Bittersweet Symphony

It's just a bittersweet
symphony
that's life....

Well okay, I got the offer for KPLI
I'm happy XD

Just that I got located to
TERENGGANU -_-;

Sahhhhhhhh
So far >_<

Well, it would be okay as long as I got internet connection -_-

ALAMAK!!!!
HANA YORI DANGO 2 starts this coming 5th January 0.O
Will I be able to dl it there when I start school? o.o
Another thing...
How about my weekly dose of Mago-mago and Arashi no shukudai-kun?
Uwahhhhhh
mind-boggling @_@

JUN!!!!
TASUKETE!!! x_x

Either way, I'm grateful m(_ _)m
Alhamdulillah

Boringness drabble

'Curik'ed this from Aina's blog. At the office but the blues is spreading, hehehe

1. NICKNAME AT HOME? Diah by everyone, jendol by my sister -_-;
2. WHAT COLOUR PANTS ARE YOU WEARING? Black streaky jeans (worn off black jeans for site work. Definitely not good for formal presentations)
3. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? The sound of the fan swishing with Zai, my office-mate speaking to herself
4. ARE YOUR LEGS CROSSED? yup
5. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE? rice with telur goreng and vege.
6. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOUR WOULD YOU BE? Black with red streaks in it (i know it's not available anywhere, hehehe)
7. HOW IS THE WEATHER RIGHT NOW? Rainy
8. LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? A very incensed plantation manager
9. FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX? The eyes, with glasses the better, hehehe and of course the smile lah
10. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT YOU THIS? nobody send this to me stole it from Aina's
11. HOW ARE YOU TODAY? BLUES!!
12. FAVOURITE NON-ALCOHOLIC DRINK? Green Tea, of any brand - Pokka, Shizen, JusTea
13. FAVOURITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK? none
14. FAVOURITE SPORTS? Volleyball
15. HAIR COLOUR? dark brown
16. EYE COLOUR ? dark Brown
17. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS ? nope, got 20/20 vision hehehe
18. SIBLINGS ? 4
19. FAVOURITE MONTH: Syawal
20. FAVOURITE FOOD ? for now, I would say.... hmmm Maggi Kari, hehehe
21. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? Cinta
23. SATURDAY OR SUNDAY? Sunday
24. ARE YOU TOO SHY TO ASK SOMEONE OUT? Well, hmmmm I think so la
25. DO YOU LIKE MARMITE? Salty, hate it
26. SUMMER OR WINTER? winter - snuggle time and hibernating YEAY!! hehehe
27. HUGS OR KISSES? both ^_^ just need to find a willing frog to be kissed by me, hahaha
28. CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA? vanilla
29. DO YOU WANT YOUR FRIENDS TO WRITE BACK? If they want to
32. LIVING ARRANGEMENTS? with my parents and sometimes with my uncle. it varies
33. WHAT BOOKS ARE YOU READING? I got dozen of them lined up in my hard disk to be read.
34. DID YOU WAKE UP BEFORE YOUR ALARM WENT OFF THIS MORNING? I don't need an alarm to wake up
37. BUTTERED, PLAIN, OR SALTED POPCORN? Buttered.
38. FAVOURITE CRISPS? Pringles Sour Cream and Onion
40. FAVOURITE FLOWER? Cuphea ignea
41. HOW MANY KEYS ON YOUR KEY RING? 7
42. CAN YOU JUGGLE? No.
43. FAVOURITE DAY OF THE WEEK? Sunday
45. WHAT DID YOU DO FOR YOUR LAST BIRTHDAY? bought myself a new keitai, thee hee hee
46. WHAT YOU THOUGHT OF WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING? dang, it's still 5.22?
47.WHAT ARE YOU DOING ONCE THIS IS FINISHED? clean the desk and go home
48.WHAT DO YOU WISH YOU WERE DOING AFTER THIS? home, watching Arashi old con and drooling on the recently bought Sho poster I got in Singapore

Faceless Hero

You're a name without a face,
You're the balm that sooth my faze,
Your voice remains a mystery,
Your messages soothes me,
I never knew you,
But the thoughts of you calms me,
Simple words mean so much,
Daily or weekly,
The feeling would be the same,
Moments of distrust gone to smoke,
You're not here,
But you're close,
One step at a time,
Would be for the best or for worst?
Content,
To be where we are,
My hero without a face.

ps: I'm writing poetry again, yikes x_x

Cinta Ialah...

The much talked about local movie of the moment - 'Cinta' perked up my interest radar. Knowing it was 5 stories rolled up into one made me think about 'Love Actually', my feel good movie (still is anyway) when I broke up in 2004, also a movie with a number of inter-linked stories rolled into one. The cast for Cinta was great, though I have to admit that the introduction of the characters in my opinion was a wee bit somber and a bit drag before they get into the core of the movie.

I actually managed to drag my uncle and aunt to the movie, along with my cousin Irra of course. We went straight after I finished my work - though the movie started at 8.00pm. Parking was as always, hard at the City Square area but we managed to squeeze into a tight spot at the Public Bank area.

The cinematography was good. Overall on the storyline, some part are quite uncomfortable some are poignantly tear-jerking and some are just downright cheesy. If I cried once during a movie or drama you could bet that I would watch it again and again. But then... I think I lost count on how much I actually did so I'd say probably give the movie just another one round when the VCD is out, only to accompany my mom. It would be good if they inject a little bit more of humour part so it would be a wee bit brighter other than the short crack lyric by Dhani's friend by the roadside. Not to say that I say I like it to be a humourous movie. It's just that a little bit addition of it would be nice. Anyway that's just my opinion ^_^

Post- Bangkok

Uwah... so malas to do a double post in both blogs. Here's my other blog. Just be warned that I am under another name in the blog - Lara, short for Laralen - my generated middle earth name from one of the LOTR sites.

Rurouni Kenshin

I was staying at my uncle's house in Skudai Baru. One of my routine there was to watch MTV Hits before I get to go to work - since they always have Japanese MTV amidst the mix of English and Chinese videos. Never thought that I would actually caught Dohmoto Koichi's MTV on TV or actually any of the Johnny's video at all (wondering when will I be able to catch Arashi, huhuhu). So far, I managed to catch Otsuka Ai's, Puffy AmiYumi, Mika Nakashima, but none Johnny's.

Kagen no Tsuki (Descending of Moon)...

I've seen it before and I love it since it was kinda Rurouni Kenshin-ish a.k.a Samurai X. It is one of my all time favourite manga - got me even buying the whole collection at a time. We were having a discussion in MIRC once about who we want to see playing the characters in Rurouni Kenshin. Wenna was dead set on having Jun as Kenshin. Dun relented since she wants Ohno to be Soujiro - the heartless but always smiling assassin. Sho as Sanosuke (if i get it right.. or was it Aiba and that Toma be Aoshi?) and Nino since he looks bratty, he'd be Yahiko. Hajime Saito would be played by none other than Odagiri Joe - he kicks ass as Hajime Saito in Shinsengumi.

Though... after watching the video, I think Koichi might fit the bill, hehehehe. Well, take a look for yourself :D

Missing You....

I'm having the 'miss my friends' feelings again, huhuhuhu.

Since 13 years old, I lived among a group of friends - big groups of friends that shared priceless memories. As we aged, I realized that the big groups that I used to live with becomes smaller. We move away in pursuit of our dreams, our own life, families, responsibilities. No one is able to stay put in the same age for more than the allocated time.

I miss playing volleyball & netball with my friends. I miss the jukebox-sing-your-heart-out at the studio and dormitory. I miss making misfit in class - falling asleep more likely than anything else. I miss the daily-2-hours-sleeping-in-the-studio at night time with fellow buddies making make-shift bed out of chairs & tables and even some slept on the torn up soft board as a mat on the floor (that would be Miza and I ^_^;). I miss playing guitar with Man & Azhar. I miss the 3am kedai mamak supper. I miss the late night maggi mee in the dormitory with the kettle that I managed to smuggle in to the hostel. I miss having to stash my walkman from the prefects knowledge.

I found this video recorded by Ije during our final year in one of my old back-up CDs (and since not many read this blog, I feel safe posting it here). The song title... I forgot. This is the song that Azhar and I performed during our Malam Inderaloka - Final Year Dinner. Written by Azhar, sung by Azhar and I (which I actually forgot a line during the performance and made my own lyric, which of course made Azhar both peeved and relieved at the same time for the quick make up). Just in case you heard it, he made me sing with low tone Pearl-Jam-ish way, huhuhu. Oh and this was when I was 78 kg, thee hee hee.

"And so, you fly away from me,
The memories will still remain..."

Notes

The film Death Note was finally out in Malaysia. Out of pure spontaneity, I bought the ticket for Irra and I for the Friday night show. While my A'an was still at home, he kept bugging me to read the manga that he already had in his hard-disk before going to the movies. I did not, remembering the talk that I had with Dayah about reading the book before seeing the movie. I've seen the movie, and later on read the manga (which I regret a lot afterwards since the key character that I loce most is going to die - spoiler to those who knows whom I love most, sorry ^_^;) Before handing out the verdict, let me tell you what the movie is all about.

The movie started when criminals died because of one same cause - instant heart attack and the number of death grew rapidly. Some called it a direct punishment from god to those who committed crime and to some, the killings are unethical as everyone should be given a chance of trial through the justice system. Some even dubbed the criminal terminator god as 'Kira' (that's Japanese version of 'killer') the saviour of humanity. In all honesty, the death was caused by a Law student, Light Yagami who stumbled upon the Death Note that was dropped intentionally by the death god Ryuk (just because he was bored -_-;). There was of course instructions on how to use the death note which Light thought of it as a foolish kiddies prank book until he tested it on the first convict that had his charges dropped due to lack of evidence. It worked. The con was dead in 40 seconds after his name was written thus Light's mission started - to create a Utopia for human beings where it would be criminal free. But as the plot generated, Light became more egoistic and began to even kill FBI officials who were in his way. In a way he lost himself even more and became even more crazy in his way of thinking. Then came a mysterious investigator who introduce himself as letter 'L' through the laptop screen. His way was also unethical, trying to search for 'Kira' by putting people's life in line - even if it was also a criminal in his first try. First glance seeing who he really was, you would be surprised - if you haven't read the manga of course. His disheveled appearance, plus his unbelievable sweet tooth which we could see him eating cakes, chocolates, porpcorn and even stirring his coffee with a lollipop -_-; and not forgetting his unique way of sitting and holding nearly everything with his only 2 fingers (I'm giving a standing ovation to Matsuyama Kenichi for pulling out this character gracefully). The battle begins when both L and Light testing each other's wit to uncover each identity. L knows who Kira is - or he thinks he does only he doesn't have enough proof to cover it. Light wanted so badly to put L's name in the Death Note but there was a catch. He could not kill the person without a face nor a fake name. He does not even have shinigami's eye to see people's real name or how long would they live. The peak would be at the end of this movie when L and Light came face to face, with L eating consomme flavoured potato chips with the mental warning to Light that he knows.

What do I think about it? I love it despite what others said about the movie not respecting the original plot whatsoever but the CG character like Ryuk sure needs a polish up. If Rem is going to make an appearance in the Death Note 2... better not say anything about it first. Now that I have read the manga, I'd say Light is far more evil in the movie. The plot is faster and let me just say that having Light as a law student in the movie makes him more powerful in a way than the Light as a high school student. He's even more darker and frightening. Mello and Near is not in the movie (I wonder if they would make an appearance in the next). As much as it was in the manga... I don't like Misa's (bllergh) character that much. Death Note 2 hurry up!!!!

Gym starts next week, time to lose!!!!!
Hellooooo Clark Hatch ^_^

Paluan Hujan ^-^;

It was my cousin's wedding last weekend (Dang, she's 3 yrs my junior!!! lol)

Anyway, I reached Kota Tinggi on a Sunday morning since my uncle, Pak Din needed someone to drive his family to the wedding because of his accident. I definitely love the thought of driving his Limited Edition Wira, hehehehe. Earlier before, on Saturday as I was about to hang my clothes at the door of Irra's room I was dumbstruck. My clothes were actually the same shade of purple of the door and the wrapping paper for the presents from them - uwaaaah. Even took a picture for the humour of it. I was thinking that it won't be much of a problem unless the wedding was held for that particular cousin at that same particular house.

I was wrong.

As I reached at the wedding venue in Kota Tinggi again I was dumbstruck. No one told me that the whole theme was going to be PURPLE!!!!!!

*Sighs*

Purple theme aside, the crowd was adding up by afternoon and by Zohor, Chah was being surrounded by 3 mak andams, being our cousins of course - Irra, Ana & Ayiet armed with their bags full of cosmetics and stuff. If Dayah was there, I bet that it would be explosive ^_^; It was a havoc - a clash of thoughts between 4 person. It was amusing at one glance. Ana was saying the colour was not enough, Ayiet was saying Chah's eyes needed some light colours, Irra was saying there's something not enough and Chah was protesting that the colour was too bold. Since I don't even have a clue to even apply eyeshadow or the importance of the face foundation, I left the bride's & groom's room for the preparation of the banquet table. Suhaina, my ex-high school classmate was present but at that moment I was kind of tied up checking the food & plate for the main dining table.

The groom's entourage reached there kind of 30 minutes early but it was fine since nearly all the food was in place. I would say that if they reached on time, they might be drenched in rain.

As always, every wedding especially for close knit families are tiring as the day ends but I enjoyed every minute of it. It was when all of us would get together and do our best to make the wedding a success or at least make a huge havoc out of it, hehehe.

Selamat pengantin baru Chah & Faiz.

ps: Suge!!! Aina's custom made Arashi raya card arrived today!!!!! Arigatou Aina!!! (~^3^)~

Short Note of the Day

Don't blame me ^_^;

I just strongly advices my boss to hire a new admin exec because she listed beginner Japanese language speaker in her resume, which of course I did not say that out loud ^_^;

She's hired, hehehe.

Flags Of Our Fathers & Letters From Iwojima

Psyched up.

The latest trailer for Letter's from Iwojima was out and everyone in the forum & blogs were spazzing about it. Of course since our prized prankster Nino was in it ^_^

Synopsis wise these 2 movies are actually about 1 battle from 2 point of views. Flags Of Our Fathers was the war from the American's view while Letters From Iwojima was from the Japanese. Clint Eastwood directed these 2 movies and to make it even better, he produced these movies along with Steven Spielberg XD

Darn Eastwood is just so good in making people wait in anticipation. Nino was filming the movie in May got back in June (or was it July?) and now it's already November. Flags of our Fathers was released in October, followed by LFW which is going to be released in December. Looking at the cinema schedule in Malaysia... Flags will be released in February 06. Gila. Wonder when Letters frm Iwojima would be released here - if it is going to be shown here. But then I don't mind that much as long as the cinemas in Singapore would show it (^_^);

Flags of Our Father & Letters From Iwojima Combo Trailer


Letters From Iwojima Trailer


I've shown A'an the trailer - well actually baiting him with it since he's a war movie junkie and I must say that he was very impressed that he started to promote the movie to his friends who were online XD

Somehow I know I am having a bit of trouble adjusting my view seeing Nino as a father o.0

I've said it before but I am saying this again - he already found the fountain of youth. Looking at his chibi pictures, there weren't any different in how he looked like before and now - hairstyles aside that is.

Wey Gundek Nino, Kachang kakkoi ne~~~

Sayonara Tomodachi

Hectic day.

Psyched up since I've finished getting the music video for KCE the movie 2. About a team of friends, who also played for the local baseball team (hence for the weird jersey number below - ? and 1/2). For KCE fans, I know it's one of the most anticipated MV - who could forget Bussan (Junichi Okada of V6) the cancerous unemployed team captain, Bambi (Sho of Arashi) the former dote, Uchi the adorable dork with a CIA father, Ani (means big brother) the wallpaper big brother who was being shadowed by kid his brother's success and Master the pub owner with wife and kids. Mimit would always go crazy if I went 'Mohko' with her, hehehe.

And...

It's Aidah's last day working at the company...
Feeling sabishii already T_T

No one to spaz about Arashi, J-drama and J-pop during work day
No one to cover me up when necessary
No one to swap CD with
No one to talk to at work (bosses not included)
*teary eyes*

SABISHII, uwaaaa!!!!!

Dedicating Seaside Bye Bye to Aidah - mata itsuka ne~~~~ *waves*

Hontouni arigatou for introducing me to Arashi by baiting Jun in Gokusen.
And for those baka-session mixing Japanese with English and Malay.

Heave Ho, Time to Get Back To Work -_-;

My holiday has ended.

For those who are still on a holiday - enjoy yourself.

To those who starts work today - enjoy yourself (*bleh*)

I think today might mark as a collective monday blues day for everyone *_*

4th Day

I felt like my feet had already been amputated (-_-);

Went off to Singapore with Dayah, her beau and his cousin today.

While they were in the shopping frenzy, I went to my normal spot - Kinokuniya, HMV & MISE... but much to my irritation MISE was closed, grahhhhhhhh. It was supposed to be open everyday *harrumph*. Called Mimit. Too bad there were not enough time to go and beraya at her house.

Gomennasai, Mit m(_ _)m

Managed to get my hands on December issue of Popolo which features Arashi... in bed with red coverlet (#_#)

I don't have a scanner so all the credit goes to fybabe.

翔。潤。ニノ。相葉。大野

Well... the pictures were not as naughty as I made it sound like (^_^);

One thing for sure, I know I won't be able to get my raya fantasy come true...

To see those guys donning full suit of baju Melayu in their own colours, hehehehe >^3^)>

3rd Raya

Like any other raya day, today is filled with visitations to relatives' house. My sister and I joined Mak Jun's family for the raya tour since my parents and lil bro were not in the mood to move around. Dayah was put in charge to drive the van and I was the co-pilot. Much to the passengers' discomfort and irritation both of us launched into singing old boyband songs which was popular during our schooldays. In those days, the boyband list was very long that we could never recall who was in which band. Sungguh poyo, wahahaha.

At the end of the day I accompanied Dayah to the hair dresser for her regular hair-dressing session. It was kind of sudden, though I decided to cut my hair. The hair that I left uncut for more than 2 years. Melancholic or sad when I got the hair cut? Not that much but I did bring some of it back home. Sayang beb.

Well that was just some portion of my hair but what was being cut was actually longer than that. Now I felt like my head is few pounds lighter (^_^)V

Selamat Hari Raya

*Sing song voice*
Selamaaat Hari Rayaaaaaaaa
Hari untuk kita bersukariaaaaaaa

Since I was at my sister's mercy to get the kain of the baju kurung done... I ended up still sewing the hook by the time our first visitor came (-_-); I would say the morning was quite a havoc. Mak was ironing my abah's clothes, my sister was in charge of getting the food for the mosque ready and I was put in charge of cooking the only thing left in the menu - chicken in soy sauce with sambal goreng. Pushed my sister to finish off my kain (since I dunno how) if she wants me to send the food to the neighbours and finally, my baju raya was done in at 10am, huhuhu.

First off, to my atuk sedare's house in Kangkar Pulai and then to my uncle's house in Skudai Baru just in time as the rain pours down like cats and dogs. Everyone was soaked wet so there we waited for the clothes in the dryer to dry off before we could go anywhere at all. I suppose, going to Pak Din's house was a grest idea since not long after 'Bawang Merah Bawang Putih' ended on TV my other uncle arrived with his family and sometime later another one reached there. Now that is just the perfect time to get our family picture done - not that the whole 10 families could be there at once, 4 is just okay.

I couldn't breathe when the visitations ends. My stomach was already in a havoc - too much ketupat and rendang on the first day of raya is already too much. Not to mention with the additional cheese spaghetti at the end of the tourage at Pak Mi's house, I was near to explode which proven to be accurate since I had to keep on waking up in the middle of the night for my toilet sessions. Penat, huhuhu.

Selamat Hari Raya everyone!!!

Drag drag drag....

I have to admit that this year's raya is the most unprepared raya of all time - for me that is. Usually at this time of the month I would already have the raya cookies in line (bought that is ^_^; ) on my kitchen table, baju raya would be ready to be picked at my neighbour's house and small change for duit raya would be ready - since I collected RM1 a month earlier.

As for now....

My baju raya is still un-sewn, cookies... well let's just say that my mak and I planned to bake our own this year though we haven't start anything yet and as for duit raya... I'm gonna have to hunt for RM1 my own since I was too busy to get small change from the bank.

To Do List:-

1. Sew the baju raya and get it done before 1st Syawal.
2. Bake cookies and some cake - have to be done a day before raya.
3. Clean up the house.
4. Scrub all the grime and dirt from my car.
5. Hunt for RM1 or RM5.

Since my current site is at Taman Delima - next to Taman Daya and near to Jusco Tebrau, I set off to find some baking ingredients that my mak passed me in the morning. It turned out to be a headache since my mak did not specify how much is a box of cornflakes that we need - jumbo size? normal size? small? or how many gram of butter that she wanted me to get... 10 blocks of 500g butter or 10 blocks of 250g butter? Aisehmen... I guess if it was the age before handphone existed, I might end up buying too much of everything ^_^;

My feet were killing me and my stomach was growling. After dispensing the groceries to my car, I head back, in quest for food. Since I watched Arashi no shukudai-kun in the morning with them eating tako tentacles tempura, my tummy was craving for Japanese food. Went to Sushi King and honestly it was weird eating alone during breaking fast since everyone came with friends and family. I guess it would be normal if it's lunch time but then again, what do I care I was just hungry. While waiting for my beef yakiniku set to come, went to kacau Dee a bit through smses (gomenne Dee, tak beli Nana or sekai no chuushin sebab ternampak Tsubasa Chronicles movie, hehehe).

Oh and before that, went to Harris again and My Boss My Hero has arrived. I chose to skip the boxset since I already choked with laughter reading the synopsis at the back of the boxset. It went like, not that accurate lah but more or less - 'Sakaki Makio adalah seorang pengurus (or was it pengarah?) kumpulan "Kanto Sharp Fang" bla bla bla yang telah dipaksa ke sekolah tinggi kerana menggagalkan perjanjian bernilai 27 billion'. Pengurus kumpulan? It would be easier if they put 'waris kumpulan yakuza Kanto Sharp Fang' now won't it?. 100% ayat skema, huhuhu.

I suddenly developed a very strong urge to listen all NewS songs - esp Cherish, Hadashi No Cinderella Boy and Sayaendo (how many groups could sing a song titled grean peas without sounding funny? LOL). Well I actually cleaned the whole CPU off of NewS and KATTUN (erk!) stuff thinking I wouldn't want to hear them again, I was wrong. Good thing I saved those songs on Aidah's PC so nothing's lost... well maybe I have to ask for anyone to upload I.ZA.NA.I.ZU.KI for me, huhuhu. I'd probably have to blame Tegoshi for it since he was in My Boss My Hero. Then again I might have to blame Johnny for it since he put Nagase & Tegoshi in it XD.

Quoting comments from Mimit's LJ about Jin's sudden 'Off-Time' from KT... KATTUN loses their A, which cut it short to KTTUN... reshuffle again ... you might get KNTUT XD

Tomorrow's the last day at work before raya, yatta!!!!

Few More Days... and Counting

Few more days left til my holiday starts and of course at this moment most of us has already lost our working mood.

It's all about the festive season - new clothes, raya cookies and cuisine, balik kampung fever and all sort. As for today, I spent it at the site since after the report that I diligently typed at the office went off like the crappy electricity supply at the office block. Once in a while, we have the kind of disturbance that last for 5 minutes before getting the power back on track. Totally frustrating.

Chased the client's site officer discussing about site verification just to find out that he's off by tomorrow noon. Uwahhhh, not enough time and so my boss sent me off to Jusco Tebrau which is only few minutes away to get a Deepevali hamper for him.

Jusco Tebrau? Nyehehehehehe *cunning thoughts*

Well actually how cunning could I get going to Jusco Tebrau that has a HUGE book store? *angelic face* and not forgetting their collection of Japanese boxset dramas and anime, hehehe.

Well... what I got... only 2 books, one for Dayah (Mitch Albom's For One More Day) and one for myself - yes that is Train Man book in English - the same story that airs on Saturday at 8tv - thread style, yatta!!!!!!! It kinda threw me back in time when Dayah and I was going nuts over Nan McCarthy's Chat (Pt 1), Connect (Pt 2) & Crash (Pt 3) book though we have never read the last part of the series. It was that darn hard to find Crash.

Though I saw that Byakuyakou is already out, as well as Kame's new drama. I wonder when My Boss My Hero would come out, hmmmm.

Synopsis wise - My Boss My Hero was about the next Yakuza heir, aged 27 who was being sent back to high school as a punishment by the Big Boss a.k.a his father because he was so darn stupid that he couldn't tell that 35 billion yen is larger than 27 billion yen. Well he actually blew the business arrangement that got his dad gone bonkers. The deal was if he did not graduate, his brother - the successful college graduate but with weak body would take over the gang. It was funny, especially when the whole school was running for the limited supply of home-made special purin (pudding) everyday. When the clock hits 12, students were stampeding the hallway with plans and devious ways to get it ^_^;

I'm left with the last ep which is currently dl-ding on my pc and through the story and still having stomach-ache from laughing too much.

I totally agree with the main character's thought.

High-school is definitely the best time of all - in my opinion lah ^_^

Countdown

Makin nak raya, makin nak cuti, hahahaha.

Been a busy weekend. Since I am quite a notorious procrastinator, I just started on my card-sending spree *sweaty forehead*. Then of course, since I don't know what else to post in my blog, here, a picture collage of my celebrity lookalike that I played off with jaja, tim & azah at JEM. The result actually varies from what was your expessions in the pictures that you tried to match up with. I tried 4 different pictures with 4 different expressions - the first result was okay but the result for the other photos were not that flattering. I was matched to Justin Timberlake's face, not forgetting Darren Hayes. One of the matches was to Normala Shamsudin (Ada jugak match muka celebrity melayu, hahaha) the one that made me fell over when Kareem Abdul Jabbar and Gary Sinise was matched too. So anyway, in this collage, it was stated that I looked 80% like Katie Holmes *gelak guling*. Cannot be trusted lah, hahahaha.

5 more days to cuti raya, yeay!!!

P.S: Intan & Mail, kalau korang baca ni aku nak alamat korang a.s.a.p

Soundtrack to My Life

IF YOUR LIFE WAS A MOVIE, WHAT WOULD THE SOUNDTRACK BE?

So, here's how it works:
1. Open your music library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that's playing
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button

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Opening Credit:
Amrita/Nectar rain - Yui Makino (Already a sad song in the opening ^_^;)

Waking Up:
Runaway Train - Arashi (Wow, yeah!!!!)

First Day At School:
15th Moon - Arashi (Are... first day dah berangan?)

Falling In Love:
Kissu Kara Hajimeyou - Arashi (Uwaahhhhh)

Fight Song:
All Or Nothing - Arashi (Right On!!!!)

Breaking Up:
Kizuna/Bond - Kamenashi Kazuya (*Cringe*)

Prom:
Blue - Arashi (Uwaahhhh a slow song to dance to)

Life's OK:
Dareka no Negai ga Kanaukoro/When Someone's Dream Come True - Utada Hikaru (Sedihnya T_T)

Mental Breakdown:
Tochuu Gesha / Stop over - Arashi (Okaylah)

Driving:
Tokyo Lover's Tune Tonight - Arashi (Erk.. sound too jazzy for my ears 0.o)

Flashback:
Sore Ga Ai Deshou/I Guess That's Love - Mikuni Shimokawa (Schweeeeetttttt)

Getting Back Together:
Misore - Kinki Kids (Eh?!)

Wedding:
Okay, Alright! Koi Wo Shiyou - Arashi (The tune is hardly... suitable ^_^;)

Birth of Child:
Fuyu No Nioi - Arashi (WEY!!!!!!! It's suppose to be a happy procession, not a break-up event *ketuk ketuk winamp*)

Final Battle:
Blue - Utada Hikaru (Erk... okaylah)

Death Scene:
Yasei Wo Shiritai - Arashi (Too genki to be morbid la, this song)

Funeral Song:
Fly Away - Nelly (Erm... suitable. Tapi, wey baca yassin daaaaaaa lagi bagus)

End Credits:
Fairyland - Ayumi Hamasaki (Yes, life is more or less like a fairyland)

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The Soundtrack for the Sequel to My Life:

Opening Credit:
Kitto Daijoubu/Definitely Fine - Arashi (Uwahhhh, good opening. Raki Raki beiby, whoaaaa)

Waking Up:
Keep Trying - Utada Hikaru (Surely yes - keep trying to wake up, ROFLMAO)

First Day At School:
Asu Ni Mukatte Hoeru - Arashi (Hmmm.....not bad - priceless bellow, LOL)

Falling In Love:
Diamond Dust - Kyosuke Himuro (Uwahhhhhh, ima wa loving youuuuuuu....)

Fight Song:
Simon - Lifehouse (I felt the same? o.0)

Breaking Up:
Be My Last - Utada Hikaru (*faints*)

Prom:
Sunrise Nippon - Arashi (So hip and funky, bwahahahahahahaha)

Life's OK:
All Or Nothing - Arashi (Sounds good)

Mental Breakdown:
Paretto/Pallette - Arashi (Someone should be there for me not me be there for them when i'm on a mental breakdown, Lolz)

Driving:
Yasashite Sukoshi Baka/A little bit stupid - Aiba Masaki (Arashi) (I'm with you Aiba!!!!!)

Flashback:
More Than Words - Frankie J (I Like Xtreme version more than this one, gerghhh)

Getting Back Together:
Crazy Ground No Ousama/ King of the Crazy Ground - Arashi (*falls-over)

Wedding:
Hands to Heaven - Breathe (Doa, jangan tak doa. Romantic, waaaaaaah)

Birth of Child:
Jam - Arashi (Erk.... I feel like jamming up... and then give birth? o.0)

Final Battle:
Aerial - Kotani Kinya (YOSHI!!!!!)

Death Scene:
Kimi Wa Sukoshi Mo Warukunai/You're Not That Bad - Arashi (Erk.... *_*)

Funeral Song:
Rainy Day - Ayumi Hamasaki (Uwahh sedih..... but still, baca yassin la wey ^_^;)

End Credits:
Wings - Utada Hikaru (Fly away!!!!!!!)

Vibe

I think I am carrying a bad vibe this week.

Twice I saw people falling down

One, near my office, a woman fell down unconcious all the sudden when she walked like a heap of bag. Since people were already gathering around her, I did not stop and help.

Yesterday, a car accidentally shaved off a motorcycle. The motorcyclist hit the road kerb and did a flying stunt onto the grass area. It was scary. And yet again people were already gathering around, and the car stopped and helped, I did not stop.

Arrghhhhh!!!!!!!!!!

Bad bad vibe.

First Day Puasa

Honestly I felt like yesterday was Sunday, hehehe.

Selamat Berpuasa semua!!!!

I managed to finish watching this week's Mago Mago Arashi, can't resist from making some caps. It's Nino and Oh-chan's turn. Unlike before where Nino were banished to the kitchen with the obaasan, kinda realized that lately he spent more time with the jiisan. Well he does have a golden hand with cooking (he could really really cook, no kidding) so watching the other guys cooking with baasan... makes me cringe. For instance, this week's episode Oh-chan was trying to cook and do his own alteration for the first time which was a catastrophe.





I cringed looking at the amount of sugar, salt, soy sauce and chilli sauce that he puts in the pan. The way he said 'umai' afterward was thoroughly unconvincing. And the result.... everyone was very quiet during lunch and kept taking the miso soup with rice. Even Nino who are usually outspoken turned quiet. Poor Oh-chan, hehehe



As for Nino, he helped jiisan with the horse-ride tour. When jiisan gave Nino the reign....

Nino: Kou-chan shuppatsu! (Kou, jalan)

Kou-chan: Tak moh

Nino: Kou-chan shuppatsu!!

Kou-chan: Tak moh!!!!

Nino: Kou-chan SHUPPATSU!!!!

Kou-chan: TAK MAU!!!!

Keh keh keh, poor Nino too.

I just love the picture that was taken together at the end of the show - with Ohchan's catastrophe.



Ah~~~~~
Every episode of Mago Mago is heartwarming.

Selamat Berpuasa!!!

Another Saturday which I managed to get off on time ^_^

Densha Otoko - Train Man started today. I have bought the vcd boxset for like months ago and honestly speaking... like 'Stand Up', I haven't managed to finish watching it ^_^; It is a good drama, a real story based on the messages posted at a forum board about the love-life between an otaku (nerd) and a pretty woman who managed to bumped into each other in the train. In a way, it is something that I could relate to. Posting in a forum board, asking opinions, making new friends in the net. *bebudak JEM ada bbq harini kat Ulu Yam - Omedetou JEM on 1st year anniversary!!!!*

So anyway, I love the first episode of course, especially the part when Yamada got a boost up from his friends in the forum with various encouragement as he was shaking like crazy as he was about to make the call to the woman that he saved in the train - densha otoko, ganbare!!!! lol. I think I'd better start to finish watching the drama then. Kinda funny intro when they made it like going through a star-trek-ish kind of space-ship with the word "kita" (coming). Of course everyone knows the feeling of waiting for a message and go like - キタ、キタ、キタ、 when it does come.

It is kind of a late post but on my birthday last week, Dee managed to give me an SGH-E870.... image. And as to my question and dilemma whether should I go to Arashi Jet-Storm tour concert in Bangkok or getting myself a new handphone... the answer is self-explanatory. Meet my new keitai ^__^/

It's silver, it's square, it's a flip phone, it's simple, it got a built in flash, currently with picture of Sho from the Taipei concert pamphlet adorning my screen (Aina, pinjam your baby away for a while, hahaha) and I'm loving it!!! My own birthday present to myself, hehehehe. Now I could randomly put Jun, Sho, Aiba, Nino or Oh-chan on my display and put Aozora Pedal as my ringtone, yatta!!!! In addition of buat lepas geram of not being able to go to Bangkok, huhuhu.

And, thanks a lot everyone for giving me birthday sms-es - family, old friends, new friends. Hontouni arigatou :D With the internet around, there's never a lonely moment, yeay!!!!

Last but not least,

SELAMAT BERPUASA!!!!!

Ntah Apapela

Weird yet interesting dream I had last night.

I was a Biologist - of all the subjects that I learnt Biology is not actually one of my favourite. And I was a Biologist who were learning on the habit of a colony of ants in a laboratory filled with other lab-coated collegue. Then suddenly I participated in a treasure hunt - more or less like an episode of Arashi's Ultra Strong Game in Australia only that the guys are not in my dream. There were blue, black, grey and white team. Gomen Sho, no red team for you. The interesting part came when Jerry Yan, former F4 was my bf, Kimura Takuya was my nemesis and Takeuchi Yuko was my bestfriend in my dream, wahahahaha.

It was a fun dream though weirdly enough during a break time of the hunt Yuko-chan managed to conjure a box-set of soba from the greens. Weird.

Nampak sangat that I need a long break. Last but not least - I can't resist from making some caps out of last week's G No Arashi. Poor Rida@Oh-chan for landing into the batsu game box for Aiba Suguroku - the chikubi t-shirt and the squid knit scarf, yuck! and a huge round of hahahahaha *gelak guling-guling all over the place*.


The lethal boardgame by Aiba

Adorable bakas in stocking. Sho's nose was so sharp that it managed to tear the stocking on his face XD

Oh-chan, gelakkan orang but himself looks funny, hahaha.


Rida, daijoubu desuka? Looks spastic already with the scarf 'dripping' down. Euw!!


Finally my ichiban kena something - have his picture taken through a glass while kissing it. chuuuu ^3^

Monday....

Well, the admin exec did send her resignation letter last Saturday but both sachous rejected the letter. I know it's going to be way harder for me to get it. Mou~~~ tasukete!!!

Boiling Point

I've had enough.

I worked my arse off for what? I am not paid for overtime yet I work extra by bringing work home and even sometime stayed at the site up to 12 am. At the site For no pay and still she barked like I have all the time in the world to get ALL the designs and at the same time work at the site. Where is the common sense? When they do a mistake, all they have to say - sorry my girl made a mistake. Now the clients think that I am a lousy staff while in fact I acted on what I was told.

The staff have no medical benefits, 10 days of annual leave with only 10 days of public holiday. My car is like a belacan because of what? Because they treat my car as the company car by putting all those work tools and even plants. I've said it right - plants in my Kancil. 2 and a half year of bs is enough and I don't want to be subjected to more of that.

I was barked at the site which was in the middle of the road, witnessed by tons of people. She heard my voice tone changed after I went to the other site and yeah, as predicted when she returned to the office she changed her tune and suddenly become extra nice to me and suddenly discuss about the trip to Bangkok. Why? Because before me, no one could stand to work with them for more than a MONTH.

The accountant quit in just 4 days of work after seeing the admin exec being barked at in a hard way. The admin exec of 1 year sent her resignation notice yesterday, the site supervisor wants to quit by the end of the month and I'm following suit. I know I would be subjected for 2 months of pure psychological battle but I've had enough.

Yabai yabai... yabai

I was surrounded with girls who are planning and confirming with their upcoming plan to watch Arashi in Bangkok on 7th October. My gila comes. If I go, no sgh-E870. If I get phone, no Arashi... yabai... such a dilemma

Aida, Mimit, Kia, Fy and Jess are sharing an apartment hotel and they could squeeze in more. To go or not to go... warrghhhhhh. I already checked the flight ticket and the show ticket - they still have available place

Kena mintak permission mak & abah dulu...

Wishlist

Well, when Hagu-chan did list out her 'most-wanted-things' in a scrap book, Morita bought one of the items in it for her. Since it is a good day after all, here's a lits of what I want. Though I know the stuff would make everyone keel over instead of getting it for me ^__^;

Here goes:-

1. A full expense trip to see Arashi perform in Bangkok on 7th October - so near yet I can't go T__T
2. A new handphone (*mine is completely 'bisu' and ringtoneless but it's peaceful though*) - preferably the one that have mp3 ringtone, mp3 player (duh), photo and video caller ID - and preferably a Samsung SGH-E870, hehehe.
3. A DVD-RW drive for my PC.
4. An external hard drive - 120GB is totally wow.
5. A full collection of C, D, V, G No Arashi, Waza Ari, Mago Mago Arashi, Mayonaka (*lol).

That's about that then ^__^

Oh I forgot. A complete wallop and thrashing in the head for the owner of the number 016-6826505 for giving me miss-calls countless of time esp late at night. I don't know who the heck you are and good thing that my phone is quiet.

Success!!!

Okay, the kitchen resembled a mad scientist's laboratory, my black t-shirt is smudged with flour, my fingers were left with some sticky residue of the tapioca starch and honestly, I've never been this full since.... last year's raya? What have I been doing?

Making daifuku again XD

No worries, this time it's a success even though the daifuku is a wee bit out of shape. Nevertheless, the taste is there and now I could make my own daifuku, yatta!!! Thanks to Dee for giving me some tips during our sms conveyance after my first attempt basically turned out hard and not consumable due to the wrong type of flour that I used.

My second try ^_^

Gahhh... honestly eating a piece of that daifuku would make me full for at least one whole day. Well at least that's what I think based on the total blerghhh feeling I am having now. That was also because of the food that I ate during break-fast in addition with some food that my abah brought back home from the mosque. It's Nisfu Sya'aban night. 15 more days to Ramadhan ^_^

Aduh... nak pengsan.

ENO!!!!

I Love My Weekend Report

As I said earlier, I love my weekends XD. Last Sunday, Dee dropped by from KL for her friend's convo on Monday, so before that we could have a day of Arashi spazzing, yatta!!! I brought my cousin Irra along for the day for our excursion to Jusco Tebrau. Being on off-day, it is hard to find a parking near to the entrance door but of course, with my trusty Kancil I managed to squeeze into a spot few steps further from Harris.

First stop - Harris for some browsing. Arashi's 1999 - 2000 single collection was still there looking sabishii amongst W-inds' and Lead's CD. Then went over to the drama section for some unofficial drama reviewing. I know Dee was hungry with her going "harahenta~~ "(lol) so we went to Yoshinoya. The food was great and there I produced a picture album and an issue of Potato that Dee and I brought along with Arashigoto book. Irra couldn't get her eyes off Dohmoto Koichi's album cover in the mag for a certain reason (*shakes head*).

Teriyaki chicken, Beef bowl with vege and beef bowl complete meal.

Kon~ Kon~~

Afterwards we went some browsing at some mobile phone shop for some prospective 'future to buy' phones. Dee was smitten by the Motorola Pebl while myself, the new Samsung SGH-E870. It's simple, it's white, it's rectangle. Did I mention that it is simple? So, my birthday is coming up next week... could someone give me that as a present? *doe-eyes* wahahahaha. Then we went for my favourite green tea ice cream at the Legend of Tea. Umai! Amai! Oishii~~~

*Drools*

And so we hunted a few some unlucky candidate to be our photographer for the day near the Maxis promotional booth in front of Harris while being watched kind of weirdly by the guys at the booth *kowaii~~*

Dee and I was detained by one of the Maxis promoters while Irra was being stolen from us by the Maxis guy. Few seconds afterwards while I was engaged in a "Buy-this-you-get-this-free" session, Dee was stolen away - for a game of Uno Stacko, hahahaha. After buying a top-up card from the promoter, I went for the Lara Do S - minor sports banchou mode - document the happenings of course XD

GF Momo VS Maxis Guy No.1

Gundek Nino VS Maxis Guy No. 2

Girls in Action

The victors

Dee's game session ended early with the Maxis guy being the structure destroyer and was awarded a Maxis notepad with the hanging stuff thingy. As for Irra, the game went one for nearly an hour and during that time she managed to attract a sizable group of viewers/fans who cheered for her. It was gruelling though, in the end she won the game, banzai!!! Because of the long period she was given a Maxis bag.

We went back to Irra's home and gone through a marathon of August's G No Arashi that I've burnt earlier on. It was crack going through the Sho X Ohno Picture Match Pt 2, Aiba's A No Arashi and Minor Sports Pt 4 episode. My uncle's and my aunt's attention managed to veer off of Siti Nurhaliza & Datuk K's wedding reception at the other TV with Aiba's baka experiment, hehehe.

It was a fun weekend. Dee!! Next time boleh spend weekend lagi!!! Yatta!!!!

I Love My Weekends!!!

Some people would sleep in during weekend as a means to catch up with their relaxing time. As for me, it would be different. I would wake up way earlier than normal working days and of course spend my weekend to the fullest. Last weekend was great. Went over to Mimit's house in Singapore along with Helena and had a sleepover. The initial plan was to join other Arashian for Jun's early birthday but because of a twist of the event, we chose to watch Umizaru 2 at Cineleisure. Helena missed her bus during her trip to the restroom, poor her. The baka driver didn't actually check the seat and so her bag reached Larkin first before her.

Then again, we didn't manage to watch Umizaru 2 since it was sold out so there we were going over to Kinokuniya and Mise. Night time, of course watching the latest G No A again and Tensai Shimura Doubutsen. Not forgetting some clips from the fancam during Arashic, Arachic, Arasick Cool and Soul con.

Ahh.... Animax has finally started again on Astro. If before, only my parents are watching TV, now, I find myself being a total couch potato watching all those anime, especially Yu Yu Hakusho, Law of Ueki, Dragon Ball (though it's the earliest ep) so on and so forth. Above all my favourite would be Chronicles of the Wings a.k.a Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE since the characters are crossover from Cardcaptor Sakura and xxxHolic. Syaoran and Sakura all grown up weehoooo, and Toya, Sakura's the bully of a brother is king, whoaaaaaa. Not forgetting Hachikuro - Honey and Clover. Downloading the whole series took forever, good thing there's Animax now. Though, now it makes me want to see Hachimitsu To Kurooba movie so much!!!!! Other than the fact that Sho is acting as Takemoto. One would thought that I'm 16 instead of 24 ^__^;

The anime

Morita, Mayama, Hagu-chan, Takemoto, Ayumi

The Movie

Mayama, Morita, Hagu-chan, Takemoto, Ayumi

Gotta get ready for today's excursion. Will be meeting Buru-chan and spend the day spazzing over a bowl of... whatever at Yoshinoya, yeay!!!!

Otanjoubi Omedetou!!!!!

First and foremost, to JUN!!!!!!!

My ability in Japanese is very limited, but this one would suffice.

Ahh..... the faces of Jun - though looking at his chibi pics made me feel like a paedo *shivers.

Despite the various hairstyles since your Jr. years and debuted in Arashi, you're still my
一番!!!!!!

A fanvid, made by SRUBIA with one of my favourite songs in Arashic - Tabidachi No Asa.

Last but not least, my old friend RHUPHYLLA, Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!

Memory Loss

I barely have enough time to sleep due to the rushing of a presentation that is due this Monday though I can't resist myself to make some caps from this week's G No Arashi. It's Oh-chan's & Sho-kun's memory game part 2. As for what Oh-chan said about Shochi's improvement in his drawing... I think not, hehe. The drawing that looks great is Oh-chan's, the one that looks like a kindergarten's handwork is Shochi's. Bwahahahahaha.

The game, match two pictures that is revealed and guess what the picture is.

As Dun said, Sho's Monalisa would make Leonardo Da Vinci cry from laughing too much. And honestly... does a rooster lay egg? Wahahahahaha. Totoro looks like an abominable snowman, the frog looks... cute. Hahahahahaha

The guys were not laughing at Oh-chan's Mona Lisa especially Jun who gelak guling-guling. They laughed because they finally could make sense what picture this was

The embarrassed perpetrator.

Team Aiba & Jun won a lot in this round of the game leaving Team Nino & Ohno with... a frog and tamagoyaki. Though a source said that G No Arashi (Ganbare) is going to be changed to Q No Arashi (Quiz?). Time slot is going to be changed too? Aiyo.

Down

Tidal waves they rip right through me

Tears from eyes worn cold and sad

Pick me up now

I need you so bad

Down down down down

Down down down down

It gets me so

Down down down down

Down down down down

It gets me so

Down - Blink 182

Random Rant

Ohisashiburi minna!!! (Been a long time everyone)

Just a random rant for this week's entry. After weeks of working on-site suddenly the thought of going back to the office with the bosses breathing behind my back does not seem so appealing. There were of course meetings to attend, deadline to meet, quotations to make and not forgetting complaints to be taken care of. The week is mixed with some good and bad events - of course, no one could expect everything to go as rosy as they want. I had to change my tyre again by the side of the road in less than a month. The first was at the construction site when I accidentally drove onto the nail on the road. Good thing was that there were my collegues around to change the tyre for me. The next was early this week when I realized, the same tyre that I change was already damaged with the wire went out of it - I thought my car needed some balancing work when my steering wheel went berserk everytime I drove which of course was wrong. It was in the middle of the night and gladly that I stopped at the petrol kiosk nearby.

My lil brother went back home and being a good sister that I am (yelah tu, hehehe) I made spaghetti which was proven a little bit too hot for an Italian food ^^; (I can't help it that I love spicy food).

Want some?

Have I told you about my attempt of making my own daifuku (Japanese rice cake with red bean paste) since I could not find it sold in JB? Well this is what it turned out to be as I followed the recipe I got from the internet step-by-step.

And this is what it is supposed to look like.

Gahhhh mouthwatering

Apparently it was out of shape and out of taste. First try is a failure, gotta try again or maybe just ask one of my friends to buy and courier it up for me from KL - providing that it would stay consumable after a few days, hehe.

My order of Arashi goods had arrived - Arashic Limited Edition, Aozora Pedal Limited Edition A and Lafapoi's tumpang sekaki Aozora Pedal Limited Edition B. Ahhh sugoi!!

I know that my cousin Irra and I jokingly said that our dream guy would be combination of Arashi members - Jun's face, Sho's physical, Nino's ability to play guitar, Ohno's drawing skills, Aiba's genkiness and bakawaii attitude, Sho's intellect since he's the only one with a degree from Keio University - the third best uni in Japan. Then again that is just a gibberish rant of fangirls, muahahaha.

As for yesterday went for a walk alone at Jusco Tebrau (sabishii *_*). As always went to buy some lunch and afterwards heading to Harris - the giant bookstore with a music & video section which sells Japanese and Korean dramas and CDs. Though I would call it my almost perfect hide-away in JB since they don't have issues of Wink-Up, Myojo, Duet etc etc and that the J-albums there are mainly consists of Ayumi Hamasaki and W-inds. I bought Hero SP which is the continuation of Hero - totally cool since at the end it indicated that Kuryu Kouhei (Takuya Kimura) is called back to Tokyo XD. Guess that was why I dreamt of him few nights back dressed kakkoily in black. Fullmetal Alchemist - Conqueror of Shambala - I totally love the Elric brothers and their power of transfiguration and lastly Umizaru (Sea Monkey - no kidding). Not about monkeys of course. It was about a team of selected candidate for the Japan Coast Guard. Can't help but saying "Kakkoi ne" throughout the movie *sighs.

Another good news, I would keep it for myself (and apparently known to only few people) until I get it and confirmed as I don't want to jinx it. Just wish me luck in my future endevours ^^V