Ayu at FNS live performance

Ar.. I know I didn't update much about Ayu somehow but she didn't seem to post much too [at TA or twitter] so I'm equally bored. haha. Anyway I can still write something for her promotions of A SUMMER Best!

Ayu sang You & Me and Greatful days at FNS live on the release of A SUMMER Best at 8 August and I really enjoyed watching it. =) It's really been a long time Ayu performed live at other live shows. I really hope so much that she will do more as her promotion and so we fans will get to watch more!!

That's my favourite phrase in You & Me!! I remember Ayu once tweeted it before!

Anyway I'm quite amazed at the song You & Me!  When I first hear the previews which is about half the song, it didn't attract me much, especially I'm not so fond of summer songs. But after listening to the full version, the song was really great! Towards to end especially that was my favourite! haha. Now I have another favourite summer song besides BLUE BIRD or glitter. so this should be a good thing I guess. =D

Oh ya, I still didn't quite like the pv. It's just a typical plot about couples to me. I'm not really that fond of pvs with random shots and not to mention, Ayu with a dancer! and oh gosh. Ayu kissed maro in the pv!! Why~!!! Ayu has shot 3 pvs with Mannie and yet they didn't do an obvious kissing scene. Now she's leaving me to ponder. I rather Ayu be kissing other artistes than with her dancers in her pvs. lol.

And this GIF seen in AHS is Lol~!! It's really a bit too over that Ayu got pushed out of the car. And she got so emotional at the end of the pv. A sort of not-so-nice ending. Not impressed with that at all. O_O

Last thing: My favourite magazine cover of Ayu so far! I love this one as Ayu looked most natural, and I love  to see her in those big hats. Really looks like the sort of the young Ayu in the past!!  Her other magazine shots make her face look so weird!! Almost all are like that. Also not quite impressed. They should really stop photoshop so much and make Ayu look so strange. She is already pretty like that.

Now I can't wait to read the translation of her interviews. (￣▽￣)

Shopping on Friday~

It somehow seems quite a long ago that I didn't spend some money shopping stuffs for myself. lol. But I just realized the last time I spent money was 2 months ago. Is that considered long? haha. Anyway, I had quite some fun especially I can get something at a sale price~~!! \ (^ O ^) / ♪

Yeah!!! It was a summer sale for this Jay Chou album Exclamation mark! It's almost half the price the usual price. I wonder why is such a great sale but of cos this is a good thing to me. I can save some money!! hahaha. I'm someone who can actually be patient enough to wait for the price of CDs to drop so that I can get a great deal. But sometimes my patience can wear out. So probably depends on how much I wanted to get it I guess. In fact, I wasn't planning to get this album at first. Just went to HMV looking at any new CDs on stock selling. Haven't been there for quite some time since May I think? But I guess it's good that I spotted this on sale! hahaha. Some of his old albums are also on sale but yet this latest album was at the cheapest price. I wonder why too. Dun tell me a lot people dun like it? I dun like the graphic design of this album, colourful but ugly. lol. But I think is the song tat matters. I love most of his songs and love to sing at Karaoke but have been a long time since I practise his songs. Actually kinda guilty towards Jay. lol.

This is the first time I got extra goodies along with the CD. (ˆ_ˆ) There's this necklace/chain of an anchor, a notebook and a postcard in it. I usually just buy the CD itself cos I care more about getting a cheaper price but this time this was a really one great thing I got!! I'm really so happy now!! But then the goodies stuffs dun have any Jay face in it. So kinda disappointed at this. Well well.

Also went to Daiso to get some nonsense stuffs. Bought a few snacks and I spotted this:

This powdery sweet I used to eat during my childhood!! I love such sweets as they melt inside ur mouth quite instantly.  But then, it isn't the same flavour I tasted back then and seems like the ones I wanted is no longer selling. I didn't see it anymore. Well, at least I had some sweets to eat now. Just that the feeling isn't quite the same anymore. (￣^￣o)

And bought these other 2 items cos they look so pretty to me. lol. I love doing a bit of origami and craft stuffs and the paper really attracted me! I dun know when will I have the mood to do using the items but still I think I better buy it first cos it's not everytime I can get them on the shelf. haha I do wish I have some free time to do such nonsense too. xD

Oh yes. and my lovely magazine. I bought mina for the first time!! With Namie on cover!! How pretty!!

There's interview page of her. and I love it!! The format looks kinda like VOCE mag. but there isn't anything about different diet methods. It's more of a fashion magazine. Have some good tips about skincare and makeup too. So this is also nice to read. =)

Lastly, This promoting Namie's new album at the last few pages. Ar~ Really tempted to buy that Namie album.. I shall plan to get it in the future~~

Oops. and I must do my Kagrra post soon! Have been dragging it cos I wanna make sure I did correctly. Coming up next~! 

Few things thrown away

I was busy trying to clean my room a bit last week. Yeah but this week I feel really empty not doing much stuff. Oh well. I hate this feeling too. Now I'm starting to realize how bored I am. Lol. So it's really time for me to get out of the study life and start earning money!! But now I can hope for the best while waiting for the results...

Well it seems like I accomplish more last week. Anyway, few pictures of my thing that I'm gonna throw.

I must be too bored back in those study days that I painted the ice cream sticks with my favourite colours. I dun know what I'm doing that for actually. lol. I thought of writing down names to make it like a name tag but that's kinda silly. I dun know where else can I hang it or what and the colour can come off too. In the end, I threw them all away. haha. I've actually kept them and do nothing about it until last week I decided to throw them. Aright.
I bought that Ai rabbit mirror which is 2-sided years ago cos I like it. It's kinda cute. I thought it will be a small little nice collection although it's not the original product or anything. But then over the years the cover turned dirty. lol. I dun really like 2-sided mirrors so I'm gonna throw it away too. well well..

But this!! I didn't throw the 2 of them!! I've made these 2 necklace about 10 years ago in school during a programme and they are really something I'm proud of! hahaha. I always wanted to learn this sort of jewellery making cos it's interesting to me, like a piece of artwork. It may not be of top quality but to me is a big accomplishment. =) There isn't many of such classes around teaching these and I'm really glad at that time I'm kinda lucky to be able to do this. [although there are really small number of people in the class]

Speaking of this handmade things, I've bought a cross-stitch bookmark that I wanted to make years ago but I realized my patience is short lived. lol. In the end the needle was rusted and I even put it in the bookmark so it got stained with the rust too!! That's really hateful. Well, but what can I do now. I dun think I have the time for those n i think I've dump it aside already. lol. I think I really need to go for classes when it comes to this sort of handmade work. hahaha.

I've given away these 2 old mags too since they are my least favourites. That popteen with BoA on cover is actually the first mag I've bought back in 2008 and since then I've slowly began to like popteen contents. I bought more in 2009 like Cawaii, SCawaii and also Vivi since I was bored then. I'm glad that I've bought it cos I've learnt quite a lot about makeup and skincare. They do have good info and of cos this also depends on the issue. The diet they recommend is also interesting! hahaa. I really enjoy such good reads.

Alright. That's all. I've cleared quite a bit. Not much other stuffs to take picture of. haha.

Lip care

My lips dry and cracked sometimes, which is very irritating. So I have to use a lip conditioner every now and then. It's really kinda stupid of me back then when I keep experiencing the dryness of my lips and yet I didn't know what to do about it until I read a skincare book. Alrights, so most of the things that happened to me is cos of me not doing anything about it in the first place. lol.

I'm using this vaseline now. I have been very much concern about the ingredients present in lip conditioners. Some of them are scary, they really contain lots of colouring etc. I wouldn't wanna use a product overloaded with too many unnecessary stuff. Anyway, this lip therapy is kinda good. And nice fragrant. =)

I've wanted to continue using the organic grape lip conditioner I was using all along for the past 1 year+ but it  isn't selling anymore!! Why??!! T_T
I wonder why until now I'm still unable to finish using it. lol. [Then what about my SHINee lip balm then?] O_O argh. What fumes me is that I could have bought this vaseline at another shop where most of its goods are quite cheap instead of buying at the shopping mall. Ok, lesson learnt. haha.


Time for some good info~ [Translated from a skincare book.]:

Don't/Avoid
✿ Things that irritate your lips are mint [mouthwash], lip gloss, foods like mango, Nattō etc. 
✿ Licking your lips, rubbing or smoking will worsen the dryness
✿ Makeup remover specifically for the lips are more powerful and hence more irritation to the lips. 
To remove strong long-lasting lipstick, use olive oil first to remove and then use normal makeup remover. 

Do
✿ Moisture your lips well using vaseline. Apply before sleep.
✿ Apply lipstick for protection against UV rays as sunlight can make lips dry and cause wrinkles.
✿ Consume Vitamin A, B2, B6 as they help to prevent chapped lip. Ensure you have enough sleep and oral hygiene.
✿ Best to choose lip conditioner with the least ingredients. No special ingredients added, no flavourings. The more the ingredients, the more it'll cause sensitivity to your lips. 
✿ Long-lasting lipstick [less oil content] cause burden on skin [lips]. Those with flavourings or SPF included cause more irritation.
✿ Lips will look darker as you aged. UV rays or smoking can cause poor blood circulation, therefore looking darker.


Seriously, I dun really know what's the good use lipstick besides giving ur lips the colour. I've used it before just once and it's enough to make me stop using it cos it makes my lips even drier. Since it has no beneficial properties to my lips [skin], I can't be bothered to use it anymore. I rather use lip conditioner and I won't use the one with colour anymore. Is having a lip colour that important anyway?? 

A SUMMER BEST DVD Digest video

I dun really know what else to update about Ayu. haha. Since there's a video up at youtube for promotion so I went to look at it. Anyway, I thought all the videos in the DVD will be live performance until I went to look at the official site, there will be 5 songs in mv. So not all are live performance. :/

I really can't help to keep thinking of A SUMMER BEST, because I'm not gonna buy it, I feel so incomplete lately. Like I can't be collecting Ayu's albums in complete set. lol. I really dun like this feeling. So maybe I might be buying A SUMMER BEST in the late future?? argh. This is so troubling me!!


Anyway, I like to look at the each Ayu songs and see the overlap. I think this will give a clearer picture too.

The following album songs in A SUMMER BEST:

A BEST 2 -BLACK-
HANABI
HANABI ~episode II~

A BEST 2 -WHITE-
evolution
Greatful days
independent
UNITE!
INSPIRE
July 1st
fairyland

A BEST

Boys & Girls

Far away

SEASONS

So there's 12 songs from the previous compilation albums. That's equal to an album already. O_O It's like one disc with the songs from compilations that u gonna be listening to another time again. Grr..

Songs in studio album/single [not yet included in compilation]

BLUE BIRD

glitter

Sunrise ~LOVE is ALL~

AUDIENCE

NEXT LEVEL

Happening Here

Sunset ~LOVE is ALL~

monochrome

fated

theme of a-nation'03

blossom

MOON

ANother song feat. URATA NAOYA

13 songs and with YOU & Me will be 14 songs. 

Argh. so tell me if this compilation is worth to buy?? It's like buying the same songs from Ayu again and again. lol. Why are u doing this to me....!!! 

Please do more promotions, Ayu!! More CMs!! More live shows!! 

My Ayu list

I think this is more like a nothing-better-to-do post. lol. ヾ(≧∇≦*)ゝ

I have been clearing my stuffs lately. I realised there's a bunch of papers that I've never seem to touch at all. And slowly, I began to forget about their presence!! (X_X) Lucky I've now look back at them again. haha.

Ok, it's just something I wrote for fun about Ayu's songs. This really shows that I'm so into Ayu back then!! I wrote so much! Like quotes from her songs, what genre, the pv, probably a storyline behind it [some sort of interpretation I've seen at AHS]. I even wrote some sort of story about Ayu but it was badly written to me now, so I threw it away. I guess I just can't write good stories. Oh well, stick to doing something else then. T_T

So let me show what I've written in the past [should be back in 2008-2009]:

RAINBOW re-shuffle [The order I prefer]
01. Free & Easy - it has the power to be the start of the album!
02. neverending dream - I dun like the ending of this interlude
03. Voyage
04. HANABI
05. everywhere nowhere
06. taskinillusion
07. Heartplace - a CREA composition that touched my heart ♥
08. Close to you - a christmasy song
09. independent
10. Real me
11. WE WISH
12. July 1st
13. everlasting dream
14. Dolls
15. Over - a sad breakup song suitable as the ending

Top 10 Favourite Ayu interludes
01. The Judegement Day
02. reBIRTH
03. mirror
04. taskinst
05. Catcher in the Light
06. everlasting dream
07. Not yet
08. LABYRINTH
09. taskinillusion
10. Marionette-prelude-

My Best Ayu classics
01. TO BE
02. Trust
03. appears
04. M
05. Dearest
06. Endless sorrow
07. Voyage
08. Moments 
09. No way to say
10. ANGEL'S SONG
11. Free & Easy
12. HEAVEN

My Best Ayu Dark/sad songs
01. P.S II
02. End roll
03. End of the World
04. ever free
05. Over 
06. HOPE or PAIN
07. rainy day
08. criminal 
09. HANABI
10. GUILTY
11. Memorial Address
12. Because of You
13. Forgiveness

My Best Ayu Happy songs 
01. July 1st
02. BLUE BIRD 
03. Greatful days
04. evolution
05. glitter 
06. UNITE!

My Best Ayu Acoustic Orchestra version songs
01. I am...
02. Moments
03. HANABI
04. Daybreak
05. still alone
06. TO BE
07. no more words
08. Who...
09. Far away

I just realised something. WHERE IS SURREAL!!???? WHY DIDN'T I INCLUDE IN ANY OF MY LIST AT ALL!! I MUST BE DREAMING BACK THEN!! ゞ (￣^￣)ゞ

My list of Ayu's happy summer songs seemed really too little. I guess I really dun like them that much ever since as an Ayu fan. haha. Well, what brings me to love Ayu so much started off with her sad songs anyway.

ar.. back then I remember I do have lots of time during the holidays to do all these writing and watching her concert DVDs especially. It was my stress buster!! Argh but now that my DVD player is spoilt and somehow I found myself spending lesser and lesser time being into Ayu. I dun mean to!! Her newer works dun seem to impress me as much as she does in the past. I still love Ayu, I like some of her songs in every album but I love her older works much more. I'm sure it's not only me right?? Grrr I just wonder why somehow I can't stop thinking about me not so into Ayu's music as much as before. Why isn't there as much things for me to do like last time? Why Ayu seemed different nowadays? But I'm a fan of hers for almost 10 years so no matter what, I cannot stop my Ayu collection!! No matter how much I complain......

Maybe I can try to make myself start writing lists of Ayu new songs from RnRC onwards that I like. Maybe I should listen to Ayu's songs more just like what I used to do. Maybe I'll have a change of mind. hmmm..

It's been a year since Isshi's death.

Never think of what to do when this day comes on 18th July. It's already Isshi's one year death anniversary. How I hope I won't need to think about it. It's like counting how many days he has left us. I just feel kinda sad. I dun want to have this feeling whenever I think of isshi......

Recently I look at some Kagrra, 'updates' at facebook group page and I do see some photos that I've never seen before!! Like this one:

I just came to know that he has 3 dogs and 3 cats. haha. How interesting!! I'm glad he loves animals. And his dogs are so cute here!! ^_^

I'm glad I've joined that group cos there are still some fans posting on videos and photos, which became my constant reminder of isshi. Yes, I'm actually kinda guilty again. If not for that group, I'd probably wouldn't have remembered of Isshi's 1st death anniversary. I dun want to forget about Kagrra, or Isshi seriously!! Just that somehow when there's already no new material to expect from them ever since the disband of Kagrra, I dun know what else can make me look forward to, to remember of them all the time!! Worse still, when the news of Isshi leaving us, can't even have any more updates of him, whether he will continue to sing or not. I'm really so afraid that I'll forget about them.. and I dun want to!! (T_T) I dun want him out of my life. I shall make myself remember that he will always be in my heart!! ♥

Actually I love to be in forums more than in groups like in facebook cos it's more organised too. I used to join this Kagrra, forum back then and I'm really happy to be part of it although there isn't much members. But no one post there anymore!! I have posted last year but it turned out to be even quiet ever since. I wonder if they have forgotten about it?? Well, I still haven't forget about that forum's existence. I want to post more and let the Kagrra, spirit keep going but there isn't anyone else who seems to be interested in keeping that forum alive. =(

Ok, at least there's still facebook group. And there's still updates at the Kagrra, LJ community. yeah, I shall not be so negative. haha. I'm sure there are still people much dedicated to Kagrra, too. I wanted to see their lyrics translation more cos Isshi's Japanese is written in such a different way. I love his poetry ways. haha.

I didn't really do anything for isshi but I guess the best way is still listening to Kagrra, songs. I'm kinda irritated once again that the videos I've saved in my playlist are deleted. Makes me wonder if there's any point in creating a playlist when the uploader may delete the videos anytime without warning. Whatever the case is, I guess I should create a list of all Kagrra, pvs throughout their 10 years. Just remember those main hit songs of them would be good enough.   ( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ

Isshi-san, U will always be remembered in our hearts. 

I hope u can see this. We fans will never forget your music, your smile, your love..all about you. 


I hope u've found ur peace and be happier in another world.

~yuuka