1 Jun 2005 Tuesday - Arashiyama, Kyoto

areadi 0.40am n still on d net.. miho said m interesting,every nite must write email

tdy went to arashiyama.. quite warm in d am.. tok a small boat by d hot spring ryokan from d bridge at arashiyama nwent to d ryokan.. entered d rm n ryokan, reali nice view.tok pic of d scenery n d food we ate. had onsen n lunch for4200yen. promo rate fr internet

saw a big monkey outside d onsen.. haha, red face monkey.then went to d indoor n outdoor onsen. can c scenery (rivern train route n mountain). so pple who passes by there can oso c us naked! but no pple was ard there oni 2 of us at d outdoor onsen. miho tok my pic wif her phone, of coz i oso tok her pic. too bad i din take d camera wif me quite enjoyable scenery n food. worth d price. tink autumn there must b real beautiful

then went to shopping street at arashiyama n wana take abus to another temple, which is famous for bamboo. had sometime n went to johnny shop to buy 2 pics of yamaP n one tsuyoshi kusanagi pic for susan

d temple was veri quiet.. we reached there ard 4pm, close at 4.30. actuali nothing special lah. miho told there will b alot of bamboo trees but oni little

so went back to another big shopping area in kyoto, where we had our tea break yest. shopped ard while trying to look for vodafone shop. i tink coz i charged d prepaid hp in spore, my charger spoilt. so on d way, saw mani pple queued for a crepe shop. so i oso eat lah. i ate d one wif green tea flavour. got cream, red bean n mochi (few dumplings).oishi yo! cost ard 262 yen.

so while waiting for me to queue, miho called vodafone n askd for d shop ard tat area. finally we managed to find d shop, waited for a long timeto chge d charger. luckily still under warranty. so i got free charger. hehe

then juz went to eat conveyor belt sushi at hankyu bldg.1st time i eat conveyor belt sushi at japn. nothing exciting tdy.. jus enjoyed sceneries. but some of d guys at kyoto (esp those at d shopping area) reali has gd features. enjoyed watching them!

m looking fwd to go kobe.. cant forget last dec trip to kobe, oso saw quite a no. of handsome guys.. but of coz hope i can meet d ang moh again lah.. hahaha ended 0.55am - gota sleep

Kyoto - tis one MUST READ 31 May 2005 Tue

now is 10.30pm.. miho, my fren, areadi slept.. m stil hanging on d net, hvnt take my bath yet

woke up at 6.30am tdy.. reali tired.. coz gota reach ohara at kyoto at 10am. ohara is an hr journey by bus fr kyoto station

we made d reservatn to wear ohara me kimono at 10am. tdy is d last day of d ohara me matsuri (festival), where we can wear d kimono for free. normal days take abt 2000 yen ohara me (ohara woman) at olden times r farmers. they brought wood to sell to rich people in kyoto. kind of poor pple. they put d wood on top of their heads, d kimono is short n dark color, unlike d normal rich pple kimono.

tdy those old ladies helped us to wear.. wah reali suffocating n chim..we took pic n got free entrance to sansenin (a famous temple). of coz we hv to work. we serve as attractns for tourists. mani old man askd us to take pic wif them or juz take our pix. quite funni.. oni 2 women askd us to take pic.. luckily its weekdays, if weekend, we will sure get bz but its rather interesting n refreshing for me to wear such a traditional clothes n walk on d street..luckily no handsome guys ard, if not i lost face man

we ate cold soba at d restaurant outside sansenin. then went back to chge our clothes n went to ohara onsen. abt 20min walk.. tiring, but gd coz can c sceneries along dway.. beautiful flowers, old houses, streams, padi fields,so nice.. n d weather is cool, oni a bit warm when there was sunlight.

we went for day onsen, oni onsen n a drink.. abt 2 hrs.cost 1oooyen. few pple at onsen coz a few of d other onsens were closed to prepare some buddihism festival tmw. we went for indoor n outdoor onsens. oni 2 of us. too bad my camera was wif d receptionist, if not i will take a pic of myself at d onsen

abt 4pm we reached d main shopping areas in kyoto, wana chge another bus to kyomizu temple. i was hungry n requested to take tea break. i managed to eat chocolate cake n drink royal milk tea. wah so delicious. of coz on d way, saw quite a no. of handsome guys ard. not veri stunning as masha but still consider gd looking coz of their sharp features. well, wat rose said was true. there are more handsome guys at kyoto.

reached kyomizu temple ard 5pm. they closed at 6pm. so rushed inside n take pic. saw alot of young school kids.their excursion trips. but as it was near d closing time nsunset, not tat mani pple ard. went ard to take pic etc.. n walked to d pagoda.

while walking back to d main stage(there is this term where they call kyomizu butai (stage),a big area at d temple), wah, i finally got to meet a veri veri handsome n cool guy. i hv noticed him fr quite a distance away. tall n slim, wearing black long shirt wifstrips. blond hair.. n when i look closer, oh my god, he is an ang moh! reali nice looking n young. while they were facing us, his fren (tink a jap wif US accent askd me if i can help them to take pic. so happily agreed, i took for them. then tok d opportunity to askd him can i take a pic wif his fren, he said ok. d ang moh looked at me,smiling..n i askd him, can i take a pic wif u? he smiled so charming n happily n said yes. so miho (stunned by my action) tok d pic for us, but it was too dark. m a bit disappointed, his fren said, i try to take. m soo surprised. wah lau, d ang moh stand next to me, veri close u noe, smiling so charming (of coz i secretly lok at him lah) n i was in my heart laughing loud, trying to hide my happiness. his fren lok at my camera n said it is brighter(tink he is surprised of my high tech camera). n my newdigital camera had tis fuctn where they will adjust d Dlighting auto, ie make it nicer. of coz take a while lah.so i tok d chance n askd d ang moh (who was smiling all d way) where did u come fr? he replied America. I told him, I come fr Spore. He was like Oh Singapore.. wah.. too bad i din askd his name. juz said tq n bid gdbye.. but i guess his fren knew lah, din disturb our conversatn. n d ang moh is like happily smiling all d way.. wah lau, i cant stop laughin n smiling after we walked away. miho was surprised n speechless. i told her d ang moh is kakoii (cool n handsome in japanese). she said must tell Su. hahaha.

we took some pic in d entrance. n noe wat, my camera battery went flat!!! Luckily it got to take wif d angmoh. saw a few females who wear kimono n act like geisha(?) taking pic at d entrance. of coz took pic of them wif miho camera. actuali hor, m trying to buy time n c if d ang moh comes out. hahaha . tink m hopeless. if miho not ard, i will offer to join them.. hahaha tis ang moh reali stunned me. d 1st n oni ang moh i tink is handsome n stylo.. aiyo, cannot forget him man. everytime tink of him i will smile.. u noe, kind of proud tat i tok pic wif him.. hahaha of coz, tdy oso tinkin of masha conct lah.. still cant get over d conct n him.. aiyo, meetin d ang moh is reali a blessing to me... reali interesting trip so far. coz i tot kyoto is like kamakura(which i dislike wif a lot of temple). but kyoto is nice..gd scenery, quiet.. hses veri neat.. n of coz got handsome guys ard.. my eyes kept swinging ard every moment at kyoto.tink tis time i reali met a no. of cool n handsome guys..not oni in kyoto, but oso a few in osaka. wah.. cant wait to go back kyoto again tmw.. for hotspring at arashiyama.aiyo.. maybe meet d ang moh again. hopefully. aiya, tonite cant sleep again...hehe

ended 11.05pm

30 May 2005 Monday - Finale

ah, now is 00.40am.. reached hotel ard 11pm... cant sleep too excited n touched by d conct..

conct started at ard 6.4opm, ended ard 10.25! almost 4 hrs!

tis time m seated at d 5th row at d stand area.. above arena. of coz nearer than yest.. directly facing d stage.saw masha.. wif my bino.. coz not tat clear as compared to d screen..

tonite, he talked abt how he started work as a salary man at a office juz ard minutes fr his hse. but after 4 mths,he quitted his job, knowing tis cant b his life. he made d decision to go to tokyo from his hometown at nagasaki n realise his dream of starting a music career. he din tell abt his aim to his fren n ex-gf who bid him gdbye at dtrain station. wif oni 20,ooo yen in his pocket, he started his journey to tokyo.. he said he dun noe why he has such courage at d age of 18...

his talk abt his life was so serious tat d whole stadium was veri quiet.. even he was surprised. i can c he controlled his tears when he talkd abt his journey of realising his dream.. of coz his life at tokyo was difficult..n he din said tat.. we also wont b able to understand wat he has went thru.. m touched when i heard him said those words.. n started to control my tears m most glad that he made d choice, if not we wud not hv d chance to hear his songs..

oh, d encore was abt 3 times.. d audience juz cant stop clapping to make him sing.. he asked us our hands rnot painful? all of us said NO! haha.. of coz we r all tired, including him.. but i can c he is veri happy tdy, not as tired as yest..

after 3 mths of long conct tour, it is d last conct.. so i guess we all told ourselves, we must enjoy it, fully enjoy it.. n to masha, he has gone to so mani areas, met so mani fans again, after he has met them at d last 10th anniversary tour .. of coz he is touched..15 yrs.. a long journey for him.. b4 he ended d conct, he thankd all of us,every section.. we juz cont to clap n clap.. he teared.. n control veri hard..for me, i cant control anymore.. of coz not cried like crazy.. but m happy for him.. it is a long journey n he reali deserves our applause.. it was reali great to b there wif him.. juz like he said, mata aeou. (let us meet again)

tonite I cried for 3 times.. 1st when he sang, it is only love..d 1st song i managed to noe d japanese lyrics by myself.. waited 10 yrs to hear it at his conct, then d other 2 times..ah.. masha no concerto kitano nihonto ni yogata (it was reali gd to attend masha`s conct)

tody i hv to wake up at 6.30 n go ohara in kyoto.. ah.. duntink i can sleep later.. hmmm... trying to write kind of diary every day.. so tat i can put on my blog later.. haha.. so if u free, read my email.. if not, read my blog later oyasumi nasai (gd nite - he sang it at encore last nite)

「Meiji XYLISH presents
　FUKUYAMA MASAHARU 15th ANNIVERSARY
　WE'RE BROS. FREEDOM TOUR 2005～風～」

1. FREEDOM
2. 風をさがしてる
3. MELODY
4. START
5. GANG
6. HEART
7. IT”S ONLY LOVE
8. 桜坂
9. まぼろし
10.SQUALL
11.泣いたりしないで
12.DEAR
13.HELLO
14.それがすべてさ
15.PEACH
16.追憶の雨の中
17.REDXBLUE
18.虹
19.FREEDOM

En1. 約束の丘
En2. CARNIVAL
En3. 私は風になる
En4. 見つめていたい
En5. 遠くへ

29 May 2005 Sunday - Osaka

Hi ladies, Today is my third day in Osaka.

First day was sooo tired, couldnt sleep much on plane. while i was searching for d ticket machine for limousine bus in d airport, a police wearing suit approach me, showed me his pass! caught me by surprise. hv seen d pass in drama b4 but neber tot wud c it in real life. he jus said `m a police nhow can i help u? strange.. a police wearing office suit nask me how he can help.. haha

yest went for Masha’s 1st concert. I had the standing seat, ie no seat.so gota chop place. while queuing, met n talked to anothergal standing beside me. she came alone, her 1st live masha’s conct. she was surprised i came fr s`pore n we started chatting. she stays in hyogo ken, which is abt 2 hr train to d conct hall. currently studying at unin　having exam tdy. so we planned to meet tis fri n go ard kobe together. hehe. she`s a nice gal

oh, d concert is fantastic. i stood very far, but directly facing d stage. had 2 big screen, n i brought my bino. but lookin at screen is better. had a 3hr 25 min concert, started at 5.05pm n end at 8.30pm.

Masha din talked tat much, can che`s rather tired. but he sang alot of old songs, whichs ome i hv nebr heard him sang b4. he sang a very new song called `freedom` d lyrics wrote abt war..he had a longt alk, serious one, abt how he always think each day is a hopeful one, but everyday he heard bad news ard d world..so he wrote tis song.

he was kind of moved by d audience,coz we clapped so much even after d encore, he gota kept ons inging. n he managed to go umeda to shop ard, cant decide whether to buy a jacket coz d sleeve is too short, n went there again d next day, still cant gif up n try again.. but still din buy! haha.. n went to kinokuniya at umeda yest b4d concert.. he said no 1 recgonise him! gd for him

managed to snap a pic at d conct wif my hp, n some outsided hall.. will show u gals later

oh, when i reach hotel, met tis american guy again who stayed in tis hotel, he gave me a dinner treat.. we ate at a nearby shop, ate okonomiyaki n soba yaki.. had quite along chat. he travelled alone too,currently a postgradstudent studying jewllery design, was a news reporter then, n stayed in Yale. he`s oni 34 yrs old but look old, coz he`s kind of losing his hair.. haha. but a nice guy, like asia alot n veri outgoing

saw quite a no. of handsome guys tis time round, not tat veri stunning but still has gd features my fren miho just came tis am n joined me, we`ll b goin kyoto tmw n wed, thou still stay in osaka

perina , can u chk d exchange rate for me now? n pls fwd tis to susan n mayb evie n sarah for their info. oh, pl tell rose i got her idol`s making of conct dvd for her. as for d other conct dvd, hv searched n found it`s d same as she has now. d pdt code is d 1 tat d co. sell by ordermail. i bot d conct phamplet, t-shirt n hp strips for her nher requests fr her frens. n gals, my hp here is 090-xxxx-xxxx. if u wana call me ,call 81-90- etc, omit d 0 in front. perina, pls tell rose.tks

btw, perina, u said d mgr here quite handsome, is d 1 whosp fluent eng? hes quite boastful leh.. but speak gd englah. there`s a china guy who sp chinese to me well, enjoyin myself rite now.. tonite is d finale conct!

ciao

２００５年と２００６年旅行日記

I have been thinking whether to put my 2005 and 2006 tour diaries to my blog. Well, will do so and won't be doing touch-ups as I am too lazy to do so. What I will do is to find some photos that I have taken and put it with the diaries.

Friends, if you enjoy reading my diaries, hope you enjoy these old diaries too. (^^)

旅行日記

I started to write on my trip diary back in May/June 2005, when I went to Osaka for Masha's concerts. Probably it started because the hotel I stayed has computer and internet. As I wanted to note down what happened in the trip, worrying that I may forget, I started to write diary every night at the hotel.

It becomes a habit and from then I started to write whenever I can. Sometimes even till 1am plus in the hotel. This means I need to stay in a hotel which has free internet access and with computers.

It's fun writing and recalling what I have done for the day. But sometimes I was so tired that I feel like giving up.. once I do that, I know that it will take months to complete the diary when I am back home...

I will still keep writing diary whenever I go overseas. Probably this December I will write straight in my blog rather than email...

Dance recital

Sheena told us yesterday that Danz People Dance Recital will be held on 12 December. Venue is not confirmed yet.

Hmm, we have less than 2 months to learn and master the cheorography of the whole song....and we only meet and practice/learn once a week! Challenging!!??

There are only 3 of us left now.. May can't join as her in-laws are in town. The other girl who has dance backgroun, no idea.. she didn't come yesterday.

Serene, Cassandra and myself tried the same formation which we have done few weeks back. I was a bit confused at first. But it got alright later... just that I need to be more sure of the steps and catch the timing. Sometimes I am either too fast or a bit slow. m(_ _)m

I need to listen the song more and get familar with it.. I need to practice more...

Stress?

There are a few Japanese novels which I have not read... m(_ _)m
There are still past season dramas that I have not watched... (^_^;)

I have about 20 magazines which I have not read since last year...(=_=;)

Why do I keep buying magazines/novels and downloading dramas to stress myself??? Σ(￣□￣)！

買いすぎ！

一昨日、いきなり九冊の雑誌を買いました！全部１１０．３４ドルでした！　(=_=;)

ましゃは連載の雑誌が六冊‥(・∀・)

雄ちゃんは連載の雑誌が三冊... (^_^;)

やっぱ、買いすぎじゃない　(・∀・；？

お久しぶり！

今夜やっとましゃの魂ラジオを聴きました！！！

二が月ぶりですよ。

超嬉しい！！(^-^)♪

ましゃは疲れたですけど、ハイーテンションそうですよ。
「ノましゃ」と「ウシュー」と言ってばかりでした。
相変わらすニューモアですよね。(^ー^)

ましゃはみんなは「ましゃ」と呼びませんが欲しいです。ましゃはもう四十歳になりますので「ましゃ」と呼んてやばいと思います。だから、「湯川先生」や「福山」や「雅治」と呼んて欲しいです。もちろん、ライブ時「ましゃ」と呼べります。

はい、わかりました！　

TBS「CDTV15周年SP」

I was lucky to be at home tonight, managed to catch TBS「CDTV15周年SP」 "live" on the web. Acutally I was trying to check on Hexagon and found this programme accidentally.

Of course, I remembered Masha will appear on this programme but I don't plan to watch it as I don't like to watch it online coz of the time lag, and I have classes tonight. Well, it's fated that I can watch it, I guess!

I waited till almost 10pm and Masha appeared to chat for a while. Even the male host praised Masha is かっこいい. Masha smiled with embarassment.

Waited almost 5 to 10 minutes, after all the reports on the past years ranking, Masha finally appeared to sing. The list he performed is as follow:

1) vs.～知覚と快楽の螺旋～
2) Hello
3) 明日の☆SHOW

It is the first time he sang 明日の☆SHOW "live" and on TV! While I was watching Masha's performance, I can't stop smiling and saying "ましゃはかっこいい." It makes me want to see him again at this year's concerts.

After the programme ended, I read my blog entry on last year 大感謝祭 again. It brings back good memory. I hope to see Masha again at 大感謝祭 this year.

ましゃに会いたい！！！

やる気満々！

今回日本へ行く時、上地くんの地元－横須賀行くつもりがあります。
だから、先 横須賀の情報がウェブて調べていました。　

上地くん卒業の小中高学校... (・∀・)Ｖ

「上地雄輔物語」連載の所（彼はいつも行ったの場所）...　(^-^)v

やる気満々ですよ！

えと、なぜ仕事でこれほどやる気が出ないのか不思議です m(_ _；)m　

痛い！！！

オバか私！ Yesterday I knocked my forehead on the chair at night while picking up something. 本当に痛い！！！ My tears almost came out... (TДT)

今も痛いです！！！　I am glad I didn't faint at that moment

Think my forehead has a small lump now (-。-；

Sexy

Pat just taught us a new cheoro and said "you gals should know how to be sexy..." Arghh, ya ya. "Sexy" is the word which will never use to describe me...

I hate being feminine and don't even say about sexy. I used to hate wearing skirts because it's too troublesome. I don't like to mix with girls coz girls are too talkative and undecisive too. So, I guess it's the man nature in me that makes me not sexy and feminine at all.

I hated girls hip hop coz I find it's not my type of dance. Yet I took up Exotic Dance and Booty Dance. Reason? I want to explore a different type of dance and be more sexy and feminine in my dance. So, I learnt to appreciate girls hip hop... now I don't hate it anymore. In fact I kind of like it. I guess it depends on the cheoro too.

Till now I still find it difficult to show sexy moves or expression. Have to open up more and get used to it.

Actually I find that I am sexy when I am full of perspiration after a good workout at gym or dance. (^_^;) That's because being able to put in the heart and effort to do a workout/gym makes me feel good!

Masha's big news

情報解禁！

Masha has announced in his radio programs that his 23rd single will be released on 22 Oct and this year he will be having 大感謝祭！！！！(・∀・)Ｖ

BROS released the information just when Friday arrived (around 0:00-1:00AM). Of course I was (and still am) happy and excited to know the news. As usual, BROS asked us not to release the information and don't discuss on BBS, put on website and talk about it. But there are some damn idots still like to big mouth and spread this information (well, at least I saw from fan website). Sickening. If they really like Masha, they should not be doing this at all! ましゃのファンは失格です！

This year 大感謝祭 will be held at 横浜アリーナ. I have not been to 横浜アリーナ and would like to go there to watch Masha's concerts. On one hand, happy and on the other worry about getting tickets. Hope lady luck will shine on me again this time. お願い！！！

This is the first time Masha's singles have 3 versions. 2 types of first press with two different DVD content and normal press. Wow! I will buy all!

そのより、ましゃの体大丈夫かな？そんな忙しいのに。体を気をつけてください。

＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝

★今年も冬の大感謝祭が決定！！
会場：横浜アリーナ
日程：
12月27日（土）　　　
12月28日（日）　　　
12月30日（火）　　　
12月31日（水）

★10/22（水）１年６ヶ月ぶり、２３枚目のシングルがリリース決定！！
『想 ～new love new world～』, 『明日の☆SHOW』,『HIGER STAGE』が収録されたSingleが１０／２２（水）にリリース決定！！！！

東芝液晶テレビ「REGZA」・ハイビジョンレコーダー「VARDIA」CMソング「想 ～new love new world～」
キリン FIRE　CMソング「明日の☆SHOW」
テレビ朝日系列 北京オリンピック放送テーマソング「HIGHER STAGE」を含む超強力トリプルタイアップシングル！！

【初回限定盤Ａ仕様】※ ミュージッククリップ収録ピクチャー・レーベル仕様DVD付き／ミュージッククリップ撮影模様を撮りおろしたミニ・ブックレット付き品番：UUCH-9021　価格：1,700円（税込）
Ｍ1．「想 ～new love new world～」
Ｍ2．「明日の☆SHOW」　
Ｍ3．「HIGHER STAGE」　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
◆M-1~3までのOriginal Karaoke楽曲収録　　

【初回限定盤Ｂ仕様】※ 福山☆冬の大感謝祭 其の八 働きざかりは 末広がり！ だから、、、♪年末にもあったんだ♪より「vs. ～知覚と快楽の螺旋～」 ・「覚醒モーメント」のライブ音源2曲収録CD付き／福山☆冬の大感謝祭其の八 働きざかりは 末広がり！ だから、、、♪年末にもあったんだ♪ミニ・ブックレット付き品番：UUCH-9022　価格：1,700円（税込）
Ｍ1．「想 ～new love new world～」Ｍ2．「明日の☆SHOW」Ｍ3．「HIGHER STAGE◆M-1～3までのOriginal Karaoke楽曲収録　　

【通常盤】品番UUCH-5076　価格1,200円（税込み）
Ｍ1．「想 ～new love new world～」
Ｍ2．「明日の☆SHOW」Ｍ3．「HIGHER STAGE」
◆M-1～3までのOriginal Karaoke楽曲収録　

(Information extracted from BROS)

River Festival

I attended the Opening of the River Festival last night to watch Fil (my Jazz Instructor)'s performance and take photos.

RF is the event that kind of celebrate F1 in town and there are series of dance, singing and other performances along Central Mall and Clark Quay these two weekends.

I reached Central Mall around 7.15pm and the dance performance has started. The story of the performance is about the founding of Spore. I managed to get quite a good view, almost facing centre of the stage. There is not much crowd. Lucky! So I started taking photos and watching the dance, and trying to spot Fil.

The lion dance performance is good! Wow, I really enjoyed watching it. Finally I saw Fil and his dancing! His dancing is superb! I can see his groove and passion in dance. I think he's the best among all the dancers.

The dancers stayed back to allow audiences to take photos. Fil is pro in the sense that he will look at every angle to allow photographers have the chance to take his picture. Haha. Managed to talk to Fil while he was on his way backstage. He's happy that I came with my camera and asked me to go to the opposite side (Clark Quay) for the next performance.

I took some photos of the dancers and walked along the riverside, following the dancers to the opposite side. But the security guards do not allow us to cross the bridge with them due to security issues (coz Minister is the VIP). Seeing that I have to walk further to another bridge in order to cross over, I gave up the idea and walked back to Central Mall after hearing that they will be fireworks. I waited for it and to my disspointment, only ships lighted with color lights came sailing along the river. The Minister waved at us and only a miserable small firwork to kick off the Opening. So I walked to the nearer bridge (at my right side) to cross over to Clark Quay.

It's the first time I went to Central Mall and Clark Quay at night. I am really surprised that the night life there is bustling. So crowded at Clark Quay! I managed to spot Fil as he was waiting for his turn to enter the stage.

Then there is this ang moh, who dressed in all white, who is so happy taking photos of Fil and other dancers. He seemed to enjoy himself. I stood beside him and took photos. Strangely, we started a conversation. I think he initated it as he asked me to take a photo of him with Fil and the rest. His name is Walid and he is an Egyptian(!) who stayed in Dubai, work as a flight cabin crew for Emirates! I was surprised when he told me he is from Dubai. More surprise when he said he is an Eyptian. Walid is friendly and keeps smiling. He stayed in Spore for 2 days, and his flight back to Dubai is yesterday midnight. According to him, all his colleagues are sleeping and he came alone coz he heard of this event.

We started chatting for a while. Walid commented that Fil is the best too after he watched Fil's dance from the TV (we cant go near the stage as reserverd for VIPs). Walid is also a dancer before he become a flight cabin crew. He is more on the ballroom dancing, salsa etc. He has performed and even joined competitions and won before. He said the last performance was in a bar, with 6 females and males dressed up like Chicago and danced the same way as in the movie. Wow! Dancing has now become his sideline when he's not flying. Interesting.

I am glad that dance has become our common topic. Walid encouraged me that my dance skills will improve if I continue to have the passion in dance, and put in effort. Thanks Walid!

It was a short encounter and I'm happy to know Walid. We exchanged email addresses and our Facebook account as we both like to know new friends. Walid said he will contact me again when he's back in town. I'm not sure if we will still contact each other. Anyway, it's an interesting experience for me.

My legs were tired after standing for almost 3 hours... But it's kind of worth it I think. (^^)

PS. Didn't manage to take some nice photos... m(_ _)m

Exotic Dance

We learnt the formation of this round of Exotic Dance yesterday. The formation is... AWESOME!!!

This time we have different costumes and will project different images. Hmm, I am looking forward to see the final dance rehersal!

As usual, blue blacks on my knees again.. pain, pain, pain. Hack care, I will endure for the sake of the dance. My worry is just that I can't do one of the step well. Most of the time I can't do this step.. this is my biggest problem. I do not want to be a burden to the rest of my dance mates.

Need to challenge myself and push for the limit. 目指せHigher Stage!ヾ('-^*)

Misia's concert 後編

One of MISIA's Japanese fans left a comment on my report for MISIA's concert. He put my blog in his blog entry (Zaraさん、ありがどう！）. I checked out his blog and found his friend, KUさん commented that my report is interesting because I concentrated more on the dancers than MISIA. Well, I guess normally people will concentrate on the singers. Don't forget, dancers are the ones who express the song by dance, without opening their mouth to sing. So it's more challenging for them. Even for w-inds concerts, I do look at the dancers at times to observe their dance skills.

I left a comment at Zaraさん blog. ＫＵさん replied to my comment. (^^)

凄い！！！I am really amazed by the fact that we are fans of different singers, and stay at different countries being able to 'meet' and communicate through BBS. Sometimes it's the fate that brought us together. Though we may not meet each other and be close friends, it's really nice to have such friendship too.

Zaraさん has attended MISIA's concert at Taipei and ＫＵさん will be going to MISIA's concert in Seoul. Wah!!!

ＫＵさん , MISIA 韓国コンサートは楽しんてください！

MVP大賞

上地くん won the MVP大賞 in 『がんばった大賞』 last night. This is a award ceremony held once every quarter to award actors/actresss/comedians/programs etc for each season's dramas and variety shows. It is always broadcast live. I really want to see how 上地くん react when it was announced that he won the award. 上地くん is so happy that he hugged the trophy and took a photo with it and post on his blog. I am happy for him that his hardwork has paid off.

上地くん, おめでどう！！！

ＰＳ．私は上地くんは「雄ちゃん」と呼んでもいいですかなあ？

六年

Today is my 6th year in this company. Never thought I would have stayed for so long... the longest job I have ever stay.

Well, I worked in another department for three year plus before I moved to the current department. This November will be my third year in this department.

I wonder how long I will stay here....

Misia's concert

Yap, I attended Misia's concert yesterday night, after Shut Up & Dance!

The concert started at 8.30pm (30min late!). Everyone stood up when Misia entered the stage. The opening song was a dance track. Everyone was so high!!!

During the second song, Misia sang something like "Dance with me!" Each of her dancers dance some simple moves and we followed. It was so fun and I got high! In fact my seat was in 20th row, and I can't see Misia clearly but I don't really bother. I only aim at the dancers! I spotted one dancer during the first song. His moves were so cool and he has the groove, which the others don't have!

So basically my concentration is on the dancers. Observe how they dance, their movements. As the theme is discotheque, Misia sang a lot of dance tracks and there were alot of dancing by the dancers. I watched their dance moves and sometimes even can catch their dance moves. Their dance moves I would say, are quite simple. Not complicated dance moves like lyrical hip hop. It's more like old school hip hop. So it's kind of easy to follow. But of course got to dance it well. It's only when Misia sang ballads and the dancers went back stage that I looked at her. (*⌒▽⌒*)

Misia's voice is powerful though she is small built. Her singing sounded like in the CD. She can speak English well and she's kind of like a young girl. Hopping around during the encore. I am glad that she has sang Everything. This song really touched my heart when I heard it live.

During the last part, there were a few big ballons floating around in the arena. Too bad it don't come to me at all, coz the people all hit it to the front when they got in touch with the ballons. It was fun, just like those concerts in Japan. Yap, Misia's concert is just like in Japan. Everyone stood and dance during the fast tracks. We only sat down when she sang ballads. The lightings and sound system were good too. So it was really worth going for the concert.

During the encore, everyone went crazy. Some rushed to the front stage. Some stood on the chairs coz they can't see. The uncle beside Irene even waved his hands with Misia (wonder when he started waving as he stood still earlier). (゜o゜；)

When the first encore ended, some people started leaving the hall. Yap, I knew there would be second encore because the lights are not lighted up. So I went to a few rows in front, with Rus and Irene. When Misia jumped on the stage, everyone was surprised. Some rushed to the front immediately. She thanked the sponsors and sang the last song with only one band member playing the keyboard. Her band only consist of four members. One DJ, one keyboard, one in-charge of drums musical items, another... er, I can't remember.

Misia was so happy that the audience were high and response was good. So she made a promise to come back again. Her tickets were about 90% sold out. Quite good for an artist like her who have not done any promotion in Sg.

On my way back, I wondered if Masha come for a concert, will the response be good too? I guess definitely... but, don't think that day will come... (≧∀≦))

PS.
1) one guy was caught by the security for filming video. Please, what on earth is there to film??? Buy the original dvd!!! During encore some started filming with mobile phones m(_ _)m
2) I saw about two guys left their arena seats(right in the middle facing Misia) when Misia was singing ballad. Can those people have some manners and show some respect to the artist??? It is so damn rude to behave like this!
3) concert ended at 11pm so I reached home around 12plus... missed my gym this morning

Shut Up & Dance!

I attended NUS dance blast reflection, which is held once every two years yesterday.

There were 11 dance items for the around one and half hour show. The items are:

1) Opening item
2) Poplicious
3) Where did my baby go
4) Back to basics
5) Dare to dream
6) Emotions in motion - by NTU MJ
7) In the limelight
8) Girls just being girls
9) Fatal Blunder
10) Angst Quardrant
11) Music & Lifestyle

There were four short solo performances in between the items by an alumni from NTU MJ, Seow, Joo Teng and another dancer (can't remember the name).

Pat choreographed the opening item and he taught some of the moves in our dance lessons. While I was watching, I was thinking how can I be like them? We learnt the same moves and yet different results...

I felt that Seow stole the whole show. I like his dance for Where did my baby go. He expressed the song so well. He also choreo Fatal Blunder, combining Chinese tradition and some moves with hip hop. Cool! He is so talented and dance so well!

Ahmad is another raising star. He is so stylo in In the Limelight, which is cheoro by him. His cheoro is nice.

The girls I like are dance blast alumni Azlina and Rebecca. Rebecca can dance really well. Though she is small built, her dance moves leave me a deep impression. She can dance girls hip hop so sexy. How can I be like her??

Yap, I saw Justis too. He performed for Angst Quardant, which is cheoro by him and three other dance blast alumni. Pity that his dance part is not much.

Whenever I see these dancers on the stage, I always wonder how can I be like them. I guess it's the hardwork they have put in cause us to be different. As what Pat said, I am still not "open" enough. Need to be more daring...

黑青

My knees are full of blue blacks since Monday night and it really hurts these few days. Cause - Exotic dance (゜o゜；)

There are a couple of difficult floor moves this time round. My knees have always been weak, in the sense that I feel pain when I kneel down. Probably not enough flesh on my knees. So I always got blue blacks whenever I do any floor dance moves.

Patrick once said a good dancer never injures himself. Well, I guess I am not a good dancer. Even so, I see Sheena, her legs are also full of blue blacks. Sometimes it's unavoidable. You need to have experience and also techniques to avoid the blue blacks. Yes, I am just not to that level...(=_=;)

Ah, why do I want to make myself suffer? Well, it's because I like what I am doing - dance. ('-^*)

09年NHK大河ドラマ『天地人』

俳優・妻夫木聡が主役・直江兼続を演じることで話題の2009年NHK大河ドラマ『天地人』。新たな出演者として、小栗旬、城田優、上地雄輔の名前が8日（月）、NHKより発表された。これまでに常盤貴子、長澤まさみ、相武紗季らの名前が発表されていたが、さらに強力な俳優陣が加わった形だ。

上杉家・景勝の家臣でありながら、豊臣秀吉、徳川家康らを魅了し、また、もっとも恐れられた男・兼続。戦国の世でひときわ目立つ存在だったというが、その兼続と同い年で、親友関係にあったという石田三成を小栗旬が演じる。　また、真田幸村には城田優、織田信長の姪にあたる淀には深田恭子。そして、徳川家康に天下を取らせた小早川秀秋を上地雄輔が演じることが、分かった。　番組チーフ・プロデューサーは、天下分け目の関が原の戦いの中心となった若者たちを、フレッシュで個性的な俳優陣で固めたという。そんなキャスティングについて「リアルな若者としての命を吹き込むのが、小栗旬さんをはじめとする今回発表させていただく皆さんです」とコメントを寄せている。

9月8日18時53分配信
Adapted from: Yahoo News
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Wah, 上地くん　is going to act as 小早川秀秋 in next year 大河ドラマ. Got to know it from his blog and the news came out this morning in the papers/website. Personally I have no idea of Japan history and is not really interested in it though I have been visiting Japan castles. I have no idea about 小早川秀秋 and went to check out on him. Seems an interesting role that 上地くん　is going to play.

NHK managed to get such a strong cast for 『天地人』. 上地くん, 妻夫木聡, 小栗旬、城田優, 常盤貴子、長澤まさみ、相武紗季, 北村一輝 etc. With so many good actors and actresses, I would want to watch it! Well, this will be the first time for me to watch 大河ドラマ and it is going to be shown for the whole year of 2009. Looking forward to this drama next year!

情熱

情熱 = Passion

I found that some friends or people around me do not have passion. They don't have particular things that they like or like to do.

I have been discussing this topic with one of my 親友, SP. She don't have a passion in the past. Well, it's just that her passion won't last long. Since last year she likes a taiwan singer called Yoga, and Yoga has become her passion. SP attended all Yoga's events in Sg and even his concerts in Taiwan, HK and Malaysia. I don't see this as a bad thing. It's always good to have someone or something that you like. At least you are occupied with your passion.

When people asked me don't I feel lonely being single? My replied is "No, not at all." I am occupied with so many things and I am really enjoying my life. One friend asked me "How can dance and gym be your passion? You only learn and that's it." Well, what she don't understand is that I put my heart in learning dance, and dance has become part of my life. As for gym, I enjoy working out and I treasure my health.

I like Masha, and Masha is my passion and he has played an important role in my life. I like w-inds and have been observing and learning their dances. I like 羞恥心 and they have become my passion too. Reading 上地くん、つるのさん and のっく blogs have become my daily habits and their blogs make me ponder and even want to find out more about them and understand the things they write. It may sound ridiculous to be crazy over artists. Well, to me, it's not just support and like the artists. There are good points of the artists which I can learn from.

Anyway, I just feel that having 情熱 is important in one's life.

Friends, if you don't have passion, perhaps it's time for you to search for one.

上地雄輔 2009年カレンダー

笑顔の上地くんが好き!


寝ちゃたの上地くんがかわいい!

I received 上地くん calender today! Yeah! (^-^)v

It has 8 pages in total. The cover, 6 pages for 2 months each and one at the back. Most of the photos were taken from the same series as his book. My favorite photos are the two posted here.

I like 上地くん's smile. His smile gives me the power and feel 元気. I suspect he dozzed off in the second picture coz I once saw his sleeping face in a programme. He looks exactly the same then! Guess he was probably too tired.

This is the first time I bought 上地くん's calender and it's also the first time he has a calender.

Each time of this year, there will be orders for calenders available in Japan. Be it artists, sportsmen, manga etc.

I started buying Masha's calenders couple of years back when he started to sell calenders. But Masha's calenders are all table calenders, no posters size. Then in 2004 when I went Japan, I bought 妻夫木聡　A3 sized calender. I was disappointed with NEWS 2005 calender (just want to keep at that point of time as had the thought that they will disband) as they took out Kusano and just did some touch up to his missing photos. Don't even want to buy it again! I bought w-inds calenders for 2006 and 2007. w-inds 2007 calender was also a disappointment as they only took photos from Journey concert. Anyway, this year I decided not to get w-inds calender and get 上地くん's calender instead. Of course I will get Masha's calender, when it is available for order.

It seems like buying calenders has become my yearly purchase and collection!

Dance Reflections 2008 Passage

I just attended the above event by NUS Dance Synergy tonight.

This event is the Opening for a series of NUS dance concerts/shows which will be held the following one week or so.

Initially when I bought the tickets, I thought it has hip hop item. Well, I was wrong. It was contemporary dance.

It's the first time I watched contemporary dance. I do not know how to appreciate contemporary dance as to me it's too abstract. So if I have known that this is a contemporary dance show, I would not have bought the tickets.

Anyway, I find that the show is alright. I began to wonder how do the dancers dance? Accordingly to beats? It don't really seem so. It's difficult I guess to remember the steps and express the feelings of the dance.

There's a girl whom I find she's particular good! Well, maybe she has the in-born talent. I was rather impressed by one guy, who did similar steps to exotic dance and he danced it so well. Much better than the females! And it was his solo performance. Wow!

EXILE SHOWCASE LIVE 2008

EXILE has announced their Hall Tour through FC sometime last month. Initially I was a bit surprised that they have managed to squeeze some time to have hall tour before the Dome tour. Well, it's good that they have hall tour too as many fans could not get the Dome tour tickets.

Moreover, the venues of the halls are really in those countryside and fans who stay there can have the chance to watch the concert. The capacity of the halls are quite small (about 3000) so it will be difficult to get tickets too.

I don't have this urge to watch the hall tour except that I am tempted to watch the opening at よこすか芸術劇場 as it will be a good chance to tour 上地くん's hometown. But since I am going in December and planning to visit his hometown then, then it's ok for me to give it a miss.

Anyway I have the strong urge to take part in EXILE Dome tour since 1 Jan when they announced the news at their website. I am contented that I managed to get the ticket.

EXILEの皆さん、年末に会いましょう！

EXILE SHOWCASE LIVE 2008 公演スケジュール

公演日 OPEN/START 会場
10月2日(木) 18:30/19:00 よこすか芸術劇場（神奈川県）
10月5日(日) 17:30/18:00 和歌山県民文化会館 大ホール（和歌山県）
10月7日(火) 18:30/19:00 三重県文化会館 大ホール（三重県）
10月10日(金) 18:30/19:00 鳥栖市民文化会館（佐賀県）
10月16日(木) 18:30/19:00 アルファあなぶきホール（香川県）
10月18日(土) 17:30/18:00 米子コンベンションセンター BiG ShiP（鳥取県）
10月21日(火) 18:30/19:00 福井フェニックスプラザ（福井県）
10月24日(金) 18:30/19:00 群馬県民会館（群馬県）
10月28日(火) 18:30/19:00 青森市文化会館（青森県）

唯一叫べる場所

上地くんの唯一叫べる場所は地元の海です。　　　

そう言いば、私の唯一叫べる場所どこですしょう？

...残念ですから、ありませんね。

スーは心が安心の場所は利根川です。私は？
家かな...？

悲しいな...

私の人生特別な場所はないですか！？？　

多分日本の田舎ですよね。

日本にいる時、心が安心します。

私にとって日本は地元みたいですよ。
私は変ですか？σ(^_^；)

Financial Analysis

I did a financial analysis. Conclusion - I am under insured for Critical Illness and my expenses are too high! (゜Д゜)

My expenses are high because of my excessive trips. m(_ _)m

So, I got to start saving.. Yes, saving... save money for my trips and for my retirement. (^^;)

I don't like to plan for future, I hate long term goals... and yes, I am a short-sighted person. I like to enjoy while I can....

そんな私はダメですね... σ(^_^；)

Dance Competitions

Wow wow! There will be 2 dance competitions coming up in October and November. Code Edge 2 which is organised by Studio Wu and Danz War by Danz People. Both studios managed to get the best dancers in the US to back-up for their competitions. Studio Wu managed to get Dance2XS and Danz People got Wade Robson to be the guest judges for their competition and at the same conduct dance workshops in S'pore.

It will be a hard choice or time for dancers who want to take part in both competitions. Both have attractive prizes!!! I am looking forward to watching these 2 competitions!

I would like to attend Wade Robson's workshop but I guess I won't take it. His level is too high for me and the participants will probably be those in advance hip hop. ><

Yap, I don't have confident in my dancing skills....

許せない！

弱いの自分　許せない！

自信ないの自分　許せない！

中途半端の自分　許せない！

びびりの自分　許せない！

優柔不断の自分　許せない！

空気を読めないの自分　許せない！

理想の自分は...




何だろう？？？　m(_ _)m　

Headache

I had headache yesterday due to not having a good sleep the day before. I was so tired and felt miserable due to the headache. Also because of muscle pain. Feel my head going to burst and my mood was totally down... It's only Monday!!!

So suffered for almost one day. When I started dancing, my headache was gone. Miracle!!! It's not the first time. I feel my pain and stress can disappear when I dance...

Dance has become a part of my life (^-^)v