good mood, when i go for a haircut i feel as if i'm in a spa. hahahaha. and i still can think rationally when i go for my haircuts, not like some people who gets emotional and chops off their long hair etc etc NOOOOOOO i don't do that. if i ever chop hair off it's because i really want it chopped, regardless whether i am happy or sad.

WELL. errrrm. i had Uruha's DIM haircut when i last cut my hair in Japan. the asymmetrical length and all. but i cut it off - so no more asymmetrical tail at the end. length wise mm, just abit shorter, not noticeable. my layers did go much shorter though. I also colored my hair to this reddish brown. So when it was done it kind of reminded me of Uruha's hair in Neogenesis 36? the first time DIM appeared. yeah that hair color. i have a shorter version of that hair now. and my color's abit redder and darker. but i was told after a few washes it'll be brighter. and as the red fades it'll abit more yellowish.. so as time pass it should look more likke uru's neogenesis36 color.

CAMERA SUCKS SO NO PICTURES. will take some when i do my hair and when i'm happy enough to take pictures.

lastly, i tried studying but procrastination took over me. so byebye studies. wasted another day. Not to mention my readings are just piling up... like, like.. erm. OH, LIKE STACKED RUBBISH

-throws confetti because i found the best phrase-

ok cheap thrill. LOL.

Thank You.

2009-08-29T01:09:00.004+08:00

my letter to Uruha got translated today.
I just clicked "send" about a few minutes ago, at his blog.
I wonder when he will have the time to read it, since it's in the middle of tour.
Not to mention how many thousands of fans out there sending fanmail to him at the same time...

Anyway,
i really want to thank Yuanshan for this.
She wrote me a message in her blog that made me cry for one whole hour.
She got her friend to ask a favour from another friend to translate my letter into Japanese properly... and when she told me it's done and sent the file to me i cried for another hour.

Thank you so much girl... I mean you could have said no to such a fan-crazed attempt of mine. Thank you so so so so much I owe my life to you now.

Omg haha... i'm going to cry again. lol.

Thank you bamboobranch for helping me.
It was such a big favour, i literally treated it like my only hope.
And I had no idea your friend was a professional translator!
Even just the thought of my words being put into the correct meanings gave me such a huge relief. Please thank your friend a thousand times for me! It is really important to me. hontoni arigato gozaimasu.

Sidetrack: I also request for people who are not using LJ to join LJ~ i'm going to start posting stuff there as well.

It may sound foolish or stupid... but two days ago when the bomb was dropped on me... the first person i thought of was U-sama. names only flooded into my head when i was literally searching for all the options I had to contact him. It felt like a desperate, foolish and vain attempt, but out of the same desperation i felt the need and the urge to try it.

To put it bluntly, i felt like he was my only hope.

and the closest thing I have with me now is the sound of his guitar. haha, crap, i'm inconsistent. just hours ago i said i'm not obsessed with them. i am so going to contradict myself but lol, i'm just going to face it.

i'm in love with Uruha.

OMGWTFBBQ

2009-08-27T20:42:00.002+08:00

OMG! MY CHIBI-URUHA GREW INTO AN ADULT ALR!

okay it doesn't really look totally like him... but i guess being a pixel doll it is pretty good! I mean i can tell it's Uruha.

ANYWAY, my point is...

...THAT IS SUCH A HOT DUDE.

i want him as my boyfriend.

there! i am convinced i am not that obsessed with them. HAHAHA. i mean, i don't need the real thing... just get me someone that looks like that? with that charisma and all. omg my doll has charisma HAHAHA.

wow this doll cheered me up for like 10minutes. this is awesome. it created enough energy in me to blog. lol.

I'm asking, "What can I save?"

2009-08-26T23:54:00.005+08:00

いま…　心情が悲しみ。
「止まぬ涙」

the GazettE Artbook

2009-08-25T23:41:00.020+08:00

as promised, the pictures of my artbook!

So when it arrived, it was all packed into this wonderful, beautiful box. I was so careful with it when i was opening it up omg. hahaha.

The 5 postcards that came with it! It's super pretty omggggggggggg. i love the uruha one!! it's so arty! not being biased here... lol.

The 2nd part of the bonus from buyin the artbook - the posters! They made each member's cover picture into posters for us. wee.

took individual photos of their posters! Ruki - Uruha - Aoi - Reita - Kai. the posters are huge, and clear, and very nice. omg la. sigh no place to stick them. anyway i find them too precious to stick too. ugh. lol.

and finally, the artbook! (and yes i have superman-blue nails now fufufu) i'm just gonna spam you all pictures of some of the pages inside alright! So tada~:

Start of The World of Art Where Individual Center Was Expresed

The pages are thick, very clear and vibrant printing. Very, verrrry beautiful~ I really really love the buy! ahhhhhhh. The whole package is so wonderful.

Anyway, i know this post is very very less wordy compared to my usual... Well i'm not exactly in the right mood today. Something pretty personal and bad happened today, despite me receiving the artbook. So it was kind of like an emotional rollercoaster ride, one min happy and another i was depressed and lost.

千の棘を喉にあて問う俺に何が救える？

In my throat, there are thousands of questions that are like thorns;
I'm asking, "What can I save?"

the GazettE - Without A Trace

After hearing this, i couldn't stop crying. i cried for hours.

And I always thought, one day, when i write my first fan letter to Uruha, it will be a letter filled with happiness, excitement, admiration and love.

...But i wrote the first letter today. And it was one filled with helplessness, sorrow and desperation.

More GazettE Stuffzxz

2009-08-24T17:58:00.011+08:00

Okay. it happened again zzz. i went to school and then the postman came but my mum was still pigging so they left a delivery notice. THIS TIME. I AM VERY SURE. IT IS MY ARTBOOK. i was so pissed i can't get it today and have to wait till tmr and now my poor book is suffering in the post office with no love, warmth and shelter from me after such a traumatic plane ride alone ~~and i totally made those emotions up hahaha but i believe so~~

BUT! the very clever me went to peek at the mailbox when i came back from school before taking the lift up. and i saw that the letters were kind of 'elevated' and so i know there is something there! if not it was just tons of letters to my house. but fufufu i was right!! my purchase of the photoset is here. lol. opened the mailbox when i went holland village to buy meiji milk.

this cheered me up a little~ so amazing how these boys can make my mood fluctuate so easily. lol. i love them so much ♥

From the Distorted City Tour 2008 Photoset - i secretly love their LEECH look despite how fried they look after awhile... i mean Ruki looked super cool and cute, until his hair got fried while re-perming. And i've seen very, very beautiful shots of Uruha in LEECH too... when i saw that face of his in the photoset i was like "OMG I AM BUYING IT..." and... LOL. yay. i was abit LOL-ing about ruki's hair though. (btw his hair looks as fried as this now. LOL. i saw the live photos on HERESY, OH AND KAI HAS DREADLOCKS!)

Distress and Coma sticker and a 2009 New Year Card from them, with LEECH costumes ^^

and these are the bonus from my buy! Pulse Wriggling to Black 02 Ruki photo, Decomposition Beauty Tour Final: Meaningless Art That People Showed Tour 2008 Reita Photo and a Reita [Cassis Era] photo. LOL. why so much Reita-ness. Anyway, YI TENG i am giving you the Cassis Reita photo cos i know that's when u first thought Rei Rei is cute HAHAHA

I went to the Natsumatsuri Celebrations on Saturday. Saw quite a number of people in Yukata, but i was quite thankful i wasn't in one cos it was sooooo hot and crowded! ANYWAY, i saw a damn pretty japanese girl!! omg!! managed to have a photo of her but somehow she don't look that good in it? anyway she's the one in the middle. Hehehe.

Okay, wait for my post about my Artbook tmr okay!! when my mum gets it for me from the post office. Anyway, i was also informed by Yuanshan who went to Kinokuniya (Takashimaya) that the artbook i ordered is available for sale there at SGD$112. The Artbook, if you are not aware of it, is the collection of Arena37C Special of all 5 the GazettE members when they did their invidividual photoshoots and interview (i believe it's a 40page special for each boy's cover). This artbook will include never before seen shots too. Also, it will be packed into a very nice logo printed gazette box with also 5 posters and 5 postcards. Picture (got it from some eBay seller):

People who received the artbook also commented that the printing is very, very clear and detailed, and much better than what they expected to the extent that if you have all 5 magazines, it is still worth buying the artbook. This artbook is also hardcover. I paid around SGD$150 because this book was only available to Japan domestic orders, and i never thought Kino will bring it in. So if you're a fan, and you have the money, i'd say grab it!!! it's quite a piece of art, even if u don't fancy the boys' faces because in all these they were asked to express themselves as individual artists, with their own concept. Also, each Arena37 Special costs like what, 20plus near to 30dollars? So if you never bought the 5, if you think about it, it's really worth it. AND AND! if you are not aware, Kinokuniya is having 20% off storewide for members until 31st aug. so anyone who wants this and wants a 20% but no membership card, JUST TELL ME! i will get you your artbook. LOL!

Well anyway, i will show pictures of the artbook when i receive it tmr! my friend only saw ONE, ONE artbook on display in kino... so i'm not sure how many they actually brought in. I don't think it's alot, considering the fact CDJapan's stock sold out within 3 days. So yeah.

また明日ね～

Six Years & Counting

2009-08-21T23:57:00.006+08:00

Today is dedicated to my dearest brother Alan.

思い出すのはいい思い出ばかり
今思えば幸せすぎて

The memories I have are only good memories
When I remember them now they are more than happy

the GazettE - Ito

SIX YEARS. i still love you ♥
so many people in our lives come and go, fade away. i'm glad we stayed this way.

and ORD loh! omedetou~~~ ^-^

I AM PART OF THE 「HERESY」

2009-08-20T13:44:00.010+08:00

I got a note from Singpost ytd cos my mother wasn't around to collect the package. At first i thought it was my artbook, so i told my mum to help me collect it at the post office this morning while i go to school... so when i came home, i saw this on my bed:

and to my surprise! it's not the artbook! i was like, "eh? envelope?" and then i saw that watermark on the paper. HERESY's official symbol. i literally screamed and ran up and down my house for a few minutes, doing a few aoi-highness jumps in between.

MY FORM AND MONEY REACHED THEM SAFELY!!! Hence now, i am proud to say:

大日本異端業社のメンバー
Member of 「HERESY」

LAYLA TAN!

fufufu. now i happily striked out another item on my wishlist. shiawase~ for those who are in a blur now. HERESY is the GazettE's official fanclub. HAHAHA! so the first thing i did was take a pic of my first HERESY package hehehe!

I got my first issue of the fanclub's magazine, GARISH ROOM and i will get one every 3 (or 4?) months. OH OH! in the magazine, i saw uru using a VAIO. u dono how happy i was when i saw that. LOL. don't know if it's his, but yay for vaio!!! LOL! I also got my pouch HEHE in GOLD! is there like colours for each member? i read it somewhere. well anyway, whatever it is, GOLD is definitely Ruki's. and even if there's only one color, then it's still Ruki's idea fufufu! However if there is a specific color for each member, i'd really like a purple [Uruha] one T^T

and here's my shiny, gorgeous HERESY membership card *___* so pretty!!! ahhhh. so i got the password too, and the first thing i did was stalk the gazeboy's blogs. HEHEHE. i cant understand most of the stuff... but it's great to see pictures, and even them just updating, staying connected to the fans. It's awesome!!! i also saw some live pictures from the different lives that were already held. Reita-kun had a bandaged middle finger =/ i wonder if he recovered... but LOL yeah it was funny. but it's great to see he still give his all ^^

Besides all the HERESY excitement, i also received my ebay and other online shopping stash not long ago! but i was just too lazy to take photos and blog about it. so now all hyped up and everything, i finally took photos fufufu.

That's some past issues of Rock & Read icluding the latest Kai cover issue. and YESSSS i got the superultramegarare Rock & Read Vol 5! woooooooo. I will be receiving the Reita and Aoi cover issues soon too, and also the Uruha on pending order with my cousin. Then i'll have the whole complete gazette Rock & Read set.

beside the stack of R&R, you see a Zy. Mega Edition #06 where it collects all of the GazettE's past articles with Zy. magazine. 171 pages of gazette goodness! so now i have the whole collection of gazette Zy. articles too, since i bought Zy.47 some time ago. ^^

I also got a Uruha clear file (to bring with me to school next time! *O* so i will never miss him LOL) and the ebay seller printed a free stash of photos for me too! yeahh. filled with tons of gazette goodness in me now! i'm a happy girl ^^

but then again... i think my mum's killing me next month when the credit card bill comes. i owe her far too much this month. ugh. hahaha! crap.

also... i'm thinking of painting my room? i'm no longer in the green yellow mood. I don't know if i will have the time tho, since i need to clear the stuff in my room in order to paint it. I will see how it goes...

The Room of my Soul.

2009-08-20T00:36:00.005+08:00

Inside the Room of Your Soul

Your Soul is Communicative

You are quite expressive and thoughtful. You see the world in a way that others are blind to.

You are a grounded person, but you also leave room for imagination and dreams. You feet may be on the ground, but you're head is in the clouds.

You see yourself with pretty objective eyes. How you view yourself is almost exactly how other people view you.

Your near future is likely to be filled with great successes and accomplishments. You just need to figure out how to get there.

For you, love is all about caring and comfort. You couldn't fall in love with someone you didn't trust.

---

fufufu. what do you guys think? i think it's rather accurate. but it is something very brief. ahaha.

辺りを埋め尽くす宛て無き痛み
目を閉じ灯す歌に傷など癒せぬ

[Aimless pain is covering my surroundings completely

I'm closing my eyes, but enlightening the poem can't heal my wounds]

the GazettE - DIM SCENE

Tune the Body Clock yo!

2009-08-16T23:50:00.002+08:00

went for a picnic with my JC orientation group mates yesterday morning. ahhhhhhh. it's been so long since i last saw some of them. uhhh~ we had it at marina barrage. Ahaha. and then i left after awhile to rush to town for my japanese class.

So i took my japanese exam. the oral test was okay, i felt that it was easier than ele1's oral test. i have no idea why but yeah. then for the written test i was abit in a trance-like state. HAHA. well results will be out tmr so i'll just see how it goes! well honestly i didn't study for the exam.. i was too distracted by all the Uruha goodness xD fufufu. just hope i pass it omg =/

Went to Toycon at suntec city with cousin today. mmm nothing much. had lunch/dinner at Waraku, marina square. then we headed to her place and started digging out all the photos for some inspiration for our upcoming project HAHAHA. yeah that's about it.

well a little boring. nothing interesting... but yeah. shrugs. i'm tired tho. not used to waking up so early. ughh.

OHHHHHHHHH and my chibi Uruha revived! YAY. mama loves you! please people, feed him more love! he will grow into an adult soon!!!!

POST-FIRST WEEK

2009-08-14T11:41:00.007+08:00

i've been anti-social.

yes i have been anti-social. i mean how are you supposed to mingle and socialize during lecture? for modules that i've been taking without any friends i know of taking the same module, i just went there and sat there and go home. fufufu. i guess the socialising only comes about when you have tutorials later on.

Well anyway, it's my japanese exam tmr -dead- i'll be spending my day studying at home since i've got no school today. Hopefully i will remember all the stuff I need to remember. Bah.

Cousin sms-ed me yesterday, telling me i'll be going Singapore's Natsumatsuri with her. HOHOHO. will i be in a yukata btw cousin?

we also had a small talk about passion and what you do best in. Recently we've been having alot of such discussions, in which we see our two very different perceptions towards things. It's not a bad thing, as in there's no tension there. We kind of have our own perception but we understand why the other party thinks that way too.

Arena37 did a live report on the Ichikawa DIMSCENE live i attended!!! omg. i'm so buying that issue. Although it's only 4 pages of gazette, this is too memorable. I have to buy it. I've alr seen the scans (thanks again to gazette_daily!) and ohmygodddd. I was really reliving every moment in those photos. I almost teared when i saw that it was Ichikawa's live report. I mean, they could have done like Osaka or something. And recently i've been reliving too many moments of it. I have to like control myself (laughs)

I also read this really, REALLY interesting radio translation. It was Aoi and Ruki (as guest) on Holy Hock Radio. Ohmygod (bursts out in laughter) it was really really LOL. i bet that two men were in quite a dirty mood when they did that radio show. and it was broadcasted over radio, everywhere! ohmygod (bursts out laughing again) fufufu ling! Ruki has feet fetish HEHEHE. and he has been reading erotic magazines since elementary school. I think you'll just die reading that previous sentence BUT i'm still telling you anyway HAHAHAHA (continues laughing)

i've been laughing about that radio translation for 2 days straight alr. It's just too funny and interesting. I can read that forever and still burst out laughing it's like the funniest thing on Earth HAHAHA they are such dorks i swear. And even Kai has let out his pervy side a few weeks back. It's really left with Uruha to SAY it out, that he has his dirty moments too (bursts out laughing again)

Can't blame them, Aoi has already hit 30 you know. They are all, well, normal straight men (told you non-Jrockers they are not gay!!! -end of random rant-). And they are not young anymore. (bursts out laughing again x3) lol! i just cannot stop laughing whenever i think of that translation LOL sorry sorry. HAHA.

And fufufu, it wouldn't be me posting if there's no Uruha around ne~ Leaving you with this damn ~~fucking~~ hot clip of him in their single, 「体温」　(Taion) with his guitar:

Oh god. oh god oh god oh god. -nosebleeds- he is so hot i love the guitar, HELLION AHHHHHH! @#@$@#!@#!@ ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. -dead-

-revives- i made a new wallie for my dekstop, of him posing with his HELLION. MEGA HOT. fufufu. -noms Uruha's fingers-

JRock Meme

2009-08-12T19:51:00.002+08:00

[01] Who was your first JRock band?
the GazettE

[02] Who is the latest JRock band you've discovered?
ehh. i discover quite a number at one go.
One of the most recent i guess it's Born?

[03] Who's your favorite JRock Band?
the GazettE!!!

[04] 5 other JRock bands you listen to?
Matenrou Opera, alice nine., DELUHI, chariots, Kagrra

[05] Are you a fangirl/boy?
Hahaha i can't say no at all. my friends will say i'm lying.

[06] If yes, of who?
URUHA! ♥♥♥ and ruki. and kai. and reita. and aoi. LOL.
Ohoh, You from Matenrou ♥

[07] What's the first JRock song you heard?
the GazettE - Cassis

[08] What's the latest JRock song you heard/downloaded?
alice nine. - SLEEPWALKER

[09] Name one JRock song that has a special meaning to you?
the GazettE - Reila

[10] and, why?
It was the song that made me fall in love with Uruha.
It was also the song that got me all into JRock / the GazettE
It also makes it even more special that it shares the same katakana as my name.

[11] Name 3 JRock songs you currently cannot stop listening to?
the GazettE - THE INVISIBLE WALL
the GazettE - Nakigahara
the GazettE - 13STAIRS[-]1

lol gazette craze ~_~

[12] Do you buy JRock magazines?
HAHAHA yes.

[13] If yes, which is your favourite?
ANYTHING WITH GAZETTE ON COVER.
LOL. i quite favour Arena37/NeoGenesis though ^^

[14] Have you ever been to any JRock concerts?
-proud of myself- YES! HAHAHA

[15] If yes, which? If no, who would you like to see?
[20072009] the GazettE - DIM SCENE
[23072009] Matenrou Opera - Dawn of Anomie

[16] Which JRocker are you most in love/lust with?
Uruha ♥♥♥

[17] Name 3 JRockers you would like to meet in person?
ehhh~~!! 3 not enough eh! gazette already got 5 boys LOL.
-plays cheat-
Uruha (then he'll bring Ruki and Reita along HEHEHE)
You (then he'll bring Sono and Yuu along!)
Sakito (LOL don't ask me why HAHAHA)

HAHAHA THAT MAKES IT THREE.

Okay, honestly, haha if really have to 3.. i will choose Uruha, Ruki and You. ^^

[18]What would you like to say to the 3 JRockers you have chosen?
Uruha: I LOVE YOU! and erm.. i love your hair, it's always perfect. please keep it that way, and teach me how to do it too. and erm. i like how you're cool and adorable at the same time. -blush- and your guitar always touches me. T_T don't make me cry so much!

Ruki: You're the cutest and coolest Chibi on planet Earth! =3 oh, oh! Can i play with Koron-chan? hehehe. And i always enjoy reading your thoughts in interviews.

You: You're the cutest and most child-like JRocker i've ever seen! i adore you! -pinch his cheeks- And please continue playing the bass - it's amazing!

[19] Do you have any JRocker as your desktop bg?
Uruha ^^ -points to blog sidebar-

[20] Do you have any JRocker poster up your wall?
HAHAHA CURRENTLY WAITING FOR MY GAZETTE. soon soon.

[21] What is your latest JRock CD/DVD?
If counting pre-orders:
the GazettE - Before I Decay (ltd edtn and normal 1st press ed)

If not counting pre-orders:
the GazettE - DIM

[22] How many JRock MP3s do you have?
sad to say, only 421. LOL. but it's growing!

[23] Do you read JRock fanfic?
sometimes, when i have nothing to do. it's been awhile since i read one too.
I wish for more Uruki fan fictions tho. This pairing seems neglected.
...But i love Uruki. Sigh.

[24] What is your favourite JRock-related dream?
I had parfait (why parfait?! i srsly dono. LOL) together with Uruha at this very cozy cafe. Then he brought me for a spin in his car up this mountain... and i fell asleep on his shoulder while watching stars. The last image i got was his hand on my head.

I dreamt of crazier things, wilder things, more romantic things but... i seem to always come back and fall for the simple fluffy things. -shocked by my own answer for this-

[25]If you could marry a JRocker, who would it be?
URUHA! *____*
but Kai is THE husband. He'll be the best logical choice.

[26] Last Confession: if you could sleep with any three Jrockers, who would they be?
Haha, the pervy question. HEHEHE.
Uruha *__*
Ruki - he's a rollercoaster ride! you'll nv know what he comes up with heh heh.
Reita - shrugs. i really dono why i chose him. but yeah. he is THE MAN. lol.

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I pass this meme to yi teng, aki, paige and christine (when you're back!)

sadly i don't have that many JRock friends to pass this meme to. LOL.

POST-FIRST DAY

2009-08-11T17:30:00.003+08:00

HAHA OK GREAT. i just blogged a few hours ago -points below- and i'm back from school. yeah. (laughs frantically)

my lecture was supposedly 4pm to 6pm. it ended at 4:43pm. lol. yeah that's my first day of school life in uni. hahahahaha (laughs even more frantically)

but the lecturer was funny, and it's interesting. oh, so much more interesting. i like all these questions that make you think, instead of just looking at words and more words with no intellectual debate to think about. well but it was only an intro lecture... so nothing was really touched on yet. in fact nothing was taught (laughs) what did i find so interesting or intellectual? ohmygod i don't remember LOL. but haha there is a big difference between uni lectures and your college lectures. weeee. ah, i think it's just the style. shrugs.

yay, now to teleport into the alternate world again LOL wow i enjoy this! HAHAHA!

The only means to prove oneself

2009-08-11T13:08:00.004+08:00

Hohoho. first day of university life... in less than 3 hours. kind of happy the first lecture i'm attending is the history one. however... no one's taking that module with me.

oh well. i'll know some of those taking this module eventually.

Actually when i think about it, going to uni now makes me feel like i'm returning back to society. HAHA. i've been in this tiny world of mine for too long. I can feel all the social norms and stigma flowing in my veins again ohmaigawd. (laughs)

OH! btw my stuff's all mailed out. all on planes. so... yeah. i think there will be a line of mailmen at my door this week. HEHEHE.

went out with my 3am buddy Eric on Sunday (national day btw) and he made fun of my Rilakkuma :( because i hang my rilakkuma doll on my Burberry bag.

...but i love Rilakkuma T_T

~~that was a random rant to keep all of you entertained~~

well anyway Sunday was fun. (:

R.I.P. Jasmine You.

2009-08-10T03:21:00.004+08:00

２００９．８．９更新
「Versailles」より緊急のお知らせ

兼ねてより体調不良にてお休みをいただいておりましたJasmine Youですが、８月９日未明に永眠いたしました事をまずここにご報告させていただきます。あまりに突然な出来事に、メンバー・スタッフ共に今はまだ茫然と現実を受け入れることで精一杯です。

詳しい事がわかり次第、ご遺族様の了解を得たうえでご報告をさせていただきますが、ファンの皆様もどうか冷静に受け止めて頂きたく存じます。

また、現在発表されております活動に関しましては、当分見合わせていただきます。

Translation:

２００９．８．９
「Versailles」 Urgent Announcement

Though Jasmine You had taken time off in order to rest because of poor physical condition, we received a report that early in the morning on August 9th, he died. Because of the extreme abruptness of this news, the members and staff are all dumbfounded and trying hard to accept this it.

As soon as his family has been notified and updated as to the details and we receive their permission, we will further report to all of the fans.

Moreover, with the current announcement, in regards to activity, please allow us to postpone it.

The above information was taken from a Versailles community, and it was said this was taken from their official homepage. Their official homepage has been removed now, so i don't know how i can verify the information, or whether it's a mistake or anything.

Okay, honestly, Jasmine You freaks me out with the extremity of his makeup. Versailles isn't exactly my cup of tea too. However, i do acknowledge their popularity and they have the skills. They are a really good band - i do respect Hizaki's guitaring skills. so this news, if it's true, is a real shock.

I did feel abit saddened when i read about this. I hope it's not true. He is still young and this is too sudden. but now we can only sit and wait for more news... and Versailles fans, if you ever come across this page, calm down, and just... wait for more news. And if it's true - all of us will give our deepest condolences to the band and to his family, ne? All of you must stay strong together and support each other, and the other band members as well.

Jasmine You together with Versailles has made a remarkable impact and also left their footprints in our generation of visual kei and jrock/metal. So please feel proud of his achievements.

...still in shock. i am.

Rest In Peace, Jasmine You.

And Time Waits for Nobody

2009-08-08T20:03:00.003+08:00

edit: NEW LAYOUT. <3 Tell me you love it.
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-transports back to the present-

now my very exciting blog will become dull again because there's no more Tokyo trips to blog about. so there won't be pictures, there will be tons of words. HAHAHA. emaine is going to die from reading, but then again i don't think anybody reads every single word ne~ but if you are close to me you should know i do enjoy talking to myself sometimes. or rather i hold conversations with myself frequently. so i guess this works pretty well AHAHAHA.

Well anyway i went for jap class today. Next week is my exams. Next week is my exams.

Next week is my exams.
Next week is my exams.
Next week is my exams.

OMG NEXT WEEK IS MY EXAMS! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. ok great i hope i don't fail this cos this time round i will get a proper cert if i pass it so yeah i can't fail i can't fail!!!

not to mention university is starting for me on the coming Tuesday. I have to go for lessons and *sigh* back to school again. then spend my free time studying jap. all this means less time for gazette :( i'm so sad. i feel like crying this very moment. i'll make sure i bring tons of Uruha/Ruki/Kai/Reita/Aoi goodness with me whenever, wherever. so at any point i miss them i can see them in some sort of way ;_; -filled with sadness, life goes into a DIM stage-

Okay so after jap class yuanshan and i went to kino cos she was gonna get some magazines. then we bought crepes to eat and we were sitting at this bench while yuanshan fangirl over Koichi and stuffs and i just accompany her and glance at her magazines too. Then she was flipping REALLY QUICKLY, through these pages and omg i cannot believe my eyes! for that instant, that VERY VERY INSTANT, there was this black and white page. i went "OMG IS THAT GAZETTE?!" and omg - IT IS THEM!

THEY ARE ON A JPOP MAGAZINE. i was like OMG OMG OMG OMG -hyperventilates, scares the shit out of the auntie who was sitting beside me- i mean can you imagine! admist that sea of Johnny's Entertainment dudes, there they are. a visual kei band. all dark and make-up-ful and everything. right smack in the one of the pages in the middle of that magazine. i was so proud of them. i don't know if it's the first time they made it, but i'm sure it's my first time seeing a vkei band in there. i felt so happy and proud of them, i can fangirl to my very last breath for their achievements hahaha.

then, yest i received a comment from rawkstarr23~ she calculated the shipping cost of the artbook alr~ gonna get my artbook soon yay! then it's time to meet yiteng and cousin to fangirl over all those stuffzxzx.

AND. EBAY, i will eat you up ONE DAY. i bought tons of gazette stuff online, haggling for past issues of rock and read, zy issues and stuff. HAHA. i was so pissed. but i got a few that i really wanted. so happy!

but cos of everything i've mentioned, i'm officially broke. dead broke. heavily in debt. Yeah. can't go shopping etc alr ah. and most prob i should even stop dreaming of attending the matenrou opera x deluhi twoman live. i don't even have money to fly to kuala lumpur now. HAHAHA. but yeah. sigh~ gonna be pretty quiet for awhile, so sorry to those ppl who always wait for my gazette goodies. after all the stuff and feasting i'm giving you all for this round... im gonna be quite dry for awhile xD we can always fangirl over old stuff tho. AHAHA.

and a big THANK YOU to those who clicked on my chibi Uruha~ it has 'hatched' out of the DIM box ^-^ now it's a baby. now to wait for it to become a sexy adult. AHAHA. arigato ne~

The dream which I should keep

2009-08-07T03:56:00.018+08:00

DAY SEVEN [20090726]: Back To Harajuku + Ueno Park

Took the JR Line down to Harajuku again. This time round, we got there without the peak hour crowd! i took pictures of the posters again - nicely this time. Hehehe. Well anyway, made our way down to the hairdressing salon - Watanabe Hairdressing

Hohoho, haircut! well basically what i did was point to a picture of Uruha (i bought their magazines there HAHAHA) and my hairdresser - Name's Momoi - took awhile to look at it, and told me my length is not long enough. BAH! yes i know it's not long enough! why the hell did Uruha get that asymmetrical length! i am short of about one inch for the longer side! then Momoi went on to just let me know the style of it and my previous hairstyle's about the same... so he'll just work in the length and layers for me etc. Of course it wasn't a COMPLETE REPLICA of his hair la... naturally my hair and his have tons of difference. Starting from the fact that i have WAVY HAIR, and on and on and on. So yeahh.

Well anyway, cousin had a haircut too~ hers was more carefree? hahaha. she basically just wanted to chop off the split ends and told her hairdresser to do whatever she wants - just make sure her hair is still long. yeap. One thing about Japanese hairdressers are that they are very very careful and meticulous. The moment Momoi started washing my hair he noticed my piercings and was very careful with it. For once i don't have to worry about them pulling any of them out. Even during the haircutting process he remembered and was extra careful when combing my hair on the left side. They were also very flexible - Momoi cut my hair without a parting so that my hair can fall naturally and have a lift in volume too. Cousin noticed that in her hairdresser as well. Singapore hairdressers tend to give u a parting even when you say you don't have one - they just somehow CANNOT cut without a parting. oh well.

We paid 6,500 yen each for the haircut. It's about... Singapore 100 bucks. The exchange rate's not very favourable this time round so everything seems hell expensive. Well anyway. Watanabe's kind of like a high-end salon, and i think they do have some international reputation. They're like voted on Forbes as the best hairdresser in Tokyo. If anyone's interested, you can visit their website!

We walked up to Yoyogi Park, hoping to see some Cosplayers, live bands and the subculture grouops. Unfortunately, i think the weather made all of them stay at home. only saw 1 group of cosplayers, hiding in the shade, and another trio in vkei dressing and hair. Cousin and I went back to Ueno after this.

We later found out from this time display that the weather was 35deg celsius. Who the hell would cosplay under such weather la! and cousin and i finally understood why we were sweating buckets after walking like only 10mins. also, it was cloudless. made things worse.

Once in Ueno Park we were really relieved that there was shade. Hahaha. we were really burning, toasted under the hot sun. They have a few shrines/temples within Ueno Park too, so they do have a mini Summer Festival kind of celebration as well. Tons of Willow trees too. Willow tree, willow tree~

Had more Takoyaki. The one from Sensoji were nicer though~

My last minute buys from Harajuku~ Tell me the purfume bottle's pretty! hahaha! no la i didn't buy it just for the bottle. Obviously i liked the scent too. It was sooooo my kind of scent. Hohoho. lucky!

Well yeah Day 7 was just like that. It was a relaxing day. And we left it pretty empty so that we don't hafta rush our haircut too. It was nice just taking a walk in the park as well. Not much details to post that's why it's kinda short, but basically we walked around for about 2 hours? yeah.

DAY EIGHT [20090727]: LAST DAY! Back Home...

Woke up, checked out, left our luggage with the counter and walked down the street to the Post Office to post Ling's letter. Yay! v^-^v

Hung out at a restaurant and had early brunch (techinically breakfast la... but haha). I had Beef Stew with Omu Rice! yum yum yum. I nomnomnom-ed it down (anyway, my fave sound-word now is nom ahahah! cos i saw Uruha nom-ed his guitar pick i was like aaaaaahhhhhh so cute xD -faints- lol! and uhh... honestly i've always liked seeing ppl nom things... is that weird. lol.) Cousin had risotto with crab meat.

When it was past noon we made our way back to the hotel and to the skyliner to get to the airport. Omg la. luggage too heavy. So tiring to even drag it on wheels to the skyliner station. Hahahaha. but oh well we made it. Hoho. Then it was the feeling of saying byebye to Tokyo :(

Well this basically concludes my Tokyo trip - it was an unforgettable experience for sure. It was really really wonderful. I can be quite sure I'll be flying there whenever i get the chance and money to! Ahhh.

Notes about the present:
I met yiteng today at kino for the first time hahahaha to pass her some of my mags and let her spazz over her reita. and yeahhh.

i'm very pissed that people are just basically outbidding me in Ebay for every good i want - i am so goddamn pissed. Damn pissed. THEY ARE STILL OUTBIDDING ME FOR LIKE EVERY SINGLE ITEM I SET MY EYES ON. ahhhhhhh. damn pissed!!!!

yeah it's 5am yay time to sleep.

In The Middle of Chaos

2009-08-06T00:27:00.001+08:00

DAY SIX [20090725]: Natsumatsuri & Odaiba

My trip to Tokyo was really kind of lucky in a sense that many events and stuff were happening all within that week. We had two lives (and so lucky that my cousin and i both got to see our fave bands - we missed Nightmare's by just one week too btw) and it happened that the weekend we were spending in Japan was also their Natsumatsuri (Summer Festival). So cousin and i made a trip to Asakusa, which is in a walkable distance from our Ueno neighbourhood, to visit their famous Sensoji Temple.

It was really reaaaaaally crowded. Once you enter the temple you see the first walkway being a sheltered market kind of setting. You have many stores there selling different stuff - tea leaves and canisters, dried goodies, handmade accessories etc.

Many girls were in their Yukatas, some guys too. It was cute to see couples come in Yukatas together too! Some were really sweet.

After the sheltered market walkway, it was an open area with many food stalls and some game stalls too. Cousin and I bought takoyaki to try! Nomnomnom. Better than Singapore's! But according to cousin, lousier than Osaka's! lol.

I had a go at the lot thingy. You know, the chinese thingy where you make a donation then u shake this can and wait for a lot (which looks like a chopstick) to drop out, then get ur reading...

i got a damn good reading la! lol. anyway click on the pic if u wanna read - thre's actually some english translation there to tell me what it means! Wow, if my life is so smooth-sailing i'll be like, wow. LOL

cousin's try didn't go that smoothly tho. Got an unlucky one. So she tied it - you're supposed to like tie the bad ones.

After the whole temple visiting thingy we headed for Odaiba. Crossed the Tokyo bay ne~ it was quite a beautiful view. Saw the Rainbow Bridge too, but too bad it was in the day - not lit up and stuff.

ahh, Odaiba feels exactly like Singapore's CBD ne? in terms of the landscape. i felt like i was in Singapore. lol. the crowd wasn't there though~ just a little bit. not as packed as Singapore's.

we had lunch at Yoshinoya. Then we were walking towards Palette Town when we saw this GUNDAM Truck that serves as advertisements. i rmb gazette using this for Guren too! AHHH.

Saw the famous Ferris Wheel too~ this was already in Palette Town. Venus Fort is located in the Palette Town vicinity too!

Ah! we saw this livehouse, Zepp Tokyo! Many bands have performed here before too~ but no we didn't go for a third live (laughs) we just happened to see it. we didn't know it was located here.

Venus Fort's this shopping mall.. but what is special is the architecture. It was really really pretty. There wasn't much to shop here unfortunately. It does have the punk brand Royal Order though. Some international brand names like Mango too.

Well Day 6 was... a really normal day. We were normal tourists, and just... well it wasn't that exciting. Except the morning cos it was abt the traditional stuff.

Well we're pretty much done with our trip after Day Six - there was only the trip back to Harajuku for our haircut the next day, and 2 days later flying back to Singapore. These are my cousin's buys for the whole trip!

And these are my buys for the whole trip after 6 days! xD wahaha! Well of course there were some last minute buys in Harajuku the nxt day, but yeah this is the overall.

That's it for Day 6! Yeah, not a very special day honestly ^^;

Well just starting from ytd there was this discussion about my DIM album, so i thought it'd be nice to show yokkax (if u ever come back lol) and aki what i got from Brand-X's goodies when i ordered my first press DIM from them.

i got a poster, desk calendar, sticker, cellphone sticker, and a random gift from them.

This is the DIM album... which i'm sure all of you know. LOL.

i didn't take a photo of my full poster cos i haven't taken it out from the packaging lol! but basically it's the overused official picture as above~ the same ones found on their myspace too~

Sticker that was given~

this is the cellphone sticker. well, i assume it's the size for a docomo (MORE REASON FOR ME TO GET MYSELF A DOCOMO). i dont think the image shows it very well but it's like a cellphone screen sticker... then it has the logo of the gazette. yeah. well you'll still be able to see through it, because i had a NANA one on my previous phone.. so yeah.

This is the desk calendar. It's like postcards, then with a transparent cover stand. I took out all the cards and took a photo of it to show you guys. Yup. It starts from October 2009 tho. Ends April 2010.

And this is the random gift i got - i got a sticker that was from the Regret era. I think it's their way of clearing those unwanted stock. Yup.

That's the stuff i got! and my day 6 in Japan. I hope it wasn't too boring ^^; ehehe. Take care ne minasan~

In The Maze Without An End

2009-08-05T00:57:00.034+08:00

Sorry guys, was too tired / busy to update. Plus nobody's tagging despite me knowing you ARE reading my blog... So i'm abit not motivated to blog. But NEVERMIND, i must finish recording my Tokyo trip...!

ANYWAY please help me by clicking on that purple box on your left every time you visit my blog! I adopted a Chibi Uruha! so i really really wanna see it grow soon! right now it's still stuck in that DIM box which is like, the egg. So... onegaishimasu!

DAY FIVE [20090724]: Harajuku Maze!

Ah! the day has come! Harajuku, where many fashion shops as well as subculture brands thrive. Not to mention the overpowering number of Crepe stalls. It's like Haji lane expanded to like 20 times its size. So it was quite a maze (so don't you think the lyric i chose from gazette's song is v appropriate for the blog post title here? hehehe). Luckily we had a very detailed and useful map.

Had MOS Burger for brunch... tastes exactly like Singapore's hahaha. That's a good thing! At least something from Japan tastes like how it's supposed to be here. Phewww.

Once we got off the train, we walked into Takeshita Dori (Street) It was pretty crowded. Here you see quite a number of idol shops, a few punk apparel shops too. Some normal fashion shops and a Daiso as well. Cousin and I shopped abit in Daiso, and i visited one of the idol shops too!

At the end of Takeshita Dori you'll reach a junction, which is where this street links to Meiji Dori. Most people will probably explore Meiji Dori because a few international brands are there, like Birkenstock and Mango. La Foret is located on this street too. But cousin and I ventured into the smaller lanes, starting from Harajuku Street, to find all the shops and brands we are interested in looking at. It started to rain a lil at this point of time too.

first stop was Gouk and Kikou. These two brands are under this company, and they specialise in selling Kimono prints apparel and accessories. It's something like our Kokon Tozai... except that it's cheaper there. Like nicer and much cheaper. Cousin got herself -another- bag here.

After walking to Kikou/Gouk, we actually found ourselves at Cat Street, one of the main roads in this huge alley maze. We simply walked down the whole lane to head for the next shop... a shop i wanted to go... HEHEHE. Passed by PUTUMAYO, a pretty famous lolita brand.

And *DRUMROLL* THIS IS THE SHOP I'VE BEEN DYING TO GO! and what shop is it? HAHAHA (yiteng i think you will scream) it's DEAL DESIGN! Yes, I saw Reita-san's collaboration with them, the Snaked Lows bracelet hohoho! I couldn't stop exclaiming about Reita in that shop. Hehehehe.

Anyway the moment we stepped into the shop, i started looking frantically for that piece i fell in love with the moment i saw it online. AND I SAW IT. the moment i saw it i squealed, and actioned my cousin to come see it. The moment she saw it she went "OMG it's damn nice!" hahaha. Then i tried it on. Wahaha. Then she tried it on too... but lol she's now currently too old to enjoy 'heavy' stuff. therefore now she's turning into hippie style... so it suits her age AND her new idol *YUU* lol! Well i kept walking back to look at Reita's collaboration, until the sales dude asked me in English, "do you like gazette?" i immediately let out a very loud "HAI!" lol. must have scared the shit out of him. HAHAHA. Anyway, will show you my cousin and my buy later. -keeps all of you in suspense HAHAHA-

Hopped to Hangry & Angry's shop further down the street, after some turns too. Stayed in there awhile... the stuff were cute, but i already had gotten too many handphone straps. Sighh~ i got myself a bracelet tho. Cousin got a towel and a pair of earrings if i rmb correctly.

Our last stop for shopping was Closet Child, their Harajuku CD branch. This branch sells all the JRock, Visual Kei CDs and DVDs, as well as past issues of magazines and 2nd hand goods related to these bands. I got myself two past issues of gazette-cover magazine. One's shockwave (issue 14), the other's Shoxx Bis (issue 14 too!). I saw this Black Moral white purse that i was so tempted to buy! but cousin kept telling me that i won't use it. and i gave it up. Now when i think about it, damn! i want it! i'm gonna ask my friend who's going Tokyo to help me see if it's still there. I so want it now! It's gorgeous! and i found a use for it! gahhh!

We started walking back to the train station after that, and made a turn to this hairdressing salon. Made an appointment for Sunday for a haircut, since cousin and i planned to come back to Harajuku on Sunday to catch the cosplayers too. then we walked through Takeshita Dori again to get ourselves back. As planned, we stopped to grab a crepe (Harajuku's kinda famous for crepes) for ourselves. We went for the store that is famous for Gackt and Domoto Tsuyoshi patronising them before. HAHAHA. They did that for some variety show challenge. Yeah. It was yummy ^^

HAHAHA, okay, i came to Harajuku by the Tokyo Metro. and we planned to take the JR line back because, BECAUSE! OF THIS! i saw it on the gazette's official home page~ as in the news, that their posters will be up all over Harajuku's walkway. and there! AHHHHHH~ i was a mad fangirl blocking everybody's way, while snapping pictures of them during the peak hour hohoho.

ahhhh *___* too pretty! that picture of him is just sooooo sexy, so beautiful. couldn't help it. -planted a kiss on Uruha- So this ended my Harajuku trip for the day. Ahh, happy ending. Yes, i was grumpy and tired cos we walked so much. but cos of the gazette posters, i am a happy girl. ^^

Tadah! finally, buys for the day! Got some gazette photos from one of the idol shops, and the last pic to show my hangry & angry bracelet~

AND HERE IS MY DEALDESIGN BUY! isn't it gorgeous!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHH! i love it! i must thank my cousin forever for this! Eternally grateful! if not for her credit card i will never get the chance to buy this! and it was the last piece!!! AHHHH!! arigato gozaimasu! *_____* oh, btw. umm. it costed 33,600 yen. that was around... SGD 500 plus bucks? OMG ~~DONT~~ SHOOT ME PLEASE.

Cousin's DealDesign buy - it's from the same series as my bracelet. She got the ring. 8,400 yen. Pretty too ne~ There's a rose gold and black version too.

Spent the night writing to Ling - my first letter to her! with the tour good and a Ruki photo for her birthday ^^ then stupid me thought i lost her address. Then i found it like 2 days later. ZZZ. i had to like p/p/p/s on her letter, flooding the whole paper with that. LOL.

Yeah. Harajuku was quite a sight~ Fun for people like my cousin and i who enjoyed exploring all the small shops cos of the stuff they sell. Hehehe.

Well, late alr, i gotta go! So tired. It's alr 4am. Bah! Oyasumi!

Dawn of Anomie

2009-08-02T23:33:00.000+08:00

DAY FOUR [20090723]: Tokyo Station + DAWN OF ANOMIE Live Report

Ahh. Cousin and I planned to visit Akihabara but we decided to skip it! lol last minute planned to visit Tokyo Station instead cos of all the different cartoon character shops! There was a whole cluster of them. So cousin and I planned to just do some light walking and shopping before the live in the evening. Lazy day la basically.

Jump TV Shop! they are known for screening Bleach, Naruto and other anime in Japan! I got some Bleach merch here. Found chibi Gin and Byakuya pins ahhhhhhhhh so kawaii! love it. heehehhehe. got some stuff for my brothers too. I found it so cute they've got anime specific Gachapon (or Gachagacha, Reita calls it lol) there! eheheh. i didn't try one out though =/

There was also a Rilakkuma Store! Ahhhhhhh! SO CUTE! i got myself a Rilakkuma!!! now it's hanging on my burberry bag. Ehehe. i love it! I also got some other Rilakkuma stuff back for friends.

Got one of those Shinkansen sets home to eat as lunch. This one's hamburger steak with demi-glaze sauce and omu rice. It's super tasty! damn delicious. less than a thousand yen too. Awesome!

We went back to Ameyoko Street in our neighbourhood to grab some stuff we've decided to buy. Got myself perfume and tea leaves there. So yeah, light shopping today.

We rested for maybe an hour or two, and prepared to get ourselves to Akasaka Blitz. Akasaka felt like a really really modern, rich cosmopolitan place. My cousin filled in info to let me know that it's very near the area where all the rich ppl are. Ahh. i see.

This photo's taken while queuing to enter the livehouse. It was quite a crowd, but the queuing, as how we experienced with the gazette live, is quite a procedure. We just waited around at our respective areas. When we entered, cousin and I checked out the live goods. Oh man! the towel was sold out! it was pretty!!! well anyway we got the pamphlet and handphone straps. Didn't get any photosets.

Matenrou Opera 摩天楼オペラ First Oneman Live - DAWN OF ANOMIE
Location: Akasaka Blitz
Date: 23 July 2009

Setlist
1．Dolce
2．alkaloid showcase
3．EVE
4．ローンデイジー Lawn Daisy
5．ダチュラ Dachura
6．輝ける世界 Kagayakeru Sekai
7．月の砂 Tsuki no Suna
8．本質へと辿る愛 Honshitsu he to tadoru ai (Sono Solo)
～Solo～（Yuu:Drums - You:Bass - Ayame:keyboard）
9．Utopia (Anzi Guitar Solo)
10．ANOMIE
11．悲哀とメランコリー Hiai to Melancholy
12．電脳パラノイア Dennou Paranoia
13．Faust
14．天上への架け橋を Tenjou e no Kakehashi wo
15．Last Game
16．Sexual Entrapment
17．忘却セルロイド Bokyaku Celluloid

ENCORE1
1．虚空からの手紙 Koku Kara no Tegami
2．瑠璃色で描く虹 Ruriiro de Egaku Niji

ENCORE2
1．Eternal Symphony (NEW SONG!)
2．honey drop

The live was quite an experience for us. We discovered many things about Matenrou as a band. Some were their new strengths, some were flaws we will never notice if we only listen to their mp3s. Regardless, they have alot of potential in them and it was an enjoyable live. I was captivated by Sono's voice! it's unique, and it's soooooo beautiful. Even when he speaks normally, it's mesmerizing! it's like i can listen to him speak all day... ahh. Of course, the ballads like Honshitsu and Tenjou were beaaaaautiful! I was quite high about ダチュラ Dachura, 輝ける世界 Kagayakeru Sekai and Last Game also! Encore1 was extremely good as well!

But i did find that Sono lacked abit of stamina? halfway through the first half of the main concert, i found that the music started to shadow his voice... and he got more and more breathless. That's what i felt. The setlist also seemed abit delibrately arranged to allow him to have abit of rest in the middle. I don't know much about vocal training or anything... but that this is how i felt. After the individual solos he sounded better again.

Anyway, i found a new love after the live *___* It's 耀　(You) the bassist! When i first saw Matenrou's image, i was like ahhh he's so pretty! But when i listened to their album Anomie, i really didn't notice his bass playing, except the openings the songs offered for him. So i didn't really think much of him... But during the live. Oh.my.god. He's AMAZING. and i realised he covered and backed up the guitar alot! I was like, oh man! this bassist is totally underrated! There were many parts where cousin and I thought were played by the guitar, but it turned out to be You playing it! we were pleasantly surprised.

This is from their bonus DVD from their album, Anomie. It's You practising on his bass in the hotel room. Yes, he plays a 5-string bass, not your typical 4-string. And ahhhhhh!!!!

Yuu's drum solo was amazingly good as well. My cousin's new found love is Yuu. lol! the gazette was kai, now it's yuu. She's officially into drums. HAHAHA! tsk tsk tsk. But yeah Yuu was really skillful. Throughout the whole live i was staring at Sono, You and Yuu. Oh! You and Sono make a cute pairing... Hehehe. they were really cute during the lives, when Sono offers You buddy hugs and when i caught You looking at the side of the stage asking Sono to hurry come out for the encore. Super kawaii! They were really nice to the fans too. You and Anzi constantly offered tons of waves and smiles and grins at the audience right in front of them while Sono spoke during MCs. They also happily skipped to each other's positions at the other end of the stage during songs and back to their own to offer the other side of the audience some love too. So cute! skipping... LOL. totally child-like. Aww!

They threw quite a number of stuff too. Yuu, being a drummer, threw a few drumsticks. Anzi was just basically throwing all the guitar picks he has on him - i totally lost count of how many picks he threw. it was just never ending. lol. The band members constantly drank water from bottles and they started throwing the bottles too. At the end of it it was like they were opening new bottles and just drinking a mouthful, before closing it up and throwing it to the audience. Totally drinking for the sake of throwing lol but it was really really nice of them.

Well I did find as a band overall, Matenrou needs some sort of balance. During the live anzi's guitar was straining sometimes it hurt my ears, while at times it was shadowed by Ayame's keyboards and i can literally pass it off as plain noise - to put it bluntly. Yuu despite being skillfull, i found his drums too powerful that it drowned out the bass here and there at times. But individually, they are really an amazing bunch. I think they just need more experience and give them time to grow. They'll be damn popular and good nxt time. It's like they're one of the best of the next vkei generation. Cousin and I both agreed we are very interested in their future progress. They are unique and have alot more to offer.

Lastly, of course you can't compare the GazettE's live to Matenrou's side by side - gazette's seasoned and experienced and they've found their balance. Their live is top notch and unbeatable. But for a band of 2 years, i thought Matenrou was really good. They've got an immense amount potential in them. It's enjoyable, altho i wasn't as high in their live as gazette's. I will def go for their live again. It's really lovely to watch a band grow.

And, ahh. You-sama *________*

I also grabbed some of the ribbons back home for memory sake. those ribbons were popped during the encore. Ahaha. They gave fans a pleasant surprise by announcing the confirmation of more oneman lives, and also a twoman live tour (who's the other band is still in secret).

I hope I gave a fair and rather objective opinion in this live report... Yup, sorry for such a lousy live report, in terms of detail. but i'm drained. This post is clearly less wordy than the other 3 previous ones i posted. But i really cannot think straight now... Ugh. Well i hope i still managed to help fill some imagination in you guys! ^^

A Sense of Beauty... Supply & Demand

2009-08-01T21:10:00.024+08:00

DAY THREE [20090722]: Mega Shibuya Shopping

Ahh, Shibuya. Filled with shopping. We kind of woke up abit later for this day, since the two days previously tire me and my cousin out quite abit.

had Tonkatsu at this nearby food ticket restaurant (i dono what the Japanese call that). It's like those where you put money in press for a ticket (basically a ticket vending machine) and then u pass the ticket to the chef and they'll cook it for you. It was super delicious! plus it's the first time i actually drank miso soup and finished it. Usually in Singapore the miso soup has this powdery cloud thingy and i rmb the first time i tasted miso soup i hate it. it was horrible. i never tasted it again. But in Japan i decided to have another try, and also because the soup was clear - totally clear without that powder thing - i tried. AND IT WAS GOOD! like what the! the things we are tasting out there in this world is not close to the real Jap stuff at all! lol.

Took a train down and reached Shibuya! Man it was crowded. we were there when the summer holidays were in place. i think that explains the crowd. Well anyway, it was like tall buildings tall buildings and more tall buildings... with many many many giant screens and celebrity giant posters and advertisements hohoho.

OMG -fangirl spasms- while me and cousin were waiting for cross the road, i was just blindly staring into space and then one of the screens (to be exact it's the glico screen) started playing an advertisement for the GazettE's -DIM SCENE- tour final by the time i noticed i was like "AHHHHHHHH!" -tugs cousin's sleeve frantically- and i bet the whole of shibuya was looking at me lol! and then cousin took her cam out to take a pic but when she snapped she only managed to capture a black screen LOL but!! the gazette's logo is like still there. BUT! it is blocked by the damn tree (as you can see in the pic). LOL. how unlucky can we be. HAHAHA

my first stop was Tower Records and once we entered the shop, we saw the ceiling filled with DIM advertisements. Then we saw the free magazine with the boys on cover -took them- haha. Then while walking around, we saw this corner dedicated to their new album. They placed all the mags that featured them and their stuff there. I was like "waaaaaa~ sugoi!~" xD

went to the 2nd floor to browse CDs, and i managed to find most of the stuff Yuanshan wanted. Then cousin and i went to browse the JRock section. Managed to get my Arena37 here. I ended up getting Neogenesis (where the boys are in too, just not on cover) and a past issue of SHOCKwave with Kai on cover. Then at this corner there was a polaroid section of bands that graced Tower Records before. I was staring at it and found gazette in the middle (leech era look). Hehe. anyway other bands like Nightmare, D, Dir En Grey and Kagrra were also up that wall.

After Tower Records we walked around while making our way to HMV. Then we entered Seibu and shopped abit, and some small stores. Then while walking halfway i looked into one of the small alleys and OMG i saw these billboards of the GazettE! i was just talkin to cousin and i screamed "OMG! AHHHHHHH" -pulls cousin's hand and run down the alley- lol. i dono why the first feeling and thought i had was "omg i'm so proud of them" haha no meaning but yeah. i was really feeling so proud of them. to make it this big. and then cousin told me two men in suits were behind us, and they got a shock and was staring at me LOL. but i don't care! i was a really happy girl ^^

yeahhh they're featured in HMV too! but HMV don't have them featured as large scale as Tower Records.

Crossed the street and headed to Tsutaya Records nearby. They have a section dedicated to them too~ ah~~ it was gazeheaven for me! shibuya was filled with them!

cousin and i then took a break at the starbucks inside Tsutaya. had a nice view down to the famous Shibuya crossing. It's really packed with people. So basically cousin and i just people watched and rested our feet. Saw some bishounen (woo) and a man in a long skirt-like thingy. My first thought was "Aoi-shi in Regret!" lol! shit ahahahha. then we snapped pics of him - totally like a stalker. oh well. lol.

after the break cousin and i walked down Shibuya and along Omotesando/Aoyama. Visited Vivienne Westood's flagship store. Saw this bag... cousin almost got it. It was damn cute. but we alr bought a burberry EACH. so we were like.. ok la no la. lol!

My Burberry blue label and also, of course, magazine buys for the day - yay. filled with gazelove! So happy. In terms of quantity shibuya def lost out to ikebukuro... but i think value-wise it's quite a match ^^; ahahaha~

Ah tons of walking and stuff. We were pretty tired despite resting our feet. and we spent too much time in Shibuya lol! so we skipped Shimokitazawa which we originally planned to visit after Shibuya. Oh well~ But it was quite a luxurious day in Shibuya for sure ^^

The next day in Tokyo will contain another live that i attended there - so guys please wait for it ne! it'll be Matenrou Opera's First Oneman Live Report! so yeah. Hehe.

The product of the sense of beauty

2009-07-31T00:27:00.002+08:00

DAY TWO [20090721]: KABUKI-ZA THEATRE, AKAMON & IKEBUKURO

It was a seriously a tiring day cos of so much standing and walking. It didn't help that I slept late too. Well anyway cousin and I started off with a morning chillout in Starbucks that was located at the Ueno train station

Matcha Blended Cream Frappuccino for the morning! Singapore sells it as well, but I usually stay away from Starbucks cos I'll pick Coffee Bean anytime over Starbucks here. But in Japan, there's no Coffee Bean lol. The first thing I did was to taste the whipped cream (i kind of stay away from Starbucks too cos i think the whipped cream in Singapore's Starbucks sucks) and omg! it is very smooth and fluffy! it just looks abit more solidified than your usual milk froth on top of your hot coffees! ahhhhhhhhhhhh. so *nods* i visited Starbucks there like how i visit Coffee Bean. hehehehehe.

We headed for Kabuki-za theatre located in Ginza to catch a single Kabuki show. Kabuki's the traditional japanese dance-drama. We specially made a trip there to catch a performance because Kabuki-za theatre, Japan's premier kabuki teathre, will be torn down next year to be replaced by another building! Yeahh. We caught the single show known as Kaijin Besso. It lasted about one and a half hours, from about 1:15pm till around 2:45pm. The prince looked like a real-life version of Bleach's Kuchiki Byakuya! kyaaaaa~ He had the long hair with similar headpiece hohoho. and the aura too.

Inside the theatre... haha and my attempt to do an Adorkable Aoi blog photo pose. MEGA FAIL AHAHA. I don't think Aoi grins stupidly the way I did lol but i found it so funny doing that... and TOO FAT COMPARED TO AOI-SHI~ Sigh. why are they all so skinny. they are skinny but muscular at the same time. is that possible. (ok im digressing and thinking to myself cos i saw Kai's latest magazine photos and was shocked to see a picture of him baring his chest in full glory and omg HE IS SO BUILT lol even Uruha! that skin and bones pretty man! i've seen him with awesome arms before in some photos they just grow muscles or smth omg! OMG HOW! HOW DO THEY DO THAT. this world is unfair.)

After Kabuki-za we stopped by HongoSanchome - home of Tokyo University! (you can totally see the uni shit seeping in me... visiting Todai for the fun of it? lol...) The Red Gate (Akamon) is quite a landmark... so... yeah. haha. Took photos there. Oh! Cousin's favourite JRock band Nightmare had a photoshoot there too... and we started to wonder how the scenario was like. Normal University students meet upcoming Visual Kei stars... LOL.

Headed off to Ikebukuro next! By then it was around late afternoon, transiting to evening. Ikebukuro's where all the big departmental stores are located! We also saw many techie buildings like this one - i call it the SEGA building hahaha i have no idea what building it actually is. LOLOL. Well in Ikebukuro we just walked around and shopped.

Passed by HMV and we entered. Saw free flyers at the front, just outside the store and picked up the free DIM flyer. Also took the free HMV magazine that has the GazettE on cover! Inside i found a few magazines that was on my to-buy list (Songs, Fool's Mate, Shoxx) so i got them. Basically after this trip i was just lacking the magazine Arena 37C.. but the trip to HMV at Ikebukuro was spontaneous - i actually planned to visit HMV only on the next day at Shibuya. It was raining though, so the DIM flyers got abit of water on the edge, but it dried up nicely! they look as good as new!

Cousin and I ended up spending the most money on cosmetics in Kokkumin - this watsons-like chain store in Japan that sells tons of cosmetics too. i spent like around 20,000 odd yen there LOL that's like 300odd dollars?! WHAT WAS I THINKING... well anyway, We shopped Uniqlo too.

The salesperson in Kokkumin was very nice. They're not the sticky kind that follows you all around but when you need help they give you all the help you need. I was very amused and interested in this thermometer-like thing they used though. I was looking for a makeup base and so i asked the lady where is it. She took out this thingy and then pressed the tip against my cheek. Then (just like a thermometer) it beeped, and she showed me the reading, with the number 29%. It's supposed to mean my skin's moisture content... so from the reading she deduced i've got oily T-zone (cos she noticed my acne, i wasn't wearing any makeup that day at all) and dry cheeks - what you call your combination skin type. She then went on to recommend a suitable base. They don't push you to buy things at all either. And whether you buy one item or many, they shower you with samples as if it's free flow. I ended up going back with more samples than actual items lol!

Well basically that's for Day Two. I wanted to combine Day Three in this entry but I'm too tired. I actually almost fell asleep just now when i just lied on my bed for less than a minute. i struggled and only crawled up again 20mins later. Arghhhh so tired! I think my Tokyo stuff will end up having one entry for each day hoho. so guys good luck and have fun reading! hehehe.

おやすみ～

p/s: happy birthday Eric! my 3am buddy :D たんじょうび　おめでとう！　

DIM SCENE live report

2009-07-30T02:33:00.030+08:00

Hey guys! i know some of you are really excited about my Japan trip updates, but i've got uni stuff to handle and everything so i'm pretty busy now. Anyway, i will still update the first day for all of you first!

yes, the first day is the day i went for the gazette's live! HOORAY!

DAY ONE [20090720]: Check-in + DIM SCENE Live Report

Cousin and I reached Tokyo in the morning, and reached the hotel at around 10plus. Left our luggage there and got our tickets from the front counter (our tickets are mailed to the hotel)

the tickets!!!
When we were flying on the plane my cousin and i were still wondering if our money will get cheated lol like if we don't get the tickets or something HAHAHA! being paranoid la i guess. But yeah. we got the tickets!

幸せです！[shiawase desu!] [Happiness!]
We could only check-in at 1pm, so we left our luggages with the hotel and went to explore Ameyoko Street in our neighbourhood, Ueno.

It's like filled with street stalls and stuff. There's discount stores, perfume stores, wet market section and some electronics and arcades. We just pretty much walked there till check-in time.

When we returned, cousin and I just quickly showered, do our hair and make-up and everything and rushed to Ichikawa for the live. We went early to join the queue for tour goods, which opens 2hours before the concert.

On the way to the cultural hall... We just followed the flags that were hanging on those lamp posts hahahaha. Saw many cosplayers and interesting people!! then i got really excited hehehe. When we reached we immediately joined the queue to get the tour goods. Managed to get everything we wanted ^^

After that we just waited outside the cultural centre for the live to start... many many many different groups of people were around. and there were many cosplayers!!

LOL you can see a couple of cosplayers in the background in this photo... i think it was Distress and Coma Ruki and Reita.

I saw a really beautiful Uruha cosplayer... It's not like the costume was exceptionally good that stands out from the rest of the Uruha cosplayers there, but the aura around her was attractive. It just felt like she could pull off Uruha easily. When i wanted to go up and request for a photo she walked away and into the cultural hall and never appeared again -heartbroken-

I saw a very good Guren Ruki+Uruha+Reita cosplay team too. They had someone cosplaying the girl in the PV as well. The Reita was exceptionally good. The costume was right, the feel was right and even the hair and make up was really good. Just that you can tell her hair is abit too long.. but she still managed to pull off the spikey mohawk very well! it really looked like the real thing!!! But i didn't have enough courage to approach the whole team for a photo T_T totally regretted it.

By 5pm the crowd has grown and gathered and multiplied and we started queuing to enter the hall... queuing was quite a procedure too. ahaha.

When we entered the hall the first thing we did was really admire the pre-live setting. The curtain was awesome. The whole setting was so... DIM-ish. Cousin and I can't help but admire that piece of artwork there. We were seated 2nd storey, 7th row, centre aisle! the view was not too bad pretty good, the sound was good too. hehe.

When the live started, the curtain came off and revealed 6 screens in the background on the wall. It continuously played images that fitted well into the theme of every song. Prelude to the whole concert was 「剥離」 Hakuri and while the instrumental slowly set everyone into the DIM mood while looking at the band members' silhouettes. Once it ended up the band started the live with a blast with IN THE MIDDLE OF CHAOS with Ruki letting out his epic scream in the beginning. The fast catchy tune helped to start up the atmosphere and everyone started to get really excited and you can really feel the whole amazing flow of energy! After that Reita took his chance and funked up his bass playing as the song transits into A MOTH UNDER THE SKIN and the atmosphere and crowd continues to get higher and higher in the string of catchy songs. By the time it hit LEECH the crowd was already totally hyped out, screaming and echoing Ruki's lyrics.

Ruki then started off his talking and a proper intro (i think, couldn't understand most of the words he said sadly) and came the main body of the concert, starting with DIM's representative song THE INVISIBLE WALL. It was AMAZING. Kai's drumming was steady and strong, and Uruha and Aoi's guitar was in sync perfectly. It was amazing to hear the song live. It was really breathtaking. It then transited into 13STAIRS[-]1 with heavy guitars and a purposely made lethargic Ruki voice that emphasised the song's feel. The pace slowly started to slow down gradually when it reached Distress and Coma, where the crowd followed the song with synchronised actions.

The pace reached a full calm down when 「感触」 Kanshouku was played as an interlude while Uruha, Aoi and Reita changed their instruments and prepared for the slower paced songs. They started again with 白き優鬱 Shiroki Yuu Utsu with Aoi's acoustic guitar and a light-hearted tune. my cousin was bundled with joy when she heard her fave song from DIM. Aoi's guitar solo was flawless! awesome skillful shit. It then went gloomier with 泣ケ原 Nakigahara, arguably one of the strongest contenders for being my fave DIM song. It was beautiful, tho cousin mentioned she felt there was a slight out of sync with the guitars for a short while, but Ruki managed to cover it up with his powerful vocals. The unique arrangement of the Drums for this song also made my cousin's eyes fixated on Kai.

Following Nakigahara naturally was 「エリカ」 Erika, and i almost cried when i saw the instrument preparation during this interval - Uruha had an acoustic guitar! Then that was when, i knew immediately, the next song would be WITHOUT A TRACE and i quietly thanked the band in my heart because i remember how weeks before the live when i read the personal Uruha interview translation i got really interested in hearing Without A Trace live because Uruha said he was the one playing the acoustic, and how Aoi in the beginning objected to the song being selected to be part of the single because it was not practical for a live song. I secretly prayed everyday the band will show how awesome they are and play this live, to show how they can overcome all difficulties, to show once again how their songs are not just good in recordings, but anytime regardless live or not. and they did. It was not just Uruha on the acoustic, but it was a double acoustic with Aoi. It was something like DLN.

When they started playing, i couldn't control myself and yes i teared (starts cursing at smudging makeup). First i got my dream of watching the live come true, and now it was as if heaven was indulging me by granting me my selfish wish of a specific live song request. I was really thankful for this song, and i closed my eyes several times and savoured every note. I was really grateful for it.

After that Ruki started talking again, and then proceeded with older songs and started off with Hyena to get the atmosphere back into the explosive mood. AGONY was next, and after that the crowd really reached the highest level when they started playing Filth in the beauty and you can literally see the whole audience headbanging to the song and enjoying every bit of it. The feelings rode on as the heavy songs like COCKROACH and DISCHARGE were played. At one point somewhere around here (can't remember exactly which song though), cousin saw Uruha approaching Ruki and apparently kissed him! i was busy enjoying and headbanging to songs LOL -faints- ANYWAY, i told you i told you i told you! URUKI PAIRING IS THE BEST EVER. EVAAAAAAAAR. Muahahaha. The mood got even higher when the heavy songs were joined in by a DIM song, OGRE and by then the crowd, every single person, have headbanged to the maxxxxx.

DIM SCENE was played and the crowd was tranced into a very solemn mood and enjoyed this very beautiful song. The interlude 「朦朧」 Mourou was played and served as the ending to the live that was filled with so much mixed emotions. When the band left the stage, the crowd chanted encore and gazette really have one of the most passionate fanbase ever. the encore chants were so strong and never wavering. But the live was so good, i think anyone would have requested the encore this strongly.

Kai and Reita appeared as usual for the first song on the encore setlist, Ride with the ROCKERS. I love Reita with a bandana over his nose and mouth. i just love that badass biker look of his that pops out when he puts that on instead of the noseband. HEHEHE. and Kai was extremely cuteeeeee! when he said smth and expected a response, the crowd ironically was all quiet. and then he let out an "eh?" and you hear an explosion of giggles with girls all melting in his cuteness. when that happened he gave his signature bashful grin and started talking again. super uber cute. and when they were gonna start, the "yosh!" by Kai and Reita was super cute. cousin was totally smitten with the cute drummer's behaviour that was oh-so-different from her Nightmare's Ruka (who btw is never talking, and has the who gives a shit attitude hahaha). Uruha and Aoi joined in the song later on, and Ride with the ROCKERS became a mini band play, minus Ruki. Uruha also started to run down the aisles and sent the crowd at the front crazy. Then it went to GO TO HELL and all the energy was literally flooding. I think by then (can't really remember when it exactly when) Aoi's holey shirt-like thingy came off and it was like just his blazer and a majestic view of his chest *major nosebleeds* hahahha! Just when we thought the maximum was already reached, the crowd went higher to another level with THE $OCIAL RIOT MACHINE$ with tons of Ruki thrusting as well (HEHEHEHE) not to mention this is one of my fave heavy songs of gazette. i was enjoying every bit of it. and the biggest surprise followed and made my day with SILLY GOD DISCO I NEVER THOUGHT I'D HEAR THIS LIVE. OMG. it's the sexiest song alive and when it started playing i was just patiently waiting for Uruha's very seductive guitar solo... and woo. i will die for Uruha-sama anyday anytime just to hear his guitarrrr. a little bit of Uruki fanservice there too, although nothing major.

Ruki spoke again, and then we were literally screaming at each other hahahaha and more songs ensued, next one being 関東土下座組合 Kantou Dogeza Kumiai By then everyone around us were so high, the girl in front of me was literally kneeling/sitting on the floor headbanging and everyone around was almost doing the same. the crowd was crazily high. the live had a perfect finale by finishing off with LINDA ~candydive pinky heaven~, where you can literally feel the whole hall coming together as one big family, leaving everyone with beautiful memories.

at the end of the whole concert, the stage lit up with the words DIM SCENE in the background. Cousin and I had the time of our lives. I couldn't even walk straight, and had to cling onto my cousin for support while walking to the train station. It was crazy. But we both agreed every cent we spent on it was well spent, and we could fly back home with no regrets even if the rest of the week's plan was abandoned.

I felt that i've learnt alot more about the band after seeing them live for the first time. I thought Uruha, being my favourite member, I'll just keep staring or focus more on him during the live, but i was wrong. During the live no one snatched more limelight from the rest, it was very balanced. I felt that if i didn't take in the full band as one my memories and enjoyment would be incomplete. It truly shows how spectacular they are, and it is very difficult for a band to achieve such a perfect balance. They were, are and will continue to be amazing. It is the best experience of my life.

The stuff i got from the live! I bought the tour pamphlet, bracelet, handphone strap, the white t-shirt, tank top and towel.

there were members of upcoming Visual Kei bands giving out flyers outside the hall when we were on the way back from the live... i took most of them i think.

flyer announcing gazette's new single that was given in the PSC magazine before the live.

bracelet + 2 handphone straps (one for ling!)

pamhplet that was more like an artbook... Uruha *_____*

Ruki as usual comes up with the best phrases ever HAHAHA "CHANNEL RAPE" WOO.

i love this shirt! i think it's damn pretty. has the song title "A MOTH UNDER THE SKIN" on the front and "DIM SCENE" at the back. really really pretty.

the tank top has the song title "IN THE MIDDLE OF CHAOS" and a gorgeous emblem behind with all the dates and venues for the various DIM SCENE lives.

and the perfect ending before i drift into my sweet dreams, my phone was switched to DoCoMo's network. DoCoMo's Uruha's fave keitai brand hehehe.

Well that was my first day in Tokyo. Started off with a very explosive blast ne! well the live was really good. よかったですね～　ほんとに　たのしかった！ [it was really good ne~ was really fun!]

for those who are interested, a proper setlist for you guys:

the GazettE TOUR 09 -DIM SCENE-
Location:　市川市文化会館 (Ichikawa-shi Bunkakaikan)
Date: 20th July 2009

Setlist
「剥離」 Hakuri
IN THE MIDDLE OF CHAOS
A MOTH UNDER THE SKIN
LEECH
-MC-
THE INVISIBLE WALL
13STAIRS[-]1
DISTRESS AND COMA
「感触」 Kanshouku
白き優鬱 Shiroki Yuu Utsu
泣ケ原 Nakigahara
「エリカ」 Erika
WITHOUT A TRACE
-MC-
Hyena
AGONY
Filth in the beauty
COCKROACH
DISCHARGE
OGRE
DIM SCENE
「朦朧」 Mourou

ENCORE
Ride with the ROCKERS
GO TO HELL
THE $OCIAL RIOT MACHINE$
SILLY GOD DISCO
-MC-
関東土下座組合 Kantou Dogeza Kumiai
LINDA ~candydive pinky heaven~

well it's alr 5am. i blogged for like, 2 and a half hours for this. Do wait for my posts on the following days alright! ^^

now i'm drainedddd! おやすみ～ [goodnight!]

/edit: OH I FORGOT TO MENTION! when we were walking to Lawson's to get ourselves a drink before the live, there was this man with a tag or a pass hanging around him that was buying drinks too, and one of them was a packet of juice. when we walked back to the live venue the man walked directly into the hall O_O I BET THE JUICE WAS FOR RUKI! I SWEARRRRRRR! SWEAR SWEAR SWEAR!!! LOL!

And Now The Familiar Feels Foreign.

2009-07-28T23:52:00.000+08:00

HIIIIIII GUYS. im back but i spent the whole day editing photos omg. please wait for my update on Tokyo okay!

anyway those on my facebook i'm in the process of uploading them... so you can see those pics first! well of course all the descriptions about my trip will be posted here instead, with repeats of photos and mayb some not up in facebook, depending on my randomness.

I wanted to blog about it maybe at like 3am or something, but i realised nah, it's too late. even if i'm awake i wouldn't want to strain on smth like that. i'd most probably be pretty tired by then even if im not sleeping. so yeah just wait for tmr please!

Tokyo was awesome. DIM SCENE was awesome. everything was awesome.

it's like living in a dream. ahh.

2009-07-19T17:50:00.001+08:00

HI PEOPLE.

I'M GOING TO THE AIRPORT NOW!
TOKYO HERE I COME!!!!!

TAKE CARE ALL!
I WILL TAKE CARE OF MYSELF TOO!

WAIT FOR POST SPAMS WHEN IM BACK NXT WEEK K!

I WILL DEFINITELY MISS THE INTERNET AND ALL THE GAZETTE LJ UPDATES OMG.

JUST IN TIME

2009-07-19T02:50:00.002+08:00

FLYING TO TOKYO IN LESS THAN 24HRS!!!!

OKAY. tell you the most amazing thing. just when i was still sighing to myself this morning thinking that i will not see my copy of DIM before i fly to Japan, my sister barged into my room screaming "THE POSTMAN IS HEREEEEEE" and can you imagine my excitement. my first press edition DIM album reached my doorstep today. and my first thought was, "just in time! kyaa~~~~!"

happily opened it up and saw all my goodies. and found out the album jacket of DIM limited edition is HOLOGRAPHIC!!! ahh. i couldn't stop looking at the album at diff angles to see the different images. HOHOHO. awesome shit. and then scream at the sight of my poster (and it was packaged with URUHA's face on the outside OMG!) and my calendar and the stickers and stuff like that. HAHA. made my day totally.

then i went for Jap class from 1 to 4. Lol sensei asked me when am i going Tokyo. then i was like "TMR!" looooool. and he asked me to take care before i left class. then me and yuanshan went on a mega-fast time-racing challenge of chiong-ing to Kinokuniya to check out magazines + eat MOS burger before 5pm reaches LOL. I saw the new copy of CD Data and under the influence of yuanshan's "BUY LA! GOT POSTER LEH" i bought it. LOL. gazette giant poster *_______*

well then i rushed home and got dressed for dear Karmy's farewell dinner at Fullerton. Had champagne, wine, mega good food and stuff. super awesome. and i heard the college anthem as Karmy's friends from choir decided to sing it for her to relive some memories before she leave. I think every ACJC grad present must have felt something. it was so nostalgic. Ahaha. i kind of miss it, the college anthem. Well, i left early after the dinner ended cos i have't packed my luggage omg.... And as i am typing away they are partying at Butter Factory's VIP Room. Ahhh.

ANYWAY, RAWKSTAR CAME BACK FROM THE FIRST DIM SCENE LIVE ALREADY. and she scanned this pamphlet for us. OMG LA, NEW SINGLE! OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG! the GazettE new single - Before I Decay. Due to be out on October 7th, 2009 OMGGGGG. SO FAST. I HAVENT EVEN CRAZE FINISH DIM YET. omg. this is making me so excited. i am so going to get the pamphlet also... hopefully. LOL.

ANYWAY, YEA I HAVENT PACKED MY LUGGAGE. I AM GOING TO PACK NOW.

FRIENDS, I HAVE AUTO ROAM ALR. ANYTHING URGENT, YOU CAN TEXT ME OR PHONE ME.

last note, YUANSHAN~ thanks for ur blog entry ^^ so nice of you! ya~sa~shi~ne~!

Let's deliver nonfiction, a song like misfortune pride

2009-07-16T21:50:00.007+08:00

3 more days to gazeboys in flesh!!!

ALRIGHT. met cousin today and finalised itinerary. That's it. We're all planned for what we're gonna do there and stuff.

the GazettE live and Matenrou Opera Live *_______*

oh, the GazettE's promotional posters are plastered all over Harajuku's train station walkway walls - OMG. can you believe it! hahaha! gigantic faces of theirs all over. -dies- i'm so going to take many pics of that.

Anyway, NUS almost drove me nuts when i got home ytd to receive an e-mail from them to decide on this module placement thingy by today. i panicked and asked xinling for a crash course on module bidding HAHAHA ok this makes me sound very dumb but yeah. well anw i sent in my reply alr.

Yesterday
well before i got that e-mail i was out for movie and dinner with sophia carolyn and karmy. watched thread of destiny and it was... ok. it was sad and everything but i thought it was quite unrealistic for some situations. this movie supposedly won Koizora (Sky of love) in Japan's box office but i think Koizora was better.

carolyn joined in for dinner (couldn't make it for movie due to work) and then we ate and chatted. Took neoprints after that... i swear i have put on weight again HAHA so much for losing weight but aiya. hopefully japan is interesting enough that i will not think of food... although japan's food is like mega awesome also. most prob i will scrimp abit on food and hopefully i'll lose weight through it too HAHAHA.

Ah. need to plan a checklist now, to make sure I don't forget anything when i pack my luggage. ^^ ja ne, minna-san!

"Sorrow made you, Sorrow made you, Sorrow made you, in the bottom of the dark sea...

in the maze without an end... why do you still breathe?"

the GazettE - THE INVISIBLE WALL

p/s: i changed my desktop wallpaper :D

HAPPY DIM DAY

2009-07-15T14:59:00.006+08:00

HAPPY DIM DAY!

every person who listens to gazette should celebrate this day! finally, after the agonizing wait of 2 years, a new album ^^ and probably their best up to date.

Enjoy!

The GazettE - The invisible Wall PV

Just One More Day

2009-07-14T12:47:00.004+08:00

1 DAY to the official release of DIM!
5 days to me flying to Tokyo! gazeboys in flesh!!!

Right. Errr. some post-DIM-listening comments first. On my itunes, it says that I've played... *goes check* an average of about 10-15 times for DIM for each track. I am pleasantly surprised because it shows that i do have a difficult time deciding a favourite or favourite tracks. It is the first time I actually cannot find a track I dislike or even just feel okay about (i did pick tracks to listen to for Disorder, NIL and Stacked Rubbish). okay maybe except Shikyuu, because it is just SCARY ok now i will never ever want a baby that kind of feeling LOL. But in terms of the effect Ruki wanted to achieve and make us feel... i think it's a sure 10/10 no? I'm sure it was to make us feel the fear and disgust and everything.

And after a few more listens the list below took abit of changes. I do like 13STAIRS[-]1 and HEADACHE MAN alot now... so guys just imagine i bold it k i'm too lazy to edit. and i'd like to leave the entry below as a memory of first impression.

I think this album is so coherent. Definitely, it fits this big image that creates the title DIM. this is a breakthrough isn't it? For the boys in terms of their music, and how much they've matured.

and Uruha wrote DIM SCENE OMG. i totally couldn't believe it when my cousin told me. It is so not him! I think he has really given all these around him serious thought. For him to write a song out of his usual likings, and wrote it more for the band... and with it turning into such an epic song! so yes, he is not a dumb blonde. and his hair is not blonde anymore. (:

---

Okay I've finally received my DIM SCENE live seat number. I'm around the middle area, level2. And the tour goods pricings are out. Too bad no pics... Can't decide for sure what i'll get. crap i'm spending a bomb in Tokyo!!!!!!

Stayed up till 4am yesterday to get all my transport planned out! finally it's done. from what train, to which platform, to how much. Woo. I am so proud of myself.

OH YES, hi people who do not visit my LJ:
i have made new wallpapers. check out http://wlifers.livejournal.com ok? :D

DIM

2009-07-13T02:52:00.006+08:00

1. 「剥離」　HAKURI
2. THE INVISIBLE WALL
3. A MOTH UNDER THE SKIN
4. LEECH
5. 泣ヶ原　NAKIGAHARA / NAKEHARA?(not sure about this one for romaji)
6. 「エリカ」　ERIKA
7. HEADACHE MAN
8. 紅蓮　GUREN
9. 子宮　SHIKYUU
10. 13STAIRS[-]1
11. DISTRESS AND COMA
12. 感触　KANSHOKU
13. 白き優鬱　SHIROKI YUU UTSU
14. IN THE MIDDLE OF CHAOS
15. 朦朧　MOUROU
16. OGRE
17. DIM SCENE

IT IS ALREADY LEAKED.

~~and yes sorry i downloaded it such a shame. but i need to listen the songs and feel/remember them asap to enjoy my live too! at least i bought the original too~~ but i still can't wait for my copy to reach.

-btw bold titles means i'm rockin/lovin that song-
I think DIM is easily THE best album of theirs. FUCK THE MAINSTREAM SHIT. they are totally sounding like them, they haven't lost it. Their sound is unmistakable. Even if they do not sound as punk (or whatever you want to call it) as before, it's no doubt, the sound of the GazettE. and this album proves it. I get many moments that felt like the younger sound of gazette (i'm talking about Disorder era) is there, just that they have grown so much deeper. This album is really a form of IDENTITY.

You don't know how long I've been waiting for something like that. Yes, i have the same opinions. i think Ruki got lazy in writing melodies (hahaha that was just a joke) but yeah. the melodies in terms of vocals are rather repetitive and simple this time round for some songs, but production-wise, this album is simply godsend. The transitions, the distortions, effects... top-notch. I'm already headbanging in my room at the first listen!

i guess my only disappointment was that "Erika" was not a remake of "Reila" despite such similar style in name. I really miss "Reila". I wish they'd go out of their usual way this time and do smth like that for just one song... haha. I really wonder how they will sound like now, playing "Reila". I am really, really curious.

COUSIN: TIE UR HAIR AT THE LIVE. SRSLY. THIS ALBUM IS FILLED WITH HEADBANGING SHIT. i am getting so high just by listening to the album (despite it being dark and stuff). This is really a mix of emotion. The kind that sends shivers down your spine and make your hair stand... oh man!!

Tired, but feeling accomplished!

2009-07-12T00:58:00.005+08:00

Uruha @ NEC Power Countdown Radio Interview with Aoi, 11th July 2009.

gorgeous. Uruha-san wa kakkoii-desu! *______*
his hair... omg!!! i'm a sucker for his hairstyles. i love it.

and his giggles are absolutely cute.

They talked something about the guitars being difficult to play in the song THE INVISIBLE WALL. and something about deciding who will be the lead guitarist and Aoi kind of said there isn't really a way to decide, it's more of a case by case thing etc... i understood abit here and there but most of the time they still spoke too fast for me to catch, or i just don't understand. But i've seen that i've improved! i used to be able to understand NOTHING. even after elementary1 classes. Now i can catch sentences hehehe.

ah, feeling accomplished today. not leaving any blanks for katakana test (my elementary1 hiragana tests were horrendous! left so many blanks even after so many tests that were exactly the same!), and able to figure out some speech. Feels good. I want to master this very beautiful language.

がんばります！ (i will try my best!)

HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE?

2009-07-10T00:31:00.005+08:00

5 days to the official release of DIM!
9 days to me flying to Tokyo! gazeboys in flesh!!!

wth! NUS health check discovered i have high blood pressure. It was at 134 (max normal for our age is 120, i checked on the internetttt) what the! i told my dad about it and he was shocked beyond words... crap.

well anyway during doc's consultation she checked again and my BP was charted at 120. so ended up i passed. but still, 120 is really at the higher end. i need to do smth abt it. high BP at my age? ohmygod. i feel like dying at this very moment.

~~... must be too many, uncountable exciting moments of gazette hotness~~

went town later on with my sis and dad. i applied for my own kino card (yay finally!), and bought a past issue of Silver Accessories Magazine (which is like, i think Uruha or Reita's fave mag btw, can't rmb who of this 2 was it) with gazette on the cover.

omg la, the accessories sent me many "ooh"s and "woaaaaaaah"s and "omg i want this!"s cos they are just awesome. why do Japan keep all of these stuff to themselves! oh and DEALDESIGN owns. haha. i'm in love with the Deal Tears series. There were a few other brands whose style i've picked an interest on too... shall flip the mag with more detail when i get time tmr (i only just hastily flipped through the magazine when i was on the way home)

and oh. the accessories are MEGA CRAZY EXPENSIVE. all ranging in like 5 digits yen. omfg. how do all these people find the money to buy them. and fyi most of them are made of silver. do you know how cheap silver is in Singapore ~~(but some designs srsly sucks)~~ as compared to in Japan?! but i guess it's also cos those are considered branded. sigh~

Anyway, today was the last paper of the two boys for mid years. I hope they did okay. i asked about geog, but i'm actually concerned for the rest of their papers too. hope overall they'll do okay. well that marks the end of intensive tutoring for me too. I need to get some proper sleep...

meeting yuanshan tmr! gonna see her fangirl over koichi, then flip magazines and i fangirl over gazette and her over reita, then maybe teach her photoshop if we are actually still alive after that.

last thing. why haven't anyone uploaded MaitoreiA's new single! i want it so badly. i've listened to the preview more than 10 times alr. i just want the full thing...! and cousin if you're here - i can't see the similarity they share with vidoll at all... sorry =/ lol

...and i just found out that clinique superfit liquid foundation is only 35.50 at the airport. it's 50 at the normal counters. i'm so bloody gonna get it if they have my shade. freaking cheap. tax is such a rip off. pfft.

Introducing MaitoreiA

2009-07-09T03:16:00.007+08:00

Yay for Zy.47! i am so in love with it. Now it's nicely wrapped with plastic cover and stuff so it'll always be in good condition ^^

anyway, i was viewing the bonus disc given with the magazine. It features stuff like photoshoots, behind the scene comments etc. of course the gazette's photoshoot was in it. Kai being the leader gave a comment about their new album and upcoming tour and stuff (btw his hair now is uber nice!) i actually like Kai's cuteness. He's adorable. Check out the pic below that was from the NIL album photoshoot:

so cute right! awww kawaii! and lol with my very adorkable Uru grinning behind cos they (Uruha, Ruki and Reita) managed to successfully bully Kai-kun. Hahaha.

then my itunes detected songs/mp3s in the disc. played it and got 2 song previews. After listening, i actually liked the sound of one of the bands. Then i started frantically searching for the file cos i wanted to know which artist and what song. bloody hell. cannot find. LOL. i wanted to die. later on i figured out the comment recorded before must be the band playing the song so i listened to the comment. and i heard NIGHTMARE. i was like HUH? cannot be la! LOL. they major alr don't need give previews on discs like that etc! lol.

then i gave up after awhile. until maine came over to my place. And i played the preview for her and now she's in love with it HAHAHA. anw we listened hard and under her v clever suggestion of "the artist must be in the magazine ma! if not give preview for what" i found out it's (definitely) not Nightmare LOL but MaitoreiA! the confusion was cos, in Japan, Nightmare is pronounced as "Na-i-toh-meh-ah" and the MaitoreiA is, well, "Ma-i-toh-rei-ah" which sounds pretty similar. oh well.

Here's MaitoreiA for you! they are a very, very new band. in fact when maine also liked the song we decided to search and see what song is it etc. and we found out it's their first single! and it's released on 8th july aka TODAY LOL. we totally laughed at our stupidity.

Well i like the sound of them. So if you like JRock or want something loud and new... can check out the preview i embedded below. I hope the whole song will be as promising as it seems. I'll be interested to see what they will sound like!

btw guys, i added a new section in my sidebar featuring my desktop! so you guys can get to see what wallie i'm currently using, since i like to change it pretty often. Currently it's of course the picture I've been waiting for - and finally got it today. Weehehe.

Zy. 47 IS THE SEX!

2009-07-08T14:27:00.012+08:00

WI$YR#$Y@&#$&(&#&&@#(&!@#!@!#
MY ZY. VOL 47 IS HERE
-hyperventilates-
together with the GazettE's M.R.D. Concert DVD

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. i literally squealed in my room when i heard the postman knocked on my door HAHAHAHHAHA and immediately i thought, "YES, MY URUHA SAMA IS HERE!" (make it sound as if the person is really a present gonna jump out from the box like that LOL BUT HAHAHA)

btw something's wrong with my camera so sorry for the sucky pics!! but yea you get what i'm trying to show you HAHA (and fingers/faults shown. some are purposely made that way... people who want the scans should visit gazette_daily - linkable through rawkstarr's LJ, at my credits column - and thank rawkstarr for those gorgeous scans)

The page that i've been waiting for ever since i saw the scans provided by rawkstarr23. AND YES, I DID KISS THE PAGE. no, not wet kisses or anything, just a light peck. I can't bear to destroy even one grain of the paper; it's too beautiful... ah Uruha-sama! why are you always so gorgeous *faints*

the magazine came with a postcard and a poster *_________* now if only my scanner is big enough... i'll def make that poster into a header/wallpaper! ITS BEAUTIFUL!!!

No no friends, i have not forgotten you! LOL. Ruki for my dearest maine & ling:

Reita for Yuanshan (HAHA actually you can just look at my magazine but! i just wanna post LOL):

and ling a bonus for you!! alice nine. is featured in Zy47 too. Here's a pic of Hiroto~ he looks really good in this shoot ^^ i like it

My parcel was an order that i combined with Yuanshan for her kinki kids stuff too. so yuanshan, a preview for you (TO MAKE YOU WANNA MEET ME AT THIS VERY SECOND HAHA):

Well, SORRY FOR THE MEGA PIC SPAMZZZ
but i just had to. cos it's mega hotness for me.
i'm sweating!! TOO HOT

meeting cousin on saturday to ~~drool (no! no drool! it'll destroy my beautiful magazine!)~~ squeal over the pics! and to watch the concert DVD woooo~

OKAY END OF FANGIRL MASSIVE SPAM
KTHXBAI!

disarm the dream tickler

2009-07-07T02:22:00.004+08:00

went out with maine in the late afternoon/evening today. Eh. bought stuff... despite knowing i should be saving. But oh well. i got some stuff that i deem rather "necessary". but no la, i didn't overspend alot or anything. maine at one point exclaimed i actually gained some practicality ever since i started saving for Japan. haha. awesome.

photos that we took borrowing the superb lighting in the toilet. HAHAHA.

today while on the train to meet maine... i was dozing off. and then i had this tiny dream for a second. i was at my home's doorstep. and that uruha was standing behind me and whispered into my ear, "reila... okaeri (welcome home)"

i think i opened my eyes so wide suddenly that i shocked the lady infront of me... as though i'm some vampire that has awakened. hahaha! but yeah. shit. i'm starting to hallucinate. i self-confess that i'm obssessed with that beautiful man.

but then again if any other gazette member ever did that to me i'll most prob still jump as high as uruha doing it to me. ok so i shall change my sentence. i am obssessed with the gazette, especially that beautiful man Uruha.

yes i am. *smacks head* i need to wake up!! but then this dream is too beautiful to wake up from *____*

recently i've been disturbed by the fact i do not understand how instruments work. all i judge accordingly is through my intuition and feelings. it has reached its limit... or my patience of curiosity has reached its limit. i keep probing on things like how to tell the different guitar parts apart, how do they do this, how do they do that, how did they interpret the music with their instruments with different techniques. how how how. all the technicalities. sure i can read.. but playing an instruments allows a special kind of understanding to be built too, ne? ah. i want to experience that too...

oh and i've been feeling this thingy in me coming back. before i fall asleep i started looking around my room. all i see is emptiness sometimes. and i start to long for someone sleeping beside me again. it's a normal feeling for humans no? but still. sigh.

i wonder if the gazette boys feels that way too. i mean when talking abt past relationships they always relate back to like middle school. THAT IS SO LONG AGO. i wonder throughout if they ever thought of such stuff. i bet they did feel something... at least Ruki did? if not how did he write those lyrics. but then again... oh well.

*gasp* maybe they are sleeping with each other!!! -screams-
okay. pure imagination of a fangirl.

COUNTING DOWN

2009-07-05T21:08:00.006+08:00

10 days to the release of DIM!!!!!!!!
14 days to me flying to JAPAN!! MY GAZEBOYS IN FLESH!!!!!!!

today i experienced a horrifying moment. I was getting ready to go out and was putting on my make up. I was in a happy with a slight tinge of excitement mood cos i was gonna use my newly purchased MAC Studiofix liquid foundation. then dadeedum i put on my foundation and was satisfied with it, and then while closing the cap back onto the bottle, i dropped it. and the bottle crashed onto the floor into pieces, with that beige fluid splattered all over the floor and my cupboard door. IT WAS HORRIFYING. i was sooooo pissed. that bottle was less than 3 days old!!! and i spilled a year's worth of foundation on the floor. i only managed to salvage the last quarter of it that was still intact and clean in the broken bottle.

i was so pissed.

and it was 47dollars okay. if it was during previous days most prob i'll just be pissed for awhile. but now i'm going japan!!! and 47dollars! it's the amount i planned for Japan to buy TokyoBanana goodies back!!! RAAAAAAAH!

ok rant's over. time for some stuff to cheer me up.

this is Uruha in his normal clothing! i think he looks awesome!!! he has super street fashion sense!! i love it love it love it! This is how guys should look like when they go out to town or something!!! actually i think Aoi has pretty good street fashion sense too (i've got some pics of him in normal clothes as well). but for the other guys.. i haven't seen much so i can't comment. I've seen a fair bit of Ruki, but eh~ usually the set up is not very street-like either, altho it's not visual kei too. so i shall wait till i see more before i decide.

but well~ that's the closest thing I have of Uruha in his recent everyday image... because the makeup's not very heavy too. how do i know? look at the closeup pic where he posed with Ruki (who looks like a pissed cat btw hahaha i love the image of Chibi ruki being pissed i think it's cute when he scowls). Click on it to zoom btw. if you look through ruki's shades, he isn't wearing any eye makeup!! and his skin... i don't think he wore any foundation too. and uru don't look so gentle here too, there's a more masculine feel to it. so i guess it's really minimal in terms of making up. Too bad Uruha's shades are too dark, can't see anything much.

lol, last thing about that pic up there - *makes fun of Ruki's height in comparison to Uru's* LOL hat to make up for height difference LOL Ruki-kun, chibi Ruki-kun kawaii~ x3

BTW, those were screenshots from an interview. it was a loooooong interview. and many times Uruha just burst out laughing!! so adorkable!!! i wish he laughed more often like that. it makes me start giggling and laugh too.

oh, and Uruha... your hair's always so perfect.

And the name's Layla.

2009-07-03T00:27:00.011+08:00

from www.urbandictionary.com:

layla

a beautiful exotic human being. extremely skinny.

this is the most popular description of my name, after the most popular meaning - which is my name being a song name of Eric Clapton and the dominoes.

~~fucking~~ shit. must they say, extremely skinny? ok la i'm not tryin to say that i fit into the description of 'beautiful' or 'exotic' (exotic? maybe my fondness for visual kei yeah exotic yay) but it saddens me that the only thing up there in the description that i am capable of changing naturally - IS WHAT I DREAD THE MOST NOWWWWW.

i hate being a double digit UK size. i loved the days when i was an 8-10. 10's okay, zero negligible. HAHAHA. sigh. back to the i'm-so-desperate-to-lose-weight mood again.

anyway, i decided not to have any lelong sales post alr. cos my sister took half of my unwanted clothes, then cherry picked up 2 pieces back home too. i'll most prob just ask around who else wants the few left that looks good. AND OMG CHERRY DRIVES NOW HAHA. it was fun having her drive me home. i have no idea why. it was dangerous and interesting and enjoyable at the same time.

and she asked me "what am i going to wear for uni" then i was like, crap... i need clothes for uni. HAHAHA. i kinda totally forgot uni existed.

...

crap i ran out of things to blog. i really just wanted to share that urbandictionary thing, cos i was so angry with myself. hahahaha.

...i love uruha.

HAHA ok that's it bye!

EDIT:
damn! i went to visit the freaking DEALDESIGN webpage again. and realised, they've released a bag line!!!! OMGGGGGGG. i totally fell in love with this bag at first sight~~

but you know what. it costs 99,750yen. that's like singapore's $1,500. *dead*
-goes searching for an alternative-

THEY DID IT AGAIN + MY SURPRISE

2009-07-02T00:28:00.010+08:00

Just when i thought Fool's Mate August 2009 Issue was the most awesome shit (and i even made headers and layouts for it)... rawkstarr23 posted the new Zy. pictures of the boys. i ordered the book from CDJapan not knowing what to expect. i didn't even have any idea how the cover looked like, except that the boys are gonna be on the cover. and OMG. i totally love rawkstarr23. LOL. the scans were amazing... it was 32 pages of the GazettE ~~sex~~ hotness. i totally cannot wait for the magazine to arrive now!! Zy. is like the most amazing thing now OMG.

and then i got informed about my surprise~ my tarp's ready~! it's gonna be shipped soon. yay. most prob getting it next week. nxt week i'm in for many surprises (in the mailbox/from the postman)!

Thanks to gaze_luv! she put this pic up in her samples page (and told me abt it) so i got a preview of how my tarp turned out. please don't be fooled by the pic. it looks small. but if you realise, in the background, it's the same window as the hot woman tarp above mine. yes my tarp's huge and it's gonna be up my full wall. well~ that's my surprise i had for you guys! when it reaches and i've put it up, i'll take another pic to show you guys ^^

not asked to advertise by her but because i really think it's worth it, if you guys have ANY celebrity that you'd like to have on a tarp (giant posters, on poly material, NOT paper), get it from her. I think it's priced very reasonably for us Singaporeans. My picture, of that size (1.9m by 1.35m if you're wondering), would cost, the cheapest, 100odd dollars to print on PAPER. I got my tarp for less than a hundred, with no worries of ink fading, paper tearing and whatsnots. she's only doing it till this year october, so if you really have someone you idolise etc do visit her page! alternatively, you can ask me too and i'll ask her for you cos i'm doing another combined order in late August or Sept for the tarps.

well for my life now, the whole day today i've been cleaning out my closet. and those who have been to my house will know that my room is in an extreme mess. I've finally cleared my room (if you remember reading from my previous post) and as promised to myself i'll clean my closet today. and i did. here's the big mess:

yes, freaking messy. and i threw out 75% of my clothes. i'm serious. i've grown so fat to wear most of it anyway. I'll show you what's left of my closet.

the hangers are a rough estimate of how much clothes i threw away (YES, i have more empty hangers than used hangers now, plus half of the used hangers are WORKCLOTHES, that i no longer use now but keeping them for future's sake cos they were so freaking expensive). then plus maybe twice the pile of the t-shirts you see there. yeah. threw half my cosmetics away too. i have tons of brand new clothes that i bought and never wore. I EVEN HAD TO CUT THE PRICE TAGS OUT before my mum starts trashing me when she finds out. HAHAHA! but yea. so... friends you are welcome to come to my lelong sale. i'll most prob post some of the clothes up soon, then see if you want them... then i'll give it to you. well if you wanna pay me a small price i don't mind too ;D ahaha.

last thing. due to my hyperventilated moments while staring at the Zy. scans and Uruha's mega hot smexy gigantic face (oh, i noticed he had a pimple, i think. but it's pretty much covered up nicely, and it wasn't distracting) my friends started telling me how the Japan trip is so near now. OMG. I DIDNT EVEN REALISE. IT'S JULY ALREADY. 19 MORE DAYS TO MY SEXY BOYS STANDING IN FLESH IN FRONT OF ME. and then i just died somemore. *dies again* lol.

Coded

2009-06-30T16:00:00.008+08:00

yay. new layout. coded blogspot much faster.

should i make a GIF, to display all my 6 headers? but it'll take damn long to load. and should i post this layout up to my blogskins? it's been ages since i updated there.

edit: HAHA i found the random header picker script. GUYS, keep refreshing. then you will see the header randomly change to one of the 6 headers i created. COOL OR NOT. and i added this to my blogskins.com hahaha.

another edit: someone on LJ requested for an Uruha x Ruki header... and i made one HAHA. so now there's 7 headers. i so love myself today.

another edit (again): another request! Reita x Uruha (seems like my Uru-pon is hotcakes 8D, everyone wants a piece of him!) so now i have 8 headers. have fun refreshing my blogspot. LOL

SO TIRED

2009-06-30T04:33:00.003+08:00

i am soooooooooo freaking tired from making the new headers and layouts.

Yes, you've read it right. i made new graphics again. hahaha. 6 headers, 1 Livejournal layout (my first time trying!) - coding LJ layouts is a PITA. i swear. it was so draining. See my new headers and layouts here

I will code Blogspot layouts using the new headers maybe tmr or something. i'm just so tired now.

Oh, by the way.
SARAH CHOO if you ever appear on my blogspot:
My room has been smelling like malboro menthol lights for days alr.
HAHAHA. yes i did air my room after that but i think my air con has been smoking.

THATS IT. IM TIRED. KTHXFORREADINGBYE

Just Here to Share Some Gazelove.

2009-06-28T21:39:00.003+08:00

I'm stamped as URUHA in gaze_rating, a LiveJournal community where people vote to see which gazeboy shares the most similar personality to you. There is a vote for which gazeboy is best suited as your lover as well.

my votes were Ruki2,Uruha3,Reita1. (voting closes after 6 votes)
i always thought i sounded like Ruki... lol. maybe i haven't seen enough Uruha interviews to know if i actually shared so many similarities with him. But yeah. From the votes i guess i'm in between Uruha and Ruki (the reita voter contemplated between Ruki and Reita but voted Reita in the end).

For fellow gazette fans, maybe you'll like to head down to this community and find out who other fans think you behave like in the band.

and mm i spent some time making some icons (my first attempt). if you guys are interested, it's found in my LiveJournal. From there you guys will most probably find out about my surprise too lol.

Ahaha. Will take a proper photo soon, about my surprise. Most probably next week. hafta wait for the complete surprise to be done. Well that's all for now!

Ja ne, minna-san~

p/s: i woke up extremely late today. i guess i was exhausted. by the time i woke up i was left with only 2 hours to evening. couldn't start my closet cleaning at all, since my main light is still spoilt. my nightlamp is too dim for me to clean my closet. i guess i'll do it another day.. most prob wednesday.

Behind this light, there wasn't freedom

2009-06-28T00:41:00.008+08:00

Hey readers... i'm back.

well i didn't disappear to anywhere. just didn't really blog after that frenzy of posting so many gazette-related posts straight within a period of like one or two days. i went on with my normal life as usual, tutoring and then resting and stuff.

well ytd i had a day off from tutoring and i sorta cleaned up my room. well it's all done now, except my closet which i'm dying to clean because it is in such a BIG MESS - i'm so going to clean it tmr cos i'm free. while i was cleaning... i found fragments of *stuff* lying around and can't help but start thinking again. it's not like i haven't learnt or got used to being alone again or whatever - i always enjoyed my space. maybe it was how everything ended. without a proper closure on my part makes things extremely... nostalgic? not really the exact feeling.. cos i had a negative connotation to what i felt. mm... maybe i just felt like i wanted someone to be here with me.

i think i got used to things lying around... not noticing it. but when i picked them up again i was like, should i just throw it away? should i return it? does he still want all these etc... it was as if i was deciding on smth that will change my life. that kind of major decision kinda feeling. and then while i made it relatively easy and calm to come to terms with it, i looked at my closet and realised i have so many more items i had to look at and deal with. and before i knew it i started tearing.

well.. it was quite a bit of an internal emotional struggle in me. but after awhile i think i slowly let it go while i continue cleaning up my room. then sarah came to stayover cos she needed my help with her assignment. So i kinda got distracted... and didn't really harp on it too much. i srsly had lots of thoughts running through my head... but the distraction was good. it got it off, and now even as i wanna blog abt it there are many things i cannot recall.

well as for today, i only slept 2hours odd cos i only slept at 8am. woke up @ 10 30am when sarah had to leave. pulled myself up for Jap class - yes i'm back in Jap class! taking ele2 now~ was given the Katakana table, and the first thing i did was search for "RU" and "KI" and hoho, of cos it looks like Ruki's name (like duh). then i was so amused i went on to scribble ルキ (Ruki) all over my paper. LOL. well Takatsuka sensei... i think he was abit disappointed or frustrated? cos many of us cannot remember what we have learnt previously. our answers were all in pieces and stuff. and the lesson proceeded at such a pace that it was pretty tiring to just keep up with the speed. I gotta take some time off to study Japanese properly.

Well i've many things running in my head recently... since the cleaning up. i leave you with this verse from the song, Miseinen　（未成年） by the GazettE. i know i've just been screaming and filling this blog with fangirlism, but now it's time to show you that their lyrics and meaning, do speak of emotions that i, as an average human, can feel so much for. i think such actions speak louder than words. i can scream i love gazette a thousand times and see no one feel anything, while it'll mean something to people around me when i hear the verse below and just tear.

the GazettE - 未成年

強がってばかりじゃ本当の顔忘れちゃうから
Acting strong will just make you forget your real face so,
たまに力を抜いて誰かに頼る事も大事です
It's important to extract power and depend on someone once in a while.
傷付いて…泣きたい時は大空に向かって大声で叫んでみて
Being wounded, being injured, being hurt; During the times when you want to cry, face the vast sky and cry out as loud as you can.

I don't want forget to myself
I want to be as I am ..

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last note: i think i don't need to hide anything on the other side anymore. what i want to say will be here, and what i don't feel like saying shall be left unsaid. i've learnt how to speak what i want to say with everyone watching me. even if i don't get what i want or what i idealised, at least i'm not losing myself.

for this, ガゼット、　ありがと。 (gazette, thank you.)