Took me days to do this entry. (>.<)

On New Year's Day, I pulled myself out of the bed at 8.30 am just because of Arashi. I woke up with bloodshot eyes because of them... because I slept quite late too. Actually, I don't think I'm that crazy a fan. But sometimes, I can't help but feel that way. *shakes head* I. am. NOT. a. crazy. fangirl.

Then in between, I decided to cancel my downloads and started downloading another version but decided to download the first version again. You can roughly count how many hours it took me. You can count by days too.

So under the cut is all the shinies. Enjoy. But be warned, it's still quite image heavy even though I've decided to split it into two parts. Will do part 2 tomorrow.

( Hours, days, memory space, tired eyes... it's all worth it in the end. )

Started off the year by splurging (>.<) Bought a pair of Everlast shoes for school and ordered the Arashi countdown uchiwa. Hmm...

Anyways... check out my 2010 scrapbook here! Took me a lot of time and brain cells to tweak the html codes and stuff. I just hope the contents won't be deleted away when I edit the post, which is what happened to my 2009 scrapbook, which is why you can't see it anymore.

Off to see pretty girls on 我猜! I need sleep.

I didn't mean to use such a weird screencap (>.<) I'm taking time off my revision to make this post so yup... He looks happy in this screencap anyways, doesn't he? ;D

Ohno is so cute, you just have to admit it. :D My mum says he's the most good looking (cos she thinks that the rest of Arashi look like girls ) From my observations, he is the auntie-killer a.k.a 师奶杀手 in Arashi. XD

Hope he continues fishing even though loads of people are complaining about his tan. Wahaha. XD But fishing is what he loves the most, isn't it? And he's able to do it for so long. He's just awesome. :D

Christmas is gonna be here soon! (Which means Aiba's birthday is coming soon too!) :DDD I've seen a couple of you doing this which reminds me of my X'mas project in 2007 so yay it's back again! I didn't do it last year. I wonder why... But anyways, here are the details!

I'll be sending Christmas cards to those of you who want it (as long as I know you). :D This is not an exchange. It's okay if you don't reciprocate my feelings. Really! :D

As for how the Christmas cards will look like, I cannot confirm yet but I'll do my best to send you nice ones. :) Just to let you know, they may be postcards instead of the usual greeting cards.

If you want a card from me (or are forced to leave down your address by me), post a comment in the following format:
Recipient's name:
Address: (please include which country you're from as well and remember to check through what you've typed)

Comments are screened!

When I'll stop accepting addresses: 7 Dec 2009 (for both local and overseas friends)

Here's an awesome fanvid done by a fellow Arashi fan. Click here!

And what's below?

A long essay about how I didn't like and came to become an Arashi fan. xD

To note:
Quotes are from translations done by say_it_again
Best viewed in Mozilla Firefox (you will see blinking text! XD)
Did my best to leave out unnecessary details but it's an obvious failed attempt

( It took me years to realise their awesomeness.  )

( How I converted into an Arashi fan )

The one whom I've always known as "Oh, Matsumoto Jun, that guy from Arashi" since year 2000 and the only guy from Arashi whom I knew until last year. When I saw him as Kindaichi, I was kind of disappointed cos I prefer Domoto Tsuyoshi as Kindaichi he was so thin! Perhaps another reason why I didn't bother to find out more about Arashi in the past. Haha. But now, I came to accept him. How can I not when he sang 「ずっとずっと心にあるんだ　だからこそ伝えてみたいんだ」 in 5x10 so beautifully? And I'm a perfectionist (in some ways) like him so yay. Stay pretty always! xD And have a blast at Kokuritsu tomorrow!!

*points at screencap* Love this hair of his. SO PRETTY!!! :D

Anyway, this is Arashi. We may suck at singing. Maybe we're even bad at dancing. And maybe when we speak, it's not funny at all. But in everything we do, we put our hearts into it.

--- Ninomiya Kazunari @ Time Final concert

Taken from subbed Time MC by ao_no_michi

School starts tomorrow. やだ！

*looks on the bright side* I have Arashi with me so dun fear! *nods*

In the future, I'll probably update through twitter more often than at LJ so if you want to see if I'm alive (assuming I hardly update here), check out my twitter. :D

Eeks, Arashi made me cry. (>.<)

Been out all day so only found out an hour ago that 5x10 has been leaked. It's such a lovely song. Lyrics penned by the five of them + music composed by Youth Case = ♥ and loads of tears

Though I've liked Arashi for only 9 months (in fact, only 8 months plus), I feel a strong sense of attachment to them, like all the other Arashi fans do. Indeed, they are truly special. :)

”これからもありがとう”
”ここにたってる僕たちがいま輝けるのは君がいるから”

To Arashi:
Arigatou. Hontouni arigatou. :)

( Cut cos this looks out of place. Haha. )

Less than an hour to go in Japan so...

I almost couldn't get this post done all thanks to my laggy desktop. But well, I definitely have to do a birthday post for Nino because he was the one who baited me into Arashi. :D When I saw him in Maou, I was already looking forward to watching Ryuusei. Yea, even though I wasn't even halfway through Maou yet.

His Niji performance at Time Final blew me away (like who wasn't?). His hamburger hands are so cute and flexible. Not only do they play the piano, they perform magic tricks which make people go "WOW!". And yea, I'm all for Nino going pro. See here and here in HQ. My favourite is still the one he performed in HnA but I couldn't find it.

PS: I want more Ninoai!!

Bought this today and thought I should share. It's rare that I have the time to scan pages of magazines so since I have the liberty to do so now, why not? :D

Please pardon the poor quality and lousy scanning skills of mine!


Aiba's smile is ♥!

Click Here!

( Please stop seducing me... )

I'm predicting that going to Japanese class every Sunday at Bugis is going to strain my wallet. I can't resist the idea of stepping into Kinokuniya @ Bugis Junction since I'll definitely pass by Bugis Junction to take the train. Someone please handcuff me! Oh, there's a way out! I can take the bus, then I won't have to pass by Bugis Junction! Not like I will... cos my ichiban's tempting me! And I guess I'll have the urge to call up Kinokuniya and reserve as many magazines as possible. =\

So I really did watch the countdown live yesterday!! Good thing I didn't watch the "Fuji TV" channel on TVU because it didn't automatically switch to the countdown. Read somewhere that instead of the countdown, it showed temples. O.O Haha. Now I love TV Ants!

And indeed, I was screaming throughout the countdown and singing to the songs that I know. Spazzing over Arashi, mostly. Haha. I had fun counting down with Arashi and my other JE fandoms. If only I could be at Tokyo Dome to feel the atmosphere... that would be the best!

I downloaded the countdown in the afternoon and I think I took about 100 caps but no worries, you won't see 100 caps here!
( Ikemen paradise! )

I'm watching Fuji TV on TV Ants right now. I'm surprised that the images from TV Ants are crisp and clear! And it doesn't lag as much as Keyhole TV and TVU! Actually I had Keyhole TV on the whole day. Surprisingly, it worked for me this year. But! It died on me just now. Haha. It doesn't really matter cos it will still lag later on in the countdown. I had TVU on as well just now but the Fuji channel is actually NHK. Though there were rumours that it will automatically switch to Johnny's countdown once it begins, I closed TVU and went for TV Ants in the end. Haha. At least what I'm watching now is Fuji TV. I hope I can get to watch Johnny's countdown later. An hour and 10 mins more to go!!! *runs in circles*

Arashi's gonna do a special 10th anniversary medley!!!

If I get to watch the countdown, I'll be counting down an hour earlier than the other Singaporeans (except for the few who are JE lovers like me and are watching the countdown too). Tsk. I feel so bad. Lol. But Singapore's countdown is really too boring for my liking. The performances by random local artistes are totally not up to standard. Enough said. I should just live in Japan.

Well well, now that I'm counting down to Johnny's countdown 2008-2009, let's look back on my Johnny's countdown 2007-2008 entry.

Comment 1: Somehow, I think that Matsujun looks cute with the specs.
God, I thought he's cute? Haha. The thing is, among Arashi, he's the one who doesn't appeal to me even for a bit. I don't know why...

Comment 2: I was beaming when I saw Arashi performing Love So Sweet. I love that song! It's really sweet and it reminds me of HYD! :D
Haha. Perhaps this is a sign of me becoming a fangirl of theirs? Well, I'll definitely beam till the end when I watch the countdown later. Hee hee.

Comment 3: Some Arashi guy tickled Yamapi's face and Yamapi's expression was really cute!
Lol at "Some Arashi guy". I was totally ignorant about the others other than Matsujun. I wonder who this "Arashi guy" is! Hmm, maybe I should go watch the countdown again?

Okies. I'm all ready for Johnny's countdown 2008-2009!!! It's the reason why I like New Year! :D

EDIT: OMG!!! I GUESS I CAN REALLY WATCH THE COUNTDOWN!
Just saw a live preview of the situation at Tokyo Dome and saw KAT-TUN!!! And, and! I saw Aiba's AU CM!! *screams* I guess I'll be welcoming the new year with my screams. Haha.

I will make it a point to visit his dad's Chinese restaurant when I go to Japan!

P.S: Click on the links!
And good news! ARASHI's the emcee for Johnny's countdown this year (again)! YAY!!! (I feel so bad; I'd wanted KAT-TUN to be the emcee, really, since the countdown last year. *sigh*) Hope that Keyhole TV won't die on me like what happened last year!

I don't know how I managed not to update for 6 weeks but when you have so little time in the world and when every day of your life is merely a routine, this happens.

And it will continue to.

It's official. I'm going on hiatus till 21 November 2008.

Time for redemption.

P.S: Watch out for a big makeover when that day comes.