Princess Resha's Blog

Reallocated to Sherfield

2007-09-07T00:20:00.000+08:00

First of all, take a look at this month's haul (plus 2 back issues which were on sale). Can you spot the only rose among the hunks? Yeah, top right, Erika Toda, that's actually a clearfile given free when I bought one of the mags :

Hey, it's not all play. I bought another dictionary and a book for JLPT past year papers in preparation of taking the JLPT exam.

So anyway, once again breaking away from Nihon, I've finally received news about my accomodation. Luckily enough, I managed to get a room in Sherfield after weeks of waiting for a reply. So yay! I just saved RM 3500 (that's like, 300 magazines worth!)

Next week is another busy week, another friend leaving for the UK before me. Lots of planning to do, people to see, so I'll be back next time with more news! Currently having a sore throat so I'm entitled to be a bit lazy. =P

Signing off,
Rissa

Today's Feature :

Murakami Shingo aka Hina. A member of Kanjani8. This is one Johnny which attracted me to his personality rather than his looks. A great MC and pretty loud, he gives me the impression of someone nice, and I think he is. Since I'm not that big a fan I don't really know, but maybe one day I will.

Bored

2007-09-03T00:33:00.000+08:00

I've been tagged by Perlin again. So here goes.

TAG

Name 20 people you can think of at the top of your head. Don't read the questions before you write, and tag 5 people to do the survey.

1. My brother

2. Nicole

3. Ming Kong

4.Weng Yi

5.Elaine

6.Sam

7.Hui Ying

8.Kat

9.Serene

10.Perlin

11.Mum

12.Dad

13.The love of my life (Uebo. What? Cannot ar?)

14.The second love of my life (Ryo-chan)

15.Rui Yee
16.Kelvin

17.My maid

18.Alvin

19.Alex

20.Ee Va

Questions:

1. How did you meet 14 (Ryo-chan) ?

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha, I'd probably die on the spot if I met him anywhere, no wait, I'd go up and talk to him, get an autograph, secretly take pics of him (cos his company doesn't allow him to take pics cos of copyright whatever =.=) and then talk some more, fangirl and ask him why he hates my Uebo so and when he finally gets rid of me, I'll call Nicole and tell her who I just met and THEN ONLY I'll die~ Okay, not die la, maybe just faint. Life so precious~~~

2. What would you do if you had never met no.1(My brother)?

I dunno~ I've always had a brother who's annoying and all that, but because fate brought us into the same family, then it feels like that's just the way it should always be ~

3. What would you do if 20 (Ee Va) and 9 (Serene) dated you?

Lol ~ Not possible. I think we're all interested in the opposite sex tyvm~ Hahaha.

4. Would 6 (Sam) and 17 (My maid) make a good couple?

Lol. Definitely no. Hahaha~

5. Describe no 3 (Ming Kong).

A friend I've known for a very long time.

6. Do you think no 8 (Kat) is attractive?

HAHAHA, do I have to answer that? Lol, um, okay la I guess~ She has a nice figure. ;-)

7. Tell me something about no 7 (Hui Ying).

Very into human rights.

8 . Do you know anything about no 12's (Dad) family?

Of course la, I'm IN the family.

9. What is no 8's (Kat) favourite?

Favourite? Uhm, cute stuff I guess. Bags. Clothes. Yeah, those stuffs.

10. What would you do if 11 (Mum) confess that he/she likes you?

She's my mum. Of course we love each other.

11. What language does 15 (Rui Yee) speaks?

Chinese, English, Malay.

12. Who is 9 (Serene) going out with?

Uh, dunno. Some guy, maybe.

13. How old is 16 (Kelvin) now?

Uh, 20 I think. Or 21.

14. When was the last time you talked to 13 (Uebo)?

HAHAHA, do I have to repeat my ques 1 answer? I've never spoken to him, but if I go to Japan, I'm definitely calling up his radio programme, R-One and speak to him! Between my limited Japanese and his limited English hopefully we'll get somewhere. XDDD

15. Who is no 2's (Nicole) favourite singer?

*answers immediately* Kamenashi Kazuya from KAT-TUN. No question about it. This is THE person who corrupted me in the first place. Watashi no daisempai desu~

16. Would you date no 4 (Weng Yi) ?

Lol. Again, I think we're both interested in the opposite sex.

17. Would you date 7 (Hui Ying)?

I think there are too many FEMALES in my list. Hahahaha. I don't need to repeat my answer do I?

18. Is 15 (Rui Yee) single?

Nope. She has a boyfriend.

19. What's 10's (Alex) last name?

Weng.

20. Would you ever consider being in a relationship with 11 (Mum)?

Lol, we're already related by blood. Mum and daughter.

21. What school does 3 (Ming Kong) go to?
Currently? University of Nottingham. If school as in high SCHOOL or something, then SMK Taman Melawati.

22. Where does 6 (Sam) live?

Kampar

23. What's your favourite thing about no 5 (Elaine)?

A good friend of mine. A good listener too. She always listens.

I tag:

Whoever bored enough to do~

END TAG

So, anyway. Haven't had much to do lately. Johnny's has slowed down so all I'm doing is buying magazines. There was a discount at Isetan's Kino the other day so I bought(through my daisempai) 2 back issues for the price of 1! Sugoku ureshiin desu!

Today I tried to stuff 7 mags, 2 dicts, 2-3 notebooks and 2 DVDs into my hand carry bag. More than 9kg! And I'm foreseeing that I'll be getting another 7 mags (including the 2 I got from the discount) prior to departing. Definitely not gonna fit~~~

I've also bought and watched Gokusen I and II recently.

Gokusen I :

Johnny member starring: Matsumoto Jun (Arashi)

Gokusen II :

Johnny member starring: Akanishi Jin and Kamenashi Kazuya (both KAT-TUN)

Despite being a massive KAT-TUN fan (although its because of Uebo rather than Jin or Kame) but I thought Gokusen I was better. Matsumoto Jun's character, Sawada Shin was better than Odagiri Ryu and Yabuki Hayato (Kame and Jin's characters). I think it has to do with the repetitive storyline too. Gokusen II was like a remake of Gokusen I with different characters. But that's totally my opinion, and I think everyone should watch it and see for themselves. XD

I shall continue bumming now cos I'm too lazy to write anything else here.

Signing off,
Rissa

Today's Feature:

DreamBoys! The musical (about boxing) going to be performed (or has it already started? I can't remember the date) in Japan~ Last year they had all of KAT-TUN and Kanjani8~ This year they have Kame and Koki~ Good enough, I guess.

IT CAME!

2007-08-16T16:57:00.000+08:00

What came you ask? Why, my 2 brand new DVDs of course! (worth approx 10000 yen which is about RM300) Arrived last week and I've watched one, two, three, MANY times~

The DVDs:

Inside look of the KAT-TUN DVD:

Inside look of the NEWS DVD:

My fave KAT-TUN member's (Uebo) page in the booklet:

My fave NEWS member's (Ryo-chan) page in the booklet:

Ironically my fave KAT-TUN member and my fave NEWS member don't like each other and have the tensest rivalry in the history of Johnny's! Oh well...

Okay, breaking away from my Johnny's life, it looks like I won't be doing the Advanced Intensive after all for my Japanese classes. They can't get enough students to start in time before I leave for UK! Doesn't stop me from studying though, I'm planning to take the JLPT 3 exam this year if possible!

So now that I'm not hampered by classes, it looks like I'm having the remainders of the holidays free, other than to do preparations for leaving. Time is running short and things are getting hectic.

Oh yes, and I've been tagged by Perlin some time ago. So since I'm free now, here it is~

TAG

4 Jobs I have had in my life

- Kindergarten Student

- Primary School Student

- Secondary School Student

- University Student

Places I have lived in

- Home (KL)

- Hometown(Penang)

4 countries I have been on vacation

- I only have one, which is Japan, when I was in my mom's stomach. Other than that, I've never stepped out of Malaysia all my life.

4 of my favourite food

- Chinese : Almost all

- Western : I'm a carnivore
- Japanese : What can I say, I love all things Japanese.
- And everything else : I rarely dislike eating something.

4 places I would rather be right now

- Tokyo, Japan

- Osaka, Japan

- In a KAT-TUN concert

- In a NEWS concert

4 friends I am going to tag

- Sam

- Amir

- Ming Choi

- Terrrence

END TAG

Signing off,

Rissa

Today's Feature: Nishikido Ryo (NEWS/Kanjani8)

A man that frustrates me to no end. Known for his sharp tongue and publicly bullies my Uebo~ Yet, he is still my number 2. Agh, this is one of those love/hate things. I hate to love him. Yet I still do. Bah.

Being a Johnny's fan is not easy.

2007-08-06T21:31:00.000+08:00

This month's haul...

Worth RM30 each. Being a Johnny's fan = hardwork + a lot of cash.

On another note, my Japanese Intermediate 3 level has ended as well~ Whether or not I will go on to Advanced is yet to be seen, depending on the intensive class opens or not. Hopefully, that can be decided soon and I'll be on my way for another 20-day-intensive stint.

As September approaches, my preparations to go to Reading need to be done. Visa, shopping, etc. So many things to do, so little time. In future, this summer holidays will be known as the holidays I spent most busy, albeit productive.

These are one of moments I wish time would stand still.

Signing off,
Rissa

Today's Feature:

NEWS and KAT-TUN. Because NEWS's new Con DVD gets released tommorow (8th), hence my pre-ordered copy will arrive soon, together with my KAT-TUN Con DVD which I've wanted for forever~

NEWS - Never Ending Wonderful Story Concert DVD (Limited Edition)

And Live of KAT-TUN Real Face Concert 2006 DVD

HP7 Madness and House Renovations

2007-07-23T23:12:00.000+08:00

July 21st 2007. The release of the final Harry Potter book~ Like others, I was one of those who got up at 5 am to buy the book (more because I was trying to get the free copies thing then anything else XD *cheapskate*). So at 5.30 am, Nicole appears at my house and off we head towards Borders only to find 50 over people already there at 6~

So, seeing as only the first 7 are entitled to the free copy, we decided to head to Kinokuniya, which offers a 30% discount of we bought the book on the release date. So at 7am, when we reached KLCC, the first thing we heard after stepping out into the Ground Floor of the complex was Harry Potter MUSIC. I suppose the purpose is to get you into the Harry Potter mood or something, but it was kinda creepy at the same time cos all the shops were still closed and the Ground Floor was deserted, even though the lights were on.

But, at the 4th floor. We were met with THIS:

This was just one side, I was at the other, and the line actually curves in further in front, so yeah. It was a PRETTY LONG line.

Killing time, me and Nicole fooled around with the camera, discussed about Johnny's, Harry Potter, Japanese classes and a pretty good-looking Chinese guy dressed in wizard's robes and kept walking past us.

This is the crowd further up front. Can you see the Fat Lady?

While in Kinokuniya, I bumped into Vic Teoh! 3rd place winner of the first Malaysian Idol! Turns out he was the pretty good-looking Chinese boy me and Nicole saw walking up and down, and we never realized it. He was in the line as well, just a few feet in front of us. O.o

A second picture, for insurance... ^_~

Me, Nicole and the Fat Lady.

The doors to Kinokuniya opened at 7am, I got in at almost 8~ Can you see Vic? XD

If you look REAL close, I'm holding the children's version of HP7 and a Peacock Quill(free gift) and Nicole's friend is holding the adult version of HP7 and a Pigeon's Quill(also free gift).

Alas, even though I didn't get my HP7 free, I had lots of fun in Kinokuniya. It was loads of fun, met a number of people, friends and strangers alike. It was one of those rare times that you could just talk to some random stranger you meet in the shop, united due to our similar interest - Harry Potter. It was fun, the people were friendly (though I heard there was a stampede at 5 due to everyone eyeing the free copies) and it was memorable~

I've since finished the book and I must say: I like it~ It ended quite okay, although a little abrupt in my opinion, and it had my heart pumping like mad from start to end. I dare say its the best book of the whole series~

Meanwhile, my house is finally continuing its renovation on the second floor. And because of that, everything from the second floor has been moved to the ground floor and my whole family is squashed downstairs. THIS is what my 'room' (which is actually now joined with the dining area and which is shared with my brother) looks like.

The bed. Look at all my pillows and soft toys!

Another angle of my soft toys.

Part of the dining table, racks, boxes and computer table, all squashed in the corner.

The dining table~ See the kitchen? And the opening to my garden.

Brother and mine's study tables. Notice the dining table? And beyond that, the living room.

Dressing table and wardrobe, which is just beside my study table, and bed~

So yeah, I am currently living in a very squashed place but hey, the dining table, study table and bed are all just within 2 feet of each other~ Convenient for eating then playing the laptop then falling asleep without moving much.

All in all, life's getting hectic. Lots of things to be done, and I'm still waiting for my University letter. Soon, I'll be flying off to Reading. I guess I should appreciate my pampered life here while I still can.

Signing Off,
Rissa

Today's Feature: Harry Potter 7~ Because I loved the series~

3 Simple Steps

2007-07-20T21:03:00.001+08:00

Rissa's guide to facing an exam~

1) Watch videos, loiter around the Net, chat with friends (of course, make sure your textbook is open and somewhere you can see it and glimpse it every once in awhile) and end up sleeping at 4+ am.

2) Wake up at 8 and get ready for class with confidence. Steal last minute glimpses at your textbook on the train ride till you reach the school.

3) Buy Cadbury's Dairy Milk Chocolates and finish the WHOLE thing by yourself (eat it before and during the exam! Yes, the WHOLE thing!)

Results : 96% for my Intermediate II Japanese exam~

Shiken wa yoku dekimashita! (My exams went well!) -^_^-

On another note, Harry Potter 7 is being released tommorow~ I'm among those who will be waking at 5 (or probably not sleeping at all tonight) and attempt to RUN for free copies~ Chances of getting there in time is like 0.0000000000000000001%. But oh well, its the last book. Everthing is all in good fun. Wish me luck! ^_^

Signing Off,

Rissa

Today's Feature: Ueda and Kame~ Because I like this picture. Uebo kakkoi~!

Bon Odori 2007!

2007-07-16T00:59:00.000+08:00

14th of July 2007 was the day the 31st Bon Odori 2007 was held. Bon Odori is actually an event celebrated by the Japanese in which they believe it is the day that souls come back. A couple of friends and I decided at (quite) the last minute, to go check it out~

The Journey There:

The venue in which the event was to be held was the Panasonic Stadium in Shah Alam. Armed with two incomplete maps, our group (consisting of Kong, May Yeng, me and my brother), got ourselves lost, drove all the way to Kajang and after two hours, stumbled our way to Shah Alam, reaching just in the nick of time before the performances began.

I must say when we first came to the stadium area, I was utterly shocked at the number of people! People were literally crowding the streets, all streaming into the stadium. There were a number of people at hand, including traffic police, to direct everyone as to where to go and what to do. We ended up parking in some unknown parking lot that the police directed us too cos everywhere else was full~

In the Stadium:

We arrived just in time for the performances despite getting lost~ So after getting our free uchiwas, we watched the dance which was being performed on the stage in the middle of the stadium.

The first performance. At this time, it was still bright, and it wasn't so crowded yet. Yes, it became EVEN MORE crowded later despite already being CROWDED when I first arrived.

Some of the event's people dressed up in Japanese costumes~

Look at all the PEOPLE! The whole stadium was so crowded, you'll lose your friend if you go more than 10 metres away from each other. Seriously.

Halfway through the night, I bumped into Sam and her brother! It was so good to see you again after 2 whole months Sam! Really missed ya~ >.<

The Food:

RM6 okonomiyaki! Which really tastes like Takoyaki, to me anyway~

Kong aka my driver (no offence meant Kong~ ^^;;) and onigiri.

Kakigoori! Some sort of sweet, blended ice~?

Pics with friends:

Bumped into many people - Sam, Kelvin, Melvin and Ifana!

Night Performances:

Everyone watches and follows the dance!

Since it was the last performance of the night, we joined in too. ^_^

The Finale - Drum Performance:

Young Japanese boys in cosutmes, playing the drums~ How cool is that? XD

A picture of me, my brother and 2 of the drummers I managed to catch~ Most of them ran away after the performance~ I wonder why. XD I am still abit embarassed about the BROKEN Japanese I used to speak to them, although I don't think they heard me cos the moment I approached them, they went something like "Nandayo, MATTA? Uso, maji de?" (trans: What, AGAIN? No way, really?) I suppose, there's no need to wonder now why the rest ran away. Lol~ But they were really nice about it anyway so... :-) Rissa is a happy girl~

The Haul:

The Uchiwas which were given out when we first entered~

Some souvenirs. I love my orange ball! Its rubbery, stretchable, cute and emits colourful lights when you squish it!

Um, Lotte Ichigo Daifuku. (Guess who advertises for Lotte in Japan? XD) I bought this early in the night but didn't eat it~ So obviously when we came home, it wasn't very uh, solid anymore. (See? Rissa, rissa. Who ask you be so greedy buy so much?)

Upon opening the daifuku. A bit out of shape but still edible~ Very sweet!

Another ice-cream. This one chosen by my brother.

Even more severely misshapen than the daifuku. XD But the coffee taste was EXCELLENT.

Beryl's chocolate. They had a promotion. These 3 boxes for RM10~ Who could resist?

The event ended at about 9.30 so we ended up reaching home at 11. All in all, the night was a fun one~ There were lots of things that I got to see and even more food that I didn't get the chance to try out! (I didn't get to buy Beard Papa which was also on offer that night and also the many ice-creams that got sold out before I even got to see them! XO)

Next year, if I have the chance, I'll be sure to go again~!

Signing off,

Rissa

Today's Feature: Um, for once I don't know what to put here. So I'll just end this with a pic of me and my bro posing~ Yes, behold our vanity~

Just a short post~

2007-07-12T23:56:00.000+08:00

Japanese classes have begun again. I'm tired, and classes are getting tougher. Everyday is a challenge, but a fun one.

I'm also currently waiting for my University letter to arrive so that I can finish dealing with the visa, flight tickets and everything troublesome that comes with going overseas. The earlier I get it over and done with, the better.

There's a Bon Odori event going on this Saturday in Shah Alam. Still in the midst of deciding if I should go or not~ There'll be dances and shops so it could be interesting. But first, I'll need to figure out the transport.

On another note, Taylor's has entered the Finals for the Law Debate and the finals itself will be held tommorow. Good luck guys! Although I can't be there, I'll be rooting for ya~!

So that's it for now. Just a short update to let people know I'm well and kicking (Japanese) butt.

Signing off,
Rissa

Today's Feature : Kato Shigeaki(NEWS) because July 11th was his 20th birthday~ The coming of age in Japan. Do watch his latest drama, 'Papa to Musume no Nanokakan', a Freaky Friday style story about a father and his daughter switching bodies~ XD

Otanjoubi Omedetou Gozaimasu!

Spend, spend, spend!

2007-07-04T00:35:00.001+08:00

Today was an extremely tiring but productive day! I finally got my Kanji dictionary from Kinokuniya along with two Mags!!! (Dict=RM163.80 and Mags=RM28.10 EACH)

Altogether I spent more than RM220 today! XO But at least now I can read the Japanese kanji! One more step towards my short term goal of being able to read and UNDERSTAND Jap mags~ But heck books/mags from Japan are DEFINITELY not cheap~ =.=

What's more, I came back today to find that HMV has finally restocked NEWS's up and coming Limited Edition DVD con!!! Finally, I've been stalking the site ever since it went out of stock after what, only the second day of taking pre-order~ Now I can finally cancel my order from CDJapan, which sells the same thing for a 1000yen more, which is about RM30-40 more? So yeah, now that I can order NEWS, I'm taking the chance to order KAT-TUN's Real Face DVD Con too~ So that's easily another RM300 gone~ O.O I WAS planning on buying some new dramas tommorow at BTS buttttt I think it is unwise~ (Note: Every single purchase I mentioned so far was paid for with credit card, which means the person who ultimately foots the bill is MY MUM~ XO)

Now, ever since the last time I've posted, I've finished my Japanese Course up till Intermediate 1. I was kinda sad when it ended. I've never had so much fun in classes before~ I'll miss the teachers and my classmates. We've all had some good times together, I'll miss doing everything we did.

Class K1-128 of ICLS 2007. Started 28th May and ended 29th June.

On the bright side, Intermediate 2 begins next week! And you can bet I'll be continuing, although some of my ex-classmates won't be~ T.T I've only got this week off before its back to studies again. Classes are tiring, yes, I should be working or doing attachments, yes, but it's something that I don't think I'll ever regret doing.

Today's Feature: Ueda Tatsuya (because I miss him although I think of him everyday)

Week's Summary

2007-06-24T00:11:00.000+08:00

It's been a week or so since I last posted something. Been really busy with Japanese classes which have now currently taken a toll on me and am often very tired nowadays. My Beginner 2 exam went well (97% again) and the next exam, Intermediate 1 this time, is this coming Friday. I'm still enjoying my classes very much but sometimes I just wish I had an off day to just catch up on sleep. My weekdays are now packed with classes, and weekends I hardly have free time either (being family day and all). So yeah, I'm now in dire need of sleep and some rest.

My finals results will officially be out on the 27th so for now, at the moment I'm just trying not to think too much about it. A lot of my future plans hang on my results, whether to continue Japanese classes, or to work, or in worst case scenarios, to have to study again. For now, I'm just praying for the best.

On the flip side, I've also been spending alot of time watching Japanese dramas. Finished watching Hana Yori Dango 1 and 2 and I must say I absolutely LOVED the last episode~! It's been awhile since I was last satisifed with a drama's ending, and this one definitely met my expectations. Other dramas that I bought and still waiting to be watched are Kurosagi and Tatta Hitotsu no Koi. And then after that, Gokusen 1 and 2. Oh and not to forget Proposal Daisakusen. XO I'm an incredibly busy person, aren't I? And for all the wrong reasons too.

On another note, KAT-TUN has been the main cause for burning a hole in my pocket. My recently order First Press Limited Edition of Yorokobi no Uta has arrived. XO RM100 for two songs, and a music video~ Talk about expensive. XS Not only that, I spotted a KT calendar at a shop which cost about RM60 and of course, I had to buy it. Not to mention their Kaizokuban concert DVD. Nicole-sama (my daisempai) lending me some concert DVDs and some Japanese magazines has NOT helped to dampen the fangirling spirit in me.

I suppose Japanese is now playing a big role in my life. My every post for the past few weeks have consisted in some way or another, something related to Japan. I've also recently been self learning Kanji because my current course doesn't teach Kanji. My immediate dream is to one day be able to read Japanese magazines and watch Japanese dramas and actually understand them without translations. ^_^ My long term dream is to one day be able to migrate to Japan, or at least, travel there often.

Signing off,

Rissa

Today's Feature : HANA YORI DANGO. Because I've just finished watching it and I loved the way it was ended! Starring Matsumoto Jun (Arashi) and Inoue Maoh~

Arigatou Gozaimasu!

2007-06-10T23:19:00.000+08:00

Konbanwa!

Last Friday a GREAT friend of mine made me very happy! The reason :

She got me these from Singapore! 3 pics of Johnny's and a deck of Pi poker cards feat a diff photo in every card (which is absolute LOVE >.<). Arigatou, Nicole-sama! My Johnny's DAISEMPAI~!

Also, recently, I've grown to love this song : Love in Snow, written and performed by Uebo-hime (no, I'm not just saying that cos its Uebo who sings the song. It's a seriously good song, okay? *hears snorts of disbelief* No, seriously, I'm SERIOUS.)

Today's Feature : Love in Snow

START LYRICS

1st line - Japanese Characterizations (for comps which don't support these, it may turn out gibberish)

2nd line - Japanese romaji

3rd line - English translation

Love In Snow - Ueda Tatsuya

切なくなる　帰り道　いつまで　続くの？

Setsunakunaru kaerimachi itsu made tsudzuku no?

Will this painful road to return continue forever?

心の隙間を埋めてくれる雪

kokoro no sukima wo umete kureru yuki

The crack in my heart is filled up with snow

いつも見慣れた風景に君がいるだけで

itsu mo minareta fuukei ni kimi ga iru dake de

In the scenery I've always been used to seeing, you are all that's there

見たことのない街に見えてくる。。。

mita koto no nai machi ni miete kuru...

visible in the city I've never looked at before...

叶わない恋だとしても

kanawanai koi da to shite mo

Even if my wish for love doesn't come true

「君が好きです。。。」

「kimi ga suki desu...」

'I love you'

会いたい。。。会いたい

aitai... aitai

I want to see you... I want to see you...

それだけを望みます

sore dake wo nozomimasu

That is all I wish for.

溢れる想いをあなたに届けましょう

afureru omoi wo anata ni todoke mashou

I'll send these overflowing feelings to you

白井雪に込めて。。。

shiroi yuki ni komete...

Placed inside the white snow...

静かに降る雪は誰かの愛の言葉だから

shizuka ni furu yuki ha dareka no ai no kotoba dakara

Because the gently falling snow is somebody's words of love

叶わない恋だとしても

kanawanai koi da to shite mo

Even if my wish for love doesn't come true

「君が好きです。。。」

「kimi ga suki desu...」

'I love you'

会いたい。。。会いたい

aitai... aitai

I want to see you... I want to see you...

それだけを望みます

sore dake wo nozomimasu

That is all I wish for.

溢れる想いをあなたに届けましょう

afureru omoi wo anata ni todoke mashou

I'll send these overflowing feelings to you

白井雪に込めて。。。

shiroi yuki ni komete...

Placed inside the white snow...

静かに降る雪は誰かの愛の言葉だから

shizuka ni furu yuki ha dareka no ai no kotoba dakara

Because the gently falling snow is somebody's words of love

やがて雪が止んで　光が差して

yagate yuki ga yande hikari ga sashite

Before long the snow will stop, the light is rising

通じ合えるのでしょう

tsuujiaeru no deshou

Will you be able to understand?

私はいつも見上げてる

watashi ha itsu mo miageteru

As for me, I'll always be looking up to see

止むはずのない雪を。。。

yamu hazu no nai yuki wo...

The snow that will not cease...

(Even if I can't get your love)

(Even if I can't get your love)

(I'll send my love with white snow)

(I'll send my love with white snow)

END LYRICS

The video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkW9I0a5qLQ

Signing off,

Rissa

On to the next level

2007-06-06T22:17:00.000+08:00

Pass!

My Beginner 1 level Japanese exam, that is. 97% Made some completely retarded mistakes which cost me a perfect score. =.= Oh well, the up side is that I'm now moving up to the next level! Beginner 2 here I come!

Everything's moving so fast I find it hard to believe that not 2 weeks ago, I was still sitting for my Constitutional LAW paper~ Feels so long ago. The worse thing is I'm probably working harder for my Japanese classes than I ever did for my degree programme. O.o

On another note, its the 6th of June today! Release date of Yorokobi no Uta! I didn't plan to buy the single at first but today, just because, I checked YesAsia and OMG they had stock for the first press limited edition of Yorokobi! Everywhere else was sold out so how could I NOT buy. XD And just like that, I spent another Rm90 for a Johnny's single~ O.O

After ordering the single (had to persuade my mum to let me buy it), I realized one thing. I have to study harder from now on, so that I can get a decent job in the future or else I wouldn't be able to afford Johnny's stuff anymore when I'm older! This is probably the greatest inspiration thus far.

It's been 2 weeks now since the exams, I'm assuming results will be out in say, another 2-3 weeks? Nervousness will be setting in soon, and all I can do is hope~ Meanwhile, I'm going to enjoy my holidays/Japanese classes.

Signing off,

Rissa

Today's feature : Ueda Tatsuya (yes, again. Because I absolutely adore this boy and because I ordered Yorokobi no Uta and also because Yorokobi was released today(6th of June) XD)

New Layout and EXAMS!

2007-06-04T02:06:00.000+08:00

New layout up! I got bored of the old one after, um, a year? And apparently the last one had some problems with Firefox so had to do something about it. ^^ Hope you people will like it~!

Also! The B1 level Japanese exam date has been set! Roku-gatsu muika desu (6th month, 6th day which basically means June 6th). What's more, the exam is fully hiragana! Woes is me~ But whatever it is, I will do my best.

It's now 2 am, I need to get an early night's rest for tommorow's class. Just wanted to drop a little note to 'announce' the birth(?) of my new layout. Till next time, Happy Holidays people!

Signing out,
Rissa

Today's Feature : KAT-TUN's new single, Yorokobi no Uta.

Coincidentally, KAT-TUN's new single (Yorokobi no Uta) is out on the same day of my exam. XD I didn't buy the single or anything but after looking at the album covers, I kinda wished I had. XO

The album covers for the Limited and Regular Edition. LOVE them both to bits. Tat-chan cho kawaii desu! And also, a lovely magazine scan.

P.S I can't remember who I got the images from, but all the same, credits goes to them~!

Japanese Classes and Law Ball pics!

2007-05-30T23:07:00.000+08:00

It's been a little more than a week since the last exam~ I can't BELIEVE I've tied myself up to another full-time course already!

Yep, that's right. I've officially signed myself up for a 5/6 week full-time course to learn Japanese. An express course that allows me to advance 3 levels in 5/6 weeks. Sounds like hard work and IT IS. Classes started on Monday (28th) and today was my 3rd lesson~ I had been planning to kick back and relax for at least a week but unfortunately, luck would have it that the course started so soon~ So now, my schedule is something like this.

Mainichi (Every Day)

7 am - Already up and awake and getting ready for class.

8 am - In my mum's office and STUDYING while I await time to pass before I head over to the Language Centre (ICLS - Inter Cultural Language School) in KL Plaza.

9 am - Journey to ICLS begins. From Masjid Jamek LRT station to Dang Wangi station, walk over the flyover to switch to the Bukit Nanas Monorail Station to the Bukit Bintang Monorail Station and then walking ALL the way over from Sg.Wang/Lot 10 to KL Plaza~

10 am - Class begins.

12 pm - Lunch break, in which again, I STUDY because there's hardly anything to eat at KL Plaza.

1 pm - Class begins again.

3 pm - Class ends and making the journey all the way home. (LRT + Monorail + Bus)

4++ pm - Reach home, get some decent food and a nap.

7 pm - Dinner and after that, HOMEWORK and again, STUDYING for next day's class.

10.30 pm - Finally, my own private time till I sleep.

And after that, the cycle begins again from 7 am next day. Just like college/uni days all over again. Except I'm probably working harder for Japanese classes than I ever did for Uni. O.o

But then again, ICLS's course isn't cheap. RM1k for 5/6 weeks. Now that I've already PAID IN FULL, I can't back out now at the risk of uh, my sponsors (parents) wrath. And to add to all of that, I think my first Japanese exam is next week. =.=

But despite all that, I'm having the time of my life. At least I'm finally doing something I've always wanted to do. Lol, while everyone is doing internship or helping out at the NGOs or whatever it was the Law School offered, I chose to do something I like. And I'm loving it. For now, anyway.

So now, I'm off to get my very much needed rest. But before that, some pics from the Law Ball.

All in all, the ball was OK. Perhaps there was just one too many delays/technical problems for me~ Not to mention, the food wasn't that great. Oh, and thanks gemok, for accompanying me all the same that night. I appreciate it. ^_~

And now I shall take my leave for some well-earned relaxation time.

Today's Feature : Ueda Tatsuya from KAT-TUN.

Recently, I've developed a small crush for Uebo here (Gomen ne, Pi! You will still always be my no.1! ^^;;) and so, I've been ogling him for a few days now ^__^ Ueda Tatsuya, super-sensitive boy albeit WEIRD (I love him, but I used to and STILL find him weird because of um, certain things he does).

Exams are finally over!

2007-05-25T02:25:00.000+08:00

It's official.

The exams are OVER!

Well, at least till results are out in about 3-4 weeks time. Damn me for screwing the first day of the exams up~ It wasn't even a difficult paper! But I panicked for absolutely NO reason, then ran out of time and PANICKED some more and... =.=;; Let's just leave it at that.

For now, let's just enjoy the holidays. No point crying over spilled milk, right? ^^

Right after the last paper, I opted to come home straightaway instead of going out and found myself... at a loss. After longing for the freedom I wanted for forever, it seems so WEIRD that it's actually HERE and my brain (which probably ceased functioning after Consti) couldn't register it.

So now that it's Friday, 2.33 am in the morning, I'm sitting here (still at a loss) for something to do. Why is it that when you're busy having exams, there seems to be SO many things that you need/want to do but when you're actually free, you find that there's absolutely NOTHING that you can think of to do?

*shrugs* But I don't think anyone else is having this problem though~ Lolz.

Anyway, tommorow's the last day for the signing up for NGO attachments? Unlike everyone else, I don't think I'm gonna sign up for it, nor am I gonna do any attachments with law firms (subject to change XD). The next item on my schedule? LANGUAGE classes, or to be precise, Nihongo desu (Japanese).

Tommorow (today?), I'll be calling up some institutes and if all goes well, I'll be on my way to realizing (one of) my majorest dreams!

On another note, the Law Ball's this Saturday. Everyone seems so excited but I feel kinda... meh~ Maybe the fact that its now the HOLIDAYS still HASN'T registered in my brain yet. Oh well, in time it'll come~

It's now 2.39 am Friday, early in the morning. And am STILL at a loss for something to do. People tell me I don't update my blog enough and yes, I realize it's true to a certain extent and now NOBODY visits this place anymore! Hahahaha~ Will try to prove everyone wrong and actually update more now, just to prove that I can do something if I set my mind to it. ^_~

Today's feature!

NEWS!

As an added bonus, an upload for anyone interested enough~ PV Rip of Hoshi wo Mezashite by NEWS.

DOWNLOAD : http://www.mediafire.com/?6jo8j9jjizv

End Post (5.15 am, Friday morning)

Announcement of hiatus

2007-03-29T21:18:00.000+08:00

After disappearing yet again for about 4 months, I'm back again with a single post. Alas, irony of ironies that my return to the blog world is only to announce that I will be on hiatus again for the next two months.

Question : Why is that?

Answer : Exams~

Thus, it is my inevitable fate that I will seldom be seen online beginning on 1st April until May 22nd. Hence, before I embark on my painful path towards preparations for exams, I shall update a little on what has been going on for the past 4 months.

1. Became lazier.
2. Became fatter. (especially after CNY and still ballooning till now)
3. Decided where to stay in Reading : First choice - Student Village
4. Contemplating (and STILL contemplating) which subjects to do in final year
5. Decided to further studies in Japan if possible, and finally
6. Fell in love with the greatest guy ever (pic below)

Yamashita Tomohisa (山下智久) from Johnny's Entertainment, member of the boyband NEWS, a popular J-idol and imho, the greatest guy anyone could ever find. ^_^

He has a drama out in April (which I won't be able to watch till my exams end =.=) called Proposal Daisakusen~

Pic taken from someone's LJ (don't remember who) so credits to that person whoever he/she is.

Summary from Wiki :

Yamashita Tomohisa and Nagasawa Masami play a young man and woman who have been friends for seven years. Yamashita's character, Iwase Ken, is obstinate and unskilled in love, but he has fallen for the lively and cheerful woman, Yoshida Rei, played by Nagasawa, who is about to get married. While attending the wedding ceremony, a sudden time slip sends the man back in time, giving him a second chance to make her his girlfriend. -- Tokyograph

A typical, cheesy romance flick but sounds good enough to watch, right? Right!

Hence, this ends my post for today, which is likely to be my final post until after finals. Wishing all my comrades in war (classmates) good luck for the exams and hope that we will all pass with swimming colours XD

An extremely overdue post

2007-01-06T21:04:00.000+08:00

Alright, this post is really really really late now. Pics from my 2nd birthday celebration on the 10th of December last year. >.<

Upon arrival...

Pictures with my family while I wait for everyone to arrive.

My mum and I.

My mum and my bro.

Me and my bro. Gosh, the height difference! Am I really that short? No, don't answer that. (=.=)

The guest's arrive...

When the first bunch of guests arrive, what do we do? Yeah, more pictures!

Kelvin and Kong.

Nicole, Rui Yee and me!

Group Picture! The decorations in The Ship had a festive feel to it since it was almost Christmas. Great setup for nice pictures!

Group Picture No 2.

Me and Rui Yee~

Rui Yee and Kelvin~

The Bear, the Penguin and the Poring (ever played RO?)

While waiting for food... (and Melvin, who had to come all the way from Puchong and got stuck in a jam!)

Finally, Mel arrives, but not the food~

The arrival of food~

Plates of Black Pepper Steak~ Yum, my personal fave~ The Ship has the best black pepper steak in town.

Gemok enjoying himself~ ^.~

Nicole aka Tezuka having Chicken, um, something. I forgot the name~

The cake-cutting ceremony (the second time. swt)

Black Forest Cake courtesy of Delicieux, a cake shop just outside my house~

The Ship's crew celebrating for me~

My mum, bro, me and Rui Yee~

My cake and me~

Dessert time~

Handing out souvenirs that came with the Christmas Special Lunch Set which we all ordered~

Group Picture again. (the whole group this time)

And another one~

After the lunch celebration at The Ship, we headed to Times Square next, and ended up bowling.

At the Bowling alley...

3 cute girls, obviously looking at the wrong camera~

Getting ready for a good bowl. The girls vs the guys!

Kelvin : "We have to beat the girls!" Kelvin, as always, being competitive~

Melvin : "If I put enough force here, then the angle of projection will be just perfect to knock over the split pins!" Lol, as expected from the Maths and Physics genius~ (Note : he DID knock the split pins down. =.=)

Nicole : "Oh no. Gutter ball." While the guys are off to a great start, the girls lag behind.

Elaine : "Oops, I dropped the ball." Swt.

The score (1st game) :

Girls :

Guys:

Unsurprisingly, the guys (366) beat the girls (316).

Melvin and Kelvin : "Ahahaha, we rock!"

Obviously, the girls aren't going to take this lying down. The 2nd game commences and for some reason, the guys team fall apart.

Amir after yet ANOTHER gutter ball.
Amir : "That's funny, in Bowling King, that ball should have hit a strike!"

Kelvin, the champion bowler, falls apart too.

The many faces of Kelvin...

Oh no, gutter!

What?! Gutter again!?

WHYYYYYYYYYYY?????!!!!

The score (2nd game) :

Guys :

Girls:

Guys : 346. Girls :464. We OWN you guys! HAHAHAHA! Thanks to Rui Yee's last minute three consecutive strikes! You go, girl!

After the game, its time to settle the money issues. "I paid RM 11.46 just now, so now you owe me RM 6.52, etc etc etc~"

Again, group pictures. Gemok takes up a quarter of the picture space. Lol!

Another group picture~

So, after bowling we head over to my house to open presents! Yay~

Lazing around in the living room...

Looking tired but cheerful~

Gemok x2. (gomen gomen, its a joke. no offence meant, yea?) Quote from Kelvin (the one on the right) - "I rather die fat and happy, then thin beautful and sad."

Everyone seated comfortably~

And then, the contents of the presents are revealed! Pretty nice haul this year. ^^ Admittedly, the present that shocked me the most was the huge Super-Kon! (for those who don't know, Kon is a characted from Bleach!) Lol, thanks to my so called 'father' and 'godfather' (Amir and Kong), for getting me a perverted character plushie. I do appreciate it all the same. ^^

Me and my presents for this year! Apart from Super-Kon, I received a necklace from Elaine aka Poring, a wallet from Weng Yi aka Penguin, a bear and earrings from Rui Yee and Kelvin, small trinkets from Mel and a soft-toy dog from Tezuka~ Thanks guys~ Love ya all very much~

Kong, Amir, Kelvin and Super Kon~

And another one~ Lol~

And the last group picture (minus Mel who went home after bowling).

And after that, we all went to KFC for dinner! It was a tiring day, but it was all fun~ Thanks to all of you who came! It's friends like you guys that make birthdays a great time of year. ^.~ Hope to have many more outings like these in the future!

And so ends this 'long overdue post.' Lol, sorry it took so long. The lazy bug bit me~ Hehe. Okay, till next time, hope you guys liked this post. A moment of 'jiwang-ness' or whatever you call it, before I leave :

"Precious moments captured by camera. These pictures will one day become triggers to sweet memories."

Signing off,
Rissa

Birthday dinner at Renaissance!

2006-12-09T17:57:00.000+08:00

Last night was the night I had a birthday celebration at the Renaissance Hotel. A buffet dinner sponsored by my mum (thank you, mummy!) at the Vogue Cafe for me and my friends. So here's an account of what went on yesterday.

Before the party (at home):

We were ready by 5.30 (the dinner starts at 7) but since my mum, my bro and I had to wait for my dad to come home before we could go to the venue, we had time to kill and what better way then by taking piccies since we were all dressed up anyway.

This is me, posing beside the door (geez, I'm short), in my Momoshiro, uh I mean, Mashimaro slippers. ^^;; (note: For those who don't get that lame joke of mine, Momoshiro = PoT character. Hehe~)

Me and my mum!

Me again, trying to look ladylike. Keyword : trying.

The journey to Renaissance:

When my dad came home, it was about 6. We left the house at about 6.15. Alas, it started to rain cats and dogs thus adding to the car-moving-at-less-than-5kmph-speed-jam. When I arrived it was already 7.30. The guests were coming in two groups (the guys and the girls). The guys came by train while the girls were supposed to come in Kok Weng's car.

At about 7.45, the guys arrived first, albeit a bit wet cos they had to walk from the train station to the hotel (so sorry guys!). Then, I had to look for them cos apparently Renaissance has about 3 lobbies (I don't know if there are more). And to add even more problem to that, apparently some royalty person was at Renaissance too so Wee Hoo, Cow, Andrew and Nicholas walked in with all their glory, red carpet and all to meet up with me.

At about 8.10, the girls group came. Again, I looked for them and again, we encountered problems. We had to cross one of the lobbies to get back to the cafe where the dinner was supposed to be and it so happened that the members of the royalty were walking in at that time. So, me and Ming Choi were standing at one side, and Sam and Hui Ying were standing at the other side while we waited for our PM (yes, it was our PM. What a coincidence. :S) walk past. Apparently the Agong was supposed to be around too, but I dunno about that.

The dinner!

Finally, it was time for dinner. Everyone sat, ate, chatted and just had fun.

Nic, Wee Hoo and Hui Ying! (with Sam, Ming Choi and I gossiping at the side)

Sam, Cow and Andrew enjoying their food. Hope you liked the food, guys~ ^^

More eating pictures.

And more.

And more.

Ming Choi and her food.

Ming Choi and her food again.

Ming Choi. Food.

Ming Choi and even more food. Sam and Hui Ying too~

Ming Choi and... do I need to really need to explain?

Wee Hoo : Hey Nic, you eat so much la!
Nic : No la! Ming Choi eat the most!

(Sorry Ming Choi! Couldn't resist! Don't be mad ya? ^^)

The food.

Part of the dessert section.

Another part of the dessert section. (how come no one took pics of the other parts of the buffet?swt.)

Cake-cutting ceremony!

A carrot-walnut cake from Delicieux, a bakery outside my house.

Me and my cake.

Group Photo!

Me and my family.

Nic cutting the cake for me.

Um, Nic cutting the cake for me, uh, again.

Me, Nic and Wee Hoo.

Me, Hui Ying and Ming Choi.

Me, Hui Ying and Sam.

Me, Sam, Cow and Andrew.

Me, Kat and Kok Weng.

Me, Hui Ying and Ming Choi.

Me and Hui Ying, obviously not noticing the camera.

Me and my mum looking BLUR.

After the dinner (pics taken outside the cafe):

Me and the girls.

Another one of me and the girls.

Me and the guys. (why all so shy shy. hehe)

Me and the guys again.

Me and Sam.

Another group photo!

After everything:

Finally, when everything was over, we all went home. It was about 11.30 when I arrived home and what's the first thing I do? Haha, open presents!

This is from the girls! Its so nice, I love it so much, thanks girls! I'll definitely be using this next semester. ^^ Though I must admit, the first thing I thought when I saw this bag was : 'Okay, my current school bag must really suck.' Lol~

And this is from the guys! Jigsaw puzzle of Naruto and PoT! Seriously, my first reaction : 'OMG, so embarassing!' I totally knew this was Cow's idea! Haha, and I love it! Thanks so much guys! Now I'll spend the first two days of my hols fixing this up!

What is this, you ask? Wrapping paper in which the guys wrapped my present up in. Call me weird, but I love this wrapping paper. I have a thing for pigs. So cute. Hehe.

And finally this card from Sam! Thanks girl. I loved our private 'gossip time' in the car too. Lol~ I will definitely make sure we don't stop hanging out just because there's no more evening classes. ^^

And with this, I'm officially 18 years old. Thanks to all of you who came for the dinner and sorry for the trouble it caused too. I had a great time and I hope you all did too. To Mich and Varun, wish you guys could have been here but I guess it couldn't be helped. Hope you both had fun wherever you were!

That's it for this post. I've posted most of the pics up here already so feel free to take them. Hope you guys enjoy your hols and stay in touch, yeah? ^^

Signing off,
18 year old Rissa

Listening to PoT music in TCSJ Library

2006-12-07T08:46:00.000+08:00

Hello everyone. Today is Thursday, 7th December 2006 and it is currently 8.50 in the morning. At the moment I am sitting in the library, whiling time away as i await the commencement of Consti and Admin class. Oh, the excitement. As I sit here alone, passing time on my own, I am doing something quite different today. Yes, I am sitting her all alone listening to Prince of Tennis music, my latest obssession.

Seriously, I am obssessed but that's the way I like it to be. After all, at least now I have something to do while I wait for everyone else to arrive and for class to begin. Otherwise, it would have been an hour and a half of boredom for me.

Tomorrow will be the last day of class before I'm off for a month of holidays. I'm glad its finally here. I've wasted the whole first term of uni being unproductive. I really should change that in the second term, or suffer the consequences.

Okay, I'm off to browse through my PoT music again (an impressive 843 songs, couldn't possibly finish it before Consti). Oh, what was the point of this whole post you ask? None, really. Just a bored law student whiling her time unproductively away at the library and her only saving grace being her PoT music.

Thank you for reading and goodbye for now.

Yesterday, my house got flooded

2006-11-26T22:36:00.000+08:00

The title is self-explanatory. Yesterday, my house got flooded. Like, really. My house has been undergoing this major renovation for a few weeks now (I've been suffering weeks worth of drilling and hammering and it won't be stopping anytime soon. =.=) and basically, because of all the holes and gaps that all the renovation works has caused, whenever it rains really BAD (like yesterday), my house runs a risk of being flooded. And unfortunately, it did. During my last trip to Penang, a really nice uncle of mine gave me a new camera so because of that, I managed to get a few pics of the sticky, uh I mean, wet situation in my house

Okay, maybe it's not so clear in the pic, but there's actually a LOT of water on the floor. Notice, the cloth on the floor there?

More water, more cloths. Pity my dad. The areas which the water managed to get in were where all his stereos, hi-fis and amplifiers were placed so we (uh, I mean the rest of my family) were rushing like mad to save them.

The cause of the flood! Its actually this small hole in the wall halfway up my staircase. The contractors drilled too deep or something and accidentally caused this hole. No biggie really, cos the wall's gonna get torn down soon anyway, but who would have thought that it would've caused such a big problem. Yep, all the water that came into the house was from here. Apparently the renovation was done in such a way that water can collect on the outside and flow in through here. My dad had to call the contractor over to fix it so that the water would stop collecting and hence, stop the flow. It was partly our fault though for not noticing it sooner (we only noticed when half the house was flooded) or we would have stopped the flow. See the wet trails there? It was coming down like a waterfall. Really.

There. See the wet trail? This is underneath my stairs where the water flowed in all over the floor and halfway across the house. Initially, there were lots of files and boxes under here but we had to save them before it all got wet.

Alas, some of the casualties. A wet, er, box. Dunno wat's inside though. Probably more of my dad's amplifiers or something.

Here are the things we had to move from under the stairs. They're all stereos and amplifiers. Fortunately they weren't spoilt or my dad would have had a field day with the contractor.

This is the first thing my mum saved when we noticed the flood. ^^;; It's supposed to be a dog-vase-flower pot named Bobby (notice the hollow back?) Lol. Its made of ceramic and wouldn't have been damaged in any way by the water (unlike my dad's electrical stuff) but yeah, this was the first thing she saved >.<

Thus, after all the hard work of cleaning up the mess in my house (with the exception of me. I didn't do anything. I didn't clean up, and it wasn't even me taking the pics. Lazy bum), we went to have dinner at Roadhouse Grill. Yays~ After trying out The Ship, Victoria Station, Chilis, Fridays and this place, I conclude that I like Fridays the best. Followed by The Ship. Yeah, I'm a fan of steaks and grills. Yum. Will be trying out a place called Colloseum next. =.=

And to end this post, a random pic of me after coming back from dinner, taken by my brother. That's all for now!

Death Note

2006-10-26T21:06:00.000+08:00

Has anyone heard about Death Note? I'm sure all of you have, or at least 80% of you reading this have. I've been spending the week reading up the manga, watching the anime, etc etc and I must say, it is an excellent piece of work~ Initially, my reaction was to stay away from it cos it's pretty scary but now that I'm OVER the initial stages, I'm a big fan of it.

The story of Death Note is about a God of Death (shinigami) named Ryuk who feels bored and drops his Death Note into the human world just for kicks. The Death Note is a notebook in which if a person's name is written in it, the person will die. This book is then picked up by a genius student named Yagami Light and he decides to use it to clear the world of bad people by killing them with the Death Note, and thus he became known as Kira (derived from killer). The police force then starts investigations to find Kira (cos y'know, bad people or not, we're not supposed to kill them off on our own judgement). Then, in comes L, a genius investigator and thus the clash between two geniuses begins.

And that's basically the gist of it. The anime has started coming out this fall in Japan and though there's a lot of talking, it still catches my interest. I'm possibly bias but heck, I don't care. Go watch it and judge yourself. I'm pretty certain people will like it. The manga on the other hand, has been completed. For those of you who aren't patient enough to wait for the anime (like me), go read the manga.

Another interesting fact to bestow on you all. Has any of you heard that the movie is coming to Malaysia? Yes, I repeat, the Death Note Live Action Movie is coming to Malaysia! It comes out starting November 9 if my sources are correct. So... ARGHHHHH! I'm excited like CRAZY. Can't wait to go watch it!!! And while the first live action movie airs here in November, in Japan the SECOND movie is airing on the same month~ So all in all, my feelings can only be described in one word : ECSTATIC.

Those of you who DON'T believe me when I say the movie's gonna be GOOD, take a lookie here. Trailers for both movies below from Youtube.

Movie 1

Movie 2

All in all, I highly recommend Death Note to everyone. So do give it a try. ^^

Credits : Picture above taken from a scan done by udanraws~

Once more I emerge in the blogging world~

2006-10-20T22:15:00.000+08:00

Hey everyone. Once again, l0ng time no see. I know I don't often update my blog, but heck, I'm lazy. I know no one bothers to check in here anymore and thats entirely my fault. Haha. So here I am again, in another attempt to blog like a proper blogger. (and this time, I hope I stick around)

It's the Deeparaya hols now and since my bro is in the middle of finals, I'm not going anywhere. Yays for me~ I have a whole week off which I would probably spend doing nothing. Already I've spent the last 3 days just lazing around and constantly haunting the Net and it's probably going to be that way for the rest of the week.

Today, however, I'm pretty happy. Yesterday, I bought the High School Musical VCD and I simply love it~ My mum and I loved it so much, we went to the video shop first thing this morning (cos we thought the VCD wasn't clear enough), so we returned it to get the DVD plus the bonus features and all, which costs rm100 so we had to pay more. I watched the movie twice already in the span of 2 days. Given, it's not exceptionally GREAT or anything (I think Grease was better), but I just love these kinds of musical shows and so I'm still totally excited about it. So excited that I went to One Utama just now, and bought the Soundtrack, which costs another rm40 or so. Haha. I'm obsessed. But good things are worth splurging money for so its money well spent in my opinion. Disney shows are classic and a must-watch. So, for those of you whom haven't seen the show, please do. I highly recommend it. =)

On another note, I've started playing ff12. Nothing great so far but I think it's still a little early to judge. I've barely started the game. =p The characters don't look that great either. Is it because Tetsuya Nomura isn't one of the character designers? Cos I loved ff7,ff8,ff10 and so on. All in which he was part of the design team. Yes, I think Tetsuya Nomura = genius. I saw the ff13 trailer the other day and hooray, character design is left to Nomura-san again. Anyone who appreciates good animation and CG, do take a look at this trailer. It's worth it.

http://www.square-enix.co.jp/e306/titles/fabula/ff13/e3trailer.html

And so, that's all I have to say for today. Happy Deepavali to all and also, Selamat Hari Raya. For those who celebrates neither, happy hols~ =)

Long time no see

2006-09-13T14:10:00.000+08:00

Hello everyone. It's been a few months since I last posted. What can I say, preparation for exams and all. But now, exams have been over for a week and heck am I bored. It so happens that everyone else has their exams when I'm having my break. =.= So anyway, here I am, bored and having nothing to do (except worrying for my results). Maybe I'll post more often.

A little something I collected during the World Cup this year. A little late to post them but heck I was busy (and lazy), alright? I know there are more out there lurking in the Net. If I ever come across them, I'll be sure to post them.

World Cup 2006 champions, Italy :

Japan ( I think) :

Argentina :

The host country, Germany :

Czech Republic :

England :

Brazil :

Spain :

Japan again (I think) :

Argentina :

FUN WITH MUSIC MEME! TRY IT!

2006-06-09T22:04:00.000+08:00

Hehe. Just a little something fun that I stole from someone's LJ.

1. Put your music player on shuffle.
2. Press forward for each question.
3. Use the song title as the answer to the question even if it doesn't make sense. NO CHEATING!
4. Tag 10 people to play this game too.

How are you feeling today?
Iki mo dekinai - ZARD - Chuuka Ichiban OST
If i'm not wrong, this roughly translates to 'I can't live' or 'I can't go on' O.O

Will you get far in life?
Perfect Man - Shinhwa - My MVP Valentine OST

How do your friends see you?
Zanshi - Inuyasha OST
According to an online dictionary, this means tragic/violent death O.O

Will you get married?
Myakudou - Ooshima Michiru - FMA OST
Again, according to an online dictionary, this means pulsation.

What is your best friend's theme song?
I'm your friend - Orikasa Ai - Gundam Wing OST
HAHA! How coincidental!

What is the story of your life?
Touga-Ou E no Negai - Inuyasha OST
Roughly, after reading what the online translator said, this means 'It was a good wish or dream to chase/have.' Aww.

What was high school like?
Rock Lee's Theme - Naruto OST
(o.O) (o.O) (o.O) ..........Okayyyyy.

How can you get ahead in life?
This Love - Angela Aki - Blood+ OST

What is the best thing about your friends?
Afternoon of Konoha - Naruto OST
I take it this basically means absolute stupidity. Lol~

What is today going to be like?
Crystal Energy - Kuribayashi Minami - Mai Otome OST
Well, duh, I should have lots of energy for the remainder of today cos I slept for more than 4 hours this afternoon. =.=

What is in store for this weekend?
Endless Love - Luther Vandross and Mariah Carey
o.O How... interesting. On another note, finally, an English song! Hehe~

What song describes you?
Owarinai Yume - Inuyasha OST
This translates to 'endless dream'.

To describe your grandparents?
犬夜叉連歌 - Inuyasha OST
This translates to:
犬夜叉【いぬやしゃ】 - (n) dog demon; Inuyasha; ED
連歌【れんが】 - (n) early Japanese poetry form; poetic dialogue; ED
Oh my~ And some of you may have problems in loading the Japanese kanji if you don't have the Japanese support language thingy on your computer.

How is your life going?
Michishirube - Yuumao - Kashimashi Girl Meets Girl
Again, with the aid of an online dict :
Michishirube - guidepost, signpost, guide, tiger beet
Uh, does this mean my life is organized? Cos thats so not true. Lol~

What song will they play at your funeral?
Lucky Star - Pretear OST

How does the world see you?
Hitori no Yoru - Porno Graffitti - GTO OST
Once again, my current love the online dictionary says :
hitori - alone, unmarried, one person
yoru - evening, night, to come from, to depend on, to be due to, to lean on, to rest against, to visit, to drop in, to approach
So basically, the most reasonable meaning would mean that I'm a dependable person? Lol~

Will you have a happy life?
Yokoshima - Inuyasha OST 1
This means wicked or evil. Hoho~ Me and my twisted mind, and life. ;)

What do your friends really think of you?
Lilium - Kumiko Noma - Elfen Lied OST
This is a Latin song, and lilium actually translates to 'lily'. You know, the flower? Though I can't imagine anyone thinking of me as a flower. Heh.

Do people secretly lust after you?
Raison d'etre - Tanaka Rie - Chobits OST
I don't know what language this is (french maybe?), but basically it means 'reason to live'. So I take it that, yes, people do lust after me. HAHAHA!

How can I make myself happy?
1 & 0 city - Kajiura Yuki - Tsubasa Chronicle OST

What should you do with your life?
I said I'm Naruto - Naruto OST
HAHAHAHAHA! This made me laugh so much!

Will you ever have children?
Kimi Sae Ireba - Chuuka Ichiban/Cooking Master Boy OST
This means 'as long as you are here'. So again, I take it that yes, I will have children. LOL!

Hahaha! I had so much fun with this! Anyone is welcome to try it as well on their blog and let me know about it, it'd be interesting to read the results. Hehe. ^^ And I realized (and I'm sure everyone else did too) during this activity that I have WAY too many Japanese songs and anime OSTs in my playlist. Swt. My obsession can't be healthy. ^^;;

Chatbox feature added!

2006-06-07T19:04:00.000+08:00

Hi again. Today, I've added a chatbox. Yay! Finally! Anyway, just to let everyone know that. Spam away people~ ;-)

FINALLY BACK!!!

2006-06-04T23:14:00.000+08:00

Yes! i'm finally back online! The programming has been fixed thanks to you Cow! I appreciate it! It's not perfect and still has its flaws here and there but heck, I'm not complaining anymore. So there, a new post along with a (finally fixed!) new layout! Hehe. I should really post more often in here. Tommorow is the start of Sem 2, and I'm expecting lots of work cos I've been slacking during the hols. =.= It was good while it lasted though. So now, I shall enjoy the last moments of my hols. Until then, take care everyone.

P.S Thanks again, Cow! Argh, I'm so grateful. Couldn't have handled the mess myself. I guess you can expect me to be not much of a help during the mooting's website thing. Hehe~ Well, other than my dumb luck at fixing something unintentionally. o.O So, anyway, this was good practice to sharpen up my skills again. And hopefully, I won't be so useless next time~ ^^

Paging for programming help...

2006-05-27T22:29:00.000+08:00

Hello all once more. As everyone can see by now, my blog is up and running again. Running probably isn't the right word seeing as my sidebar's still not working... Which brings me back to the reason for this post. Can anyone out there who has programming skills help little amateur me? I'll be forever grateful. If I spend another minute cracking my head over codes, I might just lose that little bit of sanity that I have... I've basically detected that the problem starts when my blog posts starts, but I have yet to discover a remedy to my problem so if anyone out there is kind enough, please help me and drop a line in the comments? Thank you~

And it all falls down~

2006-05-26T00:41:00.000+08:00

Not even ten minutes after I posted when suddenly I realized, my sidebar ain't working! Oh well, too tired to do it today. Maybe tommorow. (retires for the night with an aching back and damaged brain)

Back with a new look...

2006-05-26T00:06:00.000+08:00

Okay, it's been a month since I posted in here and so, here I am again. And with a whole new look to boot. I spent a good half (or more) of today just fixing the programming codes. I steam-rolled my brain flat for that and STILL, there are defects on this page! Like that BIG empty space above this which I can't seem to get rid off~ So, yeah. After all that pain and suffering and everything, I had only one consoling thought - at least it's good practice for when I have to create that web page for the mooting event. =.= Anyhoo, maybe when I have more energy and patience, I'll try to fix the DEFECTS. And yeah, the commentbox needs testing too~ And also, if any kind soul out there knows any programming (I'm sure most people out there MUST be better than blur ol' me), I would appreciate the help so much~ Till next post, take care peeps!

Kingdom Hearts

2006-04-11T16:01:00.000+08:00

Hello everybody! I did say I'll post again soon, so here I am as promised! Since I'm sure everyone knows by now what a freak I am for anime, games and things of that sort then I suppose it won't be a surprise to say that the topic I'll be posting about today is none other than the greatest game ever : Kingdom Hearts 2!

Kingdom Hearts

A collabaration between Square Enix and Disney Interactive a few years ago gave birth to a new and exciting game : Kingdom Hearts. The story of Kingdom Hearts is about a boy named Sora who lives in Destiny Island with his two best friends (Riku & Kairi). His peaceful life changes drastically when one day, a storm hits the island and he is separated from his friends. Thrown into an entirely different world, he learns of the existence of other worlds apart from his own. Conflicts arise when he finds out that evil beings called the Heartless were endangering all the worlds. Much to his surprise, Sora finds out that he is the chosen Keyblade master who weilds the keyblade and it then becomes his responsibility to travel from world to world in order to 'lock the keyholes' of each world to stop the Heartless from taking over. Thus, Sora then embarks on a journey to seal all the keyholes in each world, as well as to look for his missing friends. Accompanying him during his travels are Donald and Goofy, whom are also looking for their missing King : King Mickey. Along the way, the trio encounter many different characters and we see many familiar faces from Disney and Final Fantasy as they journey across the worlds.

In my personal opinion, Kingdom Hearts is an excellent game which brings us into a magical world with great animation and settings. The fighting sequence is great too in which you actually get to fully control your characters and its movements, rather than some RPGs which only allows minimal control such as in the FF games where you have to wait your turn to attack. =.= The storyline of the game is fantastic too, with heartwarming elements at times like all Disney cartoons do. Oh, and not to forget the absolutely wonderful theme song of the game by Utada Hikaru. The title of the English version of the song is Simple and Clean whereas the Japanese version is called Hikari. Throughout the game, the song is played constantly according to the mood of the situation and trust me, the timing in which it plays are excellent and serves to enhance the moment. Both tracks are excellent and definitely worth hearing.

Kingdom Hearts : Chain of Memories

Following the success from Kingdom Hearts, a sequel was released in GBA form called Kingdom Hearts : Chain of Memories. It picks off from where where Kingdom Hearts left off where we see Pluto carrying a letter in his mouth, supposedly from King Mickey. Chain of Memories actually serves as a bridge from KH1 to KH2 and provides a rough background on how things became what they were in the start of KH2(or so, I've heard).

Not having played Chain of Memories myself, I am not sure how it works in the GBA but according to Internet reviews, it seems that it looks rather promising all the same!

DID YOU KNOW?

There's actually such a thing as a Kingdom Hearts manga! They can actually be downloaded from several sites on the Net! One of the sites are http://www.aku-tenshi.com/manga.php whom are actually scanlating the Kingdom Hearts : Chain of Memories manga. Highly useful for people who can't play Chain of Memories cos they don't own a GBA! (like me!)

Kingdom Hearts 2

The latest installment of the KH series. It was released in Japan on the 22nd of December last year, and only recently released in North America (28th March). The story starts of with a mysterious boy named Roxas. Roxas is revealed to have some sort of connection with Sora early in the game and his resemblance to the Keyblade Master brings up questions as to who he really is. The only people who seem to know what's going on are the mysterious, hooded people in black and a girl named Namine. Sora, Donald and Goofy turns up later in the game after they awaken from a deep slumber and continues in their quest to search for Sora's friend, Riku, and King Mickey. Once again, conflicts arise as he learns that the Heartless have not been eliminated completely and worse still, that there are now evil beings called Nobodies existing as well. The plot thickens as we find out about a suspicious organization called the Organization 13 (the mysterious, hooded people in black) whom supposedly heads the Nobodies. Sora then embarks once more on a journey around the worlds to search for Riku and King Mickey with Donald and Goofy. On the way, he uncovers more about these beings called the Nobodies and Organization 13 as well as the reason to why all his friends had seemingly forgotten about him during his slumber...

The storyline in KH2 may be confusing at first but as players move on, we realize it is pretty similar to its predecessor. The aim of the game is basically to travel across the worlds once more in another journey to search for lost friends and along the way bashing the evil beings. It seems that KH2 utilizes more use of Reaction buttons and this certainly adds to the intensity of gameplay. The animation is great once again and the fighting sequence improves with the usage of reaction buttons. Sora is able to execute cooler moves this time around now with the addition of drives. With the drives, Sora is able to change forms and execute different attacks including combination attacks with party members. One cool thing about KH2 is that Sora is able to use two keyblades when he changes form! Not to forget, the summonings are still available (among the available summons are Chicken Little and YuRiPa of FFX). Not to forget again, the theme song is once more sang by Utada Hikaru. The English version of the song is titled Sanctuary whereas the Japanese title is Passion. Once again, two excellent tracks and definitely highly recommended.

Not having completed KH2 yet, it probably isn't fair to judge yet but so far, I'm definitely loving it! Playing KH2 reminds me just how great KH was and possibly even better! I definitely recommend this game to any PS2 gamer!

Voice Actors for KH2

Main Characters
Haley Joel Osment .... Sora
Tony Anselmo .... Donald Duck
Bill Farmer .... Goofy
David Gallagher .... Riku
Hayden Panettiere .... Kairi
Jesse McCartney .... Roxas
Brittany Snow .... Namine
Christopher Lee .... DiZ
Miscellaneous Characters
Corey Burton .... Yensid
Sean Marquette .... Pence

Final Fantasy
Steve Burton .... Cloud Strife
Rachael Leigh Cook .... Tifa Lockhart
Mena Suvari .... Aerith Gainsborough
David Boreanaz .... Squall Leonhart (Leon)
Hedy Burress .... Yuna
Matt McKenzie .... Auron
Tara Strong .... Rikku
Gwendoline Yeo .... Paine

Hercules
Sean Astin .... Hercules
James Woods .... Hades

Beauty & The Beast
Robby Benson .... Beast

Aladdin
Scott Weinger .... Aladdin
Dan Castellaneta .... Genie

Mulan
Ming-Na .... Mulan
Mark Mosley .... Mushu
Miguel Ferrer .... Shan-Yu

Chicken Little
Zach Braff .... Chicken Little

Tron
Bruce Boxleitner .... Tron

Information taken once again from www.kh2.co.uk

Images

Sora from KH1 to KH2:

KH1 :

KH2 :

Does anyone agree with me that Sora looks much more mature and cuter in KH2? Hehe~

K airi from KH1 to KH2 :

Kairi looks hotter too~

Riku(KH1) :

Err, no pic of Riku in KH2 as of now ^^;;

Donald :

Goofy :

Basically Donald and Goofy never look any different do they?

Roxas(KH2) :

Namine(KH2) :

Organization 13 :

Media

Of course, eveyone loves media. Below I found a YouTube video of the Intro for KH2. Very, very nice! Check it out! (You may want to let it buffer first before playing it. It wouldn't be much fun if the video keeps getting stuck if it hasn't completed loading, right?)

Links

There are many more sites out there which can provide much more than I can so here are some links to those who are even the tiniest bit interested :

http://www.kh2.co.uk/ = Apart from providing the download for the theme song of KH2 (Sanctuary), this site provides downloads of scenes from the game itself including Secret Endings! Excellent site for KH lovers!

http://www.chaotic-gaming.com/index.php = Has some media, images, downloads, etc for KH as well. Definitely worth a visit.

http://na.square-enix.com/games/kingdomhearts/ = Has links to interactive menus for KH stuff. Wallpapers, downloads, previews, trailers and much more! Take your time to look through it!

Last but not least, I just want to put in a note of disclaimer here. All information and media have been compiled from various sites across the Net so all the credit goes to them! Most of the goodies were taken from sites that I have cited above in the links section so a big bow to them for their dedication to KH. This post is just to spread the KH love, and not for my benefit in any way. Thank you.

Feedback will be appreciated! I intend to post on more anime, games, etc in future so comments on how to improve would be nice! That's all for now folks! Hope you enjoyed my KH babble! Until next time, good day!

About a princess...

2006-04-09T18:32:00.000+08:00

Heya again! Spent two hours to familiarize myself with all the new options and now I'm ready to roll! Decided to stick with the default 'Scribe' template cos I like it just the way it is. (Apart from the fact that my programming skills are close to nil even though I was an ex-IT student. Lol!) I realized that I have yet to introduce myself here. It won't be much fun if you don't know about the person who's doodling on this blog right? So here goes!

About myself...

That's me sitting down!
(2nd from left)

DETAILS!!!

Name : Carissa Ee Mei Theng
Nicks : Resha Hime/Princess Resha, Rissa
D.O.B : 9th December 1988
Gender : Female
Location : Malaysia
Hobbies : My laptop, Internet, Anime, Manga
Schools : SRK Taman Melawati, SMK Taman Melawati, Taylor's College(SAM), Taylor's College Law School

A bit more about myself :

There's a lot to say here actually. Let's start with the physical elements about myself first then. Number one, I actually wear glasses. Surprised? Most people can't tell cos I hardly go out without my contacts! Two, I do Tae-Kwon-Do for sports (Green belt two now or in other words Tae-Geuk Four). Three, I was a Science student all the way up to South Australian Matriculation (SAM). I did IT/Engineering in my SAM year before I realized I had absolutely no brains for anything that required calculating and so, I took up Law after that horrific year. Next, most people know this already but I'm just going to say it again for the benefit of those few who DON'T know. I'm a pure fanatic for any anime, manga, J-Pop songs, etc. I'm a pretty established otaku really. Anyone who wants to borrow any anime or manga or even just to have a good chat about it, do approach me! I also spend a lot of time on fanfictions over the net so yeah, you can tell I''m obsessed by now. Heh~

Now, for the deeper side of me. I'm actually quite a noisy person if you get to know me well. XD I tend to go crazy at times, especially if its regarding things that concern my passion! (Anime mainly) Most people think I'm a really nice and innocent person at first, but that's not really true most of the time. There's also a side of me that most people don't see either so basically, there's more to me than meets the eye. I don't get mad easily but when I do, you'll wish you hadn't crossed the line. I can be rather nasty so there, a warning to everyone. Just because I reverberate a happy air around me when I'm crazy, or cos I'm quiet at times doesn't mean I'm childish as some people have pointed out. You can go ahead and think that, I'm not gonna bother. Just because I don't show a serious face most of the time doesn't mean I can't be~ Life's not easy, and I just wanna live it as happily as I can.

So there, that's mostly about myself. All in all, I'm alright with everyone. So feel free to come and talk to me anytime about anything at all. I'm quite versatile. ^_^ Well, that's all for now folks! See you again next time, and that's probably very soon cos it's my reading week this week! Haha! Until then, have a good day!

Welcome!

2006-04-09T16:25:00.000+08:00

Well, well. What do we have here? Oh no! Another BLOG? People these days just have TOO much time on their hands, don't they? I used to think that way too. Why would anybody want to spend their precious time on a blog whom NOBODY reads? But still, in the end, I had the urge to start a blog myself and share a piece of my life with others out there... even if no one wants to read it. Haha~ So here's my first post. Its more of me running a test to see how this 'blog thing' works rather than a real post. The next few days will be spent to try and get used to this 'blog thing' as well as to make changes to it so that it becomes more... interesting, so, bear with the simplicity of this blog for awhile, yeah? I think that is all for now. I'm gonna start fiddling with all the options this 'blog thing' has here so until next time, take care everyone!