上地雄輔物語

This is my favorite book!

上地くん wrote about his life from kindergarden till now in this book. He produced this book on his own, from writing, design of the book, chosing the location for photos shots, selecting & arranging photos, drawing illustrations, arranging the essays etc. He has put in a lot of effort in this book. In fact, he does not know how to use computer. So he either handwritten or use his mobile phone to type the words.

I wouldn't say his writing (or words he used) is fantastic, but it's his sincerity that touches me. When I read it, I felt as if he is just right beside me telling his story. There were a few chapters where I cried while reading it. 信じられない！ I have never cried while reading a book, except for slam dunk comic. As he has mentioned, he wishes to express 感謝の気持ち　in this book. He really did it.

I read each of his sentences carefully to ensure that I fully understand what he wrote. In fact, I enjoyed reading every sentences. Some of his thinkings also made me ponder... When I finished reading the book (it only took me a few nights of about an hour each), I hugged the book and said 「上地くん、ありがとう！」 It sounds stupid/crazy for me to do so, but I really did it naturally.

People kept saying 上地くん is おバカ (stupid). I totally disagree. Below is his interview extracted from JUNON May 2008 issue. He talked about his views of people calling him おバカ and what he said made me feel that he is really a natural person.

「自分がバカたってことは自負してますよ。

(我對自己被稱為笨蛋感到被人誇獎哦.)

でも、みんなができることなら俺はできなくでもいいじゃない？

(可是,別人能做到的事我卻不能那沒關係對吧?)

それよりみんなができないことを俺ができたほうが、みんな助かるでしょう？

(相對而言,別人做不到的事我卻能做到,那不是幫助到人嗎?)

だったらいいじゃない、こういう考え方もあって。でしょう？」

(若是這樣, 那有這種想法有甚麼不好. 對嗎?)

Today

My workout schedule for today:

9am - 10am : Body pump
10.10am - 11.10am - Body Combat
11.10am - 12.30pm : Shower, quick lunch + rest
12.30pm - 1.15pm: Girls Hip Hop at Danz People
1.15pm - 2pm: Jazz at Danz People

Did I overstress myself?? Well, no. Though I feel a bit of muscle pain. I still feel 元気！I'm happy I even increase weight for tricep from 4kg to 5 kg.

Actually I slept at 0.30am today and didn't slept well. Can't slept at first, then woke up a few times. When I woke up at 7am, I don't feel like going to gym. But I told myself I cannot give such excuse. I did not do any weight training prior to today for this week. So I must go!

Mindy said I am strict to myself when she heard that I have to wake up early and go gym. Well, I guess it's self-discipline. For my own body and health, self-discipline is necessary. I can feel the difference between the past when I did not exercise and now. Moreover, Masha (Masha even said he want to train to 8 pacs!) と上地くんに負けない！Both have fit bodies. So I must be almost on par with them!

深浦加奈子の写真

This was the photo taken by Masha.

深浦加奈子

深浦 加奈子さん （ ふかうら かなこ)

I am surprised and sorry to hear that 深浦加奈子さん　has passed away on 25 Aug at the age of 48. Cause of her death - cancer.

Read from report and knew that 深浦さん was diagnosed of intestine cancer 5 years ago. Since then she had been fighting against this cruel illness. This March the cancer cells spread to her other parts of body like lung. But her love for work was so strong that she even acted in a stage play in Feb and be a narrator for the Hiroshima bomb special programme in July.

It seemed that she did not disclose her illness to any staff. Probably she did not want them to worry.

I can't recall when I noticed 深浦さん 's presence. But I know she was a good actress, always played her role well. Even though it may be a small role. The deep impression she gave me was a photo of her brushing her eyelashes with the mascara. This photo was taken by Masha, during the time when they filmed 『美女か野獣』（びじょかやじゅう）.

It is indeed a deep regret to the Japan entertainment scene, and to us viewers that such a good actress is gone.

深浦さん へ,

長い間に良い作品を作ってありがとうございます。私は深浦さんのことは多分忘れないかも...

お疲れ様でした。

最近買ったのＣＤ

The list of CD which I bought these 2 months:

1) アラジン - 陽は、また昇る
- Unique Group formed by 羞恥心 and Pabo. It ranked the oricon chart number 2 once it was released. This song is a 応援song for日本サラリーマン(salary men). I am really impressed by the Japanese as they can write such songs to encourage people. Overall, it’s a song that makes me feel 元気！

2) EXILE - EXILE Entertainment Best
- Second collection for this year. The song that really attracted me most is 「真夏の果実」. Yap, Atsushi and Takahiro did a cover version of 桑田圭祐さん. I was quite surprised they did this cover song. Anyway, I really like both Atushi and Takahiro’s singing. Their voices blended so well.
- Another song I am kind of addicted to is 「Super Shine」. It’s a dance track!
- The bonus of this CD is that it comes with「エグザムライ本編-六本木地獄城の章-」. I am so impressed by エグザムライ. Although the story is quite predictable, but the way the animation is being presented, and thinking how marvelous Hiro is to come up with this production, I can only say EXILE is fabulous!

3) 絢香 - Sing To The Sky
- I finally got to buy Ayaka’s Taiwan version CD. I was not very keen on Ayaka’s album, but because I like 「おかえり」(theme song for 「絶対彼氏」), I bought this album. Surprising, I like this album. Ayaka is talented and her music suits my taste. There is still a sense of pureness in her music and she don’t sound very commercialized.

4) 安室奈美恵 - Best Fiction
- Queen of Hip Hop best collection for these few years. Of course I must buy! 安室 is getting very good and her own style and sense of identity is very strong nowadays. I am really glad that she managed to gain her popularity again. One of my wish list, to go for 安室 concert someday!

5) 青山テルマ - Diary
- I finally got this after its Taiwan version released in Taiwan since January! See, how slow Singapore is! Hmm, I can’t recall the songs in this album. Bad… maybe there is none of the song that gives me a deep impact. But, I still like テルマ voice.

十月

十月初に日本へ行きたいです！！！

十月のイベントは「ガリレオ」映画や「ヘキサゴン」のコンサートやＥＸＩＬＥのホールツアーがあります。

ましゃの映画を見たい！上地くんと会いたい！ＥＸＩＬＥのコンサート参加したい！　
だから、日本へ行きたい！行きたい！

でも、無理かな...

航空券が高いしお金もないし....

もう、ヤダ！！！　(゜Д゜)

秋ドラマ

News of the autumn dramas have been releasing since the past 2 weeks.

So far this is the list I have:

上地雄輔
- 「セレブと大貧民」(フジテレビ, 火曜日午後９時) &
- 「スクラップ・ティーチャー～教師再生～（仮）」（日本テレビ,土曜日午後９時)

速水もこみち
- 「タイトル未定」(火曜日午後１０時)

堀北真希
- 「イノセント・ラヴ（仮）」 (フジテレビ)

三浦春馬
- 「ブラッディ・マンデイ」（TBS, 日曜日午後９時)

鈴木京香
- 「ＳＣＡＮＤＡＬ（スキャンダル）」（TBS,日曜日午後９時）

Yes, 上地くん has 2 dramas and he played the lead for both dramas! 凄い！！！In 「セレブと大貧民」 he played a poor father of 3 kids, whose wife died. The actress is 上戸彩、who acts as the role simlar to Paris Hilton. Well, it's a love comedy.

In 「スクラップ・ティーチャー～教師再生～（仮）」, 上地くん turns into a ダメダメ教師 who save those naughty students, who are acted by Hey Say Jump members 中島裕翔, 山田涼介, 知念侑李 and 有岡大貴. Well, another touching story I guess.

I am most interested in these two dramas by 上地くん. I have watched 上地くん' s dramas and I think his acting is good. It's just that people don't really notice of his acting nowadays.

The other drama I would like to watch is Moco's drama. I'm quite surprise that he acts as a father in this drama. It's a new challenge. Though I am not a fan of Moco, I do enjoy watching his progress in every drama.

三浦くん's drama is about terriorst. I may watch it, depending on the story.

「ＳＣＡＮＤＡＬ（スキャンダル）」 may be nice too as 鈴木さん is a good actress. I would like to see her acting.

The drama which don't attract me now is 堀北真希's drama. I don't like those long winded and sad drama. Like Last Friends. (^^)

今年の秋はお楽しみね！

誰だ？？？

Who is the idot who spread rumours that 上地くん is injured and forced to take 3 days break???

The rumours made fans so worried. Furthermore 上地くん did not update his blog for a few days, so fans thought he is really injured. I guess he's too busy!

上地くん just clarified in his blog that he is 元気　and does not have any injury at all. In fact he posted in his blog and also asked who is the one who spread the rumours.

人言可畏啊!

「Tomorrow」語録

I was watching 「Tomorrow」 Episode 2 and this diagloge between 竹野内さん and　仙道育夫(せんどう　いくお)さん caught my attention.

仙道育夫さん said:

人間ときには逃げる時間も必要ないですかね。
（对人类来说，逃避的时间是需要的）

どんどん逃げて傷が治たら、またやり直せればいいんでしょう？
（不断的逃避，伤口治愈后，重新再来那样不是更好吗？）

Well, in a way, what he said is true. Time will heal all wounds. Sometimes I will take a step back and sort out my thoughts. This will help me to clear all nonsense thoughts in my mind and ascertain my stand.

夏ドラマ

I am watching 「シバトラ」 and 「太陽と海の教室」 every week. Both are comedies and I don't have to think much while watching. I enjoyed 「シバトラ」 because of 徹平くん.

I watched first episode of 「コード。ブルー」and was not attracted to it. Heard that the rating is good. Well, probably one reason is because of 山P. Got to catch up with this drama later.

Watched first episode of 「３３分探偵」 and find that it is a really exaggerating. I am quite disappointed that 剛 didn't take up a better role, just like the role in 「Home Drama」. This drama reminds me of 光一's drama 「スシ王子」.　　

Dramas which is on my yet to watch list: 「モンスターペアレント」 and　「魔王」.

I just watched 「Tomorrow」 first episode and likes it. Well, I like the story. I like story that reflects the real life. In additon, I also like 竹野内豊さん and 菅野美穂さん actings. They are really good actor and actress. It's a combination that I would love to watch. Hmm, I guess 「Tomorrow」 will be my favourite summer drama for 2008.

　　

Exotic Dance

I started my intermediate Exotic Dance with Sheena today.

I miss Exotic Dance and Sheena's class. Sheena told us we will have a performance in December. It's something like a dance reflection by students of Danz People. Well, this means we have to work towards our goal very hard from now till December.

Sheena taught about 8 eights tonight! Wow, that's alot to learn for one class. The music is slow but there are some movements which are to be completed within one to half count. So it's not that easy. As Sheena said, we are at intermediate level. So we should work on more difficult cheoro.

I'm happy to see May, Cassandra and Serene again. They are fun people. There are 3 new students. I wonder if they will continue as after today's class.

I'm looking forward to the performance. Hmm, I hope it won't clash with my work and my trip.

Got to work hard! Yeah, at least I have a short term goal now! ヾ(^▽^)ノ

ましゃのお兄ちゃん

I watched Masha's 1992 interview at 「笑っていいともう」 yesterday. I was so surprised when he told タモリさん　that his elder brother is 162cm. (・∀・)

I know little about Masha's brother. He only talked about him in his concert in Nov 1998. I still remembered he said his brother just got married at that time and he attended his wedding.

I think around 2002, he mentioned that his brother has a kid and he always like to take photos of his nephew using his mobile phone.

Masha don't really talk about his family in public, except sometimes in his radio programs and on 新堂本兄弟. I guess he wants privacy and protects his family. So I can guess that he won't announce even if he gets married. Well, he may be married now, just that he don't disclose it to anyone. As long as he's happy, I'm happy for him. ヾ(^▽^)ノ

The Southern Ridges

I went to the The Southern Ridges last Saturday with Kevin, Siew Chin & Sis, and Siew Chin's sis friend. This was a photo outing, organised by the Chairman, Kevin.

We started from World Trade, walked up to Mount Faber Park, then through Telok Blangah Hill Park at 8.30am. It took us around 2 hours for the whole journey and we ended almost to HortPark. We had to end it as it started raining and Siew Chin was tired too.

The two bridges are so so. I don't find them particularly beautiful. Surprising there are many people who walk the Southern Ridges. There were alot of activities at Mount Faber. Students running, people exercising, cycling etc. When we reached the bridge across Henderson Road, there are so many people! There were families having pinic (or rest) at the bridge. I managed to spot a Japanese family and asked them if I can take their photos in Japanese. We started to converse in Japanese. Well, my Japanese was not that fluent when I talked to them. Probably because I was not familar with them. I took photos of the kids. Hmm, in the end, I still enjoy taking potraits rather than those bridges.

The funny incident is that I took the photos of cyclist cycling along Mount Faber. There were 2 individual cyclists (came at different time). One dressed in blue and one in pink. It was a challenge to take them as they cycle very fast. The third time we saw another cyclist, we realised it was the same person in blue. (^_^；)

I didn't manage to take nice photos but it was good to have some fresh air in the morning.

Bodypump on Wed Night

I finished my Jazz class at around 8.35pm and rushed for Bodypump at 9pm. Luckily my dance school is near to Orchard Cali.

I still have a bit of time before pump started. It was supposed to be JD's class but he could not make it and Collin (he's one of the first prize winners of the Asia Amazing Race) replaced him instead. Yes! I have wanted to go for Collin's pump class.

Collin is really charistmatic. He always say "Don't give up!!!" and yap, I did not give up for most items. Unless I was really out of breath, I rested for a few seconds.

So I really worked myself out and burnt calories. But I ate supper (fruit and desert) again when home. ><

涼平

I dreamt of 涼平 last night. We were doing some part-time job in a office. I remembered 涼平's smile was great and he hold my hand.

Weird...Maybe because I suddenly remembered that 涼平 and Hiro are of same age while I was reading Hiro's interview the night before.

Because of the funny dream, I didn't have a good sleep... Having headache now ><

Sunday

I gave myself a break and did not go for gym yesterday since I went on Saturday for boxercise and body pump. Wake up late, around 9.30am (yes, to me it’s late). Took a shower and had breakfast before I went for my facial.

Reached home about 2pm and had bread and soup for my lunch. The connection to Masha’s Suzuki Talking FM was bad, so I didn’t catch it at the beginning of the program. Anyway, I’m glad I managed to listen to almost half of the program.

Rus joined me around 4pm to watch お台場探偵羞恥心ヘキサゴン殺人事件. We watched the special program that was shown before the drama first. It contained the interviews and NG scenes. The NG scenes are really funny. Especially つるのNG scene. I can see that the three of them are really tired and lack of sleep. In a way, I am impressed by the work (the drama) that they have done. In fact the three of them started their career as actors, so their acting must have a minimum standard.

Rus started with cooking of ちゃんぽん(champon, Nagasaki’s famous food). This is the second time she tried. The soup is not as salty as last time. Delicious! I bought jelly for our desert. (^^). These two weeks Rus cooks at my house and we had dinner on Sunday night. Then followed by watching ヘキサゴン.

We then started watching ヘキサゴン 沖縄Special, which was broadcast in September 07. It was so entertaining. I like the cast’s teamwork and it would be fun to work and play at the same time. The part where the MCs went to the cast’s hotel rooms at night and asked quiz questions while they were sleeping (all females slept) or chatting and drinking (male cast) were funny. 上地くん andつるの were drinking and上地くん’s face was red. Poor のっく slept in a tent. 上地くん andつるの even joined the MCs to ask のっく question. The last part where the quiz section and 告白 (invite one female cast to the aquarium) was extremely hilarious. There were males being rejected. The reactions and expressions were so funny. Rus and I kept on laughing non-stop. I’ve never had such a good laugh for so long.

My Sunday was interesting and I really enjoyed it. (^^)y

High School Musical on ice

I watched High School Musical on ice at Expo on National Day.

It was the first time I watched Disney on ice show. I was a bit disappointed when the cast did not sing. They just played the singing and talking from the show. But I was impressed by the cast’s skating skills. It’s the first time I saw some skate. Skating looks fun.

I enjoyed the musical and sang along with the cast. My seat was only about 5 rows away from the skiing ring. Very close and I could see their faces and expressions. There was a guy who is handsome, not the main lead. (^^)

The thing I could not stand was that the audience kept quiet when the cast asked us to clap or sing along. Worse still, some were late and walked in when the show started almost 10minutes. Some just left their seats when it was almost end of the show. So rude! I really can’t understand why are Singaporeans so kiasu. I have been to Japan and know that some even stayed 2 hours or more away from the concert hall. Yet they stayed throughout the concert and take a train home. I can understand that people want to rush home, but please spare a thought for the performers. They have spent so much effort in putting up a good performance and it is only once in a blue moon that they are in town for a performance (or they may not even be here again).

睡眠不足

I slept almost about 12 midnight or pass midnight for the past one week.

Main reason is because I spent time doing my own things at night - watching drama and variety shows, read books and magazines, and surf web.

Especially during weekdays, when I reach home late after classes. By the time I settle down, it is always almost 10pm or later. I really time to do my personal things. So I have to cut down on my sleeping time.

If I have a good sleep, it's alright. If don't, I will get headache, like what I am having now.

These few nights I am so engrossed in reading 『 上 地 雄 輔 物 語 』 that I don't want to sleep... I really wish I have more time to do my personal stuff.

My schedule

My fixed schedule for the past 2 months:

Sunday: AM - Bodypump + Body combat
Monday: Rest
Tuesday: Hip Hop at Dance Arts
Wednesday: Jazz and Booty dance at Danz People
Thursday: Boxercise or rest
Friday: Hip Hop at Dance Arts or Boxercise
Saturday: Boxercise, sometimes Bodypump

I've got to rework my schedule again since my booty dance course has ended. I would like to spend more time in gym. But having spending about 2 - 3 days a week for dancing, it's hard to squeeze time for gym. Will have to think about it...

Booty dance

I completed my 8 weeks Booty dance course yesterday night.

We learnt 15 eights in total, for Mariah Carey's song I'm That Chick. Yes, very slow for a 8 weeks course. My class is very slow.

I enjoyed Clare's teaching but I really hate some of the classmates. They are youngsters who like to joke, laugh, and say nonsense during classes. I can understand that they have problems in learning because they don't have background in dance. But I cannot understand why they can't pay attention in class and concentrate on learning since they don't know. If they don't know, they might as well shut up and learn. When Clare taught them, they will say things like "It's difficult. I can't do it. Blah blah blah." They show disrespect to Clare as well as dance. This is what I can't stand. I can't forgive people who disrespect dance.

Last night, some kept grumbling that the cheoro is difficult. We only learnt 2 eights. Oh gosh. I want to sleep! Some even refused to dance when Clare asked them to dance. Hey, come on, it's the last class, just go for it! Sabrina (another gal) and me took turns helped them out by dancing with them. They should be thankful that they can still copy us. I even volunteered when Sabrina can't take it(it's quite tiring).

Time wasted when Clare had to talk to them to ask them to dance. I was pissed off and said "Since you paid for it, just go for it!" I think Clare vommited blood when she talked to them.

Anyway, Clare has a new course next week. I won't be continuing as the class is too slow. Clare suggested that I joined the Intermediate Girls Hip Hop which will start 2 weeks later when I told her I want to try it out. The current course is intro and she said the class is slow for me.

So I shall rest for 2 weeks. Hmm, not really as I want to start Advance Hip Hop again on Tuesday. Wednesday to go for Pump after Jazz. (^^)

December

I have booked my airticket to Tokyo for end December. Has to book early as the fuel charges are getting higher and higher.

I'm going to spend my Christmas and New Year at Japan again. Haven't plan for the itinerary yet as it is still early. Won't be going far this time as I am not buying JR pass. I also need to stay put in Tokyo for EXILE's concert on 26 Dec. I'm hoping that Masha and 羞恥心 have concerts too.

One of my 親友, Cody is going to Tokyo with his friend from 24 to 30 Dec. So we are planning to meet there and go for day trips out of Tokyo. He's planning to go Hakone and Nikko. Well, I don't mind going too. Got to check out more as I will be the planner. (^^) I have not met Cody for almost 10 years!!! So I am really excited meeting him. It's a bit strange. We both stay in the same country but we don't meet. Yet we meet at a foreign country...

I will definitely go 横須賀市 as I want to visit 上地くんの地元. Really looking forward to end December!

羞恥心

Left to right: 上地雄輔, つるの剛士, 野久保直樹
Left: Second single 「泣かないで」
Right: Debut single 「羞恥心」

My history with 羞恥心(shu chi shin):

Sometime in March 2008

- I noticed a guy called 上地雄輔. His blog is ranked first in Ameba. My first impression of him - his look is normal and he gives me a feeling that he is someone who play 野球 (yes, he was one of the top baseball players in his hometown during his school days).

Around April/May 2008

- I started to know of this group called 羞恥心. The first time I watched their PV 羞恥心, I was like "Er, why do they sing such song and dress in such way? Just like Johnny's artists." So I didn't really pay much attention to their PV. But 上地くん　caught my attention as I can recognise him.

May/early June 2008

- Ok ok, I started to read 上地くん's blog. I find his blog interesting and started to check more about 羞恥心 and watched 『ヘキサゴンII』 (Hexagon 2). From there, I started to like 羞恥心.

The reason why the group name 羞恥心 was interesting. 上地くん read 羞恥心 wrongly as 「さじしん」 (sha ji shin) on 1 Aug 2007 『ヘキサゴンII』 (it is a quiz program) and the 3 of them was named by the host 島田 紳助（しまだ しんすけ). So they were called 羞恥心 since then.

The 3 of them are:

「羞（しゅう）」 - つるの剛士（つるの たけし Tsuruno Takeshi 1975年5月26日 )

「恥（ち）」 - 野久保直樹（のくぼ なおき Nokubo Naoki 1981年5月14日 )

「心（しん）」 - 上地雄輔（かみじ ゆうすけ Kamiji Yusuke 1979年4月18日 )

羞恥心 is promoted as 平成少年隊. They are so called idols. Yet, they are at the same time named as おバカキャラー (stupid character) due to their images (unable to answer quizzes) in 『ヘキサゴンII』.

I don't think they are バカ. They are smart and have their own charisma. When the three appear together, there is a kind of chemistry between them. I guess these are the reasons why I like them. My favorite is 上地くん. I like つるの too.

No one knows how long 羞恥心 fever will continue. I'm not sure if I will really support 羞恥心 for long. At least for now, I am supporting 羞恥心.

羞恥心, がんばって！

ROOKIES

I bought ROOKIES pictorial book, OST and GreeeeN single キセキ(kiseiki).

ROOKIES pictorial book consist of the photos taken from the first 6 episodes and the interviews of the cast. To my surprise, the cover photo and the pin-up were taken by Leslie Kee, one of Singapore's famous photographer.

ROOKIES OST is nice!!! It really reminds me of the scenes from ROOKIES. There are musics that make me feel the passion of the characters. Strongly recommended!

Well, not to be missed is GreeeeN's single キセキ, which is the theme song of ROOKIES. I don't specially like or dislike GreeeeN's songs/singing. But I really like キセキ melody and the lyrics. I guess if this is not the theme song of ROOKIES, I may not have noticed this song.

My ROOKIES fever is still on though. Waiting patiently for ROOKIES special and movie. And of course the comic. Still waiting for the stock to be available in Taiwan as I wanted to buy the translated version.

Malacca

I went to Malacca last Friday and over the weekend with my parents, FY and her friend.

The last time I visited Malacca was about 5 years ago. Malacca has changed. New shopping mall and new shops. Well, there are some things unchanged too. Like some shops and their owners.

It was nice to be back in Malacca. This time we took the coach by ourselves. The journey was much faster than getting F&E package from the travel agency.

Anyway, we walked and ate alot. It was the first time I tried pig's brain soup (eating pig's brain too!) and dip dip.

My parents were so happy and they really enjoyed themselves. Of course I enjoyed myself too. The pace in Malacca is much slower that Singapore. It's a good place to relax. There are nice shops and streets around. At the same time, there are very old shops, which have a long history.

I hope to visit Malacca again, with my parents!

羞恥心の日

今日は羞恥心結成一周年です？！

上地くんは『さじしん』って答えてから一年ですが…
私は羞恥心が好きになるはもう三個月です。

これからも、応援します。

かんばってくださいね！