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JACA-5102
Arashi/One Love[w/ DVD, Limited Edition]  CDA
1100 yen US$10/105.13  Release Date:2008/06/25
Description:New single release from Arashi and theme song to the film "Hana yori Dango Final" featuring a new standard for pop from Arashi that will have you wanting to listen and sing along all day long.  Limited edition includes the title track, bonus DVD with fun new content (yet to be determined), and alternate jacket artwork.  *Unless otherwise indicated, DVDs are region-2 encoded (Japan, Europe, and Middle East), and carry no subtitles.
URL - http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=JACA-5102
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JACA-5104
Arashi/One Love[Regular Edition]  CDA
952 yen US$9/105.13  Release Date:2008/06/25
Description:New single release from Arashi and theme song to the film "Hana yori Dango Final" featuring a new standard for pop from Arashi that will have you wanting to listen and sing along all day long.  Regular edition includes title track "One Love," B-side "How to fly" (not included with the limited edition), and karaoke versions of both tracks.
URL - http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=JACA-5104

Taken from Choshi

超嬉しい！haha... I'm so compatible with Ohno and Nino! haha.. but not so compatible with Sho which I some sort of expected it.. but still not bad ... quite fun!

 

Ohno:

IIncredible You finish each others sentences, connecting on a level you never dreamt was possible.  Its almost as if you do not need to speak, you simply feel each others every move.  But speak you will as you relish in every waking moment with this wonderful man.  This is truly a case of best friends falling in love.

Hanadan final will have advance screening from 23 June??? omg.. excited.. will i be able to watch it in Japan??

The problem is how to get tixs.. need advance booking or not?? omg.. suddenly have hope to watch Hanadan in Japan! faint.. better dont too high hope first!

It's been one mth since I last updated this blog.. not so happy at work and so didnt have the mood to update.. oh well..must learn to relax and let go and heckcare abt certain things to be happy!

oh well.. the fight for Tokyo dome tixs is fierce and the ballot tixs price is going so high! faint.. I wonder what will happened to Arashi's 10th year next year! faint.. Cannot imagine.

Now I understand why Arashi Summer con is so early this year cos Sho needs to report for Olympics and they need to be the personality for 24hrs TV! This year fans cannot celebrate MJ's birthday during concert but they can celebrate together during 24hrs TV! 

I feel so fortunate that It is early this year cos my company is having leave freezed somewhere starting Jul-Aug. So lucky tt the summer con is in JUNE instead! yaaaaappiiiiiii!

The concert goods is out this year.. omg.. I'm calculating how much I will be spending this year! Last Summer I actually spent 19700(Arena Concert) + 6800 (Dome Concert) = 25300 yen!!! (abt SGD 350) oh my goodness!

Look at the things I'm planning to buy and u will see why I spent so much last year! I will always buy 2 sets of everything which i intend to use.. for example shopping bags and hp straps must always get 2 sets if they allow and all items of Sho, Nino and Ohno!

Dream A Live 5 Dome Tour Goods:

Pamphlet 2000 yen - 2000 yen

Uchiwa (5 x individual) 500 yen each - 500 x 3 = 1500yen

Poster (6 x individual/group) 800 yen each - 800 x 4 = 3200 yen

Clear File (6 x individual/group) 500 yen each - 500 x 4 = 2000 yen

T-Shirt 2500 yen

Eco Bag 800 yen - 800 x 2 = 1600 yen

Cellphone strap (figurine) 1200 yen - 1200 x 2 = 2400 yen

Cellphone strap (logo) 1200 yen - 1200 x 2 = 2400 yen

Re-usable chopsticks 1500 yen - 1500yen (considering buying 2)

Plastic Pouch (A5 size) 700 yen - 700 yen

Handlight (new) 1300 yen - I think I will recycle last year's

Photos (individual x 4) 600 yen each - 600 x 3 = 1800 yen

Photos (group x 2) 300 yen each - 300 x 2 = 600 yen

GRAND TOTAL: 19,700yen !!!!!!! -> same as last year!! 

I always have to set aside 20k for con goods alone! not to mention abt those unofficial photos and goods.. arghh.. I still need to buy unoffical Ohno's butai photos! he is so kakkoii!

 

Credit: goods list from tracey

Not sure if anyone watched today's MTV channel. There is this Jpop and Kpop program hosted by Ken in Taiwan. Ken said tt alot of pple asked what is the yellow thing tt Nino is wearing during the PV of Step and Go and so in the program he will wear something like Nino. He said tt the staff search high and low in Taiwan for tt kind of shawl which Nino is wearing but cannot find a similar kind. Shawl is seldom worn by guys in Taiwan. But he said tt in Japan there are actually alot of shawl designed for guys. 

Since they cannot find the yellow shawl which Nino is wearing so they just took a piece of yellow cloth to subsititute. The funniest thing is when Ken wrapped the shawl around himself. He asked in Taiwan who will wear like this outside.. pple will think that a 活佛 (Living buddha) is walking around! haha.. so funny... he said tt only guys in Japan can wear like tt. And later on the program played Step and Go PV and after the PV. they make over the yellow cloth to cut some parts and make a button etc to make the cloth more stylish and the "shawl" actually looks quite nice. haha.. and later on Ken keep imitating the "Step and Go" kicking part which I cant stop laughing at the stupidness.. haha.. so funny..

The repeat telecast of this episode will be showing at the Chinese MTV Channel again at 12midnight (Taiwan/Singapore time) so those who have the channel can go watch again ..

haha.. nothing better to do so I tried this.. keke...I'm forever changing my mind.. I think now cos I just returned from Ohno's butai so Ohno is my number 1!

 

Source: http://www.americanwota.com/wota-distractions/johnnys-ranker/?current

My Ohno butai DVD has already reached Singapore!!! haha.. I hope my mum will be at home to receive it!! haha.. cant wait to watch Ohno's butai DVD ... haha.. very in Ohno butai mode now!!! haha..now I dont think I can go back to Yesasia!! they are too slow in shipment!!  

Edit @ 26Mar 11.42am: My mum had received the DVD!! Yatta!!! cant wait to go home now.. haha. I love Amazon JP.. keke..

I can't believe our luck!! I was expecting my trip an Ohno trip.. but it turned out to be Ohno plus Aiba plus Nino trip!!!!!!!!

We saw megane Nino at Rida's butai today!!!!!! I think we are the first few fans that spotted Nino. There are 2 guys walking into the theater a few mins bewfore the butai starts. The taller guy catch me and tsuyoshi8joy’s attention first. And our reaction was “dare?”

And next we move our eyes to the next shorter guy beside him and tsuyoshi8joy recognized Nino first and she screamed “Nino, Nino” and I “kyaaaaaaa….” And I think my kya… was one of the first few kyaaa… just as I thought that I was too loud.. the whole theater started to kyaaaaaaaaa….. and everyone starts to stand up to see Nino..Nino was in megane (specs) and he is wearing beige jacket. His long, messy and curly hair was very distinctive!! And he sat at the seat just a few meters in front of us.

From behind it is really easy to recognize his back view. Most of the time he will be using his left hand to support his chin while watching Ohno’s butai and he will have his leg crossed also.

 

During the rest time, he went out straight after the lights when on. And I can admire his side megane view quite clearly as he passed by our seats. Just after the rest time we are all aiming at the door for Nino to be back to his seats but he came in just when the lights is going off. And we cannot see him walked in but we managed to see that he took off his jacket and he was wearing a dark colored vest inside.

 

When the Butai ends he stayed for the first curtain call and he was sited down and clapping his hands. The lights was still dark during the first curtain call. And just before the light when on for the 2^nd curtain call. Nino walked out alone very quickly!!

 

Minna… I feel so blessed to be able to see Nino!! It is like a dream! Cos after ytd’s disappointment that no Arashi members actually went to see Rida’s butai! I was not having high hope. I feel that my trip is really a fruitful one and I will be leaving my dreamland tmr..how sad! But I’m really happy that my  trip is so happening.. I still have a lot of things to update. So stay tune!!

And I can’t wait to watch Arashi Summer Con already and I cant wait to watch Ohno’s butai DVD!!!

 

For another version of the same story.. pls refer to tsuyoshi8joy vox.

 

While everyone is excited abt talking Ohno kun's butai I'm going to talk abt another happening incident!! If any one of you did read my crap entry ytd will know that I'm going to Aiba's restaurant today with tsuyoshi8joy to visit her so-called mother-in-law in Chiba.

Minna…Here’s the story..

Me and tsuyoshi8joy have been sleeping around 3plus lately as we were busy updating our blogs. And today we are supposed to meet our friend who is staying in Chiba to go to Aiba’s restaurant but we are late. The night before, we slept late as we have been researching how tsuyoshi8joy’s parents-in-law look like. tsuyoshi8joy posted the photo on her vox ytd, I have seen Aiba’s dad sideview in Hanamaru. we are well prepared to meet tsuyoshi8joy’s parent-in-laws.

When we reached the restaurant there are already a lot of fans Q-ing.When we entered the restaurant we spotted the lady which tsuyoshi8joy posted on vox ytd. Aiba’s mother is very tall and slim. She walks like a model and it is rare to see such tall and nice posture Japanese. No wonder she has such a kakkoii son. I think Aiba has his mother’s build. so me and tsuyoshi8joy took photos of all the certificate of Aiba’s father and other signboard from Arashi. I think we are the noisiest fans among all the Japanese fans. We got our seat quite fast. We got a corner seat so we had quite a nice view of the entire restaurant and so it makes it easy for us to take photo. We basically took photos of everything from the menu to the bowls and plates. Haha. We remember that Arashi members mentioned that they like to eat harumaki so we must order that. And we looked around to see what are the other tables having. And they are all having karage and I remembered that karage is Aiba’s favourite food and we must order to eat the Aiba’s family taste.   Basically the food all taste nice except the harumaki which other Arashi members recommended! I begin to wonder if it is another Nino trick! Are we been cheated?? Anyway.. Maybe Japanese taste is different from Chinese taste. The food all taste nicer than our expectation as we thought that Japanese’s Chinese food to Chinese is not nice! Tsuyoshi8joy said that we should confirm whether the lady is Aiba’s mum so we asked our friend who Japanese is better to help us asked one of the waitress. Our friend had to leave earlier to meet another friend so me and tsuyoshi8joy ate slowly so that we can prolong our stay at the restaurant.

After eating we went to visit the washroom so that we can pass by the kitchen to peep at Aiba’s Dad. Aiba’s Dad is cooking at the stove nearest to the door. Although I can only see his backview and sideview, I think I can be 90% sure that he is Aiba’s Dad.

So minna here’s the exciting part…

We finally settle our bills and we left the restaurant to take pictures outside. tsuyoshi8joy was taking photos there was a guy who came in a motorbike and he was standing outside the restaurant talking over the phone and tsuyoshi8joy was complaining why this deliveryman was standing there for so long and blocking our view to take photo! I didn’t see the guy and I said where? And I almost wanted to say why not we approach the deliveryman and said tt we will help him carry the goods into the kitchen. And I looked around to look for the delivery guy. And I saw this familiar backview… I have a feeling that he is not some delivery guys… I went to the side and try to see his face and while I walk to the side I said this is not a delivery guy. This guy looks like Aiba!!!!!!! I continued walking to see his sideview clearer and I went Yes! Yes! Yes! It’s Aiba!!! Kyaaaaaaa!!!! Before that Aiba actually didn’t notice us as he was talking over the phone. But becoz of the kyaaaaa… he noticed us and he looked up at us!!!!!!!!!!!! Our eyes met!!! kyaaaaaa..... He knew that he was spotted by fans so he entered the resturant very quickly. We can't believe our luck and also that we had mistaken Aiba as the delivery guy! tusyoshi8joy and I was still standing outside the restaurant cos we are too shock and excited that we dont know what to do next!!

Suddenly a chef came out and I knew that he is Aiba's Dad. tsuyoshi8joy approached him and ask him "Aiba... Masaki no otosan desu ka?" (Are you Aiba.... Masaki's Dad?) We are too used to calling him Aiba and we had forgotten that his parents are also Aiba.. haha... And his father shyly replied "Sou desu" (yes) kyaaaaaaa!!!!! Aiba's Dad looks like he is very yasashi and shy man. Despite his age I think he is handsome, he must be very handsome when he was younger. No wonder he can have such a kakkoii son! We feel quite embarrass and we forgot to tell him that we are actually from Singapore!!

We saw 3 Aiba today and including Masaki himself!!! Can believe that we have such luck

If anyone of you who are interested to read the other version of the story pls go to tsuyoshi8joy’s Vox!

 

I must first thanks minna for leaving comments in my Vox but I'm too busy updating more info so I cannot reply in time. but pls do comments and share ur thoughts..

Minna can unzip Arashi at TBS TV Station there. The renovation was completed and the TV station is really happening today! decided last time ytd to go today to collect the La Boo Magazine with Arashi's heart drawing on it..

 

showing colorful flags in public!! haha.

along the walkway Arashi's banner is just flying above

 

 

There is this game where you can win goods of next season's bangumi..but there isnt any goods for Arashi!

 

I got the red ball where i will be given the choise of what gift I want.and I settle with the next best since there is no Arashi gift.I wonder if there is no Arashi gift or the gifts are all given out.

Near's my V6's bangumi Kakou ikou Max's pin and pen.

 

 

There is this drama experience for Hanadango but I think must make reservation.

 

 

Nino basically didn't draw.. he wrote hearto..

I also bot the kurosagi keitai strap.Like the little Yamapi!