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18 February 2012 @ 12:06 am
i have been neglecting faithandwill for the longest time ever. it's just that when it comes to blogging, i have gotten myself so busy with the photography blog that i co-author and a translation fan blog for tomochin that i begin to lack interest in updating my personal blog. lousy excuse but still true nevertheless.

i have gotten a lot more interested in photography recently. still a noob and nowhere near a DSLR pro but one can still be interested in and get absorbed in paying attention to composition, colours and objects; pretty much the same few elements essential in any graphic/visual design. i am not obsessed with lens or builds but rather the story the picture seem to tell and my own rule of judging a photo, is by the number of miliseconds one pauses to take in the entire photo. well obviously a good camera is still essential and as far as i am concerned, my beloved LX3 is still working wonders for me and till i find another new camera that outshines it completely, i will stick to my 3 year old camera for now.

it's also great to have someone in the family with the same interest in it, in my case, my dad. he tends to go all technical and sometimes rant non-stop in jargons but it is a huge common topic among the two of us and we can go on and on about it. i share my better photos with him on picasa web album (since china blocked wordpress along with a dozen other blogging sites) and he will comment on them. recently, he is also actively persuading me to get a Nikon V1 when he heard of my latest interest in Panasonic G3, which is currently the world's smallest DSLR btw. he is a Nikon fan and he is kinda using my birthday present as a lure to get a V1 (for his own leisure shooting definitely, since i will not see him nor get the present until April and he totally wants to buy it within the next few days). i am never interested in getting something so ex for a birthday present though, i'll save up for it, which means i have months to work on that saving plan and choosing between a G3 and a V1.

back to my co-author photolog, i go by the name almonde on it: http://lumixie.wordpress.com. it's not my english name or anything just that i go by the account ID almondtree alot on forums and chatboards that i decide to go by almonde for a more personalised virtual name.

as for my fanblog, well, it shall only be shared with fans lol. it has a steady viewership ratings so i am encouraged by that fact and i hope to continue to consistently update fan news and fan translations up there. 

yes, finally going to have income soon. it took me such long and frustrating months to accept the fact that the attractions industry is small and not exactly volatile in manpower. and an equally difficult moment of decision to choose between tourism industry but not the area i want and a good marketing post at an awesome MNC but out of tourism industry, to truly realise that my desire to be in the travel trade, to be part of the tourism scene is so much that i can willingly take up another new role out of my comfort zone.

in simpler terms on how tough the decision is, i actually chose a bread and butter position of a hotel over a marketing/packaging design role of a regional headquarter. and although i am saying it was a tough decision, it was still made within half a day. XD
 
 
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faithandwill
01 December 2011 @ 02:33 am
i guess i should stick to commenting on things in F&W only and not in others' entries; i only proved to myself once again that i cannot take criticisms lol. 

anyway, the Kouhaku list is official credits to aramatheydidnt (those in bracket are my comments/feelings/opinions, usually no bracket means i dunno he/her/them): 

Red Team

  1. Aiko (♥)
  2. Angela Aki (♥)
  3. Kaoru and Tomoki (well, cute kids i guess)
  4. Ikimono Gakari (♥♥♥ yayyayay they made it!)
  5. AKB48 (♥♥♥)
  6. KARA (-________- gosh.)
  7. Kawanaka Miyuki 
  8. Ayaka (♥♥ was never a huge fan but glad for her to be back in the scene!)
  9. Ishikawa Sayuri
  10. Kobayashi Sachiko
  11. Koda Kumi (alright, i guess that is to be expected.)
  12. Godai Natsuko
  13. Sakamoto Fuyumi (♥♥)
  14. SNSD (=_________=)
  15. Tendo Yoshimi
  16. Natsukawa Rimi (♥♥)
  17. Nishino Kana (♥♥ yay for awesome live)
  18. Hamasaki Ayumi (♥♥♥ AYU!!!!)
  19. Perfume (♥♥♥ congrats girls!)
  20. Ayaka Hirahara (♥♥ love her songs)
  21. Fuji Ayako
  22. Matsuda Seiko (♥ classic)
  23. Mizuki Nana (♥♥ her songs are growing on me)
  24. Mizumori Kaori
  25. Wada Akiko
  26. Kanda Sayaka
  27. Shiina Ringo (♥)
  28. Matsutoya Yumi

White Team

  1. Arashi (♥♥♥ hard not to like them)
  2. Akikawa Masafumi
  3. Itsuki Hiroshi
  4. EXILE (♥♥)
  5. NYC (erm maybe HSJ will be a better choice, slightly)
  6. Kitajima Saburou
  7. Go Hiromi
  8. SMAP (♥ kind of lost interest in them already)
  9. Sen Masao
  10. Tohoshinki (♥ still misses the full team)
  11. TOKIO (♥ for nagase)
  12. Tokunaga Hideaki
  13. AAA (♥♥)
  14. Nagabuchi Tsuyoshi
  15. Nishida Toshiyuki
  16. Hikawa Kiyoshi
  17. Hirai Ken (♥♥♥ another awesome live)
  18. FUNKY MONKEY BABYS (♥♥♥ their perfs are enjoyable & lively!)
  19. Fukuyama Masaharu (♥♥♥ his presence is enough)
  20. flumpool (♥♥ really like their recent singles)
  21. Hosokawa Takashi
  22. Porno Graffiti (i only like prolly 2 out of 10 releases from them, so not a lot of dif)
  23. L’Arc~en ciel (same as above)
  24. Mori Shinichi (♥)
  25. Inawashirokos
  26. Suzuki Fuku
  27. Yuzu (♥♥♥ yuzuuuuu~~~~)
as always i am on the red team's side simply because i am of the same gender, and i really hope that they will win this year with this awesome list of performers (although i would love to see YUI, Every Little Thing, Mika Nakashima, JUJU). although the organisers made it tough by making Arashi the host but i guess/hope it balances out with Inoue Mao-chan as the co-host and AKB girls as the supporters (again, no idea what it means, but def a new post for future artists to fight for if the girls do a good job). don't let the guys' team win for 7 years consecutively!!! XDDD

also, i am very surprised that Ayaka made the list; it will be her first live after her one year of hiatus. what a great start for her comeback lol. i wonder if hiro will attend the event that night. hmmm.

 
 
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faithandwill
29 November 2011 @ 01:03 am



i am impressed by myself for having finish watching the entire High School Debut, sustaining 95% of the time purely by the fact that Junpei is in the film and the occasional Sae appearance. High School Debut is an adapted film from a popular comedy shoujo manga series. in fact, it is such a simple shoujo storyline that if i were to write a simple summary for the manga i can do so in prolly 5 lines. i think i shall give it a try, here goes:

Haruna is a former junior high baseball star whom aims to be a girl finally, stop her baseball activities and dedicate her time to getting a boyfriend and basically being in a love relationship. She manages to convince You, her classmate Asami's brother, also one-year her senior in the same school to be her 'coach' in becoming attractive and successfully getting a boyfriend. As time passes, Haruna realises that she has fallen for You and You too, seems to find himself caring for Haruna...........

there, 3 lines. 

Junpei is like the next Hiro to me; an ikemen that can act well and is on popularity rise these days, i can only hope that he does not suddenly get married like a Hiro and remain on screen for me to fangirl a while more. i wonder why i managed to sit through this  show and not Akai Ito. seems like comedy is more of my thing these couple of years ne~

conclusions for this film:
- it still managed to make me laugh at some parts so that's good.
- Junpei is really good looking in this show.
- Ito Ohno (Haruna) needs to up her acting skills by.. alot. 
- Rina Aizawa (Asami) is really cute. i hope she gets more acting opportunities.
- Sae should have appeared more. and i think Yuka was really pretty here, pity i did not recognise her right away.
- i think i would have been thoroughly pissed if i actually paid to watch this show.

i wanted to give it a 2.5 out of 5. but considering that it was meant to be a lighthearted comedy + oh-good-looking Junpei (how many times did i repeat this in this post?), i will actually give it a 3.5.

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