Fangirling: Oguri Shun

After watching 花より男子, I've been crazy over this guy called 小栗旬 (Oguri Shun) taking on the role as 花沢類 who is part of the F4 group in the drama. I only got to know him while watching 花ざかりの君たちへ & even complained about how this guy couldn't match up to Wu Zun's looks for the Taiwan version (though this fella acts better than pretty boy Wu Zun). Indeed I was wrong! He looked incredibly good (just like Prince Charming) in 花より男子 & that's where he got really famous. He also appeared in GTO many years ago but I wasn't too keen on watch that drama cuz it was kinda perverted.

Anyways, I've made screencaps from 2 different dramas he appeared in just to make a comparison. How can a girl not fall in love with Prince Charming in shining armor? (pics below featuring Oguri Shun as Hanazawa Rui in Hana Yori Dango 1 & 2)

His latest drama, still airing in Japan showcased him as Sano Izumi in Hanazakari no kimitachi he. I present you, Oguri Shun who had turned slightly tanned & lost so much weight till he looked kinda old (sad T.T).

Credits: chochajin@LJ + shinigamidesu.com + tbs.co.jp + myself

I had been so occupied this whole week till I couldn't bring myself to post some updates. Hmm, I might as well summarise the eventful week for your easy reading. It all started last week...

Last Saturday
Mum set for Ipoh without me knowing at all while I was sitting for the last exam paper. Grandpa was hospitalised after complaining about pain at the right side of the crotch area. He was diagnosed with hernia. Surgery was scheduled on Monday, 9am.

Last Sunday
Sent my desktop PC for repair. My 5 year old 80GB hard disk died for good & I was hoping my data could be recovered. I couldn't be bothered if the hard disk is repairable cuz all I need is my mp3 collections. My hopes were dashed when the hard disk turned out to physically damaged. Bought a 160GB at RM210 & slowly build up my collection again -_-.

Monday
Became a chauffeur for a couple of days, fetching grandma to & from the hospital. Grandpa's surgery went well as expected. Nothing major. Was entirely addicted to 花より男子 & trying to hard to finish both Season 1 & 2.

Tuesday
Fetched grandma to the hospital again. Did some household chores at home. I haven't been ironing clothes since ages but I still can do it pretty well ^^. Continue with my hanadan (花より男子) fever & at the same time downloading プロポーズ大作戦.

Wednesday
Grandpa was dispatched from the hospital. He is healthy but just a little tired. Hospital bill turned out to be...do I need to say it? Hanadan fever continues. It took me several days to complete 2 seasons. Phew!

Thursday
The instant water heater in the bathroom next to my room hadn't been working for the past 2 weeks. I endured the lack of hot water by bathing in icy cold water instead. It wasn't that bad, after all & I'm starting to get the hang of it. Felt really refreshing after a cold bath XD.

Friday
Was watching 花ざかりの君たちへ Episode 7, I think. Couldn't really remember but I know I did something. Erm, I slept too o_O *shrugs*. Oohhh~ I just remembered. I went to the bank cuz I need to bank in some money to my credit card. Aiya, I wanna buy something online. What else?

Saturday
Only found in the morning that I had mouth infection after looking at myself in the mirror. Chicken pox-like pimples sprouted on the bottom right of my lips. It looked awfully bad & it kinda resembles the HFM disease. TOUCH WOOD! Had a really bad flu throughout the day & I couldn't bring myself to accompany my sis while she was busy with her art competition. And then I slept almost the whole day.

Sunday
Went to the bank pay up Dad's bills & did some minor cleaning up in my room. Though my table didn't look any better...-_-. I'm eager to watch The Da Vinci Code tonight though I already saw the premiere last year & had a plentiful of complaints about how sucky the movie was. I'd probably expected too much since the book turned out to be superb.

ただいま！もう終わりちゃった～ ^^ Exams are finally over. I'm FREE...*squee* Don't even start asking about how the papers turned out to be. It's just...kinda bad, I guess. Best paper I did out of the four so far was Retail Marketing. I supposed I really put much effort in it, not to mention the paper being easier than I expected. *shrugs* Oh well, what's done is done. Can't possibly turn back time, right?

I'm back to being a drama addict again lately D-Addicts forum. I still recall those days during 2001 that I always made it a point to catch up with all the Japanese dramas aired on TV3. And then I would start fangirling with my best friend in school. Ah...those were the days when I was head-over-heels in love with 滝沢秀明. And I bought almost every single drama that he starred in despite the poor subs & video quality. At the moment, I'm hooked on to 花より男子 & 花ざかりの君たちへ cuz there's this cute actor named 小栗旬. Call me lame for only watching 花より男子 now since this is a 2005 drama. You see, I was put off by the Taiwanese version of the same title cuz of the hopeless acting skills. And so I thought the Japanese one wouldn't fare any better either. I was wrong -_-". That's why, never judge a book by its cover.

Anyways, Grandpa was admitted to hospital yesterday due to hernia. If the word sounds alien to you, just look up Wiki & you'll understand better than I try to explain here. Basically it's somewhat related to male's testicles & my grandpa needed surgery to remove some skin; that's what I was told. The surgery is pretty minor so there's nothing to worry about. But I'm glad that my exams are over as my grandpa don't have to chauffeur me around for 2 weeks. He can have all the time he needs to recuperate ^^. No biggie.

I suppose most of you are aware about this Malaysian Chinese dude studying in Taiwan actually made a fanvid using the national anthem as a theme song but modified to rap version. No matter how much I agree with him about the government & country's dirty secrets, I hope the video won't spark off racism riots just like the May 13 incident. Besides, I still have friends from diverse ethnicities whom I have no reason to go against them. Indeed the truth hurts but there's nothing we can do about it unless someone prominent would propose a change. It's a pity that all of us have to put up with government's fault...

Exams!! Will be back in a week's time. Pray for me, ppl~


Credits: ~Sasuya@deviantart

The sleepless nights and endless presentation nightmares had finally came to an end. What a relief! But it's not over yet cuz exams are coming up in 2 weeks. I suppose the exam this time is tougher as we're given a long case study (yes, 20 pages...) to prepare before we bring it to the exam hall. The exam format goes like this...we're allowed to scribble anything on the case study & use it as a guideline to answer the questions. No other scribbled paper are allowed so we have to utilise whatever space we have on the case study paper for the necessary notes. I doubt you can fit the notes for the whole syllabus anyway.

I just bought a brand new LCD monitor several days ago. It's about time anyway cuz my old CRT is giving me problems (my sis uses the desktop more nowadays). At RM599, it's pretty darn good & the design is super sexy. I'm so proud to have one ^^.

Tadaa! The new, sexy Samsung SyncMaster 732N Plus

With a refresh rate of 5ms & contrast ratio of 2000:1

Look at the vivid colours & ultra high resolution at 1280 x 1024~ Are you green with envy now? XD Okay, okay...I'm not trying to be a show-off but erm, just telling you guys that this model is a good buy. It's not enough for gamers but moderate users like us would find it more than sufficient. Perhaps you guys might wanna try out this model when your old monitor dies.

P.S. I should be studying -_-"

I've been busy for the whole week that I couldn't even find time to blog at least once. You see, I was occupied with rushing to complete my assignments which all due back to back. This is one of the craziest semesters I've ever experienced *sweats*.

A friend of mine who uses government loan to pay college fees had encountered a problem recently. She was unlucky cuz PTPTN left out her account when allocating funds to all the applicants. There's a possibility that she might not be able to sit for the upcoming semester exams. She has to apply for deferrment for the next semester if necessary. Honestly, I felt really upset after she told me about this.

I'm gonna miss talking with her about the Dong Bangs & getting all fangirly when MTV shows their MVs (well, not like they ever will... -_-"). I mean, we've got loads to talk about & things would be different if she's not around. But what saddens me is that she has no choice but to delay her studies again. Yeah, she did it previously & she might need to do it again. *sighs* Oh well, I guess there's nothing I can do about this...

Okay, here're some pics from the Intiball earlier this month. Sorry for taking such a long time to post them up cuz like I said, I was & still busy. The ones I took using my good 'ol camera is still inside. You might have to wait for that. It's not like I'm not posting anything, right? ^^

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The T-shirts that I was talking about look sooo cute. I bet it's selling like hot cakes among Dong Bang fans.

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While driving home from college, grandma suddenly mentioned that my clothes are here. Bwuh? Clothes...?? Since when I ordered clothes online after my prom dress? I couldn't recall anything at all. Gah~ I shrugged it off as I was busy driving anyway.

The minute I caught a glimpse of a crumpled & stuffed up envelope on my bed; all of a sudden I remembered what it was. It's the Dong Bang artwork T-shirts that I ordered last month & they're finally here. Guess what, this was the 1st order that encountered problems in spite of my frequent purchase from YesAsia. Apparently, my credit card couldn't be billed after they shipped out the package. My credit card had insufficient credit at the time when they billed it. It wasn't my fault for the insufficient credit & it was with the bank after all & yadi yada.

Anyways, the dispute was over & I'm too lazy to dwell on it. Besides, I'm worried sick about my incomplete assignments which will be due in 2-3 weeks to come. Believe it or not, we have not even discuss properly. The upcoming weeks will definitely be a nightmare~ *sweats*

I happened to find this fanvid of Brazilian fans dancing to Dong Bang's The Way U Are from the LJ comm. Can you imagine that? They have fans all the way from Brazil... o_O

Btw, this featured group had performed in one of their anime convention held last month. I'd have to say they did even better than their practice session (which should be this way). Kudos to them for practising so hard & pulling the dance off perfectly. There's a girl in the group & she dances so effing well~ *envy* If only I could do at least half of the moves like her...

Imagine performing Dong Bang dance on Talent Nite! XD Haha, just joking ^^. Click here to watch the awesome dance.

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I managed to get hold of one of my pics in the ball. It kinda sucked actually -_-" & it was taken using an N95. Speaking of that phone, it has a 5 mega-pixel camera. *shakes head* The camera can't escape problem with slow shutter speed in low light conditions when the flash is turned off. Nothing beats a good 'ol film camera. Digital camera is not too bad either if it has an anti-shake function just like Panasonic Lumix's revolutionary Mega O.I.S.

Here's me with a rather stupid look. L-R: My classmate, me, his gf (she's gorgeous, isn't she?) ^^

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Hi all. I know you guys are eagerly waiting for me to post the pics of the Intiball. Fret not, I will definitely post them...as soon as I finish snapping & finishing the film in my camera. That's right, I decided to return to the good 'ol bulky camera - which still comes in handy at times when you dun own a sophisticated anti-shake digital camera.

I should be able to finish the film by this Saturday, hopefully. Just sit down & wait patiently, will ya? Dun expect much pics cuz there wasn't much to take anyways. Besides, I'm missing one person to camwhore with. You know who you are XD.

Gosh~ Tomorrow is the big day! Okay...kinda exaggerated a little bit. I'm going to prom again just for fun. And I get to flaunt my brand new (and cheap ^^) dress :D. Yippee! Everything has been settled which includes the tickets, shoes, dress, who's doing the make-up & hair...bla bla bla. All I need to do now is to be a good girl & get my beauty sleep so that I won't look like a zombie tomorrow.

There you go...a snapshot of the 2 tickets I bought for tomorrow night & next Saturday's Talent Nite event. It's gonna be a happening night for both weeks. I hope both shows turned out to be good.

I was so excited when my prom dress arrived yesterday. It looks absolutely fabulous at such a cheap price. Of course, I didn't expect much from the material used cuz at RM59.90; there's no way you can get a chiffon dress. I'll kill myself if you can ever get one.

Here's how the dress looks like. I haven't got to take a pic of myself wearing it together with my shoes. I always end up not wearing a proper bra underneath when trying the dress for everyone to see. Perhaps I should save the best moment for the prom night itself & take loads of beautiful pics. ^^

Gah~ If only my 3.2mp camera wasn't stolen in the first place. Then I wouldn't need to rely on others to take pics. T.T Somebody just get me a brand new camera right now!! *wails* Oh boy, I just realised that I'll be attending events one week after another. Intiball is this Saturday while Talent Nite is scheduled next week. *imagines money flying away* T.T

Dad might be driving my grandparents to JB next Thursday which means I might have to drive to uni myself. Ack! The hassle of finding a carpark & leave it there until class ends. Thank goodness class starts at 8am so it forces me to leave house earlier to grab a good parking space. Hmm yes...that should be it.

Transformers

OMG~ Transformers ROCKS BIG TIME!! *squee* This is a movie you can't afford to miss. The CGs are awesome especially when the robots' transformation process is so elaborate & detailed. Probably more than 10,000 moving parts were animated to make the robots look surreal. Action scenes were superb & it kept me at the edge of the seat most of the time during the 2 hour show.

Storyline wise, it was pretty interesting how Michael Bay changed it a little to provide the movie appeal. I bet die-hard G1 fans wouldn't fancy such moves. As a fan of Transformers (not die-hard though...), I thought the change was rather fresh & cool in a way. A thing to note in the movie that's not originally in the cartoon is the robots are capable of taking any form whenever they see one. One good example is when Bumblebee took on a new design from an old junk car to a brand new Camaro by copying one of the Camaro car passing by. How cool is that? ^^

I dun wanna spoil too much as I know some of you haven't watched it yet. Go watch it & you be the judge. My only slight disappointment is that Megatron was defeated so easily...-_-". I want him to end the battle majestically with Optimus Prime. Apparently the sequel is confirmed so I'm hoping more emphasis is given to the robots. A little too much about human issues in this movie but I would say it's a good start to introduce Transformers to the world. I mean, what's important is it appeals to the mass market besides the G1 die-hard fans. Since this movie had pleased the non-fans, it has done a pretty good job to turned them into future die-hard fans. :D

Mum, sis & I walked around 1 Utama New Wing after lunch & stopped by at the Sony Fair at the Oval area. That's where I got my new pair of headphones which costs me RM99 only (retail price RM109). Mum was contemplating on whether or not to buy the DVD player but decided not to in the end. I'm glad she didn't cuz it wasn't on promotion anyway as claimed by the salesman. The catalogue stated the retail price clearly anyways.

Then, Mum told me to get a new pair of high heels for my upcoming Intiball. I was surprised when she said that cuz I intended to wear my old one since it matches my green dress. Nevertheless, I love the new heels I just bought. It's a little pricey but as long as it's gorgeous XD. And it's 3 1/2 inches so I bet my legs are gonna hurt on that very night. Oh well...that's the price to pay for wanting to look pretty. Am I right?

P.S. Pics of my shoe will be posted later. I wanna go sleep now...

Okay, the test wasn't so bad except that Question 2 (c) turned out to be a little mind-bogging. All I did was wrote a paragraph & proceed to the next question. I'm expecting to get a pretty low grade for this test. Ah...to hell with it!

I went to college rather early today at 10am. In fact, I don't have classes on Fridays but being a good buddy; I deliberately went to support their Talent Nite Promo Show. But that only started at 1pm. What did I do for the whole morning then? I went to settle my lost ATM card issue since I couldn't get it done at the Section 14 branch. Just because they ran out of stock for ATM cards -_-". Bummer! Too many customers, is it?

Then, off I went to Maybank to bank-in for my prom dress. Yes~ I've decided at the very last minute to attend Intiball. In addition to that, I was requested by Jonathan (Intiball Organising Chairperson) to be his partner so that I can sit with him at the VIP table. Wow! Back to the dress. I thought of getting a new one since I've worn my old black chiffon dress for 2 yrs. Yeah I know...the fashion police should've arrest me earlier for wearing the same dress to proms.

I told Mum about this green halter dress that I'm planning to get from eBay. There she goes again making comments just like the last time in Rest & Relax boutique. I mean, she should know better that I can't fit well in dresses with sizes so a free size, stretchable one would be appropriate. And this dress is free size at the price of RM59.90. Can you imagine that? I can afford to keep aside & not wear it anymore if it doesn't look nice. It's only RM59.90 for God's sake & it's imported from Korea. What more can you ask for such a cheap dress? See it for yourself.

Mum said I could buy it if I really want it. Ah, I'm paying for it neways ^^. After that, I headed to the library to read some books & waste time. Found this really interesting book to read & decided to borrow it back home. I bet most of you heard of this book called Confessions of a Shopaholic. I realised that I'm kinda act like a shopaholic at times considering the way I spent on things not necessary. Especially on Dong Bang stuffs. Hmm, no...that's more like obsession. Oh whatever~ *shrugs* That female progtagonist is just insane. She still shops though her credit card was overdrawn by 6000 quids. Gosh...doesn't she wanna think about how to settle her bills before buying something else? Scary~ o_O

Well, the promo show turned out to be okay sans the unresponsive audiences. Though okay but not great. Perhaps the lack of coordination & cooperation between the organising committee members led to this problem. I wish them luck for the actual event on July 14. I'll be going again to support. See how much I love my friends? XD

As I've promised, I'm here to bring the pics of the Japan GT Race 2007. Nope I'm not gonna upload them as it would be awfully troublesome. To save time, click here to read my friend's blog about the whole event. I find it hard to not read her blog cuz the way she described our road trip was fantastic.

Her blog is heavily overdosed with pics, mind you. Definitely not dial-up friendly. Don't say I didn't warn you. And those pics in her blog are not the complete ones. Imagine uploading all of them...o_O. I bet my friend's bandwidth would explode in no time.

Guys, drool all you want cuz there're lots of shots on those sexy GT queens imported all the way from The Land of The Rising Sun. Tsk, tsk...(Rising Sun reminds me so much about Dong Bang XD). After reading that post, leave some comments. Will ya? ^^

P.S. Boo-hoo! Retail Marketing test is tomorrow & I lost my ATM card -_-".

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I forgot to tell you guys. Got myself a wifi router from Digital Mall at RM99. It's the Belkin model that I intend to buy. Retail price is RM159. Ain't that great news? XD *dances*

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Ahh...what an enlightening experience~

The heat, the adrenaline rush, awesome mod-cars, hot sexy GT queens (no hot guys though -_-"), the crowd...

All these happenings still seemed overwhelming to me. Yes, I went to the Japan GT Race 2007 at Sepang F1 Circuit in case you're still wondering. Though it won't do good to get my butt there again next year, I'm glad I was part of the audiences cheering for God-know-who Japanese drivers & their superb driving skills. The feeling was undescribable. You just have to be there to experience it.

Aftermath of the event ---> a sun-burned face, temporary hearing loss & a BAD headache + bloodshot eyes.

The sacrifice I had to make just to watch the drivers zooming their cars round & round endlessly on the circuit (it seemed like eternity to me XD). There'll be pics upped soon. My cousin bro's old, busted Panasonic camera phone failed but I still had friends' cameras to rely on ^^. So hang in there while I grab pics from my generous buddies.

Things to note at the GT race:

1. Surprisingly local drivers can drift pretty well. There's room for improvement, of course.
2. The pitstop where all the GT cars were parked was opened for visitors with an admission of RM100 for 1 hour only.
3. Everyone had pretty bad sunburn while Ms. Chang, our SAO officer had minimal ones. Jealous-nya~

Alas, I've handed in my assignment. Oh, the joy!! :D Imagine sleeping at around 4am just to get it done. The assignment wasn't hard but there's risk of making a blunder in certain sections & getting a bad grade in the end. So I met up with the lecturer & let him check through my work. Thank God I did! After the last inspection today, he nodded his head in approval. *phew*

And guess what, my thumb drive got infected with a malware. Grrr...it must've came from INTIMA's PC. Gosh~ Should I even elaborate on how slow the PC was? -_-" It was really slow. I bet the PC is badly corrupted. Boo-hoo! Inti seriously need to do something about this. *shakes head*

And this Sunday is Japan GT Race. Can you believe that my college was invited to watch for free? Hmm maybe there aren't enough ppl so they decide to give free invitations to fill up the empty space. Well, whatever it is; we get to sit at the main grandstand area. Awesome~ *squee* All I need to do is pay RM10 for the bus fee & off I go. I have to start thinking of what to wear... XD

I decided to take a break after sitting in front of my lappie for hours yesterday to work on my Direct Marketing assignment. Went to Mum's room - grabbed the Astro control - then plopped on the bed & started channel surfing. Then I came upon this movie called The Mistress of Spices starring Aishwarya Rai (did I spell it correctly? o_O) & Dylan McDermott. It looked pretty interesting in certain ways; a Bollywood star collaborating with an American celebrity, the logic behind spices worshipping & "talking" to spices.

It soon got rather a pain to watch cuz the idea of spice worshipping sounds pretty stupid. No offence but Tilo (Aishwarya Rai) had to promise herself that she won't leave the spices just so that she can date the white guy architect (Dylan McDermott). In the process of starting a relationship, she realised that her actions were causing troubles to her loyal spices customers who rely on her spices for certain purposes (not cooking, of course). I would say, a voodoo spell. She's not evil but she's some sort of a guardian of spices who manipulates these ingredients to help people. Apparently the spices' souls began to retaliate when Tilo starts to have feelings for that architect. Yeah, yeah... *rolls eyes*

The ending was definitely predictable. As usual, she vowed that she'll never break her promise to her spice & finally passed the test. She's free to date the guy as long as she never leaves the shop. -_-" Alrite, I have to admit that it was kinda waste of time to watch. I could've spend more time on my assignment...my bad. Well, well. Time for assignments. Till then~

I'm procrastinating when I shouldn't be XD. My mind is so disrupted & clouded for so long that I've just realised recently that my assignments are piling up again. It's high time that I should make a checklist for assignment deadlines to remind this old rusty brain of mine.

Assignment deadlines

1. Direct Marketing (individual) - June 20
2. Direct Marketing (group) - July 18
3. Service Marketing - July 25
4. Marketing Planning - July 27

Gosh...T.T So many work to do. And I need to study for tests & prepare for exams too -_-".

Oh the joy~ :D I was so exhilarated when I saw this article in the Sinchew papers. I'm praying hard that this news is for real. They're actually coming in December!! Pls let this be true...*prays hard*

Source: Sin Chew Jit Poh, 8/06/07

I posted pics of the concert goods, necklace & phone strap on the Dong Bang LJ comm yesterday. Just for the sake of sharing with the members on how the goods really looked like. I believe that not many members have the opportunity to buy those concert goods. The least I could do is to allow them to take a closer look at the stuffs through pics.

Apparently my intentions were not appreciated & even misconstrued. Some idiot accused that what I've done was a sign of bragging. "It's like an attempt to make others envious & jealous of her", according to the aforementioned fella. Yeah, yeah. I wanna tell everyone "look at what I bought OMG"... *rolls eyes*

The fact that I do have things to show off. So?? Does she have a problem with that? I couldn't be bothered if she really reads this post. She gave me my very first flame on the net, btw. And it was rather interesting to know that ppl can be jealous & so childish in the cyberworld as well. Perhaps she has a horrible or tragic childhood, just like what my netpal said XD. We should be more considerate...*injects sarcasm*

Call herself a Dong Bang fan? Ugh. I'm disgusted. Dong Bang fans never flame each other. She's better off getting a mirror for self-reflection. Some Dong Bang fan, huh? *snorts*

Jeng, jeng! My huge package just arrived yesterday. *squee* Since the box was enormous...

...I couldn't find a perfect spot to hide it from my Mum's prying eyes. And so, she made me opened up the box cuz she was curious about the items inside since the total amount listed on the EMS slip was about ￥10000 or more.

Here's are the content of the box. Mind you, these are my friend's orders.

Meanwhile, I only bought these stuff.

The tour pamphlet was quite worth it as it was printed on high quality paper. What's more, the photoshoots were awesome. If only the pamphlet was thicker, then it would be even more worth the money spent. As for the T-shirt, the ladies cut was great but it's kinda disappointing that the fabric quality was compromised. After seeing pics of the Dong Bang members wearing similar shirts (the words on their shirts had shiny sequins sewn on), I was half hoping that mine wouldn't turn out like that. I'm glad it wasn't shiny...*phew* as I didn't wanna end up like a disco ball at the chest part. Okay, the sequins wasn't so bad either but I like it simple. Simple means more ^^.

Ah, yes. The necklace. The pendant was smaller than I expected but I guess it would look great when I put it on. It is indeed beautiful & it was a mistake for not buying it earlier this year. Now, I have to pay a whopping high price for it -_-".

See the bling-bling? XD

It comes with a gift paper bag.

Of course, the jewellery was meant for Valentine's Day. This is a chocolate magnet, btw.

Alas, the last item on my shopping list which flew directly from Japan.

Look at what the Dong Bangs had done to me. Somebody pls kill me now...XD

P.S. My mum was complaining why I'm obsessed with cross-shaped pendant, earrings, yadi yada...to be frank, she dislikes anything that has a religious symbol. That's why she's making a fuss over it. I take any cross accessories as a fashion statement & I don't feel offended or don't mean to offend anyone about crosses. I'm supposed to be Buddhist but in reality; my practice is more atheistic.

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It's 12.00am, Monday here. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY DEAR YOOCHUN!! 생일 축하함니다 믹키유천! 誕生日おめでとう、ユチョン！

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Ugh. The movie I was anticipating to watch in this post turned out to be quite a disappointment. The English dubbing was surprisingly good despite running out-of-sync when the characters moved their lips. It's understandable; since the movie is originally in Japanese.

The disappointing part of the movie is because lots of scenes were cut off. I mean, A LOT -_-". Why?? T.T Animax is such a meanie. The next irritating part is the commercials but that's still tolerable. Why cut short the movie? Guess what, the movie was so short that it was only 1 hour 40 mins.

*sighs* Oh well...nothing beats watching the movie on a TV screen rather than the my laptop screen. Don't y'all think so? But it could've been better...

You know...those discount or cash vouchers always never fail to attract us to buy stuffs that we WANT (not NEED, mind you XD). Most of the time, the vouchers have certain terms & conditions which make the so-called promotional benefits less favourable to customers. I don't mean all vouchers; but only some. Can't really blame the parties who issue the vouchers cuz all they wanna do is business. Who doesn't wanna cheat a little (in a legal way...) & earn extra profit?

Why am I telling y'all this? Cuz never in my life I've seen such a deceiving cash voucher. In fact, it's a really big cheat. This RM50 cash voucher was issued by this Chinese restaurant we went to previously. Not wanting to put it to waste, we decided to go there again for lunch. The incident happened last week but I forgot to share with you guys. We all know that cash vouchers work pretty much like cash & it's redeemable with any amount spent unless a minimum amount is stated clearly as part of the terms. The balance from the cash voucher will be forfeited if the amount spent is less than the cash voucher. Fair & square? Okay.

Our cash voucher turned out to be ambiguous. While large printed words of "RM50 Cash Voucher" were on the front, there's a clause which goes like this...

Redeemable up to 50% of the total bill

WTH?! Which means even if we only spent RM50 in total, the voucher will only cover RM25 & the remaining RM25 will have to be borne by us. Unfair~ Lets say, we spent RM100; at the end of the day we only pay RM50 cuz it's half the the total bill & the cash voucher is RM50. That's uh...fair. Take another example - we spend RM200 but we need to pay about RM150. Why? Cuz the cash voucher is only RM50. There's no way the voucher will deduct RM100. See the trick?

For God's sake... if the restaurant is dying to earn so much profit, just put the damned minimum amount spent as the part of the terms & conditions. Geez... *rolls eyes*

Scans are upped. See it for yourselves.

Here's a small dose of Dong Bang fever for you guys ^^. Not exactly about the Dong Bangs but somewhat related. I present you the fancam video of the TVXQ Dance Competition which was held at Sungei Wang shopping mall. It was somewhere in March, I think. All I remembered was the event came a day after I attended the 1st TVXQ Malaysian FC gathering.

Now, the video shows the champion showcasing their winning dance choreography which was partially original. I have to admit that they were pretty impressive but there's still lots of room for improvement. Click the link below & see it for yourselves ^^.

[CLIP] TVXQ Dance Competition at Sg. Wang - Machi Crew dancing to O-正.反.合

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End was pretty good. Though not superb like its predecessors, it was quite entertaining so to speak. Apparently, there were mixed reviews; some saying that it was awesome while naysayers complained about the plot to be too covoluted. I agree with that statement, which is why I was kinda disappointed as I was so hyped up & placing high expectations on the movie.

To those who has yet to watch it, don't be put off by my remarks. The movie is still worth watching. Just that it lacks the spark in which the two prequels had. While I was waiting for the cinema gate to open, I was standing in front of this huge (yes, I mean it...) promotional poster of Captain Jack Sparrow. Knowing that I have the hots for Johnny Depp, I had this wild intention of...ROBBING the poster & bring it back home!! Okay, okay. It was only a thought. Imagine having Johnny Depp aka Captain Jack Sparrow in your personal space XD. Yummy~ *drools*

The poster is exactly like the pic below except that it's rectangular & minus those French words. I should've take a snapshot of me standing next to it *smacks head*. But my stupid camera phone is crap -_-". Oh nvm...

Credits: www.impawards.com

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Why use Gmail? Because it rocks big time! XD Okay, lame...Wanna find out good stuff about Gmail. Click the link below. Cute commercial, it is.

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Random post. I found this in one of the sites I was visiting & thought it was rather interesting. Perhaps some of you are aware of this discovery. Anyways, I might as well share with you all. It's mind blogging yet amazing.

Newsflash:
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by itslef but the wrod as a wlohe.

Pissed. Disappointed. A little upset. That was how I felt when I failed to win the auction last night. I wanted this (pics below) quite badly & decided to go for it.

I was very close to winning it. Then, WHAM! Someone outbid me...

I could've won it if I could afford higher bid T.T. My competitor kept on bidding non-stop during the last 10 mins. I was one step slower...so I lost in the end. Whoever that fella is won with the bid of 9500 yen.

The Winner... -_-"

I should've bought this necklace earlier. *sighs*

This movie is pretty old but I still find thrill watching it again. What's more, it will be shown on TV. On Animax~ Woo-hoo! I can't wait!!! *squee* The characters in the movie are to die for... XD

I've been longing to post the 東方神起ｘVERITE jewellery pics which I found from Cyxion forum. Some rich fella, I mean...REALLY RICH fan actually bought the whole collection. I felt so jealous cuz I intended to buy one of them when the jewelleries were available for order on mu-mo.net in January. It was too pricey to begin with & so I changed my mind. Well, who said Japanese goods are cheap? *sighs* The money I saved up was used to buy the 1st Live Concert: Rising Sun DVD instead. And I thought those ridiculously expensive jewelleries didn't look too nice in the illustrations.

Little did I expect that these VERITE jewelleries turned out to be gorgeous. Like I said earlier, some rich fella bought the entire collection & took snapshots of every piece of silver jewelleries. At that moment, I was more convinced that they are indeed beautiful. I felt a tinge of regret for not ordering in the first place T.T. Yeah, it was pricey; it's even worse now. The only way to get any of the VERITE pieces is through Yahoo! Japan Auctions. It might sound crazy to you but there are auctioners out there willing to pay up to 10500 yen just for some silver crap. It's not even embedded in diamond. Imagine how much value the Dong Bangs have... o_O

Might as well show you guys the pics neway.

The complete 東方神起ｘVERITE collection

Chocolate look-alike magnet which comes with each piece of jewellery

(Not edible)

1 sided earring

Cross pendant with chain

Arabesque pendant with chain

Name-engraved pendant with chain

(5 members - Junsu, Yuchun, Jejung, Changmin & Yunho)

I saw the cross pendant with chain on Yahoo! Japan Auction & I'm so tempted to get it. Should I, should I? Two of my online friends told me not to get it. Not worth it, that's what they said. But still...it's soooo pretty *drools* The auction ends on Sunday night which means I still got time to decide XD. And who knows I'll bid at the very last min. Evil~ XD

Credits: likwen@cyxion.net
Source: Baidubar

I was browsing through one of the Dong Bang forums as usual the other day & then came upon this topic about a newspaper article published in The Star. Surprisingly, it contained album reviews featuring Rain, TVXQ & Super Junior. Since the topic starter didn't post up the actual article, I decided to look it up myself. After reading it, I thought I might as well put it up here.

I wouldn't blame the author for not giving a good review as I don't expect him/her to fancy Korean boybands; what's more boybands are a thing in the past. The author gave a fairly good review about the Dong Bangs but not in the case for SuJu. They practically got bashed for having only pretty looks. Taken from the article: "...13 members. Why 13? Perhaps to to make up for the lack of talent?". Geez~ The 13 of them certainly have talents, unlike モーニング娘 (Morning Musume). Fyi, SuJu was formed based on the 13-member model of Momusu but way more talented than the female counterparts. I shall not elaborate more on the girls cuz you can easily find their videos on YouTube to gauge their level of talent.

Another excerpt: "But surprisingly, they are still around, thanks to their charm and immaculate packaging". Helloo?? Idols are all about charms, good looks & talent. That's how they are marketed to attract fangirls. Even singers need a certain degree of charm to succeed in the market. I've seen talented singers who failed to create a strong presence in the music industry. It's because they weren't attractive nor appealing enough. Simple as that. I have to disagree with the author about her remark.

On the vocal aspects, SuJu is not comparable to the Dong Bangs as the latter is one level higher. The Dong Bangs is in fact an acapella dance group; possessing better trained vocals are a sure thing. I wouldn't deny that SuJu might have been trained to sing acapella during their trainee days but they're supposed to portray a different image as a group. What's more, SuJu debuted later than Dong Bangs which means they're less experienced. The author made an unfair comparison between SuJu & Dong Bang. He/she must've been deaf or something. Dong Bang was also lip-synching in the concert, only fast songs though.

And if you read comments on Rain, there were quite a number of positive views. Rain has his own distinctive style but definitely weak on vocals. He is not even close to any of the Dong Bang members. The author seemed to favour Rain more no matter how hard he/she tried to be unbiased in writing this review. *sighs* He/she is free to express his/her opinions neway...

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Source: StarTwo, Thursday 10/5/07 (The Star)

Mother's Day celebration for this year was pretty interesting. For a change, we went to Bangsar Seafood Garden Restaurant for dinner. The ambience in both inside & outside the restaurant was classy, comforting & well-lit (but not too bright). Food was pretty delicious, of course. Desserts...I'd have to say, they were absolutely fantastic. The red bean tong sui was superb & not to forget the dark chocolatey cake which was given to all reservations courtesy of Mother's Day.

Indulging in that lovely cake was like a moment in heaven XD. Every inch of the cake is made from rich dark chocolate & other ingredients mixed together to perfection. Each bite will definitely blow you away. Too bad I don't have a camera to capture a shot of the cake. Apparently, the cake is homemade; specially ordered from this lady who goes by the name Mrs. McGregor. Ah, mat salleh...no wonder the cake tasted incredibly good. She left her cellphone number & email address on the box too ^^. *grins*

As part of the restaurant's marketing gimmick, the staff took a family photo of us using a Lumix camera & even offered to print it. I guess we didn't pay a slightly high priced 8 course meal for nothing :D. Here's how the pic turned out...

P.S. My aunt said I looked like Faye from F.I.R. Fyi, F.I.R is a Taiwanese band which consists of 1 female (vocalist) & 2 males (keyboardist & guitarist). It must be due to my curls XD

There I was looking like a psycho girl who just escaped from an asylum when I stormed towards 100￥ショップ at SS2 while my Grandma dropped by at the morning wet market to grab some groceries. As soon as I entered the shop, I took no notice of the workers nor other items displayed & hurried towards the rack displaying none other than the 美Stick boxes. I promised Teema that I would get her Jaejoongie's box if I came upon one.

To my surprise, there were lots of white boxes with Jaejoong's porcelain-smooth face printed on them. You should've seen how my face gleamed & slowly turned into a huge stupid grin. Without wasting any time, I started searching for the rest of the members. There was an array of flavours available for sale (chocolate, coffee, chocolate errrr...) but most of them has Yoochunnie's face. Ack!

Since there were quite an amount of stocks with each of the members, I decided to grab them while they lasts. And so I grab them & put on the floor; dig some more for other flavours. This act of insanity probably drove the shopkeeper nuts (he must've been sniggering inside as well, hmmph~ more on that later). He approached & placed a shopping basket beside me; stood there for a couple of seconds trying to figure out what's so special about pretty boys on chocolate snacks boxes. Of course, they are. Because they're the Dong Bangs XD.

At the counter, the shopkeeper asked with a sly smile, "Is that all?". I said, "Yeah..." & started unloading the snacks from the basket. In total, I paid RM44.90 for all the snacks. Speaking of insanity, eh? He sniggered again before handing me the plastic bag & then clearly said, "Please COME AGAIN~". Get the sniggering part now? I'm probably one of those rare customers who walked out of the shop with a bagful of chocolate snacks worth RM44.90. Imagine paying that much for 9 boxes of snacks XD.

I felt poorer for the day but nevertheless, it made me happy ^^. At the moment, I'm still short of the complete set for the red boxes...*nudges Teema*

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Piccies, piccies! I here present the profile cards pictures for the main characters in Death Note movie. I scanned them using my junk printer so the quality ain't that great. More piccies to come when I finish scanning the rest. I'll probably put up the scans for the booklet too if I have the time ^^.

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My Death Note Complete Set DVD just arrived today~ *drools* OMG!! The packaging & its content are as good as the pics I've posted previously (taken from DVDHeaven). Basically, this complete set has the following:

1. Death Note DVD
2. Death Note 2: The Last Name DVD
3. Special Feature DVD
4. Booklet (Interviews & behind-the-scenes pics)
5. 2 sets of profile cards

Erm, 2 sets of profile cards?? Well, yeah...it's kinda odd. But more on that later. No snapshots of the box set at the moment cuz my Mum took her cellphone to the office. There's no way I'm gonna use my camera phone since the photo quality sucks. Plus, my Mum's phone has Bluetooth. Will be back with piccies. Stay tuned!

Today was a rather boring start for my 1st day of uni. Here I am, entering the 4th semester i.e. 2nd year of my degree studies. First class of the day was MKT323 with a young Indian male lecturer who will be teaching us direct marketing. I have no idea why but all of a sudden, he mentioned that our most dreaded lecturer for MKT326 has resigned. Boy, our gang were so pleased by the announcement! Since there wasn't much to teach (not many students either..), he let us go an hour earlier. With that, I had more than 2 hours break with nothing to do. So me & friends ended up loitering around campus & Asia Cafe until the next class commenced.

I made Teema come to see me though she didn't have any classes after 10am (tsk...she skipped neway XD). Umm, okay I'm not entirely sure but from what I know...she was nice enough to accompany me till 2pm. We made a deal to bring & exchange our gifts; I bought her a phone strap from Singapore while she got me a box of Mi-sticks from Korean Village at Ampang. The minute we got hold of our gifts, we started squealing delightfully XD. I was thrilled with the sight of Jaejoong's gorgeous face on the Mi-stick box while Teema loved the strap to bits. Fyi, I bought the same thing for Jen but in a different colour. I'm glad you gals love your stuff very much. It's just a small token of appreciation for our friendship during these semesters. Love you gals~ ^^ *hugs*

As for the Mi-sticks snack, I couldn't bear peeling the box & ruining it just to remove a packet of chocolate-coated-stick-liked biscuits. At the same, I didn't wanna put the biscuits to waste by keeping them until they rot (btw, the deadline is Dec 2007 XD). I'm such a fickle, ne? And so I carefully cut open the bottom part of the box with a blade & distributed the snack to my buddies. One of my guy friends even said, "Gimme the sticks~ I love DBSK food too!". I'd swear I almost choked in between chewing the stick & laughing simultaneously...Ack~ It was one of his tricks to get free food neways *shrugs*

The MKT321 lecturer which had masculine-ish name turned out to be a petite & pretty lady. Nothing much to say about her as she dismissed the class rather early as well. When it was time for MKT326, we entered class & to our dismay; our dreaded lecturer was standing right in front of our very eyes -_-". I'd have to say, he did improve on his teaching skills but it wasn't much better than the last time he taught us. Hmm, that was a year ago. I heard that this week would be his last; so we won't be seeing him anymore next week. Makes me wonder who & how our new lecturer will be. Hmm...

After getting Jaejoong Mi-sticks box, I'm so tempted to collect the rest of the members too. Btw, it costs RM2 per box & there's lots of flavours packed in different designs. I told myself, "why not grab them all?" XD

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