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Hi!!!

so uh AnS... how do I put this??  not interested... at all :I

now, before everyone comes and hits me I have to say I haven't been in the best of moods concerning Arashi lately... why?? I don't know D:

I just don't get as excited as I used to... my theory is that I feel bad for Nino cuz of his back problem and not saying a word about it, while on the other hand I've been whining left and right *at least here* about my health problems so uh I feel bad about being so selfish while he's enduring it and stuff

however; in my defense I gotta say that I was listening that talking about it *meaning pain* actually helps to release it at least a little bit, soooo I was treating myself w/o knowing it?? oO

hmm dunno, but it's nice to know I've been whining for a reason...

and it also makes me feel more angry about the HnA corner... I mean if we fangirls know about his back problem, obviously staff should know since they work with them!!! so what's the deal with treating him like that when he's doing his job instead of resting??!!! ><

I was also concerned about the whole con stuff... I know reports say that he was happy and energetic but that doesn't mean he feels perfect after it

these last days I've been going out to see if I can find my aunt's dog who got lost last week, therefore I'm not wearing the collar cuz I'm going alone, so I need to be able to move my head *you know to cross the streets and stuff* cuz I don't know how's in your countries but here drivers aren't exactly the most considerate ppl

so I've just going out for a few hours looking around and after that I gotta rest and uh get some extra pain killers... and I'm just walking!!! don't wanna imagine what does he has to do...

so yeah no happy thoughts from rainbowland for me, at least not right now

I haven't even get excited about MG book... :/

and I don't know if it's because of all that that I've been feeling kinda lonely... fandomwise speaking, like... there's something going on and I was just left out... not a very nice feeling to be honest D: 

so to keep my mind away from all that stuff I've been watching... you all know by now :D

*sigh* I've been doing silly stuff like walking around mumbling the theme song... I was going for tumbling blue box but instead I think I looked more like drunken penguin XDD;;;

hmm so how about you??

Meepa  thanks!!

uh I'm not sure I can say that since I baaarely know the other ones, but I can say proudly that he's MY doctor :D

ohhh I like The Master, he's fun XDD

no worries, I'm glad there's someone who won't mind my *I love ten* outburst here XDD;;;

loopsnhoops  ah well... sorta since in my uh chibi world they all live together...

[ZerochaphiL]  he's not mean, he's just... adding realism to Masakimune-kun's performance... or something like that XD;;;

nimby really?? thanks :D

fitrin uh welcome back?? :D;; 

amie  "bratty nino and do-what-u-wanna-do oh-chan" those sound like uh plushie names XDD

VampyrRep :D

CarimeroHime he's not mean, just wants a little more space XDD

bambeee  XD;;

marliefox  because that's what a true leader does!!! XDD

purasuti-chan! hee hee XDD

See ya!  

Le hicieron una entrevista a Shoci ...ya q será el MC de Best Artist...Arashi tmb participará cn un medley special wiii  ^__^

Arashi confirmed attending the event~

Can't wait for next Tuesday~!

http://www.ntv.co.jp/best-artist/

嵐、EXILEら豪華23組「ベストアーティスト」発表

年末恒例の日本テレビ系音楽特番『日テレ系音楽の祭典 ベストアーティスト2009』に、嵐、EXILE、KAT-TUN、桑田佳祐、GLAY、浜崎あゆみら、豪華23組の出演が発表された。番組は、12月15日19時から4時間の生放送で、総合司会は、嵐の櫻井翔と日本テレビアナウンサーの羽鳥慎一と西尾由佳理が務める。

　同番組は、2001年から毎年12月に放送されてきた『1億3000万人が選ぶ! ベストアーティスト』がリニューアルされたもの。最新ヒット曲や珠玉の名曲、スペシャルメドレーやこの番組だけのスペシャルコラボレーションなどが披露されるという。

　発表された出演アーティストは次の通り（50音順）。

　aiko、嵐、絢香、いきものがかり、EXILE、Every Little Thing、KAT-TUN、関ジャニ∞、桑田佳祐、GLAY、倖田來未、コブクロ、SPEED、TOKIO、中島美嘉、NEWS、Perfume、浜崎あゆみ、平井堅、V6、ポルノグラフィティ、ゆず、レミオロメン

　現在、番組のホームーページでは、出演アーティストへの応援メッセージや質問などを募集中。

http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/music/71420/full/

Nagoya tickets will be sent out on
12/14 (Mon)!

While waiting for my luggage last night...

I lay in bed wide awake, glancing at the time every now and then.

Then there's a loud scrape on the floor above me. Like someone was moving the table across the room.

I was so tired, angry and frustrated I could not shed tears anymore. I was trying to sleep and there was this sound coming from above. At past midnight. Who would be happy?

I had called the airport earlier and was told that my luggage had been dispatched at 11pm.

Then why the hell has it not arrived yet at 1am?

Another loud scrape. Is it a table? Or a chair? Or the bed?

It was nearing 2am already.

Jesus, what's he/she doing over there? One more time... and I'm going to call that bloody room.

LOUD SCRAPE.

That's it!

I dialed the room number and a soft male voice answers, I could hear music in the background.

"Hi, sorry to bother you. I'm staying in the room below you. I'm just wondering... are you moving things around your room?"

"...not really." I could sense from his voice that he was puzzled over this call.

"But I can hear the floor scraping."

"People screaming?"

"No... just some loud scraping on the floor. Nevermind, sorry to bother you."

At least after that call, the sound ceased. Maybe he got the message finally.

But my luggage has not arrived yet (it arrived at bloody 3am).

Anyway, fast forward to lunch today.

I was seated across German AH. We met in Beijing last year, which he also coordinated and he was even nice enough to fetch me from the airport then since I was arriving a day earlier than the others.

We started talking about my lost luggage and I was telling him I barely had sleep. All of a sudden, he asked: "(Yupki), which floor are you on?"

I told him my floor and we looked at each other and burst out laughing.

I didn't know whether to be embarrassed or what. "Oh my god, you were the one who got that call last night?"

"I knew it was you... I thought the voice sounded familiar," he said.

"Sorry but I was really annoyed with the luggage and all last night."

"I know... I was moving around on my chair a lot while chatting on MSN and I realised it does really make a loud sound."

"So now you know who stays below you, can you keep quiet?" Nope, I didn't say that. It was just a thought bubble.

I don't know what the moral of this story is aside from not staying in an Indonesian hotel where the walls and floors are apparently thinner (the argument is it has lesser chances of being bombed if we stay in a local hotel than at a Western one).

I badly need sleep.

Final day at Tokyo Dome.  Time flies.
The boys were back to their Arashi-concert mode full-throttle at last!
All of them were hyper enjoying the concert. 
Oh-chan got screwed up with they lyrics in his solo and said "Oops, made a mistake"
To cover up his mistake, he made an extra jump before he disappeared (hard to explain)
Oh-chan burst into laughter when he saw MJ's serious face during "Allergy"
But MJ rebutted that all other 4 aren't doing "Allergy" in earnest, and thought they are getting tired of doing it.
Sho didn't buy Ohno's birthday present yet and said he will go buy it tomorrow from back stage, cause he was standing by for his solo.  Aiba gave Ohno T-shirt and socks, MJ gave T-shirt and Nino gave "Mario"  But Ohno found out that Aiba and MJ also got "Mario" from Nino.
MJ jumped down during encore and he put one 5x10 silver tape around his head.
There were lots of screaming during their closing addresses. 
In the 3rd encore they included "My Girl" so it was quite obvious that they wanted to the 4th.
They had a camera from the backstage.  MJ said "Do you want more?  This song is our point of origin" and of course ended the show with "ARASHI"

With all due respect to my Malaysian friends... your flag carrier sucks BIG TIME.
Okay, it's not entirely their fault that instead of going to Jakarta direct from Bangkok, I had to pass through KL.
That is the doing of this very stingy foundation that's sending me here in Jakarta.
But MH owes me a three other passengers big time.
First, the flight was delayed for three hours. At check-in, we were informed it would be delayed for 45 minutes. Minutes have passed since the re-scheduled take-off and there was no one, not a single soul from MH, at the gate to inform the passengers there were new changes.
This time, the flight would be delayed for another two hours +, or a total of three hours.
Sure, they provided lunch vouchers and immediately moved my connecting flight to the next available one.
I had to change time zones twice since leaving Bangkok and by the time I was en route to Jakarta, I was confused. I barely had five minutes to transfer to the gate for Jakarta and by the time the plane was taking off, I was still in the loo (I have to include this detail to show it was really a trip from hell) thanks to two glasses of water I downed. It barely even registered to me if I was on the right flight, worrying I might end up in Bali, instead of Jakarta.
And just as I was being rushed through the gate for my Jakarta flight, I asked the MH staff if my luggage was transferred.
"It's no problem ma'am since the planes are just next to each other."
A businessman from Germany with the same predicament as me said he just hoped we won't have a problem with the luggage by the time we reach Jakarta.
He could not have been further from the truth.
Finally, arriving in Jakarta 10 hours later, I stand at the carousel waiting for my luggage to pop out. And then here comes this ominous sign that says "LAST LUGGAGE". My luggage, as well as those of three other connecting passengers including the German businessman, was nowhere in sight.
We were ushered into the lost and found office and the staff located our luggage.
"It's still in Kuala Lumpur... it will be coming in on the 10pm flight," the staff said.
By this time, I was drained of energy I couldn't even get angry. It was a good thing the Indonesian staff were patient and really helpful (it remains to be seen though if they're effective as I still await my luggage).
They filled the forms and took out addresses so they can deliver it to our hotels once the luggage arrives.
I am still waiting for the arrival of my beloved luggage. The plane from KL was scheduled to arrive half an hour ago--that is, if MH was not bloody delayed again--and is expected to be delivered by midnight.
I am tired and I couldn't even do anything, much more bathe, since my stuff are in the luggage.
And to top it all, the service at this hotel was so slow and they were fully booked I got to have a shower stall room instead of a bath. The last thing I needed when I was really looking forward to soak all my troubles in a warm bath.
But no, not gonna happen.
I wanted to trash the room just to vent out all my frustration and anger at MH.
But then I'm no rock star to do that.

Ganbatte!
You can make it!

2nd day at Tokyo Dome.
The air was totally different.
The boys were hyper and dorky again XD  Probably no more sponsors, no more company executives. 
Nino was already sitting on the moving stage when they first used it.
And there were times he looked stressed, but I think he made it through.
Aiba-chan and Nino went out for dinner together.  Aiba-chan was about to leave the venue around 2200. He recalled he doesn't have anything to eat at home, and if he didn't ask Nino out, he will starve to death.
During the closing speech, Nino finally said to the screaming audience "Wait, I'm talking (be quite)"  Yes, the audience was screaming since yesterday.  Makes me feel that there are lots of newbies there. 
MJ jumped into the audience (as usual).  He climbed up to the 1st row of the stand.  Grabbed the official Uchiwa of Ohno from audience and kept waving toward the main stage ^^ Threw a big kiss to the audience^^;
They took more time for encores. 
Overall, I felt that I'm back to the Arashi Concert. 
Ohno said he is free on Monday^^

Mina-san, hisashiburi!

it's been a while again since i posed anything here. Actually i was and am very busy with school stuffs! This 4th grade is definitely the hardest of all!
Two weeks ago I had my porm, which was fantastic! I enjoyed every single second of it :) I promise that i'll post photos of it as soon as a get them:)
No to mention the tests, that i have to take next week. So far it seems that there'll be 8 exams in 5 days...nonsense and annoying! And of course tomorrow is the JLPT! I was waiting to take it for two years now, and prepared a lot so i hope thati'll be able to show what i really know. Hope Santa will bring to the "3kyuu succes ne" ^_^
Anyways, keep ur fingers crossed for me please!