Tuesday, March 25, 2003, 11:20 p.m.
Tesuto ga owatta! ^_^ Now I have a few days off. I can relax, watch many videos, read all of my magazines and write some long e-mails I owe especially to Ters and Kar-kun.
The test was surprisingly easier than I thought. I think I overestimated this test. I studied for every chapter thoroughly, but the
grammar questions were about the more complicated ones and didn't include the easier ones.
There were five numbers of questions where I had to fill in particles in brackets. Particle is definitely my weak point. I think I will never get it perfect because it takes more than just learning by books. I think I'd have to be Japanese to understand it completely. ^^;;
The translations were easy! I will be surprised at myself if I didn't get full points on that one. Hopefully I got it all right.
The composition... taihen datta. The topic was simple, "What is your hobby?"
The first thing that came to my mind was: WHAT HOBBY?! ^^;; I don't know what my hobby is. No seriously, I like many things but I'm not sure what my hobby is. In the end I just chose "internet and music".
I explained how my hobbies with Internet drove me to learn more about web-designing, and also make me sit in front of the computer A.M. to P.M. (Sometimes even A.M. to A.M. again! ^^;;) You know what, THANK GOD I FOUND THAT "NET MANNER" ARTICLES OF KAT-TUN AND ARASHI THIS MORNING! When I was reading it this morning, I got to learn some of the Internet terms in Japanese. I got to know the katakana writing of these words. YOKATTA. Whoever decided to put up those articles (the webmaster/webmistress), I thank him/her so much! Also I thank KAT-TUN and Arashi for talking about those stuff about the Internet. This proves that my liking for them has a use for *something* ne? :P Hehehehehehehe...
The second one is about music. I just talked about how much I like singing and dancing and that I enjoy hearing music while doing anything and everything in my daily like. I talked about liking J-Pop. I wrote how expensive the CDs are and that because it's become more than hobby for me - it's an OBSESSION - I keep buying CDs despite the price. Again, I had to use a lot of katakana words... for the words "CD", "single", "album", "music", and "artist". I used the word "ongaku" and "kashu" as well but somehow I felt like writing more in the foreign adapted words than the original Japanese words.
So, that was my term-exam. Result is out next week. I will soon begin Advance Level I. Otanoshimi ni shitemasu. ^_^
I did go to Plaza Indonesia today and met up with my friend. Arisa was sad
and dejected. It wasn't fun like usual with her prodding, and her smart-ass
comments, because she's sad. Poor her.
Anyway, I saw some magazines today but didn't buy any.
But let me just say that the man who works in the Kinokuniya PI is much, much NICER and MORE HELPFUL than Joko in Kino PS. I asked him about the February issue of Potato and Duet, which I haven't received at all since two months ago! He was surprised that I hadn't received it and checked in the computer and storage room for me. There was none left for me. He said sorry and didn't know how it could slip the records and his mind that I was still waiting for those magazines. He apologized twice (HAH! Did Joko ever apologize to me?! Directly?! Not even once!!!) and even took me to the computer so that he could take notes of my orders (just to be sure once again) by putting the database directly into the computer! I confirmed everything with him and then told me that the new magz I wanted hadn't arrived but he said he'd call me ASAP since he knew how much I love magazines and collect them and not just for drooling at the bishies. ^^ I asked him if he knew Joko and he said he did. I told him about the Popolo incident and he was rather surprised to know that I didn't get my Popolo. He said, "We try our best not to disappoint the customers, but I still can't do anything with the lost orders. Sorry. I wish there was something I could do." Because of that, I didn't mind not getting the Feb issues of Potato and Duet. It just doesn't matter anymore when someone tells me that they feel responsible for not being able to get me what I had ordered through procedure. But with Joko, I'm still pissed. I haven't forgiven him and I don't have trust anymore in him, nor in the place where he works. >_<
The magazines I saw were:
- Junon May '03 --> it has all my fave non-Johnny's artists;
Nao, w-inds, Lead and FLAME. But none of them were interesting enough. I liked w-inds' pictures but I just thought Junon's pics were
that good anymore as it once used to be. ~_~
- ViVi May '03 --> cover Ayumi Hamasaki. Why Ayumi again?! @_@ The February issue also featured Ayumi on the cover! @_@ Argh. I liked the April issue better. Or was it March? Anyhow, I liked that issue that had Namie inside.
- Seventeen --> one of the recent, I forgot the title. No bishies inside this time. Pass. :P Huehehehe... (yep, the only reason I'd buy fashion magazines is if there's bishies inside)
- PATi PATi March '03 --> not as good as the April issue, and not even as good as the February issue. I'm not buying Pati Pati anymore unless I see something I really like. It's just too expensive to keep buying PATi PATi every month like I used to do.
- Fine Boys March '03 --> Yuu Yoshizawa is on the cover. He's pretty hot. I wanted to see how his pics inside look like but there was nothing special. I'd only buy FB only if there's a bishie from Johnny's or Factory.
I dunno how many Johnny's fans in Jakarta read my blog, but just for info: last I checked, there is each one copy of
Duet March '03 (cover KAT-TUN) in PI and Wink Up March '03 (cover
Ya Ya Yah) + Popolo May '03 in PS. Interested? Go grab it. That is, if they haven't been bought by anyone.
Seriously, I'm like an "online magazine vendor". ^^;;; Nah, I just like magazines so much. And books. Magazines and books. Anything put in writing. That's my real passion in life.
JENN, if you're reading this:
I finally watched the MS episode with TxT and SMAP as guests. Well, after watching that, I think
Kimutaku didn't ignore Tsubasa. I think he was just acting cool in front of his
kouhai-tachi. ^^;; Hahahaha. SMAP looks intimidating. ^^;; I dunno why but they look intimidating. If I were T or T I would've been so nervous to be there with them. :P
The performance. I wasn't satisfied at all! NOT AT ALL! Not long enough, not powerful enough... >_< I liked the dancers but why didn't it seem like they were dancing to the max?! Was it the stage? Too small?? I dunno. But I just thought they weren't giving all they have into the performance. I was rather disappointed. And
Takki's clothes... Oh my God. You were right. He needs to go on "Fashion Emergency!" Noooo... what happened to him? Tsuba's style looked familiar. He was okay. I like Pop Jam better though. Hiks. ~_~ And no interviews with them either. >_< WHY?!
NANDE, MS NO PRODUCER-SAN?!
Oh, and yeah, Tsuba sat next to Oshio Manabu! And wow... those necklaces... I was giggling. Of course, I was also, like, "Pleeeeeeeeeaaaaase, talk to each other!" But nooooooo, they just sat there, quietly and somehow looking bored. ^^;; Hahahahaha...
Wow, I'm quite talkative today. This entry is sooooooooo long. ^^;; But before I end it, I just want to say: JUNNO GA DAISUKI! (Hehehe... ;) )
Tuesday, March 25, 2003, 11:20 a.m.
^______^ Almost done with the revision. Wish me luck! Test at 3 P.M. today. I'm going to PI after that. So don't expect me home until late at night, ne~
Found some really interesting stuff from... well, first I looked at the tracker and found out that some individuals searched for KAT-TUN again and landed on my blog. ^^;; I checked out that search page as well as the other KAT-TUN websites.
There's this really cute one about NET MANNER. So cute. ^_^ I've been reading up on it... don't understand all of it, but I just thought they were interesting.
Check it out: KAT-TUN Net Manner and there's even Arashi Net Manner.
Both in Japanese, so you need a supporting browser and also the ability to read in Japanese. ^^;;; --> Me, I have the first one, but only a quarter of the second one. ^^;; Huahahahaa...
Btw, Kardono, right after I come home tonight, I'll send you an email, ne? ^_^ Don't worry. You didn't do anything wrong. --> What makes you think that you have to apologize? Nothing happened. ?? *chotto confused* Maybe I sounded rather disinterested yesterday. Well, with this test going on in my mind, and also the fact that I'm very much distracted by a very cute 17-year-old, it's really hard to think straight. ^^;; I'll sees yous laters.
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KARDONOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! Hontou ni, anata wa yasashii tomodachi desu! ^_^ "dedication" no koto DOUMO ARIGATOU!!! ^_^ Ureshii desu. ;)
Monday, March 24, 2003, 11:20 p.m.
I'm sticking to my commitment not to study anymore until tomorrow morning but I actually practiced for the kaiwa. Chatted with Arisa on ICQ for around 20 minutes before she had to go to bed. (Why sleep so early?!) I would love to sleep but I can't.
I'm still thinking about Junno. Yep.
How can I stop? I don't know what anyone can do to make me stop talking about this boy. No, not today. Today, I feel particularly fond of Junno. I want to HUG and CUDDLE him. --> is that healthy enough? "Hug and cuddle" instead of "snog and make love to"? ^^;;; Huhahahaha... XD
Since I'm in a very, very Junnosuke mode, I've written another SATPAM DIARY. (My sensei-tachi is really going to smack me on the head. Instead of practicing for a writing composition in Japanese, I'm writing a diary of my non-existent family). ^^;;
Check it out: SATPAM DIARY: "Sibling Day".
Oh, and another thing, I'm adding Sho Sakurai in the SATPAM FAMILY. He is Okichan's (Kouki Tanaka) big brother. Why? They rap alike, and there's the "ghetto-style connection". Whatever that means. =P Hehehehe...
Oh, whatever. ^^;; My brain is half dead.
Monday, March 24, 2003, 04:34 p.m.
All right...
THE HELL WITH GRAMMAR
^^;;; I'm so tired of studying. I'll just forget about studying for the rest of the day and catch up on the easy ones (which are the rest left of the materials I have to study) tomorrow morning. And I'll just call Rei or Arisa tonight to practice on the kaiwa.
I can't study because there's only one thing I have in my mind. Well, truthfully, it's SOMEONE.
JUNNOSUKE TAGUCHI.
Yep, that boy's on my mind. All because of the Pattaya pics. He was so cute last year, and he's even cuter this year. Too bad there aren't too many photos of him from Pattaya this year. ~_~ Hiks hiks.
I WANT JUNNO!!!
First, let me state this: yes, I love Takki too. Very much, in fact.
But recently, Takki has this "PROPERTY OF TSUBASA IMAI" written all over his face, so rather than risk Tsuba's wrath, I'd rather not touch him and just adore him as if he's like some God or something and support his relationship with Tsubasa. Besides, now I've come to a point where I can't separate those two. Takki has to be with Tsuba. Tsuba has to be with Takki. It's TxT all the way. It just doesn't feel right seeing them apart now.
But Junno...
It's all Cecil's fault. Hahahahaha... XD She's going to smack me on the head if I say this. But it's true. It's because of her, I turned my eyes away from Kame, and now I've become a super Junno fan. All Cecil did was ask me, "Is Taguchi's skin still milky white?" And I opened my September 2002 Myojo issue and took a closer look at him and then the next thing I knew, "My God but this boy is extremely cute." Yep, that was what it took to make me a Junno worshipper like this.
Maybe the fact that he isn't as popular as Jin or Kame, maybe it's because he's so tall, and his arm looks so strong... or maybe it's because when he smiles, his eyes disappear into two small lines. :P Maybe it's because he looks like the younger, more boyish and Japanese version of my fave Korean singer, Bi, whom I've been lusting for a long time. ^^;; Or maybe it's because I've seen him looking so kakkoii in a school uniform. Or maybe because of his eyeglasses. Maybe because he's left-handed.
OR MAYBE I'M JUST CRAZY.
Wait, that's not a maybe. That's a "POSITIVE". Yes I'm positively crazy. Nyahahahaha...
Okay, someone better get these magazines and KAT-TUN Concert DVD away from me for 24 hours or else I'll disappoint my sensei.
By the way, I remembered the first time I studied with Indra-sensei this term, and I had to make an example of a sentence. The subject was Taguchi-kun. ^_^ And in one of my composition homeworks, Taguchi-kun appeared more than once. Eka-sensei was suspicious. "Did you deliberately choose this name because the kanji is easy?!" And I said, "No, sensei. I use that name because that's the surname of the most good-looking 17-year-old in Japan according to my opinion." ^_^ She was speechless. =P Huahahahahaa....
Kinokuniya called. My Fine Boys, PATi PATi and Wink Up had arrived. *sigh* No Junno. I already have the WU that is coming. But hell... I'll just enjoy the his pics all the same. Junno in traditional wafuku!! ^_^ What's better than that?! (Okay, well, TxT topless for one, then Suga in chains that's another... but for now I think Junno in wafuku is the cutest thing ever!!!)
By the way, did I mention that Junno's hamster is called MAMENOSUKE?! XD Huahahaha... (I was told by Junko from JE Forum) What kind of name is that?! MAMENOSUKE. It would've been cheekier if he had named that hamser KAMENOSUKE (a turtle-named hamster; in tribute to his friend ^^;;). And the statement he's making by using NOSUKE just like his name!! It's like, "It's *MY* hamster." This kind of name proves that Junno has the right personality -- cheeky, that is -- to be in my fic, ATI. Right, Ters?! ;)
Sunday, March 23, 2003, 04:14 p.m.
Before I write anything else, just wanna say that I:
## Updated the T&T "Futari De" Gallery with three new pictures (the ones from Popolo April 2003 issue are really sexy).
Mite kudasai!
## Wrote last week's and this week's Shounen Club Reports. (Two episodes in one report)
Yukkuri repooto wo yonde kudasai!
Okay, I'm supposed to be studying for my Japanese term exam on Tuesday right now, but I just can't concentrate on anything so I've been working on the Shokura report for the past few hours.
I got my Popolo April 2003 and May 2003 issues already! ^_^ YAY! Finally... this is so silly. I got the May issue only a day after I got the April one. I was late for one month because of that stupid man (yes, you know who I'm talkin' about! >_<) Damns. The first thing I did after I received the magazines was to check the T&T pages and... MY GOD! Is there a more romantic pose of them than the one in April issue?! WOW! AMAZING!!! XD Huahahaha. They look so intimate!!!
Then I checked out the KAT-TUN pics on Popolo May... wow. Wow. WOW. Junno... JUNNOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! *cries* He's so kakkoii!!! He's just overly kakkoii!
KAT-TUN are playing billiards on May Popolo. I haven't read the articles.
Oh, oh, also in the April Popolo there are sexy pics of Ohchan, Aiba and Matsujun. ^___^ Phwoar. Ohchan and the strawberry. Such a feast for my eyes.
By the way, check out the Jr. in Pattaya pics from these two places:
## This gallery. Link from Yai in the JE Forum.
-->Pics are smaller but some nice images more close-up images of the Juniors.
## Hoopmania's Pattaya Pics. It's his own message board. Link from Jenn's website.
-->Bigger pics, includes last year's pics as well.
Now I read that Hoopmania felt robbed because there were some irresponsible individuals who "stole" pics from him. I just want to say that IT DOES HURT when your pics are stolen and used for something without your permission. I know how it feels. So, DON'T STEAL. And if you do want to use it, ASK FIRST to the owner of the materials.
I'm a bit sensitive about this after someone I know (who also knows me) put a picture that I scanned in her weblog w/o asking me. The credit didn't mean anything because she didn't talk to me at all about wanting to put the pics. What if I had said "no"? Please respect people who's made an effort to take the pictures and scan and search for news materials.
Sorry for the harsh words, but after some bad experiences, I just can't stand it anymore. ^^;;;
I'll go back to my books now. Or not. ^^;; I dunno.
Saturday, March 22, 2003, 12:52 p.m.
I've archived this week's entries.
I don't have anymore news, except that KAT-TUN's Junno and Kouki didn't go to the Thailand with the others since the very beginning. (If you see the conference pictures on their first day there, the two of them aren't there). It's because the two of them had to sit through their school exams on that day of departure. So they'd be joining them later. They should have arrived by now. (Thanks for Jenn for giving that info in the mailing list).
Anyone interested in watching "Boku no Ikirumichi", the dorama starring Tsuyoshi Kusanagi of SMAP, Akiko Yada and also Kansai Jr. member, the drop-dead-gorgeous Hiroki Uchi, should be prepared for the emotional scenes. *I* wasn't prepared when I watched it. I had only wanted to watch it because I thought it was going to be a fun dorama about high school life. But, the story turned out to be soooooooo sad. And being the sentimental person that I am, I can't take the load of emotions in the dorama, so I was crying even from episode 1. I don't know if I want to continue watching it. ^^;;
Ah, and for Yona:
The people in the SATPAM DIARY that you didn't know:
Mpie -- YAMAPI! ^^;;
Hiroki is Hiroki Moriuchi. I don't know from which unit he is in the Johnny's Jr. but he used to be in Ya Ya Yah, then he left the group, and joined again. I'm not quite sure what's the story, but he's a Junior. And he's cute. I adopted him to be my son and Takki's, along with Naoya, that Ya Ya Yah boy in KAT-TUN's concert.
"Jenny"... have you seen TOKIO's "Ding Dong" PV? Well, there's a little girl there who TOKIO went X'mas shopping with. That's "Jenny". We just called her Jenny because we thought the name suited. I like that name. My friend Cecil (original co-author of SATPAM FAMILY) adopted her to be her daughter, but leave the care to Jenny's dad, Abang Tomo. ^_^
Now, FOX is Subaru Shibutani. Nyahahahah! XD He's in Kansai Jr. He's like the silliest person in Kanjani. I adore his cheekiness. Not a lot of people like him. Sometimes people just downright hate him. But I don't. He looks sly, and so we call him "fox", although the Indonesian word "musang" doesn't really fit the translation. =P
No, Cecil, Ryohei and Kame are not real siblings lah. ^^;; Hahaha. Ryohei and Kame are Cecil's family. I have a Johnny's Jr. fanfic (which I'm finishing up soon) in which Kame stars in as this stubborn guy who won't see truth until his brother knocked some sense into his head. Well, that brother is Ryohei from w-inds. I thought the both of them looked suitable to be brothers 'cause they're both "petit" and both fair in complexion! And they're both cute. ^_^
Now that you know all this, are you going to find info on those you don't know? =P
Click for the 1st SATPAM FAMILY DIARY.
Next episode, my family's going to have a guest. She's going to play cards with Tsubasa. ;) ;) ;) Kardono, how'd you like to be a guest star in the radio show? Never mind. Don't answer. I'll put you in the radio show. =P Cil, loe kapan mau nongol di rumah keluarga kita? ^^;;
