My friend Amethyst and I were chatting and she confessed that she was in a "Sho phase" right now.

And so I recommeded she watch his performance of "Touch me Now" on Youtube. (It's my favorite solo for him because it makes me fan myself after watching...)

Then we watched Arashi performing "Everything" on Utaban, also on Youtube... and I just had to compare the two videos...

(talking with Amethyst)
me:              Sho danced really well in Touch Me Now...
                    He's definitely not Ohno, but it was good ...
                    (switches videos and watches "Everything" again for like the 15th time today)
                    However...    
                    Sho dancing with the other Arashi members just proves
                    that he's the worst dancer in the group
                    LOL...
                    Gomen, Sho!


And in Sho's defense....


Amethyst:     He is
                    That's because he's just really male
                    all male
                    unlike the others who are part fey... part boy... or part girl


Amethyst-chan.... you crack me up!  And I agree!!!  Nyahaha!!! To the Sho-ichibaners... gomen.... I love my ni-ban but I really think he's the worst dancer among the five...  XD 

(edited: Of course, for me, my ichiban is the worst singer among the five... but that's another story...)

Hmmm....

I think Amethyst-chan has now given me insight into why Sho often equals fail... :D

And she goes on to say... "Sho is pure male...... male, male and MALE!" 

To which I respond:  "Kyaaaa!!!"


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To my F-list.... in your opinion, who do you think is the worst dancer in Arashi???


(Arigatou to Mishi for giving me the link for the "Everything" performance especially since I still have about 500 entries to go in my f-pages before I'm up to date in the fandom)

In case you're looking for keira_aoi, she's been hauled off to Bohol for a three day vacation...  And while she's enjoying herself there, she'll try to recapture how she used to be, before Arashi...  before LJ... and before fangirling...

Hmmm...

How was that again?  LOL...

(Anyways, will try to comment or reply to you guys when I get back... Mwah!  And take care, Minna-san!)

Your Result

Congrats! Your true lover is Matsumoto Jun!
You are the type of girl that likes to keep to herself, and isn't really into hugging and all that kind of sweet stuff. But of course, during a very special time like Valentine's Day or Xmas, it is nice to hold hands once in a while. You are very romantic, and you look for the right moments for everything! You are a leader-type of girl... strong AND gentle! Matsujun loves you because you fill in his half... you two are perfect for each other! :)

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I've taken like three or four of these tests, and my ichiban always comes up... Yey!

Too bad this will never happen in real life, LOL... But still, I can use this in fanfics, right?  Nyahahaha!!! XD

Author’s Notes:

 

Another chapter before I go on my hiatus…

Thanks for reading, Minna-san… XD

 

 

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Author’s Notes:

 

Gomen for the late update.  Since I made an LJ post before about why I haven’t updated lately for this fic… I won’t fill these author’s notes with excuses, ohohoho…

So anyways, I’m thinking the apartment building in “Kimi wa Petto” is a sample of what Jap ‘mansions’ look like.  And I don’t really know if there’s also a penthouse section in buildings like this in Japan similar to other countries, but I’ve applied that here.  My understanding of mansions is similar to paid for condo units… But to keep it simple, I’ll just use the word ‘apartment’ instead of mansion or condo…

Wow, that explanation simply reeked of OCD!

And now… on to the next installment…

 

 

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Uwah!  It’s been over a month since my last fic update… just goes to show that real life really does take a lot out of you… I've been pretty busy with a lot of things at work...

Plus, instead of writing during my free time, I’ve been obsessing over Arashi again and haven’t had the inclination to write.   So what about these awesome guys have i been binging on?

 

 

Author’s Notes:

 

Arigatou for all those who have left comments at my LJ account.  And Mishi, thanks for commenting in both Aibakaland and LJ, hehehehe, I’m still remembering the conversation we were having over that… LOL…

Something random about me… been busy with work, and I’ve been lacking energy lately, so that’s a bad combination… Why have I lost energy?  It’s because I haven’t eaten a single grain of rice since March 3.  And I only lost 1 kilo!  LOL…  Still that’s better than nothing.  I don’t have time to exercise and I gotta shape up to prepare for a summer outing by end of May.  So no to the food staple of Filipinos worldwide!  Say no to rice!!! (This is my current campaign slogan, hehehe)

Anyways, people have asked me whether this fic is Jun-centric… well, I don’t really know.  I’ll just continue to write this in 3^rd person POV and leave the plot to unfold itself… and when I say unfold, I mean that I still don’t have a clear cut pairing in my head.  I’m not being secretive about this.  I literally don’t know… hehehehe… gomen…

 

 

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For fanfic chapters under this title, please refer below and just click on the link:


RATING: Currently at PG to PG-13
STATUS: Chapter 2 finished (Ongoing Fic)
DISCLAIMER: Fanfiction on Arashi... so they aren't mine, I'm just borrowing them from JE for this story... :)
GENRE: Romance, some humor
PAIRING: Undecided, either Jun or Sho with original character
SUMMARY: A young woman comes back to Japan to take over the family business, and in the process, she meets the man she's meant to be with.  But is she smart enough to figure out which one he is?
AUTHOR'S NOTES: Please feel free to correct any mistakes I make in this fic, and that especially includes characterization. 
CHAPTER LINKS: Please click the links below to proceed to the chapter of your choice, comments greatly appreciated.


          Prologue

          Chapter 1

          Chapter 2

          Chapter 3

          Chapter 4




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Title: Kagami (The Mirror)

Pairing:  I’m still feeling this part out... so I’m leaving it blank for now.

Disclaimer: A fanfiction on Arashi-sama.

Rating: No idea yet for the rating, but for now, let’s leave it at PG to PG-13.

PLEASE CLICK HERE IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE "PROLOGUE" FOR THIS FIC...


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Title: Kagami (The Mirror)

Pairing:  I’m still feeling this part out... so I’m leaving it blank for now.

Disclaimer: A fanfiction on Arashi-sama.

Rating: No idea yet for the rating, but for now, let’s leave it at PG to PG-13.

 

Author’s Notes:

 

 

I’ve been working on “Kagami” in my head for a while now and I still haven’t resolved all the conflicts I have with the plot.  Here’s hoping that writing it down will give me some semblance of a good story.  And just to give credit where it’s due, the prologue discusses parts of the Folk Story of The Mirror of Matsuyama, I just sort of tweaked it a bit.

 

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The past few days, I've spent my early mornings sitting at the lobby of the Radiation area of St. Luke's Medical Center, waiting for my dad to finish his almost daily radiation therapy for prostate cancer.  The disease hasn't progressed far and we are thankful for that.  Papa doesn't show any signs of fatigue or weakness.  So he's still his genki (and sometimes annoying or 'makulit') self.

This week is my turn to accompany my dad here in Manila.  We go to the hospital before 6am, we wait for our turn, Papa goes in for a 15 minute treatment, then we go home and eat the food my sister cooked before she left for the office.  I do some work with my laptop and email it with my phone's internet connection, then I clean the apartment and keep house.  In short, I'm currently my dad and sister's housekeeper.

It's great that there's wifi in the hospital so I can check my LJ F-list daily without spending money on internet cafes or cellphone GSM.  But I miss my DSL connection.  I miss downloading Arashi stuff!

And... I guess I sort of miss my hectic and stressful life back at home where everyday is a work day and there's always something that needs my attention.  Weird, ne?  Plus, I left my mom to deal with a lot of work stuff back home so I feel both guilty and totally ecstatic that someone can take over part of my load and I only have to work an hour or two everyday.

But the good thing about this whole respite from work and stress is that I've had more opportunities to write.  I'm hoping that I post my 2nd Arashi-related fic before the end of this semi-vacation. 

On other news, I realized that I have a thing for MatsuJun's adam's apple, something about how it casts a shadow over the rest of his neck because of how prominent it is.  I always end up staring at it in his pictures.  And I came to acknowledge this as an obsession when I ended up staring at one of the hospital staff's adam's apple and wishing I could look at Jun's instead... Wah!  Psycho fan alert!

Plus, mabechid  texted me last Tuesday night about Jun's new haircut for his drama and... sigh!  So frickin' gorgeous!

I also read from one of the Arashi communities that the sales for Believe/Kumorinochi Kaisei Single has reached over half a million copies in its opening week.  Omedetou!!!  I hope it beats the sales of all their other singles.

(Ha!  I have the nerve to talk when I didn't even buy it.) 

Uwah!  This just makes me eager to see all their latest live performances of Believe... But since I can't download anything now, I have to settle with watching their Utaban performance of Believe at least 5 times a day...  Kyaaa!!!

Can you guys feel it?  Arashi-sama are continuing to build momentum for the rest of 2009...

Marvelous!!!
(P.S. I can no longer say this word without cracking up, ohohoho!)

XD

♥ ♥ ♥



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OH MY GOD!!!!  I've been saying this like nonstop since I checked my emails and LJ friends list about 30 minutes ago!  I'm sure everyone knows by now but it just has to be said yet again in my case....


JUN'S NEW DRAMA "SMILE" WILL AIR ON APRIL!!!  (That's my month!!! KYAAAA!)

AND HE PLAYS A HALF-FILIPINO!!! (Oh my God!!!)

When I read that, I almost screamed out loud!  Good thing I didn't coz my parents are just a room away here at my sister's apartment.  (Yup, I'm in Manila for a few days...)

So I'll just scream here....

ICHIBAN!!!!! DAISUKI!!!!  HONTOU NI ARIGATOU!!!  KYAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

Okay... I think I've calmed down a bit....

So here are my thoughts about this so far...

First of all, after a long wait, I'm just so happy that ichiban now has a drama... and it seems that all the other four have been busy but he hasn't so I'm just totally happy for him!

Second, they say he'll have straight hair in this drama... thank God!!!

Third, I find that Jun's accent is so thick like when he speaks in English so I'm thankful that he plays half-Filipino just because the languages are both syllabic and are very close in terms of pronunciation and diction.  If there is a need for him to speak in Filipino, I'm sure he'll totally practice it and get it "almost" right (I hope...LOL)... To all non-pinoy fans in my f-list... just to give you a clue on how close the two languages are, Tagalog can be written in Hiragana and Katakana... in fact, that's how I used to practice reading and writing in Japanese (when I used to study it)... by transposing Tagalog/Filipino songs/words into Hiragana or Katakana...

Fourth, he'll be starring with some high caliber people (I still have to research on his co-stars) and he'll be working with the writer and most of the staff of Hanadan again, so that adds to his comfort level and hopefully challenges him to really get into character.

Fifth, I really think Jun can pass for a mix of half-Jap and half-pinoy.... or is this just me being biased? LOL I'm not so sure about his character's name... it's Bito, right? Somehow that automatically translated as Bitoy for me (as in Bitoy's funniest videos - a local TV show), LOL... And that makes the name totally weird.... hahaha...

And lastly, this drama is all about smiling despite your problems, right? 

I'm in love with Jun's smile...

so in the end, I think this drama is going to kill me...

KYAAAA!!!

To the man who balances intelligence, kakkoi-ness, leadership, being articulate, physical beauty (sigh!), adorkability, dedication and failing with such MAXIMUM charm... Otanjoubi Omedetou!!! 

And to all the Sho-ichibaners among my f-list... Happy SaSho Birthday!  (I have yet to stalk your entries about this, lol)

And just wanted to share that I had a lot of fun at the SakurAiba party... it's the second one I attended with the Aibakaland pips (first one was after the Taipei Con)... Arigatou to all the sponsors and the hosts!!!

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FANFIC CHALLENGE FROM AMETHYST-CHAN (check out fanfic tag to see details)

 

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Author’s Notes:

 

This is one of the scariest chapters I’ve ever written, it’s almost on equal difficulty level with the NC-17 chapter.... I’ve never ended a story so I feel like whatever I write, I’m gonna blotch this up...

On a more positive note...

I want to give special thanks to ai_nino  for introducing me to the song Renai Shashin by Otsuka Ai... Listening to it helped me a lot in writing this chapter...</lj>

Special thanks to Amethyst-chan, mishiness  and Joan... they were basically the consultants of my fic woes... Ending a fic is sooooo hard!!!!  Once again, I have turned into a pretzel...</lj>

Also, I used some imagery from Chapter 7, but I think you guys who didn’t read that will have no problems relating with this one, so no worries.

Minna-san, thanks for reading and commenting... 

Without further ado, here’s the last chapter...

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