We went to do more sightseeing yesterday, with a new tour guide. She's much better I feel, in terms of smiling, friendliness, English, knowledge of good places to go and initiative. Aniwaes, we went to Lotte World, which I absolutely loved but didn't get to ride anything except for the pharoah 3D virtual show. =( It's a place to go with friends, not family. Not a family who's afraid of the smallest things. Aniwaes, I also saw the hot air balloon ride featured in Creating Destiny. XP I think it's really destiny coz on the previous tour, I walked past this shop in Insadong that was used as Yeo Jun siter's pastry shop in the show.
After Lotte World, we went to this precius stone workshop where gm bought some jewelry. Then it was to 63 Building to view the nightscape!
Pretty ne? Looks like Christmas lightings.
Not when you look properly what it's made of. Or when you're in the middle of it.
We wentto the Wax Museum next!
I'd be happier if it was Yong Ha's role instead of Yon-sama's. I didn't even watch Winter Sonata lah! But, just for fun!
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Today is our last day in Seoul. And being very very afraid of the weather outside My face is starting to peel and turn into a pimples hotspot), we decided to stay indoors and shop at COEX mall. Surprisingly, I bought very little even at Seoul! Just bought two tops and some hair accessories. I tried to speak in Korean, and I think Agnes sunsaengnim would have been proud. We ended the day at the convenience store, and I wanted to buy some drinks. There, I experienced the power of celeb endorsements. I totally have no interest in the drinks offered by the store, and decided to jsut grab some orange juice and random sodas. And then, I saw it. HJL on a bottle! It was a soda, and so I decided to buy it. When the product itself makes little difference, celeb advertising comes to play. Aniwaes, it was a good choice because the soda tasted quite good. Even my non-fangirl gm says so.
The purchase I was most happy with was the YB Novel part 2 and the Comic part 2. They were both released 18th Dec, just a day ago! Lucky me!! If they had released it tomorrow, I wouldn't have been able to get it at such a cheap price. I haven't really read them (no time) but I browsed through it and realised that the Comic comprises 3 parts, and the third book will be out in Jan. T.T Below are some photos I took of the BTS pictures attached at the back of the Novel part 2.
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I guess I'm one of the minority who loved his hairstyle at the start of the drama.
It's the YB International Fan Project Message Book JGS is holding yo!
This was after the first forced kiss scene ne?
JGS at top, Park Shin Hye bottom.
Hong Gi top, Yong Hwa bottom.
I'm so gonna scan the chibi images into HQ and print them out!
Another thing...I was rewatching YB when I realised this tidbit about the star talk scene. Read the following dialogue:
고미남: 그 별은 아주 많은 사람이 좋아해주는 별입니다. 그 많은 사람 중에 저도 끼어서 그 별을 좋아해도 죄가 되지 않겠죠?
Go Mi Nam: That star is a star that many people likes. It won't be a transgression even if I join those people in liking the star, right?
황태경: 넌 그런 것도 허락 받고 좋아하냐? 별한테 물어봐. 넌 지금 보일 거 아니야.
Hwang Tae Kyung: You want to get consent even for such a thing? Ask the star. Aren't you looking at it now?
Doesn't this echo the later episode where Tae Kyung said he consents to Mi Nam liking him?
황태경:고미남, 앞으로 네가 날 좋아하는 걸 허락해준다.
Hwang Tae Kyung: Go Mi Nam, in the future, to your liking me, I give my consent.
I know how that scene of him giving consent, by itself, is a classic scene. Maybe it's just me, but seems like there weren't much discussion of the link between the above two scenes. It's like TK remembered their time together and gave MN the answer she needed.
Also, this link made the part where MN thanked TK for accepting her as a fan more logical. Actually I had a bit of an issue as to why MN thought that TK was giving her consent to become his fan. How could anyone be so dumb with regards to a confession? But with this link, I could see why. MN had heard TK's words as an answer to her previous question at her father's hometown. And when she asked that question, she had framed it as her joining TK's fans in liking him, as a fan.
my avatar pic is now nino chan <3 ahha gomen amber chan i am borrowing his face for a while XDD
i think he looks beautiful in this shot....his eyes......vERY VE mesmerizing...fell in love with the pic when i bought the mag.and no, ohchan is still my fav <3
HAHAHA XD
credits are to arashinino for the lovely scans XD
Totwi ~
cause that's what they make me ♥ Bubbly ♥
DETAILS!!
STUFF TO REMEMBER! 1. Please, please, PLEASE UNLOCK YOUR TWEETS (it's just for a day!). Unlocked tweets WILL NOT be contributed into the TTs.
Date: 24th December 2009 ,Thursday
Time: 9AM Japan (Tokyo) time.
3. Please refrain from spamming #miracleboy #miracleboy #miracleboy #miracleboy #miracleboy in your tweets. Spamming won't help to contribute to the possibility of getting #miracleboy into the TT.
4. You might be locked out for tweeting too much. That's OK. I was locked out TWICE during #tsuribaka. >< It'll take around approx. 30minutes before you're allowed to enter again. What I did was create a spare account so that I can continue to tweet! So, if you get locked out, don't fret! Just create a new account! Easy peasy no? Huhu!
I think that's about it. You can read the top part of this post regarding our Operation #tsuribaka's experience. 5 MORE DAYS TILL #MIRACLEBOY'S BIRTHDAY! Help us spread the word! We need THOUSANDS of fans to battle against all the other Xmassy tweeters! Shall we reach out to the whole JE fandom? Let's do this!
Aaaaaaannnddd here's another thing. We all know that it might be difficult to get #miracleboy up into the TT since it's Xmas eve. But let's not worry over it shall we? Yes, let's work hard to make this happen. But what if it doesn't? If it doesn't, then don't be sad. Because afterall, we are all gathered to celebrate Aiba chan's birthday! We're doing this in honour of Aiba chan right? I think he'll be so happy he'll cry if he knows that we're all doing this for him. Hehe. So let's all have fun, no matter where we are, what time or when we're tweeting, and not worry if #miracleboy gets on the TT or not okay?
Kay.. I basically copied and pasted this from my LJ post. You can read the whole thing here: http://community.livejournal.com/arashi_on/2417771.html?page=1#comments
Maybe everyone already expected they will top for a chart this year, but 4??? O.O
- No.1 for single
- No.1 album
- No.1 DVD release
- No.1 and the first time with total sales +12.46 billion sumthing yen
And to make it more surprise, no one ever get to topped all 4 winning categories in same year
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For singles, all the 4 single released this year made up for Top5 and again, making another history to be the first artist to have all singles topping Top5 and more history making :D, the first artist to hold top 2 spots back to back year
TTvTT
i'd said this in every entry i can posted up but never tired to say;
I dont know if this achivements could repay what they'd done for until this far, but i do hope they feel that their hard works and much of sacrifices we, fans might dont know, are not wasted at all. It's been a great year for fans and also fo the boys too, i hope they also feel that way .
And i'm also agreed with someone mentioned that every members successfulnes that brought them to be this big level. Like how Jun's HYD in 2005 made peoples recognized Arashi; Nino's Letter of Iwo Jima in 2006 proved they can be out to somewhere; Sho being newscaster made many thought that Arashi is not just typical idol group; Ohno's art exhibition and his first lead drama showed us they capable to do almost anything and Aiba's breakthrough around variety shows did lead Arashi to very different level.
lol, this getting mushy and i absolutely hate myself getting all this emotional feeling...haha! Just want to say, *again* I'll always cheering you, boys though you'll never heard mine but i'll never stop keep cheering and support you guys. This whole years is so much drama and fun. I guess that life. Arachi!
嵐の人気の秘密? 5人でいる時が好きって言ってもらえることが強みだと思う
――表彰式、相葉君は特に嬉しそうでしたね。
【相葉】 昨年のこの表彰式は出席できなくて（大野君と櫻井君が出席）、記事でその時の様子を見ました。だから今日は式に出席できて嬉しかったですし、会見も楽しかったです（笑）。
――じゃあトロフィーの重さも格別だったのでは…？
【相葉＆二宮】 ずっしりと…。
【相葉】 2年分の重さですね。
【二宮】 でもすごいことですよ、全員にトロフィーがもらえるなんて（4冠達成を称える表彰状と、それぞれの賞に対してトロフィーを贈呈）。全員がトロフィー持っている表彰式ってなかなかないでしょ。
【松本】 しかも全部違う賞だからね…。
【櫻井】 だから改めて5人でよかったなって思った。
【松本】 6人じゃなくてね（笑）。
――今回の記録、なかなか塗り替えることができない記録だと思います。自分達で更新するしかないですね？
【全員】 いやぁ～
【松本】 1回で十分ですよ（笑）。
――10周年を本当にいい形で迎え、次の5年、10年に向かって、グループとしての目標みたいなものはありますか？
【櫻井】 目標という形ではありませんが、こうしていこうということは、いつも話し合っています。
――それは気持ち的な部分ですか？例えば気合入れて行こう！みたいな。
【櫻井】 いつもリーダーが言ってることがあって…。
【大野】 ………。
【松本】 忘れてるんじゃないの？（笑）
【大野】 いつも初心を忘れないでやっていきたいってことですね。
【櫻井】 なので、特に目標とかは掲げてないですね。これ（4冠達成）だって高すぎて到底目標に設定できないですし。
【松本】 こういうものは狙ってできるものじゃないですからね。本当にラッキーだと思います。
――こんな偉大な賞を取った嵐というグループを、皆さん客観的に見て、自分たちのどこがみんなから好かれているのだと思います？
【櫻井】 よく言われるのは、「曲がいいよね～」って。だからいい曲をいただけてるんだなと思いますよ。僕等は自分達で曲を作っているわけではないので、スタッフに恵まれてるんだなと思います。
――作品に対してのこだわりをすごく感じました。ベスト盤（『All the BEST！ 1999-2009』）には新曲を入れたり、DVD（『5×10 All the BEST！ CLIPS 1999-2009』）には皆さんからのコメントが入っていたり…。
【松本】 今年に関しては、メンバー1人ひとりが、しっかりスタッフと意志の疎通を取り、ひとつの目標に向け、お互いにひとつひとつ確認しながらできたことが大きいと思う。
――作り込んでいるなと思いました。ベスト盤をただの記念盤的な作りにしてないところも…。
【松本】 記念盤を作ろうではなく、今年のアルバムどうする？どういうの作る？っていうところから始まってますから。
――どの作品にもこだわりを感じることができましたし、だからこそどの作品も口コミでその良さ、評判が広がり、ロングセールスになっているのだと思います。
【松本】 改めて色々な人に支えられているのかがわかりました。
――老若男女、ここまで幅広い層から支持されているアーティストも珍しいですよね？
【二宮】 トータルなんでしょうね。楽曲もそうかもしれませんが、見てて楽しかったりするじゃないですか？（笑）。今日の会見とかはまさに“THE 嵐”な感じでしたし…そういうところを含めてかなと思いますね。
【松本】 CDで賞をもらえたことも嬉しいですけど、DVDで1位を獲れたのが本当に嬉しい。『5×10～』は、10年分のPVが全部入っているというお得感もあるかもしれないけど、PV集って好きじゃないと観れないと思うんですよ。ライブもそうですけど。なんとなく手にとってみようという感じの商品ではないですし。だからこの1位はすごいなぁ。嬉しい～な～（笑）。
【櫻井】 よく言われるのは、さっきも出ましたけど、5人でいるときが好きって言ってもらえることも多いから、CDやDVDと共に、5人のバランスが好きって言ってもらえているところが、結果、強みかなとは思います。
――それと、実は嵐ファンです…という人がたくさん出てきたのが、2009年だった気がします。
【櫻井】 隠れなんとかみたいな感じでしょ？（笑）
【松本】 何で隠れてたんだっていうね（笑）。やっぱり2009年はデビュー10年目にしてようやくメジャーになれたなって感じでしょ（笑）。
【全員】 （爆笑）
【櫻井】 そしてもう一度アンダーグラウンドに戻るっていう（笑）。
【二宮】 暗黒期が始まるんですよ（笑）。
【相葉】 頑張らないと生きていけないですよ。
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tks to my MJ buddy who got all them MJ magic in her and found these so promptly =] sorry there arent bigger pics yet.. but for now i'm sure these are enough to make the fangirl in you squeal with glee.. XDDD and without bias.. really.. Sho kun is LOVEEEEEEEEEE *rolls on ground* XD
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