I’m baaaack! … and I’m crazy over something again—ARASHI! These guys are the best! True, their costumes aren’t really commendable (I wonder who their costume designer is? Can I send a protest letter, hahaha!)… but these guys are so talented!!! – and I mean talented. I don’t think I’ve felt this kind of rush in watching any concert before. Their AAA 2008 in Tokyo concert was absolutely brilliant! I can’t help but smile everytime I remember that concert.

If you're not familiar with this group, Wiki pretty much summarizes everything--

Satoshi Ohno, the oldest member of Arashi, is the reluctant "leader" of the group after winning against Sho Sakurai in a round of rock-paper-scissors with the other members on a Japanese variety show. The exact same pattern of him unwillingly 'winning' against Sho has been seen repeating many times ever since. He is the oldest person in the group and Ohno sings the lead vocals. Although he has stated that he wanted to avoid becoming the leader the most, Arashi members have once stated in an interview that Ohno is a new-age idol, who leads his group by not leading at all. Aside from leading the vocal work, he is known to be the best dancer and has the greatest control when it comes to singing in Arashi. Back when Arashi first debuted and before he was elected leader, Ohno was told by Johnny's to be the "Dance Leader". He choreographs several of their dance moves, which the other members sometimes find it quite hard to follow. Other artistes from the same company openly expressed their admiration for Ohno's dancing; among them are Imai Tsubasa of the duo Tackey & Tsubasa, Kokubun Taichi of TOKIO, Yuuri Chinen of the newly-debuted group Hey! Say! JUMP, and other juniors. He is also one half of the Arashi skit duo Ohmiya SK, partnering Kazunari Ninomiya. Out of all the members, he has appeared in the fewest dramas, preferring to do stage plays or focus on his art. He performed his first solo concert on January 29, 2006. He became the first artist in Johnny's who held an art exhibit, which was entitled, "Freestyle".

Sho Sakurai sings most of the rap parts (known to fans as "Sakurap"), the lyrics of which he also writes. Sakurai was the first in the group to perform in a solo concert, The Show, on January 14, 2006. He is currently a Monday co-host of NTV's News Zero, on which he became the first idol to host an election special.^[1][13] Sakurai is arguably the best-educated member of the group, having graduated from Keio University, a prestigious Japanese university. During the early years after Arashi's debut, Sho was appointed by the Johnny's to be the "Study Leader". Although he lost in a round of rock-paper-scissors, hence excusing him from being the group's leader, the other four of Arashi have made many remarks that Sakurai is the one who possesses leadership qualities.

Masaki Aiba is the tallest member of the group, with a distinctive breathy voice. He was once hospitalized after fainting due to the collapse of one of his lungs and was forced to stop playing the saxophone due to the operation he had to undergo. Aiba interacts with various wild animals as a co-host of the TV show, Tensai! Shimura Doubutsuen. He also excels in sports, especially basketball. He has been known to have considerably short attention span and often jumps between topics during talks and interviews, thus earning himself his reputation as the endearing, flaky member of Arashi. Sometimes Aiba makes some mistakes with Japanese, particularly in reading kanji. He can be seen making various reading mistakes in talk shows and live performances. During the earlier years following Arashi's debut, Aiba was appointed the "Image Leader" of Arashi.

Kazunari Ninomiya, nicknamed Nino, is the first member of the group to crossover to American films as he starred in Clint Eastwood's critically acclaimed Japanese language film, Letters from Iwo Jima. Along with bandmate Jun Matsumoto, he is one of Japan's leading young actors and have been said to be able to "act with his eyes". Ninomiya stated that he is left-handed but has been forced to write with his right hand by his parents when he was a child. He plays the guitar, piano, composes songs and writes lyrics. However, he is usually seen with a game console in hand instead and had publicly admitted that he was an otaku when he was an elementary school student. During Arashi's early years, Johnny's appointed Ninomiya as the "Performance Leader".

Jun Matsumoto, nicknamed Matsujun, is the youngest member of Arashi. Matsumoto is known for his starring roles in dramas such as Bambino, Hana Yori Dango, Hana Yori Dango 2, Kimi wa Petto, and Gokusen. He is the first Japanese male to grace the cover of Marie Claire Japan. Ohno has labeled him the "concert master" because of his take-charge attitude and attention to detail during their live performances. During the years after their debut, he was appointed by the Johnny's as the "Comedy Leader". By now he has more or less lost the comedic image and has even gained the nickname DoS from the other members (S standing for 'Sadist' and Do means 'extreme' in Japanese Kanji). Jun is one of the three idols who are considered elites in the Johnny's because he was called to join the company by Johnny Kitagawa himself, without having to go through auditions. Matsumoto won the GQ Man Of The Year Award under the Singer/Actor category. They also sang the first version of Algorithm March.

Aside from their music careers, Arashi members have also appeared in movies, special variety programs, commercials, stage plays, and various television dramas. Currently, they are also the hosts of two variety programs, Arashi no Shukudai-kun and Himitsu no Arashi-chan as well as a game show, VS Arashi.

 

I’m also glad that there are kindred spirits in plurk who are so into Arashi. Shout-out to the beautiful Neechans! You girls are the best :D  

Anyway, among the five, my fave is SHO! *heart pumps* Kawaiii!

1 - Go to "wikipedia." Hit “random... Read More”
or click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.

2 - Go to "Random quotations"
or click http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.

3 - Go to flickr and click on “explore the last seven days”
or click http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days
Third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.

4 - Use photoshop or similar to put it all together.

5 - Post it to FB with this text in the "caption" and TAG the friends you want to join in. (you can untag yourself if you don't want this photo up

Sharing some of the banners I've created for the Lettuce couple: 
Note: Some are linked to the proboards forum for Joongbo (please join!)

It's been so long since I've posted an entry in this blog! Geh! Anyway, I'm currently OBSESSED with the Lettuce/Ssangchoo couple from a Korean reality TV show called, "We Got Married". It's crazy-- really! I mean I've actually learned a few things here and there due to my obsession. I've learned how to use Adobe Photoshop so that I could create banners and avatars, Windows Movie Maker (in order to make MVs haha!), and last but not the least, forum creation!  I can't believe I actually created a forum for the love of this couple. Yea, I'm a nut-case, I know... but you'll be surprised that there are quite a lot of us who are in the same league (right now there are over 400 members yeah!). Too bad the couple will be leaving in December (I'm trying not to think about this fact though...waaah!).

I guess that's just it. I've gone cuckoo.

End of story. LOL!

This was forwarded to me this morning by orangekai. It's HILARIOUS!!!!
I almost died laughing. If you've read this before, read it
again...hahaha.

..it sure makes me laugh each time I read it! To quote her, this is "A
classic example of why it's truly painful to be a girl sometimes! "
Now, don't try this at home! LOL ^_^"

Hilarious waxing story

Hair removal!!

The first thing you should know is that hair removal is not my friend.
The particular talent of removing unwanted hair has eluded me. All
methods have tricked me with their promises of easy, painless
removal. The Epilady, the standard razor, the scissors, Nair, the
EpilStop, and now. The Wax.

My night began as any other normal weekday night. I came home from
work, fixed dinner for myself and watched TV for a while. I then had
the thought that would ring painfully in my mind for the next couple
of hours: "Maybe I should use that wax in my medicine cabinet."

So I headed to the site of my demise, um, I mean bathroom. It was one
of those cold wax kits. No melting a clump of hot wax, you just rub
the clear strips in your hand, peel them apart, press it on your leg
(or wherever)and ignore the frantically rising crescendo of string
instruments in the background. No muss, no fuss.

How hard can this be? I mean, I'm not the girly-est of girls but I'm
mechanically inclined so maybe I can figure out how this works. At
least you'd think so.

So I pull one of the thin strips out. It's two strips facing each
other, stuck together, with wax in between them.

I'm supposed to rub it in my hand to warm and soften the wax (I'm
guessing). I go one better. I pull out the hair dryer and heat the SOB
up to ten thousand degrees.

Cold wax, my ass. (Oh, how that phrase will come back to haunt me.) I
lay the strip across my thigh. I hold the skin around it and pull.
OK, so it wasn't the best feeling in the world, but it wasn't bad. I
can do this! Hair removal no longer eludes me! I am Sheera, fighter
of all wayward body hair, with smooth skin extraordinary!

With my next wax strip, I move north. I sneak into the bathroom for
The Ultimate Hair Fighting Championship. I drop my panties and place
one foot on the toilet.

Using the same procedure, I then apply the wax strip across the right
side on my bikini line, covering the right half of my labia,
stretching up into the inside of the right ass cheek. (Yeah, it was a
long strip.)

I inhale deeply. I brace myself. RRRIIIIPPP!!!! I'm blind! Blind from
the pain! Vision returning. Oh crap. I've managed to pull off half an
inch of the strip. Another deep breath. And RIIIP! Everything is
swirly and tie-dyed? Do I hear crashing drums? OK, coming back to
normal again.

I want to see my trophy - my wax covered pelt that caused me so much
agony. I want to revel in the glory that is my triumph over body
hair.

I hold the wax strip like an Olympic gold medallist.

But why is there no hair on it? Why is the wax mostly gone? Where
could the wax go, if not on the strip?

Slowly, I eased my head down, my foot still perched on the toilet. I
see hair - the hair that should be on the strip. I touch. I feel. I
am touching wax. I look to the ceiling and silently
shout "Nooooooo!!"

And realize I have just begun living my own personal version of The
Tar Baby.

I peel my fingers off the softest, most sensitive part of my body
that is now covered in cold wax and matted hair, and make the next
big mistake -up until this point, you'll remember, I've had my foot
on the toilet.

I know I need to move, to do something. So I put my foot down on the
floor.

And then I hear the slamming of the "cell door."
Vagina? . Sealed shut.
Ass? ....... Sealed shut.
A little voice in my head says "I hope you don't have to poo anytime
soon. Your head just might pop off."

I penguin walk around the bathroom trying desperately to figure out
what I should do next.

Hot water! Hot water melts wax! I'll run the hottest water I can
stand and get in - the wax should melt and I can gently wipe it away,
right?

Wrong. I get in the tub - the water is slightly hotter than is used to
torture prisoners of war or sterilize surgical equipment. And I sit.

Now the only thing worse than having your goodies glued together is
having them glued together and then glued to the bottom of a tub. In
scalding hot water. Which, by the way, does not melt the cold wax.

So now I'm stuck to the bottom of the tub.

I call my friend because she once dropped out of beauty school so
surely she has some secret knowledge or trick to get wax off skin.
It's never good to start a conversation with "So my ass and woohoo
are stuck to the tub."

She doesn't have a trick. But she does do her best to suppress her
laughter.

She wants to know exactly where the wax is on the ass, and asks, "Are
we talking cheek or hole, here?" she asks. She isn't even trying to
hide the giggles now.

I give her the run-down of the entire night. She tells me to call the
number on the side of the box, but to have a good cover story for
where the wax actually is.

You know that if we were working the help line at XXX Wax Co. and
somebody called with their entire crack sealed shut we'd just put
them on hold then record the conversation for everyone we know.
You're going to end up on a radio show or the internet if you tell
them the truth.

While we go through various solutions, I resort to scraping the wax
off with a razor. Boy, nothing feels better to the girly goodies than
covering them in wax, sticking them to a tub in super hot water and
THEN dry shaving the sticky wax off!

In the middle of the conversation (which has inexplicably turned to
other subjects!) I find the little, beautiful saving grace that is
the lotion provided with wax to remove the excess. I rub some in and
start screaming "It's working! It's working!"

I get hearty congratulations from my friend and we hang up. I
successfully remove all the wax and notice, to my dismay, that the
hair is still there.

So I just shaved it all off instead.

I was numb by that point anyway. And then I put the box of wax back
in my medicine cabinet.

Never know when a mustache might start to come in.

Tonight, I attempt hair dying, and all my friends can't wait!!!!!
*TEEHEEHEE*

I've been a member of LJ for quite some time now but i haven't had the chance to create an entry.
Hahaha! Actually, I still don't know what to blog about. I just wanted something to appear on my page.
Will try to post something soon...

In the meantime, I'll continue watching Fated To Love You. Hahaha! What can I say? I'm a drama-addict
(but I guess you all know that)

Ciao!