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THE KOREAN TOMATOE PROFILE

Name:
Ami-chan;Amichi; KoreanTomatoe

Contact:
the email

Current crushes:
Naohito Fujiki, Pes (Rip Slyme), Bi/Rain, Jo In Sung and this guy whose name I have absolutely no idea of from the Korean rock groupY2K.

Current purchases:
-Kang Ta's 2nd album, PINE TREE. Reccomended to all K-pop luverz!!!
-V6's 7th album, seVen.
-SMAP's CATCHY 15th album, SMAP 015/Drink!SMAP.
Can you all note out the career highlights of these artists? Kang Ta only has 2 albums (well seven with those he had in H.O.T. but still I'm talking about *him* as a solo artist), V6 has only seven but SMAP has FIFTEEN! ^^;;; Cool, ne? ;)

Current favorite J-boybands standing:
1. SMAP
2. W-INDS
3. Arashi
4. V6
5. Da Pump
Flame and Da Pump must give way to V6 now 'cause I've just seen a special interview with them on MTV Mandarin. After seeing the funny interview, for now I will forget that V6 dances badly. =P I'll reconsider Flame if I see another video of them. ;)Huahahaha!!!

Current activities:
Learning to write and read kanji @_@ ... listening to my new album purchases ... still drooling/laughing/ squealing over the yaoi-ish poses the guys of Fly to the Sky on their pix... and DYING FROM THE HEAT!!!

Current curiosities:
HOW TO PRONOUNCE "W-INDS" (the Japanese boyband) CORRECTLY!, Mr. Children’s songs, the guy who sings with Angel Hou in the song “Sou Tien, Ming Tien, Cien Tien”, which Neri Per Caso member recently has a baby.

Current accomplishments:
Finally figuring out all the names and faces (which belongs to who... ^^;;;) of the members of ARASHI. That is, after watching their videos Jidai over and over again. =P So lame... XP.

The sexiest thing ever:
Hideaki Takizawa eating cake with cream leftover on his lips. (Fio-unni says she agrees!!!)

The coolest blogs ever:
Pieces by Hana
Hopes by Ira
My Daily Moo by Ephi

Tuesday, September 3, 2002
[09:34 p.m.]

Let me write TWO REASONS why I don't like living in this damn city of Jakarta...
1. Too damn hot and humid!!! 30 degrees Celcius at 8 in the evening?! I think I would have preferred the dry kind of hot. I just washed my hair yesterday and because of this damn weather, it feels flaky already. ~_~ And I can't use AC all the time... listrik mahal bo!!!
2. The traffic is hellish!!! And I do mean, HELL. I planned to go to three places today and they're quite close to one another... Sarinah Thamrin, Plaza Indonesia and Plaza Senayan but I could only manage one place because the protocol streets of Sudirman-Thamrin were PACKED! Jammed... ~_~ Now I have to reschedule everything!
Those two reasons are actually enough to make me THINK of moving to another country. Man, I sure wish I could live again in Siena (TO), Italy, where all I have to do to for an afternoon of movies, drinks and chat with friends is take a 500 meter walk to the city center!!!

So today I'm basically feeling okay. There's the Kang Ta CD to keep me company, and three other albums I just bought. Will put them up soon the Current Purchases section when I am not too busy sulking over the fact that Jakarta is crowded and hot. ~_~ HAH!!!
Other than that, I am feeling much, much better than in the weekend... one reason for that is because I finally worked out how the NON STOP HITS on MTV Mandarin works. The J-pop videos show up every hour on the last 15 minutes!!! ^_^ Yiiiihaaaaa!! All I have to do is set the video in the appropriate times, and I can get around 2 hours of J-pop video actions!! YAY! One complaint, though: they *ALWAYS* play/repeat Misia's and Mika Nakashima's videos over and over again!!! I want ARASHI and W-INDS!!!!!!!!!! ;)

Monday, September 2, 2002
[07:35 p.m.]

Me be going to Australia soon. >_< I have to take all the things I left over there. Uuuuurgh... I dun wanna go... ;___; (for the reason that I might be missing some those K-pop and J-pop shows on TV) Duaaaarrr!!! HUAHAHAHAHAH!!!! J/k lah. ;) Pu ha ha...
Today I restarted my Japanese lesson. I'm so happy that I am doing that again. =) If there's one thing that can make me smile these days (well other than the handsome member of this K-pop rock band, Y2K, whose name I don't know, by the way) it's... KANJI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh yeah, I loooooooooooove learning kanji. People might throw stones at me if I say this but it's just so interesting. Even though I get aches in the back of my neck and my vision swirl after I read it, it's just sooooooooooo much fun! ^_^ I can't wait to start using book two. More kanji! Soon enough I hope I'll be able to read more than just names in the magazines I bought. ;)

*blank look* Oops... ho dimenticato che esisteva i programmi per tradurre italiano in inglese!!!!!! >_< *grins* Ephi, grazie x avermelo ricordato!!!!!! Loe ngerti ya apa yg gue tulis tuh??? ^^;;;; Gue masih bete, tapi krn les Jepangnya udah mulai dan baru dapat "gebetan" K-pop baru, so, I'm a little better lah. ^_^ Pu ha ha!!!
A proposito, voglio solo dire che le cafone non mi hanno ancora chiesto scusa... mah!!! Dire che sto bene con loro e' proprio un GIOCO!!!

Friday, August 30, 2002
[09:12 p.m.]

DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! John Mayer is one hot man!!! HOTTTTT! I just saw him on CNN's Music Room. In case some of you who actually see this blog why all of a sudden I'm talking about an American singer while all I've been talking about were Asian ones, well, let me tell you... this guy is the only American singer whose music I can accept in my ears at the moment. He's a great songwriter, and what more a great lyricist! Your Body Is A Wonderland is my favorite song of his in terms of lyrics, and 83 in terms of lyrics. Unfortunately, he just lost to Avril Lavigne (who, by the way, is no comparison to JOHN!!!) as Best New Artist in the MTV Video Music Awards 2002. ~_~ Oh well...

Actually, I'm not too excited about the MTV VMA 2002 except for the Viewer's Choice Award 'cause that's the only part where I get to see representatives of Asian music on the whole show. I so much prefer the MTV VMAJ ^_^... I almost "killed" Vanness Wu because on the time where the J-Pop non stop hitswas supposed to show on MTV Mandarin, he showed up 'cause he was on MTV Mandarin's FRESH for promoting his newly released album. (That guy really can dance and is waaaaaaaaaaay more talented than the other F4 members). But it turned out to be that they moved the schedule because of this VMA thingie.. SHUCKS!!! I DIDN'T GET ANY J-POP VIDEOS TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh whatever...~_~

Tuesday, August 27, 2002
[11:05 p.m.]

Huaaaaah... now I am blogging with a kitten on my lap!!! It's so cute... it hasn't got an official name yet, I just call him "Kichi". It just showed up in my dining room, under a chair and was miaowing when I found him. I thought it was Nera, the cat my family owns since two or three years ago. But no... instead it was this cute, little white cat who immediately brushed my legs and asked for a cuddle!!! ^_^ How cute!!! Let's see if it doesn't go away tomorrow. if it stays, I'll name him for real. ;)

Monday, August 26, 2002
[02:58 p.m.]

I've finally gone to register for the next term of Japanese course. Finally. After one month not being able to go there, I went there and took care of the whole matter. Next week I start again. Lately, I find that I'm feeling quite lonely (two of my friends are going abroad... ;___; one of them is my best friend), what with my nee-chan starting college again. My sister is busy with her school projects - can't blame her; her school is crazy - and a lot of my email friends haven't replied my emails... (sigh) What a lonely life...

Fio-unni, the guy in the Battle Royale film's name is TAKASHI TSUKAMOTO, not ZUKAMOTO as I previously told you... well, not very far off, right?? ^^;;; Heheheheh... THere's an article about him in the Junon I bought. He's pretty cute, but not really my type. More of your type. How come in a flash he looks like Kubozuka??? =P I must be biased with all the guys you told me... =P Here is his official website, if you're interested. Yang ini kan orangnya??? ;)

Friday, August 23, 2002
[10:30 p.m.]

Ephi, I am not a VCD transferer... ^^;;; Hahahaha! That's funny 'cause every time I mention about recording Jpop and Kpop shows to videos, everyone things that I am going to transfer them to VCD (and then sell them... ~_~) I record for several reason. The main reason is that if there's a video, a performance or anything that I like so much, I don't want to see it just once. So I record it so I can see it again later. =) I also collect these videos, like a kind of memorabilia. Finally, I am doing it for Hana-nee chan and my other friend, Shezzy, who also like J-pop and K-pop. So I can share with them.
Hana is one of my two bestest friends and I knew about your blog from her. =)

Thursday, August 22, 2002
[09:38 p.m.]

Lagi bosen aja... pengen ngeblog tapi gak ada bahan. Cuma tadi rekam video W-INDS yg brg FLAME dan this new Japanese girlband FOLDER 5. Kasian amat yang girlband itu gak dapat bagian nyanyi sama sekali, cuma di chorus doang. Yang nyanyi malah si Keita melulu... XP tapi lagunya bagus. Lumayan. Anggota2 Flame suaranya bagus-bagus. Imut-imut lagi... :) Jadi suka banget nih!!!
Terus tadi ada apa lagi ya... videoLee Hom... yang K-pop belum gue rekam. Berarti ntar malam harus bangun buat rekam dong.

Hari ini gue berhasil bangun sebelum jam 12. BANGGA!!! =D

Wednesday, August 21, 2002
[09:58 p.m.]

Today I made a list of all the J-pop, K-pop and Mandarin pop vids/performances/features/shows that I had recorded in the past two weeks and a half. I had recorded around 45 performances and videos of K-pop music, some 15 recordings of J-pop and around 6 of Mandarin pop (PLUS the MTV CCTV MANDARIN MUSIC HONORS 2002 full coverage) and this week is not even over yet! There's still Showking M and POPS IN SEOUL on Arirang TV to go, not mentioning two more days of J-pop Non Stop on MTV Mandarin and the MTV Taipei Music Festival 2002 on MTV Asia>! Phew! I am going to run out of videos again soon...
Oh and that reminds me that I have yet to transfer the 5 last episodes of Yami no Matsuei" to another video 'cause I need that video as the third vid for J-pop recordings!!! @_@ Aaaaaaargh... I wish someone can help me record these things!

Wednesday, August 21, 2002
[01:50 a.m.]

Huah... finished an article in just one hour... Of course the research took longer!!! Quite an accomplishment, I've never done that before... ;) Anyway, I think I did a good job in writing the article - don't mean to boast but when you have the right information and when you like the subject of your article so much it's easy to write! Today, particularly, the words just flowed right from my brain to the tips of my fingers and I didn't have to struggle to write it (like the last time I had to do an article.

Today's J-pop Non Stop on MTV Mandarin was boring... ~_~ The same thing all over again. V6, W-INDS, Mika Nakashima, this girlband Zone... haaaah... I already have them all.
But Show Music Tank on Arirang TV was excellent! Of course Bi/Rain hosted it and seeing him was a treat, while the performers were great! He also performed - his clothes were NORMAL!!! And he just looked so sexy when he dances.
Then my favorite K-pop couple (there's a double meaning to that I can assure you ^_~) Fly to the Sky showed up. At the end of the show Hee Jun had a mini concert, singing like... 5 songs or something... LOL! Anyway, I am off to record the replay of Tank so I gotta say goodbye!

JA NE!

Tuesday, August 20, 2002
[05:15 p.m.]

Aaaaaaaaaah... decision made!!! :) it's going to be Takuya Kimura of SMAP who's going to be the subject of my article! I was cleared up on that... so I have to go find info on him. Unni I will really need your help on this one. But you gave me already the site addresses... will check them out later. Phew, this means I can save myself from trouble finding information and data for the other artists whose profile I thought I was going ot make. And this article job that I was given is rather unusual... came out rather casually, and surprising, too! I have to hurry, 'cause the deadline is on Thursday. >_<

Back to my scanning works... right now I am scanning pics from the magazines I just bought recently. Tetsu of L'arc-en-ciel... @_@ Pics are so big, I can barely manage. But thank God I found the source of the problem with my computer all these times - damn computer only needed DISK CLEANUP!!! And I thought some virus had screwed up its system since it always switched off on its own when I'm using it. Now that I have so many scans I think making a J-entertainers gallery wouldn't be so bad. I would love to do the same for Italian entertainers, 'cause no matter how I am still hooked up to everything Italian, but, don't really have any magazines to scan... ^^;;; Hahahaha... pathetic me!

Adios for now! Gotta go back to scanner and then watch the coolest anime ever, GENSOMADEN SAIYUKI!!!!!

Monday, August 19, 2002
[02:21 p.m.]

Now I will write the real entry for this blog after writing so many tryout entries when unni was trying to teach me how to operate this blog... ^^;;
Oh gees, I spent my money again today... exactly more than US$10 (well convert it to rupiah of course) to buy Pati Pati!! >.< Can't resist it! How can I when there's RIP SLYME and NAOHITO FUJIKI!??!? (besides I need something to "cure" me from the strange heartbreak I felt during the weekend when I found out my ex (can I even call him an EX?!) got hooked up with a new girl. Cazzo! Oh well...
Question of the day: Should I scan Tetsu's pics tonight or tomorrow morning??? Knowing how I have NOTHING at all to do during daylight except wake up late and get pissed off at something that happens, maybe I should keep Tetsu's pics to be scanned tomorrow morning, just so I have something to do. Then I have to make a BIG decision tonight.

Takuya Kimura OR Takeshi Kaneshiro???