Saturday, November 16, 2002, 11:39 p.m.

Ami-chan is not too happy today. =(
Again there was a terrible news from my friend (if I can still call her "friend"). Hiks...

But anyway, let's skip that part...

It's already the weekend again. ^_^

I have an upset stomach today as well... maybe I was too tense... thinking about the problem I mentioned earlier in the entry. I haven't eaten anything since today morning, 3 a.m.
So you can say I've been fasting for 20 hours here... nothing would go inside my stomach. It keeps coming out. Oh well... maybe I should try to get more sleep. Hot tea might be a good idea as well. Hmmmmmmm...

Saw the Gospellers today on NHK's Music Cocktail.
They performed (live) some of their old songs and their new one. Whoaaaaaaa... THE VOICE! THE VOICE!!!!!! I adore their voices!!!!! Their new song (I don't know yet what the title is) is just so beautiful. It sounds melancholic, but I am sure the lyric is wonderful. The harmony is even better than their other songs.
Oh, and, they tried an 80s disco dance with the male host of Music Cocktail... Papaya Suzuki... XD LOL! That Papaya man is just hilarious.
Ah! I enjoyed the show. Next week's guest on Music Cocktail: TAKAKO MATSU! YEAAAAAH!!!
Since this is the weekend, Shounen Club, Beat Motion and Pop Jam should be on air tomorrow... that is, IF NHK DOESN'T CHANGE ITS SCHEDULE ANYMORE! ;(
I can stand not seeing Shounen Club and Beat Motion (well, maybe I'd cry a bit if Shounen Club doesn't appear... oh please please don't let it happen... ME WANNA SEE JUNNO, JIMMY and TOMA!!!) but I'd definitely CRY AS LOUD AS POSSIBLE if Pop Jam doesn't show! I've waited too long to see Chemistry, Gospellers, w-inds, Atsushi Tamura and Tetsu!!!!!!! >__________<

By the way, I just discovered that JIMMY MACKEY of the Johnny's Jr. is only still 15-years-old!!! YES, FIFTEEN! And he's already about 185 cm or something. ^^;;;;; My God... I thought he was 17 or 18. Man... he's just tall. Really tall.
Poor Kazapon (Shunsuke Kazama - 4 TOPS). He was born 17 June 1983. Four years older than Jimmy (born 20 August 1987). And he's like... 20cm shorter than MakiMaki...
Arrrrgggghhhhhhh...
Cecil (Mubesu =D) said: "It's an insult". Ahahahahahaha... she's quite right there... =P hehehehehe...

---END OF AMI-CHAN NO MONOGATARI OF THE DAY---

PS: Hehehehe: NO TALK ABOUT TAKKY!!! =P

Friday, November 15, 2002, 04:52 p.m.

Laper. Sebel. Bete.
Ini sebenarnya gak boleh begini kalo lagi puasa... tapi inilah perasaan gue yang sebenarnya pada saat sekarang ini. ~_~
Urggggh... kenapa ya setiap hari itu ada ajaaaaa yang merusak mood gue? Heran deh. Orang-orang apa pada gak bisa urusin masalah sendiri daripada bikin gue kesel. 'Duuuuuuh... kalo mereka baca ini, harusnya sih entry gue ini bakal ngena di mereka. Rese'. Orang-orang rese'.
Ke laut aja deh. ;(

Anyway... I'm beginning to listen to Globe again... ^^;;;
BLAME IT ALL ON YOSHIKI HAYASHI!!! ^^;;; I have absolutely no idea about Yoshiki's music and X-Japan, but I had a pretty good idea about GLOBE's music... since I listened to some of their songs in the early period of my liking for J-pop music.
My curiousity was pricked for the first time when I saw that news on MTV Mandarin's Corner Shop about Yoshiki joining GLOBE (oooookay, a former rock band drummer joins a techno dance group... ^^;;; ---> oh but don't get it wrong: I like GLOBE's music... some of it at least). But I wasn't interested until... yesterday night.
While waiting for my USO JAPAN downloads to finish (which still isn't finished until now >______<)... I suddenly typed "GLOBE Yoshiki Hayashi" on the search box. I couldn't find that song, the remake of the X-Japan song, that became their first project with Yoshiki. I got so curious that I did a lot of searches on Kazaa and WinMX for it. In the end, I just downloaded the other GLOBE songs I could find. =P
And a couple of days ago I recorded one of GLOBE's video from the J-pop Non Stop Hits. =P Hah. GLOBE MANIA.

It's incredible that I managed to download 17 videos in two days. *big grin*
Most downloads are videos of Tackey & Tsubasa (what else? ;) ), some are Arashi and Johnny's Jr. (Kat-tun... JUNNO! *grin*) and finally w-inds.
Koshi Inaba's MP3s are still not processing yet... hiks... T_______T Why does that man have that sexy, sexy voice??? Damn. His voice is just fantastic. Huah.

Well, I'll shut my yap for now and continue again tonight if I have time. Now I'm using Telkom dial-up connection.
The cable Internet is dead. Cable TV is dead. ;(
Maintenance, my ass..............

--- AMI-CHAN NO MONOGATARI ENDS HERE FOR THE MOMENT ---

Wednesday, November 13, 2002, 03:32 p.m.

W-INDS NEW SINGLE:

"NEW PARADISE"

RELEASED TODAY (13 NOVEMBER 2002)

I already have the PV and the song... but I still want to get it on tape and buy their second album (I have yet to own the first album... T____T But anyway, I'm surely going to get that one as well!!! TEKAD SUDAH BULAT! SAYA HARUS KOLEKSI ALBUM W-INDS!)
They're supposed to perform the song on Pop Jam this week (I hope NHK doesn't change the schedule again. ;( ) It was recorded earlier of course.
Yes, I'll finally get to see Keita (this one is taken by my sis... =P Who doesn't really like J-pop, but she's just crazy about Keita) and the chibitachi Ryohei (one of my OTOUTO) and Ryuichi performing LIVE! I've never seen them perform live (I mean on TV - I wish I could see them live for real... hiks... muri desu ne...) YEAH!
I've talked my sister into buying w-inds' photo book... they are releasing three photo books... one of Keita, one of Ryohei and one of Ryuichi. My sis wants Keita's, I want Ryohei... I told her we don't have to buy Ryuichi's... but she wants to be fair to Ryu-chan and so we decided to buy it as well. ^_^

AMI-CHAN's CURRENT ACCOMPLISHMENT:
Making Fio interested in Johnny's Jr.
*evil laugh*
I'm good at this... ^___________________^
Fi-chan's possible favorites in Johnny's Jr: Hasejun and Toma. And she might be adopting Ya-Ya-Yah's Kota Yabu as "otouto". Hehehehehe...
(I've adopted Kota as Takki's otouto... that means: Kota = Takky's otouto = Ami's otouto! ^_______^ Since Takky and I are... well... erm... hehehehe...)
Oh, and Fi-chan said Junno is cute. ^_____________^
So proud of my otouto!!!

I still owe Terry an e-mail...
Sorry, Terry, I still have a lot of things to do... why don't you do my Japanese homework while I write an email to you? You see, in case you're wondering why I have so many Japanese assignments... in December, I'm going to do an exam. It's like the TOEFL of Japanese language, to put it simply. So, my sensei is giving me a lot of exercises... and then I'm starting kanji again (after a few weeks focusing on grammar) and I have to write a lot of kanji. ~_~
But, I've read your prequel... I have a lot of comments for that... but some parts I didn't really get... maybe it's just me. =P I read it when I was pissed off by something so wasn't fully concentrating on it.
Oh... THANKS FOR PUTTING JUNNO IN!!! ^_^ That is so sweet. And what the... FIRRIPPO?!?!?! XD LOL! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!

Big HI for everyone that I know... Ephi, Ira, k4r-kun, Shun, Dechi and Kix!
Oh, and, for Enzo: so che frequenti ancora questo blog... T______T Sei l'unico che mi scrivi ancora... che tristezza... gli altri m'hanno abbandonata... =P hehehehehe... scherzo, scherzo...

---HERE ENDS ONCE MORE OF AMI-CHAN NO MONO-GATARI---

Monday, November 11, 2002, 09:40 p.m.

Feeling awful. ~_~ Don't feel like talking 'bout the reason but I just feel awful. ~_~

*Shinhwa mode ON*
*listening to album 5*
Yesterday there was Shinhwa on NHK (although yesterday when I saw them I wasn't happy... in fact I was furious with the show that they appeared on. >________< Wanted to virtually smack NHK!)
They sang "Hero" on the special concert of ABU (Asian Broadcasting Union). It was the first time I saw them singing this song live. They sound very, very good.
I had my eyes on Andy, Eric and Dong Wan all the time. Andy's becoming cuter and cuter... his hair is rather long-ish now. The style makes him look more sophisticated. Eric and Dong Wan switched looks - Eric's hair is long too, but he styled it upwards (think: really, really long spikes) and Dong Wan almost has no hair on his head anymore. They both look so different. The other three didn't have major changes with their appearances.
It was really cute the post-performance interview. The hosts asked in Japanese, and Shinhwa answered in Korean. I know there was a translator who first translated the question, and then translated Shinhwa's answers... but the edited-for-TV version had none of the translating parts so it sounded as if Japanese and Korean were the same language. On the TV, though, there was of course the subtitles. Shinhwa said they were very happy to sing in the ABU concert. ^_^ The only words they said in Japanese, as I recall, were "Ganbarimasu!" and "Arigatou gozaimasu!" Very cute, though. ^_^
In the end, when they were about to leave the stage, Min Woo, Jun Jin and... err... someone else (I forgot who...) made a heart sign by joining their hands up in the air, like they usually do. It was so sweet. ^_^ The reaction of the audience was AMAZING. It was really loud... everyone was cheering so loudly, that I thought the NHK Hall's ceiling was about to fall. I could hear girls screaming and stuff. Whoaaa... I had no idea that they were *that* famous in Japan. WOW!
On Popolo 12/2002 magazine, I saw an ad for their upcoming DVD release in Japan. But I don't know what kind of DVD it is, and if it's released in Japan only or also in Korea. =O Curious... want to find out...
Just a few hours before I saw Showbiz Extra on Arirang TV and it had the coverage of SM's charity concert for kids who have leukimia. Shinhwa also appeared in the concert, as the closing act... and I was already drooling over Andy! ^_^ Whooaaa... and today, I was watching again those Shinhwa performances that I taped on my videos.
*sigh* I miss Shinhwa...
*sigh again* Oh, Andy, you are almost taking my heart away from Takky...

I said ALMOST. But not quite. =P
If there's one person from the K-pop music scene that can take my heart away from Takky... it's Bi... ^_^
He's just so adorable. He's quite similar to Takky, too (according to me. =P) I wouldn't mind him AND Takky getting together... (ooops, sorry, Tsubasa!!! ^^;;;)
Hahahahahaha... XD LOL! Just kidding... just kidding...

Anyway, I'm waiting for Bi's new song performance and video on Arirang TV.
I'm amazed with Bi... all of the songs he performs are all my favorites from the album. From his first album, my fave songs are (in order of preference):
1. Annyongiran Maldeshin
2. Aksu
3. Nappeun Namja
4. What's Love
5. track no. 5 (dunno the title 'cause I can't read hangeul ^^;;;)
Of all that... Bi first performed "Nappeun Namja" first, then he switched to "Annyongiran Maldeshin", and finally now "Aksu"! YEAAAAAAAH!!! Bi really know what his number one fan in Indonesia really wants! ^______^ Bi, saranghaeyo!!! =P

Takky: DAME, DAME!!! Ami-chan wa hidoi yo... T_______T
Ami-chan: ^^;;;; Gomenasai... joudan da yo... joudan... Takky no houga suki desu yo!

Hehehehe... I seem to keep tumbling into my imaginary world all the time... LOL. =P

Ahhhhh!!! JUNNO has returned to the Shounen Club! ^_____^ Yeah!!! Finally... I get to see him again after two weeks... I'm so relieved. And it turned out to be HE SINGS SOLO on Shounen Club yesterday!
Waiiii... kawaii... Junno was so cute... ^_^
I am planning to make a website about Junnosuke Taguchi, or at least an info page. I asked some friends already to translate information about him. He sounds like a very interesting person.
Feli once said that she thought Junno looked like Bi, but just a Japanese version of Bi... and I thought Bi and Takky were similar... just different "versions" (Bi Korean, Takky Japanese). Okay, so there's a pattern here... ;)
Who else looks like Takky? Hmm... Jin Akanishi looks similar to Takky but not really. =P

ANYWAY...
*shutting my mouth about Takky now*

Gee, I feel so much better now. ^_^
After talking about Shinhwa, Bi, Junno and Takky (love love) I feel muuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuch better. ^_^

Saturday, November 9, 2002, 12:58 a.m.

Actually, I don't want to ruin the clean, blank page that I've already created, but what the heck... =P Hehehehehe...

There is nothing special happening to me this week, which is why I haven't been blogging normally...
Except that now is...

THE HOLY MONTH OF RAMADHAN!!!

It's fasting month, and I wish everyone who is fasting the best in doing this task. ^_^

Anyway, I've been able to make a Run & Gun page... on my own. =P
Of course it's nowhere near perfect, and it's nowhere near spectacular either, but knowing how stupid I am about HTML codes and these kinds of things, I feel quite proud and accomplished after being able to create a mini gallery and info page about this particular boyband here. ^___^
(Kohsuke to Yuuya ga DAISUKI!!!!)
Click here to see the page!!!

-----HERE ENDS AMICHAN NO MONO-GATARI OF THE DAY-----

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